Wang Guangzu was impatient and said angrily: "Calling soul, don't you see that I am busy?"
Wang Guangzu cursed and came out wearing clothes with an angry look on his face.
Wang Guangzu met Liu Kezhuang in the living room. Liu Kezhuang was accompanied by two of his confidants and the county lieutenant Li Sanying.
Wang Guangzu was stunned, knowing that Liu Kezhuang brought Li Sanying with him to threaten him, but he didn't care. Li Sanying was in the same group as them, so there was no need to worry.
The two raised their hands in greeting, and after a few words of polite politeness, Liu Kezhuang got straight to the point.
Liu Kezhuang said: "Presumably Wang Yuanwai already knows that the imperial court's farmland ownership law has been implemented. According to its standards, those with more than 2,000 acres will be punished. I checked and found out that the number of farmland under Wang Yuanwai's name reached 120,000 acres."
The number of acres far exceeds the standard, so I made a special trip to visit, hoping that Wang Yuanwai will handle it properly, otherwise, it will be too late to regret."
"Yes, yes, I am aware of the new law of the imperial court and support it. Please rest assured on this point."
Wang Guangzu said, and ordered someone to bring the family tree. Holding the family tree in his hand, he said: "To be honest with you, my family has a large population, and I am planning to divide the family and all the property, so that my children and grandchildren will not say that I am an old man."
I'm biased. If I have more land by then, I will definitely hand it over to the court. However, I also know that dividing the family is not a simple matter. I have to ask my old uncle to preside over it. Otherwise, people will gossip about me.
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Wang Guangzu was very proud. The new law of the imperial court only stipulated that those who owned more than 2,000 acres in one person's name should be handed over. Failure to hand over would be considered a crime, but it did not say that family separation was not allowed.
After all the land has been divided, what else do you want me to hand over? I, Wang Guangzu, have many ways to deal with you.
Liu Kezhuang did not stop Wang Guangzu's idea of dividing the family. He nodded and said: "It should be so. This is human nature and I can understand it."
"I wish you could understand, but my old uncle lives far away, so I'm afraid it may take some time."
"Wufang, as long as you support the new law, everything else is easy to discuss."
After explaining for a while, Liu Kezhuang left.
After leaving Wang Guangzu's house, Liu Kezhuang ordered his people to spread the word, saying that Wang Guangzu had supported the new law and was willing to hand over excess farmland, and called on other powerful people to follow suit.
However, these powerful people have been communicating with each other for a long time, and the news Liu Kezhuang released has no effect.
In the following days, Liu Kezhuang found that the progress of the implementation of the new law was extremely slow. Liu Kezhuang went deep into the countryside and asked people if they knew that the fields being divided were Luo Shijing's fields, but not many people knew. Liu Kezhuang knew that the powerful were trying to cover up the situation.
If the progress is just slow, that's it. Who would have thought that when those people who had previously registered for land allocation returned home, many relatives and friends began to say that this matter was unreliable, saying that there was no such thing as such a good thing, and that pie in the sky would not fall.
Don't still give people money when you are sold.
Not only relatives and friends persuaded them, but powerful men also came to deceive them, saying that they could still make a living as tenants now, but if they really wanted to get the land from the imperial court, then all kinds of exorbitant taxes, deception, and abduction would definitely destroy your family.
After being persuaded in this way, these people began to hesitate one by one, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Finally, they decided to be on the safe side and not give up, so they came back one after another and said they no longer wanted the fields.
Liu Kezhuang struggled in the officialdom for more than a day or two. How could he not understand the officialdom?
He knew that there must be something wrong with these scribes, and those powerful people were also obstructing them, so he decided to dismiss all the scribes headed by each department of the county government and replaced them with a group of people.
However, to his disappointment, the newly replaced people were also locals, closely related to powerful people, and they also had their own families behind them.
Out of family interests, they were unwilling to support the new law, which made Liu Kezhuang feel difficult.
Faced with the dilemma, he did not dare to delay the progress of the implementation of the new law, so he wrote a letter to report the situation to Chen Guiyi in Lin'an.
Liu Kezhuang's role was to go explore the road. Now that the road has been explored, Chen Guiyi, Li Zongmian, and Chen Longzhi are coming.
Lin'an, Imperial Palace, Funing Hall.
Zhao Yun listened to Chen Guiyi's report in the study and learned about what Liu Kezhuang had encountered in Renhe County. Zhao Yun looked calm and said: "It's normal. If the local tyrants don't stop this kind of thing, then I won't be able to sleep."
As he spoke, Zhao Yun stood up and said, "The Qing family will accompany me for a walk in the garden."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Chen Guiyi respectfully agreed, half a body behind Zhao Yun, and followed behind. Gao Shi, Xiaohuangmen, and more than a dozen palace maids also followed respectfully behind, serving at any time.
When he arrived at the garden, his eyes were filled with beautiful scenery, and his heart suddenly felt bright. Zhao Yun said: "Renhe County is now a pilot for the new law. If it succeeds, the new law will be promoted nationwide. If it fails, the new law will be stranded. It is of great significance. Everything that is happening now is just the beginning.
, it’s nothing, Qing’s family, you must be prepared in your heart.”
Chen Guiyi nodded solemnly, "I know, your Majesty, please rest assured, I will do my best."
Zhao Yun was silent and walked for a while, then his face suddenly became decisive and said: "Since ancient times, there is no reform that does not kill people, and there is no reform that does not shed blood. Liu Kezhuang is exploring the way. Go and break through the Qing family. If you can subdue them, subdue them."
If you can't do it, kill them. No matter what the consequences are, I'm here to support you. In a word, if the reform succeeds, you and I, our monarchs and ministers, will be remembered in history. If the reform fails, then you, my monarchs and our ministers will go to the underworld to eat wine and never touch the world again.
mundane affairs."
After hearing this, Chen Guiyi felt deeply Zhao Yun's determination to reform. At the same time, a huge sense of mission also made his blood boil.
Chen Guiyi solemnly raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty is determined to reform the law and rejuvenate the Song Dynasty. By chance, I was selected by Your Majesty to participate in it. Do you dare to die if you don't serve?"
Zhao Yun glanced sideways at Chen Guiyi and smiled happily.
"The Qing family will set off tomorrow to implement the new law."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
On January 22, the second year of Hengsheng, a team of more than a thousand people appeared outside Renhe County.
There were civil servants in sedan chairs, soldiers on horseback, and officers holding avoidance signs in front of the team. They were large in number and their momentum was extraordinary.
As soon as they appeared, they immediately aroused the curiosity of the people. When the team arrived at the city gate, there was already a sea of people watching, and Liu Kezhuang also came to greet them.
"Xia Guanren and the county magistrate Liu Kezhuang, leading the county government and others, respectfully welcome the magistrate to participate in the political affairs. Lin'an Prefecture Yin Chen Shijun is driving."
Chen Guiyi didn't even lift the curtain, let alone get off the sedan. He just sat in the sedan and said in a low and dignified voice: "Well, Liu Zhixian is the first to take charge of Renhe. Thank you for your hard work. I will see your political achievements."