The heavens start from Quanzhen swordsmanship

Chapter 129 Changes in Guanzhong, the Mongol Emperor's Conquest

The masters of the world decide, if they can be drawn into the same lineup, wouldn't it be up to them to change the emperor?
Xu Zhiqing knew that this idea was simple, and any one in the world made a decision, they were all alone.

Most importantly, everyone thinks differently.

Some people don't like to participate in these things by nature, and it doesn't matter who they are.

They only care about themselves, or those closest to them.

The rest are not of much concern.

The so-called nation is only Guo Jing.

It was precisely in this way that Xu Zhiqing wanted to win Guo Jing into the same camp.

Because Guo Jing doesn't like war as much as he does.

Xu Zhiqing saw Guo Jing's wavering from the letter, and he wrote another letter immediately.

Tell him very directly that the most critical person to end this war is the Mongolian emperor.

If he cannot be persuaded, it is impossible for Mongolia to stop invading Song.

Xu Zhiqing immediately expressed his thoughts in the letter. If Guo Jing was willing, he was willing to accompany him to Mongolia to persuade the Mongolian emperor.

After he finished writing the letter, he asked someone to hand it over to Guo Jing.

In the following days, Xu Zhiqing developed Guanzhong little by little.

He doesn't know much about business and trade, but he knows the importance of resources.

The first is food. Last year, Xu Zhiqing asked people to check the population and measure the land.

Soon he got the corresponding result from Yelu Chucai.

The population is small and the land is large, but most of the land is in the hands of those gentry or wealthy businessmen.

Then they recruit servants to help them farm the land, and then give them a pitiful reward.

Most of the people do not have their own land, and they help their wives to plant the land.

When Xu Zhiqing saw this, he didn't have much psychological fluctuations.

This era is like this, he doesn't have too many ideas at all.

His method is very simple. Since Guanzhong is his, he will find a way to nationalize the land ownership.

Private ownership of land is prohibited.

All the land is his.

Prior to this, Xu Zhiqing began to prepare people to go to the west to find sweet potatoes and corn.

Today's Guanzhong, or the entire Southern Song Dynasty, is planted with corn, and then matched with other plants.

Food production is very insufficient.

It is good that there are no disasters on weekdays, but when there is a disaster, basically no one can withstand the disaster.

Because there is no surplus food in the homes of ordinary people.

Those who have surplus food at home are generally outside of the country gentry and rich people.

Xu Zhiqing sat in the hall, looking at these materials, feeling a faint headache.

If possible, he would really kill all the gentry and rich men at once, then take back the land, and finally lease it to the common people at a very low price.

But if he did this, without Meng Geer coming to beat him, his own Guanzhong would collapse.

Yelu Chucai looked at Daoist Xu whose face was twitching, feeling puzzled.

"Xu Daochang, is there any problem with this information?"

"Of course, the world is in the hands of a small number of people, and this is the biggest problem!"

Xu Zhiqing looked at Yelu Chucai as he spoke.

"Do you know that there are two kinds of plants in the west, one is called sweet potato, which looks like this! The other is corn, which looks like this!"

As he spoke, he drew sweet potatoes and corn.

"These two crops, especially the former one, can grow a lot of food!"

"I wonder if you have seen it?"

He felt that Yelu Chucai was the Prime Minister of Mongolia, and he might have seen him.

After he finished speaking, Yelu Chucai looked at him strangely.

"what happened?"

"Xu Daochang, you miraculously don't look like a person here. You probably haven't been to any places in the west. Why do you know better than me?"

"You don't need to know this, have you seen the two plants I mentioned!"

Yelu Chucai shook his head, he had never heard of it.

Xu Zhiqing sighed, it seems that he can only let the master master to find a way.

To be honest, there are so many martial arts masters, they have nothing to do, let's study how to increase food production.

This contribution to society far exceeds martial arts training.

"Xiangguo, with so few people controlling so much land, the people below have no food in their families!"

"Do you think this kind of development is normal?"

Yelu Chucai frowned.

He didn't understand why Xu Zhiqing said that.

"Is there anything unusual about this?"

"Of course not normal!"

Xu Zhiqing said softly: "If there is no surplus food in the family, there is no ability to resist natural disasters. If people cannot resist disasters, people will die, and then the population of my Guanzhong area will decrease!"

"Depopulation affects many industries!"

When Yelu Chucai heard Xu Zhiqing's statement, he was surprised.

He never looked at it from this angle.

He felt that Taoist Xu was really a miraculous person.

In his heart, he still thinks that Xu Zhiqing is the same kind of person as Meng Geer or the Southern Song emperor, all for that position.

After contacting him for so long, he found that Daoist Xu really didn't like rights at all.

If there are no special circumstances, he doesn't want to take care of it.

But now the entire Guanzhong belongs to him.

Outside of Guanzhong, those Mongolian generals didn't dare to come over, they were all scared of being killed by Xu Zhiqing.

The only thing Yelu Chucai was sure of was that although the Daowu army was a formidable army, they were far less powerful than this Daoist Xu.

"So Daoist Xu, what are you going to do?"

"Of course it is to find a way to take the land into national ownership!"

After Xu Zhiqing finished speaking, he sighed.

"I know this sentence is a bit whimsical. If I do this, those squires will immediately rebel, because if I do this, they will not survive!"

The wealth of many squires is not dependent on anything else, but a large amount of land at home.

Once their land is taken back, it is killing their lives.

Therefore, he is not merciful, but the position of so many gentry and rich men maintains the balance in Guanzhong.

If he kills, this balance will be disrupted.

"So I'm going to take my time!"

Xu Zhiqing's method is very simple. While advocating business, vigorously develop agriculture.

He will not take care of business matters for the time being, but he must sort out agriculture first.

People eat for food.

So he has to make a day out first.

Yelu Chucai was curious about Xu Zhiqing taking his time, and he was going to wait to see what Xu Zhiqing would do.

Xu Zhiqing didn't make Yelu Chucai curious for long.

Because the Guanzhong area has established a law.

He was cruel and directly abolished the slaves.

No one shall make another a slave, shall not enslave another.

Everyone has freedom!
After the abolition of slavery, if any slave wants to be free, no one can stop him.

Xu Zhiqing transferred an army from the Daowu Army for this purpose.

Anyone who dared to resist, he would kill directly.

He did not abolish the whole Guanzhong, but chose Jingzhaofu.

When slavery was abolished, some people who became free chose to leave, and many people still chose to stay.

If they did not stay, they would have nothing to eat and would starve to death.

After Xu Zhiqing abolished slaves, he issued a decree allowing them to employ others.

Can hire others.

On this premise, it is to respect the personality of the other party as an independent person.

He did this, not directly abolishing slavery.

It is to protect the lives of those slaves and some civilians.

Only those gentry and dignitaries respected their lives and killed them at will.

Xu Zhiqing's reforms are not from the entire Guanzhong area, but from his Jingzhao Mansion alone.

Even though he was fully prepared, Jingzhao Mansion was in turmoil for nearly three months.

Many people wanted to resist, and some even paid a lot of money to assassinate Xu Zhiqing.

However, Xu Zhiqing used iron and blood methods, and anyone who dared to resist this order would be executed.

During the period of change, Xu Zhiqing did not allow any voice of opposition.

Opponents were all killed, and their properties were nationalized.

Xu Zhiqing also obtained a large amount of land as a result.

……

In the main hall, Yelu Chucai finally couldn't help asking after watching what Xu Zhiqing did.

"This is your take your time?"

Yelu Chucai did not expect that Xu Zhiqing's slow pace was completely different from what he had imagined.

It's just killing and killing.

"I'm slow enough!"

Xu Zhiqing looked at his results, and he felt quite successful.

"If it weren't for the disapproval of various parties, I would have abolished all slaves long ago!"

"However, if slaves are abolished, it also means that those people need new sources of work!"

"So I distributed the land of those squires to them at a very low proportion!"

What he adopted was still the method of killing people to collect the land and then dividing it.

However, the land he allocated was not privately occupied, but state-owned.

Private individuals do not have the right to transfer, and even have a limited number of years.

In addition, the final right of interpretation belongs to the state.

In this way, the property of those people can be protected to a minimum.

Although Xu Zhiqing has not experienced some things, he also knows how bad some people's actions will be.

Encroach on your property with means beyond the imagination of others.

When Yelu Chucai heard the sound, he looked at Xu Zhiqing.

"You are really sacrificing yourself in this way!"

He didn't know what to say to Xu Zhiqing.

If others acquire a large amount of land, they will hire others to farm the land, and then pay them very low.

When this matter came to this Daoist Xu, it changed instead.

He distributed the world to the poor and asked them to pay very little food.

Even the seeds, he provided to the poor.

Not only that, but he also knew that Xu Zhiqing had recruited a lot of agricultural talents.

Then write down all the knowledge provided by these agricultural talents, and then divide them into books, and then train the rest of the agricultural talents.

Then let these people go to study farming.

Yelu Chucai didn't know what to do with farming.

Just like cattle and sheep, the seeds are sown, and the harvest will be ready in the coming year.

After Xu Zhiqing heard Yelu Chucai's thoughts, he knew that Yelu Chucai was really a high-ranking person.

It's not that he is superior, but that he has never been exposed to these things.

He looked at Yelu Chucai and said with a light smile, "Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about grazing. You know that places with fertile water and grass are more suitable for grazing!"

"What about other aspects?"

"For example, what kind of environment can make cattle and sheep grow better, and what they eat will make the meat more delicious!"

"And why are they not easy to get sick, what should they do if they get sick!"

Xu Zhiqing didn't know much about animal husbandry, anyway, he said everything he thought of.

Then he saw a dazed Yelu Chucai.

"Xiangguo, think about it, if you raise a cow, I raise a cow, and I feed it in the right way, such as the cow's daily exercise, daily food nutrition, and daily mood..."

"Do you think your cow is comparable to mine?"

After Yelu Chucai heard Xu Zhiqing's words, he was even more confused.

"The cow is still in the mood?"

Xu Zhiqing glanced at Yelu Chucai.

"People have moods, why don't cows have them?"

Yelu Chucai thought about it, it seemed so.

"Then that means, those people's feeding methods are not correct?"

"It's not incorrect. After all, no one has found a way to specialize in grazing until now!"

Xu Zhiqing just put forward a concept, not a specific method.

What he can do is to propose concepts, including the development of the Guanzhong area.

For everything, he proposes a concept and sees if it is suitable.

For example, land surveys and population censuses are done in the first year.

After discussing with Yelu Chucai and other people, I found that it was very correct to take back the land.

He just did it.

Because of this wave, it can be said that Xu Zhiqing's reputation in the hearts of the people in Jingzhao Mansion has been directly increased.

Although the land was not given to them, it was no different from giving them.

Some people understand instead that this seems to be to better guarantee them.

The current land is wealth, and when the food production is particularly rich, the value of the land will decrease rapidly.

If everyone does not lack food, the price of food will not rise.

The purpose of Xu Zhiqing's development of agriculture is to let the common people have a surplus, and then control the quantity and price in Guanzhong in his hands.

After the grain grown by those common people, Xu Zhiqing will issue relevant laws to control those grains, that is, grain prices.

Anyway, he is going step by step to build a country with characteristics.

As for where he can go in the end, as long as he doesn't get cold halfway, he can keep going.

To do this, Xu Zhiqing needs a lot of talents.

Therefore, he issued a recruitment order early on.

Internal development, external recruitment.

Xu Zhiqing is not an all-around talent, and one's energy is limited.

He formulated the internal affairs and handed them over to Yelu Chucai and Lu Zhijia.

He will not carry out these things, but let Yelu Chucai do it.

Xu Zhiqing stopped flirting with Yelu Chucai, but glanced at Yelu Chucai.

"Xiangguo, I didn't seek any personal gain for myself by doing this, did I?"

"My simplest idea is this. Everyone, from the common people to the emperor, is all working hard for the prosperity of the country!"

"And one's own private property should all be earned on the basis of reasonable compliance!"

"If you don't make money like this, it is equivalent to violating the laws of our Guanzhong. We must crack down on it and don't advocate it!"

The law that Xu Zhiqing asked Yelu Chucai and the others to make was based on the current situation.

The name is Guanzhong law.

That is the preliminary first version of the law.

Later, according to the future situation, it will be revised slowly.

However, every modification of the law must be done with caution, because the people below may suffer heavy losses for one law above.

Yelu Chucai nodded when he heard Xu Zhiqing's question.

"The Daoist is really not for himself, you are different from everyone I have seen!"

He really likes this way of doing things.

He is not optimistic about Xu Zhiqing's development, but he can feel that Guanzhong is really getting better gradually.

If Daoist Xu continues to implement this slowly, there is a high probability that the entire Guanzhong will be condensed into a rope by him.

Not long ago, he saw someone who muttered something wrong about Daoist Xu, and was beaten half to death by those people.

Those people didn't run away after hitting someone, but they respected the laws set by Daoist Xu very much.

If you hit someone, you will be compensated.

Then drag the person to pay compensation, but also drag the person to see the official.

The one who hit the person was compensated a little bit, and the one who scolded Xu Zhiqing was directly put into prison.

He found out later that the man was released.

The reason is that Xu Daochang made a speech, and it doesn't matter if his speech is a little bit selfish.

If he's doing something wrong, he can bring it up.

It is not to point out the wrong place, but to propose the correct method to change the wrong place.

So far, the hearts and minds of the entire Jingzhao Mansion have been gathered on Xu Zhiqing's side.

Because of the enactment of the law, it is difficult to clear up the miasma in Jingzhao Mansion.

Yelu Chucai knew all of this, and he couldn't do without the two swords beside Daoist Xu.

If other people want to change these, I am afraid that they will be retaliated by those people the next day.

When it came to Xu Daochang's side, he hoped not to be missed by Xu Daochang.

If someone dares to come over, if they are caught, they will confess to the mastermind behind the scenes, and the house will be ransacked.

What Xu Zhiqing did was ruthless.

No one came to make trouble in Guanzhong, Xu Zhiqing quickly developed internal affairs and united the hearts of the people.

It shows that it started from Jingzhaofu, and then spread to Tongchuan, Weinan and other places.

According to the situation in other counties, it is also being implemented.

Yelu Chucai also saw that Xu Zhiqing's so-called step by step was indeed done step by step.

Because of the limited number of talents, and the fact that the situation in each place is different.

This Taoist Xu is very good at handling things according to the local conditions, rather than the so-called one-size-fits-all and forced changes.

Rather, there is room for change.

There is an upper limit and a lower limit.

Even though Xu Zhiqing was very busy, there was no way for Guan Zhong to develop all of a sudden.

However, the business in Guanzhong has prospered a lot.

Because the environment in Guanzhong is relatively equal, even small businessmen will not be bullied by officials and businessmen when they come here.

In addition, the Guanzhong area is particularly safe. As long as you enter Guanzhong, if there is any property loss.

The local government in Guanzhong will help you make financial rounds.

It's better to be robbed by the robbers, and the government directly sent troops to kill the robbers' lairs.

When Guanzhong was busy developing, the Mongolian emperor saw that Kublai Khan could not take down Xiangyang City for a long time, so he chose to conquer by himself.

At the same time, Kublai Khan was ordered to turn to Guanzhong and take it down.

Those who know the news know that whether the Southern Song Dynasty can resist depends on whether Xiangyang City can be contained.

As for Xu Zhiqing, he felt that Guo Jing should make a choice.

(End of this chapter)