Chapter 1144: The Policy of Determining the Country
After passing on his concept to his former ministers, Sun Ning stopped here, and did not give more in-depth explanations, after all, he was the emperor, so he naturally had the right to let his subordinates act according to their own intentions.
So he quickly said, "What the next thing the imperial court needs to do is to distribute the land under the names of those wealthy families to the people of Luoyang as soon as possible and as fairly as possible, so that the cultivators can truly have their land."
"And let people write a letter as soon as possible, and then spread it to all parts of the Central Plains, especially north of the Yellow River, and in the cities occupied by ghosts and rebellious thieves. Let the people in these places know that there is no possibility of such local tyrants bullying and depriving the people of cultivated land under the rule of the imperial court.
"From now on, whenever we take a city, we will settle the acres of land on the spot, and all other land, except for a part that will be taken into the possession of the government for the maintenance of the army and officials, will be distributed among each family according to the number of the number of people and labor."
This sudden decree made the ministers present fall into surprise again, this is to completely turn against the local tyrants, and deprive them of the land that belongs to them and has been stolen by various means by various means for generations.
In this way, the people are naturally happy, but will they accept those heroes willingly?
Sun Ning immediately glanced at everyone and sneered, "I know what you're worried about, but what I want to say is that if you have become like this today, it is an opportunity for the imperial court to change everything.
"At the beginning, the Zhao and Song dynasties faced the same problem, but because of the accumulation of difficulties, it was difficult for the imperial court to compete with the deep-rooted and even entrenched families and even the officials and elites, so whether it was the Qingli New Deal or Wang Anshi's reforms, they all ended in failure. And the more it changed, the more chaotic the world became.
"Because they have too many concerns, too much to be afraid of. But now it is different, the world has been in turmoil for more than ten years, and the true colors of the powerful in those places have also been exposed, and our court has no worries, so naturally we should completely solve this great harm in the world.
"This is a major event that benefits the present generation and merits the future. I hope that you, as well as those officials in Jiangnan who have been picked up by me, can be of the same mind as me, so that I can become a better person in the world!"
Only then did the ministers truly understand how determined His Majesty the Emperor was, although they still had a certain amount of hesitation in their hearts, they could only follow his wishes at this time.
At that moment, everyone bowed again, "The ministers will obey Your Majesty's will, and they will definitely reorganize the fields in the future, fight against the Hao people, etc., and do their best for the people to get more acres."
"Good! With your words, I am relieved." Sun Ning nodded with satisfaction, and then reminded again: "I will arrange for someone from Wuyisi to keep an eye on this matter, if someone disobeys in the future, don't blame me for not being merciful when I arrive." This is a national policy, and no one should be an exception."
"Your Servants obey!" The ministers only felt a pang in their hearts, and then they knew how big the matter was this time, and they completely stopped thinking of taking advantage of loopholes in this matter.
"Alright, let's all disperse. After everyone goes back, they will write a charter and send it to them, and I will choose the reasonable suggestions and act on them." Sun Ning waved his hand, signaling that they could step back.
It wasn't until the ministers retreated with complicated emotions that Sun Ning let out a long breath, and he finally took this crucial step.
If you really talk about it, this step is no more important than regaining the cities and land of the Central Plains and other places on the battlefield, and even from a certain point of view, this kind of change is more difficult and more dangerous than the battle on the battlefield.
After all, this is to seize the wealth of the land from the hands of people, and cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, and now this decision is not only to kill their parents, but even to dig up the graves of people's ancestors.
Sun Ning can imagine that with the transmission of this decree, whether it is the Central Plains or other places, it will naturally arouse the opposition of many people, and even directly start a rebellion.
But even then, he had to.
This is not only to let the people live a good life, but also for the future of the imperial court.
As a traverser, he is too aware of the so-called law of dynastic cycles, only in the early period of the founding of the country, everything in the dynasty was positive, the politics were clear, the people were stable, and there were not many problems with the distribution of land.
But as time goes down, with all kinds of benefits
As the Yi group continues to expand, so will their greed continue to grow, until they take all the fields they can see, until the rich have no place to stand and the poor have no place to stand...... Then there were great uprisings for survival, until the overthrow of the imperial court, with countless casualties.
In fact, fifteen years ago, when the world was in turmoil, the signs of this had already appeared.
Because Dayue had gone through two hundred years at that time, the problems and shortcomings that various dynasties should have naturally appeared in it.
It was only because of the invasion of the Ghost Rong at that time, coupled with the rapid victory of the Pingtian Army, that the peasant uprising that was supposed to come did not really break out. However, this does not mean that there will be no uprisings in the future, but because of this turmoil, the outbreak of various problems has been delayed.
At the local level, especially in areas such as the two Huai and the two lakes, which have not actually suffered much from war, various problems are still deeply rooted. Even though they were suppressed for a while because of some foreign enemies, there was always a day when they broke out.
Since this is the case, what Sun Ning has to do is to solve these problems as soon as possible, take advantage of the chaos today, without too many worries, not afraid of more chaos, and uproot all these local wealthy clan forces that have accumulated for two hundred years or more.
Maybe he can't really solve the cyclical problem that has plagued the entire Central Plains civilization for thousands of years, but after this time, he can alleviate this problem and exchange it for one or two hundred years of stability.
Thoughts kept turning in his heart, and Sun Ning's gaze fell on the ruins in front of him.
After a long time, he exhaled a large mouthful of turbid air: "Ancestor of the Sun family, this is already the biggest thing I can do. If you really have a spirit in the sky, bless me to quickly recapture Hebei and all parts of northern Xinjiang, and wipe out all the rebellions of the Guirong people, Jinzhou and Chang'an. Look at the book
"In this way, I have the heart to fight with those local heroes who have been rooted in various places for an unknown number of years, so that the national glory of Dayue can be longer, and the people of Dayue can enjoy a longer peaceful time."
After saying these words softly, Sun Ning didn't stay here anymore, shook his hand, and turned around and strode away.
And behind him, with a gust of wind, the barren grasses that had withered and turned yellow in winter, or only revealed a touch of tender green due to the spring breeze, suddenly swayed.
This seems to indicate that the ancestors of the Sun family in this Dayue Tai Temple have understood his thoughts and agreed with his decision......