The strongest prince in the fairy tale world

Chapter 166 Land Reform
The formation of Ize's cabinet did not go as smoothly as expected. Many ministers did not agree with Ize's drastic reforms, because it would cause domestic turmoil.

In addition, the Principality of Eaton has only been merged into the Cabel Kingdom not long ago. If they change their original order so quickly, it may be difficult to convince the public.

Of course Ize knew the disadvantages of doing so, but he already had countermeasures.

The Principality of Eaton was split into five provinces, and all the original officials remained on standby. Before receiving the transfer order from Izeneg, none of them knew their future fate.

This has brought great uneasiness to the local officials and nobles. After all, once Ize's new policy is implemented, even if they can continue to be officials, they will be transferred to another place.

And the land, personal connections, and fixed assets they left in the local area cannot be taken away, which greatly damages their interests.

Sure enough, as the ministers expected, turmoil began to erupt throughout the Cabel Kingdom. Crowds continued to march in the streets, opposing Ize's new policy, instigating ignorant civilians, and deceiving them. The turmoil in the kingdom would seriously affect their livelihoods, so People echoed what they said, and three people became a crowd. More and more people took to the streets to express their opposition. It was difficult to advance the New Deal for a while.

Of course, those who take the lead in opposing and abetting civilians have behind-the-scenes pushers who provide considerable economic support.

And those people who are hiding behind the scenes, Ize figured out with his toes, are those farmers and local nobles who are demagogic.

"Your Majesty, demonstrations are being held all over the country, and the common people are very opposed to this new policy. If you continue to go ahead like this, you may lose public opinion." Minister of General Affairs Vic persuaded.

In the employment pamphlet of King Ize's father, he spoke highly of Vic, saying that he was dedicated to the public, loyal, rich in experience, and a trustworthy and important minister.

Therefore, Ize has always been very polite to him, and Ize will seriously consider everything he says.But this time, Izzy didn't intend to stop there.

"Master Vic, I understand that you are worried that turmoil in the country will cause political instability, right?"

The white-haired Vic nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Don't worry, I control the main force of the Cabel Kingdom now. They don't dare to make a big fuss. They just want me to stop, so that they can continue to enjoy their original life."

"Your Majesty, I know that you want to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor in our country, so that the common people can live a better life. I support you very much, but we are moving too fast, and the people below will definitely resist Yes, it may even be superficially obedient, secretly not obeying your decrees at all."

Of course, Yi Ze knew that if the officials below obeyed the law, then there would be a situation where the decree would not go out of Cabel City.

"You don't have to worry about this, I have a way to disintegrate their power."

"It's impossible for our army to be stationed all over the country to monitor them?" Vic wondered.

"Don't be so troublesome, I just need to stand on the same side as the civilians. Once the civilians know this, they will help me monitor the officials in their territories."

"On the same side as the civilians?" Vic didn't quite understand what Izzy meant.

Yi Ze's move is actually to mobilize the people to fight and supervise the local officials, nobles and farmers.

"Of course, aren't the civilians the most numerous and powerful in our country?" Ize smiled.

"But how do you get the people to side with you?"

"I will soon promote new land reforms, take back all the private lands of farmers, nobles, and officials in the territory, nationalize all the land, and then distribute these lands equally, and lease them to commoners everywhere for farming , they only need to pay a small tax to the country for the food they grow, and the rest belongs to themselves.”

Vik seemed to have heard some terrible news. He looked at Ize with a face full of surprise, "Your Majesty, do you really want to take back everyone's private land? But these lands were bought with their own money, don't they?" Shall we just take it back without any compensation?"

"Did they buy this land with money? No, no, it was my father, me, and thousands of soldiers who bought it by force. I have the right to distribute every inch of the land we have won. "

"However, the impact of this is too great. The local nobles will definitely organize people to come out to make trouble. If the Norman Empire takes advantage of this time to attack us, the worst result is that our country may perish." Victor Man Said with a worried face.

He was very worried that once Ize did this, the national regime would fall into an extremely unstable state. If there was an invasion by foreign enemies at this time, it would likely lead to a situation where internal cooperation with external forces would occur.

"Lord Vic, those nobles don't have an army, so they can't make trouble. You don't have to underestimate the commoners. Once I give them hope to cross classes, they will fight to the end with the farmers and nobles even if they try their best. " Izzy said with a smile.

Ize has great confidence in his army and understands the mentality of the common people who want to change their lives, so this seemingly vigorous and dangerous land reform, Ize thinks, is not as difficult as imagined.

With the release of the new administrative division of Yize, the release of the land reform policy was immediately followed.

Yize sent a large number of army soldiers to cities and counties of various sizes across the country. In addition to posting paper-based announcements, in order to take care of those illiterate civilians, Yize also let the soldiers shout along the streets to promote new policies and land reforms :

"His Majesty Yi Ze announced that all the private lands of the nobles and farmers will be taken back, and the king will take back the land and distribute it equally to all the common people. All the food that the common people grow on their own land only need to hand in 1/ 3 to the state, and the rest of the grain goes to the farmers.”

"All nobles who own land, listen to the farmer, the king has set a deadline of half a month for you to hand in all the land deeds. If anyone refuses to hand in, in addition to forcibly taking back the land, his title and official position will be revoked, and his name will be confiscated. All property..."

The soldiers repeatedly publicized the land reform policy along the street. For a while, the land reform surpassed the popularity of the new administrative divisions, and the land reform became the hottest topic among all the people.

Of course, the most beneficiaries of the land reform are the most populous civilians. They never really owned their own land. In order to survive, they usually sell their coolies to farm for farmers and nobles. They do the dirty work. It is the nobles and farmers who benefit the most.

This situation has already made all the poor people dissatisfied, but they are weak and dare not resist at all, because once there is a sign of resistance, those nobles and farmers will hire someone to beat those who take the lead people, and fired them so that they lost even the livelihood they depended on.

In this way, no one wants to be the one who takes the lead in rebellion.

The civilians failed to erupt in silence, and could only perish in silence.

But it is different now. Behind these helpless civilians, the country is backing them at this time.

All the civilians fell into an excited and excited mood.

"Long live Your Majesty Yi Ze!"

"I used to think that the royal family and noble farmers were in collusion, but today I know that the country has not forgotten us!"

"I knew that His Majesty Yize would definitely become a great king!"

"It would be great if we could really own our own land! I will definitely redouble my efforts to grow more and better food!"

"His Majesty Yi Ze is really kind to us. I never thought that there would be such a day when our king would face up to the noble forces for the sake of the common people."

"We must support His Majesty Yi Ze, if this land reform can succeed! Our children will no longer have to suffer so much like us."

……

The people were all praising Ize, but at this moment, the nobles and farmers were already furious and furious.

At this moment in Eaton City, several nobles and farmers were gathering for an emergency meeting.

"This bullshit new king wants to destroy us as soon as he comes up. We must not let him succeed!"

"But he has an army, we can't beat him!"

"I'm really pissed off. This brat has nothing good to do when he takes office. Why should he give the land we have worked so hard to give to the common people?"

"We have to think of a countermeasure!"

"Yes, otherwise, after half a month, if we haven't handed over the land deed, judging by the decisiveness of this new king, he will definitely send troops to confiscate all our property."

"Let's quickly organize our own army and protect our property, otherwise we will only be at the mercy of that bratty king."

"But even if we recruit the militia now, those civilians may not buy it, they are all waiting to divide our land!"

"As long as the treatment is good, they will definitely come..."

These nobles and farmers have always believed that there is nothing impossible to do without gold coins.

But this time they were wrong, no matter how generous their salary was, not many strong men were willing to join their militia.

The commoners have long been fed up with the oppression of the nobles and farmers. Now that the opportunity given today comes, how many people are willing to bear the scolding of the whole village, just to earn a few more gold coins?
The nobles and farmers from all over the country found that they could not recruit a few militiamen, and even many of their original thugs resigned under the pressure of their family members and relatives.

Seeing that the 15-day deadline was approaching, some nobles and farmers began to panic. If they did not hand over their land deeds, then even their property might be lost.

After various balances, many nobles and farmers have already handed over the land deeds on their own initiative.Although heartbroken, they had to do this in order to preserve the remaining property in their hands.

More and more nobles and farmers have handed in their land deeds. Of course, there are also a few powerful nobles who have not yet handed in their land deeds. Some of their relatives hold important positions in the cabinet of Yi Ze, and some are in the military hold important positions.

They thought that with their status and relationship, Izzy might turn a blind eye to them.

……

In Ize's cabinet, the Minister of Agriculture approached Ize in private:

"Your Majesty, my nephew is a Duke. His father, General Foss, once made great contributions to the founding of our Cabel Kingdom and died heroically. Can the manor in his son's hands not be handed over?"

Eze looked up at him: "Neo, you mean to let me cover him?"

"No, Your Majesty, his father has made great achievements. Your extra concession will show that you are generous and treat the son of an important minister favorably."

"Neo, go down, you don't have to attend the morning meeting this week."

Neo naturally knew the meaning of Ize's words, and he quickly apologized: "Your Majesty, I shouldn't beg you for personal reasons. I'm sorry, and I promise I won't do this in the future."

"Go down." Ize didn't even look at him again.

Yi Ze will not destroy the policies he has just formulated for the sake of personal feelings. Governing the country is no child's play.

Agriculture Minister Neo didn't come to the morning meeting for a week, and everyone knew Ize's attitude, and no one dared to ask Ize for favoritism after that.

Soon the 15-day deadline came, and there were indeed a few nobles who were lucky enough to fail to hand in the title deeds.

After statistics, Ize quickly caught the fish that slipped through the net, and he immediately sent troops to forcefully take back his land and confiscated all properties under his name.

Yi Ze's new policy was so vigorous and progressed very smoothly, which played a very good deterrent effect, which paved the way for him to implement other policies in the future.

Those nobles and farmers who lost their land still have lingering fears after this incident. Most of them still hold wealth that they can't spend in a few lifetimes, but now their king is so partial to the common people, which makes them feel sad. alert.

This time they collected their land. Next time, will they be taxed heavily?Take back what's left of their property?

At the same time, they lost their land, and they also lost their source of continuing to make money.

For their continued capital accumulation.

Many nobles and farmers began to move their minds to emigrate to other countries.

Some nobles and farmers moved quickly and took all their belongings to the Norman Empire or the Messore Empire. When those nobles who were belatedly wanted to go abroad again, the city gates stopped them.

If you go abroad with a lot of gold coins, you will be stuck by the soldiers at the city gate, and you will use the wealth accumulated in your country to invest in foreign countries, which is absolutely not allowed by Yi Ze.

After more than two months, most of Yize's new policies and land reform have been dealt with.

The next step is the dispatch and transfer of major officials from various places, and how to redistribute the collected land. These are things worthy of Ize and all the cabinet ministers to worry about.

For these things, Ize only sleeps in the palace for a few hours every day, and has not returned to his castle to sleep for more than a month.

In this regard, Snow White, who has just experienced the newlyweds, is quite dissatisfied.

(End of this chapter)