Local tyrants refer to large landlords whose power does not exceed the county.

Aristocratic families refer to large landlords whose power exceeds one county and reaches the county level or even state level.

No matter how they look, they are essentially big landlords.

Then how did their land come from?

There are some formal procedures and spend money to buy, but very few of them.

Most of the methods are to rob.

And this trick is inevitable in collusion with the government.

The origin of the powerful family basically comes from the fact that the family has become officials.

The greater the official position, the greater the power and power of the family.

In this era, the concept of a country has not yet been fully formed, so it is natural for people in this era to take care of their own family.

If there are people at home, you will have resources, connections, and the opportunity to speak.

Then, we cooperated with local governments and used all kinds of means to harm the local people.

The world in ancient times was so dark that people who had not lived here could not imagine that kind of despair.

If you don’t have super abilities, or simply carry a system, the most likely outcome is to be tortured into a mental illness.

Only state officials are allowed to set fires and not the people are allowed to light lamps, which is simply so kind that they cannot be more kind.

It’s a real and perfect place to speak up, it’s scary to death.

The first and most common method is taxation.

When collecting land taxes, tax collectors exploit the people by "big fights and small fights".

There is also the pile of full grain into spires, and then step on it heavily. The fallen grain will become theirs.

It is obviously the best food, but it is written as valuable old grain and other methods, which are endless.

Although there is a fixed quota for tax collection, the local officials have the final say whether the people have completed the tax payment.

The unscrupulous tax collector deliberately delayed the tax after collecting taxes and refused to give a certificate of tax payment.

If you do not have a tax payment certificate, you will not only be fined after the expiration, but you will also be arrested and detained in prison.

In ancient times, prisons were a place where even Zhou Bo, who had been the prime minister, said, "Today, I know the value of prisoners."

In order to get the tax payment certificate, the people had to give benefits to the tax collectors.

If I give it more times, my family will naturally be poor.

What should I do when I really have no money? I can only borrow money.

At this time, local tyrants will come forward and lend them money and supplies.

This is not because they read the books of sages and are kind-hearted. In fact, most of the powerful people who harm the people have read the books of sages.

However, the purpose of reading the books of sages is not to benefit the people, but to be able to be an official for the officials.

The cost of borrowing money is very high. When people can't pay it back, they have to use the most valuable things in their hands to repay them.

Taxes are paid every year, and this kind of thing happens every year.

Many people sold all their land to pay the debt, but in the end it was not enough. They could only use their whole family to pay off their debts.

For the powerful, there are fields, and there are cattle and horses working on the fields.

If anyone can't stand the desire to resist, he will be arrested and jailed. The last penny in his family will be squeezed out by the jailer, and it will be gone without any clarity.

A bumper harvest year may not be very good, because people will encounter heavy price cuts when selling food.

This is what the so-called "too much grain hurts farmers".

The famine is even worse. At this time, large-scale refugees will appear. The reason is that they have no reserves and their family’s assets have long been emptied by the powerful.

Those powerful men successfully became big landlords in the county after years, decades, and even hundreds of years of persistence.

His identity also evolved from a local tyrant to aristocratic family.

Even, like the Yuan family and the Yang family, with the huge energy of the three masters of the four generations, they have become the world-famous top family.

However, their road to heaven was paved with the corpses of countless civilians.

After Zulong abolished the feudal division and established counties, the Han Dynasty said it would be the world for four hundred years, but in fact, the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty were completely different countries, and their respective countries were only two hundred years old.

The reason is naturally that ordinary people, who occupy 99% of the total population in the world, have been forced to the point of being unable to stand.

If they don't want to die, they can only pick up the sword.

Wang Xiao’s approach is a real solution to this cycle.

Of course, the premise is that it needs to continue to expand outward and more land is needed to meet the growing population.

Also, land annexation prohibited must be strictly implemented.

Wang Xiao didn't know what the future of this world would be.

But now, no one can stop his confidence.

"Mr. Shuijing."

Wang Xiao came over and poured a glass of wine for Sima Hui himself. "I am for the people who are not fed and do not cover up my body! For this reason, even if I offend Confucian scholars all over the world, I will never take a step back!"

Wang Xiao, who was upright and arrogant, seemed to be glowing at this moment.

The glory of human nature, Sima Hui, who was stabbing by the side, couldn't open his eyes.

He could hear the decisive meaning of Wang Xiao's words. He understood that his persuasion was useless.

"Kong Ming."

Sima Hui stood up with a wine glass, "You are enemies of the whole world."

"No."

Wang Xiao, who seemed to be glowing on his body, smiled and shook his head, "The ones who are truly enemies with the whole world are these powerful families. If they don't give people a way to live, don't blame others for not giving them a way to live."

"What should Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Cui Zhouping, Meng Gongwei and others do?" Sima Hui was also angry. "They have little assets in their family, and they are also considered the local tyrants you call them. Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and others have followed Liu Yuzhou for many years, so what about them?"

Wang Xiao first drank the glass of wine, and then signaled Sima Hui to drink.

When Sima Hui finished drinking, he slowly said, "I will not knock down people who have overturned the ship in one go. I always want to give the powerful families in the world some hope."

"Since Cui Zhouping, Meng Gongwei and others have joined Liu Yuzhou, they are their own people. They will not be allowed to engage in land annexation in the future. Naturally, the same is true for Mi Zhu Sun Qian and others."

Sima Hui asked, "How to calm the anger in their hearts."

"Of course it's a reward."

Wang Xiao smiled and said, "As long as they can get the benefits they are satisfied with, even if the whole world's powerful families are gone, what does it have to do with them? I can't say that I will stop and say that I'm doing well."

"It's not just them, but whenever they go to various places in the future, they always have to give them some opportunities."

There is another sentence later, "There are very few opportunities, and only a very small number of people are likely to seize them." There is no need to say it out.

Sima Hui was unwilling to ask, "How will Kong Ming be rewarded?"

Wang Xiaoyi summarized in a brief manner "Military merits and titles."

Wang Xiao has long been able to make a clear move to award military merits.

Now the land is divided to attract the common people with a large number of people.

But if they want to work hard to die, they have to have more benefits as a stimulus.

In this regard, Shang Jun’s military merit awarding system can be modified and moved to use.

No one in China can resist the temptation of land.

As for supporting the Han Dynasty in the future, the powerful military was determined to advance to all directions to earn military merits, Wang Xiao would not be able to control it.

"Forget it."

Sima Hui sighed, knowing that he could not convince Wang Xiao, "It's up to you. I hope you won't regret it in the future."

Wang Xiao scratched his hair embarrassedly, "I never regret doing things."

Sima Hui's persuasion failed, and Wang Xiao firmly implemented his plan in Jingzhou.

Opposition forces from all sides failed one after another, and they could only watch the mud legs be grateful.

When these mud legs were farming for their homes, they lived one day.

Now that farming for your own home is to sacrifice your life to work.

Coupled with the new agricultural tools provided by Wang Xiao, as well as large animals such as cattle and horses captured in the Battle of Chibi, the spring farming here in Jingzhou is very good.

A large number of prisoners were captured in the Battle of Red Cliffs before.

The soldiers in it were basically absorbed into Liu Bei's team, while the large number of civilians were concentrated to conduct military camps.

In order to enable them to work well, Wang Xiao saw that the conditions were also very high.

Whoever planted the harvest from the military camp can keep half of it.
To be continued...