Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Bai Mingwei stared at the pile of books and did not give Yu Jianling a direct answer.

She asked: "Your Majesty, think about it carefully, what could be the problem?"

Yu Jianling followed Bai Mingwei's gaze and saw the table full of brochures.

He thought for a long time and then answered with two words: "Land."

Bai Ming nodded slightly: "Yes, land."

Then, she said slowly: "The best we can do is to ensure that people can survive this disaster alive and allocate money to help them rebuild their homes."

"But people depend on food. If they want to live longer, they need food, and the court cannot provide them with food for a lifetime."

"If they want to solve their food problem, they have to have a food source, and crops grow in the ground."

"But in the entire Liyang County, the entire Jiangbei, and even the entire Dongling, there are only a few ordinary people who own land. They are basically tenants."

Yu Jianling's voice was heavy: "If they can't rent the land, they won't be able to grow food..."

Bai Ming nodded slightly: "Yes, the people who don't have their own land have their lives in the hands of the landlords."

"And this time, the flood flooded almost all the fields. Before the farming period, very little land was dredged and restored."

"Most people can't rent land at all. Even if they can rent it, the rent is ridiculously high. They work hard all year round and don't have enough to eat."

"What's more, the flood has taken away countless laborers, like the children we met on the road who have lost the protection of their relatives. Where should they go?"

Having said this, Bai Ming's calm gaze fell outside the window.

The light rain is still falling.

I don’t know when it will stop, just like the victims of the disaster this time, who can’t see hope for the future.

Bai Mingwei continued: "My grandfather spent his whole life and could not solve this problem. What he could do was to ensure that the people could have the seeds to sow as much as possible."

"The land in the hands of others cannot be distributed to the people. In this world, it is too difficult to take food from the rich."

Yu Jianling thought for a while, then his eyes lit up: "I have some immature ideas, General. Would you like to listen to them?"

Bai Ming nodded slightly: "Tell me and listen."

Yu Jianling hurriedly explained: "Of course it is not a commonly used method like tax reduction and exemption. What's more, the national treasury is currently empty. I don't think the court is willing to make greater concessions on taxes."

Bai Mingwei looked at Yu Jianling quietly, with an extremely calm and peaceful attitude, waiting for Yu Jianling to make suggestions.

Yu Jianling felt Bai Mingwei's respect and attention, and couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

After all, if the Queen Mother wasn't his aunt, who would be willing to listen to him so seriously?

But he still stumbled and expressed his thoughts:
“We can do this: the scope of relief for work is limited to those parts that involve people’s livelihood, such as rivers, roads, and residential land boundaries.”

"As for those who own land and want it to be restored to its original condition and bring them continued benefits, then they need manpower to clear the land."

"We can abandon the past practice and not organize the people's labor force to help with the dredging. They have to pay their own money, or be paid in the form of rent reduction or exemption." At this point, Yu Jianling observed Bai Mingwei's expression.

Seeing that Bai Mingwei didn't refute his idea, he felt a little excited in his heart.

He pretended to be calm and continued speaking in a calmer tone.

"With the reward of being able to survive, people will have motivation and hope. They must work diligently and the speed of dredging will be greatly increased, so that there will be more fields for cultivation."

"In addition, it can also reduce the disaster relief pressure on the court, and also allow people who need money or want to get rent reductions and exemptions to have the conditions to make a living."

Yu Jianling's tone became more and more excited: "If this can't mobilize their enthusiasm, then give them more benefits."

"For example, before farming, how much land can the common people clear? Then in the next year, they don't have to pay rent and can farm on the land they have cleared."

Bai Mingwei asked: "So what should those people who have less land, who can't afford money, and don't have extra land to rent out, do?"

Yu Jianling immediately replied: "This means they don't have much land, so they can just clean it up themselves."

Bai Mingwei asked again: "This disaster has caused countless casualties, and some fields will become ownerless fields. How to deal with these fields?"

Yu Jianling suddenly felt horrified: "If it is returned to public ownership as in the past, then the more people die, the more the government will get. This is very likely to..."

He didn't say the rest, but everyone knew that once the ownerless land was returned to the public, more people might die.

Bai Mingwei looked at Yu Jianling, who suddenly became a little unconfident, and said sincerely: "Prince Yu's method is very good, but land has always been an extremely complicated matter."

"First of all, they may not do such a loss-making business. They have strong strength to bear their losses."

"The people want to be paid, so that's good. He doesn't have to clear those fields. If he doesn't clean up, the people will have no land to rent. At that time, the people will have no choice but to compromise."

"Secondly, people who generally own large amounts of land have powerful backgrounds, and are involved in a complex and huge network of interests."

"Even if they agree, but when the mud is cleared and they break their promises, who will the people ask to reason?"

"Even His Highness the Ninth Prince may not be able to suppress that net and order them to keep their promise."

Yu Jianling smiled bitterly: "So, after all, it is the powerless people who bear the adverse consequences of everything. They are always passive."

Bai Mingwei nodded: "For thousands of years, this problem has never been solved. Land is not only the territory of a country, but also the magic weapon for many people to make money."

"If other countries touch their territory, they will be resisted by the whole country; if someone touches the magic weapon, they will fight back with all their strength."

"It's not that no one has thought of your method, but no one can do it. Even if my grandfather has such a high reputation among the people, he has never been able to solve this problem."

Yu Jianling fell into deep self-doubt: "What should we do? Let the people wait to die?"

Bai Ming curled his lips and smiled, that smile showed confidence and courage.

Obviously, unlike Yu Jianling, her mentality has undergone a thousand changes in a short period of time.

She was calm and collected from beginning to end. (End of chapter)