The farmland water conservancy law in the new law uses the interest money from the Qingmiao loan to build water conservancy projects and develop agriculture.

Wen Junshi believed that the wealth of the world was fixed, which was obviously wrong. Although the development of productivity in ancient times was very slow, reclamation, irrigation, population and farmland continued to increase, and the wealth of the world was also increasing.

Lu Heng believed that as long as three to five years passed, the entire Qi Dynasty would become completely new under the supervision of these officials.

I wonder what kind of expression Wen Junshi will have on his face then?

Inexplicably, I still have a little expectation.

…

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

A carriage was parked in a farmland in a prefecture or county near Luoyang.

"Master, we are here."

The driver opened the curtain, and Wen Junshi got out of the carriage and looked at the endless farmland.

It was early spring, and the crops were growing well. Several farmers were sweating profusely in the fields, busy weeding and irrigating.

The driver came to the field, gave a farmer a few coins, and called him over.

"My master wants to ask you a few questions."

The farmer didn't know Wen Junshi's identity, but looking at the gentleman's gorgeous clothes and extraordinary bearing, he knew he was probably an official, so he quickly said respectfully: "Excuse me, sir."

Wen Junshi pondered for a moment and asked: "I heard that you used Qingmiao Loan for all these acres of land?"

The farmer nodded: "Yes."

Wen Junshi frowned: "Young Miao Loan's interest is two cents, which is already a high interest rate. The officials will definitely force the apportionment and raise the interest rate. Can you afford to pay back the interest by then?"

The farmer was a little surprised: "Why did the official say this?

"How can it be considered high interest if the interest is 2 cents? If you borrow money from a wealthy family, it will probably cost at least 70 to 80 cents!

"This young crop loan is a loan voluntarily given by the common people. Otherwise, there will be no harvest, and no seeds will be planted in the fields. Once there is no harvest, wouldn't the common people have no choice but to pawn their fields and become tenant farmers?"

"As for the interest, thanks to Mr. Niao, the weather has been good this year. After paying the taxes, repaying the youth loan, and paying the exemption money, there should be a lot of rations left.

“Without the new law on young crop loans, ordinary people would have no choice but to borrow loan sharks from wealthy households. Even if their farmland has a good harvest, they may end up pawning their property.

"What's more, Prime Minister Ao used the money from the Green Crop Loan to build water conservancy projects, and the farmland of the common people was irrigated, and they harvested more food."

Wen Junshi still didn't believe it: "But what if we encounter a year of famine?"

The farmer became even more confused: "If it is a year of famine, the Qingmiao loan can be extended or waived depending on the situation. It is similar to the original Changpingcang relief. Don't the officials know?"

This time it was Wenjun's turn to be confused.

Because according to this farmer, the new law has been implemented to the letter? And the local farmers are actually quite grateful?

Is this reasonable?

On the other hand, Wen Junshi, who has been writing behind closed doors, seems to be a little behind the times.

Wen Junshi was silent for a long time, and finally returned to the carriage and said to the driver: "Let's go to the next place."

He didn't believe it. He had to look at a few more farmlands and get more information from other old party officials before he could finally believe it.

…

The sky is full of wind and clouds, and time is passing by.

In the land of Qi Dynasty, the new law implemented wholeheartedly by dozens of officials with real power is being carried out with great vigor.

At the beginning, people were still worried and quite resistant to the new law.

On the one hand, these farmers are very aware of the urinary nature of officials. When they hear about the new law, they instinctively think that it is a new tax, and they are naturally repelled.

This is the simple experience accumulated by farmers during their long life under rule.

On the other hand, those wealthy households and officials of the old party are also constantly creating public opinion, criticizing the new law, and constantly discrediting the new law, further intensifying the concerns of farmers.

But soon, this new group of party officials used practical actions to dispel many of the farmers' concerns.

Keep the annual interest rate at 2 cents? No showdown? Severely punish local officials who distort the new law? Will it still take three years to gradually gain support from households?

From Wen Junshi's point of view, everything is a fantasy.

But this thing really went on in such a bizarre way.

Although there were some backlashes in the middle, these backlashes were quickly liquidated under the joint suppression of the emperor and Wang Wenchuan, with unprecedented ferocity.

What makes these old party officials even more angry is that the emperor seems to have really become the boss.

No matter how they criticized the new law and impeached Wang Wenchuan, the emperor had one reaction: I didn't see it!

The emperor didn't seem to read the memorial at all; in the court, there was no opportunity for the old party to speak. Every time, after Wang Wenchuan gave a fake report, the emperor waved his hands and dismissed the court in boredom.

Although the officials of the old party all hope that "the Holy Emperor will rule by hanging down the arch", but... it is not such a hanging down method!

Doesn't this mean that all the government affairs are handed over to that traitor Wang Wenchuan? The emperor just doesn't care about anything?

Aren't you afraid of party strife? Aren't you afraid of being ignored?

Officials of the old party were so angry that they cursed and impeached Wang Wenchuan for committing treachery and harming the country, but the end result was that the emperor looked at them like idiots and drove them out of the court.

Over the past five years, various changes have been carried out in an orderly manner.

The players first controlled all official positions with real power from top to bottom, and then spent three years implementing the Young Crops Law, the Immunity Law, and rectifying local officials, initially establishing trust in the new law among the people.

Then, the official system reform was carried out to eliminate redundant officials, and new laws were further implemented to build water conservancy projects and survey land across the country.

In the fifth year, a drought hit the entire Daming Prefecture. Since the players had made preparations in advance, the victims were rescued without causing much turmoil.

Then, the land survey was gradually completed, and the land privately occupied by wealthy families was spit out, adding new tax sources to the court and filling the national treasury.

While implementing the new law, the Ministry of Industry is also constantly innovating equipment.

Yu Jiaxuan was re-employed early on and was ordered to prepare for the formation of the Flying Tiger Army. The imperial court met any request and even used all the new equipment developed by the Ministry of Industry to arm the Flying Tiger Army.

…

Ten years passed by in the blink of an eye.

In historical slices, players only need to deal with some key links, so time passes quickly.

So much so that when many players are still a little unfinished, the Battle of Uuzhu has arrived.

After the white fog in the field of vision dissipated, the players arrived at Niuzhuji neatly.

It's just that only a few of them are dressed as military commanders, while the others are still civil servants.

Wearing the robes of a civil servant, he was on a hilltop on this side of Niuzhuji.

From a high position, you can have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.

Even the emperor Meng Yuan was present.

At this time, Niuzhuji can be said to be very lively. There is the Qi army camp in the rear, and there is a specially built camp at a high place, with flags fluttering and large parasols, which is very comfortable.

The emperor, played by Meng Yuan, was enjoying the cool air under the tent in the camp, eating fruit with Chu Ge, who played Wang Wenchuan, while waiting for the Battle of Niuzhu to begin.

As for the players playing other officials, they were also sitting neatly at this time, preparing for the big show to begin.

As for Li Hongyun, Zhao Haiping, Fan Cun and other players who play the role of generals, they are preparing intensively for the battle.

The large ships of the Qi Army Navy were filled with elite soldiers.

Meng Yuan looked at the enemy's Jin soldiers' camp from a distance and found that these demon-possessed Jin soldiers were already moving around, as if they might board a boat to cross the river at any time.

"Just to confirm again, this place will definitely not be hit by the opponent's trebuchet, right?" Meng Yuan asked.

Cui Huowang, who played the role of Minister of Industry, nodded: "Yes, it is definitely beyond the range."

Meng Yuan then sat back down again with relief.

It would be ridiculous if the entire power center of the Qi Dynasty was wiped out by a Jin soldiers with a trebuchet because they were watching from the outside of the Niuzhuji battlefield.

"How come General Yu's Flying Tiger Army hasn't arrived yet? Wen Junshi hasn't arrived either?" Wang Wenchuan, played by Chu Ge, asked.

The player next to him replied: "We just arrived, General Yu is preparing for war."

Chu Ge felt relieved: "Okay, then wait patiently for the war to begin. By the way, bring Wen Junshi and the others over, and we have reserved the best viewing position for them."

Not long after, Wen Junshi and other old party officials were brought up with ashen faces.

"Official, if you want me to die, you can just say so. There is no need to tease me like this, and there is no need to put yourself in danger yourself!"

Wen Junshi's face didn't look very good, and his mood was obviously not very good either.

From Wen Junshi's perspective, he was basically not far from death today.

In this historical slice, because two historical figures from different time and space are combined together, the entire time and space becomes confused.

In fact, the Kingdom of Jin had not yet been established when Wen Junshi died, and interestingly, everyone in the Kingdom of Jin, from the emperor to the ministers, admired Wen Junshi very much.

Therefore, Wen Junshi was taken to Niuzhuji and personally observed the battle between the Qi army and the Jin army. This was already a mess of three different periods.

However, the distorted historical slice has a strong self-correction ability and can naturally bridge these fallacies.

Therefore, in Wen Junshi's understanding, he only knew that the Jin Kingdom mobilized 700,000 troops to invade the south, and they reached Niuzhuji with overwhelming momentum.
To be continued...