Three months later, Mengyao's belly gradually bulged, and from this day on, Mei Xiaohan became more and more considerate and concerned about Mengyao, because he never thought that Mengyao would become his first woman, and he would become a father one day.

A new dynasty, a new atmosphere, a new country, and a new future, but Zhao Kuangyin, who has ascended to the throne, is not down-to-earth.

When Zhao Kuangyin was on the southern expedition to the north, Mei Xiaohan focused on the economy.

Although it is not known what kind of miracle will be born on his own land and on the fertile soil of Meicheng, he is full of confidence that great changes will take place one day.

In 963 AD, the Great Song Dynasty had just been established for less than three years. But Zhao Kuangyin couldn't be calm, because Zhao Kuangyin was still facing future troubles, and the Great Song Dynasty was attacked on all sides.

The country has not yet been reunified, and comrades still need to work hard.

Song Taizu listened to Zhao Pu's suggestion and adopted the strategic principle of "first the south and then the north" and "first the easy and then the difficult" to unify the north and the south.

After the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, the division and division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms did not end, and what Zhao Kuangyin inherited was just an empty shelf in the Later Zhou Dynasty.

To the north, there was the powerful Liao and the Northern Han Dynasty under the support of Liao.

To the south and west were the Southern Tang, Wuyue, Houshu, Southern Han, Jingnan and other large separatist regimes.

In addition, Zhou Xingfeng also established some small separatist regimes in Hunan, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou.

According to the situation at that time, in view of the fact that the south was the center of gravity of the economy, the strength of various countries was relatively weak, and the Liao regime established by the Khitan in the north was relatively strong, after consulting the opinions of Zhang Yongde, Zhao Pu and other ministers, he determined the strategic policy of "first the south and then the north" and "first the easy and then the difficult" that was basically the same as that of the Later Zhou Shizong.

In 963, Song Taizu sent Murong Yanzhao and Li Chuyun to send troops to Lianghu to destroy Jingnan and Hunan. From then on, the Song army forced Hou Shu in the west, the Southern Tang Dynasty in the east, and the Southern Han Dynasty in the south, which was strategically in an extremely advantageous position.

At this time, Meicheng had cut off contact with the outside world and became a highly autonomous city-state. Perhaps it is not accurate enough to say that it is a city-state, because its development is far from the standard of a city-state. Reform took place in every village, and it began to burn like a spark.

The reform of Wencheng Village is being carried out vigorously, and at this moment the reform of another village is also underway, but this reform has encountered huge obstacles.

Because the landlord class began to protest, their ancestors left them large tracts of land on which they depended, which they preferred to be abandoned rather than distributed to the villagers, simply because it belonged to them "since ancient times".

The landlord class is a gulf that can never be bridged, and communication with them must be very careful.

The emergence of high-yielding crops, as well as the improvement of the living standards of the rural population, which harmed the interests of some people, decided to rise up and fight.

Not far from Wencheng Village, there is a town called Xia Town, the lower town is quite rich, the land is fertile, although it is not rich in food and clothing, but the people can barely survive. Most of the common people in the lower towns were hired farmers, and they did not have their own land, and the land was concentrated in the hands of a few chaebols.

To say that they are chaebols is just a compliment to them, because each of them does not own much land, and can only be regarded as a landlord or a rich man. They are not at all interested in reform, because it harms their interests.

The emergence of high-yielding crops has made these rich people very panicked, because they used to use the land to control the farmers, but now it is no longer feasible. The villagers of Xiazhen were looking forward to the rapid reform, and these wealthy families began to join forces to prepare for a struggle.

"The wind and rain are coming, and the mountains are full of buildings!"

The cold winter has passed, and a new spring has arrived. Time passed minute by minute, and it made people feel a little emotional and embarrassed.

The spearhead of reform is finally pointed at Xiazhen, in fact, to carry out the reform smoothly first, Mei Xiaohan only needs to send troops to suppress it, but this method will only cause greater resistance, so that the gains outweigh the losses.

Only by getting the people at the bottom to trust themselves will the reform be carried out easily, because he is the one in charge, and the top-down reform is always much easier than the bottom-up, and the active reform is always better than the passive reform.

Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a glass of wine, let many soldiers return to their hometowns, and gave them land and knighthoods, just to be able to gag their mouths and confuse their eyes.

Spring is coming, flowers are in full bloom, and spring colors are everywhere. Spring was originally a good day to go green, but Mei Xiaohan was very preoccupied, because his dreamy stomach was getting more and more bulging, and he suddenly panicked.

He has come a long way from growing up as a teenager, and the road ahead is not clear, even very bumpy. He didn't know if what he did every day was meaningful, and he even suspected that he was doing useless work every day.

One day, Zhao Kuangyin will point the finger at him, and he will not be able to escape the sanction of fate at that time, will Zhao Kuangyin still be polite to him at that time?

Perhaps he should have taken the initiative to hand over Meicheng and show his loyalty, but he couldn't, he wouldn't do it, and he couldn't do it.

He is a traverser, he is different from all people, he should have great ideals and ambitions, the world is so big, how can he live in Meicheng for the rest of his life.

He had an idea in his heart, this idea no one dared to say except himself, he had the heart to be the king, although he did not want to be famous in the history books, but he did not want to be subservient forever.

One morning in March 963, Mei Xiaohan came to the hillside alone, looking at the green land in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many delicate rivers and mountains, how can I succumb to others, I am unwilling!" ”

The breeze was blowing, the green leaves were swaying with the wind, and at this moment his heart was also a little commotion, he was still young, no matter compared to Zhao Kuangyin or Zhao Guangyi, he was still young, and he felt that he was fully capable of replacing them.

Mei Xiaohan couldn't help but sigh and shook her head again and again to show that her ideas were unrealistic. At this moment, a person came from behind him, and this person was Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang said: "What is there to worry about Lord Mei? ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "When you followed me, I don't know at all. ”

Zhang Liang smiled: "Maybe Master Mei was too serious to find out about my arrival." ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "Are you here to find something wrong with me?" ”

Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Master Mei has something on his mind!" ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "How can you see it? ”

Zhang Liangdao: "The founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Lord Mei can be said to be the first hero, but it is indeed Zhao Kuangyin who is the emperor, and his brothers are far inferior to him..."

"I don't understand what you mean."

Zhang Liang said: "Lord Mei has the heart to be the king. ”

Zhang Liang said the true thoughts of Mei Xiaohan's child, but Mei Xiaohan did not shy away from it, and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

Zhang Liang said: "I don't think it's impossible! ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "Why is this? ”

Zhang Liang said: "At this time, the Great Song Dynasty has just been established, and there are still many separatist forces around it that have not been eradicated. ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "You mean that the opportunity is not ripe at this time?" ”

"Not bad!"

Zhang Liang said: "At this time, Meicheng is already a country within a country, so why bother with it." ”