Chapter 29: Fight to the Death
Chen Fan slept until dawn at the village chief's house.
It's a rural area, similar to the living environment he lived in as a child.
He let down his guard and slept until dawn.
When he finished washing and went out, he found that there was no one in the village.
He was going to go to the village chief to inquire, but he couldn't find it.
He went to Li Xing, and they found that they were not there.
He had no choice but to find the women who were busy with all kinds of things everywhere in the village.
He actually didn't plan to find a woman, because he felt that talking to other women would be unfaithful to Yuerou and them.
He found a middle-aged woman in the village chief's yard who was carrying water and washing clothes.
"Girl, do you know where the men in the village have gone?"
"My lord, I don't know, but I saw them all go out in the morning with hoes and the village chief."
Chen Fan vaguely guessed that they had gone to the field.
I am very relieved, I feel that these men are still quite self-motivated.
He asked her:
"Does that girl know where the farmland in your village is?"
"The east of the village has the most farmland, so you can follow the path into the village and turn right and walk there."
"Thank you girl, for telling me to say goodbye!"
After speaking, Chen Fan gave the girl a salute.
The girl didn't listen to him too closely, just kept her head down and did what she was doing.
Chen Fan went to find everyone according to the position she said.
"Li Xing, why aren't they here? Maybe go investigate with them! โ
Chen Fan turned to the right, walked for three quarters of an hour, and saw a large area of farmland.
The men were gathering there, not knowing what they were talking about.
He approached and listened.
"I said the village chief! The envoys have said that they can open up wasteland, so why don't they take us to do it? โ
"That's right! Chief! Are you afraid that we will open up more land and earn more land?
I became a landlord, I have money, and I don't recognize you! โ
"What are you talking about? I didn't do anything for you all these years.
What's the matter, I'm going to the yamen to help you declare it!
I wish our village was rich! This old man of mine is also stained!
I'll just say why you just said you were going to farm at dinner last night!
Pull me early this morning to see the land.
Do you say that you have lived in this village for so many years!
It's not even clear how many fields there are in the village!
If I hadn't been urging you to help the girls!
You don't lie at home every day!
Now it is said that land can be obtained by clearing wasteland!
How can this land be given to you if it is holy?
I'm afraid you're not going to rebel!
Are you vassal kings? Beware of fooling around and locking you up in the village ancestral hall! โ
"The envoys of the village chief's family have packed their tickets and read the law, how can it not be true!"
After speaking, a man pulled Li Xing, who was following them and was about to inquire about the case.
"Official, you are working in the yamen, tell me if this is true!"
"Uhโโโโโโ I โโโโ"
Li Xing was speechless for a while, he would not lie, only when interrogating prisoners.
But he felt that he couldn't dismantle Chen Fan's platform, Chen Fan told them so.
There must be a reason for him.
And he is relatively unfamiliar with the law of people's livelihood.
He has memorized the criminal law backwards.
"Ehโโโโ Lord Chen Fan is in charge of government affairs and people's livelihood, it is estimated to be true."
"What do you mean by estimation! Adults give me a good word! โ
"Wellโโโโ actually, Lord Zuo has been reforming for several years, and the new law has not been popularized here
It's not very strange, if you can't believe Lord Chen Fan.
Why don't you go to the yamen notice board and look at it yourself! โ
Everyone saw that Li Xing didn't say anything, and was about to put down the hoe.
"I'll just say it! Something that the officials in the yamen are not sure about!
You melon babies, don't mess around! โ
When the crowd heard this, more than half of them had already put down their hoes.
However, a few people still don't give up.
"Let's go to Lord Chen Fan and ask him to show the village chief the law!"
When that's all that, I'm leaving.
They followed the man in the lead and walked briskly back to the village.
I never thought that Chen Fan directly made a voice among them:
"You don't have to look for it, I'm here!"
Everyone stopped and looked back at Chen Fan, who didn't know when he was standing among them.
"Ahh Lord Chen Fan! When are you coming? โ
Chen Fan glanced at them and took out the law book he was carrying.
Hold them high above their heads and say to them:
"The book in my hand is the Da Zhou New Law, which came into effect last year."
After saying that, he walked up to the village chief and handed it to him.
The village chief put down his crutches and took the law with both hands. Respectfully bowed and read it.
Chen Fan also intimately helped him turn to the reclamation chapter.
After reading it, the village chief knelt down directly for Chen Fan.
"Our county has Cao County's order, which is really a blessing for our Zeng County!
It is really a blessing for the people of Da Zhou to have a saint and a disciple of Zuo in the Great Zhou! โ
"Village Chief, please get up! Here's what we have to do! โ
Chen Fan said while helping the village chief.
Unexpectedly, the village chief couldn't get up after listening to the words, and he burst into tears.
"My lord! My lord! The grass people have thanked Cao County Order here! Holy Saints, we are even more thankful! โ
Everyone wondered why the village chief reacted so much after knowing about this?
There is an age gap between the village chief and them, so naturally they don't know the weight of this new law!
Because since ancient times, the land has always belonged to the vassal kings and landlords.
These peasants had to farm for the vassal kings and landlords in order to produce food.
The grain grown was all pocketed by the vassal kings and landlords, and they could only barely feed themselves.
The king of the Great Zhou Dynasty wanted to end the situation in which the land was in the hands of the vassal king and landlord.
Abolish the feudal feuds, put the land in the hands of the state, and give the land to the peasants for cultivation free of charge.
Taxes are also very low.
Let these rural savages in Da Zhou not be starved to death.
And now the law promulgated is even more heavyweight, and it is simply giving the land into their hands!
This is truly returning the land to the people!
Chen Fan forcibly pulled the village chief up, but the village chief couldn't help it, so he had to stand up and continue to cry.
Chen Fan looked at these somewhat ignorant villagers.
Recited to them the explanation of this law by the Left:
"It was not easy for my Great Zhou monarch to open the country, and it was thousands of people who followed them closely.
Only then did they make a northern expedition and drive the barbarians out of the Central Plains.
The Founding Saint Emperor Zhou made a promise to his people
The land will be returned to the people, and every inch of land in Dazhou is sprinkled with the blood and sweat of the peasants.
These lands do not belong to their clans, but are fought for them by their people.
In order to end this era of division and let the world not be in war.
My lord abolished the feudal division, but for the sake of the country's operation.
Only today is the land really given directly.
Successive generations of His Majesty have been thinking about how to give land without creating new landlords and enslaving the people.
Therefore, it is only to give Baixin the qualification of the land to cultivate, and if there is a shortage of food, he can cultivate and support himself.
If any of the people were to own the land, they would take it back, and the law would dispose of it!
May the people work hard and reap with their hands the rations that feed their families.
That's the reason why the Holy Lord will not retreat from the battle to the death against the barbarians!