When Wang Che was still young, the people of the family taught him to protect the interests of Zhuxia, told him about Huayi's distinction, told him that money and power were not the most important things.

At the same time, tell him that there are many things that must be adhered to, such as Zhuxia civilization, such as honor, such as Hao Tianwen King, such as family, such as family and country.

At that time, he thought that the nobles, officials, and heroes in the world were all the same as them. Later, as he grew up, he understood how different he and his family were.

He knew that no matter what the world became, the Wang family would be protected by King Haotianwen. He also knew that if he were like those people, his family would be supported by all the nobles, the powerful, and the official families.

All the things they give are also very simple, that is, their conscience, their moral bottom line, and the things of the Zhuxia civilization that they adhere to.

In the archives of the royal family, he saw all kinds of case records left by those nobles, officials, and powerful people over the years, and the things on them made him feel unbelievable.

He still remembered his trembling voice asking his father for confirmation.

"Father, is what is recorded on this true?"

"It's true!"

"Then why have I been in contact with the sons of Marquis Wu An and Marquis Wu Cheng, they are completely different from the nobles recorded above? These people have done so many bad things, why not exile them all? ”

"Kid, those records don't speak for everyone. The nobles, the powerful, and the official families are not static, do you know how they came about? ”

"How did they come about?"

Wang Xin smiled and said: "Most of the nobles are because of their military exploits, and the first generation of nobles are all good men who are willing to shed their blood for the country. ”

"As for officials, almost all officials, when they become officials, are qualified. And those Haoqiang, most of them got the first pot of gold through hard work, intelligence and some coincidences when they were called Haoqiang. ”

"As the king of a country, do I want to punish soldiers who serve the country and make military exploits? Or do you want to punish those who are loyal to their duties to the officials, or to punish the industrious and simple to the people? ”

"But father, why do they go from dying in the service of the country to soldiers, loyal to their duties to officials, and industrious and simple to the common people to become people on these files?" Wang Che asked puzzled.

"Because of greed, because of desire!" Wang Xin said lightly.

"People are inert, especially after enjoying luxury, and then let them go to a hard life, they will find it extremely difficult. This is why ordinary people want to be called noble, powerful, and the motivation of officials. ”

"Isn't there a way to solve it?" Wang Che asked.

"Yes!"

"What's the solution?"

"Strict laws, perfect supervision system, and the continuous subtlety of the imperial court!"

"Although there have always been many degenerate among these people, such as nobles, officials, and heroes, there are also many nobles, officials, and heroes who are willing to die for the country."

"The imperial court has always cracked down on those degenerate, criminal, corrupt, and greedy nobles, heroes, and officials, and at the same time publicized those who died for the country and were loyal to their duties, that is, to tell people what things are encouraged by the state, beneficial to the country, to the royal family, to the people, and to Zhuxia, and what is unfavorable to the people, the royal family, the country, and Zhuxia."

"Reward the good, punish the bad, and lead them to do the same! For those who do well, the court can give them the warmth of a spring breeze, and for those who are bad, the court will give them the coldness of winter! ”

It was also from that conversation that Wang Che matured rapidly, and at the same time understood the insistence of the royal family.

Wang Che was furious at the Bazhong Salt Farm incident, and the imperial court began to jail all the nobles, heroes, and officials of the surrounding counties, and then interrogated them. Most of these people were involved in these things, and many of them may not have been involved in the affairs of the salt works, but they were also involved in the attack against the barbarians in the southwest.

These people succeeded in pocketing a large amount of land through the southwestern barbarian attack. Although the imperial court stipulates that a household can only have a maximum of 1,000 acres of land, the mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, and there are too many ways.

Moreover, these heroes attacked through the barbarians, destroying a large number of villages and farmland outside the city, and a large number of people were damaged.

It's easy to borrow money from the nobles and the powerful, but when it comes time to repay the money, few people will be able to pay it back.

The economy here is basically controlled by the powerful and noble, and the people can't sell grain at a high price, and they have to pay back at least several times if they want to pay back.

Those powerful nobles can oppress the people wantonly, even if you have land in your hands. At least half of all the output goes to the nobles.

The same noble and powerful officials used the same way to squeeze the barbarians in the southwest. The barbarians in the southwest had no iron farming tools, no table salt, and a lot of commodities. If you want these things, you can only buy them from the local powerful and noble officials.

In this way, furs, herbs, jade, and other things in the hands of those barbarians were purchased at a low price. A large part of the reason for the rebellion of those barbarians in the southwest is because they can't stand the oppression of these people. It can be said that these officials, heroes, and nobles are almost the emperors here.

This time, the imperial court made a ruthless move, directly uprooting all these people, and more than 10,000 people were exiled, which can be said to have directly swept away the ruling class here.

This time it was completely clear that the imperial court was going to send officials from other places to take up their posts here, and at the same time, it was also preparing to divide some peasants and soldiers here.

Since all the nobles and powerful officials here are corrupt and degenerate, they should be completely produced, start anew, and replace the nobles and nobles with the peasant and military system. At least for now, the peasant and soldier system is more reliable than the noble and powerful. At the same time, it was also ordered that the caravans of the royal family should come here twice a year to trade and provide various goods. Prevent others from monopolizing the goods and the economy here.

As for whether the peasant and soldier system here will be corrupt and degenerate and become another kind of local snake, Wang Che has also considered it. But this is also the best way now, and in the future, the peasant and military system will decay and degenerate here, and then it will be reformed at that time.

Wang Che was going to divide 500 to 800 peasant households in each county here, and in order to compensate, he was given 400 mu of land to the peasant soldiers' association, which was 100 mu more than in the Central Plains.

In this way, at least 2,000 peasant soldiers can be supported here, and 2,000 peasant soldiers plus 5,000 auxiliary soldiers are enough to control this place and suppress those southwestern barbarians.

(End of chapter)