Princess Consort Is No Pushover

"The common people are not fed enough to wear and warm, so there is no stability. So if we want to change this situation, we must first solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation for them. Only when they are full and live well, they will not riot. The country will be stable." Yun Ruoyue said.

Chu Xuanchen nodded, and said again, "Yue'er, there are so many refugees here today, we have to quickly build more houses to accommodate them. Besides, if we can exchange their labor for food, for example, let them Farming the land like other common people, after a long time, can they really settle down?"

When Yun Ruoyue heard this, she nodded immediately, "Okay, we can distribute the land to the common people. Anyway, these seven counties are all your fiefs, and all the land is at your disposal."

"Yes, not only that, but we can also mobilize the common people to continue to reclaim wasteland and reclaim more land. In this way, the land will be enough!" Chu Xuanchen said.

Yun Ruoyue nodded, "Yes. Also, Xuan Chen, there are too many rogues in this world, and they are forced to do so. I think that instead of spending a lot of effort to suppress the bandits, we should implement benevolent policies for them and detain them. Recruit them and give them jobs so that they can exchange their labor for remuneration. After they work for a period of time, if they perform well, we can distribute land to them and let them grow by themselves, so that society will be stable.”

"Yes, I also have the same idea." Chu Xuanchen nodded, "We can't deal with these people forcefully, it will only cause the two sides to meet each other badly, and after they are pushed into a hurry, they may go to extremes again. Harm the common people. Only by letting them live comfortably can the world be truly peaceful."

"Well, yes, if a society is prosperous and stable, where everyone has food to eat, clothes to wear, and houses to live in, how can there be so many rogues?" Yun Ruoyue said.

"Okay, then I'll go discuss the land distribution with County Magistrate Fang," Chu Xuanchen said.

"Well, you go!"

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Since Chu Xuanchen went to Nanyue, no one dared to restrain Nalan Jun in Shengjing City.

Without Chu Xuanchen's restraint, Lord Nalan continued to invade all walks of life in Chu State under the name of a wise king.

Moreover, his methods are more direct and intensified than before.

For example, after he mastered the livelihood industries such as rice, flour, oil, and salt, he immediately implemented a monopoly and raised the price of the goods.

As soon as the prices soared, the common people complained and became very angry.

Not only that, Mr. Nalan also annexed a large amount of land in Chu State. He colluded with those officials, united with local tyrants and evil gentry, robbed and occupied a lot of farmland, just for his own benefit.

Moreover, his hand gradually extended to the army.

Now there are many of him in the political, military, and business circles of Chu State, and his status is getting higher and higher, which seems to be unshakable.

However, these things were done in private by Nalan Jun behind the back of the Xian Wang, and the Xian Wang didn't even know about it.

On this day, after King Xian went to court, he rode a carriage all the way back to the Prince's Mansion.

As a result, the carriage drove to the street, and suddenly a group of ragged people surrounded the carriage.

As soon as everyone surrounded them, they all shouted: "Folks, look, this is the carriage of His Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince must be inside. Come on, we must ask him for an explanation."

"Yes, we must seek justice from him."

As everyone said, they rushed forward one after another and surrounded the carriage tightly.

Seeing this, Mo Yu on the horse hurriedly said: "Bold! What are you doing? How dare you charge His Highness the Crown Prince? Someone, drive them away quickly."

As soon as Mo Yu finished speaking, the guards stepped forward one after another to push the common people away.

Of course the common people refused to let them go, so the guards had no choice but to start and push them aside quickly, the scene was suddenly in chaos.

At this moment, some people shouted loudly, "What are you pushing us for? We must seek justice from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today."

"His Royal Highness, you are so heartless! You colluded with your father-in-law to occupy our farmland, but you still haven't seen us. You have no conscience, you don't deserve to be a prince at all!"

"That is, you and Nalan Jun are working together, a nest of snakes and rats, oppressing the people, are you still human?"

Hearing the people's swearing, the virtuous king in the carriage froze for a moment.

He immediately opened the curtain of the car, and saw many people gathered in front of his carriage, glaring at him furiously.

"What's going on? Mo Yu!" Xian Wang immediately said coldly.

Mo Yu hurriedly dismounted, walked quickly to the front of the carriage curtain, and said respectfully: "Your Highness, these people don't know what's wrong, they are scolding you one after another, as if this matter is still related to Lord Nalan."

As he said that, he said again: "Your Highness, please calm down, this subordinate will ask someone to drive them away immediately."

"No need! I want to find out about this matter today!" After finishing speaking, King Xian looked at everyone and said seriously, "Everyone, may I ask why you are so angry and what happened?"

"What exactly happened? Don't tell me you, the Crown Prince, don't know? You and Nalan Jun are in the same nest, how dare you play tricks?" A middle-aged man said angrily.

Xian Wang hurriedly said: "Brother, I really don't know, please come and explain to me one by one."

"Do you think we will believe your nonsense? Let me ask you, you are already His Royal Highness the crown prince who is under one person and above ten thousand people. You have inexhaustible glory and wealth. Why do you still ask Mr. Nalan to occupy our farmland? "

"Yes, Mr. Nalan took over the land of many people in our village in your name. Not only that, but he also monopolized the price of goods. Now that the price of goods is soaring, the same money can only buy one-tenth of the rice before. How dare you say that This matter has nothing to do with you?"

"That's right, we people have suffered enough! You have raised the price of rice, oil, and even the price of salt several times higher than before. Do you still have a conscience?"

"Because of you raising prices indiscriminately, we can't even afford porridge now! Your Highness, Mr. Nalan is your father-in-law, and everything he does is in your name and for you. How dare you say you Unaware?"

"Let me tell you, we have been waiting for you for a long time, and today we are finally waiting for you. You return our land, and you lower the price!"

As the commoners spoke, they were already staring at King Xian excitedly, wishing to tear him to pieces.

When King Xian heard these words, his heart sank instantly to the bottom of the valley.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Nalan used his banner to seize other people's land and raise prices.

He immediately looked at the crowd and said: "Everyone, I really don't know about this matter. I will send someone to investigate this matter immediately. If this matter is true, I will definitely stabilize the price as soon as possible and send your Return the land to you!"

"Who knows if what you said is true or false?"

"That's right, there is no evidence for empty words. Since Mr. Nalan is your father-in-law, we don't believe that you will help us."