"If he was willing to cooperate, those local households and official households would not come to make trouble. Now most of Hongzhou has objections to the new agricultural policy and is not willing to cooperate at all." Liu Chaofeng said.

"After all, this is going to make the landlords and squires bleed. Who would want to do that?"

In the past, when taxes were collected by the higher authorities, the landlords and gentry would immediately pass them on to the common tenants, but now the new agricultural policy is too harsh.

The landowners have no room for transfer at all, and it is already locked up legally.

Forcing the transfer will not only fail to achieve the goal, but also violate the New Deal.

Qin Hui is also calm. In these years of court struggle, what scenes has he not seen?

When he first went to the Ministry of Punishments, he did all the purges and blood changes himself.

Later, in the name of the New Deal, the prince was overthrown, a large-scale purge was carried out, a large-scale blood change was carried out, and his own people were installed.

The New Agricultural Policy in the North, the handing of cash to the countryside, and the Jiangdong Cleansing, Qin Hui was involved in all of them.

Qin Hui still looked down upon Jiangnan West Road.

"Go and ask Chen Yuru to come see me."

"Qin Xianggong has decided how to deal with this matter?"

"You let him come to see me first."

"yes!"

At this time, Chen Yuru was meeting with local squires and landlords in Hongzhou at the transfer office.

That is, the big families such as the Lu family, the Xie family, the Wang family, the Li family, and the Zhang family.

These large families controlled almost half of the land in Hongzhou, supported many skilled people, and paid to hire many local scholars.

From private armed forces to private public opinion, they all have very powerful energy.

During the classical empire period, emperors relied on princes and aristocratic families to govern at the grassroots level.

In the post-imperial period, emperors relied on scholar-bureaucrats to govern the world, and scholar-bureaucrats relied on large landowners and gentry to control the people at the local level.

These are the people present.

Once they have gained control of public opinion, the imperial court must cooperate with them. Although the imperial power cannot be said to be kidnapped by local forces, their interests must not be harmed.

There are also real cases in history. For example, after Li Zicheng conquered Beijing, he did not compromise with the gentry and landlords and continued to torture them. As a result, he was sold.

Chen Yuru said: "Starting from this year, the imperial court will implement the new agricultural policy on Jiangnan West Road. Please cooperate with the imperial court's ideas."

Lu Shaohong, the head of the Lu family, said: "Chen Sicao, don't worry, we are all good citizens who abide by the law. We will do whatever the court needs us to do."

"Hongzhou will complete 100,000 acres of farmland this year, and you must provide 100,000 acres."

"Don't worry, there is no problem with 100,000 acres." Xie Zhi said, "But the grassroots people are worried that when the government takes so much land, the farmers will not be able to rent it."

"That's a matter later, it's not something you should worry about now." Chen Yuru said.

"Yes, we will take care of this matter."

"Having said that, we also need to think about what to do with those fields if farmers cannot afford to rent them?" Lu Shaohong said.

"In that case, we will have to buy it back. After all, the government has it in its hands and the financial pressure is too great. This will make it difficult for Chen Sicao to explain to the court." Xie Zhi said.

Chen Yuru didn't say anything.

These people seem to be helping the court implement the new agricultural policy, but in fact, everyone is a master of riddles.

When Chen Yuru said that he would implement the New Agricultural Policy, these people talked about cooperation, but in fact it was all in formality.

Chen Yuru said that he would allocate 100,000 acres of land this year, and everyone cooperated.

Then Xie Zhi tentatively asked what should farmers do if they can't afford the rent?

How can farmers not afford to rent?

You know, Qin Hui had already tested paying cash to go to the countryside on Gyeonggi Road. With the Agricultural Bank of China here, farmers can definitely rent it.

The reason why I say this is to infer what to do next and mess this up.

Xie Zhi also said that if they could not rent it out by then, they would reluctantly buy the land back at a low price.

Between selling and buying, the initiative in the transaction is in the hands of the landlords and the government. If there is a price difference, there will be a profit.

As for who should bear part of the price difference?

Of course it’s the imperial court!

This is where the money comes from!

Some things cannot be said openly and need to be modified with some nice words, but everyone present knows that there will be money to be made by then.

After screwing up, of course the first responsibility lies with Qin Hui.

Chen Yuru was very cooperative throughout the whole process. When the time comes for him to submit a memorial to plead guilty, some people in the court will naturally say that Chen Yuru has a good attitude and cannot be punished at will. Otherwise, who will work in the future?

While everyone was discussing, Liu Chaofeng arrived.

"Chen Sicao, Mr. Qin has invited you."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"It's about the New Agricultural Policy."

"I was just discussing with them how to promote the New Agricultural Policy." Chen Yuru said with a smile, "I have good news to inform Mr. Qin."

After Chen Yuru said something about the situation, he cleaned up and rushed to Qin Hui's place.

"I'm going to see Mr. Qin."

"How is the implementation of the new agricultural policy going?" Qin Hui asked knowingly.

"Under the wise guidance of Mr. Qin, the people of Hongzhou now all support the New Deal." Chen Yuru said with a kind smile on his face and his tone was full of sincerity, "Don't worry, Mr. Qin, it will be effective soon."

"How soon is soon?"

"If nothing else happens, a group of landowners will sell their land this year."

"how many?"

"This... about at least 100,000 acres of land will be sold."

"Are the banks ready to lend?"

"Everything is ready."

"But why do I hear that some landowners and squires are opposed to it?"

"It's normal for some individuals to have emotions, and they can't change the general trend." Chen Yuru continued.

Obviously, this is trying to impress Qin Hui.

This practice is called Tai Chi.

In this world, many things become more difficult as time goes by.

For example, when implementing the New Agricultural Policy, at the beginning, due to its proximity to the capital, the New Deal faction that could be mobilized was strong, and the emperor could effectively intimidate it.

The most important thing is that the information transmission efficiency is high.

However, as the distance from the capital widened and time passed, many local officials became aware of the imperial court's tactics in the restructuring.

After knowing the policies and methods above, the people below naturally began to think of corresponding countermeasures.

For example, Chen Yuru at this time took his double-dealing to the extreme.

On the surface, he was obedient and respectful to Qin Hui. He wished he could call Qin Hui, who was more than ten years younger than him, daddy every time he saw him.

But in fact, Chen Yuru is not easy to deal with.

This kind of subordinate means that whatever you tell him, he will say that it can be completed, no problem, and the process is clear and logical.

It's almost hard to find fault with it.

But if you really believe it, you will have to bear the pitfalls later by yourself.

"Are they all willing to cooperate?"

"Both are willing."

"How long will it take them to come up with these 100,000 acres of land?"

"It will take about half a year."
Chapter completed!