Did landlords in the old society have more land or money?

The two classes, landlords and gentry, were closely integrated and interchangeable at any time, supporting the entire feudal era. Really famous and powerful landowners also enjoy high social prestige and political status. Land annexation and concentration in the hands of a very small number of people have been repeatedly prohibited. The change of dynasties is nothing more than the transfer of land and power from a small group of people to another. A process in the hands of a handful of people.

In the second year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, according to the Land Reform Law, the land of landlords was confiscated according to law and distributed to the poor people with little land. At the same time, a decision was issued to divide the land into different parts of the country. Almost all regions outside the region have achieved the stated goal of “eliminating the landlord class.”

After the success of the Northern Expedition, the Nationalist Government also piloted land reform movements in various parts of the country in the form of rent reduction and redemption. All the pilot projects were boycotted by the government, gentry and landlords, and were not implemented for a long time. The reason is that the National Government relies on the support of the official, gentry and landlord class for its survival. The deeper the land reform is carried out, the more it is equivalent to killing oneself. Not only the official, gentry and landlord class are dissatisfied, but also the poor people at the bottom are dissatisfied. The medicine is too slow to take effect and they are quite dissatisfied with it. They need a crude free model with immediate effect. After going to Taiwan, the land reform movement of the "National Government" went smoothly. The reason is very simple: 1. The land on the island (21.6%) has become Japanese property, so it can be relatively rough; 2. Targeting other For the properties of large landowners, the "National Government" has relatively sufficient funds for redemption; third, the island does not have a complicated personnel relationship background, and the will to redeem is relatively firm, and there is little resistance to execution. Let’s go back to the definition and number of landowners. Summary of the 1933 rural survey in the six provinces of Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Guangxi: Landowners accounting for 3.5% of the rural population accounted for 45.8% of the cultivated land, 6.4% of the rich peasants accounted for 18% of the cultivated land, and 19.6% of the middle peasants accounted for 17.8% of the cultivated land. 70.5% of the arable land, 70.5% of the poor farmers and laborers account for 18.4% of the arable land. The situation in the northeast and northwest regions is slightly better due to their large land area and small population.

It should be noted that the so-called landlords and rich peasants, except for a very small number of powerful officials and gentry (of course they occupy the largest amount of land per capita and have the greatest public grievances), on the basis of free buying and selling of land, Most people actually made their fortunes by being diligent and frugal. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the law was relatively sound compared to feudal society, and it was able to block the phenomenon of bullying and grabbing of land to a large extent.

Like Zhu Kaishan in our TV series "Crossing Guandong", his family owns 7 acres of land, 15 acres per hour, which adds up to more than 100 acres, and there are 7 long-term workers. According to the later rating, He must be a landowner.