Land Sharing System

Liu Hongyi dared not say anything again and bowed: "The last general will take the order."

Zhao Dongting couldn't help but sigh again, "Well, then you can step down first!"

Liu Hongyi withdrew from the hall, and Zhao Dongting sat on the floor and became stunned. He struggled violently between conscience and selfish desires.

He was the supreme emperor of the Song Dynasty, and there were tens of thousands of troops in Leizhou Prefecture. Even if Xiulin Fort was really beautiful and enjoyed great prestige in the Leizhou River and Lake, it would not be difficult for him to deal with Xiulin Fort. But the bad thing was that Xiulin Fort was a well-known good sect, and sent righteous men to join the army. Zhao Dongting wanted to deal with them with false charges, and he couldn't overcome this hurdle.

Even though he had seen too many intrigues in his previous life, he still adhered to the principle that he could not harm others.

He came from a poor family and knew what was more important than wealth and power. He did not allow himself to do those miserable things. If that were the case, how could he have faced Le Chan? What face did he have to continue to lead the military and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty?

It took a long time before Zhao Dongting left the Political Consultation Hall silently.

More than ten days have passed like this.

The work of the Southern Song Dynasty court in Leizhou Prefecture was carried out in an orderly manner. The Supervision Department enforced the law impartially and performed the supervision responsibility. These days, they led their soldiers to capture many former corrupt officials of Leizhou Prefecture who were corrupt and abused. The State Council under the jurisdiction of various departments to build roads and help farmers repair houses. The Customs Department tried its best to promote trade with overseas countries. Liu Hongyi led his army to suppress the bandits and road tyrants, which made the people of Leizhou generally applaud the Southern Song Dynasty court, and more and more righteous men came to join the army.

Although Xiyi was young, according to Zhao Dongting, he was actually very concise in handling government affairs in Haikang County.

However, the Southern Song Dynasty court was thriving, but Zhao Dongting was still unable to be happy.

Every night, he would sit on the roof and stare blankly.

His admiration for Le Chan even made him feel terminally ill. However, this kind of lovesickness cannot be cured by even the Imperial Doctor Miaoshouan.

Lovesickness is not a disease, it is really fatal to think about it.

Early this morning, morning court as usual.

The Director of the Customs Department took the lead in replying: "Emperor, the number of merchant ships traveling is gradually increasing today, but pirates are in trouble and wait for an opportunity to act, which has caused many vendors to suffer losses. They have come to our Customs Department to report the case. I request the Emperor to send troops to suppress the bandits."

In ancient times, bandits were rampant, especially in the war era.

Zhao Dongting couldn't help frowning when he heard this. The last time the treasure ship was robbed was not settled, but he didn't expect that these pirates would become more serious.

He asked Li Yuanxiu about the information obtained by the two masters who investigated pirates. They were always in their lairs and never used them.

It is unreasonable that the money in the treasure house does not move, but would rather come out to risk rob the sea ship.

Zhao Dongting is sure that there is definitely someone behind the pirate forces. Ge Lijun is dead, and the person behind the scenes is definitely not him.

But, who will it be?

Just as he was thinking, Liu Hongyi had already walked out of the ranks and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to wipe out the pirates!"

He is an old general of the Leizhou Army, and the soldiers on the coast of Leizhou. The soldiers are good at water battles. It is very appropriate to lead the army. But Zhao Dongting was thinking in his heart, if the pirates were eliminated in this way, could the people behind the scenes still surface?

But if the pirates do not take action and allow them to continue to do so recklessly, the overseas trade in Leizhou Prefecture will always be difficult to carry out.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Dongting nodded and said, "Okay, then General Liu, you will lead the army to eliminate the pirates!"

Although the real murderer behind the scenes is a big deal, it only involves two treasure ships. Compared with people's livelihood, people's livelihood is naturally more important.

Leizhou Prefecture was plundered by the robbery of the king, and the Southern Song Dynasty court needed to revitalize the economy of Leizhou Prefecture as quickly as possible.

The Director of the Customs Department was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

He was in charge of the Customs Department, with only a few officials and no soldiers under his command. He could only sigh when pirates causing trouble. If Zhao Dongting did not send troops to suppress bandits and his work could not be carried out, it would have a great impact on his political achievements. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, there was an official assessment system. After Zhao Dongting took office, he improved the assessment system a lot. Those who were officials began to pay attention to political achievements.

Zhao Dongting nodded and looked around everyone, "Who has something to report?"

No one spoke in the hall. Now that the work of each department and department is underway, there is no longer a large number of things to be reported like the previous few days.

Seeing that they didn't say anything, Zhao Dongting said, "Since you all have nothing to do, I will talk about something. I plan to implement a land distribution system in Leizhou Prefecture. Every household, regardless of wealth or poor, will redistribute the land according to the number of people, per capita, and two acres per capita. This matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture to handle."

During the Southern Song Dynasty, it was not that there was no excessive land system, but that it was mostly not successfully implemented. This was a cliché in the court, but it was never solved.

Compared with issues such as education, trade, etc., the land distribution system involves the fundamental interests of the large landlord class and is closely related to the common people. The implementation difficulty is really a hundred times more difficult.

The ministers in the hall were shocked when they heard Zhao Dongting's statement that the land distribution system was to be implemented. Then the State Council ordered Lu Xiufu to bow and said, "Your Majesty, we first arrived in Leizhou, and we were afraid that we would be a little too hasty at this time. The land distribution was very involved and it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the nobles and gentry. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, Prime Minister Wang Anshi encountered the nobles and gentry's strong opposition when they were reformed, and it was finally left unresolved. Our foundation is not stable now. If the nobles of Leizhou Prefecture are dissatisfied, they may be difficult to continue in the future."

Immediately afterwards, several officials from various departments came out, each with their own opinions, but they all opposed the current implementation of the land division system.

After hearing this, Zhao Dongting said: "The world of the Song Dynasty is not the world of those nobles and gentry, but the world of the people. I have violated many noble interest in the past few days, and I don't care about violating their interests again. They want land, so they can rent it from the farmers, so that farmers will have food to eat, so that their ancestors will not work in the fields of those nobles for generations, and they will not even be able to eat enough."

After a pause, he said, "Of course, I don't mean to suppress the nobles and gentry. My purpose is to let the people have food to eat. Only when they have food can someone serve me, and only in this way can our Song Dynasty taxes be truly collected, instead of exploiting the lives of those people as before."

The situation is not stable now, and the Southern Song Dynasty is weak, so Zhao Dongting doesn't want to offend those noble classes too ruthlessly.

"But……"

Lu Xiufu said: "The land of those nobles and gentry is mostly rewarded or purchased income. How are they willing to hand over it?"

Zhao Dongting said indifferently: "I can reward them with the fields, and of course I can take them back. As for the fields I purchased, I will compensate them for some money."
Chapter completed!