Chengdu has changed a lot in the past three years. As the governor of Shu County, it is also the place where the Yizhou Prefecture Palace is located, and it is also the political center of Ye Zhao. It is the main place for Ye Zhao to implement various new policies. It has been eight years since the second year of Chuping to the third year of Jian'an. Now, Chengdu is located in Chengdu, where three or even four-story high-rise buildings are mostly private houses, with several or more than a dozen households living together.

In later generations, such cities were all remote small cities, but in this era, it would be almost impossible for ordinary people to live in such neat floors of cement, stone and wood to be placed in the Central Plains.

In the Chengdu City, except for Ye Zhao's current Taiwei Mansion, the official residence of the Yizhou Governor, and a few prominent nobles, most of them live in this kind of floor, including most officials and wealthy families, and some wealthy families' villages are basically outside the city. With the large number of refugees entering from Guanzhong and Nanyang, the city is no longer suitable for building large-scale houses, and it is also a means to restrict the maintenance of family members.

At least in the city, there are few families who raise their ranks. After all, there is no manor, and there is no place to keep too many ranks, which also limits the possible impact of the large households in the city on public security.

The re-pulled and rebuilt city wall has expanded a lot outward. Due to the continuous use of cement and the further improvement of Shengongying, the gap in cement technology is no longer obvious than in later generations.

The main road paved with bluestone is connected by cement, which can accommodate four carriages in parallel without being crowded. On both sides of the main street are a wide range of shops, inns, restaurants, and snack vendors. Pedestrians are also coming and going. Even in winter, there are still traffic on the main street during the day, and you can already see many barbarians dressed in various races walking swaggeringly on the street.

Now that with the pacification of the Southern Central, a large number of barbarians have naturalized, and various fruits, herbs, furs, precious trees or gold, silver and jade products produced in southern Xinjiang have been transported to Shu. As the most prosperous city in Shu, Chengdu is now the most prosperous city in Shu, and there are also caravans traveling outside the domain for a long time, which is naturally the place with the most profitable. Many caravans composed of barbarians will come.

"I'm very curious, how did you let all the big families move out of the city?" When he returned to the Taiwei Mansion, Ye Zhao did not look too dusty. After all, he came back in a flying boat. Now Ye Zhao's car has been updated and more comfortable. Naturally, he can't feel the bumps and fatigue of the journey. After wandering around the city, he returned to the Taiwei Mansion and invited the three main backbones, Xi Zhicai, Li Ru, and Man Chong, to inquire.

The changes in Chengdu made Ye Zhao feel a sense of surprise. It can be said that it has exceeded his expectations, and the cities along the way have not been badly renovated.

The biggest problem in rebuilding the city is naturally those rich families. Ye Zhao pays attention to the rule of law, so he naturally cannot drive people for no reason. This is his bottom line. Neither Xi Zhicai nor Li Ru will surpass it. As for Man Chong, he is a supporter of the rule of law, and he will not do such things.

"Lord, do you still remember the right to rent official land first and the right to reduce taxes with merits?" Li Ru and Xi Zhicai looked at each other and bowed to Ye Zhao.

The right of priority lease is a decree issued by Ye Zhao at the beginning. Although the official land cannot be bought and sold under the government, it has priority lease. Anyone who dies in the war and has meritorious contributions in Shu can enjoy the right of priority lease for three years at one time, and can rent up to a thousand acres of fertile land, and a tax reduction of half within three years. Although it is only three years, a thousand acres plus a half tax will not be ignored even for aristocratic families, especially when Ye Zhao is now very strict in the supervision of the official land.

Ye Zhao nodded after hearing this, probably knowing the countermeasures of several people. He offered the mansion in the city for reconstruction, and could calculate the success award, and then give them the right to lease first and the right to reduce taxes for three years.

It is not considered a scam for those scholars. With the promotion of manure and the increase in grain production, the economic form and path to wealth in Shuzhong no longer rely on land, such as animal husbandry, breeding, business, and learning skills. In fact, even if you give these land to those scholars for a long time to plant Ye Zhao, you won’t mind, of course, the premise is that they can recruit servants to help them farm.

Since there are many ways to get rich, and learning a craft makes more profitable than farming, who will help people farm, they can only recruit people from refugees, but there are not many refugees every year, and they do not produce refugees in Shu.

However, agriculture has always been the top priority. Ye Zhao must ensure sufficient population to engage in agriculture. That is to say, Ye Zhao must ensure the farmers' income. Otherwise, if everyone feels that farming cannot support people, over time, the people will stop farming and the fields will fall back to the hands of a few people. In this way, these few people have mastered the food resources, which is equivalent to taking Ye Zhao's seven inches.

"Although it's a bit early, in order to avoid a food crisis, I think the government should issue a rule to ensure the farmers' income." Ye Zhao knocked on the table with his finger and said to Man Chong: "Tomorrow, the government will post a notice. From today on, the government will set up grain stations in each county. The grain price will be determined according to the annual market conditions. The surplus grain in the hands of the people can be sold at the grain stations. Of course, private transactions are not prohibited."

The meaning of the existence of grain stations is to avoid people deliberately raising or lowering grain prices and causing damage to farmers' income. Now Ye Zhao has completely controlled Shuzhong, and some possible harms that may exist in the future must be removed as soon as possible to avoid Ye Zhao's inability to withstand when the future erupts.

"The lord's move is a great benefit to the people!" Xi Zhicai, Man Chong, and Li Ru's eyes lit up when they heard this. They had similar concerns before and thought of some countermeasures, but they all cured the symptoms but not the root cause. Once Ye Zhao's decree was issued, it could almost prevent excessive fluctuations in grain prices. As for what to do if the government had too much surplus grain in its hands, there was no need to worry about this. The grain in troubled times was strategic materials. As long as they were willing to sell it, they would never have to worry about not being able to sell it. Even Ye Zhao's enemy would probably have to grit their teeth and trade with Ye Zhao.

In this way, the grain price market will basically stabilize. As long as this government order remains unchanged and can be fully implemented, there will be no large fluctuations. The farmers will be stable and the foundation of Shu will not be shaken.

Ye Zhao looked at the expressions of the three of them and raised his eyebrows: "Looking at the expressions of the three of them, is it possible that there is such a sign in Shu?"

Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly and nodded, "The lord is like a god. There are indeed many aristocratic families who are taking this idea and are still brewing now, but they have begun to show unstable appearances. If they cannot be solved in time, problems will occur for at most two years."

"Sure enough, the greatest force that drives human evolution!" Ye Zhao couldn't help but exclaim when he heard this.

If they had not restricted the sale of official land by themselves, and had plundered a large amount of private land when they entered Sichuan, indirectly restricting the issue of land annexation, these people would probably not have crossed their thoughts for countless years in such a short period of time. This idea was already very advanced. Unfortunately, Ye Zhao's decree completely turned these people's preparations for several years into nothingness.

"Let's talk about the academy. In short, the academy has been built for five years. What are the results?" Ye Zhao sat down and looked at the two of them. This is his most concerned issue at the moment.

"Now there are nearly a thousand students in Chengdu Academy. Most of the students who studied in the academy when the lord left were admitted through assessments from county schools. In addition, students from various schools have begun to be promoted to county schools. In the past three years, there are 112 people who have been selected for officials, most of whom are talents from one county. The rest have either learned other skills or went to colleges in various county schools to teach. Now, there are 278 schools in Yizhou, including the four counties in Nanzhong, which can ensure that a large number of people who are studying can join. Now the county schools conduct an assessment every year to screen talents to enter county schools. Chengdu Academy takes the exam every three years to collect good talents." Xi Zhicai said to Ye Zhao with a smile: "With the talent reserve in Yizhou now is enough to occupy the Guanlong land."

The talents of 112 county magistrates are enough to make Ye Zhao not have to worry about the lack of talents for a long time to come. Moreover, after Ye Zhao's eight years of governance, Yizhou has accumulated military strength or foundation, even if he leaves Shu at this moment, he no longer has to worry about the issue of managing talents.

"Those who know me are the will of ambition!" Ye Zhao smiled at the corner of his eyes. Now that Shuzhong's development has exceeded Ye Zhao's expectations, he does have the intention to expand externally. Now Shu has basically completed reconstruction, and the population of Shuzhong has been flooded into Shuzhong in the past two years due to the endless wars in Guanzhong, which is also a reason for accelerating the construction of Shuzhong.

Xi Zhicai nodded and smiled, but said nothing. Ye Zhao was forced to enter Shu at that time. Although the world was big, there were not many places suitable for Ye Zhao. Now that Ye Zhao was developing step by step in Shu, he saw that Ye Zhao was developing step by step, and probably understood Ye Zhao's thoughts. Now, in terms of background, Shu was mature, and it was indeed the time to leave Shu. In the past two years, he observed the situation in the world, and the chaos before it gradually became clear as time went by. At this time, if Ye Zhao could not grab a piece of land before the new round of annexation of the princes, and missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to think of leaving Sichuan again.

"Chief Yun, Xu Rong's army has not returned, so I just took this opportunity to rest for a while. I will sort out the information in the Central Plains these days and discuss it after the generals return." Ye Zhao stood up and said.

"Great send to the lord!" The three of them quickly stood up and bowed to Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao left the main hall directly, and the three of them left to deal with things, while Ye Zhao returned to his residence. For three years, he had been together with his two beloved wives and his two sons could not take care of him for a long time. The eldest son Ye Zheng is now almost ten years old. Seeing that Ye Zhao is not close, he is only afraid and alienated, Ye Zhao is preparing to accompany his wife and children while the army is not yet launched.
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