To Rule in a Turbulent World

Chapter 170 Volume 4 Subtracting Word Magnolia

"But how do you supervise them?" A worker named Yan Lin asked again: "If someone uses this to seek personal gain, there are too many loopholes that can be exploited."

Tang Bo said bluntly: "You Ziqian, I know that you put the country first, but everything is not as simple as you take it for granted. Once the new law is implemented, there will be obstacles at every level. Failure to follow orders will only add to troubles. "

"Find a place as a pilot." You Miao said: "Don't fully implement the new law, push it as soon as you push it, first find a place to try."

Another person said: "Then take your Jiangbo Villa as an example."

Everyone laughed.

Sun Yu's face was not very good-looking, and he snorted coldly.Only then did the boys realize that they had targeted You Miao too much, so they kept silent for fear of angering Sun Yu.

On the contrary, You Miao said with a smile: "If your Majesty thinks it's good, you can try it with my villa."

What You Miao said was a joke. After all, his mother bought the villa with real money during her lifetime, so she couldn't try it on him no matter what.Only the Quanshan area will be shared, but that piece of land has not been enclosed for a long time, and if Zhao Chao wants to use it, he can only give it to him.

On the other hand, most of the people in the Zhengshitang have a lot of land occupied by their families. Some of these fields are not checked by the government due to sympathy, and some of them don't know about it.Like You Dechuan, he originally only bought the Jiangbo Mountain Villa, but gradually because the back mountain was uninhabited and cultivated, he made that area bigger and bigger. When the county magistrate of Pei County came to ask, You Dechuan could solve the problem with some money. .

Collusion between the government and landlords is the norm everywhere.But if the imperial court ordered a thorough investigation, it would be difficult to say.There was a reform during the reign of Wu Zong, which was resisted by almost all the gentry, and finally the officials who imitated the law were exiled.

You Miao learned that although the Imperial Academy was the first to propose the new law, Zhao Chao immediately agreed with it, but the impetus behind it must have come from Sun Yu.Sun Yu has relaxed a lot. He opened his eyes and closed his eyes. His intention was not to take away the land encircled by the gentry, but to let most of the northerners who fled south have land to cultivate.

Sun Yu didn't move at all, and said, "It's over, let's eat."

"It's fine at other times." But You Miao suddenly said, "At this time, it's impossible to change the law."

Everyone was about to leave, but You Miao said another word to keep everyone behind, Sun Yu didn't get up in a hurry, just stroked his beard lightly, and looked at You Miao.

"The enemy of a country is no different from two." You Miao said seriously: "External worries and internal troubles. During the Taizu period, everyone had fields to cultivate, and every family had surplus food. When the country was first established, everything went smoothly. The difference between rich and poor is not obvious. And now, after 100 years, most of the working people have lost their land, famine, drought and flood, every change and tax increase will make the poor poorer, and they can't even make a living from farming. Most people can only sell their fields. Get off your land."

"There was a severe flood a year ago." You Miao said: "After the severe flood, there will be a severe drought. If it is not resolved in time, there will be more and more refugees in the south of the Yangtze River, and there will be turmoil."

Tang Bo and others looked at You Miao. You Miao knew that Sun Yu was also hesitating. Maybe he didn't have enough strength to support him. If he changed his methods rashly, he might repeat the same mistakes.But he must support this no matter what, otherwise when it comes to collecting food, the local clans will unite and refuse to pay the military food.

Directly expropriating from the tenants, the actual grain collected in the warehouse will be much easier than expropriating from the nobles.Among other things, even if it is to buy grain, the imperial court sends an official to buy it from a big family like the Tang family with the money, and the other party says that this year's harvest is not good and there is not enough food for him, what should he do?

It is a common trick of landlords to sell grain without selling it, and raise the price of grain. It is also the root cause of soaring prices.

"Implementing the reform is not up to the order." You Miao said: "Indeed, as Mr. Tang said, I also know the difficulties that the new law will face, but when it comes to grain collection and purchase, the same collection order will be issued. If it is not achieved, it will be pocketed by officials. Therefore, the current reform can only be pushed by force, with softness and softness, and the combination of hardness and softness is better than following the old system."

The two sides did not speak, Tang Bo said: "It's still the same sentence, how much can you push? You can't solve the gentry in Yangzhou alone..."

"How much can be pushed." You Miao patiently said: "Starting from the pilot of the new order, the new law is the general trend, at least in these years of preparing for the Northern Expedition, it must be like this, and if it is promoted at one point, it can be gradually implemented to the entire south. "

Tang Bo and others looked at You Miao with disdain, and Sun Yu saw that everyone was speechless, so he said, "Let's eat."

During the incident, the people got up one after another, some went back to their house, and some stayed behind. You Miao went out, stretched, and sat on the ground, her legs and feet were numb. A man was drinking tea, but it was Li Zhifeng.

"Why are you here?" You Miao asked in surprise.

Li Zhifeng stood up and said, "Come here to pick you up, have you eaten yet?"

You Miao was exposed to the sun for a long time, her whole body was sweaty and sticky, she spent another afternoon thinking about it, and said, "Come in first, I may have to stay in the political affairs hall for a few more days."

Li Zhifeng followed You Miao in, and saw Sun Yu talking in the porch on the way, Li Zhifeng and Sun Yu met each other, so he nodded to him, and Sun Yu also nodded.Some of them went back to their rooms, some packed up their things and left. They didn't know who they were when they saw Li Zhifeng.

"Eat." You Miao led Li Zhifeng into the dining hall, and said, "The food is in charge here. Ah, I forgot to buy a bowl..."

Li Zhifeng untied the burden, took out a golden bowl, and said, "The third one gave it to you."

You Miao remembered that she only told Zhao Chao about it at noon, and Zhao Chao even gave herself a bowl!The bowl is heavy, but it is not pure gold, it is supposed to be plated with gold.Li Zhifeng took out another pottery bowl and said, "I bought another one for you, does it cost money to eat?"

"Well, just eat it." You Miao said.

Li Zhifeng went to feed You Miao first, and the dishes had already been set out. A few of them came over to eat. Tang Bo and others all went back. You Miao and Li Zhifeng sat opposite each other. Li Zhifeng used a pottery bowl, and You Miao also carried Zhao Chao The golden bowl given to him, I looked at the bottom of the bowl curiously to see if there were any words, and sure enough there were the four words "Sacred Gift from the Son of Heaven".

One person teased: "You Ziqian, you still have a golden rice bowl."

You Miao replied with a smile: "Yes, His Majesty rewarded you."

Everyone was speechless, and You Miao was not polite to them, so he and Li Zhifeng ate food voraciously. You Miao was spoiled and spoiled when he was young, and he was picky and picky when eating. If there is a shell in the rice, he must scoop up the whole bowl if he doesn't eat it.Egg custard will not move if it is not tender, fish with spines will not be eaten, meat will not be eaten if it is stewed rotten, and meat will not be eaten if it is hard, and a dish will not be eaten if it is salty or light.

However, after going to the north once and returning, I didn't pay much attention to it. I ate everything. When I first started eating, those few literati were frightened by You Miao.However, as soon as Li Zhifeng sat down, several people were silent and just watched them eating.

Li Zhifeng piled a full layer of vegetables on top, first he ate up all the food, and then refilled it. After doing this twice, You Miao ate more than half of the bowl, and couldn't finish it, so he gave Li Zhifeng all the food. Li Zhifeng went to add more after eating, and after four bowls, he finally stopped.

The bystanders held the chopsticks, their expressions twitching.

Li Zhifeng went to wash the dishes, and You Miao moved two chairs, sat in the courtyard, hiccupped, and said, "There is no good food in the villa."