The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2516: Lidian moves out

Under the tough suppression of the Xingdian and Fang Yun, hundreds of families disappeared.

Following the four stages of severe crackdowns, Jingguo not only improved and strengthened the judicial system, but also dealt a heavy blow to backward customs such as the patriarchal system and lynching, and at the same time took away a large amount of wealth, shops and land.

These wealth and land were nominally jointly managed by the Holy Court and Jingguo, filling the treasury of Jingguo and alleviating the urgent need.

In the eyes of the top leaders of various countries, Fang Yun and the Xingdian became extremely vicious criminals.

However, in the eyes of the lower-class people and scholars, Fang Yun and the Xingdian were simply their saviors.

Therefore, Jingguo not only did not fall into turmoil, but the lower classes were rejuvenated with new vitality. They might not obey what the government asked them to do, but as long as it was Fang Yun's decree, many people would respond actively.

What's more, on the second day after the crackdown on local tyrants and evil gentry ended, the cabinet announced three things.

Jingguo cooperated with the Agricultural Palace and the Industrial Palace in the Blood Mang Realm and obtained a large number of agricultural tools and armored cattle, which were distributed to the people of Jingguo for free to reduce the hardship of farming.

Although the official did not say it explicitly, the officials of the Fang Party kept spreading the word among the people, saying that it was actually Fang Yun who paid for the help of the Agricultural Palace and the Industrial Palace out of his own pocket, and the court did not pay a penny.

The people from all over the country were immediately grateful.

Especially those people in Dingfu who received compensation after the disaster, every household set up a longevity tablet for Fang Yun.

The second thing is that Jingguo will continue to develop the north, vigorously develop the newly acquired land in the north of Mizhou, and will add new benefits and preferential policies on top of the previous policies.

The third thing is to encourage everyone in Jingguo to go out to sea and explore the islands in the sea, and as long as they find islands that are not occupied by the sea clan, they can ask the court for a title based on the islands, and the court can grant the island to the discoverer.

Jingguo has long been the focus of attention of various countries. After the cabinet issued the official document, various countries discussed these three things.

As for the free distribution of farm tools and armored cattle, all countries did not publicize it. Wu Jun even helplessly scolded Fang Yun for being a dog owner. No country could do such a thing, and it would definitely empty the treasury.

However, Fang Yun had a bloody world, supported by the Gongdian and Nongdian, and the cost of these things was only a very small amount of divine objects.

Wu Jun shamelessly sent a letter to Jingguo, wanting to buy a large number of armored cattle and advanced farm tools.

But Jingguo refused.

All countries went to the Holy Academy to buy the technology of new farm tools and the technology of cultivating armored cattle. Anyone could see that once Jingguo popularized armored cattle and new farm tools, grain production and production efficiency would be greatly improved.

The development of the north did not receive much attention because Jingguo had done it once before.

As for encouraging going to sea, it made all countries scratch their heads.

However, some people who understand guessed some benefits of encouraging going to sea.

Jingguo is now developing rapidly. In addition to the lack of skilled workers, there will inevitably be many people who cannot adapt to the current changes, and many idle people will appear.

Not all idle people are willing to go north to farm or work as workers, but they yearn for sea adventures to obtain fiefs and a lot of wealth.

At the same time, sea adventures can change some customs and gradually affect the closed society.

Moreover, many islands are inhabited by sea people, and the people can directly trade and communicate with the sea people, which will also subtly change Jingguo.

Other countries also want to learn from Fang Yun, but they found some details. All ships must fly the flag of Jingguo and must carry the documents of Wenxing Longjue, otherwise they may be attacked by the sea people.

All countries suddenly wilted. However, some countries contacted the three sea dragon palaces of the South Sea, North Sea and West Sea, wanting to cooperate with them.

The North Sea and the South Sea directly refused. They did not want to offend the genuine Wenxing Longjue and the special envoy of the Supervisory Council, because except for the Dragon Saint, the four sea dragons were subordinates in front of Fang Yun. Whatever Fang Yun asked them to do, they had to do it.

As for the West Sea Dragon Clan, they were not willing to give up their sea territory to the human race and did not negotiate with the countries at all. Moreover, because Fang Yun killed Ao Wushan, the West Sea Dragon Clan was hostile to the entire human race.

The Lei family could talk to the West Sea Dragon Clan, but Fang Yun had already restricted the cooperation between the Lei family and the Dragon Clan by relying on his control over the Water Palace, coupled with his status as Wenxing Longjue and the special envoy of the Great Supervisory Council, resulting in the Lei family not only being unable to profit from the sea clan, but also gradually reducing the income they obtained from the sea clan.

Later, many people found that many laws of Jing State had changed. They no longer emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, but supported agriculture, construction and commerce at the same time, which was even radical for the current ten countries.

The changes in many laws and policies were so great that Wu Jun did not dare to copy them all, but only changed some that were not particularly big.

With the efforts of Fang Yun and the officials of Jing State, Jing State, like a huge machine, began to accelerate its rotation and slowly left other countries behind.

Just when everyone thought things would go smoothly, the Lidian suddenly announced that many of Jingguo's reforms were suspected of violating etiquette and abandoning the spirit of etiquette and music formulated by Confucius. From now on, the Lidian will send a large number of officials to Jingguo to investigate all acts that violate etiquette and correct the unhealthy trends in Jingguo.

This news was like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of all Jingguo officials and people.

Today, Jingguo has a new atmosphere. Both officials and people feel that they suddenly have a goal, just like taking off a heavy cotton coat in spring, but the Lidian came quickly with a solid shackle.

Soon, some rumors spread that the Lidian wanted to bring down the Three Rites Fire on Fang Yun, but two elders disagreed and three elders abstained, resulting in failure to implement it.

Finally, after a long negotiation, the elders of the Lidian reached a compromise and allowed the Lidian officials to be sent to Jingguo.

The intervention of the Lidian caused Jingguo to fall into a brief panic. Many officials talked about it and many people were undecided.

The most important thing is that some people in Jingguo did think that Fang Yun's reform was too radical. If the Lidian could check it, it would definitely be better.

Most conservative forces did not dare to oppose Fang Yun, but it did not mean that they had no resentment.

In the eyes of some people, the development of Jingguo was justified, but if it harmed their own interests even a little bit, it was completely wrong and must be corrected.

They never considered that if they did not lose some small interests, they would never get greater benefits.

The next day, three to five Lidian officials in each prefecture of Jingguo held the Lidian seal and asked the local government to cooperate with their actions.

Officials from all over the country were not really stupid. While delaying, they sent letters to their superiors or the cabinet to ask for instructions.

Soon, the Jingguo Cabinet issued an order to all officials, requiring officials from all over the country to fully cooperate with the officials of the Lidian without delaying local government affairs. At the same time, it solemnly stated that if the demands of the Lidian officials disrupted the normal operation of the Jingguo government offices and made unreasonable demands, the officials had the right to refuse, and it would not affect the evaluation.

Some officials were relieved after receiving the cabinet order, but more officials were overwhelmed.

The meaning of the cabinet order was actually very clear. Officials should not cooperate with the Lidian, but they should not be caught.