Chapter 70: Deng Ai
"What's so bad about that? This is the foundation of the great cause, and only in this way can we develop our power and achieve great things in troubled times! Sima Hui said.
Zhuge Liang said: "Why should the mountain chief pretend to be confused? The decrees of the second son seem to be to expand their strength and develop their power, but they are fundamentally aimed at the family.
He's digging for the foundation of his family!
That is, Wuling has suffered from the Southern Barbarian War all the year round, and there are not many families, so these policies can be implemented smoothly, but even so, they are mostly resisted.
But one day, what about the second son walking out of Wuling? Do you still have to enforce these policies?
How can that be accepted by the families everywhere!
Not to mention, in this Jingzhou, there are families everywhere, and clan forces of all sizes have occupied every inch of land.
If the second prince still wants to implement these policies, these people will regard him as an enemy, without the support of these people, I am afraid that he will not even be able to ascend to the throne!
But if you give up these policies, the second son has completed the restructuring in Wuling, and giving up is to cut off the lifeline and abolish the foundation!
The world belongs to the scholars, and the king can only rule the world with the scholars and doctors in order to make the country and the people safe.
From the time the second prince embarked on the road of confronting the Shi clan, there was no hope of taking over the world.
The stronger his ability, the greater the harm caused in the future, and the foundation of the assassin Shi for more than ten years has given Jingzhou the hope of reviving the Han Dynasty.
But in the future, the cholera Jingzhou will be the second son! ”
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"Zheng Ai, your family's land has been divided!"
Xiao Wu, a neighbor, came over and whispered to Zheng Ai.
"Really?"
Zheng Ai let out a cry of surprise, but immediately greeted the stern eyes of the priest on the stage, hurriedly clasped his palms, lowered his head and reverently recited:
"Dear Lord God, I am willing to thank, thank, and praise you in all things, and I ask your Holy Spirit to help me to praise you, to praise you in spirit and truth, and to help me to help me in me, and to help me to meditate on your lovingkindness, and your grace, and your glorious works, and to help me to give sincere thanks and praise from the depths of my heart......"
Until the priest's gaze moved away, Zheng Ai still didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and prayed honestly for half an hour to finish today's schoolwork, and then left lightly through the back door.
Half a month ago, the county watchman decreed that all the people of the county, both men and women, must pray in the church of the Lord God every seven days for at least one hour.
This is especially true for children between the ages of six and sixteen, who are forced to attend the church college, which organizes prayer for no less than one hour a day.
Such a chaotic government was naturally resisted by countless people, especially those from big families, who resolutely refused to obey.
However, the county keeper quickly made them understand what it meant to be under the eaves and have to bow their heads.
After holding up the butcher's knife and slaughtering a batch of them, those warriors who were well-dressed on weekdays and swore to die in the face of righteousness were shocked by the speed at which they softened.
In just seven days, this policy was completely rolled out throughout Wuling County, and everyone, whether they were scholars or untouchables, was meticulously implemented.
In fact, from Zheng Ai's point of view, he is not so resistant to this policy.
Prayer is nothing more than kneeling down and reciting the scriptures, which are of such high quality that they are easy to read, like singing.
And more importantly, men, women, and children of all ages can enjoy a church lunch if they finish their prayers on time.
The steamed buns made of fine noodles and the thick broth make me drool when I think about it, which is the side branch of a big clan like Zheng Ai, and this kind of food can only be eaten during the New Year's holidays.
Not to mention those low-level pariahs and slaves, such a meal can make them serve their death!
Perhaps, this is the reason why only the family is opposed after the implementation of the policy.
After all, we know etiquette in a solid way, and only after we meet the needs of survival will we consider things like dignity, ethics, and faith.
It's a pity that their insistence doesn't seem to work very well in front of the butcher's knife of the county keeper......
"How much? How much was divided? ”
Coming out of the church, Zheng Ai trotted all the way to Xiao Wu and asked in a loud voice.
Regarding the series of policies of the county guard, Zheng Ai felt that the most detrimental to his interests was that the Zheng family was destroyed.
This is the family he came from, although this family, after his father's death, immediately occupied the twenty acres of fertile land that his father had worked so hard to accumulate, so that he was cut off from a source of income, but he still felt that the existence of this family was beneficial to him.
After all, even if there is no Zheng family, there will be other families to occupy his land, and in this world, it is impossible for an eleven-year-old child whose father died early and his mother who is seriously ill all the year round to keep twenty acres of fertile land.
And the clan uncle who occupied his family's fertile land, perhaps because of guilt, or because of the wind comments, will at least give him some care, such as the opportunity for him to go to school in clan studies, which was given by this clan uncle.
And it is also because of this uncle's frequent help that he has survived until now.
Now that the Zheng family has been destroyed, and the uncle who is a descendant of the Zheng family has also been beheaded, Zheng Ai's only concern is how to live in the future.
But just when he didn't know what to do, the county guard came with news and divided the land for everyone!
All the people here, including men, women, old men, children, nobles, slaves, etc., in short, as long as you are a member of the land, you can be evenly distributed to a piece of land.
When this news came out, everyone was stunned, and no one dared to believe it, but with the continuous division of the county guard's land, everyone had to believe it!
The county guard not only divided the fields, but also strictly ordered these fields to be bought and sold in any way, and those who violated the order were beheaded!
This made many people and slaves weep bitterly, because in the past, they had worked hard to reclaim some fields, and they were also taken away by those big families.
Now with the strict order of the county guard, with the prestige of killing the family without hesitation before the county guard, who would dare to take it?
And if you can have a piece of land of your own, then you can have food to eat, and you can live no matter how difficult it is!
The entire Wuling County is boiling!
"Oh, this is your family's land deed, the county guard's order to divide the land, regardless of men and women, five acres per person, your family has you and your aunt, a total of ten acres."
Xiao Wu handed over the title deed, Zheng Ai took it with a trembling hand, ten acres of fertile land, can produce a thousand catties of grain every year, although it is not much, but plus the lunch that is prayed and eaten in the church every week, and digging some wild vegetables in spring and summer, it is enough for him and his mother to eat.
It's just that after Zheng Ai stroked the title deed a few times, he suddenly raised his head and put the title deed in Xiao Wu's hand.