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Chapter 622 Unable to answer

Su Song's arrival did not affect Zong Ze's established plan.

They are fully promoting personnel changes and strengthening the control of armed forces to ensure that no matter how big the changes are, Jiangnan West Road will not lose control.

Lin Xi is in charge and dispatches everything.

Huang Lu was busy building the Censorate of the South and allocating personnel.

Li Kui wanted to establish the Governor's Office in Jiangnan West Road, and also busy building the Nandaying.

Xing Shu was busy with the affairs of Dali Temple, and Shen Kuo was busy with the Nanguo Zijian and the Nantai School.

The big men from the capital were busy without touching the ground, and were even busier than Zong Ze and others.

Liu Zhiyi took the orders of the governor's yamen and brought new prefects and county magistrates to take office.

As the capital, Hongzhou Prefecture is the priority and focus of reform. Zhou Wentai's attention has been placed on government affairs, and there is no day or night.

Su Song entered the city the next day, followed by a large group of guards, who were sent by Zongze.

Su Song didn't care, and Zong Ze and others did not come out to greet him.

Both sides maintained an unknowing tacit understanding and were busy with their own affairs.

Su Song stopped and stopped in Hongzhou Prefecture. He met some people. After only half a day, he took a carriage and turned to Nanchang County.

In Nanchang County, he did not enter the county town, but came to a village.

A family received him, and there were only two middle-aged women. They were surprised to see Su Song.

"Mr. Su..."

Middle-aged people wanted to speak but stopped. They knew Su Song thirty years ago, when his father was alive, when he was only eleven years old.

Su Song glanced at the reserved woman, smiled slightly, and said, "It's all my guards, it's okay."

Although the middle-aged man is a farmer, he also knows that Mr. Su, whom he met more than 30 years ago, was already a retired grandpa. He was a big man in the clouds. They didn't even dare to have the intention to get involved.

The woman stood aside, lowered her head and shivered.

Seeing this, Su Song sighed in his heart, saying that things are really different, and it is hard to return.

Su Song sighed, leaning on crutches in his hand and asked, "I heard that you are preparing to measure the land here?"

The middle-aged man hesitated for a while but didn't say anything.

"I have retired, I just come and have a look. Don't worry, no one will know." Su Song said.

Is it because of the friendship thirty years ago? The middle-aged man's expression changed repeatedly, or said: "Is the guards here who have come and said that they have to measure the land and verify the tenants of the village households and the farmers."

Although there are many obstacles, there are also people who turn to the new party and work hard to show off.

"What do you think?" Su Song looked at the middle-aged man and said.

The middle-aged man smiled awkwardly and said, "We are just tenants. What ideas can we have, as long as we have land to plant."

Su Song said: "The land in your village belongs to big families?"

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said, "It's not all right, 70% or 80% of them, some are old people in tribes, and some are mountainous."

Su Song put both hands on his crook and said, "If the government distributed these lands to you, would you be happy?"

The middle-aged man and the woman were startled. The middle-aged man waved his hands repeatedly and said, "We must never ask for the land of the dealer. Isn't this seeking death?"

Su Song's expression remained motionless and nodded slightly.

The reason why the great gentry and wealthy families were the foundation of the Song Dynasty was that in addition to owning land, the most important thing was to support one's area. This kind of support naturally had the meaning of control.

When ordinary people meet the gentry, who do not bow?

The court wanted to distribute the land of the wealthy families to them, but they dared not take it!

There was a gust of wind in the court, coming and going, but the gentry and wealthy families were forever.

Moreover, Su Song knew that this was only one aspect, and there were more potential and unchallenging rules of light and darkness.

Tianmu is the core of Shaosheng's new policy reform. Now it is not only the gentry opposing it, but the people also agree.

In the solidified class, anyone who wants to change will face collective resistance.

Su Song silently said, "If the government prepares land for you somewhere else, would you like to go?"

The middle-aged man was still very uneasy and wary, saying, "Mr. Su, we... still want to guard our ancestral property."

There is no ancestral property left, no one wants to leave his hometown unless it is absolutely necessary.

Su Song didn't ask any more questions, took out a hanging of money and put it down, and left silently.

Few of his old friends were alive, and this trip only made him feel sad.

The middle-aged couple just stood at the door and didn't dare to give it away.

The guards in those teams were full of fierce evil spirits, much more fierce than the officials.

Su Song left the village, came to the county town, and joined a large family.

"My husband, you don't know how much we miss you..."

An old man in his early sixties stood in front of Su Song and began to wipe his tears as he spoke.

This is his in-laws and the birthplace of his grandson's concubine.

Even the old man in his sixties was still a junior in front of Su Song.

Su Song smiled and comforted her a few words. A large group of people surrounded Su Song, and they were close to each other.

Even if Su Song retired, he was still a big shot they looked up to. There were too many things in their Bi family that they had to look up to the Su family.

After a while of greeting, the Bi family became tactful and the women and children were dismissed, leaving only the head of the Bi family to accompany Su Song to the small house behind the yard.

After Bi Fuzhi and Su Song sat down, when they arrived at tea, Bi Fuzhi shook his head and sighed: "My husband, life is not easy recently."

As a large household in Nanchang County, the magistrate was scared away. How could the people below not be frightened?

What's more, Hongzhou Prefecture has sharpened its swords. In the past few days, there have been too many strange faces in Nanchang County and a large number of troops have appeared, which has really scared Nanchang County.

Su Song knew these things well and looked at Bi Fuzhi's words: "You know that the court wants to reform. I ask you, if the court repurchases your land and distributes it to the people, market price or premium, can you agree?"

Bi Fuzhi's expression was like constipation, and he was struggling again and again, and said, "My husband, we are our own family, I will not hide it from you. These acres are all ancestral property. If I sell them, how can I have the face to see my ancestors?"

Su Song still stared at him and said, "The family and country are righteous, and the officials and the court are summoned. Shouldn't you take the initiative to donate to help the country?"

Bi Fuzhi couldn't help laughing and said, "My husband, don't put a high hat on me. Besides, it's not a question of whether we want to do so or not. It's the court's open war to fight the family and robbery, we are just fish to be slaughtered."

Su Song "The imperial court has given a variety of plans, repurchase, buy back half, or you lower your rent and do not enslave the people. Which one do you prefer?"

Bi Fuzhi reached out and picked up the teacup, fiddled for a few times but didn't drink it, and finally said, "My husband, can't we go back to the past? I'm always trying to do this, when will it be the end?"

Eight years ago, during the Shenzong Dynasty, Wang Anshi's reforms were in full swing, especially the Qingmiao method, which caused violent shock and resistance.

The ones that were most affected were not the people, but these gentry and wealthy families. Therefore, the Qingmiao Law was resisted the most fiercely and attacked the most fiercely was also the Qingmiao Law. Similarly, the first item that Yuanyou changed and abolished was also the Qingmiao Law.
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