Early the next morning, Li Luo and Ma Zhiyuan walked together. Ma Zhiyuan had only one book boy and one old servant. With such a shabby lineup, it was indeed unsafe to travel far.

On the other hand, Li Luo's side not only had eight guards including Du Lie, but also ten newly collected guards such as Zong Zhou. The eighteen people were brave and good at fighting, and everyone was carrying a knife and a bow, which was very difficult to mess with at first glance.

Although it is also the "western wind on the ancient road", Ma Zhiyuan is not riding a "skinny horse". His career has just begun and he is full of confidence and has never written about the state of mind that "the west wind on the ancient road is thin horse, and the heartbroken man is at the end of the world."

"My brother Zhongzheng was just young and became a guardian, and he was in charge of the military and political affairs of a state. He was really a young man and a talent for the country." Ma Zhiyuan and Li Luo were both sad and horse-drawn, half envious and half praise.

In his opinion, Li Luo was "not a Han Chinese" and became Dalu Wachi. Not only did he not have any arrogance towards him, but he also made friends with him. He also saw that Li Luo Yinghua was restrained and had a good conversation, and he immediately changed his view that "this person suddenly reached a high position when he was young, probably because of his origin."

Think about it, it is true. Daluhuachi is generally only able to do it by Mongolians and Semu people. The Han people definitely cannot do it now. Although the Goryeo people are not completely unable to do it, there are very few people. Li Luo is a "Goryeo" and can actually become this official. Without some real means, it will definitely not be able to do it.

After talking to Ma Zhiyuan for several times, Li Luo and Ma Zhiyuan also knew that the other party was quite knowledgeable and had far more talent than just literary talent. He secretly became interested in winning over the crowd and then "come with each other for a long time".

In a few years, Ma Zhiyuan would encounter walls everywhere in the Mongolian Yuan officialdom and would not meet his talent. At that time, he and his friends in Shilin might join him.

Li Luo knew from the works left by Ma Zhiyuan in later generations that Ma Zhiyuan had a strong plot in his heart. The reason why he wanted to be an official in the Mongolian Yuan was mainly to change the status of the Han people and contribute to the sinicization of the Mongolian Yuan.

In the early Yuan Dynasty, there were many Han literati with such ideals. Since the Han people had completely failed in military force, they were powerless to do anything, so they could only rely on education to infect the rulers of the Hu people and change the situation of the Han people becoming slaves.

If the Mongol Yuan can really turn it into the Northern Wei Dynasty, it will be a success.

Such a Han official cannot be simply called a "traitor" or a "lost man".

Many people still have to look at their true intentions.

Li Luo smiled and said, "Brother Qianli is too honored. Being this guardian official is also due to his luck. Brother Qianli is a provincial Confucian scholar, and he is responsible for the important task of education. His responsibilities are even greater than that of me."

Ma Zhiyuan suddenly felt a soulmate. Li Zhongzheng had a sharp look. He could see through his intention of doing Confucianism.

He tried every means to obtain this Confucianism recommendation through his teacher Zhang Yi, in order to establish academies and schools in Zhejiang, cultivate the seeds of study, and use the literary spirit of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to cleanse the Hu Feng of the Northern Kingdom.

This is on the place.

In the central government, teachers, Zhang Yi and other Han ministers have been planning to promote the Yuan court to reopen the imperial examinations and use Confucianism to win scholars. This major event will be a natural thing once the prince ascends the throne.

By then, the Han people would enter the courts and local officials through the imperial examinations. In less than a few decades, the world would be "not Han but Han, not Hu, not Hu", and Han people would no longer have to suffer so much.

Li Luo could almost guess what Ma Zhiyuan was thinking, but he didn't agree.

It is undoubtedly a bit naive to want to save the country through the cultural curve.

No matter when, force is the most reliable. Military power is always the power in power. If the enemy reads the scriptures, isn’t it the enemy? Maybe put down the scriptures in front and raise the knife behind. Without force, what’s the use of getting the right to speak?

Li Luo and Ma Zhiyuan met first, and although they admired him in their hearts, they could not speak in detail.

Along the way, Ma Zhiyuan pointed to the dilapidated village on the road and said, "Why is it not worrying to be so declining to the people's livelihood? Now most of the people's livelihood is like this in the south and north of the Yangtze River."

Li Luo asked, "The imperial court issued an edict to build agriculture and serenity, and then reclaimed it. The emperor also set up the Grand Emperor to set up the Grand Principal Temple to rectify the mu of farming and serenity fields in the world. Why is it not implemented?"

Compared to his understanding of the reality of the Yuan Dynasty, he is certainly not as good as the ancient native Ma Zhiyuan.

Ma Zhiyuan said, "Brother Zhongzheng is from Goryeo. He came to Dayuan for the first time to be an official, so he didn't know the situation among the people. Before Zi ascended the throne today, Ogedei, Guiyou, and Mengge all implemented the law of grassland."

"At that time, most of the northern lands became pastures and gradually became grasslands. After ascending the throne, the Han law was implemented, which prevented this trend. In recent years, the resumption of pastures has also achieved a lot of results, but there was too much land that turned into pastures, so it became a semi-agricultural and semi-animal Husbandry."

"Now, this ranch is divided into official camps and submissions. In fact, many of the official ranchs have been withdrawn and converted back to farmland, but the lords of all sizes who have been cast as fiefs are mostly still on the ranch."

Li Luo understood that although Kublai Khan had developed farming and sericulture, he only prevented the northern economy from continuing to grow up and did not complete reclaiming. The reason for this is very simple. Many pastures are the territory of Mongolian nobles. If Kublai Khan really wanted to force them to "return pastoralism to return farming", it would trigger the interests of the entire group and would inevitably shake his position.

After all, the Mongolian nobles were not interested in farmland. They preferred the grassland. They wanted the entire Han area to become grassland. How could they support Kublai Khan's policies?

In addition, in recent years, Kublai Khan has gradually become conservative and has begun to resist Chineseization, so it is difficult to continue to return to herds and farming.

At noon, Li Luo saw a large manor on the side of the road. After walking for more than ten miles, he couldn't get out of the manor. There were many farmers working on this huge manor, which seemed very busy.

Not only are there a large number of farmers, but also see supervisors riding war horses and holding weapons. Occasionally, these supervisors also shout loudly and whip the farmers working in the field with whips.

"Brother Qianli, whose manor is this?" Li Luo couldn't help asking.

Ma Qianli was obviously not unfamiliar with this generation, and replied, "This is the second queen's place of the land (territory fief). The land and households around this area are the property of the second queen."

The Mengyuan period did not have a concubine, but was called the second queen. Li Luo knew that the second queen was named Nanbi, which was different from the virtuous queen Chabi. Nanbi was a very greedy woman.

"Brother Qianli, how many of the northern land households belong to Mongolian officials surrendered?" Li Luo asked.

Ma Qianli smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid Brother Zhongzheng would not believe it. Now, the land has been deposited in the prefectures and counties north of the Huai River accounts for 50% of them, and they are all the private property of the kings, royal families, princes, concubines, and nobles. As long as you pay some taxes every year and send troops when necessary, other courts will not interfere."

Li Luo almost scolded him.

My mother's...50% of the land households are private property of aristocrats!

It's exactly half!

Li Luo was really convinced that he could rule the north for 140 years.

However, when I think about it, Li Luo understood the power of this kind of slavery distribution.

This is equivalent to the Mongolian Yuan turning half of the land households into small bans, becoming nails to the Yuan court, and nailing them to the whole country in a dense manner. It is difficult for anyone to rebel.

The most amazing thing is... if necessary, send troops for the court!

Each of the casters is a relatively independent manor and pasture. The lords need money and people, and soldiers. Each family has not many soldiers and cannot rebel. However, once the court summons, it will be a considerable number of troops.

This is a large army hidden under the regular Yuan army.

Li Luo asked again, "Isn't there any special government administration for the lords to submit to officials?"

Ma Qianli shook his head, "That's just a form. If you submit an official, you can only check the taxes and populations you have submitted by each company, and you have no right to submit the jurisdiction within the territory. If you submit an official position, the master appointed Daruwachi to manage it."

Li Luo did not expect that Daluhachi was also set up in the territory of the land that was cast. It can be seen that the lord had strong control over the landing, and it can basically be said to be a private fiefdom.

The two of them chatted while walking, and Ma Zhiyuan made Li Luo have a deeper understanding of this era.

In the afternoon, I finally arrived at Haijin Station (Tianjin). Haijin is the maritime transportation ministry and began to flourish in the Liao Dynasty.

Although the sea ban was banned in the Yuan Dynasty, the north-south sea transportation was not cut off, and it was a supplement to the north-south canal. This Haijin Port was already a famous port in the north at this time.

The first sea ban in Chinese history will be implemented after ten years of the Yuan Dynasty. The sea ban in the Ming and Qing dynasties was to learn from the Yuan Dynasty. But now, going to sea is still free.

What’s ridiculous is that the two pirates Zhu Qing and Zhang Xuan are now in charge of the Yuan Dynasty’s shipping.

Of course, the two of them have been recruited and become ten thousand households. The officials are very happy and are no longer pirates.

Zhu Qing and Zhang Xuan were both famous pirates at the end of the Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty was able to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, which had the advantage of naval army, relying on the achievements of these two people to lead the way on the water.

Everyone set off on a passenger ship at Haijin Port, and they had no trouble all the way. The next morning, they landed on the Qilu Peninsula.

Cui Xiuning was obviously a little excited. This Qilu Peninsula was her hometown in the future.

Shortly after abandoning the ship and landing, Li Luo had not completely relieved from the seasickness symptoms, but encountered a large group of refugees.
Chapter completed!