On February 11, 3067 (370) of Kaiyuan, Jingzhou assassinated Shi Huan and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, giving the Jin State a fatal blow, and also making many recalcitrant people choose to surrender in despair.

Yangzhou, Jiangzhou, Guangzhou, and Jiaozhou successively announced their surrender and accepted the rule of the Tang State.

However, there were also recalcitrant opponents, such as Zhou Zhongsun, the assassin of Yizhou, and Yang Liang, the assassin of Liangzhou, jointly supported Sima Tian, the king of Jingjing, as the emperor and continued to oppose the Tang Dynasty.

Jiangzhou Assassin Shi fled to Guiyang County, where he proclaimed Sima Zun, the son of Sima Xi, the king of Wuling, who was killed by Huan Huo, as emperor.

He Fang reported: "These are the two largest remnants of the Jin Kingdom...... Guiyang anti-thieves are easy to do, but the one who is worried is Liang Yi Erzhou, and I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort to do it. ”

"And Ningzhou has not moved so far, and they have also cut off foreign contact, and it seems that they want to defend themselves."

Wen Yi said: "Ningzhou doesn't have to worry about it first, the ownership of the world has nothing to do with them, and when the Central Plains is pacified, they will naturally make the right choice, solve the Liangyi Erzhou first, and let Liu Meng enter Shu." ”

He Fang said: "Liu Shumi is presiding over the overall situation of Yan Kingdom, if he is taken away, I am afraid that I will not find someone who can hold the position for a while." ”

Wen Yi bowed his head and said: "Originally, I wanted to go over there to preside over the overall situation in person, but the situation on the Jin State side is more complicated. ”

"Especially the handling of Lingnan slang people must be extra careful, I have to stay, I really can't get out, so you can replace Liu Meng."

He Fangdao: "Yes." ”

Wen Yi advised: "There is only one thing for you to go to Yan Kingdom, to implement land reform and the new policy, remember not to be soft-hearted, I will let Lin Xingzhu cooperate with you." ”

Let Lin Xingzhu cooperate, to put it bluntly, I don't believe him, it's not that I doubt his loyalty or anything, but He Fang is old and always looks ahead and backwards, and when he goes there, I'm afraid he doesn't want to be ruthless to the powerful family.

Land reform and the New Deal are such things, either they must be done thoroughly if they are not done, and they must not leave their tails.

Lin Xingzhu is the most murderous, and he is also a devout disciple of Wenyi Thought, and what he needs to worry about is killing too much, and he doesn't have to worry about not being clean.

He Fang also knew this, and not only did he not feel that he was being watched, but he was relieved. The public trial and the murder can be left to Lin Xingzhu, and he only needs to be responsible for land reform and the New Deal.

"Tell Li Zhong that you must be wary of the Qin State. Then he sent an order to Wu Heng, asking him to carry out land reform and new policies in Liaodong, and by the way, prepare to attack the Ele and Goguryeo people. ”

He Fang was surprised: "Is it going to war on them so soon?" It's better to wait for the Central Plains to calm down and then fight. ”

Wen Yi said: "The purpose of this time is to beat them up, tell them who is the master, and let them settle down." By the way, some slaves were captured and sent to Jixian County, Yan County. ”

Seeing He Fang's puzzled look, he explained: "I am going to put the new capital here, and I have sent the master craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to inspect and plan the city on the spot, and it is expected that construction will start in the summer." ”

"If such a large project requires the use of hundreds of thousands of people, the world has been in turmoil for many years, and the people are at peace if they can not use the people's power, so they can only go and catch slaves back."

He Fang was even more surprised, they had also discussed the issue of Jingshi in private. It is generally believed that it is either Luoyang, or it will be placed in Chang'an after the destruction of Qin, and it can also be placed in Jiankang and Yecheng if it is not good.

Unexpectedly, it was actually placed in the desolate Yan County, which was really beyond his expectations.

The planning framework of Yanjing was made by Wen Yi himself, referring to the development of the previous life, and there were two projects in the first phase. One is to build a new city, and the other is to build the Guanting Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Yongding River.

Why is it so important to build a reservoir?

Because the Yongding River is also a seasonal river, it floods during the rainy season, turning the vast plains downstream into swamps. In winter, the lack of water dries up, and it is difficult for people downstream to use water.

One reservoir solves all problems.

The Tang State has built many reservoirs in the territory one after another, and the experience is very rich, and there is no big problem with cement.

At most, it was a matter of exhausting thousands of slaves.

As for the sources of slaves, there are too many. Grassland, Liaodong, Southwest Yi, Indochina Peninsula, Nanyang Islands...... Enough to use.

If you are tired to death, you will die, and those who survive will be given the identity of Tang people, and they will be grateful to Dade.

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While waiting for Liu Meng's arrival, Wen Yi took Huan Wen and others to the people to inspect the implementation of land reform and the new policy.

Their actions naturally belong to the private interview of Weifu, and the people only know that a big man has come, but they don't know who it is.

The New Deal has not yet had an effect, but the land reform has had an immediate effect. There was something called hope on the faces of the people, in stark contrast to the previous insensitivity of the past.

Even though it's still winter, the fields are still full of hard-working people.

Wen Yi personally went to the ground to talk to the people.

The people can see that his identity is not ordinary, his attitude is very respectful, and he will answer all questions.

"Not tired, not tired at all. In the past, they were all lazy when they could be lazy when they farmed for the owner, but now the saint's grandfather has divided the land for our poor, and if you are lazy and feel tired, you will be thundered by the sky. ”

Wen Yi listened to a black line: "You call Your Majesty the saint grandfather?" ”

The peasant replied, "Isn't it a saint to give the poor land and tax exemption, and isn't it closer than his grandfather?" ”

"We are all mud-legged people who don't understand so much, so we feel that only by calling Grandpa Sage can we express our gratitude to his old man."

"We all set up a memorial tablet for the saint's grandfather, and prayed every day that his old man would be 100 years old."

Someone next to him refuted: "Bah, what a long life, we all hope that the saint grandfather will live a long life, and our children and grandchildren can live a good life." ”

"Yes, yes, long live long live, long live is not enough."

Wen Yi felt both ashamed and proud in his heart, and on the surface, he had to pretend that nothing happened, and said: "Then what do you still need, or if you are not satisfied with something and need to improve." ”

The peasant looked him up and down, and said fearfully: "You are a noble person at first glance, you must be a senior official from Weifu for a private visit, right?" ”

Wen Yi didn't hide it, as long as they were not blind, they could see it: "Yes, we are the envoys of the imperial court, and we will check the people's situation for Your Majesty to see if there are corrupt officials and bullies bullying the people." ”

As soon as he said this, the peasant put his heart at ease, wiped his tears and said: "The saint grandfather is really good to us, it is really the ancestor who has accumulated virtue to meet such a good saint." ”

"When you go back and tell the sage grandfather, you will say that everything is good, and the officials are much kinder than before. In the past, when we saw officials, we had to stay away, and if we dared to look at it, we would be beaten half to death. ”

"It's okay to talk to them now...... A few days ago, when the land was divided, the old man also talked to the county order, but he was angry. ”

Wen Yi said with satisfaction: "That's good, in the future, if you have grievances, you will go to the yamen to report, and the yamen will go to the inspection institute if you don't care...... If you can't do it, go up there and sue them, Your Majesty will definitely help you avenge your grievances when he finds out. ”

The peasant waved his hand again and again: "Don't you dare, how dare the people fight with the officials, they will be satisfied if they can stutter." ”

Wen Yi sighed, the people do not fight with the officials, the poor do not fight with the rich, the eternal truth. Don't say it's now, isn't the previous life different?

It's just that in the previous life, the Internet was highly developed, and grievances could still be exposed on the Internet, which made those corrupt officials and bullies collect a lot.

In this kind of closed society, it is really called heaven and earth should not be called spiritual.

Are there corrupt officials and bullies in the Tang Congress? That's for sure, and there is no way to put an end to it. The only thing Wen Yi can do is to strengthen supervision and severely punish them, so that those scum don't dare to go too far.

Another farmer hesitated and said, "I heard that the imperial court is going to tear down the wall outside the village, can you tell them not to tear it down?" ”

Wen Yi was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "Isn't it more convenient for you to travel by tearing down the wall?" Why not let it be demolished? ”

The old farmer said: "We usually go home except to go to the fields, and we can go out a few times, and two gates are enough." The wall can prevent thieves and villains, and if it is torn down, it will also be convenient for thieves. ”

Others also said: "Yes, yes, yes, the wall can't be torn down." ”

After separating from this group of old farmers, Wen Yi became much more silent. The others didn't know what was wrong with him and didn't dare to speak.

In the end, Ma Yibai gave Huan Wen a hard look and asked him if there was a way.

Huan Wen bowed slightly, stepped forward a few steps behind, and asked, "Your Majesty is still thinking about what happened just now?" ”

Wen Yi sighed: "It's easy to tear down the village wall, but it's difficult to tear down the heart wall." ”

Huan Wen pondered for a while, and said: "The minister is dull, please ask Your Majesty for guidance, it is indeed beneficial to keep this wall." ”

Wen Yi asked rhetorically, "Do you really think that this one-person-high earthen wall can stop the thieves?" This wall and door lock are a truth, prevent good people and not bad people. ”

"The reason why people find it useful is not that it is really useful, but that they are used to living with walls."

"It's the same with people's hearts, they are used to being bullied and enslaved, and they are satisfied with just a little kindness to them, but they don't know that these things belong to them."

"If they don't change their mentality, the New Deal will just be a flower in the mirror."

Huan Wen didn't speak, not because he didn't want to say it, but because he didn't agree with Wen Yi's words at all. He had read all the core books of the Tang Kingdom, and he also roughly knew Wen Yi's pursuit.

Yet he could not understand why these lands belonged to the people. We live the life of a human being by virtue of our abilities, and those people are incompetent and deserve to be enslaved.

He also knows the Datong world, and even hopes to realize the Datong world. But the Datong world he pursued was not like this, but everyone performed their duties under the condition of determining 369 and so on.

In his opinion, Wen Yi's thoughts are best described in four words, and the etiquette and music are broken.

He couldn't understand what kind of circumstances could give rise to such rebellious thoughts.

And this is also the idea of most of the scholars who surrendered, and even many Tang people do not understand it very well.

Tang Guo is divided into two kinds of people, the first is the older people who have suffered hardships and were rescued by Tang Guo to change their fate. They are the most loyal to Wen Yi, and will do it even if they don't understand new ideas.

In their opinion, it doesn't matter what the idea is, the important thing is that it is easy to use so that everyone can live a good life, and on the other hand, it is to repay the favor.

There is also a type of children who grew up in the Tang Kingdom, who grew up in this environment and naturally identified with this new idea.

Although they lacked the foolish loyalty of their fathers, they were basically believers in Wen Yixin's ideas and followers of his will.

Under these circumstances, the Tang State had already formed a complete system, a system formed by new ideas.

The system has its own ability to assimilate, and whether they understand Tang Guo's ideas and the New Deal or not, if they are thrown into the system, they will become what the system wants.

This is also the reason why Wen Yi waited until the new generation grew up before sending troops.

And now what he has to do is to copy the system of the Tang Kingdom to the whole world, but for now, he still underestimated the difficulty.

It's so hard to tear down even a wall, let alone a wall in your heart.

But no matter how difficult it is, it has to be done, it has come to this point, and it is impossible to give up halfway.

"It is decreed that from now on all the walls of villages and towns shall be demolished and shall not be retained under any pretext."

"All the people are given passes, and the vouchers can be unhindered within the territory of the county, and no one may block them under any pretext."

"Allow the people to buy and sell their own produce and handicrafts freely...... In order to prevent people from fleeing to commit crimes, the armor protection system is fully implemented......"

To liberalize the small commodity economy, there must be a supporting tax system, but the Tang State already has a complete commercial tax law, and there is a special tax inspection team, which can be implemented here.

"Then the order was sent to the Privy Council, and the soldiers who had served for more than ten years and held positions below the platoon commander were ordered to be discharged from the army and become local officials."

At this time, the group of people who followed behind were unwilling: "Your Majesty, think twice, now is the time to use soldiers, these people are the backbone of the army all over the army, and ordering them to retire from the army may cause chaos in the army." ”

"If you wait until you take Qin and Liang to do this, with the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty's military peak, you will be able to dominate the world in as little as half a year...... Don't rush things. ”

Wen Yi also knew that he had made an impulsive move under his excitement, so he took the opportunity to retract this order and said: "Okay, the matter of retiring from the army will be discussed after the world is decided, but the previous things must be implemented to the letter." ”

With his order, a vigorous campaign to tear down the wall began in the newly occupied area of the Tang Kingdom. Naturally, the people were unwilling, but they could not reverse the state decree.

What's more, the demolition of the wall is linked to the new policies such as land reform, and if the wall is not demolished, the land will not be divided, and the people naturally know how to choose between the land and the wall.

At first, the people were still very worried that there would be villains and the like without a wall, and they were trembling and worried all day long.

It soon became clear to them that this fear was completely unnecessary.

In this era when the population is almost immobile, the people of Shili and Eight Villages know each other. If a stranger comes to any village, you can see it at a glance, and the probability of an accident is not much higher than if there is a city wall.

Without the city wall, it is more convenient for them to enter and exit, and they no longer have to worry about who will urge them to work, and they can work when they want.

Moreover, with the pass issued by the imperial court, it is convenient for them to go to relatives and catch markets. There is no need to go out and ask the village chief to intercede like before.

Soon they fell in love with this more liberal way of life.