Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

In any top-down reform, the first to feel the changes and react is at the top of the reform chain.

In other words, it is the front end of the reform chain.

Even though the people at the lowest end of the reform chain are the beneficiaries of the reform, they have the longest response arc.

However, in any reform, when those at the end of the reform can clearly feel the changes in the environment——

This reform is not far from success.

Reform is a whiplash movement. When the entire chain can run efficiently at high speed, the energy driven by the whip tip will eventually exceed the expectations of the whiplasher by several times, dozens of times, even hundreds or thousands of times!

Land reform, which spanned 400 years of history, appeared in the late Ming Dynasty...

Where this time and space will ultimately go is already difficult to predict.

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Zhu Youjian used thunderous means to destroy Peng Ershu and give [-] refugees a chance to live.

This thing was a good thing with infinite merit. However, because of his kind thoughts, he gave the gentry a chance.

Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, these gentry who occupied the bottom public opinion desperately distorted the emperor's original intention.

Good luck!

Seeing that the gentry would not yield, Zhu Youjian adopted an iron-blooded policy.

It is precisely because he went to various places to check the land and soldiers, and the discipline was strict, and no harm was done to the people.

As a result, the emperor's benevolent government, which had been distorted by the gentry, gradually gained the support and support of the people.

The people began to protect each other, and the fields were inspected, and everyone expected them to return.

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This shows that public opinion is an indispensable position for the court at any time!

Once someone controls public opinion for a long time, there will be a crisis of trust...

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If Zhu You inspected the land, it only changed the public opinion of ordinary people in the territory - the public opinion distorted by the local gentry.

When the emperor took out the acres cleared from various places and distributed them to the refugees, Zhu Youjian became the only god in their hearts.

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Pengjia Town.

The fields originally captured by Peng Ershu have now become the hope of tens of thousands of refugees.

The young eunuch Wang Lian and his soldiers were busy in the fields.

I saw that the middle official, who used to be white and beardless, was now tanned.

Except for the softness of his voice, Wang Lian was no different from an ordinary old farmer.

"Eunuch Wang, do you think these sweet potatoes...are really that good?"

Li Shugen looked in disbelief at the piles of vines in front of him that were no different from aquatic plants.

Even though he had asked three times, the prince had already answered him firmly three times.

However, Li Shugen still felt that what the young prince said was a bit unreliable.

How can there be a crop in this world that can produce tens of thousands of pounds per mu?

This is not a lie! ? ?

Li Shugen did not dare to say that His Majesty the Emperor was lying - someone must have deceived His Majesty the Emperor!

We ordinary people, as soon as we get out of Yuebo (full moon), we are carried by our parents to work in the fields.

Among us ordinary people, who didn’t learn to crawl in the fields and learn to walk in the fields?

We grew up in the fields, and many of us were even born directly in the fields when our mothers were working in the fields!

We, the common people, are like mud monkeys in the fields.

We were born here, grew up here, and died here.

but!

We have never seen such a high yield per mu!

Li Shugen's trouser legs were tied together at the crooks of his legs, his hands were covered with blue mud, and he was cursing in his head:

It has not rained for half a month, and the ground is a little dry. The little prince asked them to dig out the mud and throw it into the dug out soil nest. Then they inserted the sweet potato vines and poured some water...

The prince said that this was a method of fighting drought that the emperor personally told him. He said that it was a kind of gelatinous silt that could preserve moisture to the maximum extent so that the seedlings could persist until they took root and sprouted...

Facing Li Shugen’s question, Wang Lian explained carefully:

"Uncle Li, this is natural. His Majesty personally made the guarantee. Can you still not believe it?"

"Besides, your Majesty said that if you let us cultivate two acres of land, we won't be able to have enough to eat. Only by cultivating these sweet potatoes can we have enough food for a year!"

Wang Lian explained again and again impatiently.

Although when the people were asked to sign the land contract agreement, the stipulations were very clear. What crops should be planted in the first three years must follow the government's arrangements. If not, the land will be recovered.

However, Wang Lian naturally knew that this rule was dead, but people were alive.

Once the people don't take it seriously, His Majesty's plan to allow millions of refugees to become self-sufficient during this autumn harvest will come to nothing!

Take this sweet potato seedling, for example. Once someone doesn't work hard, they can kill it by just playing tricks.

By then, people said Miao Quan was dead...

The land can't be left uncultivated, right?

People have replanted beans in the fields. What can anyone do?

"Uncle Li, this thing grows very fast. As long as there is a rain, it will soon cover the ridges. At that time, we can pinch the leaves and tender tips and use them to pickle sauerkraut and dry vegetables. Got it!"

Wang Lian's tanned face was covered with a sincere smile:

"Uncle Li, let's just wait for the rain. In ten days and a half, we will know how good these sweet potatoes are!

This thing is full of treasures! "

"That feeling is good, that feeling is good!"

Even though Li Shugen was still dubious, the repeated explanations from the eunuchs around the emperor dispelled a lot of his doubts.

That's it!

Li Shugen looked up at the rolling mountainous area to the west. He heard that it was the place where the eldest brother of the Wang family in the town fought against the Mongols.

The local people said that there are stone mountains there, with jagged rocks everywhere, and the roads are very difficult to walk. There must be a lot of wild vegetables to satisfy the hunger.

Besides, looking from such a distance, there are green branches and leaves everywhere. If it doesn't work, we brought back the leaves, marinated them and put them away.

If the emperor doesn't provide food rations, we can still hope for survival, right?

As long as it lasts three years, this field will be your own!

This is the real benefit...

With a smile on his lips, Li Shugen seemed to see the hope of finding a wife, having two fat boys, and passing on the old Li family...

Li Shugen was thinking about a better tomorrow, and the eldest brother of the Gao family from the plot next door had already walked over:

"Tree roots, you have to work harder, my sweet potato vines are all planted!

His Majesty the Emperor has allotted such good land to us, so we can't be lazy! "

As the eldest brother of the Gao family spoke, he knelt down, waved the small hoe that Wang Gonggong distributed for free, and began to help Li Shugen dig the hole.

"Brother Gao, please rest, please rest."

Li Shugen hurriedly put away his fantasies and said to the eldest brother of the Gao family:

"You've been busy all day, and you're so tired that you don't look like you anymore. We don't dare bother you anymore. There are only two rows left. We'll be fine soon."