Because it was Li Xinwen's first standing committee after taking office, and the palace strictly ordered that land reform must be completed within a month, and no one could leave it.

The entire Standing Committee held an unusually smooth meeting, and everyone pledged to concentrate their efforts to ensure the smooth completion of land reform.

Zhuangzi, a village called Wangjiabao outside Gaoyang County, Baoding Prefecture, was often harassed by bandits because of its proximity to the mountains.

In addition, the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Wangjiabao are all controlled by the Wang family, and there are thousands of tenants in their hands.

The entire Wangjia Fort was directly built into a very strong fortress by the Wang family.

Because of the huge financial support of the Wang family, the entire fortress was built taller and stronger than the city wall of Gaoyang County.

The city walls, which stretched for several miles, not only reached the height of a battle, but also built an arrow tower at intervals of five zhang.

Of course, with a strong fortress, if there is no one to defend, everything is nothing.

Therefore, in order to crack down on bandits and avoid Wangjiabao from being attacked, the head of the Wang family directly selected 2,000 young men among thousands of tenants. And spent a lot of money from the government, bought a large number of weapons, and trained them.

After half a year of training, coupled with three battles against bandits, the combat strength of 200 young and strong people is not as good as that of the Tiger and Par Army, but there is still no problem in dealing with ordinary court officers and soldiers.

Therefore, during the period when the imperial court controlled Gaoyang, with two hundred armed forces in his hands, coupled with the tall and strong walls of Wangjiabao, the Wang family was the overlord within a radius of dozens of miles. Even the county government with hundreds of repressions, under normal circumstances, would not dare to provoke the Wang family. Even when the government suppressed bandits. I also want to ask the Wang family for help......

But. Although the Wang family is the overlord of Gaoyang within a radius of dozens of miles. However, there is a flaw in the Wang family, and it is very fatal.

That is, the Wang family was the real landlord in this era, and there was no other income except for the land.

For the Wang family, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in their hands are the lifeblood of the Wang family.

There are these good fields stored zài. The Wang family has tens of thousands of taels of silver and thousands of quintals of grain every year. And with these incomes, the Wang family can continue to arm the tenants and become a hegemon.......

However, if the Wang family loses these fertile fields, it means that the Wang family will lose their only income.

When the time comes, what tenants, what tenants are armed, what is the title of the overlord within a radius of dozens of miles...... will be far away from the royal family.

Not only that, but there is no income after. The Wang family, which only relies on the family background, will go downhill step by step.

So. When the Wang family received an order from the county government to sell all the land in their hands to the county government, and the county government would distribute it to its tenants for cultivation free of charge, the Wang family's first reaction was to refuse.

Of course, the Wang family also has the confidence to refuse, that is, the fortified Wangjiabao and the armed forces of 200 tenants in their hands, and hundreds of tenants are young and strong.

In the eyes of the head of the Wang family, as long as there are 200 tenants in hand, with the strong city defense of Wangjiabao and the strength of the county government, there is absolutely no way to take himself......

In the face of Wangjiabao, who did not have the slightest movement, Luo Cheng, the newly appointed county commander of Gaoyang County, was full of confidence in the Tiger and Leopard Army because he was from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and he was not in a hurry at all in the face of this situation.

However, the former Gaoyang County Commander, and now the deputy county commander of Gaoyang County, are very anxious.

As an old man in Gaoyang County, the deputy county commander is very aware of the strength of the Wang family in Gaoyang County.

Looking at the indifferent county magistrate Luo Cheng in front of him, and the deputy county magistrate with an anxious face, he said without thinking about it: "My lord, if nothing happens, the Wang family will definitely not obey the orders of the county government and sell the good land in their hands to the county government..."

The county commander Luo Cheng sneered without thinking about it: "Don't sell it to the county government... Lord Wang, don't forget, now the sky in Gaoyang County has changed. If his royal family does not listen to the orders of the county government, then there is only one result waiting for him, to be wiped out..."

Therefore, not only is the official not worried that he will not listen, but he also hopes that his royal family will not listen to orders. If this is the case, my Gaoyang County Government can still save tens of thousands of taels of silver for the royal government. According to the goal set by the palace for us, these tens of thousands of taels of silver, at least thousands of taels were sent down by the palace as a reward for all civil and military officials in the county government. ”

Regarding Luo Cheng's arrogance, the worried expression on Deputy County Ling Wang's face not only did not show the slightest sign of dissipation, but became more and more intense.

Under Luo Cheng's gaze, Deputy County Commander Wang directly reminded: "My lord, the Wang family is not an ordinary landlord....The entire Wang family is not only protected by the fortress of Wangjiabao, but also hundreds of well-armed tenants. And our county government, when it is full of fighting, there is only less repression of whites, and it is impossible to be the opponent of the Wang family's tenants. Therefore, please consider carefully. ”

The arrogant expression on Luo Cheng's face did not change in the slightest, and he said with a disdainful expression: "Officials, fight Wangjiabao, this official does not intend to rely on these officials. Don't forget, among the several members of the Standing Committee of our county government, there is also a garrison battalion commander...."

"Although this garrison battalion now has only one company's strength, the combat effectiveness of this company is no worse than that of a battalion of officers and soldiers. As for those tenant armies, it is not a problem at all, so don't worry, Lord Wang, just wait for the reward......"

"I hope so..."Facing Luo Cheng, who was a new official taking office, with a confident face, Deputy County Commander Wang didn't have much to say, so he could only leave the county hall with a worried face.

At the same time, in Wangjiabao, which received the second order from the county government, a meeting was also held that was related to the life of the Wang family.

At this moment, as long as the few people in the Wang family can speak, they all gathered in the main hall of the Wang family.

When the second order of the county government was read out by the head of the family, a burst of abuse sounded directly in the small main hall.

Then, the eldest prince of the Wang family, who looked very brave and held the arms of the two hundred tenants of the Wang family, stood up directly from his seat. shouted at everyone: "Father, the county government has nothing to fear. A few months ago, the county government and bandits all had to ask for help from our Wang family. Now, the idea that the county government wants to beat my Wang family is simply whimsical. My son thinks that this order of the county government is a complete bluff, and our Wang family doesn't have to pay attention to it at all..."

"Yes, the county government will bluff....with less than 100 people in the county government, it is not our Wang family's opponent at all... Besides, our Wang family didn't break the law, so I don't believe that the county government really dared to come and destroy our Wang family. The second young master of the Wang family followed closely and said in agreement.

After all, the two sons are the future heirs of the Wang family, and they don't want to see such a big family property of the Wang family disappear like this.

Neither of the future two heads of the Wang family compromised, let alone the others.

Therefore, as soon as the words of the two young masters fell, the others agreed one after another.

Therefore, resolutely defending tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and confronting the imperial court became the final decision of this meeting. (To be continued......)