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Chapter 1175 The person I respect, the gentleman's style and integrity (first update)
Chapter 1184

Wang Yang knew very well that the Great Song Dynasty could not help the annexation of lands and the free migration of the people. It was precisely because of this that the Great Song Dynasty was created so prosperously.

However, it also led to many disadvantages. Land annexation was extremely serious. Even the few honest and honest officials in the Song Dynasty also wantonly annexed land and took it as their own.

After all, compared to this era, their behavior is very normal, it's just that they didn't use indiscriminate means to annex them like those gentry with corrupt character and morality.

It is precisely because land annexation formed a powerful and unstoppable trend in the Song Dynasty, so a large number of people who lost their land, in order to survive, either became tenants and continued to work with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky.

Or, they entered the cities and towns and survived by working hard or selling skills. It is precisely because a large number of laborers have poured into other industries that the industry and commerce of the Song Dynasty are so prosperous.

Moreover, the taxes brought by industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty have steadily exceeded the benefits brought by agriculture.Wang Yang remembers that during the Song Taizong period, the national business tax collection amount was about 400 million.

By the time of Renzong's Qingli reign, the number of ye had soared to 2000 million, accounting for [-]% of the total national annual tax revenue that year, and more than half of the ye.

Well, Wang Yang admitted that his thinking was divergent and excessive, which led to crooked buildings.Now is not the time to consider those economic common sense, but to consider how to deal with the immediate predicament.

Wang Yang really didn't expect that his originally well-thought-out approach, which was a good strategy to benefit the country and the people, could not even pass the test of the Empress Dowager.

That's not to mention the need to go through the discussions of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Wang Wushan, Aijia knows your intentions. Your strategy is indeed for the country and the people. However, the current situation in the court is too complicated, and those ministers have their own selfish intentions. Alas..." The Empress Dowager Gao Taotao looked Seeing Wang Yang's appearance, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The Son of Heaven, Zhao Xu, had a gloomy face, pacing slowly in the hall with his hands behind his back. "It is such a good policy that benefits the country and the people, and the best of both worlds, but because of the obstruction of those important ministers, it cannot be implemented..."

In the end, he suddenly stomped his feet and said viciously. "If it doesn't work, I'll issue the central decree."

"Officials must not..." The Empress Dowager was startled at first, and then hurriedly persuaded. "Once the imperial decree is issued, there will inevitably be a raging public opinion. At that time, not only will no ministers and workers be willing to take up this burden, but more importantly, it will damage your reputation as an official."

"Imperial Grandmother, it's not that my grandson doesn't understand, but do I have to succumb to the will of those ministers and ignore the good strategies that are really beneficial to the court and the people?" Son of Heaven Zhao Xu said unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, in fact, I still have an idea, maybe I can solve this problem." Wang Yang, who had been silent for a long time, raised his head again, and said to the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao and the Emperor Zhao Xu.

"Is there another way?" Gao Taotao and the emperor Zhao Xu asked in unison.

Wang Yang nodded heavily. "I don't know if the land in Huanglongze belongs to private individuals or to the imperial court?"

"Since the reign of Renzong, when that area was flooded by the Yellow River, all the original people have moved to other places. The land in that area has become an ownerless land. It can naturally be regarded as belonging to the imperial court. Wang Wushan, what do you want to do? "The Queen Mother Gao Taotao reacted very quickly.

"I want to spend money to buy all the unclaimed lands around Huanglongze." Wang Yang thought for a while, and then spit out such a sentence that stunned the empress dowager and the emperor Zhao Xu.

"Are you crazy?!" The Empress Dowager Gao Taotao subconsciously said this. She seemed to think that saying this was too hurtful. After coughing dryly, she tried her best to force out a kind smile. "Wang Wushan, don't worry, the solution is people's idea after all."

"Your Majesty, I'm not joking, or saying very angry words, but I really have such thoughts." Wang Yang replied with a straight face and bowed to the Empress Dowager.

"Don't tell me, Wang Wushan, that you want to recruit those refugees after taking Huanglong Zen as your private property?" Emperor Zhao Xu looked at Wang Yang with a complicated expression and said.

"That's right, Your Majesty Shengming, this is the way I think. Since the court will not agree to establish a bank in areas other than North Shaanxi Road at this point in time, then the only solution now, and this is the only way, can both It will not let the court spend a lot of money, but also be able to resettle those displaced people."

"Wang Wushan, you, if you do this, it won't do you any good. If Huang Longze wants to clear the silt and turn it into fertile land, it will cost millions of dollars to resettle the people."

"I know that you do have a lot of property in your name, but this is what the court should do. You..."

The emperor's heart was not only shocked, but also full of emotion. There was no minister in the world who dared to do this, at least not in the past, and was willing to spend all his wealth to relieve the country's worries.

This loyalty, this heart to serve the country with every fist, is really...

The Empress Dowager shook her head slowly and was speechless for a long time. "Wang Wushan, if you do this, if you are not careful, you will be doomed... There are tens of thousands of people, and you can do it with the power of one person..."

"As a Song person, and as a Song official, I should worry about the king and share the country's worries..." Wang Yang said with righteousness on his face.

"Wang Wushan, are you really sure that you have such confidence? You can use your own power to appease the tens of thousands of people who were displaced to Bianliang due to the disaster." The emperor Zhao Xu glanced at the empress dowager beside him, He asked Wang Yang very solemnly.

"I am not [-]% sure, but I feel that some things will definitely benefit both the country and the people. I remember that the sage Mencius said: Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go..."

Wang Yang's expression was very calm, and his tone seemed very peaceful, but this sentence made everyone present, whether it was the emperor and the empress dowager, or eunuchs like Ma Shang and Xu Degong, deeply moved by this sentence. I was shocked by the power and courage it contained.

Although there are thousands of people, I will go.This sentence, from "Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang", means that I think the truth is right, even if I face thousands of people to stop me, I will definitely go forward.

"Good one: Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go..." Emperor Zhao Xu stood up, his eyes were slightly red, and looked at the tall and majestic Wang Wushan standing in front of him.

"I can get the help of Mr. Wu Shan, like a fish in water." Walking in front of Wang Yang, the emperor Zhao Xu, rarely supported Fu Guan, flicked his sleeves, and then bowed to Wang Yang.

Even Wang Daguan, who was busy posing and pretending to be aggressive, was frightened by the emperor's actions, so he quickly moved aside. "Your Majesty absolutely cannot."

"What can't be done, the man I respect is the character and spirit of the gentleman." The emperor Zhao Xu looked so high-spirited at this moment, and laughed heartily.

(End of this chapter)