Yan Yingyuan's land reform did not have any problems, the reason why the gentry were able to run rampant in the township was that they deceived the upper and lower levels, colluded with the upper level of the government, and usurped part of the administrative power, and when the government wanted to deal with them, it was very easy, not to mention that there is still a stick eyeing the county now, waiting for the green shape of the land. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

Even if there were no such green formations, they would not easily rebel, and without the coaxing and subordination of the peasants in the countryside, they would not have the ability to rebel at all, and not all the gentry would buy people's hearts and easily pull up a team.

What's more, Shandong is a place of salt production, since all the salt industry in the country has been collected into the emperor's inner government, there is no salt introduction, but everyone can buy and sell, some official salt and private salt or something, take advantage of the geographical advantage, Shandong this group of gentry whether in the local retail, or resell salt to other places, can live a very moist life, land or something, if there is no it, there is no it.

For these reasons, Yan Yingyuan's land reform went very smoothly, without the slightest obstruction, and the biggest trouble was that there were not enough clerks and small officials, and a large number of rural teachers were recruited to help.

He was busy and happy, but when this matter spread to other places, the sensation caused was definitely no less than an eighth-magnitude earthquake.

When Yang Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Education, was also shocked when he saw this performance, but he immediately reacted, this is definitely a good material, but a good material that the emperor likes to see, and the reason why His Majesty is not like military reform, spreading it out throughout the country to carry out land reform, is that he is afraid that there will be insufficient manpower and cause riots.

Now that officials can take the initiative to carry out land reform, it really saves a lot of time. As for the failure of the reform and the chaos, this is not something that Yang Lian should consider, but a matter for the cabinet, and he only promotes it positively.

Immediately, Yang Lian published the deeds of Yan Yingyuan, the commander of Yuncheng County, in the Imperial Daily, and even his progress and achievements were listed in detail one by one.

After Yang Lian explained to his subordinates and put this story in the newspaper, the cabinet also reacted quickly and issued an issue of the newspaper at the same time.

Those who feel capable can carry out land reform in the county and the government, and the successful ones will report to the heavens, and the losers will be punished one by one depending on the serious consequences, and the most serious ones will be demoted to civilians for three generations.

Three generations are reduced to commoners, that is, you, your son, and your grandson are all commoners, and it is only in the great-grandchildren's generation that they can be reinstated as citizens, enjoying all kinds of rights, exempt from labor and agricultural taxes.

This consequence is not insignificant, and it is enough for those who are incapable to weigh it well.

The next day, the Imperial Daily and Di Bao were all reprinted and distributed all over the world.

This is a big deal, the Imperial Daily is a big national newspaper, as soon as Yan Yingyuan's name is published, it is equivalent to becoming famous all over the world, and in an instant, all the people who read the book know such a person, and know that he took the initiative to carry out land reform by himself.

The Di Bao is a newspaper between the officialdom, most of the decrees and some government affairs published on it, and now it is also used by the cabinet to issue some national decrees, and now the two have said Yan Yingyuan's affairs together, but it seems that in just half a month, his name, almost everyone who is a little literate knows it, and what you don't know has also been popularized.

There are those who praise the dry cities of other countries, those who scold him for being bold, and those who curse him for the failure of land reform and degrading him to a commoner. Of course, there are still so many arrogant people who envy and hate this guy's preemptive strike.

Shanghai County Ya.

Lu Xiangsheng took the newspaper and the Di Bao, and the two national publications both turned to the page about Yan Yingyuan's report.

"This guy is really witty, he can even think of going to carry out land reform by himself, and he has already completed half of it, since there is no major problem here, then there will be no problem." Lu Xiangsheng exclaimed, and at the same time felt a little regretful, why didn't he think of carrying out land reform first.

Shanghai County is now backed by the port of Shanghai, the economy can be described as thriving, all the goods that want to go out from the port have to pass through his rule, and the consumption and taxes brought by these people make Lu Xiangsheng not worry about the tax amount of 10,000 per county, let alone 10,000, his goal this year is 100,000.

Shanghai County is the first to realize that all villages have primary schools, and there are middle schools in the county, as long as the money is thrown, the school buildings and teachers are there, as for the tuition fees or something, the rich Lu Xiangsheng said that all of them are free, and the books are bought by themselves, anyway, they are all four books and five classics, and there are many such books.

It is precisely because of these two points that he showed his face in front of the emperor and the cabinet, and then he was a little complacent, waiting for his promotion.

Just look at the energy that the emperor put into it, and a full 50,000 people went to all parts of the country to make reserves for land reform.

"No, I have to move, I can't fall behind, otherwise the name of the world's first county order will have to run." Lu Xiangsheng slapped the table, stood up suddenly, and then went to contact the staff.

His first stop was none other than Sun Chuanting of Shanghai Customs, who had someone under him, not only could affect the city defense troops stationed at the port, but also the port police under his command to maintain order in the port and fight piracy.

The first priority of land reform is to maintain stability, as long as the stability of the entire county can be maintained, the rest will be easy to do, and the most important thing to maintain stability is that there are many people, and the police under him are not enough, and someone must support them.

For Lu Xiangsheng's request, Sun Chuanting agreed after a little consideration, for this little brother, he attaches great importance to him, he is very capable, and he is not bad, the two often drink and communicate, and under the same spirit, the relationship between the two is getting better and better, and it is also a bit of a sense of watching and helping each other in the officialdom.

Soon, there was enough money, enough people, and in the previous rebellion of Nanzhili, many local clans were all defeated, and the Xu family, which once dominated Shanghai County, was also wiped out, leaving tens of thousands of acres of land, which really reduced Lu Xiangsheng's work a lot, so although his work was carried out late, it didn't take long to catch up with Yan Yingyuan's progress.

After the situation here was fed back to the cabinet and then reported to the world, the entire Ming observation, especially the county order, was completely boiling.

This is an opportunity to show your face and make meritorious contributions, everyone knows, the key is to see if you have the courage and ability to do it, if you do it well, if you don't do it well, it will really be a disaster for future generations.

In the face of the cabinet's harsh punitive measures, most people are hesitant to wait and see, although they can't do it in their hearts, but they just don't dare to take this step. Of course, there are also people who step out without shooting to death, but there are those who succeed and those who make a mess, especially in places such as the frontier Tusi, where there are basically very few successes.

When the punishment of these losers comes out, the rest of the people dare not act lightly.

This is the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty today, with endless rebellions in various places and county orders for land reform in various places, the two are intertwined with each other, forming a chaotic situation.

However, this is a rare opportunity to make the entire Ming Dynasty active, and it is not satisfied with the appearance of a pool of stagnant water in the past.

Guangdong Province, Xiangshan County.

After quelling the rebellion outside Guangzhou, he led people to Xiangshan County. The seat of Xiangshan County was later known as Zhongshan City, Zhuhai City, Macao, and part of Panyu District of Guangzhou. It is close to the sea, so it goes out to sea to fish, and there are many people doing business overseas, and it is the hometown of famous overseas Chinese.

There was chaos outside Guangzhou, and Xiangshan followed suitably not long after.

At this time, Li Tao led a large army and was quelling the rebellion in Xiangshan County, although the number of rebels was large, there were tens of thousands of people in seven, seven, eight and eight, but they were not Li Tao's opponents at all.

Later, it was like a duck in pursuit, and after some chaos, most of the people were caught, but a group of bandits fled south and entered the Macao Peninsula.

For Li Taolaishu, Macao is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and it is naturally normal to enter it to exterminate traitors, however, here, he was actually stopped.

A group of Portuguese guards stopped in front of the vanguard, saying that it was private territory and that troops were not allowed to enter. Although the Portuguese guards were few, they were not afraid, carrying muskets, and I would shoot if you came.

When Li Tao rushed over, after hearing the other party's reason, he couldn't believe it, "This is private territory, which one said it?" ”

He roared angrily, "Get out of the way, General Ben is going in to arrest the rebels." ”

Seeing that the person in charge on the other side was coming, the Portuguese side also chattered a lot, and then an interpreter with them hurriedly translated, "This general, we pay taxes and rent to the Ming Dynasty every year, and rent this place, and the Ming government can only send officials to mediate and administer justice, and the army cannot enter." ”

Although the interpreter said politely, Li Tao looked at the arrogant expressions of the Portuguese guards on the opposite side, and knew that things were not so simple.

He also ignored the other party's rhetoric, in his mind, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, except for the emperor's decree, there was no official who dared to stop the army from quelling the rebellion.

He calmed down a little and asked coldly, "General Ben asks again, and you won't give way." ”

The Portuguese seemed to be able to understand Chinese, and immediately made another call, and the interpreter just wanted to translate, when Li Tao looked at the other party's expression, he knew that he would not agree, and he was impatient to listen to the other party's translation, so he directly interrupted, "Those who block the actions of the army, die!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he immediately took out the short gun on his waist and slammed it directly, killing the leader of the Portuguese guards!