On November 20, the entire 16 states of Yanyun were covered with heavy snowfall.

Outside the south gate of Yanjing City, there are thousands of pillars standing here, and each pillar has the corpse of a Khitan man hanging on it.

The top of the pillar is engraved with the crimes of the Khitans who were killed.

Most of them were rebellions, some were murders, some were thefts, and some were petty charges.

Their corpses were covered in a layer of snow, and their skin was pale and terrifying.

The land below was already covered in blood, but now it was covered in snow.

There was also a squad of more than a hundred Song Army soldiers patrolling around.

The Khitans didn't dare to come here at all, in fact, don't talk about it here, until now, many Khitans don't dare to go out of their homes! They were afraid that they would be killed when they came out into the streets!

Not only Yanjing City, but also the entire sixteen states of Yanyun, all the state and county gates are full of Khitan corpses, and the crimes of the Khitan people are engraved on them.

In just one month, 100,000 Khitans died under the Song sabers.

There are only two million Khitans in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which means that one out of every twenty people dies!

When the Jurchens went south, they entered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and countless Khitan nobles were killed by the Jurchens at that time! Over the years when the Jurchens ruled Yanyun, there were also Jurchens who resisted, but they were all killed by the Jurchens!

When Zhao Chen led hundreds of thousands of Song troops into Yanyun, this time all those who rebelled were killed!

After these two purges, the rest of the Khitans were honest and courageless people. In a short period of time, there will be no more turmoil in the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Khitans will not dare to stand up and rebel again.

The Khitan people really understand that the sixteen states of Yanyun have changed! This is no longer the Yanyun of the Liao Kingdom, but the Yanyun of the Great Song Dynasty! They are no longer the masters of this land, and in this land, they can only live tremblingly, and they can no longer be arrogant!

More than a dozen Han people stood near the city gate of Yanjing City, looking at the corpses of Khitans in the distance.

The scene over there was so terrifying that they didn't dare to walk over.

"Now the Khitans don't dare to be arrogant anymore! This Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is truly the world of our Han people! Now, we Han people have turned over and become masters! "A middle-aged man in his forties.

"Yes! Two hundred years later, we Han people have finally become the masters of Yanyun, and we are no longer second-class people! From now on, the Khitans will no longer dare to oppress our Han people! An old man in his sixties next to him said with joy in his eyes.

"From now on, the sixteen states of Yanyun will be governed by the emperor and court of our Han people! That's great! "There is another Han people.

"But we can't disobey the laws of the court! Some time ago, Zhao Si and a few of them actually wanted to occupy a Khitan courtyard, but they were also killed! There was a young man who said a little timidly.

"Actually, if we don't break the law, those officers and soldiers will be very polite to us! I have lived for more than 60 years, and it is the first time I have seen such a polite officer and soldier! Yesterday, I went outside to pick firewood, and there were soldiers who came up to help me deliver firewood to my home! It's unbelievable! The old man in his sixties laughed.

"The sky has changed! Our Great Song army is cruel to the enemy, and it is very good to our own people! The rest of the dozen or so Han people nodded one after another.

In fact, during this time, they did see that these Song soldiers were different and often helped the people, which surprised them very much.

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In a village west of Yanjing, half of the Khitans in the village were killed as a result of the purge.

Originally, the number of Han Chinese in this village far exceeded that of the Khitans, and now it is even more so.

However, the Han people here are all Khitan tenant farmers, and they are truly destitute.

The snow was falling too much, and it was white in front of me, but in such weather, more than a dozen old men stood at the intersection of the village. The clothes they wore were old, but they were all neatly tied, and the old men had a worried look on their faces. There was also a group of middle-aged people beside them, some supporting them, and some were also waiting anxiously on the side.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance!

Not long after, in the midst of heavy snow, they saw hundreds of Song cavalry coming towards here.

Among the countless cavalry of the Song army, there was a young man who was the most conspicuous, he was wearing bright yellow clothes and was heroic.

"The grass people wait to see Your Majesty!" Before those people arrived, a group of villagers here had already hurriedly knelt down, and they shouted loudly, but it was estimated that those Song cavalry might not be able to hear the sound here.

Zhao Chen and Yu Yunwen rode forward, and in the heavy snow, they saw so many people kneeling at the intersection of the village.

When he came to the entrance of the village, Zhao Chen hurriedly got off the horse and said, "Get up quickly!" Who told you to wait here for me? ”

"See Your Majesty! I'm waiting for the news that Your Majesty is coming, and I don't need to be told by anyone to wait for you here!" The dozen or so old men kowtowed again at this moment.

"Lift them all up!" Zhao Chen said.

When a group of soldiers stepped forward and helped these old men up, when these old men got up, the dozens of middle-aged people stood up.

Whether it was these old men or those villagers, they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Zhao Chen, lest they be rude.

"I'm here just to take a look, to take a turn, and I don't need you to come out to greet me! Who is Muramasa? Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the old man is now the village masa." An old man in his sixties stood up and said.

"What's your name?" Zhao Chen said.

"Grass people Qian Shirong." The old man said hurriedly.

"The snow is so heavy, let's quickly find a place to cover the snow." Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"Yes, Yes, Your Majesty, please come with the grass people!" The old man said hurriedly.

At that moment, the old man walked in front, Zhao Chen, Yu Yunwen and others followed, and those villagers followed further behind.

Not long after, they came to a large mansion with three entrances and three exits, and the old man made the courtyard door open.

"Your Majesty, this is not the house of the grass people, this is the house of the former Khitan landlord! However, the Khitan landlord actually tried to rebel against the imperial court, and was already killed by the imperial court! The house has been empty! Today, Your Majesty arrives, we will clean up this place, so that Your Majesty has a place to rest. The old man Qian Shirong said.

"You're careful!" Zhao Chen smiled.

"As long as Your Majesty can be satisfied, that's fine." Seeing the smile on Zhao Chen's face, Qian Shirong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and also laughed, and said.

To be honest, when I first heard that Zhao Chen was coming, the villagers in the village were apprehensive. In just one month, Zhao Chen killed 100,000 Khitans with iron-blooded means, which not only shocked the Khitans, but also shocked the Han people! After seeing such a method, Yan Yun guessed that Zhao Chen was a cold-blooded and ruthless person, cruel to the extreme! The people in the village were afraid that they would offend Zhao Chen by making a slight mistake, and at that time, they were afraid that the entire village would be washed in blood! However, after seeing Zhao Chen himself, Qian Shirong and those villagers were very different, they felt that Zhao Chen did not look like a cruel person at all, and he felt very gentle, which was very different from their guesses.

After entering the house, everyone sat down in a big room, which was warm, and a few beautiful village girls had already served hot tea to Zhao Chen, Yu Yunwen and others.

"In the village, do the villagers still have enough food?" Zhao Chen asked while drinking tea.

"Your Majesty, if you eat tightly, you will probably be able to survive this winter." Qian Shirong said.

"So, there's still a little bit of food?" Zhao Chen said.

Qian Shirong hesitated for a while and nodded.

"This year, we first recovered Jiangnan, then Yanyun, and the Central Plains, the land area of the Great Song Dynasty has doubled, and the population has increased several times! King Kang's traitors levied and extorted money in Jiangnan, so the people of Jiangnan also suffered greatly, and I exempted agricultural taxes in many places in Jiangnan, so now there is not much grain in the hands of the imperial court! The money and food in Guanshan and Sichuan and Shu are not enough to support these many places! But fortunately, after entering Yanjing, we found that there were a lot of money and grain reserves in Yanjing City! The Jurchens transported a lot of money and grain to Yanjing! Except for a part of the money and grain to supply the army to prevent the Jurchens outside the Guanxi from counterattacking, the rest of the money and grain will be used for disaster relief and provide for the people! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is saying that we can also get food?" Qian Shirong said in surprise.

"Not bad! The imperial court must ensure that no one will starve to death this winter! By next year, everything will be fine. Zhao Chen said.

When those villagers heard the news, their faces showed surprise! In ancient China, if you can not starve to death in winter, it is extremely valuable! But in ancient times, for thousands of years, almost nothing was done! Even before the liberation, it was difficult to prevent people from starving to death in winter, and in many poor villages, the corpses of children who died of starvation were piled up in the ditches every year.

"Also, in a few days, the imperial court will send someone to measure the land!" Zhao Chen said again.

"Measuring the land?" Qian Shirong was stunned again.

"You used to be tenant farmers of the Khitans, but now that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are owned by us, the Khitans can no longer be powerful on the heads of our Han people! When the Jurchens were there, many Khitan nobles were killed by the Jurchens, and countless lands were left behind at that time. Naturally, these lands will be distributed to the people, and if nothing else, each people will be able to distribute two or three acres of land! Qian Shirong, how many people are in your family? Zhao Chen said.

"There are seven grandchildren in the grass people's family!" Qian Shirong said.

"Your family should be able to divide more than a dozen acres of land, and if it is more, it may even be divided into twenty acres of land." Zhao Chen said.

"Ahh Qian Shirong stayed there all of a sudden, unbelievable.

In ancient times, the most valuable thing was land! What the peasants want most is the land! It's a pity that in ancient times, most peasants were landless! Especially in the Song Dynasty, 90 percent of the peasants were tenant farmers! In the sixteen states of Yanyun, almost all the Han people were Khitan tenant farmers, and their ancestors had been looking forward to owning land for generations, and now Zhao Chen finally fulfilled their wish!

"What Your Majesty said is true?" After a while, Qian Shirong knelt down and asked in surprise.

"Nature is true! In addition to the land, some of the agricultural tools of the former landlords were also distributed to the people. We will also send the seeds down before spring planting next year. In addition, in the future, we will go north and occupy Shangjing, Zhongjing and other places in the former Liao Kingdom, where there is also land, and in the future, we may also distribute the land there to the people! The northern territory is very large, and the last thing we have to worry about in the future is land! Zhao Chen said.

In the Liao and Song dynasties, the north was not only a grassland, but also two huge urban circles in Shangjing and Zhongjing in the Liao Kingdom, which also had countless cultivated land. When the Jurchens invaded, Shangjing and Zhongjing were among the first places to be invaded, and all the Khitans there became slaves, and much of the arable land there had been abandoned. In addition, the Yinchuan Plain of Western Xia, where there is also a lot of arable land, can also encourage the people to go! As for Liaodong, there is the famous black soil, which can also be developed! In ancient China, at the end of each dynasty, land annexation was very powerful, but Zhao Chen wanted to completely eliminate this phenomenon, on the one hand, from an agrarian society to a commercial society, on the other hand, it was constantly expanding, laying endless land.

The surrounding villagers also heard this, and everyone had ecstatic expressions on their faces.

Many people were incredulous, they thought that after the death of those Khitan landlords, these lands would be confiscated by the imperial court and owned by the imperial court, but they didn't expect that they would be distributed to ordinary people!

"The grass people have thanked Your Majesty!" After a few moments, all the villagers knelt down and said in surprise.

"The sixteen states of Yanyun are the world of our Han people, from now on, you will no longer farm for others, but for yourself! Therefore, you must be diligent and plant well, your harvest in a year is good, and if you plant poorly, you will have nothing to eat! You should understand this, right? Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"The grass people naturally understand! In the past, they were all planted for the landlords, and no matter how good the planting was, most of the harvest was Khitan! Well, now it's all ours! Your Majesty, if this is the case, from next year onwards, we will never have to worry about eating again! Qian Shirong said excitedly.

He is a master of grain cultivation in this village, but unfortunately when he was a tenant farmer in the past, ninety percent of his income was occupied by the landlord! In such a situation, it is difficult to survive no matter how high the ability to grow food is, and the enthusiasm for growing food will also be hit! But now that the land is your own, of course it's different!

This is also the reason why after the rent reduction order was implemented in Guanshan, Sichuan and Shu, the enthusiasm for growing grain has increased greatly, and the harvest has increased greatly!

"Your Majesty, you really will never leave Yanyun again?" One of the villagers asked.

"Don't worry, you'll never leave Yanyun! A few days ago, I discussed with several ministers about making Yanjing the capital. Zhao Chen said.

"Ahh Hearing this, the faces of those villagers once again showed expressions of surprise.

They were afraid that the Great Song Dynasty would give up Yanyun, but if the emperor intended to use Yanjing as the capital, it would mean that it was absolutely impossible to give up the sixteen states of Yanyun!

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Evening daddy's birthday. I went out to eat and came back late and only wrote one chapter. There is only one more. I'm sorry