Become a feudal king from today

"Go and play. Read М"

When Zhao Xu walked towards the urchin in the village, a group of villagers came over.

The leader was an elder who hurried over after driving away the urchins.

"Li Zheng and Feng Zheng are meeting His Highness King Yan." When he came to Zhao Xu, the old man saluted.

"Old man, please get up." Zhao Xu looked at Feng Zheng.

Li Zheng is basically the smallest administrative unit in Dasong, which is equivalent to the contemporary village chief.

Yesterday Liu Fu told Feng Zheng that King Yan was coming today.

At this time, he explained: "Your Highness, Feng Zheng was elected by the people in the village. He is the most virtuous and respected. He usually handles minor disputes in the village."

Zhao Xu nodded.

In ancient times, there was a saying that imperial power would not go to the countryside.

This means that officials basically have no control over the countryside.

Most affairs in the countryside are handled by people like rural sages.

The government only dealt with the rural sages and asked them to collect taxes.

This led to fundamental problems in ancient society.

The so-called rural sages had a firm grip on the countryside.

These rural sages colluded with the wealthy gentry, firmly controlled the people in their hands, and profited wantonly.

He naturally took this issue into consideration.

Therefore, he smashed the old rural system of Dasong and rebuilt the organizational structure of Yanjun countryside.

Because the people cultivated the fields of the royal family.

The palace can naturally dominate the people.

He does not need the village sage to urge the people to pay food for him, and the value of the village sage will be gone.

Therefore, now the palace can easily take over the jurisdiction of these people.

The former rural sages were abolished.

Nowadays, Li Zheng is directly elected by the people in the village, rather than being a lackey selected from the village in collusion with the wealthy gentry.

These Li Zhengs are just like the contemporary village chiefs, responsible for the affairs of the village and at the same time taking orders from the government office.

Every month, Li Zheng can also receive a salary from the palace.

But correspondingly, the government will conduct government affairs verification on these areas every year, and those who fail will have to be removed.

In addition to Li Zheng, there are five security chiefs in each village.

These security chiefs are not only responsible for daily production matters, but also lead a team of rural soldiers.

Responsible for defending against enemies during wartime, and responsible for rural security during peacetime.

"Your Highness, these are the five security chiefs." Liu Fu continued to introduce.

"See Your Highness." The five people saluted Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction. These five security guards were all young and strong.

"How is the tunnel digging in the village going?"

After meeting with everyone, he asked Feng Zheng.

Feng Zheng made some arrangements and led Zhao Xu towards the village.

"The rice has been planted, and now everyone in the village is idle. In the past two days, Wang Fu told us to dig tunnels to defend against the Beidi people. The people in the village are very active, and now every household is digging." Feng Zheng was careful.

He is very old and has been depressed for half his life.

He was suddenly selected as a good official, and he was able to receive a salary from the palace, becoming a half-official official, so he naturally felt very cherished.

On weekdays, I don’t dare to be careless about anything and do everything myself.

Zhao Xu stopped in front of a fenced yard.

Looking at the thatched house inside, I suddenly saw a woman closing the door.

Then a man walked out of it, looking a little reserved.

Feng Zheng glanced at it, worried that Zhao Xu would blame the villagers for being rude, and explained: "Your Highness, don't blame the villagers. The villagers are poor. Some families only have one pair of pants to wear. Whoever goes out often wears it..."

At this point, Feng Zheng stopped talking, and obviously the following meaning was self-explanatory.

When Zhao Xu heard this, he felt embarrassed and sad.

He knew Yanjun was poor, but he didn't expect it to be so poor that the whole family shared a pair of pants.

And this is the seat of Yan County, where Yan County and Yan City are located.

This is true here, let alone other places.

"I didn't expect that the people of Yan County would be in such embarrassment." He turned around and let out a long sigh.

Liu Fucheng grew up in the countryside and was already used to this.

He said: "Your Highness has grown up in the palace since he was a child. He has eaten fine clothes and fine food, and worn silk and satin. It is normal that he has never seen such a scene. However, Your Highness does not need to be sentimental. When this year's rice harvest is harvested, Yan County People’s lives will be better.”

At the mention of this, Feng Zheng and the five security chiefs all laughed, their faces full of longing.

"The prince's fields only charge 10% of the rent. When the harvest is harvested, the villagers will not be able to eat all the food. When the time comes, they can sell it and earn a few taels of silver. Then they can buy new clothes." Feng Zhengyue The happier you say it is.

The security guards all nodded, and one of the security guards said: "Nowadays, all the villagers in Yan County are grateful to His Highness. It is Your Highness who gives everyone hope, otherwise this life would be boring."

After saying this, Zhao Xu felt much better.

I thought it was worth it to make this deal at a loss.

In his generation, he is also an ordinary person.

And don’t what the people want is hope?

Whoever gives this hope, thousands of people are willing to sacrifice their lives and blood for him.

There is currently no way to enter this house.

Zhao Xu went to the next hut under the leadership of Feng Zheng.

A father and son lived in this hut, and Zhao Xu walked in.

"Your Highness, there is a tunnel under this fake stove. You can get in just by removing the stove." Feng Zheng explained, "But the time is too short and we haven't dug too deep yet."

It was cool in the thatched house, and the dirt floor was already very solid due to long-term trampling.

The layout of the house is also very simple.

There are three rooms, a bedroom, a main room, and a cooking room. There are some rough tables and chairs in the room.

The owners of the hut, father and son, looked scared at this time.

After listening to Feng Zheng's words, the father explained: "Your Highness, the common people have been digging day and night and don't dare to be lazy."

Zhao Xu laughed after hearing this, "Don't be afraid, I'm not blaming you, don't be anxious, dig slowly."

The father and son finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They all used to work on the Du family's farm.

If something is not done well, you will be beaten and scolded.

They were flattered by King Yan's friendly appearance.

After looking at the tunnel leading from the stove to the bottom, Zhao Xu and everyone left and visited many other houses.

Generally speaking, the tunnel thing has just begun, and only the prototype can be seen.

But he is not in a hurry. If he keeps digging like this, he will be almost done within a month.

After staying in Fushi Village for a while, he and Liu Fu set off again and went to other villages.

Like the deteriorating Pumice Village, the village institutions in these villages have been established, and production and tunnel excavation have been carried out in an impressive manner.

"Liu Fu, you did a good job." It was evening.

Zhao Xu has basically transferred all the villages around Yancheng and is very satisfied with the current rural situation in Yan County.

After all, in the agricultural era, the vast majority of the population lived in the countryside.

If you control the countryside, you will control the world.

Liu Fu said with emotion: "Xiaguan is just executing His Highness's decree. If His Highness had not redeemed these lands with the profits of the Chamber of Commerce, Xiaguan would not be able to make the countryside of Yan County so vibrant even if he vomited three liters of blood."

"You're pretty self-aware," Xu Lie joked to Liu Fu. The two of them were used to arguing, and it would be uncomfortable if they didn't say a few words.

Zhao Xu smiled, feeling more at ease than ever before.

His fiefdom has finally improved, and in the future, he will make Yan County better.

"Your Highness, look!" Xu Lie suddenly shouted, his face changed drastically.

Zhao Xu looked along his hand and saw smoke and dust billowing on the official road, as if thousands of troops were coming.