The establishment of the Yong'an Canal has made Huaiguo a great harvest of grain. Sun Shuao also often went to various farmland irrigation areas to check the effect of irrigation canals.

Sun Shuao rode around a ditch, and went back for half an hour, there were thousands of acres of fertile land on both sides of the irrigation canal, which looked very gratifying, and walked along the ditch for several miles, Sun Shuao suddenly asked the emperor to stop.

Uncle Sun got out of the car and looked at the surrounding acres, the acres here are much worse than the ones I have seen before, and it seems that they have not been irrigated for a while.

"Your Majesty, is there anything wrong here?" The squire asked.

Sun Shuao's face was not good-looking, "Of course something is wrong, at this time, when the seedlings are in need of water, there is plenty of water in the canal, why is there no one here?"

The attendant said, "Do you want to ask?"

Sun Shuao shook his head: "No need, there are people in the field over there, just go over and ask for it!"

The group continued along the canal, and soon saw several strong men patrolling the canal.

"What do you do?" The strong man saw that the guards beside Sun Shuao were powerful, with a sharp sword at his waist, and hurriedly shouted vigilantly, and the people patrolling around him also rushed over.

One of the guards said with a sullen face, "Bold!"

These guards are all Yu Linwei who were killed in the sea of corpses and blood, and they were specially sent by Wang Yong to protect Sun Shuao, but they are just a few strong men, how can they withstand the murderous aura of these warriors? Several strong men only felt a fear rising from their hearts, and they suddenly became a little submissive, and they no longer had the arrogance they had just now.

Uncle Sun waved his hand, and then said, "Little brothers, don't be afraid, I just want to ask you some questions, and please come forward!"

Those people were a little scared and wanted to escape, but a few guards next to them stared at the bull's eye, so they didn't dare to flee at all, hesitated for a moment, and still stepped forward: "What do you want to ask?"

"I ask you, why is this canal blocked when it is time for the seedlings to irrigate?" Sun Shuao asked.

The man looked at the crowd and seemed to have some scruples.

"Look at what you want, let you say it!" The guard next to him glared at him. The man didn't dare to hide it anymore. Hurriedly said.

"This is the east of the city, the land of the Zhang family, only when the Zhang family has finished irrigating, it will be the turn of the others."

"Then I see that the Zhang family has also finished irrigating, why haven't those farmlands been irrigated yet?"

"That's... That's..."

"Say!" Sun Shuao's voice is not high, but he is not angry and arrogant, which makes people feel afraid.

"Yes, the Zhang family has taken a fancy to their land and wants to buy it." The man didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly said.

"Take them, go to Zhang's house, bring the head of the Zhang family over, and notify the people to divert water from each other, and if anyone dares to stop them, go directly to the city to report to the official, if the official doesn't care, then come to the official, and the official and state minister Sun Shuao will call the shots for them!"

"Whoa!" Several guards immediately grabbed the men and went to Zhang's house, while the other two guards called the people out from house to house, gathered in the open space in the village, and told them what had happened.

Soon the carriage came from afar, and I saw several guards escorting the head of the Zhang family over.

"You are the head of the Zhang family?" Sun Shuao looked at the somewhat obese middle-aged man in front of him and asked.

"It's me, who are you, you dare to arrest me, and the acquaintance quickly released me, otherwise be careful of your head!" Zhang Yuan said with a proud face.

"Hahaha!" Uncle Sun laughed and said, "If you want my head, then look at your ability!"

"Someone!"

"Yes!"

"Zhang Yuan cut the ditch, seized the water source, robbed the people's land, followed the law by fifty rods, and then sent to the prison for trial!" Sun Shuao ordered.

The two attendants immediately pushed Zhang Yuan to the ground and were about to start fighting. When Zhang Yuan saw that they were actually coming, he immediately shouted, "My brother is Dr. Zhang Shu, you can't beat me."

"Zhang Shu is right, this official Sun Shuao!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanshun, who was still shouting, was stunned with fright, and then soon only wailed under those canes.

Sun Shuao beat Zhang Yuan severely in front of the people, and then led people back to the city, and ordered his attendants to collect news from other clans.

Early the next morning, Sun Shuao, who had stayed up all night, entered to meet Wang Yong.

"Sun Shuqing came in such a hurry, can you have breakfast? Come on, give Xiangguo a copy." Wang Yong said with a smile.

After Sun Shuao expressed his gratitude to Wang Yong, he said: "Your Majesty, when the ministers visited the people, they found that the land annexation in the country was serious, and the big households oppressed the small households, forcing them to sell the land to expand. If it is not restricted, the rich will have no place to stand, and the poor will have no place to stand."

"And in the end, those landless people had to become the slaves of the big families and nobles to survive!"

Wang Yong's face was solemn, and he knew very well what the foundation of the country was.

"Is there a solution for Xiangguo?" Wang Yong asked.

Uncle Sun Ao said, "There is no way to do it once and for all, only a temporary strategy!"

"It's okay to speak out!" Wang Yongdao.

"Please give an order to let the nobles and nobles move their fields to five miles outside the city. No nobleman is allowed to buy land within five miles of the city!"

"Why is that?" Wang Yong was a little strange.

"Your Majesty, most of the nobles' fields are close to cities and ditches, and the irrigation of the canals must be based on their fields first, and then the rest of the people, if the nobles are left here, it will be difficult for the people to irrigate, so these people need to be moved farther away."

"In addition, please order that each household has a maximum of 1,000 mu in the name of each household, and after exceeding 1,000 mu, the tax will be increased by 30%!"

"Xiangguo, even if this edict is issued, it will not have much effect on those nobles and nobles, they can completely divide the land and property of their families to everyone, and everyone will divide the households, but in fact, it is still in the hands of their clan!" Wang Yong shook his head and said.

"Your Excellency is true, but people's hearts change." Uncle Sun Ao said, "At the beginning, this method is naturally feasible, but if it takes a long time, or if the person who controls the land dies, who will the land belong to? Is it his son or his family?"

"According to the Huai Law, this property naturally belongs to his heirs, but will the original clan agree? At that time, there will definitely be trouble, as long as the government divides it according to the household registration, the land will naturally belong to the household registration person. What do you think will happen to these great clans in the future?"

"The big family will become a small family, and the power of the Qingshi clan will be weakened."

"These big households have been split into small households, and their power is scattered, so naturally they can no longer oppress the small households."

"Xiangguo's strategy is really wonderful!" After listening to the narration, Wang Yong immediately understood that this strategy was completely testing human nature, but human nature was the most untestable!

"Then act according to the policy of the country!" Wang Yong agreed with Sun Shuao's suggestion, and then issued an edict.

......

Sun Shuao, the prime minister of Huai State in the Spring and Autumn Period, a famous politician, military strategist, water conservancy engineer, economist, known as Sun Shuzi, Yong'an Jun or Yong'an Gong in history, because of the construction of Yong'an Canal, assisted Huai Chenggong to dominate, Yu Guan Zhong and called the first phase of the Spring and Autumn Period. Later generations called it "Huaixiang Qianqiu industry, Yong'an and rich families." Meritorious work with Dayu, great cause crowns China." ——The Cambridge History of China, Spring and Autumn Chapters, Sun Shuao