Li Yan, King of Jianning, felt miserable. How could he be so ambitious? This Shazhou meeting was held because the players had no choice but to convene it.
Li Yan finally understood what happened to the long series of meetings in modern history, and why the sages had to find a place to hold meetings no matter what.
It turned out that it was not that the sages were idle, but that these meetings had to be held.
Plans always fail to keep up with changes. Originally, Zeng Mu, a group of players, sent a letter to the governor's office in Xizhou, hoping that the governor's office would take back the Dong family's mountain forest mines to the government.
Li Xiuzhang's original idea was to hold a debate in front of the governor's office to convince the old nobles of the Dong family to hand over these lands.
But I didn't expect that the topic would soon change as soon as this debate started.
The players themselves started arguing on the forum!
The issue of land distribution was the foundation of the country in the feudal era. It can be said that the issue of land distribution of a dynasty determined the fate of the dynasty.
If the land distribution issue can be solved in the middle of the dynasty, the life of the dynasty can be extended.
Shang Yang reformed Qin's land distribution method and made the country rich and powerful. Only later did Qin destroy the six countries and unite the world.
Wang Anshi failed to solve the land problem, and the Song Dynasty's national power declined, and in the end it could only settle in a corner.
Zhang Juzheng solved half of the land distribution problem and extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for another hundred years.
Yongzheng also solved half of the problems, and the Qianlong court prospered for more than sixty years.
How to solve this problem, how to solve it, two thousand players are eager to have ten thousand ideas.
By this time, it is no longer a case like the Dong Family Liulin. This is a big debate among players about future land issues.
The debate has spread from the forum to online. If we don't hold a meeting to unify our thoughts, the players will start fighting!
Some players proposed to restore the imperial army system of the early Tang Dynasty, unswervingly implement the land granting system, seize back the land taken by powerful landlords, and redistribute it to ordinary people.
Then some players proposed to restore the well field system of ancient times and turn all land into public fields so that everyone can farm in public fields.
Some players have proposed privatizing land. The well-field system has been proved to be unfeasible by history. They should directly allow the free circulation of land and turn the backward land granting system of Datang into a market-oriented one.
Some players also suggested that instead of establishing a land grant system, all land should be divided up and distributed to the people according to population. In this way, everyone has their own farm, and everyone's enthusiasm for farming will definitely be the highest.
Then some players proposed to set up a rural cooperative, farm together on a mile basis, and calculate work points to distribute rations.
Immediately there was a proposal to implement the household responsibility system, which was almost the same as the land grant system of the Tang Dynasty.
This group of players was very lively with their extensive research. From the land acreage system, the issue of how to deal with the mountains, rivers and mines of the imperial court was raised.
Li Yan knew that if the war of words between these players was allowed to continue, it would definitely be detrimental to the development of Bafu.
That's why this sandbank meeting came about.
The purpose of this meeting is to form a consensus among the players, and also to let the people and powerful people in Shazhou, Guazhou, and Xizhou know what King Jianning's policy is.
This is tantamount to a policy program for the people under his command, and it is also a political declaration to other forces in Longyou Road, expressing their attitude towards land and other issues. Then the areas that will be surrendered in the future can implement this policy.
Since it was also a demonstration of the policy agenda, Li Yan simply made the meeting even bigger.
He not only allowed players to participate in the meeting, but also allowed officials and students from the three states, monks, Taoists, Manichaean monks, elders from all over the country, and the heads and children of powerful clans to participate in the meeting.
And Li Yan also gave this group of people an ancient collective name - virtuous literature.
Virtuous literature from all over the world can come to Shazhou City to attend the meeting. In addition to players with missions, all free players can also attend the meeting.
This meeting will also be broadcast live in the player forum, and will also be recorded as a video and uploaded to the forum.
As a rare major event officially held by the game, players were all excited.
What does the activity mean? It means a large amount of contribution points!
King Jianning has already spoken. This Shazhou meeting will discuss the national policy and foundation. If it can be adopted by King Jianning, it will not only gain a lot of contribution points, but may also be entrusted with important tasks by King Jianning.
Contribution is easy to earn, but King Jianning's trust is rare.
Today's players all know that if they want to get the best experience in the game, they must gain the experience of King Jianning.
Look at the most influential players among the players today. Which one of them doesn’t have the highest level of favorability with King Jianning?
The first among the generals, Yu Chixin, had gained a lot of favorability with King Jianning early on. Now Yuchixin is sitting at Yumen Pass, responsible for reorganizing the Shouchuo Mansion on the border of the Tang Dynasty and reorganizing the northern defense line of Longyou Road.
, extremely busy.
But Yu Chixin is the only one who can play "real-time strategy" games in Datang Fengyun.
And this is not an ordinary "real-time strategy" game, this is a real game of commanding an army to fight, this is a real large-scale national war where tens of thousands of people are commanded on the same screen!
Many adventure players play the game just to be able to command thousands of troops in battle. However, players also know that as the game progresses, there will definitely be more players who can command troops and fight. They just want to be in the role of commander.
This general must first maximize the favorability of King Jianning.
So this time, many adventure players also prepared debate materials, preparing to brush up King Jianning's favorability at the meeting.
This is especially true for official-level players. If you want to be appointed like Cui Tao, you need to increase your reputation with King Jianning.
Who doesn’t want to be the governor of a state or the governor of a city? You must know that with the expansion of King Jianning’s territory, he will inevitably have more cities under his command. That is the opportunity to become an official player!
Being able to put forward constructive plans and make your suggestions become the policies of the hegemony is also the dream of players who like key politics.
anyway.
The land and acre system, and how the Bafu should manage the mountains, forests and pastures, players posted on the forum to debate, and there was also a continuous public debate in Shazhou City. Even before the meeting started, the heat had already risen.
When the carriage entered by Liu Yan and Yang Yan entered Shazhou City, it was much more lively than Guazhou City.
When the victory in the Battle of Jinshan Pass greatly damaged Tubo's vitality, the Tang army extended to the valley south of the mountain pass and took the initiative in the war against Tibet.
Shazhou City is safer, and business travel and trade are more prosperous.
Yang Yan has been working in Liangzhou. Although Liangzhou is also an important town in Hexi and a prosperous big city, compared with the current Shazhou City, it seems much inferior.
In order to facilitate the transactions of merchants, Shazhou City simply established a trading market outside the city walls, so that merchants did not need to queue up to enter the city walls.
The entrance to the market is guarded by tax collectors, but ordinary people do not need to pay taxes when entering the market.
The market outside the city actually had a rain shelter built on top, and a well was drilled inside the market. Yang Yan and Liu Yan walked into the market, and it was unusually clean and airy.
Merchants put the goods for sale on divided stalls, and often the boss will ask the clerk to guard the stall while he looks around for goods that can be bought back.
"Liu Lang, this Shazhou is so prosperous. I'm afraid it's even more prosperous than Jianghuai, right?"
Liu Yan's hometown is from Caozhou, not far from Jianghuai. In his youth, he also traveled to Jianghuai to study. He nodded and said, "Even the city in Runzhou and Guazhou is nothing more than this."
Yang Yan looked at the dazzling array of goods on these stalls and couldn't help but suffer from an occupational disease and said: "With so many goods traded here, how much tax does this market collect every year?"
Liu Yan made a simple calculation and felt that the business tax was quite considerable. He said doubtfully: "This market is built outside the city. How did King Jianning make these treacherous businessmen pay taxes obediently?"
Yang Yan also found it strange that merchants could trade anywhere outside the city, but they would be taxed by King Jianning when they entered this market. Why would they come here to trade?
Yang Yan and Liu Yan didn't know that the reason why those merchants from the Western Regions entered the market for transactions was because several specialties of Shazhou and Guazhou were only sold in the market.
Wool products, cotton cloth, Shazhou paper, Guazhou iron, Shazhou painted pottery and colored porcelain, and Guazhou glass products can only be bought in the market.
The taxes paid by the merchant players to King Jianning can also be exchanged for contribution points. If they trade privately outside the city, contribution points will be deducted. Those merchant players who sell goods are all in the market, and the Western Region merchants can only enter the market obediently.
Market transactions.
Moreover, the market in Shazhou can rest overnight and drink water and eat. It is also a good place for businessmen who have been traveling all the way.
"Yang Sanlang, there are actually books for sale here?" Liu Yan was fond of reading and couldn't move away after seeing the books. He walked to this stall and was surprised to find that it was a rather large bookstall.
Now Yang Yan and Liu Yan couldn't move their feet. So many books?
The shelves were filled with neat books. Liu Yan saw an old man browsing the bookstore and quickly went over and asked: "Old man, can I read these books?"
"Of course, sir, feel free to watch it, as long as it doesn't get dirty."
Liu Yan immediately said: "No, no."
Liu Yan excitedly walked to the bookshelf, only to find that these were books he had never heard of.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? What is this? "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? Why is the word "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" added?
Liu Yan took the book down and found that it was made of high-quality paper. The books were all printed in square regular script.
Block printing has been around since ancient times, so it was not unusual for people in the Tang Dynasty to see it, but this was the first time Liu Yan had seen books printed so clearly.
Turning to the first page of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the song "Linjiang Fairy" jumps into view:
The rolling water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure, are all gone. The green mountains are still there, and the sunsets are red several times.
The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the riverbank is used to looking at the autumn moon and the spring breeze. They happily meet each other over a jug of wine. Many things in ancient and modern times are laughed at and talked about.
Liu Yan couldn't help but praise the verses: "What a poem!"