A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 534 The Reform Begins

The Daqian development order needs to be issued by the emperor himself, which requires controlling the quantity. Issuing a development order is almost equivalent to enfeoffing a prince.

Although this prince is very small, with only less than fifty miles of land, no matter how small a prince is, he is still a prince. The princes can recruit their own troops, appoint and remove hundreds of officials, and they can be said to be lonely, Taoist and few in the country.

Some people are willing to be small landowners in Daqian, but some people want to go to the wild lands to explore. In this case, the imperial court did not stop them and directly issued the development order, letting these people work hard on their own.

Opening a border at this time is much easier than cutting thorns and exposing frost during the Zhou Dynasty. After all, these nobles and powerful people joined the pioneering, and the court allowed them to train soldiers, have weapons and horses, and have the support of the imperial court to attack Those barbarians are much simpler.

During this period, many of the barbarians around Daqian still used bronze, bone, and even stone tools. There were also iron tools, but there were very few of them. How could they be the opponents of those noble and powerful people who wore strong weapons?

The barbarians have not been the main problem since ancient times. The main problem is the environment and climate. The biggest losses on the border are never caused by the battlefield, but by the climate.

After the imperial court decided to agree to the development order, it began to make various regulations on development. At the same time, it is not that simple to obtain a pioneering order. First of all, after obtaining the development order, the nobles need to hand over all their food, fiefs, and land to the court.

In other words, after getting the development order, you cannot get an inch of land in Daqian territory. If you want land, you need to go and develop it yourself. Of course, the imperial court did not just take these lands for free, but exchanged them with soldiers, armor, bows, arrows, and horses.

Those nobles who have received the pioneering order can recruit and train soldiers in the next year. After one year, they need to lead the army to pioneer.

Of course, after receiving the development order, their family members can continue to live in Daqian, but all the land needs to be turned over, and the houses are only allowed to be used by themselves.

Thirty acres of land were left for each household for farming, but all taxes were no different from ordinary people. At the same time, members of his family will not be allowed to serve as officials in Daqian. Of course, the original domestic slaves, tenants, and hidden people of these people can be taken away by them.

How to open up the wilderness without a population?

This is to tell those nobles and powerful men not to think about dividing their troops into two groups. One side will continue to enjoy the benefits of Daqian, and the other side will be a prince in the wilderness.

In these two cases, you can only choose one. If the imperial court did not impose any restrictions, Wang Yi would not have any doubt that these distinguished, powerful, and official families would come to play with two brothers, one holding a large number of troops outside, and the other controlling the center to give orders.

Then if the two brothers cooperate with each other, great things can happen!

Although the chance of this happening in Daqian controlled by the Wang family is very small, Wang Yi cannot help but consider future generations. What if they produce unworthy descendants?

Therefore, if those noble and powerful people left Daqian, they would no longer have any influence in the court.

In addition to these, the pioneering order can obtain the right to purchase ordnance, supplies, and grain in Daqian. Going out to develop requires a large amount of materials, especially in the early stages of development, which cannot be produced by oneself and must be supported by the court.

All kinds of utensils, grain, grass, and materials all need the support of the court. This support will not weaken until these nobles and powerful men have established a foothold in the wilderness, opened up land, and grown food to be self-sufficient.

At the same time, after establishing an initial foothold, these people also allowed people to be recruited in Daqian to farm their territories. For these nobles and powerful people who have obtained the development order, the court will not levy any taxes in the first ten years, but after ten years, one-tenth of the tax will be levied.

This kind of development is not simple. If you want to be foolproof, the best way is for several companies to join forces and develop as a team. After completing the supplement to the development order, Wang Yi agreed to Chao Cuo's suggestion. The remaining reform clauses are less important.

After completing the reform charter, the next step is to implement the New Deal. However, before implementing the New Deal, there are still some things that must be done.

“Your Majesty, the first step in implementing reforms is to clarify the reform program, and the second step is to clearly distinguish those who will oppose and those who will support, those who can unite, and those who must be eliminated!

This step is very important, and it is also the most critical step in the reform. You have to clearly distinguish those people who are lying on Daqian's body to suck blood without any contribution, and those people are insects, and then the next step is to catch them all. "

"If these people know the truth, then they should resign honestly, shut up, go home to take care of themselves, entertain their grandchildren, and stop interfering in government affairs. If they don't know the truth, they will inevitably die!"

Wang Yi knows very well that reform is not about treating guests to dinner, it is not about hello and me being hello to everyone. Some people's interests must be harmed.

The problem in the Daqian frontier is that the number of Qian people is insufficient and it is difficult to open up. These clans have money and people, and they are given weapons. Basically, the court does not need to bear anything.

However, when a large number of people migrated out of Daqian, the population naturally became smaller. The powerful and noble people migrated away, and the land would naturally become vacant. In this way, the contradiction of large numbers of people and small land was temporarily solved.

In the Qianyuan Palace, the emperor and several important ministers discussed the content of the reform again. After completing the last revision, Wang Yi felt that it was OK, and then he nodded to Chao Cuo and said: "The Prime Minister's new order is OK."

In the main hall, several people were sitting on their knees, all with solemn expressions. Sunlight shone through the window lattice into the hall, but it was unable to dispel the solemn atmosphere in the main hall.

Chao Cuo stood up and stepped forward, bowed to Wang Yi and said, "Thank you for your majesty's persistence in allowing me to do important things. I will do my best to repay your majesty's great kindness!"

Wang Yi stood up quickly, helped him up personally, and said solemnly: "You will serve the country with this body, and I will live up to you. All reforms and innovations will be carried out by you!"

Chao Cuo stood up, and his whole person became sharper. Reform and innovation require a firm will. From today on, he can flex his muscles. Of course, he must first clean up the court and vacate his position.

"When the world is exhausted, wolves are in power, the people cannot live and work in peace and contentment, and rotten trees and mediocre officials live in temples, how can the world be governed? Your Majesty is determined to cheer up and innovate. All ambitious people from all over the world and virtuous people from all over the world can come and select talented people to reward you. "Court"

After receiving Wang Yi's support, Chao Cuo immediately began to recruit talents and form a team. At the same time, the inspection censors were strengthened and used to inspect the world and investigate lawlessness.

The vigorous reform has finally begun!

(End of this chapter)