Ding Jian rubbed his face vigorously and slapped himself a few more times to make himself more sober. For several days in a row, he slept only for one hour.

Spring ploughing has begun, and it is already very busy. At this time, the war with the Tubo people was also in full swing. With the chaos in Hedong, it was no longer possible to provide grain and grass to Zuo Wuwei in Yinzhou, and this burden fell on Hezhong. A package of things was piled up together, and he, the assassin in the river, was suddenly very busy.

Fortunately, the big families in the river, who have always been unruly, seem to have changed their temperament at this juncture, as long as Ding Jian speaks, they all obey. In a short period of time, Ding Jian raised hundreds of thousands of loads of grain.

It's just that it is extremely difficult to transport these grains to Yinzhou and send them to the front of the army, because now Hedong is in chaos, and the Tubo cavalry that broke into Hedong is constantly attacking the grain transportation channel, and if you are not careful, the grain that you have worked hard to raise will be robbed or destroyed, and out of ten, at most fifty or sixty percent can finally be delivered.

After being robbed several times, the people who transported the grain were no longer the people, but the army escort of Tu Lichun's Zuo Weiwei. The Zuowei cavalry kept chasing and suppressing the Tibetan cavalry, cooperating with the foot soldiers to protect this grain route with difficulty.

As for why these big families in the river suddenly became so obedient and obedient to the overall situation, Ding Jian naturally knew it. In this regard, he could only sneer a few times in his heart, he had given the opportunity countless times, but some people were so bent on running to the dead end that they had no intention of turning back, so it would be no wonder that he was ruthless.

The current Ding Jian is actually extremely painful in his heart.

Because of his origin, how similar he is to these big families in the river. It's just that his home is far away in Jingxiang. Sometimes in the dead of night, he would ask himself, if the same thing happened in his hometown, in his family, what would the elders in the family do?

Is it to understand the righteousness and give up a small family for everyone? Or will they ignore the interests of the country and only want to protect the interests of the family?

After weighing and thinking about it repeatedly, he was shocked to find a fact, if this is the case, he is afraid that his family's reaction will not be much different from these people in the river!

It made him miserable.

He studied under Zhang Hui, and he has always cherished his family and country, otherwise, he would not have abandoned Houlu, a high-ranking official in Jingxiang, and followed his mentor to Wuyi.

At first, he opposed many of Li Ze's policies, believing that the foundation of the imperial court's rule was by no means in those small people, but in those rich families and big families, believing that only by uniting these people could more strength be gathered.

Li Ze did not argue with him, nor did he try to persuade him with great reasoning that he had an official position to oppress him, but sent him to Yizhou to serve as an assassin.

Yizhou was the first to support Li Ze, and it was also the most thorough state governance carried out by Li Ze's New Deal. When Ding Jian took office, everything here had already formed rules, and everything had its own charter, and Ding Jian, a thorn in history, did not have many things to do. Therefore, he has more time to investigate, to study, to compare.

Of course, he also had a lot of time to study some of the pamphlets written by Li Ze, such as political economy.

In Yizhou, he saw a place where there were no wealthy families, full of vitality and better day by day. He saw that the government's governance went deep into the township and the village, and even reached one household at a time. He saw that the Yixing Society, an organization he once disdained, was playing an increasingly important role in consolidating the government's rule.

There are still rich households, there are landlords, but the rent of thirty percent, no matter where it is, is extremely low. He saw that Wuwei Qianzhuang lent money to farmers at very low interest rates to help them buy farm tools, ploughing cattle, and even some chickens, ducks and pigs. In Yizhou, usury could not survive, firstly, no one would go to them for loans, and secondly, the government also cracked down on this kind of behavior very severely. If the interest exceeds three cents, it will be found illegal, and if it is caught, the lender will lose all his money and will be subject to a hefty fine.

The supply and marketing cooperatives will follow up, and the output of the farmers will be purchased at a relatively fair price, and the farmers do not have to worry about selling and buying. During the busy farming season, Yixing Society organized one cooperative group after another to help with spring ploughing, and during the slack season, they organized everyone to build water conservancy.

In Yizhou, everyone is busy, even women and children, they can find a job that suits them, and children naturally want to go to school. The construction of schools one by one has taken these children in, and as a Confucian child, it is indeed a refreshing thing to be able to hear the sound of Langlang reading in some remote villages. The sage's words about teaching without class have been truly realized in Yizhou.

And in his hometown, in that place known for his wealth, such a thing is still a luxury. Reading is still not something that children from poor families can do, and they also need to help their families share some things.

Yizhou for several years has made Ding Jian's mind change a lot.

It turns out that the so-called prosperous era is so simple, isn't it?

Ding Jian knew that Li Ze wanted to educate him with facts. And in fact, he was educated.

In Yizhou, he learned a lot.

Then he went to the river. In this place where Li Ze's new policy has not yet been implemented, Ding Jian still wants to struggle for the last time, he wants to share what he has learned in Yizhou with these rich and powerful families in the river, integrate and connect, and find a way to build and prosper together.

In his heart, it is not so much to help these people in the river, but to find a way to use it in his hometown in the future. After all, he is also a member of the wealthy family, and he doesn't want his family to become a victim of this torrent in the future as Li Ze's power expands to his hometown.

However, he was disappointed.

He had expected the stubbornness of the wealthy and made full preparations to meet the difficulties, but what he never expected was that the counterattack of these wealthy families after the poor skills of the donkey was so frustrating.

This filled Ding Jian's heart with a sense of frustration.

Or Li Xiang is right, if the Tang Dynasty wants to prosper again, it must break some shackles, reconstruct a new social order, and formulate a new set of policies to cut off the past.

The glass lamp on the desk emitted a soft and bright light, and Ding Jian looked at the light in a daze.

Things are about to happen, and the occurrence of these things also represents a total failure of oneself.

No, it will also be a new life for itself.

Footsteps sounded outside the lobby, and when he heard the unique sound of light and heavy footsteps, Ding Jian knew who was coming.

The leader of the internal guard, Tian Bo, is a cripple.

At the same time, he is also one of Li Ze's most trusted people, Li Ze's confidant, and the leader of the dark world in the area ruled by the Zhenzhou court.

From the bottom of his heart, he doesn't like this person at all.

Although Tian Bo has always shown a smile on his face, no matter who he talks to or interacts with, he always habitually bends his waist, and seems to be very modest, very humble, and harmless to people and animals, but a person like Ding Jian naturally knows what the internal guard does, and knows that behind Tian Bo's modest smile, there are unparalleled means hidden.

"Is it all clear?" Looking at Tian Bo, who was standing in front of him with a horizontal knife, Ding Jian pointed to the chair in front of him and invited the other party to sit down and talk.

Tian Bo smiled: "It's been clear for a long time." Ding Thorn History, those people in the city are ready to respond. ”

Ding Jian's eyebrows twitched a few times, "Do you even have their people at the city gate?" ”

"South Gate." Tian Bodao.

"What about time?"

"Tomorrow." Tian Bodao. "Didn't Thorn Shi raise a lot of food from all over the world? This time, it was not only food that came to Fucheng from all over the country, but also a large number of weapons hidden inside, and more importantly, the people who escorted it were no longer ordinary people, but their soldiers. ”

"It's really delusional." Ding Jian said angrily.

"It's not wishful thinking." Tian Bo said: "They have calculated the time very well, tomorrow the grain escort from all over the country will arrive at the south city gate at the same time, the south city gate is their people, naturally they will easily let them pass through the city, plus they need people themselves, then there are thousands of people." Now the city is the most empty in their eyes, General Tu's Zuo Weiwei has already left, and it will not be able to return in a short time. As long as they occupy the city, and the pseudo-Liang Jingxiang side, they have already prepared a team of soldiers and horses waiting for the opportunity, if we are not prepared, they do have a great chance of success. ”

Ding Jian sighed: "There is a road in heaven and they don't go, and there is no door in hell, they just have to break blindly, General Tian, when are you going to do it?" ”

"I'm here to tell Ding Tingshi, tonight, we are going to do it, first purge the traitors in the city." Tian Bo said: "Now inside the city, loose outside and tight inside, all the people and horses have been prepared, once they start, they will block the entire city and prevent the news from leaking out, tomorrow, when those people arrive, a cavalry led by Li Bo will also return as agreed, and these traitors will all be eliminated under the city." ”

"What about the centaur that Jing Xiang sent out?" Ding Jian said fiercely: "You won't let them just get away with it, right?" ”

Tian Bo smiled: "How can there be such a good thing, tomorrow, we will release false news, luring that army to come to the city quickly, and on the way, they will be greeted by General Tu's ambush, this time we have taken more than half a year from the plan, to the final harvest, if there is no full harvest, wouldn't it be a big loss?" ”

Ding Jian waved his hand: "Then let's do it!" ”