King’s Kingdom

The development of things is just like what a farmer said. Although most of the tenant farmers are very interested in land allocation, they did not immediately break out into conflict.

The working people who can survive in such a harsh environment and such cruel exploitation are full of wisdom. You can say that they lack the courage to change, or you can say that they are as cunning as foxes, but this is their way of survival.

As time passed, the news that His Majesty the King was going to distribute land to attack the gentry spread in these twelve counties, but most people still maintained a wait-and-see attitude, silently waiting for the arrival of the so-called king's messenger.

Such a situation was unexpected by the Lanine ministers, including Theodosius. They did not expect that this group of peasants would be so lacking in the spirit of resistance. If such exploitation was placed in the Lanine Kingdom, it would have been long ago. It's a **** of a fight.

There was no need for Theodosius to come forward at all, and the brave Lanyins could teach these squires a lesson with swords in hand.

The plan was blocked, and Theodosius had no choice but to continue to execute it. This group of people had been enslaved and exploited for too long, and they were already numb, which reminded him of the Chinese commoners who lived in the late Qing Dynasty in his previous life.

In desperation, Theodosius sent a group of officials to go south with the Count of Camota, preparing to gradually take over the villages and towns, accompanied by the Chancellor of the Rhine Kingdom, Sir Leiningen.

One of the most important things in the Lanyin Kingdom now is to reform the land. If the gentry class is not eliminated, the entire country will have very limited ability to control the grassroots. At that time, whether it is preaching, tax collection, or editing and training The army will suffer huge obstacles.

Therefore, in the court, Sir Leiningen, who has the most advanced political means and the most experience, became the best person to implement the policy.

So Sir Leiningen, who was over sixty years old, went south with the army and embarked on a journey to the Twelve Counties.

Theodosius was not idle either. He asked Patriarch Pierson to speed up the training of the monks. As early as a month after winning the war with the Northern Empire, he issued an order to expand the size of the monks.

At that time, he had already made the decision to deprive the nobles of their territory, but he interrupted the step-by-step process. Now the lords have launched a rebellion, which also surprised him. The training of these monks has only been more than half a year. time.

However, missionary is imminent, and the difference in religion in this land can bring people a very big gap. Although all the gods are from the same pantheon and belong to the same belief, each **** has different teachings. Even many doctrines conflict with each other, if living together will cause a lot of unnecessary troubles and destroy the order.

Under the circumstance that Sir Leiningen personally led the execution, and cooperated with the army led by Count Camota, the policy of dividing the land and removing the squires was carried out very quickly. The Iron Fist of Count Morta.

Fully armed, the Lanyin army that has experienced many wars is not comparable to the private soldiers brought by these squires. Each of the residents who ended the farmland reform was allocated at least 100 mu of land.

Yes, in the absence of a large number of squires occupying the land, everyone can get enough land to make a rich life, and there is also a large amount of uncultivated land that is idle.

As for these peasants who have no or very little land, why don't they cultivate their own farmland?

To be honest, the difficulty of reclamation is not small. Weeding, turning the ground, removing all the clods and stones in the land, and watering it at the same time, in addition, the newly cultivated farmland cannot be reclaimed within a year or two. grow crops.

This means that if you want to reclaim, you must have enough farm tools and enough grain to survive the gap when you can't work during the reclamation. At the same time, a lot of manual labor will increase the demand for food, which is not something that ordinary tenant farmers can bear.

Generally speaking, even the rich peasants are very cautious when reclaiming their land. Any accident or natural or man-made disaster will cause the rich peasants to go bankrupt.

Only those squires who have the capital to reclaim the land are those who own a lot of land and have accumulated enough food and wealth, so they don't need to worry about disaster years or empty window periods for reclamation.

This is the limitation of the small peasant economy. If these squires were not exploited so cruelly, Theodosius could allow them to continue to exist.

But the squires in the twelve counties no longer play a role in promoting social development. Instead, they use grain and land to bind the peasants, take all the cultivated land for themselves, and then restrict the peasants' personal freedom.

This is equivalent to encroaching on the rights of the king of Theodosius. Although these squires also need to pay taxes, the amount is absolutely different from that of a peasant family. At the same time, they will not allow their tenant farmers to leave the land to seek Other developments, such as joining the army.

Even if they didn't obstruct them, these yellow-faced, thin, disheveled people wouldn't make good soldiers, and Theodosius wouldn't allow the squires to continue to exist.

Pengluo Village is a relatively large-scale village. Not only does it have a population of more than 3,000, but the village’s mills, watchtowers, and manors are all available. Correspondingly, the squires here also have great authority.

At this time, the center of the village was already full of people, and all the residents gathered here~www.readwn.com~ The villagers who could not accommodate the open space in the center of the village even crowded on the roadside, climbed up the house, and watched The event in front of me.

The reason is nothing else. A 100-member Lanyin army has already controlled the local squires. They openly led private soldiers and slaves to oppose the allocation of land. They have been captured under the strong suppression of the Lanyin soldiers. Sanity did not bring even the slightest wound to the warriors.

Two middle-aged men in tattered armed clothes were tied to a rack. They are the squires of Pengluo Village. They take turns serving as village chiefs on weekdays, and each exploits the residents for a whole year.

Each of them owns an exaggerated 100,000 mu of land, and there are even many farmlands that are deserted because they cannot be cultivated. Even so, they are not willing to give up those lands in exchange for some compensation and peacefully complete the land reform.

For this kind of stupid recalcitrant, the Lanyin warriors did not show mercy, and escorted them directly to the execution ground to prepare for trial.

That's right, this is a big killer of our party proposed by Theodosius at the meeting, complaining about the meeting!

A young official stands on the execution platform, he is an official sent here, and he is also a distant relative of the Orteban family...

Among the more than 500 officials dispatched, more than 100 are from the Orteban family, which shows the prosperity of this royal family.

"Villagers! Those who are tied to the shelves are the evil gentry who usually oppress you. They occupy a lot of farmland and only know how to exploit the fruits of your labor, so that you can't even fill your stomach after a whole year of hard work!"

"I, as an official sent by His Majesty the King, represent His Majesty here to uphold justice for you! If one of you is oppressed by them, you can stand up and file a complaint, and I guarantee that they will receive the punishment they deserve!"