When Liu Bang was busy fighting against the Huns, Xiang Zhuang was not idle either.

After the national examination, Xiang Zhuang immediately founded the Imperial Academy, arranged more than 200 students who had obtained titles in the Imperial Academy, and hired famous scholars from Jiangdong to teach these students. In addition to military books and strategies, Confucian classics, as well as farmer, doctor, Mohist, etc., the most important thing is to learn the Legalists' sanctions.

This is also the meaning of the question. These more than 200 students were originally talents reserved for reform!

If the Chu State's reform is to achieve something, it is absolutely impossible to rely solely on Xiang Zhuang and Bailixian. Even if the two are exhausted, the reform will not be successful. If the new law is to be implemented, in addition to Xiang Zhuang's determination and Bailixian's overall situation, there must be a large number of officials who are proficient in the new law and agree with the reform to implement it in detail.

Only in this way can the new law be implemented smoothly.

Only in this way can the new law not be abolished just because Xiang Zhuang died.

Then, Xiang Zhuang issued an edict, which greatly increased the salary of Shixun Shiqing. The so-called Shixun Shiqing is actually a wealthy family like Qu, Wu, and Shusun. Fortunately, there are only a dozen Shixun Shiqing in the entire Chu State. Unlike the Han State, there are as many as hundreds of families. Therefore, even if the salary is greatly increased, the pressure on the national treasury is not great.

After a mercy, the major families submitted a letter to express their gratitude to Xiangzhuang.

However, the original intention of Xiang Zhuang's move was not to win the gratitude of the major families. After everything was ready, Xiang Zhuang finally found out and launched the "New Land Fu Method".

The "New Land Tax Law" clearly stipulates that all cultivated land in the Chu State, whether it is aristocratic family, gentry or poor, must pay land taxes according to the national tax rate of 15 taxes. Any acts of concealing the area of ​​cultivated land or deliberately resisting taxes will be like treason, and punishments such as whipping, exile, or even beheading.

As soon as the "New Land Tax Law" was launched, the whole country was in an uproar and the government and the people were criticized.

The gentry in each county and county responded the most fiercely, and the voices of opposition were the loudest. Although the tyrants of more than a dozen families still maintained restraint on the surface, they kept talking strange things in private, and for a moment, the entire Jiangdong fell into an unprecedented commotion. To borrow a sentence, it was that the storm was about to come and the wind filled the building.

However, Xiangzhuang did not retreat because of the opposition of the gentry.

Soon, Xiang Zhuang issued the first substantive edict: the comprehensive clearance of land in more than 60 counties of the five counties of the State of Chu was also the basis of the entire "New Land Tax Law". Without the correct land Tax Law, the new Land Tax Law could only be a piece of paper. If aristocratic families want to bear the land tax together, it is basically a dream.

However, even Xiangzhuang did not expect that the difficulty of clearing the land in Zhangzhang was so great!

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Late at night, the Palace of King Chu.

Xiang Zhuang sat on the ground with a serious expression on the table, and Yafu Fan Zeng sat on the lower right side of his head. It was already late at night. Xiang Zhuang originally did not intend to disturb Yafu, but after hearing the news, Yafu insisted on attending the court discussion. Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to follow him and put the head in the head of Yafu Fan Zeng. Xiang Da, Xiang Tuo, and Bailixian each took the left and right and sat on the left and right.

Xiang Zhuang asked in a deep voice: "Ziliang, more than 100 gentry members in Wuzhong, but no one of them cooperated?"

Bailixian shook his head and said, "Not only did not have any one to cooperate, but there were even several tortures sent by the magistrate of Wuzhong to Qingzhang's land to beat him up, which was really arrogant."

Xiang Tuo was furious when he heard this and shouted, "What are these guys really dares?!"

Xiang He sneered: "The so-called law does not punish the masses. These gentry relied on the large number of people and the masses."

"So what if there are many people?" Fan Zeng waved his hand and said murderously, "Reform and strengthening is the general trend. Whoever dares to obstruct the new law will be the mortal enemy of Xiang Chu!" After saying this, Fan Zeng turned back to Xiang Zhuang and said majestic, "Ji'er, catch him when he should be killed, kill him when he should be killed. For my father, I have to see who dares to rebel seriously?!"

"A Father Ya's anger." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and asked Baili Xian again, "Ziliang, where are the other counties?"

Baili Xian said: "The situation in the other counties is similar, and almost no one of the gentry cooperates!"

When Xiang Zhuang heard this, he suddenly looked shaking and said in a deep voice: "It seems that it's really impossible not to kill a few heads."

After saying this, Xiang Zhuang turned his head and ordered Xiang Qi, the garrison who was the leader, to say, "Xiang Qi, immediately draft an imperial edict to promote Shanyin County Wei Ziche Shi as the guardian lieutenant, and prepare to build a guardian camp. The required troops can be drawn from the garrisons of each county and county. Each county and county shall not shirk responsibility and obstruct for any reason!"

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Shanyin County, Yuniang Restaurant.

As soon as Master Ziche turned over and got off the horse, Yu Niang had already twisted her waist and swayed her plump buttocks to move down the steps. Before he could speak, he gave a charming look to Master Ziche, and then said, "Erlang, you haven't been here for two days. Have you forgotten your slave?"

"Yu Niang, your little mouth is really unforgivable." Ziche Master reached out and slapped Yu Niang's erect and upright fat buttocks, and whispered with Yu Niang's pink earlobes, "But, your little mouth below is even more unforgivable. If I come to you every day, I will sooner or later be sucked by your fox marrow."

Yu Niang chuckled and said in a charming voice: "Erlang, I can't bear to leave me."

"Yu Niang, are you really reluctant to give up?" As he said that, Ziche Master hugged Yu Niang and sat down on the ground.

Yu Niang lay on Ziche Master's thigh, and his grinding plump buttocks were pressed and polished again and again. Ziche Master instinctively had a male reaction, and a smug smiled amid the corner of Yu Niang's mouth. She liked this feeling very much. She could act coquettishly in the arms of her favorite husband. As a woman, what else can I expect in this life?

At that moment, Yu Niang stretched out her jade arm and hugged Ziche Master's neck. Ye Rulan said, "Of course I really can't bear to bear it."

"Okay." Ziche Master's big hand honestly lifted up Yu Niang's skirt and stole in. While exploring the valley in the deep ravines, he gasped, "Yu Niang, I'm about to leave Shanyin. If you really can't bear to leave me, then sell this wine shop, clean up, and follow me to Wuzhong."

"Ah?" Yu Niang said in surprise, "Erlang, are you going to go back to Wuzhong?"

Ziche Master nodded and said, "Yu Niang, would you like to go with me?"

"I..." Yu Niang just hesitated a little, and then a charming smile appeared on her pretty face. She hugged Ziche Master's thick neck, then leaned into Ziche Master's ear and said softly, "Erlang, I want to, I will follow you wherever you go. Nu Sheng is your person, and death is your ghost, princess."

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In Wuzhong, when the lights were on, dozens of guests were welcomed by Huan Mansion.

This Huan Mansion is not the residence of Huan Chu, the second general of the Great Chu, but the residence of Huan Chu clan's uncle Huan Yuan.

The Huan clan was originally just an unknown little gentry in Jiangdong. The gentry mentioned here is not a well-known gentry group in Chinese history books. The gentry group in Chinese history books actually refers to aristocratic families that originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The gentry mentioned here generally refers to those gentry families with only two generations of officials.

For example, when Huan Yuan was the King of Chu, he was the Chief Minister of the CPC. Now Xiang Zhuang was the King of Chu, and he was still the Chief Minister of the CPC. Although he had been an official for only one generation, he was also a powerful Jiangdong gentry. In addition, Huan Chu was also the second general of the Great Chu, so the Huan family had great influence in Jiangdong, so now dozens of gentry families have come to Huan Yuan at the same time.

In the living room of Huan Mansion, Huan Yuan sat in the middle of the ground. Six or seven heads of the gentry were sitting on the left and right. The remaining dozens of heads of the gentry had no seats to sit at all, so they could only stand. However, these heads of the gentry didn't mind this. They just wanted to know what attitude was like, or what was Huan Chu behind Huan Yuan?

The matter has to start three days ago.

Three days ago, the King of Chu suddenly issued an edict to build a guardian camp, and also transferred the blood of the Kuaiji clan from Shanyin County to Wuzhong to serve as the guardian lieutenant. The intention of the King of Chu was very obvious, and he wanted to use the sharp blade of Ziche Master to deal with the Jiangdong gentry who dared to obstruct the "New Field Fu Method".

"Duke Huan, at this critical moment, you have to stand up and make the decision for everyone."

"Duke Huan, Ziche Shi is a Qin native, Qin and Chu's enemies. This evil dog will not blink when he kills the Chu people."

"Yes, Duke Huan is highly respected and is the second uncle of the general. If you can bring your friends to write a letter together, even if you cannot make the king take back the edict, at least you must let the king understand that the reason why Chu is Chu is because of our Jiangdong gentry, not those outsiders with ulterior motives."

"Yes, the king must have believed Bailixian's greedy words before he came up with this bad plan."

"That's right, Baili Xian and Ziche Shi, the Qin people, have ulterior motives and want to mess up our Great Chu. We must not let them succeed!"

This guy, the gentry in the hall, became more and more excited. All of them were blushing and saliva flying. If someone who didn't know the reason saw it, he would really mistakenly think that these guys were all loyal ministers of the Chu State. Baili Xian, who was promoting the reform, became a powerful minister who deceived the emperor and caused trouble to the court.

"Everyone, please listen to me." Huan Yuan waved his hand repeatedly, and the noise in the hall gradually stopped.

After everyone's mood was a little calm, Huan Yuan said solemnly: "Everyone, I have already known your purpose. I can't guarantee the other ones. However, for the end of the Great Chu and for the 2.6 million common people in Jiangdong, I will even try to ignore this head of the neck, and I will definitely persuade the king to take it back."

"Okay, Duke Huan is not afraid of powerful ministers, he is really a role model for us."

"Yes, yes, Duke Huan is really the minister who is the leader of my Great Chu. He should have been promoted to the senior doctor long ago!"

"Where are you seeing this? If there is a loyal minister like Duke Huan of Great Chu, why worry about the unrest of the hegemony?"
Chapter completed!