The Research Of The Anti-housing Tax Campaign In1925in Shanxi Province

The conduct of collecting housing tax which originated from theancient China has gone through thousands years evolvement to acomparatively mature and effective system. It is worth tomentioned that at the time of late Qing Dynasty and early Republicof China, with the fact of political turmoil and economy depressedand financial strapped, the relationship between local and centralgovernment was in seemingly harmonious which led to theprevailing act of collecting housing tax.In1925, Yan Xishan, the actual ruler of Shanxi Province thattime, adapted the proposal of collecting housing tax from his staffYang Zhaotai, Xu Yiqing and Jia Jingde to declare the order ofcollecting housing tax. This act had the people suffered exactionsmore depressed and harsh way of collecting tax even spurred theresentment of the people in the whole province.In May,1925, the students of universities and high schools inTaiyuan launched a massive and joint anti-housing tax campaign toprevent Yan xishan’s policy. The brave students made the petitionfor people full of courage and fought hard with the Yan xishan’sadministration. Eventually, the students got the victory of this campaign under the help and assistance from the two parties KMTand the CPC and forced Yan to compromise and commit hismalpractice in front of the people in the whole province.The victory of anti-housing tax campaign fills impetus into therevolution in Shanxi Province which sends resounding voice away.Then the movement “Strom in national teacher school whichconducted by students in Taiyuan National Teacher School andcampus upheaval in Xia county emerged. Besides, the farmers andworkers were affected greatly and began to make their voice clear.They conducted a series of movements under the organization andleadership of CPC. What’s more, people of Shanxi province alsolaunched a massive anti-imperialist campaign after the ThirtiethIncident.