The world of Taoism

Chapter 361 Those who have permanent property have perseverance.

After deriving the golden runes, you can further expand your power.

There should be thousands of people who have obtained the Supreme God's Dharma.

It is still expanding continuously.

Cyan can only teach 100, large-scale expansion still requires Zhou Xuan to do it himself.

Now there are yellow talismans, and one yellow one is worth 100 cyan ones.

That adds up to 1 reds.

This is an extremely large number.

Zhou Xuan planned to pass on the three first.

It is best to have [-] Taoist priests within the ruling area.

Now there is no such thing as "480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many buildings are in the mist and rain."

In this world, the Taoist priests of the Heavenly Master Way are not the kind of state moths.

Everyone has everyone's responsibilities, and no matter what their status is, they must pay taxes.

Under Zhou Xuan's governance, the policy of officials and gentry paying food as a whole was initially realized.

Zhou Xuan turned his gaze down the mountain.

Not far down the mountain is a series of farmlands.

The breeze blows, and a piece of green rice is lifted like a sea wave.

A few old farmers were sweating profusely, resting in a small pavilion.

"Lao Li, the wheat in your family is growing well this year."

Several people are from the village, and they chat about homework when they are free.

"Your family is not the same. Speaking of which, the adults in this temple are really powerful, and they have been accepted twice in only half a year."

Old Li couldn't help sighing.

"Yeah, we old guys can't understand it anymore, who would have thought that the food can last so long."

"In a few days, people will come to the temple to produce food, and the warehouse at home can hardly hold it."

Several people looked melancholy, but the excitement in their eyes could no longer be concealed.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and the more food, the better.

Not to mention that the grain cannot be harvested, even if it rots at home, it is something to be happy about.

Since Shenxiao Tianzun Temple was established here.

People's lives have literally changed dramatically.

Not to mention delicious food and spicy food, it is always no problem to have no worries about food and clothing.

In the past, there were at most two harvests a year, but now they can be harvested four or five times a year.

And only [-]% of the food needs to be handed over, and there are no other exorbitant taxes.

In addition to promoting the grain harvest, the adults in the Shenxiao Tianzun Temple will also help with water conservancy and road construction.

Although it is the same as the previous imperial court, some ordinary people were asked to help.

But much better than before.

In the past, I brought my own tools and food, so I didn’t care if I starved to death.

And you have to spend money to manage it up and down, so as to avoid arranging some dangerous and hard work for yourself.

I don't know how many people died because of this.

There is no pay for working now, but there is no need to bring tools and dry food.

And after the work is done, the tools can be taken back.

These are all farm tools made of wrought iron, and they can be used for decades if you save them a little.

"This year is getting better and better. I really hope Zhou Tianshi will be an official here forever."

Ordinary peasants don't even know the emperor's name, only the people who treat them well.

For these ordinary farmers, Zhou Xuan was their second parent. In their eyes, Zhou Xuan was even bigger than the emperor.

After all, the emperor doesn't give them food.

Everything developed as Zhou Xuan hoped to see.

There is no need to shout too many slogans, and there is no need to fabricate some great, bright and correct examples to inspire people.

Everything depends on the results.

The eyes of ordinary people are discerning, and tangible benefits are often more inspiring than slogans.

If one day Zhou Xuan ascends to the top, these beneficiaries will also follow.

Because they know that only Master Tianshi can bring such a good life.

"We are free. I heard that Lao Wang and his land rents have increased to [-]%."

They were all yeoman farmers who owned their own fields.

Lao Wang is a tenant of the landlord's family.

In the past, due to bankruptcy or other reasons, the fields were sold, and the land of Wang Yuanwai's family was rented to cultivate.

In addition to the part handed over to the state, the other part was handed over to the landlords.

This year's harvest has increased, and grain prices have dropped.

Wang Yuanwai's family was in the grain business, and his income was even less than in previous years, so the land rent was raised.

Anyway, with so much food, the tenants will not starve to death if they only get [-]%.

Therefore, the increase in food production actually has little to do with these people.

At most, it is a little more than in previous years. I used to be hungry, but now I am [-]% full.

Their lives are nourished. In fact, the living standards of these ordinary tenants have not improved much.

On the contrary, it is because the price of food is too cheap, which leads to some decline.

"It should be lowered a bit. It is said that the neighboring county has begun to force the rent to be lowered."

Several people chatted and gossiped, and the information reached Zhou Xuan's ears.

In fact, Zhou Xuan had already expected these things.

Today's bumper harvest of grain does not mean that all ordinary people can benefit.

Landlords who account for less than 8% of the total population in this world occupy more than [-]% of the land.

Many have spent their entire lives as tenant farmers, without land of their own.

If the land is distributed to other common people, then the prestige of insisting on the Tao will reach an unparalleled level.

As a Chinese in my previous life, I was blessed with a historically materialistic education.

Zhou Xuan knew how the dynasty conquered the world and how to win the hearts of the people.

If food is the most important thing for the people, then the land is the root of the people.

People who have permanent property have perseverance.

Everyone has permanent property, and when the enemy comes, even if Zhou Xuan does not rebel against the common people, he will not be willing.

After all, this is a matter of people's vital interests.

Zhou Xuan was actually making arrangements from the very beginning.

He wants to give most of the land of the landlords to the peasants who are the most numerous.

From the very beginning, nibble away step by step.

We are not afraid that they will rebel, but we are afraid that they will not rebel.

The first step is to find an excuse to get rid of some bad-doing landlords, and hand over their fields to other people in the name of Tianshidao.

In addition, we have to find excuses to eradicate all forces.

Otherwise, once an opportunity is found, these people will make a comeback, and it will be even more difficult to deal with.

In short, it is to kill them.

With a thought in Zhou Xuan's mind, a bronze-skinned man with a resolute appearance half-kneeled in front of him.

"Yang Qi pays homage to Master Tianshi."

This is Yang Qi, the leader of the Taoist soldiers, who is now a general.

"How is the distribution of land?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"Most of the gentry with bad records have been eliminated. Poor counties and mountainous counties are relatively easy, and most of the people support them. Some rich counties encounter greater resistance."

Not all gentry do all kinds of evil like film and television works.

Some will buy people's hearts with small favors from time to time. Although the methods are clumsy, they are very useful.

Some even donated money to build roads and bridges, although the money was collected from the common people.

However, this does not prevent them from becoming well-known benefactors.

Unlike poor counties, most of the gentry in rich counties are big families that have been rooted for hundreds of years.

Of course he knows how to deal with troublemakers.

The one who does good deeds is always the gentry and the good man, and the villain is often the housekeeper.

"It's because you are not transparent enough. You have to arrest them, expose their viciousness in public, and cause public outrage. Only in this way can it proceed smoothly."

Zhou Xuan smiled, his smile was like a hungry wolf in Yang Qi's eyes.

(End of this chapter)