Chapter 599: Reform in Progress
Li Yang came to the Xueyang faction to bring Yixue back.
However, after arranging all the affairs, Li Yang did not leave directly with Yixue, but stayed in Mount Tai for a few more days.
The first of the five mountains, the scenery of Mount Tai is naturally top-notch.
Thinking about it, after the two got married, they didn't spend their honeymoon, and now they just have time to play in this Mount Tai, which is just the right time for their honeymoon.
The two of them simply packed up some salutes, and then left the scope of the Xueyang Sect and walked deep into the mountains.
Originally, Mount Tai was not small, it has increased countless times in this world, and it has become more huge, such as the Snow Yang Sect, the entire sect complex is already very large, but it only accounts for a small part of Mount Tai.
Originally, there were still many strange beasts living in these mountains.
However, since the Snow Sun Sect used this place as a place of trial, the number of strange beasts here has also decreased rapidly, except for some strange beasts with strong concealment ability or strong strength, the others have basically disappeared.
Now this Mount Tai is only rich in treasures, and of course, there are beautiful scenery.
In the past month, Li Yang and Yi Xue have not been out of the range of Mount Tai.
However, the happy time will eventually end, and the entire Tianyun also needs Li Yang to preside over the overall situation, so there is no way, the two can only return to Tianyun City.
Now the entire Tianyun Territory is in a frantic operation.
Not only did there be constant friction at the border, but the internal government began to implement the agricultural reform policy advocated by Li Yang.
Agricultural reform is beneficial to the country and the people, but it is not conducive to the interests of the family.
Originally, the family raised domestic slaves, exploited the people, and cultivated the land, all of which came from their interests, and if reforms were implemented, then they would naturally have to hand over a part of their land, which would undoubtedly deprive them of their interests.
The family's backlash is inevitable and the most troublesome thing, and it will even implicate some officials, which naturally requires Li Yang to start.
According to Zhang Liang's strategy, Li Yang mainly focused on differentiation, supplemented by suppression.
First, he summoned Dong Su and negotiated with him to form a larger business association.
After a brief consultation with Dong Su, Li Yang did not communicate directly with the family, but continued to carry out agricultural reform and the policy of returning farmers to the people.
As Li Yang expected, after the implementation of the policy, families from all over the country have spoken out against it.
In fact, Li Yang had already promulgated similar policy guidelines before, but at that time it was only for the sake of the peasants' comfort, which is different from now.
In the past, it was mainly to pacify, supplemented by force, and due to Li Yang's strong strength, the family could only temporarily silence, in fact, the most important thing is that it has not touched their deepest interests, even so, they have been uniting, waiting for the opportunity to fight back.
This time, not only for a quick solution, but also for the sake of stability in the later stage, Li Yang intends to focus on force, supplemented by dividing interests.
Therefore, after the backlash of the various families, and after the response became more and more popular, Li Yang directly sent troops to suppress it by force.
After these great families were raided and exterminated, there was also a brief calm in the Tianyun Territory.
Of course, this is only on the surface, and secretly they may have colluded to resist Li Yang together.
However, before they could react, Li Yang asked the heads of the families led by the counties to invite Tianyun City, of course, whether they wanted to come or not, they were all 'invited' anyway.
The business association, this is Li Yang's main means of dividing interests and solving the family.
At present, nearly eighty percent of the industries and businesses in the Tianyun Territory are under the control of the Sulong Chamber of Commerce.
For these commercial profits, the families have naturally coveted them for a long, long time.
And this business association is to divide the industry of the Sulong Chamber of Commerce according to the boundaries of states and counties, and each state and county is headed by the main families to receive these benefits.
Of course, the Chamber of Commerce is still dominated by the Sulong Chamber of Commerce, but the Sulong Chamber of Commerce has moved from the front to the back, and continues to make profits by collecting rent.
Although there are a lot less benefits, there will be a lot less trouble, and there are pros and cons.
The family is all profit-oriented, and Li Yang believes that for the sake of their own interests, they can abandon everything, including other families who are allied with them, and even a few 'traitors' of their own family.
These family heads did not give an answer at the first time, but Li Yang was not in a hurry, but took them to visit the garrisons of the Crazy Dragon and other legions, publicized to them the correct policy of strengthening the country and security, and conducted corresponding military drills to prove that his army had such strength.
In the end, Li Yang even asked them to go home, so that they could discuss with the high-level members of the family and not be in a hurry to make a decision.
However, when they left, Li Yang said that if it was too long, Li Yang could not guarantee whether their state and county would change families.
Of course, when these family heads went back, Li Yang was not idle.
He asked the spies lurking in the Moyi Building in various states and counties to spread all the things that Li Yang talked about with the family, and when these family heads came back and wanted to stop it, it was too late.
In the following days, Li Yang received many letters from the families who were 'self-recommended', stating that they were willing to join the business federation as representatives of the local states and counties to replace those who came to Tianyun.
In the face of these letters, Li Yang smiled heartily, but he did not agree, but classified these letters according to states and counties, and sent people to send them to those heads of families.
Although these families understood that Li Yang's meaning of passing these letters was nothing more than to provoke the relationship between the families and give them a sense of urgency.
This is Yang Mou, but they also have to jump, because as Li Yang said, he can pick a family at will.
The annual income of the Sulong Chamber of Commerce is obvious to all, after all, their industry has been squeezed.
Moreover, if they join this federation, they can not only do business activities in one county, but all businesses in the entire Tianyun Territory can be done.
For example, the price of war horses in Youzhou, the price in Youzhou and the price in Yanzhou, it is a heaven and an earth, and the benefits that can be made from it are quite large.
Just when they were anxious and didn't know how to choose, Li Yang announced another piece of news.
Those who are engaged in politics are not allowed to engage in business, and those who are engaged in business, if they are able, can abandon business and enter politics in accordance with the regular selection channels.
Shinong industry and commerce, this is the status ranking from ancient times to the present, merchants, always ranked at the lowest, in the early Han Dynasty there was such a policy of suppressing business, merchants and their descendants are not allowed to be officials, not to wear precious silk fabrics, not to carry weapons, can not ride horses.
Although the family is involved in business, most of them are nobles and show themselves as large landowners, so although the interests are huge, the family has been hesitant to make a decision, just afraid that their status will be hit.
Of course, behind the scenes, most of the family is also in business, which is also a tacit thing, but it will not be said in public.
The policy implemented by Li Yang has undoubtedly greatly increased the status of businessmen, and made the "indecent" word of businessmen become high.
Therefore, it also made those wavering families finally make a decision, according to Li Yang, to exchange most of the peripheral land of the family for commercial benefits.
But how can the land of these leading families alone be enough for Li Yang.
A year later, after these first batch of crab eaters absorbed enough benefits, Li Yang began the next step of the plan, the spread of benefits!
Representatives of the Sulong Chamber of Commerce began to contact other families in various states and counties.
These families have been squeezed a little miserably, even if they still have land in their hands, but compared to the families engaged in business, the difference is not the same.
Therefore, when they heard that it was the Sulong Chamber of Commerce that came to trade, they were overjoyed, even if the Sulong Chamber of Commerce had increased its price and needed more land to be replaced, they were eager to sign the agreement quickly.
As a result, a large amount of land was taken over by the government, and then the centralized data was provided to the central government of Tianyun, and the agricultural reform policy was implemented.