Chapter 694: Song Qing's choice.
Time passed, and as the sun rose and the moon set, it was soon the end of March. April was approaching. Dongyan, Sanchuan, Tianfu, Boyang, Hanjun and other five counties of Jin had already entered the busy spring planting world. Walking outside the city, people who worked hard in the fields could see the land everywhere, with bright smiles on their faces, as if the autumn harvest had already arrived, and the world was unified. For the five counties of Jin, this was great news. They would usher in a peaceful and prosperous era, but in the other forty-four counties, it was a different scene.
The Central Plains, Nanman, Yuezhi, Grassland and other places were unified into forty-four counties. The Jin State quickly selected the officials in half a month. The officials of each county and county were initially in place, and most of them were selected from the original officials. There are naturally many hidden dangers, but the world has just settled and continued to stabilize, so it can only be done. When the stability is temporarily stable, some potential hidden dangers will be gradually solved later.
In general, after more than half a month of rectification, all parts of the world have gradually calmed down, no longer a desolate scene of war. Some villages have been newly built, smoke has floated up, and they have become popular. They are no longer as before. A hundred miles and thousands of miles have been deserted. Even the villages that exist are empty, occasionally leaving behind some corpses that died in the war without anyone to clean up. The bandits who were originally born in the war have gradually become rare after the joint encirclement of the Jinyiwei, the six gates and the army. Most of these bandits have emerged while taking advantage of the chaos, and many of them are even gathered by refugees. It is typical for bullying the weak and fearing the strong. In the past, the world was chaotic and no one cared about them. Naturally, they were domineering the king. However, when faced with the encirclement and suppression, they were just a group of Wuhe people and soon collapsed.
After the officials of the forty-four counties established, the following is naturally the implementation of policies. The policies of various places followed the policies of Jin State and were implemented uniformly in various places. This caused a huge reaction in the forty-four counties, especially the implementation of the new land policy. The court purchased land at a certain price and distributed it to each household on a per capita basis. As soon as this news came out, it directly detonated the forty-four counties.
The original five counties of Jin State were fine. In the third year of Jin State's establishment, it had been stable, but the other forty-four counties were the original Chu State, Han State, Qi State, Nanman State, Yuezhi, Grassland and other places. They had just agreed and remained on the original dynasty policies, and most of the land was controlled by major families and landlords. As soon as the new land policy of Jin State came out, these places were directly exploding.
Of course, the frying pot is mainly divided into two extremes. The people jumped to the scene and were in a daze. However, the landlords of the aristocratic families either had a tantrum or had a pale face at this moment.
Land, in this agricultural society with labor as the focus, in people's eyes, land is everything, money, food, wealth, and resources, and is firmly grasped in the hands of those aristocratic families. However, Ning Caichen's new land policy directly cut off their wealth in the eyes of these aristocratic families and snatched their wealth. In an instant, all aristocratic families were stimulated and could not sit still!
"This is robbery, this is robbery, Ning Jinzhi is naked robbery..."
"So cruel, Ning Jinzhi is so cruel. This is going to cut off the lifeblood of all our families!"
"These lands were fortunately occupied by our ancestors for generations. What qualifications are the untouchables to divide them equally?"
"What a bullshit new land policy, my Zhang family just won't pay it. I want to see what courage do those officials have to come and ask for it!"
"Ning Jinzhi was too much. Do you really think that if the world is unified, he can do whatever he wants? There are so many aristocratic families in the world. Is he going to be an enemy of our aristocratic families? Or do you think that this is aristocratic family that he can easily control. If it is really a thrust, it will be a big deal to make a comeback..."
Some people curse, some people are ruthless, and all kinds of dissatisfaction sounded through all the Central Plains families. The new land policy directly confiscated their land. In their opinion, this is to steal their lives. They have no choice but to curse their mother, but they are more unwilling to accept it and start thinking about how to fight.
Lingnan, Song family, and the four major families in the Central Plains, Taiyuan Li family, Shu Wang family, Jiangnan Shen family, and Lingnan Song family. Although the Song family is a family that has risen recently, because of the sword king Song Qing, a powerful martial arts and magical powers, no one dares to underestimate it. In the Lingnan generation, all the families are mainly the Song family!
On that day, at the end of March, the rising sun was rising, and it was still early. There were dozens of people gathered at the doorstep, and they were all famous and surnamed leaders of Lingnan. They all gathered together and came to the doorstep of the Song family, hoping to see the sword king Song Qing. Without any help, a new land policy of Jin State took the lives of all the aristocratic families. These aristocratic families were naturally not willing to sit on the standby, hoping to unite to fight and protect their own interests. However, they also knew that relying on individual strength to cut the imperial court would undoubtedly hit stones with eggs. Only when these aristocratic families united and found a few worthy leaders could they protect their own interests. Not to mention resisting Ning Caichen, they only needed to unite and let Ning Jinzhi see the weight of these Central Plains families, know the interests, and take back the new land policy.
In this way, the best choice for representatives is naturally the four major families in the Central Plains, and Lingnan is naturally the Song family. Therefore, early in the morning, the heads of families from all over the Lingnan came to the door of their house, hoping to meet Song Qing, and ask Song Qing to take the lead, unite the Li family in Taiyuan, the Wang family in Shu, and the Shen family in Jiangnan, and finally integrate the aristocratic families in the world to negotiate with Ning Jinzhi.
"Crack..."
Early in the morning, the gate of the Song family mansion opened, and what came out was a man dressed in a fifty-year-old butler, and two burly guards.
"Butler Song, I don't know if the Lord Dao Wang Mian is here. We have something to ask for a meeting, and I hope the Lord Dao Wang Mian will come out and see you."
A slightly fat man with a mustache in the crowd spoke, and the person he recognized was the butler of the Song family, a master of martial arts and magical powers.
"Yes, Butler Song, please tell me, I'll ask you to see the Dao Wang Mian."
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Others also spoke, but their postures were very low. Although they were all aristocratic families, they did not dare to make rash things in front of the Song family. A strong man with Song Qing's first-class martial arts magical power is enough to make the Song family's status transcendent. The realm of martial arts magic and the realm below martial arts magical power are two levels, which is simply the difference between mortals and extraordinary people.
Looking at the pillars of the major families in front of him, Butler Song waved his hand—
"Sorry, everyone, the head of the family is in seclusion and cannot see guests for the time being. Please come back."
"Ah, Dao Wang Mian has been in seclusion, why is this happening? What should we do?" someone exclaimed.
"Didn't Dao Wang Mian's retreat a few days ago? Why did he suddenly go into seclusion?"
Someone asked this, obviously he didn't really believe what Mr. Song said.
"The head of the family went into seclusion suddenly, and the specific reason is not something we can control. Today I am just telling you that your family has been in seclusion and will not leave seclusion for a short time, so please go back."
But Mr. Song said, without intending to explain anything to these people. After saying that, he turned around and walked into the Song Mansion, leaving only the heads of other aristocratic families who looked at each other or had a bad face. They stood at the door of the Song family for a while, and finally they all left helplessly...
More than ten minutes later, in the backyard of the Song family, the housekeeper Song came to Song Qing.
"Are those people gone?" Song Qing sat in the pavilion, and next to him there were two young men and women. They all looked in their twenties. The man looked like a jade-like face, majestic, the woman had a graceful figure and delicate and beautiful facial features. It was Song Qing's son Song Yu and daughter Song Yue. Song Qing took a sip of tea and asked at the butler.
"You report to the head of the family, all those people have left." The housekeeper returned.
"Well, it's good to leave. During this period, you will announce to the public that I have been in seclusion and will not see any guests." Song Qing didn't expect: "As for the court, it will fully cooperate with all the policies of the court. If the court needs to recycle the land, it will cooperate with everything."
"Master, this..." The butler looked shocked. He didn't expect Song Qing to say this, and said unwillingly: "These are all the property of my Song family. Could it be that the court confiscated them like this..."
"Yes, father, we have so many aristocratic families in the Central Plains. If we unite, even Your Majesty will definitely be afraid. Even if Your Majesty does not care about our strength, we must also take into account the impact on the world. If all our aristocratic families unite and really fight to the death, the world will be destined to be overturned. Your Majesty will definitely be afraid. Those people came to you just now, for this matter. I hope my father will take the lead. At that time, as long as my father takes the lead, we are uniting all the aristocratic families in the Central Plains and facing the court together, I think that the court will also compromise, and my Song family may even take advantage of this prestige to a higher level."
Song Yu also spoke, a hint of passion and ambition appeared in his eyes.
"Yes, head of the family, I think the young master is right." The housekeeper also spoke, and he was really unwilling to give him all the land of the Song family to the court. And as Song Yu said, he felt that if Song Qing took the lead this time and really resisted the court, the status of the Song family would definitely be higher. Song Yu's beautiful eyes moved next to him, but he didn't say anything.
"Go to the next level, hum!" Hearing Gao Songyu and the butler's words, Song Qing was not happy, but said coldly: "I think you want my Song family to destroy the family. The aristocratic family in the world, do you really think the aristocratic family in the world are so powerful. Guanghan Palace, Buddhism, Feng clan, and Kunlun were all destroyed by His Majesty. Do you think that our Central Plains families are so powerful that His Majesty can kill all of us just by moving his fingers."
Chapter completed!