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At first, the king was also hesitant, not because he didn't want to give up that little profit, but because he was worried that once the salt craftsmen were "released" from the salt store, they would become difficult to control.

However, Xie Wuyi had already mentioned this change in the "Dayu New Law" drafted a few years ago, and naturally he had already made sufficient preparations to persuade the king.

He believes that "under strong pressure, there must be resistance", and there is no impenetrable wall in this world. No matter how strict the guard is, as long as the saltsmiths have had enough of this "cage" one day, they will be able to find it on the high wall. "Gap".

At that time, if the salt craftsmen make a fuss, the art of sea salt purification may still be leaked, and it is impossible to prevent it.

This is like "water control", and the law of water control emphasizes "blocking is worse than dredging". Instead of forcing the salt craftsmen to be trapped in it unwillingly with a high wall, it is better to tie their interests with the royal family, so that both prosperity and loss All lost.

The saltsmiths may not care about the rise and fall of the royal family, but they will not care about their own vital interests, and this kind of care is far more effective than coercion, because they are no longer keeping secrets for the royal family, but for themselves.

At the same time, it is also a kind of favor for them to obtain freedom from the "release" of salt by the saltsmiths. Xie Wuyi believes that the saltsmiths will definitely keep this in their hearts, and therefore unite with the royal family.

Benefits and kindness, these two have been the source of loyalty since ancient times. If you want to gain the loyalty of a saltsmith, one of them is enough, but now it is foolproof to have both.

The king patiently listened to Jie Wuyi's analysis, and stood in a daze for a long time, then smiled gratifiedly, as if feeling a little emotional.

I feel that this emperor has grown up a lot without knowing it, and I have already looked a bit worthy of a great responsibility, and I also feel that his perseverance and determination are indomitable.

Finally, the lord of the country nodded in agreement with the proposal, and agreed to do it without hesitation.

For Xie Wuyi, it was like winning a battle. Although it was a lot of hard work, it was so rewarding.

At the same time, Daluan still did not give up on the attack on Qi State, and 15 people could not break through the barrier, so they continued to increase their troops.

Since the beginning of the year, every two or three months, the various countries have received reports from Daluan to dispatch troops to the southwest, and the reports stated that Daluan's army was originally gathered in one place. As the soldiers stretched the front line, it seemed that there was a tendency to cover the entire border of the country of Qi.

The nations were happy to see Daluan in such a panic and distressed state, and even more wished that they could suffer all the hardships on the border of the Qi Kingdom and exhaust their energy.

However, the stretching of the Daluan battle line is not a small trouble for the spies placed in Daluan from various countries. Originally, they only need to keep an eye on one place, but now they have to run around, regardless of fatigue However, it is inevitable that the detection report will sometimes lose its accuracy and timeliness.

In addition to the border of the Qi country, news from other directions also came from time to time.

The army selection system that was tried out in Daluan back then has achieved very good results, and now it has been officially implemented in the middle school. This reform of the military system has brought not only military changes to Daluan, but also made the young people of the whole country fight for a tax reduction and exemption. The corvee chooses the number of soldiers and spontaneously strengthens their physique, and they learn and practice hard to stand out from the crowd.

In addition, Qiong, Sang, and Baihe have undergone considerable changes during the two years of tax exemption.

Because the harvest does not have to be handed over, many originally barren and barren lands have been reclaimed by the people into farmland in the past two years.

Taking this opportunity, Daluan promulgated a decree of "rewarding reclamation" in these three places, requiring officials to register the newly reclaimed land. After the three-year tax exemption period expires, the tax collection of all newly reclaimed farmland will be halved. .

At the same time, Daluan also promised to start "rewarding farming and weaving" throughout the territory after the tax exemption period in these three places expires, and households that produce a certain amount of grain and cloth every year will be exempted from hard labor.

With the gradual disappearance of the impact of the war, coupled with Daluan's kindness and power, the resistance of the people in these three places to Daluan quietly weakened, and they gradually recognized their identity as "Daluan people".

Because of the country's government affairs and these spies that come from time to time, Xie Wuyi is obviously much busier than before, but even though he is busy, he still finds time to practice swords whenever he has time, and he never slacks off.

In the past three years, Shui Jing has taught him most of the essence of swordsmanship that he summed up by himself. When fighting each other, even Shui Jing would occasionally be amazed by his unexpected strokes.

One day, Shui Jing nodded sincerely after making a move with Xie Wuyi and said, "That's right, if you go on like this, I won't be long before you can become a teacher."

Xie Wuyi put his sword back into its sheath, and when he heard Shui Jing's praise, he couldn't help showing a look of joy.

Although Shui Jing knew that he would not be complacent, he still couldn't help but want to tease him, and deliberately put on a master's airs and said seriously: "When the time comes, I will teach everything that should be taught, and being a teacher will no longer be like this. I've come here to give you advice every now and then, the so-called 'proficiency in work is more than diligence', if you neglect to practice and the moves you have learned are wasted, don't expect your teacher to teach you again."

Xie Wuyi was stunned after hearing this, then lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time, but Shui Jing couldn't see what he was thinking.

For Xie Wuyi, who has always been diligent, Shui Jing didn't think that these words would affect him much, but he never thought that it was unexpected.

When practicing swords in the future, the progress of Xie Wuyi became extremely slow.

It's not because of anything else, but because he insists on breaking down a move into three or five sections to learn, so that a move that can be learned in a day can be delayed by him for a month or two.

Shui Jing couldn't make sense of Xie Wuyi's actions. When he finally couldn't help urging, Xie Wuyi was plausible: "I would like to follow Master's instruction. Since I can't repeat these moves after I become a teacher If you want to learn it, then it is only safe to chew it carefully and thoroughly at the beginning of learning, Master thinks it makes sense?"

Shui Jing was speechless for a while.

He said the words himself, and now that Xie Wuyi "understood" it so "thoroughly", what else could he refute?

Seeing that he did not answer, Xie Wuyi took it as his acquiescence, nodded his head and said solemnly: "So even though I am a slow learner, I hope that Master will not be disgusted."

Shui Jing smiled stiffly: "...I don't dislike it."

……

At the beginning of the fourth year, a moderate disturbance occurred in Yudu.

The cause of this matter can be traced back to the time when Daluan attacked Qiong. After Daluan defeated Qiong, everyone in the rest of the world was in danger. In order to strengthen their forces and seek self-protection, all countries had conducted a large-scale conscription.

In the current conscription system of various countries, the service period of the standing army is three years, and because Daluan has not stopped attacking Qi State in recent years, the army of Yu State has been stationed in Fengding Pass in the northwest. The first batch of soldiers has served for far more than three years.

In fact, this itself does not conflict with the provisions of the conscription system. According to the conscription system, the men recruited by the country will be organized into the standing army when there is no war. After three years of service, they can return home. However, in case of war, the service period will be extended. , until the end of the war.

However, after all, Daluan attacked Qi State instead of Yu State, so some people insisted on words, thinking that there was no "war" in Yu State, so the service period should not be extended because of this.

Originally, this kind of remarks did not attract much support. After all, there are many people of insight in various places. Even without the imperial court's instruction, they will earnestly analyze the meaning of stationing at the border to protect their homes and the country to the families of those who serve in the army. Let them not be easily incited and provoked.

But what people didn't expect was that when all parties were busy appeasing the people, someone actually brought up another matter.

A wealthy businessman accidentally slipped his mouth when he was showing off, saying that his only son also reached the age of military service, but he did not join the army because he gave a gift to the official in charge of conscription and asked him to help his son's age. Change a few years younger.

As soon as this remark came out, the people were in an uproar, especially the family members of those who joined the army. They were already suffering from homesickness due to years of separation. ?

It's fine if no one notices this kind of thing. Once the clues are revealed, the radish will be pulled out and the mud will be pulled out. More and more big merchants who spent money to avoid conscription are dug out.

The incident became more and more troublesome, and the protection of the officials could no longer cover it up, and it finally alarmed the court.

The lord of the country ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and the officials who first received the gift began to search for the melon layer by layer. Unexpectedly, the melon actually touched the court in the end.

Song Yuan, the great Sima who was in charge of military affairs at that time, was the mastermind of this matter. During the conscription, he instructed his subordinates to use their positions to collect money from wealthy businessmen and big businessmen to help them change the age of men of the right age in order to avoid military service.

The lord of the country handed over the case to Xie Wuyi for investigation, and asked him not to let anyone slip through the net.

This matter involved a lot from top to bottom, and the shock it brought cannot be underestimated.

In order to thoroughly investigate the case, Xie Wuyi almost forgot to sleep and eat. In order to speed up the progress, he would eat and live wherever he was investigating the case. He seldom went back to the East Palace for the past few days, and he had no time to practice swords.

Shui Jing had seen the bright lights in the imperial study room many times in the middle of the night, at first he thought that it would be good to practice more, anyway Xie Wuyi is still young, staying up all night is nothing.

But as time got longer and longer, he finally discovered that Xie Wuyi was really unconscious. He just slept less at first, but now he doesn't sleep at all.

"If you continue to investigate like this, I'm afraid that you will fall down first before the people are corrected."

At midnight one day, Shui Jing half leaned on the window frame of the imperial study with arms folded and said quietly.

I don't know if it was because he was too tired, but Xie Wuyi at the table was in a daze for a while, then he raised his head to look at the window, saw the water mirror, and a smile appeared on his tired face: "Master. "

"Stop laughing," Shui Jing jumped off the window frame and walked towards him, "You look so pale that smiling is uglier than crying."

Xie Wuyi did not argue, and asked, "Why is Master here?"

Shui Jing threw a stack of papers in his hand onto the desk, walked over to him and sat down.

"This is?" Jie Wuyi was puzzled, and picked up the stack of papers to look through them.

Shui Jing said: "Evidence."

Xie Wuyi's hand paused slightly, and then he said helplessly, "Master."

Shui Jing raised her eyebrows: "Huh?"

Xie Wuyi put down the stack of papers, looked at Shui Jing and said seriously: "Master has helped me enough, but I can't always rely on Master for everything. If I get used to it, and Master will not be by my side in the future, why should I have to rely on Master?" Nothing?"

Shui Jing said disapprovingly: "What are you afraid of, I must live longer than you as a teacher. Is there any reason for me not to be here if you are here for a day?"

Xie Wuyi was stunned, and smiled helplessly: "Could it be possible that Master can still stay in Yu Country all the time and not go anywhere else?"

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