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Chapter 418 Land Reform 7

The people who came to participate in the distribution this time were not only the local people, but also many of them were spies sent by landlords. After learning about my practice, they immediately reported them. They were quite clear about my greatest practice. In the final analysis, they just had four words: Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!

So the landlords quickly gathered together to discuss countermeasures, but after discussing, there was still no good way. Oppose it, there was no strength. Although there were not many soldiers in the city now, the two countries were very close to here and could arrive soon. Moreover, even if the country did not come to reinforcements, they would definitely not be able to deal with the wolf teeth in the city. And maybe if they angered the person in the city, they might be wiped out like those small gangs. And they absolutely believed that the person would never be ruthless. But now the situation in front of everyone is already very obvious. The person in the city plans to give all the land to all the people, just as goods are treasures to merchants, and these lands are their lives for these landlords. But if they are not handed over, then in the end, let alone the land, even if they really have no life. But who would be willing to hand over?

So these landlords are now in a dilemma, and after the land of the historians was allocated, there was no movement in the city, which made the landlords even more anxious.

But for the people, it was another scene. The original tenants of the Shi family were allocated to the land, and they were their own land recognized by the government, and they did not have to pay rent. This was a great news, so the news quickly began to spread among the people. For them, this was a great news. Many people envied the Shi family's tenants and also began to expect this policy to be implemented quickly in their places. However, more than ten days passed, and there was no movement in the city, which also made these people feel a little anxious. And just a few days ago, the land of the Shi family was distributed to the hands of the people, and they immediately began to build water conservancy projects. Everyone could participate, and the rewards could choose to obtain food or silver of equal value. This was definitely a timely help for the people who did not have much food left after paying the rent. As long as they worked and had food, the winter would not be a big problem.

Seeing that the government orders were implemented so smoothly in the Shi family, but they were not implemented in their place, many people began to enter the city and planned to ask, but when they arrived at the city lord's mansion, they were told that the city lord was not in the mansion. If they asked about the relevant policies, their answers were unified, that was nothing to be told. Some people began to be disappointed, and gradually relaxed their vigilance against the landlords, and the original unity between them gradually loosened. In their hearts, they believed that the lands that had been divided by Shi'an and his son committed crimes. As the parties to allocate the land, they sent people to investigate and learned that Jing'er and the people were digging dredge together, and even his wives were helping to boil water. So the landlords relaxed their vigilance after laughing indifferently.

I can be sure of their spies, but they are amateurs after all, and they are not even amateurs. The moment they go out, or when they are assigned a task and ask them to find out about me, they are already tracked. Moreover, they have no idea.

As their investigation, I am now on the newly built ditches, rolling up my sleeves and wearing a very ordinary dress. I am shoveling and digging dredging wherever the dancer is shoveling, and beside me is Dyde, and Feixue and several other women are helping to boil water next to the construction site. As for the third and others, I have something important to them to do.

Like me, Ded rolled up his sleeves and was next to me. Now I and him are like two farmers.

He looked around and then asked in a low voice, "Which batch was the first one just now?"

I threw a shovel of soil onto the edge of the ditch, wiped the sweat from my face with a towel around my neck, and then whispered: "Today is the second batch, two fewer than yesterday!" While talking, I shoveled up another piece of soil.

Ded continued the topic while digging: "It seems that their vigilance has been put down. Is it time for us to act?"

"How is your situation?" I asked in a low voice. "The third brother has almost collected it!"

Ded smiled slightly and said, "The situation is OK. Almost all the things they have committed before have been dug out. Now I will arrest people at your order! But I have a problem now. Some of these landlords are better for the people and have they committed anything. What are you going to do?"

I turned my head to look at him and said, "You can rest assured that this is something that people are good to the people. I will naturally not treat them unfairly, but land reform is an inevitable thing, so I will find a way to make up for their losses, but losses are inevitable."

Ded smiled helplessly and said, "I guess in the hearts of those people, we are the evil ones! In their hearts, we must have scolded us thoroughly!"

"That's nothing to do!"

I threw the soil hard on the edge of the ditch and said, "Sooner or later, someone will be the evil man, and I will feel more at ease when I am the evil man myself. Moreover, good and evil are also relative. At least in the eyes of these people, we are still good people, which is enough!"

Ded nodded and said, "You are right. Do you think the things we implemented can be implemented in the Great Zhou?"

I shook my head and said, "It is unlikely! For the City of Heaven, we are newcomers. At present, there is no strong relationship between our main personnel and these landlords, so we can implement it without hesitation, and it can be implemented very smoothly. In addition, there is only such a big place here, we can see clearly and know what is insufficient. But in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the relationship between those landlords and the imperial court was complicated. The above issued orders, but the following will not be implemented due to some interests. Especially this reform, which involves a very wide range of people, will be very difficult to implement it in one go. If it were the Great Zhou or the Great Yue, if it were still the current emperor, there would be almost no possibility!"

Dyde had a disheartened expression on his face. He knew the benefits of such reform. At the same time, he was still from the Great Zhou. But when he saw that the reform in front of him could not be implemented, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

I saw the disappointment on his face, patted his shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry. Do you know why I asked those civil servants to participate more? It's just to let them know the benefits of doing so. Although our method is unlikely to be suitable for the Great Zhou, I hope these civil servants can learn from us and find a reform route that suits the national conditions of the Great Zhou after going back. If copied, it may not be a good thing for the Great Zhou!"

Ded nodded and said, "I understand what you mean. Should we get back to the point now?"

I smiled softly and said, "Everything is ready, then it's time for us to blow the east wind!"

An order was soon passed to the hands of the staff of the Public Security Bureau and Langya who were on standby in the city. Then they immediately divided into more than ten teams, and then a large stack of documents that should have been kept confidential were also distributed to them. Those who held these confidential documents were all led by Langya, because some staff of the Public Security Bureau were locals, not that I didn't believe them, but just in case, at the same time, if there was a choice between them and Langya, I would believe in Langya more.

When reading the contents of the document, the captain of the team led by Langya immediately burned the document, and then rushed to the place written on the document, officially the homes of landlords who usually endangered the neighbors and had many criminal records. Langya was so quick that the landlords were invaded by the vicious wolf teeth before they even had time to react. Facing the fully armed wolf teeth, the servants did not even have the courage to pick up their own defense weapons, because they knew something that dancing a knife in front of Langya was nothing more than seeking death, and Langya would never hesitate to draw a sword to fight back.

In just half a day, more than 20 landlords on the list, like Shi'an, were quickly arrested by Langya. Due to the confidentiality in advance, none of them escaped. At the same time, after their arrest, their home was immediately monitored, one to prevent others from escaping, and the other to prevent some local people from making trouble at other people's homes under the instigation of some people, causing unnecessary harm.

Now we say that we are governing the city with the law and doing things according to the law. There will naturally be legal punishment for those who are extremely guilty. Moreover, the law is only aimed at the parties involved, not targeting the families who do not participate. We understand this truth, but the people may not understand that when they see people who have oppressed themselves for many years, the people suddenly feel angry, but this feeling often makes them make mistakes, such as venting their anger on the families of those people. In this case, it is also very necessary to send troops around those people. The facts prove that our approach is right. After the landlords were arrested, some local people planned to confiscate the homes of those landlords under the instigation of some people. In their eyes, this is equivalent to taking back their own things. It is natural. Even if there are soldiers stopping them, they will not let the people succeed. Otherwise, there will be many innocent victims.
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