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After the victory in the War of Resistance against Japan, the rural economy of Hunan province was in decline. In southern provinces, where per capita arable land was minimal and the proportion of tenant farmers considerable, the tenancy system was notably harsh. In 1945, the Guomindang government implemented a one-year rent reduction policy in the recovered territories. However, due to real difficulties, Hunan province postponed its implementation until 1946 and again enacted a rent limit protection policy for tenants in 1947. Nevertheless, with the establishment of the Hunan Provincial Senate in 1946, provincial senators, representing local gentry interests, engaged in a conflict with the rent reduction ordinance put forth by the Hunan provincial government. The conflicting understandings between the two sides about the relationship between the existing system and rent reduction led to an impasse in the legislative process. Eventually, due to the provincial government's compromises, the rent reduction ordinances were repeatedly revised and ultimately became hollow in substance. At the grassroots level, seeing this situation, implementation was delayed, turning the ordinances into mere paper decrees. Throughout this process, the tenant farmers, deceived by the landlords, resented the government, and the credibility of the Guomindang government was gradually depleted. 摘要 抗战胜利后，湖南农村经济凋敝。南方各省人均耕地较少，佃农比例较大，租佃制度情况颇为恶劣。1945年，国民政府在收复区推行一年的免赋减租政策。湖南省因现实困难迁延至1946年补办，又在1947年推行了限租护佃政策。然而随着1946年湖南省参议会的成立，代表着地方士绅利益的省参议员跻身民意机关，化身为民意代表与湖南省政府的减租法令相博弈。双方对现行制度与减租关系认识的不同，导致省府交议法案搁置难决。最终由于省府的妥协，使减租法令不断被删改，徒具形式。基层见状则迁延执行，终使法令成为具文。在这一过程中，佃农反受地主愚弄而怨恨政府，国民政府的公信力也逐渐消耗殆尽。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]