King’s Kingdom

The Count of Camota is an impatient person. He doesn't like to procrastinate, so after receiving the order of Theodosius, he immediately ordered the soldiers of the Ledwen Military Region to rush to the Twelve Counties again to liberate the various places. of civilians.

After the issue of liberating the common people and eradicating the gentry was determined, the ministers discussed it, and they were all relatively mature political figures.

Although there are still gaps in the overall view, this kind of proposition already exists, and they only need to add bricks and tiles to it, so in less than an afternoon, there are many constructive suggestions on this topic.

After summarizing and summarizing, Theodosius summarized the plan of eliminating the gentry into four stages: public opinion building, intensifying contradictions, official execution, and suppressing resistance. The first thing to do is to master the weapons of public opinion and let all oppressed people Everyone knows that their king wants to liberate them.

Stimulating their inner resistance thoughts and feeling good about the king is the first step, which can very effectively arouse the dissatisfaction of the residents.

In the past, no one cared about their lives, so they could only endure it silently.

But suddenly a king stood up and said, you are my subjects, and I want to save you from cruel exploitation. Everyone will be grateful to their king and hate the squires who exploited them even more.

The purpose of intensifying the contradiction was thus achieved. Using public opinion to beat the dissatisfaction of the residents and intensifying the contradiction between the two sides, the Lanyin Kingdom government could take this opportunity to disperse the strength of the squires and reduce the intensity of resistance.

Then, dispatch officials to various places to implement this decree, and the squires, who were made miserable by the residents, must have lost most of their ability to resist. When the policy is implemented, the plan will be half-successful.

When the squires resist again, what awaits them will be ruthless suppression, the king's iron fist.

"Have you heard? Our king is going to redistribute the land, take back the land of those **** landlords, and redistribute it to us!"

A middle-aged man with a wretched moustache on his chin quietly approached a farmer struggling to dig wild vegetables.

Although there is no such thing as a serf in the twelve counties, in fact, to cultivate other people's land, they must pay rent. A peasant who has almost no personal freedom is essentially no different from a serf.

"Dividing the land?" The peasant stopped what he was doing. Then he was amused by his whims. He dug out the wild vegetables in front of him and threw them into the tattered pocket behind him.

"Don't be stupid, man, this is just some idiot's crazy talk. Who would believe that the king divided the land? They all wear a pair of pants!" The peasant stood up slowly, ready to face down lazily Go to a place with wild vegetables.

He had just finished helping the master, starting from six o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the morning, it was the slack season, and the grain received last autumn had been eaten as early as the previous week, and he had to sell his labor to give The squire works in exchange for some rations to support himself and his family.

Eleven hours of hard work brought him one kilogram of beans. There are five people in the family who need him to feed. Over the years, he and his wife have left nine children one after another, but in the end only three survived. Five years old.

The pressure of life has almost bent his spine, and one kilogram of food is not enough for five people, so he had to drag his tired body to the field to dig vegetables after a hard day's work.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be unhappy, the man was not discouraged, but continued to walk over and said, "My aunt's uncle's son lives in the Lanyin Kingdom, and there are no squires there, and the only time to pay taxes every year is during the autumn harvest. After that, pay one-fifth of the food to the king, and they don't need to pay anything else!"

"Oh? Only one-fifth?" The farmer stopped, and the man's words aroused his interest.

"If that's the case, you must be able to live a good life, right?" The peasant's expression showed a hint of longing and envy.

"I don't have that much knowledge. The last time I had a full meal was when I was six years old. I heard that the empire was not divided at that time, and everyone was well clothed under the emperor's rule, but that was too long ago. !"

The tax rate as high as 90% has already made them miserable. They have to turn over most of the harvest every year, and they have to work for the lord or the squire in order to get a little reward to fill their hot stomach.

"Yes, you may not know that the Kingdom of Lanyin was established at that time. In order to avoid the war that divided the country, King Lanyin's grandfather took his subjects to the north, and after driving away the dark creatures, he established the Kingdom of Lanyin. !"

"Where there are no lords and no squires, the only people who need to pay taxes are His Majesty the King. Now His Majesty Theodosius, the great King of the Rhine, has swept away the noble rebels here, and he will impose this benevolent government on Come to this land, it won't be long before you can see this scene!"

"You are... the king's person?" The peasant gave the middle-aged man a strange look.

"Uh... how do you know?"

"Because the word king is too far away from us, we may not be able to mention it once a year, but you have been promoting his ruling philosophy, isn't it obvious?"

The middle-aged man was at a loss for words~www.readwn.com~ He didn't realize that his behavior was so obvious that even an ordinary farmer could see the clue.

"Well, I do serve His Majesty the King, but what I said is indeed true."

"Your Majesty, he is very dissatisfied with the squires occupying most of the land in the twelve counties. He hopes to make this place like the Kingdom of Lanyin. more troops!"

"Okay, I'm a little convinced now!" The farmer crouched down again and started digging for wild vegetables.

"It's just... that's all?"

"Otherwise? Do you want me to raise my arms to support His Majesty the King like you? I'm afraid I will be torn to shreds by the angry squires before the king's army arrives!"

"I'd love to believe what you said, because you said the king wanted more armies and stronger soldiers, you know, I never believed there was anyone who wanted nothing better than others, if you said the king If you don't have the heart to watch us suffer and distribute the land because of your noble character, I will definitely treat you as a liar!"

"I really didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect anything? Would a peasant have such insight?" The peasant smiled and said, "I used to be a squire as you call me, but at that time my father was killed in battle, so our family's land was destroyed. If people embezzle me, I can only be reduced to such a peasant!"

"Huh?" The middle-aged man's mouth widened. He didn't expect that the propaganda target he chose was actually a hostile class.

"It's not necessary. Although I used to be a country gentleman in your mouth, I'm not anymore. I'm a poor peasant, so there is no doubt that as a beneficiary, I will support His Majesty's decision!"