Chapter 51: The Umbrella of the Peoples
As expected, landowners all over the country united to resist the peasants' division of land in protest against the policies of the democratic state.
However, they are doomed to be in vain, and the democracies established by Wang Shi are not the same as those of Western societies, where parliaments are greater than governments, and big capitalism and big farmers hold the power of the country.
Democracies are practically no different from feudal societies, and although the landlords are powerful, they have no political rights, in a word, their political and economic status is unequal.
The government is free to suppress them at will.
Since the promulgation of the state decree, large landowners from all over the north have sent representatives to protest the government's policies.
"Your Majesty, please take back your holy order!" Every day tens of thousands of landlords kneel outside the government chamber, and they look embarrassed at this time.
Li Yunxiu was profound, and he could clearly hear them pleading, but he ignored them.
"His Majesty's Prime Minister Dong Qiao requested an audience".
The soldiers outside the door came to report
"Well, let him in"!
"See Your Majesty", Dong Qiao looked very anxious
"What's the matter"?
"Your Majesty, at present, the movement of dividing the land has been carried out throughout the country, and the peasants are in high spirits, and the peasants around the imperial capital who took the lead in allocating the land have made an umbrella for the people to sing the praises of your great achievements, do you want to meet them?"
"Well, let's go! Go check it out". Li Yun also wanted to see what the Wanmin umbrella looked like.
The government's parliament hall is different from the place used in the imperial palace to go to court, the parliament hall is the place where the officials themselves meet, and sometimes Li Yun will go there to issue some decrees to be implemented.
The main hall in the palace used to go to the court is used to deal with the relationship between the government and the army, and when they need to cooperate, Li Yun needs to come forward to dispatch.
In normal times, Li Yun does not need to go to the court to discuss national affairs, in order to meet the people who came to send the umbrella of the people, Li Yun is the first time to go to the court.
The people standing in the middle of the court saw Li Yun coming here from a distance, although they didn't know what the emperor of the country looked like, but they knew that this person was the emperor by looking at the guards and officials at all levels around Li Yun
The people fell to their knees
"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."
Li Yun walked up to them
"Folks, get up quickly. We don't kneel in our democracy, and we don't kneel to anyone else anymore."
"Your Majesty, you are of a noble position, and it is our honor to kneel down for you. Your Majesty, today we are here to give you an umbrella for all people",
The people took dozens of umbrellas from behind,
"Okay, thank you". The soldier took the large umbrellas with the names of the common people written on them from the hands of the people.
Looking at these simple people, although they were covered with patches, the corners of their mouths were full of satisfied smiles
Li Yun saw gratitude and hope in their eyes.
Thanks to Li Yun for fighting local tyrants and dividing the land, they have the land in their hands and see the hope of their future life.
Li Yun couldn't help but feel a sour nose, it seemed that Li Yun was the emperor of this country and the most powerful person in the world. But he used to be an ordinary person, and only people of the same class can really pity the same class, because they are all the same people and understand the pain and misfortune of life.
"Brother Emperor, Nini gave you flowers". A little girl of seven or eight years old with a few wildflowers in her hands. Squeezed out of the crowd desperately and walked to Li Yun.
"Your Majesty, don't blame her, she is still young and ignorant." A peasant hurriedly hugged her back, for fear that Li Yun would blame her for colliding with the emperor's majesty.
"It's okay", Li Yun picked up Nini and took the flower in her hand
"Brother, thank you Nini".
"The big guys haven't eaten yet, have they? Today I invite the big guy to dinner."
"Dong Qiao, you arrange it, these ordinary people will eat in the palace today."
"Your Majesty". Dong Qiao, who was still immersed in emotion, was pulled back to reality by Li Yun, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said excitedly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty", and the people knelt down again. These ordinary people are simple, they don't care who is the emperor, but they understand the simplest truth, whoever is good to them, they are also good to whom.
"Well, why did you kneel down again? I have heard that from now on you will no longer be the object of oppression. You are the masters of the country, and no one is worthy of your knees, do you hear? ”
"Your Majesty". Thousands of people responded loudly to Li Yun's words, today may be the happiest moment in their lives, although they have no culture, but they also faintly feel that the fate of this country is closely related to themselves.
Dong Qiao and a group of officials received those ordinary people, but Li Yun did not go with them.
In the dormitory, Li Yun looked at the Wanmin umbrellas placed in a pile, and felt a calming power from them.
"Donghuang Zhong, what's going on with these Wanmin umbrellas? It seems to be able to suppress the bloodlust in me."
Li Yun rarely sucks blood, part of the reason is that the blood of ordinary people no longer has much effect, and the biggest part is to suppress the bloodlust in his heart. He didn't want to experience the scene of Immorton again, but as soon as he got close to these people's umbrellas, his bloodthirstiness seemed to disappear.
"That is the faith of the people, and the most sincere blessing to you. There is no begging or greed, all of them are wishing you a long life and all the best."
"Does it do anything"?
"These pure beliefs are like drugs to the gods who rely on faith to become gods, and they are deeply attracted to them, and they rely on these beliefs to live forever and cultivate."
"So that's the case", looking at these Wanmin umbrellas, Li Yun fell into contemplation again, he could make a deal with those Western gods in exchange for some artifacts and other things.
The reform is still going on, and people from all over the country come every day to deliver the people's umbrella. Li Yun had already instructed the guards to send umbrellas as long as the people came! They were all taken and sent to his own dormitory, and Li Yun no longer went out to meet them in person.
"Your Majesty, Wang Dashuai asks for an audience."
"Let him in"! Wang Shi never bothered himself for no reason, and there must be something important to come this time.
"See Your Majesty".
"What's the matter with Wang Shi"?
"Your Majesty, have you changed the land policy a little, now the whole country is in great turmoil, and our army is almost unbearable."
"What's wrong? You elaborate". Li Yun was a little surprised by Wang Shi's words, Wang Shi was very loyal to himself and had never disobeyed his own opinions.
"Your Majesty, although your policy of confiscating the landlords' land has received strong support from the people, those big landlords have united against us.
The landlords, who kept domestic slaves, banded together with guns and refused to confiscate our land.
There were also a large number of landlords who fled to the south with their possessions. Big capitalists who own a lot of land have turned to other countries for help, and at the moment Western countries have sent warships to threaten our country. Tsarist Russia in the north also sent troops to the south, eyeing the border areas of our country."
"Well, I see". Li Yun had long expected that the situation would be very bad, but he didn't expect it to be so critical, and the matter was definitely not as light as Wang Shi said.
"Wang Shi, pass on my holy will. As long as the landlords take the initiative to distribute the land to the peasants, they can keep 30% of the land for themselves, and if they resist, they will confiscate all of it.
Then you send a group of English-speaking people to Western countries to bribe the members of their parliaments to get them to send opposition troops.
As for the army of Tsarist Russia on the northern borders of our country, it is up to me to settle ".
Li Yun's move was of great significance, at least it solved the urgent need at present, and the landlords took the initiative to hand over the land to the public and could keep 30% of the land, which would cause them internal disagreements and make them no longer united.
In Western societies, the power of parliament is greater than that of the government, and the decisions of the parliament must be followed by the government. As long as parliaments help democies speak, governments can no longer meddle in the affairs of that country.
Although Wang Shi can use the curse to solve all these things, the cause and effect brought by the curse is unbearable for Wang Shi, an ordinary person, and in this era of the end of the law, karma has no effect.
But once you change to a world with Heavenly Dao, there will be a Heavenly Tribulation immediately, and ordinary people will definitely be killed by the Heavenly Tribulation. Moreover, if you carry too much killing karma, it will be extremely difficult to cultivate in the future, to put it mildly, you may be poisoned if you take a pill.
Li Yun is also afraid of carrying too much karma, so he rarely kills innocents indiscriminately.
"It's Your Majesty, the slave retires".
"I still have one more thing"
"Your Majesty, you say".
"Xiao Lanlan misses you, you take some time in the evening and go to dinner together in the evening."
In the world of mummies, except for Wang Shi and Zhou Lan, Li Yun used me to replace his speech, which can be seen from which Li Yun regarded them as his own people.