Iron Dynasty

Zhu Wuliu is fifteen years old and lives in Zhujia Village, Taiping County, Qingzhou.

As long as he can remember, his father was a tenant of the Wang family of the Qingzhou aristocratic family, and 70% of the annual harvest was handed over to the Wang family.

He has two older brothers, one named Zhu Yier and the other named Zhu Sansi. They both herd cattle for the Wang family, and when he was nine years old, he was not allowed to go there like his brothers, just for one black steamed bun every day.

Zhu Wuliu didn't like black steamed buns, because they were steamed from wheat bran mixed with moldy wheat, which was difficult to swallow.

But he couldn't stop eating. The remaining 30% of the food at home was not enough for the seven members of his family, because he also had a younger sister.

Several households are hungry every day, and only during the New Year's holiday will parents be willing to sell their wheat in exchange for a few pounds of white flour steamed noodles and steamed buns.

In his memory, these are his happiest moments.

However, this year is different from previous years. The father, who originally rented the farmland of the Wang family, suddenly called all the three brothers home, and all seven members of the family went to the two sides of the river ditch outside the village to reclaim the wasteland.

According to my parents, His Royal Highness King Qi promulgated the decree of planting fields, and whoever planted the fields will own the fields from now on, and they will be inherited from generation to generation.

Later, Li Zheng from the village came to his house again and asked his family to join the production team.

He remembered that his parents were overjoyed, because the blind date near the farmland reclaimed by his family was all classified as a production team, and farming cattle soon came from the county, and farming tools were allocated to each production team.

After the beginning of spring, the villagers can work together to cultivate the fields, and the government will not collect any taxes for the next three years.

According to the farming method, the number of acres he can cultivate is 30 acres, but he can't do it all by himself.

But his parents said that when this year's harvest is sold, they will prepare a dowry gift for him and find a daughter-in-law so that they can farm together. Thinking of this Zhu Wuliu blushing, what does a woman feel like?

He was watching the spinning torsion overturning in the field, when his second brother Zhu Sansi ran over and said to him: May or six, His Highness's newsboy has come to Qingzhou City, and Li Zheng told everyone in the village to go to the east of the village. threshing floor.

What is a newsboy? Zhu Wuliu asked in confusion.

You don't care about being a newsboy, just go back.

Zhu Sansi dragged Zhu Wuliu and went to the threshing floor. At this time, almost all the people in the village arrived.

In the middle of the threshing floor, an old man was holding something like a notice. Lizheng of Zhujia Village and Zhu Ziyou of Virtue and Wangsheng were standing behind the old man and accompanied him very carefully.

This person was Fan Zeng, who went to the countryside for the first time. He took a newspaper and asked Zhu Ziyou, Have all the people in the village arrived?

This Zhu Wuliu is here too, here we are. Zhu Ziyou said.

Fan Zeng nodded. No matter it is a state, county or village in Dayu Country, the people gather together, and the village is surrounded by an earthen fence. This is to prevent wolves and leopards. That is why, the people are all together, and it is easy to convene.

He said at this time: First of all, the old man will talk about what a newsboy is...

Then Fan Zeng popularized the concept of newspapers. This was one of the tasks assigned by the King of Qi, popularizing newspapers and making them official and authoritative information.

After some explanations, the people understood almost the same. At this time, Fan Zeng began to read, and the content was naturally the content of the newspaper.

This is the first edition of the Great Yuguo newspaper, and it writes about important events that happened in Qingzhou.

The first of these is to clarify the number of acres of land allocated to each person in the order to prevent wealthy clans from occupying too much food.

The second is the information on conscription, encouraging young and middle-aged people to join the army, and it is clear that if they join the army, they can get an additional amount of land and mu, and they can receive a monthly salary. At the end of the year, the government will also subsidize grain and meat for those who join the army.

The third article is to restore horse administration and encourage animal husbandry. The fourth article encourages commercial trade, handicrafts, and corrects the low status of merchants and craftsmen. Migrants can enter the city to work. After three years, they can obtain local household registration and enjoy all the conveniences of fiefdoms.

Due to the limited space of the newspaper, the policies are as follows for the time being. The rest are several major cases in the fief, one is the Cangzhou incident and the other is the Dengzhou incident.

Bah, the Wang family and the Qin family are really nothing. After reading the newspaper, a commoner scolded.

No, especially this Wang family, who killed a family of seventy-two for personal gain. It really deserves a thousand knives. Another said.

This local noble family is a scourge. We work hard, and we have to give them 70% of the annual harvest. They have occupied how much land we have.

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When I read about the new policy, the people all cheered and cheered, but when it came to the local aristocrats, the people gnashed their teeth in hatred.

Fan Zeng carefully observed the reactions of the people. After returning in the evening, he still needed to report the specific situation to the Qi Wangfu.

Zhu Wuliu was also listening, especially when he said that Colonel Lu wielded a knife to cut off the two evils in Cangzhou, and the Qingzhou army took the governor of Dengzhou, which made his blood boil.

His Royal Highness King Qi cares about the common people, and he is a rare virtuous king. Many policies are all for the sake of the common people. Everyone should be grateful for King Qi's good governance. Fan Zeng said.

He is not only as simple as reading the newspaper, but also establishes the image of King Qi and the government in the hearts of the people, so that the people can trust him and the government.

Fan Zeng said the words, the people whispered, and many people nodded secretly. The eyes of the common people are sharp, and they can tell the difference between good and bad.

It's just that they still lack orderly guidance, and now Xiao Ming, in the name of the newspaper, is actually doing propaganda in order to raise his arms in the future, and the people can stand on his side.

But this is not easy, because the local aristocrats are deeply rooted, and Fan Zeng can still see the fear in the eyes of the people when they talk about the wealthy.

After venting the anger in their hearts, they still succumbed to the shadow of the wealthy.

Fan Zeng secretly recorded the reactions of the people, and handed the newspaper to Zhu Ziyou. He still had the next village to go, so he left after a short rest.

Newspapers are a very new thing to the common people. Fan Zeng left and the common people dispersed, but they were still excitedly talking about the news in the newspapers on the way.

Lizheng Zhu Ziyou looked at the leaving villagers, his expression gradually gloomy.

He glanced at the newspaper and said, Let outsiders know about this matter. This newspaper has ruined the Wang family a lot.

While Zhu Ziwen was thinking, Xiao Ming was thinking about his opponent at this stage.

Through the feedback from the recent counties, he found that he had overlooked a key point on the issue of who is the real opponent, that is, the village Wang of the local noble family. Jade food.