Spring and Autumn Confucian Heroes

Chapter 459 Time flies
Entrance to the slave village.

"Shouhou, I really didn't expect you to be able to join the new army."

The slave village that was just established has become prosperous after two years of development.

In the past two years, the freed slaves have used their industrious hands to reclaim the nearby wasteland into fertile land.

The once skinny juvenile thin monkey not only grew taller, but also became stronger and stronger.

This young man who once aspired to join the new army and then made contributions to become a nobleman, the changes in two years are surprising.

"Uncle Heizi, take care of yourself."

The thin monkey looked at the slightly haggard Heizi, but felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Back then, Heizi was bitten by the green wolf on the thigh, although Huan Chang's timely appearance saved his life.

However, since then, Heizi, who was in his prime of life and is still the backbone of the village labor force, has become lame due to a leg injury, and his life has not been satisfactory.

Fortunately, the villagers in the slave village are very united, and the slave village does not have to pay taxes for five years. With his hardworking hands, Heizi has earned some property.

However, Heizi's dream is to marry a wife and have children, so even if he earns a little property, he is reluctant to spend it and instead saves all his property.

"Don't worry, thin monkey. I've asked someone to help me find a daughter-in-law. When your kid comes back after making great achievements, maybe my baby will grow up."

"And with the care of his wife, Uncle Heizi will definitely have a better life in the future than before."

When the thin monkey heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

Due to the implementation of the new law and government subsidies, although the slave village has only been established for more than two years, the life of the slave village is almost catching up with that of the common people in Song Dynasty.

Most of the unmarried young men in the village also have a partner, and it won't be long before there will be many dolls in the village.

Heizi's unmarried daughter-in-law is a widow twenty miles away from the slave village. Although she is tall and thick, for Heizi, being able to marry a daughter-in-law is already very satisfying.

"Don't worry, Skinny Monkey. We will take care of Heizi. On the contrary, after you join the new army, you must abide by the military law, and you must be smart when a war breaks out."

"The kung fu I entrusted to you is just superficial. Don't be blindly arrogant. You must learn more skills in the army."

The village head chatted, looking at the thin monkey with pride and reluctance.

"I know the village chief."

The villagers in the slave village chatted with the thin monkey about the past, and then reluctantly watched the thin monkey leave.

Although the thin monkey was reluctant to give up, but thinking that he would soon join the new army, he immediately felt extremely hot in his heart, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

"I must make contributions and become a noble lord!"

The thin monkey clenched his fists and swore secretly in his heart.

In the past two years, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the Song Dynasty, and the changes in the slave village and the thin monkey are only a small part of it.

Two years ago, General Huan Chang let Ying Ying pretend to be himself and led the army slowly towards Taiyang City, but he secretly divided his troops into four groups and sent Song Ren's army to attack the four cities that defected to the sect.

Song Renjun captured four cities with thunderous force, and beheaded all the rebellious nobles, their clans, and family members in the city. After the news spread that thousands of people had been beheaded, it shocked the government and the public.

Those nobles who opposed the new law and supported the rebellion felt chills down their spines.

In addition, the various sects that were originally the backstage of these nobles actually became cowards after the Song Dynasty began to fight back strongly, which made these nobles even more frightened.

Facing the powerful General Huan Chang, many nobles regretted it, but they had no way out.

Even, many nobles are planning to lead their families and relatives to either flee to the jurisdiction of the sect, or to seek refuge in other countries.

Just when these nobles were panicking, Song Gong issued a pardon order.

The general content is that as long as the rebellious nobles give up resistance and go to the government to plead guilty, they only need to pay the corresponding property according to the size of their crimes, and then lower their titles by one level, and everyone's crimes can be pardoned.

The promulgation of the pardon made these nobles see hope. Although the huge ransom money made these nobles feel heartbroken, they could only agree to it for the continuation of the family.

Otherwise, even if they escaped to the jurisdiction of the sect by chance, or fled to other countries, it is impossible for these people to keep their noble titles.

Due to Song Renjun's iron and blood methods, coupled with the promulgation of the pardon order, the rebellion that originally spread throughout the Song Kingdom was completely subsided in just three months.

Those wealthy nobles who did not participate in the rebellion and were watching were also very grateful after seeing Duke Song's determination to reform and the fate of the rebels.

While the Duke of Song pardoned the rebellious nobles, he also obtained an immeasurable wealth.

With this wealth paving the way, and Huan Chang followed Ji Er's suggestion, slowed down the pace of reforms, and also modified some content of the new law, so that the new law was slowly implemented in the territory of Song Dynasty.

The revised new law, although the nobles feel that their interests have been violated, they can barely accept it. Coupled with the deterrence of Song Renjun and the new army, these nobles still dare not continue to contradict the new law.

With the promotion of the new law, the common people gradually felt the substantial benefits. With the deliberate support of Duke Song, a large number of new nobles came into being. These people are closely related to the interests of the new law.

The rise of the new aristocracy has made the new law no longer a rootless apple. Anyone who tries to subvert the new law will be the public enemy of the new aristocracy.

Although the power of these new nobles is far inferior to the old nobles due to the short time, but with the passage of time, if the old nobles do not want to integrate into the new law, I am afraid that they will be eliminated sooner or later.

Today's Song State can be said to be thriving. The Song State's army, which was once weak, has also become stronger due to the emergence of the new army.

Just a few months ago, a war broke out between Song State and Yan State. As a result, the strength of Song State's new army shocked Yan State. In the end, Yan State took the initiative to strike a truce and the two sides signed a peace treaty.

Songshan School, Changlaofeng.

The originally deserted Changlao Peak looked very lively today, with several figures sitting cross-legged on the futons, their bodies fused with the sky and the earth.

It would be a surprise if anyone recognized these people.

Because of these figures sitting cross-legged on the futons, each of them is a warrior in the mortal realm, and they all come from different sects.

"Fellow Daoist, since the promotion of the new law, the luck of the Song Kingdom has been increasing day by day. If it is not stopped as soon as possible, the disaster of 300 years ago may repeat itself."

"That's right. Since the Song Kingdom has fallen, it shouldn't become strong again. Otherwise, our sects in the Song Kingdom will not end well."

"Those sects that were destroyed 300 years ago are lessons from the past!"

Several figures began to express their opinions one after another. Although they didn't say much, the meaning they expressed was surprisingly the same.

Above the main seat, the eyes of the middle-aged warrior in purple were filled with a thick purple aura.

After everyone finished expressing their opinions, he said: "You don't need to say too much, I have already taken care of this matter."

(End of this chapter)