Mi Han

Chapter 402
As the two ancient capitals of the same age as Luoyang, Chang'an is very large in scale.

In its heyday, Chang'an City had 12 city gates and 8 main streets, the longest of which was thousands of meters long.

Although many buildings in Chang'an City suffered from wars and damages, its basic pattern has not been changed.

In the current Chang'an City, buildings such as palaces, aristocratic mansions, and government offices occupy two-thirds of the city's area, and most of them are concentrated in the central and southern parts of Chang'an City.

As for the markets in Chang'an City, they are all concentrated in the northwest direction of the city.

Because there are too many merchants in Chang'an City, there are nine markets covering a large area in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, which were called "Chang'an Nine Markets" at that time.

The establishment of Chang'an Nine Cities represents the development of Chang'an's commercial industry, and also represents the control of commercial activities by those in power.

But this layer of control, on the other hand, made it easier for Hua An to collect intelligence.

Because the nine cities of Chang'an are all concentrated together, once something unusual happens in a certain market, it will soon spread to any corner of the nine cities.

The herbal medicine shop opened by Hua An is not big, and the herbal medicine shop he opened is not among the most prosperous markets in the nine cities.

Hua An didn't want to be too conspicuous.

But even though the location of his medicinal material shop was not good, he soon learned from other merchants that Wei Jun was buying medicinal materials on a large scale through the word of mouth of the merchants.

Perhaps the current move of Wei Jun is only carried out in the largest markets.

But under Hua An's deliberate inquiry, he knew that Wei Jun's massive purchase of medicinal materials would soon affect his market.

Wei Jun's change caused Hua An to slap his palms excitedly when no one was around.

All the preparations he had made in advance were not in vain.

But more than ten years of imprisonment had already formed Hua An into a cautious character.

He knew that intelligence was sometimes a double-edged sword. If something went wrong in some respects, it might cause Mi Yang to make a wrong judgment, which Hua An didn't want to see.

So Hua An didn't send the information he found to Liangzhou in a hurry.

In the next period of time, Hua An used his slick methods to continuously shuttle through the nine cities of Chang'an, further inquiring about Wei Jun's actions.

"Most of the medicinal materials purchased by Wei Jun are for treating trauma."

"The cities are asking all the medicinal materials shops to replenish the supply as soon as possible."

"Some drug dealers who wanted to stockpile were caught by the Wei army and their lives were unknown."

All kinds of news were obtained by Hua An either under Hua An's prying, or through Hua An's personal experience.

Being a businessman made it easy for Hua An to scout out information.

Because sharing information is a very important means of profit for businessmen.

Only by always paying attention to the first dynamics of the government can we seek the greatest benefits for ourselves.

In addition, Hua An is a native of Xuzhou, and his pure Central Plains accent will not easily arouse people's suspicion.

The Mi family in Donghai was able to become a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou back then, and making war fortune was one of their most important sources of money.

With this kind of family heritage, it was not difficult for Hua An, who was born in the Mi family in the East China Sea, to get the answer he wanted from a lot of complicated business information.

After the answer in his heart gradually took shape, Hua An immediately returned to his medicine shop and summoned one of his disciples.

It is an extremely dangerous thing to live in an enemy's territory and spy on information.

For such a dangerous matter, ordinary servants can be recruited on the spot depending on the situation, but they must be accompanied by one or two completely trustworthy clansmen.

Before this younger brother came to him, Hua An whispered something to him.

When Hua An finished whispering, his younger brother's face turned into horror.

Seeing the horrified expression on Congdi's face, Hua An expressed his understanding.

But he was not worried that this younger brother would do something he didn't want to see because of the fear in his heart.

Betraying the family is one of the bottom lines of life in this world.

It's not that any clansman will definitely not betray, but the clansman who would betray the family left them under the strong pressure of the Wei army.

Hua An looked at the horrified look on Congdi's face, and he said to Congdi earnestly:
"We must bring this news to the mouth of the young patriarch."

The patriarch Hua An was talking about was Mi Yang.

The news of Mi Zhu's death had already been known to Hua An through special channels.

What Hua An knew was Mi Zhu's last words before he died.

Before Mi Zhu died, he appointed Mi Fang as the next Patriarch of Mi Clan.

Originally, according to common sense, after Mi Zhu's death, Mi Wei should inherit the position of Patriarch.

However, brotherhood and brotherhood are also recognized as a way of inheritance in the present world.

In addition, Mi Wei voluntarily gave up the position of inheriting the head of the family, so now the head of the Mi clan is Mi Fang.

And everyone knew that the reason why Mi Zhu appointed Mi Fang to succeed him as the head of the family was to pass on the position of head of the Mi family to Mi Yang logically in the future.

Therefore, all members of the Mi clan will respectfully call Mi Yang the young patriarch in private.

Hearing the solemn tone in Hua An's words, Hua An's younger brother nodded solemnly.

His nod means that he will use his life to successfully bring this news to Mi Yang's ears.

After nodding to Hua An, Hua An's younger brother packed some money and left the city that afternoon.

After leaving the city, Hua An's younger brother quickly headed towards Liangzhou.

I didn't bring any followers, because I was afraid that the followers would be unreliable.

Failure to write the information in the letter is an insurance against death without evidence.

When Mi Yang's people were taken back to Ji Han by him, they were the most reliable cards in Mi Yang's hands.

In the county government of Mianyang County, which is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, Mi Yang stood on a tall building beside him, looking at the many people below.

This tall building was built when the Xiao family took control of the county government.

The reason why the Xiao family built this high-rise building was nothing more than for the soldiers in the county government to climb up to observe the enemy's situation during the civil uprising.

It can be said that Xiao's original intention of building this tall building was to better suppress the local people.

Perhaps after the high-rise building was built, the ancestors of the Xiao family also set foot on this high-rise building. While admiring his masterpiece, he looked down with contemptuous eyes, and he regarded the people below as muddy people.

It's just that when Mi Yang led Fa Miao to stand on this tall building today, even though his eyes were looking down, his eyes were full of pride and joy.

Because today is the day when the Mianyang County government distributes one mu of land according to the equal-field system.

With the passage of time, the work of checking the population of the field in Mianyang County was finally completed.

After completing this work, in order to please Mi Yang who was just outside the city, the new Mianyang county magistrate immediately began to prepare for the new policy granting land in Mianyang County.

According to the land equalization system promoted by Mi Yang, citizens of Mianyang County, regardless of gender, can distribute a certain number of acres of land according to the population as long as they meet the age requirements.

Perhaps the act of granting land was not initiated by Mi Yang, it has happened in all dynasties.

Even when the heroes separated their regimes, some princes also did such a move.

However, Mi Yang's granting of land is quite different from what his predecessors did.

The land granted by the predecessors was good in name, but most of the land they granted fell into the hands of aristocratic families in various places, and there was no way to directly fall into the hands of the people who were really suffering.

Before implementing the equal-field system of granting land, Mi Yang had already used strong means to implement the three-head system.

The biggest role of the Three Heads System is to find out a large number of people who have been sheltered by powerful families, and separate those people from becoming slaves of a certain family.

With this premise, it is enough to ensure that the acres of land granted by the equal-field system can truly achieve "everyone who is able to cultivate has land" as described in his content.

And this alone can make any common people who get this news feel extremely excited.

The status of Tianmu among the ancient people was the foundation of their livelihood and the most important support in their life.

It can be said that as long as the ruler can ensure that the vast majority of the people have fields to cultivate and grain to harvest, then this dynasty can be regarded as a prosperous age.

In the dynasty of this period, the centripetal force of the people was the strongest, belonging to the state of absolutely sincerely supporting the ruler.

The people in ancient times didn't want much. Unfortunately, most of the time in history, the rulers couldn't satisfy the people even with this simple request.

So the sky fell apart, in an instant.

Although Mi Yang was born in a farming family in his previous life, there were many means of making a living in his time, so he could not deeply understand the importance of land to the people of today.

But now standing on the tall building, after seeing the scene in front of him, he deeply understood this point.

Under the high-rise building is a dense crowd, with a crowd that can't be seen at a glance.

They were all Mianyang people who were summoned by the three chiefs and came to the county government.

Among the many people, since they had just been rescued, most of them were pale and emaciated, and they didn't even have a decent covering.

Now that it has entered October, the weather is slowly turning cold.

Originally, with the current weather, many people should feel the cold.

But Mi Yang didn't notice much fear of the cold from the faces of many people.

On the contrary, at this moment, every commoner's face revealed an uncontrollable joy.

I've never seen that kind of joy.

Most of the joy that Mi Yang has seen in the past is the joy after a big victory, or the joy when a reward is awarded.

Most of those joys were warm and surging.

But the joy shown by many people now has an unspeakable implicitness, as if the people are worried that the scene they are experiencing now is just a dream.

They didn't dare to shout loudly or dance their hands and feet, they only dared to line up silently, and then stared ahead with a pair of shining eyes.

After observing for a long time, Mi Yang seemed to understand the meaning of that bright light.

That layer of meaning is called hope.

Perhaps the common people did not understand the significance of the implementation of the equal-field system because they had not read the book, and they could not even memorize the content of the equal-field system.

But they know that this system called the land equalization system is actually granting them acres of land, which makes them look forward to the future in their hearts.

Those who have a field are worthy of being called human beings, aren't they?

In the past, most of them were under the control of aristocratic families. Although they had put in a lot of labor, what they got in the end was only a little bit of food.

They were not even seen as human beings by those aristocratic families.

With that meager amount of food, it is very difficult to feed myself, let alone feed my family.

So in the past days, family members died in front of their eyes. Faced with this tragedy, all they could do was humble begging and helpless crying.

Doesn't the root of all this lie in the fact that they don't have their own fields?

But now it is different, they are about to have their own fields.

Many people inside and outside the county government watched people like themselves in front of them receive their own land deeds from the officials of the county government.

Seeing those people like me crying with joy after getting the land deed, their faces showed extremely excited expressions.

I am about to become them myself.

Thinking of this, the eyes of many people became brighter and brighter. As the long dragon-like team continued to move forward, a name-Mi Yang kept appearing in their hearts.

They will deeply remember this name in their hearts.

They didn't know that the man with this name was watching them from the tall building behind them.

But they knew that it was this man who gave them the opportunity to own their own fields.

Just remembering this is enough.

A priceless treasure called people's hearts is constantly gathering on Mi Yang under the effective implementation of the land equalization system.

And this kind of situation is happening quietly all over Liangzhou at this moment.

Or the public opinion can't bring Mi Yang much help right now.

But one day in the future, the hundreds of thousands of people in Liangzhou will repay Mi Yang's kindness to them today with the most honest people's hearts.

One drink and one peck, there is cause and effect in the dark.

Mi Yang didn't stay on the tall building for long. The reason why he appeared on the tall building today was mainly to observe whether the subordinate officials in Mianyang County were obeying the law.

After realizing that such a situation did not occur, Mi Yang also thought about leaving.

It was just because he saw that his new policy had brought joy and hope to many people, so Mi Yang seemed to be in a good mood when he left.

What is state shepherd, the world has various explanations.

But Mi Yang has his own opinion.

"The state shepherd receives the books from the four directions, and maintains the peace of the country, caresses the people internally, and seeks unruly ministers externally."

This sentence not only explains the power of the state pastor, but also points out his obligations.

Now seeing that I am gradually completing the task of "Neifu Shengmin", how can this not make Mi Yang feel satisfied and happy?
But not long after Mi Yang returned to the barracks in a good mood, he received a piece of news that made him worry--Changan Siwen was engaged in an important report.

After getting this news, a guess appeared in Mi Yang's mind.

Neifu Shengmin is almost done, is the next thing he needs to ask for disobedience?
(End of this chapter)