Feng Qingyao's previous life, there was a big country on the earth that used this method. All the land in the whole country was concentrated in the hands of the state, and the people used it in the name of rent. However, the people only have the right to use but not the ownership, so although the people of that country in the previous life had a lot of dissatisfaction with the state. But there is no way to resist the state, at most it is just a few complaints, and in the end it will not bring any trouble to the country.

Of course, in the previous life, the big country advertised democracy, claiming that all people in the country had the same rights and obligations, but in fact it was a few people who took turns in power. In the end, the benefits will fall to a few people, not to benefit any people.

Although this method cannot guarantee the longevity of a kingdom, it is much better than Master Ji's method after all. Although Master Ji said a lot of methods in the recital, in the end there was only one meaning, that is, to let the emperor give an order, he went to Sanjiang with the emperor's holy decree, and forcibly let the gentry of Sanjiang open a warehouse to release grain.

But the effect of this method is really not too great, those gentry are waiting to make a lot of money with the food in their own homes, how can they release too much food for disaster relief? Therefore, even if there is a holy decree, the gentry will only symbolically release a little bit of food, and fool the old man Ji who went to the disaster relief. Definitely not going to the disaster.

Even if he knew that the gentry were just dealing with themselves, Master Ji couldn't have too many ways. Because disaster relief was not an obligation for the gentry, they had no such obligation to do it. It is love to do it, and it is duty not to do it. No one is qualified to say anything. When the time came, after releasing a little bit of food, he said that he had no food at home, and Master Ji couldn't do anything to cure the sins of those gentry.

Not all the gentry are grain merchants, and you can also punish the grain merchants by hoarding and plotting against them, what do you do with the other gentry?

Therefore, there is no way to fundamentally solve the problem with Master Ji's method, not only can it not solve the problem, but it will also bring great trouble to Master Ji because it cuts off the financial route of those gentry and offends those gentry. It can be dismissed from office, or at worst, his life will be in danger, and even his family will be affected.

However, there is no such thing as zài with Feng Qingyao's method, at least it will not offend those gentry too much. Although the purpose of those gentry hoarding the land in the hands of the peasants. But it was also acceptable for the gentry to exchange the land for silver.

Most of the gentry would not have any great ambitions. I didn't think that the concentration of a large amount of land in my hands might bring earth-shaking changes to the family, but I just wanted to gather the means of production like land in my hands. When the time comes, the land can be used to generate greater benefits.

Although it is said that after obtaining land, you can get a steady stream of money, which is a little worse than selling grain directly to get silver, but it is also acceptable to get a large amount of wealth at once.

What's more, the imperial court does not necessarily have to buy grain in the Sanjiang area. Due to the flooding, the grain harvest in the Sanjiang area failed. Under the control of those gentry, the price of grain was greatly settled. However, even if the grain prices in the areas around Sanjiang rise, they will not rise too outrageously. Sanjiang is surrounded by land of fish and rice. It is the most important grain production base in Daqi, and there is definitely food. As long as the gentry around Sanjiang were willing to buy the grain, the imperial court would buy it all.

It can also be used to erect monuments to the gentry who sold grain to the imperial court. So that they not only got benefits, but also got a good name. For the gentry, a good reputation was also very important. Because a good reputation can make him have a higher status in front of the villagers, and it will be more convenient for him to do things.

Even if you sell more, you can give tax exemption to those gentry, for one year, three years, five years. In short, from all aspects of fame and fortune to tempt those gentry around Sanjiang.

It is conceivable that the gentry around Sanjiang and the gentry of Sanjiang will definitely have some contact and reach some agreements. Give them some benefits, but this part of the benefits shared by the Sanjiang gentry will not be too much. The imperial court could directly give this part of the benefits of the Sanjiang gentry to the gentry around Sanjiang.

Compared with the Sanjiang gentry, the imperial court had a great advantage. The imperial court can not only give benefits to the gentry around Sanjiang, but also give those gentry names, which the Sanjiang gentry can't give anyway.

The two-pronged approach can definitely easily break the unreliable alliance between the Sanjiang gentry and the surrounding gentry.

After learning that the imperial court was selling grain around, the gentry of Sanjiang would definitely be anxious, and they would also try their best to sell grain to the gentry around Sanjiang. But how can their financial strength be compared with that of the entire Great Qi court? After all, a family that is rich and rivals the country is just a saying, and there is no such thing as a family in this world that is rich and rivals the country.

Besides, there are still many places to sell grain in the imperial court, and it is not necessarily necessary to buy refined grain. For the victims, as long as they can eat enough, they are very satisfied, and they don't care about what they eat. Even various grains for livestock can be mixed together to help the victims, and the victims will never care.

But would the gentry be willing to spend a lot of money on those miscellaneous grains and coarse grains? The answer is obviously impossible.

Even the imperial court can lure and bewitch the Sanjiang gentry to buy more grain, and exhaust all the floating wealth and cash in their hands.

When the victims had enough food to survive the famine, the idea of the Sanjiang gentry to seek land for the common people was naturally shattered. And since the gentry have no cash in their hands, and the rest is only grain that is not useful for the time being, then the imperial court can slowly take control of the Sanjiang gentry, deprive them of the wealth in their hands, and even take the opportunity to cut off some of the gentry.

Master Ji nodded again and again while watching, and the shocked smile on his face never disappeared from the beginning.

said that it was shocked because Feng Qingyao's method was really a bit too domineering, and according to Feng Qingyao's method, many gentry would be ruined. However, it is better for one family to cry than for a hundred to cry, and it is not unacceptable to do glorious things by despicable means.

And with a smile on his face, it is because Master Ji is too satisfied with Feng Qingyao's son-in-law, and this method is not something that ordinary talents can come up with. Even Master Ji believed that even the Third Duke would not be able to come up with such a brilliant way to eliminate the threat of the gentry family to the imperial court.

In a sense, the royal family is also a family, the largest family in the world. Therefore, the existence of other families is definitely the greatest enemy of a dynasty. In Feng Qingyao's previous life, there was a saying in the world that fortresses were often breached from the inside, and in this world, that is, almost every dynasty was subverted by the family. Although the first to pry the foundation of the dynasty was a peasant uprising, it was all those families who eventually brought the dynasty to its demise.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the family is the biggest hidden danger of a dynasty and the biggest enemy of the royal family. (To be continued......)