The behavior of the government was beyond the expectations of all the people.
However, this was a good thing after all, so after the shock, he quickly accepted it calmly.
As poor people, they also understood those who were forced to go up the mountains to become bandits, so most people did not exclude them after they returned.
Of course, this is also because the people who go up the mountain to become bandits have basically never robbed the money of these people who are also suffering the same fate.
Moreover, in this era of extremely underdeveloped transportation, ordinary people could hardly travel a few miles for weddings and funerals.
Going round and round, many people can be related to each other.
For this reason, collusion between civilians and bandits is actually not uncommon in this era.
But rather than saying that the people and bandits are colluding, it is better to say that they maintain each other's survival.
The bandits robbed some of the money from wealthy businessmen passing by and distributed it to poor relatives down the mountain, except for part of it for their own use.
When they could not make ends meet, these poor relatives would secretly send food to the mountains.
Even though it is against the law, this is the way ordinary people live.
Therefore, it is understandable that those bandits were not ostracized and mistreated after returning home from good deeds.
In order to make a living, everyone's hands are dirty, so how can we dislike each other?
On the contrary, because of the official announcement, people from the mountains and down the mountain could only meet secretly, but now they no longer need to worry about that.
Coupled with the fact that the New Year is approaching, the atmosphere of reunion has become even stronger.
And the happiest people about this are the vendors selling those New Year’s goods.
In previous years, except for wealthy families, the already cash-strapped common people, even during the most important festival of the year, could only cut three taels of meat and buy two cakes to celebrate the New Year.
But this year is different.
Even ordinary people have the concept of catching wind and washing away the dust.
In order to survive at any time, but going up the mountain to become a bandit is ultimately an unlucky thing.
In order to make a break with the past, it is natural to do something to sweep away the dust of the past.
And since it coincides with the New Year, we naturally organize it together.
At this time, no matter how poor the family is, they will not be stingy about preparing more New Year's goods.
In fact, many people have some surplus money in their hands because of the returned land and compensation money.
Everything can be saved, but during the Chinese New Year, there is no need to save.
So, those who originally only planned to cut three ounces of meat bought two more roasted chickens; those who only planned to buy two pastries for the children to satisfy their craving, also bought some desserts for the whole family.
New clothes, new shoes and new trousers are naturally indispensable.
Under the thunderous actions of the government, what was supposed to be a bleak year after the anti-government flags were raised in various places, turned out to be much more lively than before.
And unknowingly, King Cheng, who was in charge of this matter, also spread the word among the people.
Cheng Wang's reputation rose again.
But inside the capital, Di Xin showed a smile that showed he was in control.
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Regardless of his position, King Cheng's actions benefited the country and the people, and Emperor Xin, who took human race as the foundation of his path, naturally had no reason to stop it.
Even if it were not limited by his status, it would not be impossible for him to play a role in it.
It's just that things have pros and cons.
Since King Cheng wanted to use thunderous means to resolve the turmoil in Dali, he would inevitably offend the noble class while appeasing the people.
Water can carry a boat and also capsize it.
How could those gentry class not know that the main body of this country is actually the common people who are usually looked down upon by them.
For the sake of long-term peace and stability in the future.
If King Cheng uses a gentle method, these noble classes will naturally not mind cooperating with him to remove the "scum" mixed among them.
The reason why we call those people "scum" is not because these nobles have good intentions.
Rather, the behavior of annexing land and extinguishing human life is detrimental to the rule of the gentry.
A steady stream of water is the way to go.
Although King Cheng looked down on these so-called natives of the Ancient Moon Realm, Di Xin believed that he would understand this truth.
But there are gains and losses.
What King Cheng was thinking about was not just Da Li.
His real target is the entire Ancient Moon Realm, and his real opponent is the avatar of the Realm Lord who has descended on the Ancient Moon Realm just like him.
In order to slow down the development of those realm lords hidden in the territory of Dali, he naturally chose this faster method.
In contrast, the reaction of those nobles was a trivial matter.
Therefore, King Cheng still stopped all those who wanted to admonish him for colluding with the rebels.
It was a matter of rebellion, so naturally no one dared to say anything.
However, this is viewed from the perspective of becoming a king.
After gaining the support of the old emperor, as long as he can pass the test and be promoted to crown prince, everyone's dissatisfaction will be temporarily suppressed.
And when he ascends to the throne, the voices of those nobles will become even less important.
His purpose in coming to the Ancient Moon Realm was not to make Da Li more prosperous, but to use Da Li as a tool to ascend to the position of the Realm Lord of the Ancient Moon Realm.
However, from Di Xin's perspective, it was completely different.
All of Cheng Wang's current actions are based on one premise.
That is to truly gain the support of the old emperor.
It turned out that when the old emperor did not express his stance, his foundation was the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.
In this era when schools were still called private schools, studying was actually a privilege for the rich. Not many poor people could read, let alone be nominated on the list and become officials in the court.
Most of the officials were actually from noble families or wealthy businessmen.
Therefore, the foundation of Emperor Xin was actually the nobles and wealthy businessmen who maintained the ruling class of Dali.
His reckless behavior offended the nobles and wealthy businessmen, and shook his own foundation.
It would be fine if King Cheng really gained the support of the old emperor.
Although the royal family was the largest gentry in this era, they and other gentry both stood together and were on opposite sides.
Therefore, as long as he has the support of the old emperor, even if the original foundation is shaken, as long as there are still people supporting him and with his current reputation among the people, he is naturally the best candidate for the position of prince.
Even Emperor Xin, after being banned for several months and the popularity of the expeditionary force gradually declining, has fallen far behind King Cheng.
But it was also mentioned that the premise for all this is that King Cheng really won the support of the old emperor.
But is this really the case?
Di Xin just smiled.
He really did not expect that King Cheng would do such a behavior that would shake his own foundation.
However, even if he becomes the king, he will proceed step by step, and on the premise of not offending those nobles and wealthy merchants, he will deal with the nobles who annexed the land and let the bandits settle down.
However, this method of slow work and meticulous work was difficult for the people to clearly perceive, so it had little effect on improving King Cheng's reputation.