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182: Rebel Siege(1/2)

Xie Lang finally handed Cui'e over to Mrs. Nian. She had several shops in her hand and was doing women's business, which allowed Cui'e to earn some money and meet daily needs.

When all the people in her hands arrive in Chang'an, the follow-up matters can be mentioned on the agenda, and there will inevitably be more jobs in the future.

It is imperative to improve a woman's status, but it cannot be achieved overnight. She needs to use gentle means to let them know the importance of dignity bit by bit.

This is definitely not a fear, she may not care, but it takes a slow process for those women to accept a change in their thinking.

For example, she now tells the people of the world that men and women are free to fall in love, and they dare not hold hands directly on the street, so they are designated to be scared to death.

"Mrs. Nian, I will give you the first time I will make it for her in the future."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Just leave it to me. I have a cloth shop and a rouge shop. You can put her in any shop." Besides, it is also short-term and has no effect on the shop and the old shops in the shop.

"Also..." Xie Lang twisted his finger, "The land in the General's Mansion needs to be handed over. I will not give you silver according to the current price."

“…”

Yao Li saw his mother's face froze. He blinked at His Majesty, and then sent Xie Lang away with his mother.

"Mom, how much land do you have in your hands?"

"The three farms are more than 2,000 acres, all of which are fertile land." Mrs. Nian's heart was bleeding, "Mom is thinking that if you get married in the future, you will leave all the things in your hands for you."

"It's the same with money. In the future, the grain of the Great Zhou Dynasty will only be affordable, and the price will basically not fluctuate." Yao Li helped her back and sat down, knowing that her mother would find it difficult to accept it for a while. "Didn't you go to Shengjing before? A few years ago, His Majesty collected all the land there in his own hands, and then distributed it to the people according to the household registration. Every year, the court can collect dozens of times more grain than before. These grain troughs can be bought in grain stores in various places and can be bought at any time."

"What if I encounter a drought year?" Mrs. Nian was very unhappy.

"The grain has been hoarded. Even if it is not a year of drought, it is still enough for the city people to use it for not three to five years. Besides, the people over there have been food storage under His Majesty's benevolent government. In the past two years, every household has stored grain. The high-ranking officials in the court and those who have passed the exam did not need to pay grain tax before. Only this, more than half of the world's grain tax will be stored in the hands of those high-ranking officials and large-scale households, so that the people cannot eat and the food in the court has decreased year by year. This is also unfavorable to the operation of the court. If the country is destroyed, how can the family still exist?"

"My mother understands what you said, but in her heart..."

Yao Li patted his mother's back, "Okay, OK, this is a good thing for everyone. Besides, eight taels of silver per acre in two days. The more than 2,000 acres of land in my mother's hand is enough for 20,000 taels of silver. This is not a small amount, and I am worried that I can't marry out in a grand manner."

"Besides, it is imperative to take over the land of the country into the court. Even if you oppose it, Your Majesty will not retreat. At that time, someone may gather people behind the scenes to rebel..."

"What will happen?" Mrs. Nian asked hurriedly.

"No, it's just a dead person." Yao Li didn't want to see such a scene. He could think of it with his heels and know the difficulty of implementing it. Every change is accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice. This nationalization of land is a good thing for the operation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Yao Li also agreed.

Even his mother was unwilling to do so, let alone someone else.

"I'll keep this in my heart for the time being, no one can say anything about it."

"Why?" Mrs. Nian frowned and soon thought of the inside story. "You are worried that if this matter is exposed, the sooner you know it, someone will hoard the land?"

“That’s it.”

Xie Lang asked the future to sort out some manure information, and then thought about settled down and promoted it to various territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Nowadays, ordinary people will also top-dress the land, all of which are excreted by people and animals. However, their practice is not scientific, so experienced farmers need to come and learn it before spreading it.

According to future estimates, correct use of manure can increase the yield of the field by nearly 30%, which is no longer a small amount.

She also knew that the land recycling of the Twenty Prefectures in the Great Week this time was difficult, and the resistance she encountered would be unprecedented, and even people would gather to rebel behind their backs, but Xie Lang didn't care. For the purpose of the operation of the country, those borers that corrupted the country must be eliminated.

In the Nanli system, if you pass the imperial examination, the land under your name does not require taxation. Over the years, nearly thousands of people across the country have passed the imperial examination, and then they will compete for the dozens of places to be awarded the Jinshi honor.

The imperial examinations are held every three years, and if you live a little longer, tens of thousands of juren will appear across the country after ten provincial examinations.

Especially in ancient times, clan concepts were also emphasized. In order not to pay grain tax, all land was placed in the name of the juren in the clan to avoid taxes. Over the years, the burden on the Nanli court was actually very heavy, and grain tax could only be collected from ordinary people.

But Xie Lang knew how hard life these ordinary people lived. There were still many people in them who didn’t even have their own arable land. They were all the arable land from the homes of large households in rented places. After receiving the goods, they had to hand over half of the remaining harvest to the landlords. After paying the grain tax, it was not enough for the whole family to eat a few bites.

If she is not cruel, if she goes on for a long time, the court will have no food to collect. Will the soldiers in the border guard guard the border on an empty stomach in the future?

Therefore, if you don’t hand over the land, you will die.

In the future, I don’t think that I can pay taxes after passing the imperial examination. There is no such good thing for her.

This official is not that easy to do.

"Your Majesty..." Gao Zhen walked in from outside quickly, "According to the spy's return, two people were rushing to the capital. They were from the Zhao clan. At this time, they were less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an."

Xie Lang looked up at the sky outside, "I think I have to wait until tomorrow to arrive in the capital, and I can have a good sleep tonight."

"What Your Majesty said is very much." Gao Zhen suddenly stopped anxious.

Your Majesty is not in a hurry, so he will naturally not be distracted.

Zijin and Zipei looked at each other.

That night, the two of them served Xie Lang'an's bedroom and returned to their room.

"Sister, how could Your Majesty be so calm?" Zi Pei spread out his bedding and helped Zi Jin to unfold it.

Zi Jin brought two basins of water from outside and placed them on a stool beside the kang. The two sisters sat together, took off their shoes and socks and soaked their feet. After standing for a day, it would be much more comfortable to soak their feet.

"Your Majesty is the reincarnation of a god, she doesn't think she will take it seriously."

Both of them saw the thunder dragon swimming over the palace before. At that time, the people in the washing clothes bureau were trembling with fear. How could they be mortals if they could do such a thing? They didn’t know that there were other possibilities besides gods and immortals.

Since she is a god, she can naturally deal with the war between mortals easily.

After following Xie Lang for half a month, Zijin and Zipei's hearts were completely settled.

Your Majesty is really a good master to serve. The two of them have almost nothing to do in the Qinzheng Hall.

In addition to helping His Majesty with hair and dressing in the morning and having three meals a day, they don’t need to serve the dishes next to them. Every time they have a meal, His Majesty will send them to dinner and go back to serve them after dinner. Even if they are a little later, His Majesty will not blame the two of them.

During the day, they would follow the Imperial Study room to grind it. After seeing that they were standing for a long time, they would let them go down and rest.

Such a master is more than a little better than the so-called kind-hearted people before.

During these days in the Qinzheng Hall, they have experienced the joy of being a "human".

I ate a lot of delicious snacks. In the past half a month, the two girls have gained a little weight, no longer as thin as before when I first arrived, and I was as thin as I had in my body.

Sometimes His Majesty would chat with them for a few words and make jokes.

Zi Pei nodded, "What my sister said is that we have nothing to worry about following His Majesty."

Then, his little head hit Zijin's shoulder and whispered: "Sister, I like Your Majesty now."

Zijin smiled and said, "I like it too."

"I'm not hiding my sister. I was willing to be sent to the washing clothes bureau by Concubine Yu, because I knew that I would stay and be spoiled by the old emperor. After entering the palace, I thought of going through the years peacefully and leaving the palace when I was old. If I met a good master in the palace, it would be great to comb my hair and serve her for the rest of my life."

Zijin was silent for a long time before smiling lonely, "I don't want to be the old emperor's woman."

"The old emperor is really not a guy. He is very old and he still ruins those beautiful little girls." Zi Pei was very steady when he was on duty, but the two of them would inevitably whisper in private.

The two have known each other for several years at the Clothes Washing Bureau and have become a match in nature.

"There are also things that are climbing up to climb up, and this is not a reason for one person."

"No matter what, I like Your Majesty now." Zi Pei used his fair feet to stir the warm water in the wooden basin. "Your Majesty is good-looking, has a good temperament, is better for us, and is good at eating, using, and wearing."

"Then serve Your Majesty well."

"Um!"

The next afternoon, Xie Lang brought Gao Zhen to the city tower and saw dense crowds of people appearing at the end of the sky from afar. I think these people were all running overnight.

By time, in another three quarters of an hour, the army can reach the city.

She did not launch a surprise attack now. She waited for those people to come to the city gate and established her authority again so that the pretentious high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City would see what she really wanted to treat them. No one could escape. I would like to come and feel more relaxed in the future.

This time, the two vassal kings sent troops to the capital, not far from Chang'an. Both of them were Zhao Xuan's sons, one was King Han and the other was King Jing. After receiving the news of Zhao Xuan's murder, they learned that the capital had fallen and even the Nanli was destroyed, and the country was changed to the Great Zhou.

The two brothers quickly contacted each other. They led their private soldiers and local officers and soldiers to form an army of 100,000 and head straight to the capital.

To put it nicely, it is to restore the country, but in fact it is just to try whether your head is strong or not.

If it is iron, the world is at your fingertips.

Before, when the prince was in front of them, they also took over the vassal state and had no chance of being the throne.

But now that Zhao Xuan is killed and the prince is imprisoned, isn’t the opportunity here?

Wealth and honor are in danger, even if they have imagined many possibilities in their backs, they can be left behind compared to the nine five masters.

Failure is a big deal, death, and if you succeed, you will become the master of the world. If you don’t fight, they will not be willing to give up.

The two princes also had counselors around them, so they naturally did not agree with sending troops to the capital.

After all, the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty broke through the strict defense of the imperial guards with one man and killed Emperor Xuan in front of the civil and military officials of the court. This shows that her ability is unfathomable. There are 40,000 imperial guards in Nanli, of which 5,000 guard the palace.

More than 30,000 other people were distributed throughout the capital. With a call, they would surround the palace as quickly as possible and capture the assassin's rebel party.

The siege of 40,000 people is almost unavoidable.

The Queen of Great Zhou was like a person who had entered a state of no one among these 40,000 people. Not only did she kill Emperor Xuan, but even everyone in the harem was imprisoned. Are those imperial guards just having a good meal?

If the Empress hadn’t had the means of reaching the sky, she would have been cut into flesh paste.

There is still a gap between the local army and the imperial guards. These 100,000 people face the 40,000 imperial guards, and it may not be beneficial, let alone the empress in charge of the capital.

The strategists of both families felt that they would definitely be defeated this time, but the two princes were confused by the dragon throne and could not listen to any of their advice. They even killed two aides.

The remaining strategists realized that it was useless to stay with this lord who had lost his mind. They just waited for them to fail and they would part.

If you succeed, you can get a job with only one or two positions.

It is said that he is an aide, but in fact he only relies on his brain to make a living.
To be continued...
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