The myth of crossing the heavens

Chapter 166
"Nowadays the people's livelihood in the world is declining. Many people live in no fixed place and have no land to cultivate. Even if they receive temporary rations, they will be reduced to refugees and bandits again sooner or later. If the world wants to return to peace, we must get enough land to distribute to the people. Or keep fighting until the population of the world is small enough to divide the fields."

Yi Qingchen couldn't help shaking his head while talking: "Generally, when the world is in chaos, you have to kill until the second situation to end. That is too cruel to the people of the world."

Everyone looked at me, even Shen Luoyan couldn't understand what Yi Qingchen was saying.

What does the general trend of the world have to do with those mud-legged people?
It should be the leaders of the major forces who can decide the trend of the world.

Yi Qingchen withdrew his thoughts, and suddenly a strange idea came to his mind.

How about we also learn from the seniors to go through the process of discussion?

So he said to everyone: "This king can't bear to see the people in the world displaced, poor and weak, and wants to distribute land to the refugees. What do you think?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "It's hard, we don't have much land in our hands, it's not enough."

All the generals nodded.

The landlord's house has no surplus food!
The Wagang Army attacked the city and plundered the land, and it seemed that the scenery was infinite.

But every income must be rewarded to those who have made meritorious deeds, otherwise these bandits will not care whether you are Li Mi or Zhai Rang, and they will still turn against him.

Therefore, the land owned by the Wagang Army is far from enough to distribute to all the refugees.

Li Midao: "Your Highness does not know that the reason why the Wagang Army can develop and grow is closely related to the order not to disturb the civilians. We used to capture the towns and cities after we captured the fields of the imperial court and farmers. We never harass the aristocrats, so they all support us, but also because we don't have many fields."

It is false to say that there is no intrusion. The Wagang Army started by robbing wealthy households.

But the Wagang Army did have three agreements with the big landlords, so that the big landlords would not hold them back.

"well said!"

Yi Qingchen clapped his hands and said: "Li Mi is right, we have no land in our hands, but those aristocratic families and powerful landlords have a lot of grain fields in their hands. Not only can they not eat all the grain, but they also hoard it to raise prices , driving the poor to death."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered that his identity was no longer that of the working people, so he changed the subject: "In the final analysis, they robbed the wealth of the imperial court. Fields, labor, and taxes are the sources of wealth of the imperial court. hateful."

These words are in line with King Ming's identity.

Li Mi was a little dumbfounded, that's not what he meant.

Yi Qingchen said lightly: "Look, we only need to take the fields from these people and distribute them to the people, so that we can appease the refugees and turn the rebellious people into good people again."

Xu Shiji said with a solemn expression: "Your Highness, the strength of those aristocratic families is deeply rooted. I don't know how much power is hidden under the surface. I'm afraid they won't hand over their fields easily."

Yi Qingchen asked back: "Shiji, you have 120,000 troops in your hands, Shubao and Renji each have [-] troops in their hands, do you have [-] troops for nothing?"

The voice was not loud, but it shocked everyone's expressions.

Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly: "Your Highness is really refreshing, old Cheng has long since disliked those guys!"

Everyone gave Cheng Yaojin a look, thinking that you are the only one who talks too much.

Looking at a group of subordinates who looked forward and backward, without half the demeanor of famous ministers, Yi Qingchen gave up the idea of ​​discussing the matter.

This matter can only be done arbitrarily!
Yi Qingchen directly ordered: "Put up a list to declare to the world, and those whose family property reaches more than [-] taels per capita or whose land reaches more than [-] mu per capita must donate the extra money and land to the imperial court for distribution to the displaced people."

"What if they don't offer it?"

Cheng Yaojin asked back: "Are you really going to send a large army to suppress it?"

"Collude with the rebels, provide supplies for the rebels, commit a crime together, and punish the nine clans."

Yi Qingchen said leisurely: "Pull your army out, anyone who dares not donate will be arrested and sent to prison, and punished as the crime of treason."

Everyone's heart trembled, and they all bowed to their orders.

Yi Qingchen's killing victory is far more terrifying than his tyrannical martial arts.

On the same day, a large number of scholars were called to copy the edict, and then cavalry were sent to various cities, towns, and villages to preach.

Yi Qingchen is a good person, he thought it would be best not to kill someone.

If these aristocratic families and powerful landlords can see the situation clearly and donate their wealth, the rest will be enough for them to live comfortably.

If they are unwilling to give up the profits, they can only spit out the money with the profits.

Troubled times are never the time to be reasonable.

Yi Qingchen called Shen Luoyan alone, and asked, "I have a mission, are you willing to accept it?"

Shen Luoyan was stunned, and said in a low voice: "The little girl is just a weak girl, she will just wait to marry Shiji in the future, and don't expect anything else."

"Think clearly before answering."

Yi Qingchen said lightly: "I will give you one last chance."

Shen Luoyan thought quickly in her heart, and suddenly her heart skipped a beat, and she said: "Please give orders, Your Highness, no matter what task Luoyan will complete."

"it is good!"

A smile overflowed from the corner of Yi Qingchen's mouth: "From today onwards, you can select suitable talents from various armies, civilians, and even court departments, and re-establish a shadow organization responsible for assassination and investigation for this king. This king will monitor the Central Plains." Even in the prairie, the Western Regions, Baiyue, overseas, etc., you can grasp the major events happening in all places in the world, can you do it?"

Investigating intelligence and assassinating the leader is Shen Luoyan's job. Apart from serving as a dog-headed military adviser in the Wagang Army, she mainly does this.

Shen Luoyan's eyes lit up, and she said solemnly: "Luoyan will never fail His Highness's trust."

Why did she want to do it with Li Mi?

Isn't it because of conceit and intelligence that you don't want to be buried among women?

Now Yi Qingchen entrusts her with the intelligence and assassination work of the whole world, which is equivalent to letting her take charge of another major department besides the six departments. If she manages well, Shen Luoyan will be one of the most powerful people in the world.

What's more, this task is really challenging.

Shen Luoyan completely forgot about Li Mi and Xu Shiji in an instant, and decided to do this task.

Yi Qingchen nodded with a smile: "Remember, the newly formed Shadow Guard is a secret organization, you are only responsible to this king, and no one else should be informed. Anyone who finds out through investigation will be killed without mercy."

Shen Luoyan nodded repeatedly, feeling awe-inspiring in her heart.

King Ming Taiyi was definitely not easy to deal with, he was ruthless and decisive, although the idea of ​​evenly dividing the land seemed naive to her, it was not impossible to suppress it by force with his peerless force.

The most important thing is that he is really ruthless. Since he took action from Jiangdu, he has killed tens of thousands of people in the process of purging Tsunaki.

Who would not be afraid of him like a tiger if he ransacked his family and wiped out his family at every turn?
"Shiji, I'm sorry."

Shen Luoyan knew in her heart that she would be alone as a result of taking on this task, and it was absolutely impossible for her to marry Xu Shiji again.

No emperor can tolerate the head of the intelligence department mixing with others every day.

"Now your first task is to investigate the details of those aristocratic families and powerful landlords. You must find out the history and evil deeds of all of them, and publicize them so that the common people know clearly."

As expected.

The first reaction of aristocratic families and powerful landlords is to resist and flee.

Some people united with their own kind to form an army to guard the manor or even a small castle, while the other packed up their belongings and ran away to other forces.

Some people did not respond, but exerted pressure through the Wagang Army.

There are several ways to stop the supply of materials, stop a large number of officials, and guide the people to rebel.

Yi Qingchen was not in a hurry to deal with it, but kept sending people to collect information and prove the crime.

The profits from reclaiming the fields are huge, and someone must want to take advantage of this operation to reap the benefits.

What Yi Qingchen has to do is to find out first, determine the boundaries of the action, and then let the army attack.

The military should be the implementers, not the decision makers.

Shen Luoyan's actions were very fast. Originally, the spies of the Wagang Army mobilized first to collect information quickly.

Then the army was dispatched and ransacked the house everywhere.

Counterattacks followed one after another, openly resisting the attack, and secretly interfering with the army's supply of food, grass, and ordnance.

In one attack, poison was poured into easily dusty food, causing a small orgasm.

The resistance of aristocratic families and powerful landlords not only did not have any effect, but made Yi Qingchen's policy more smoothly implemented.

The army attacked everywhere, constantly ransacking homes and destroying them.

The same as Luoyang's treatment method, the heinous ones were beheaded for public display, the rest were sent to death camps for males, and female relatives were sent to Jiaofang Division.

The number of fields in Yi Qingchen's hands is growing day by day, but in more than ten days, enough fields have been raised.

At this point, the aristocratic families around Xingyang were afraid of being killed, and they begged people to intercede with Yi Qingchen.

Even Li Mi, regardless of the embarrassment of his status, came to persuade Yi Qingchen to keep his hand.

Li Mi sincerely persuaded: "Your Highness, in the future we will have to rely on people from these aristocratic families to rule the world. If you offend them severely, you will be left with eternal infamy in history. Please think twice, Your Highness."

"This king is a cultivator. He only cares about peace in this world, so why bother with his posthumous name."

Yi Qingchen glanced at Li Mi lightly: "But since you have come to me, I have to give you face, you go and tell those aristocratic families and powerful landlords that if you want to survive, you must honestly give away the things they have plundered over the years. Hand it over, or go to hell with their riches."

Li Mi was taken aback for a moment, secretly regretting.

He misread the situation.

He originally thought that Yi Qingchen had already killed a lot of people, and if he got enough fields, he would not continue to kill.

Who knew that Yi Qingchen came here with the intention of being desperate.

In the days that followed, there were many powerful families who surrendered and surrendered to Yi Qingchen, giving away most of their property and land.

Yi Qingchen allows them to retain basic living security.

The common people are satisfied with the allocation of fields, so naturally they don't think about whether the revolution is thorough enough.

The operations on the front line of Xingyang are in full swing here, but bad news comes from Luoyang over there.

Li Yuan rebelled and led his army into Guanzhong.

Qin Qiong took the lead in asking for a fight: "Li Yuan is really lawless. He dared to rebel knowing that His Royal Highness King Ming presided over the government. I am willing to lead the army to defeat Li Yuan's rebels."

"Li Yuan has been a general for many lifetimes, so he should not be underestimated."

Yi Qingchen smiled instead of anger: "His subordinates are quite talented people who can not only handle internal affairs, but also are good at marching and fighting. Moreover, the family members of the Guanzhong family have long colluded with their Li family. If a bad army of [-] troops Instead, it will be lost in the pass.”

Through the government reform in Xingyang, Yi Qingchen understands one thing.

That is the convenience of being famous as a teacher.

Let them rebel first, so that sending troops to recover will take up righteousness.

At that time, those Guanlong families will all be rebels, and it will all depend on Yi Qingchen's intention to kill or cut them up.

Otherwise, they are all obedient citizens, and they have to be charged and found evidence after cleaning up, otherwise it will easily cause turmoil.

Let Li Yuan enter Chang'an first, and then he himself enters Guanzhong and makes an emergency landing on Li Yuan.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of troops and a large number of subordinates, Yi Qingchen still has to personally participate in every battle.

The purpose is to establish an invincible image and an invincible myth.

With such an image on his body, whatever he wants to do in the future will be smoother.

The enemy is afraid of his prestige, even if he has ideas, he dare not rebel.

Yi Qingchen ordered: "Qin Qiong and Pei Renji led [-] people to return to Luoyang with me. The military and political affairs in Xingyang will be handed over to Xu Shiji. If there is any abnormal change, send an envoy to report to me immediately."

The generals bowed and took orders.

The area of ​​Xingyang, Luokou, and Hulao is the barrier to the east of Luoyang, the eastern capital. Since it was occupied by Li Mi and Zhai Rang, it has been threatening the safety of the eastern capital.

Now that the recovery is over, it is natural to arrange for a large army to strictly guard it.

Xu Shiji held an army of [-], and under him there were more than ten generals, including Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang, Zu Junyan, etc. His strength could be described as extremely powerful.

60,000 people may seem like a small number, but defending the city and attacking the city are two different things.

When defending the city, [-] elite soldiers are enough to resist hundreds of thousands of troops.

Yi Qingchen then said to Xu Shiji: "You must stick to the government order I arranged, and all the fields must be distributed to the poor people, so that everyone has land to cultivate and food to eat."

Xu Shiji respectfully said, "Shiji obeys."

"As long as you do what I say, no matter what problems you encounter, I will take care of them. You can report to me or ask for help at any time."

Yi Qingchen said: "Henan and Jiangnan have been connected together, and the other rebels will definitely not sit idly by. At that time, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong and others may attack, you must be careful, and remember not to be greedy. Get ahead."

"Remember the achievements of the world!"

Yi Qingchen went on to say: "Now I still need someone to advise me, so I will borrow Luoyan for a while."

Xu Shiji was taken aback for a moment, and immediately 'understood'.

The higher-ups will never give you things for nothing, since Yi Qingchen entrusted Xu Shiji with the responsibility of defending the front line of Xingyang and also the right to manage it, it is natural to have means to check and balance him.

It should have the meaning in the question when keeping Shen Luoyan by his side.

It's like he ordered Pei Renji to lead the army, but kept Pei Xingyan by his side.

It doesn't matter to Shen Luoyan, anyway, Li Mi has already surrendered, her vision of the first half of her life has been shattered, and the rest depends on whether she can make amends from 'King Ming'.

After Yi Qingchen finished his orders, he led the army back to the Eastern Capital immediately.

At this time, the world is already full of wars and rebels everywhere.

The textbook defines it as an insurrectionary army, but judging from the fact that most of its actions are the landlord class taking advantage of the troubled times, few can be called an insurgent army.

(End of this chapter)