Thief Emperor

Chapter 416 Jiangdong Small Court

It is impossible to make land completely public for the time being.

Because the land is publicly owned, it means that Li Yun has to stand on the opposite side of all the vested interests, and people within the Jiangdong Group may not necessarily understand this concept.

Du Qian, Du He, and even Zhou Liang, Li Zheng and others may not understand.

Therefore, Li Yun was going to take a compromise approach, which was to let the government also become a landlord, occupy a portion of the land, and then rent it to the proletariat for cultivation for ten years or more.

In this way, public and private sectors will merge, and even if there are still problems with land annexation in the future, at least a portion of the land will be able to be redistributed at fixed intervals.

There won’t be so many people going hungry, and social conflicts will be relatively eased.

Moreover, official fields can effectively control grain prices and prevent them from collapsing.

Of course, the government land that is rented out does not need to be rented out, but taxes still need to be collected. Otherwise, it will be difficult to maintain under the current productivity conditions.

This is Li Yun’s idea about the land system, which is still in its embryonic stage.

It is difficult to say whether there are any loopholes, whether it can be implemented well, or whether it will be misinterpreted by the officials below.

Li Yun also needs a place to implement this policy and to pilot it.

In addition to this parallel public-private land system, Li Yun also plans to establish an agricultural college in the future to try his best to improve productivity.

Productivity is the root of everything.

No matter how good the system is, without matching productivity, the people will still not have enough food to eat or clothes to wear.

In this era, the most important productive forces are food and clothing, and among these two, food is relatively more important.

After all, Xue Shou had been an official for more than ten years. As soon as Li Yun's powerful words came out, he immediately began to deduce in his mind. After thinking for a while, Li Yun's brother-in-law raised his head thoughtfully and said slowly: "If this method can really be implemented, it is indeed a method that benefits the people. But in the final analysis, it still depends on who is promoting this system. If the officials below do nothing, or take advantage of it and exploit it, the government..."

"Maybe people will accuse me of competing with the people for profit."

Xue Shou's words hit the nail on the head.

The public-private parallel land system drawn up by Li Yun is actually completely contrary to Confucian philosophy. Confucianism emphasizes benevolent government and moral governance. If the government owns a large amount of land and also collects money, it will definitely be criticized by some Confucian scholars.

Li Yun said without hesitation: "No matter what policy or method, as long as the people who implement it have bad intentions, it is difficult to have any good results. At present, this method of public and private coexistence is only being tried in Luzhou."

"When it is promoted, I will find a way to establish a supervision system."

Li Yun said in a deep voice: "Everything depends on human efforts. We must try these new things. Otherwise, even if we occupy the land and distribute the land to the people, it will return to the old state in a few decades. In the end, it will just be another journey."

Before Xue Shou could answer, Du Qian, who was standing beside him, said with a smile, "I will take a good note of today's conversation when I return. It may be recorded in history in the future."

Xue Song sat next to Li Yun and was silent for a long time. Then he looked at Li Yun and said, "Well, we will set off for Luzhou in the next few days. No matter whether this method works or not, we will try it for Erlang."

Li Yun stood up, bowed to the father and son and said with a smile: "Thank you, father-in-law, thank you, brother."

The four of them sat together and discussed for a while, then the Xue family father and son got up and left to make some preparations to go to Luzhou. After seeing them off, Li Yun and Du Qian returned to their original seats. Li Yun looked at Du Qian and asked, "Brother Shouyi, do you think this method will work?"

Du Qian lowered his head to drink tea and said with a smile: "There are 5,000 soldiers stationed in Luzhou. Whatever policy Erlang wants to implement, he can implement it and it will be accomplished."

Li Yun frowned and said, "Brother Shouyi knows that I am not talking about only Luzhou."

Du Qian thought about it and said seriously: "Then I will push it back."

"Let's not talk about the big picture, just consider the near future. Erlang is now strong in both military and military power. Once he occupies Jiangbei, he will have the capital to split the land and establish a country. By then, Erlang will be the lord of Jiangdong and will implement this decree. As long as Erlang, the lord of the business, is here, this decree can be implemented for a day."

"Even if the officials below take advantage of this and take some of the benefits, it won't be a big problem overall."

"But in the future, it's hard to say."

At this point, Du Qian took a sip of tea and continued, "Our generation cannot control what will happen in the future."

Li Yun was startled when he heard this, then he smiled carefreely: "I don't think about what will happen in the future. Since Brother Shouyi thinks that this method can work and can be promoted, I will start to do this after trying it in Luzhou for a year or two."

"But for now..."

Li Yun stood up, put his hands behind his back and said, "The most important thing right now is the military. If the military fails, even if we manage all the prefectures and counties under our jurisdiction to be as prosperous and bustling as the capital, it will be shattered as soon as the enemy arrives."

"I still want to focus my main energy on the military."

At this point, Li Yun looked back at Du Qian and said with a smile: "As for political affairs, it is mainly up to you, brother, to take care of it."

This is a very realistic problem. At least in the material world, those with bigger fists have the final say, not those with stronger governance capabilities.

Although Jiangdong is now much stronger than before, its military strength can only be regarded as the second echelon of the world. Du Qian nodded silently and said in a deep voice: "The emperor said that he would return to the capital after the spring. Now that spring has arrived, the court cannot stay in Xichuan forever."

"I will have to return to the capital sooner or later."

Du Shijun thought for a moment and continued, "The current situation in the world seems to be moving towards a situation where the princes divide the territory and rule it separately, and in the next two or three years..."

"It's time to fight and mark the territory."

Du Qian looked up at Li Yun and said slowly, "These are also the most important two or three years. In these two or three years, as long as Erlang can hold on and occupy the territory of Jiangnan, he will at least be the governor of Jiangdong, or even..."

"Jiedushi of Jiangnan."

Du Qian slowly clenched his fist and said, "By then, it will be the foundation of at least two or three generations."

"Jiangdong Jiedushi..."

Li Yun looked at Du Qian and suddenly smiled: "Brother Du, my standards have gradually improved over the past six months. I no longer think highly of the Jiangdong Jiedushi."

"Jiangnan Jiedushi, there is no point in being one."

Mr. Li stood up, looked out the door, and said slowly, "Once I have taken control of Jiangnan, I will not hesitate to move forward just because of the so-called foundation of two or three generations."

“This world is too chaotic.”

Li Yun's face was calm: "Now that I can stand on the stage, I can't watch it mess up for another two or three generations."

Two or three generations, at least thirty or forty years, or even fifty or sixty years. In other words, the world will still be in chaos and strife for another fifty or sixty years.

The ass decides the head.

If the previous Li Yun just wanted to protect himself in the troubled times, preserve himself and the people around him, and find a place to settle down, the current Li Yun's goal is far more than that.

In just a few years, he had experienced too many things, and he could even say that he had watched the fortunes of the Great Zhou decline. He was thinking.

It seemed that he was born into this world with the intention of doing something.

Du Qian smiled when he heard this. He walked to Li Yun, bowed and said, "Your Excellency now finally has the ambition to be the emperor."

Li Yun looked back at Du Qian and said with a smile: "If that day comes, Brother Shouyi will be my Prime Minister."

Du Qian laughed: "It doesn't matter whether I become the prime minister or not."

"I just want to see the end of war in my lifetime."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

At this moment, the two people who had reached a cooperative relationship in Yuezhou seemed to have finally progressed from the distinction between primary and secondary to the distinction between "king and minister".

And Jiangdong is becoming more and more...

It's like a small court.

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A few days later, Xue's father and son left Jinling in a carriage. Li Yun followed them all the way to the outskirts of Jinling City. After accompanying them for more than ten miles, Xue Song could not help but say to Li Yun, "My dear son-in-law, you are busy in Jinling, so don't accompany me any more."

"There are troops stationed in Luzhou City, and you have sent troops to escort them, so nothing will happen."

Li Yun rode on the horse, looked at Xue Song in the carriage, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I am not seeing my father-in-law off. I also happen to be going to Luzhou, so it's just right for me to accompany my father-in-law."

Xue Song exclaimed "Ah", a little surprised.

He had no idea about it beforehand.

Li Yun continued, "There are still 5,000 troops stationed in Luzhou. I have to ask who will stay there in the future and the subsequent military arrangements. And..."

He looked at Xue Song and said slowly: "Luzhou is the western border town for Jiangdong. There are many things that I want to see and arrange in person."

"lest…"

Mr. Li looked at Luzhou.

"To prevent any trouble from happening later."

(End of this chapter)