Yiwen Yanbo was stunned for a moment when he heard Wang Ningan's words, he didn't seem to react, what? Want to depose yourself? Are you kidding?

For more than ten years, how many turmoil there are, he Wen Yanbo has stood firm, and there have been many conflicts with Wang Ningan in the middle, even more serious than this time, Wang Ningan is at most to set him up, and even assign him, but he does not dare to really depose him.

Lao Wen knew in his heart that as one of the few remaining old ministers, he was the most flexible and easiest to deal with, and if Wang Ningan wanted to control the country, he must reconcile yin and yang, and use all parties together.

After all, those people under Wang Ning'an are still young in seniority and can't take on the responsibility of the country.

Who do you not use me?

Jia Changchao? Zeng Gongliang? Or Zhang Fangping? Or, the newly deposed Pang Yuan?

Wang Ning'an, don't forget, without me, who will suppress Song Zhen for you, suppress Jia Changchao and others, without me, how can you appease the old ministers?

If you dare to oust the old man from power, aren't you afraid of chaos in the world?

Wen Yanbo worked hard for a while, his heart turned around more than a dozen times, he raised his head, grinned, squeezed out a smile, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lord Wang, the old man is willing to bear the responsibility, and the Lord Wang is ...... to deal with it casually."

"No...... Not guilty! ”

Wang Ningan shook his head, "Brother Kuanfu, you are implementing the pilot project for the imperial court, and there is an omission, not all of you are bent on evil, so this time you are not asking for guilt, but responsible." ”

"Responsible?"

"That's right, anyone is responsible for what they do, and since your pilot failed, it proves that you are not fit to stay in this position, hand over the position and give it to the young people!"

"Wang Ning'an! The old man, the old man is not yet 70 years old, and the scholar is 70 years old, this is the rule of the past dynasties! Wen Yanbo suddenly raised his eyebrows and gritted his teeth, people like him, depriving him of power, it is even more uncomfortable than killing him!

Facing the menacing Wen Yanbo, Wang Ning'an remained silent, he smiled faintly, "Brother Kuanfu, why bother to put all your life into it, the Criminal Department and the Imperial Historical Observatory have already begun to investigate the many murders in Jeju......"

"Wang Ningan, what do you mean?" Wen Yanbo suddenly interrupted and asked sharply.

"Brother Kuanfu is a smart man, don't you understand?" Wang Ningan smiled lightly, "The junior brother has taken his leave first, and I believe that Brother Kuanfu will make a wise choice." ”

After speaking, Wang Ningan patted his ass and left, as soon as he left the study, there was a smashing sound behind him, Wen Yanbo kept smashing things, yelling, yelling, and scolding...... Wang Ning settled down for a while, but still took a big step, he had more important things to deal with, and he really didn't want to waste his efforts with Wen Yanbo.

……

"Lu Yan, you have to take Jeju over, Zihou, Shanzhou is handed over to you!"

Wang Ningan directly found the two of them, Wen Yanbo made such a big basket, he had to wipe his ass as soon as possible and clean up the mess.

Winter is coming soon, and the most urgent problem in these two places is food, and the rations of the common people must be solved.

In the past, because of natural disasters, the crops were not harvested, and the people had no food, but this time it was because they forcibly changed to cotton, and the tenant farmers distributed too little profit, and the people had no money to buy grain, and the two states combined, 700,000 people faced the problem of food shortage.

The imperial court could not allocate money for relief, and the local government had to find a way.

"Lord, except for the grain that grows in the ground, it is bought from outside, and the wind can't blow it, and the world can't fall it...... If the imperial court does not produce food, we can only find a way from the local level. ”

Wang Ningan nodded, "Say, what are you going to do?" ”

"Take back all the land from the big cotton growers, distribute it to the people, and use the output of the land as collateral to borrow money from the bank to buy grain." Lu Yan said happily.

Zhang Dian on the side also said: "Master, there is no other way...... If the land is not solved, the people will have no food next year and the year after next, and the court will not be able to provide relief all the time, and the result will be to force everyone to the mountains to be thieves! ”

Both of them were worried that Wang Ningan would object, so they tried their best to persuade them.

How do you know that Wang Ningan smiled faintly, "As far as I know, in these two states, there are only one million acres of land, which can be divided, and there are also gentry landlords, they also have a lot of fields under their names, have you thought about what to do?" ”

Zhang Dian was taken aback and blurted out, "Master, do you want to do it once and for all?" ”

"That's right, all tenants, you have to investigate them thoroughly as soon as possible...... If they have been cultivated for more than ten years, and the land is directly owned by them for less than 10 years, they need to pay a ransom for the purchase of land. ”

"Master!" "To do this is to offend all the gentry!" ”

Wang Ningan didn't seem to hear it, but continued to thunder people and not pay for their lives.

"Listen, this time the land is divided equally, it is different from the past, remember, it is all the people who divide the land equally, not Dingkou!"

"Ahh

Lu Yan's face turned white directly, as a local official, of course he knew the difference between population and Dingkou.

For generations, the division of land and the granting of land were calculated according to Dingkou, and the service of forced labor and the payment of poll tax were also calculated according to Dingkou.

The division of Dingkou is not completely consistent among the dynasties, but in general, it is an adult man...... They can work in the fields, they can perform military service, and they are the only ones who, in the eyes of the imperial court, can be regarded as complete people, and the others are vassals!

Some people have always wondered why ancient women had a low status and had to pay attention to three obedience and four virtues, as if they couldn't hold their heads up for the rest of their lives...... The reason is very simple, and it is easy to ignore, that is, women are not counted as Dingkou, nor do they bear taxes and forced labor to the court, and from the level of the court, women are not regarded as "people".

Since the court is like this, how can a woman have a status in the family.

In an agricultural society, there is no way to do this, who makes women have little strength, can't bear heavy physical work, production activities, and the belly of a family have to rely on men to work hard, and eat other people's short mouths, this is the truth.

But in the industrial age, things are different.

Women are attentive and can withstand long and boring labor, such as in textile factories, where female workers do better than men.

This time, women were also included in the division of land, and they were given the same land and property rights as men, and only when property rights were equal, could their status be truly equal...... In the future, more women can be encouraged to come out and work and hold up half the sky!

Although many men in later generations complained that women were too strong, where was half the sky, the whole sky was shrouded by them, as a member of the male compatriots, Wang Ningan was also very reluctant.

But as a person in power, he has to think about the whole picture.

Because giving a woman land and property immediately doubled the number of workers.

Yanju, Jeju, Shanju, these are all more traditional places, women are not allowed to show their heads at all, come out to work, and the textile factories are all men.

When picking cotton peaches, even hired slaves, women were not allowed to come out to work. In addition to their own fields, women are washing and cooking at home, weaving cloth and coaxing children, which is really a waste......

Wang Ning'an, in the face of being despised by all men, brazenly decided to include women in the ranks of dividing the fields...... Although Zhang Dian and Lu Yan had some slight resistance, they still accepted it quickly.

Even the two of them were a little excited!

The real change has finally begun!

Zhang Dian once thought that when the master sat in the position of the ruler, he became conservative and did not dare to act.

Looking at it now, Master is not only not conservative, but also takes bigger steps than he imagined!

You must speed up your pace, don't let Master leave behind!

Not to mention, Wen Yanbo's tossing in Jeju and Shanju also did a little good thing, at least he destroyed the original structure...... After Zhang Dian and Lu Yan arrived, they immediately launched a thorough investigation, and they first arrested all the officials and servants who were guilty of crimes, and then those big cotton farmers, as well as local hooligans and scoundrels, almost none of them ran away, and they were all wiped out.

After taking these people, they immediately implemented the division of the land, and as long as the people got the title deed, they could sign a supply contract with the cotton spinning factory.

At a certain price, cotton is supplied.

With this contract, the cotton spinning factory will provide guarantees to the people, borrow money from the bank to buy grain, and fill everyone's stomachs.

The imperial court only symbolically took out 100,000 guan to buy grain subsidies, and copied 800,000 guan from large households and officials, and the people of the two states finally had a way to live.

And the success of Yanzhou is in everyone's eyes, after all, it is not far away, and the message transmission is very fast...... The people of Jeju can't wait.

They are a year behind Yanzhou, and if they don't catch up, they will fall behind.

Many people, braving the bitter cold, went to the fields, prepared the land, worked tirelessly, picked up manure from their homes, dug up mud from the river, filled in the land, and spared not a single acre of arable land.

The enthusiasm of the people is staggering.

The most surprising thing is that women make up almost half of the crowd.

Originally, it was all men who ploughed the fields, and women worked at home, but now it's good, and women have also come out.

Some healthy women follow the work, and some people go directly to recruit female workers, earn more money, from vassals to masters, and the style of painting is completely different......

"It's all the other way around, it's all the other way around!"

When Jia Changchao heard about the situation in Jeju and Shanzhou, he was furious.

He directly found Ouyang Xiu, and it just so happened that Song Zhen was also there, and he came to negotiate with Ouyang Xiu about the allocation of education funds next year.

The three old ministers got together, and Jia Changchao was completely angry.

"It's morning! What is he Wang Ning'an going to do? Jia Changchao slapped the table and roared angrily: "Drunkard, you are still the prime minister, you are still the important minister of the first emperor Tuogu, how can you watch Wang Ning'an come to Hu!" If every family does this, they must fight like this! If the family is in chaos, there will never be peace in this world! ”

Song Zhen smiled embarrassedly, "Brother Ziming, it's not like it, it's all a family......"

"Phew...... You wife-scared goods, shut up for me! ”

Song Zhen was so angry that he turned his head and didn't speak, Ouyang Xiu was also speechless when asked, and he was stunned for a long time, and then Old Ouyang suddenly said: "Brother Ziming, I'm ready to resign, you better talk to King Xiliang yourself!" ”