Hearing Sima Guang's question, Wei Yanchong smiled: "Of course I agree. This is a major event that benefits the country and the people. As a noble of Xixia, we naturally have to serve the country and the people."

Sima Guang looked like you were lying to the ghost.

Wei Yanchong could only explain: "The prime minister believes that the nobles are worshipped by the people and respected by the people, and contribute to the people. They are willing to give up the resources they possess, which is what the nobles should do."

Sima Guang stared at Wei Yanchong and said, "What if you don't want to?"

Wei Yanchong smiled: "If you don't want to, you are not qualified to become a noble."

"What about the tribal leaders before, who were willing to contribute their land, what about the authority in their hands?"

Sima Guang continued to ask.

Wei Yanchong said: "People are born equal, and the tribal leaders themselves are oppressing others, so they shouldn't be like this.

Of course, we will not let them continue, and we are not afraid to tell Sima Gong that this revolution is a more thorough revolution than the Qingzhang land mu in the Song Dynasty.

Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, all the land was nationalized and distributed to farmers and herdsmen for use.

Farmers and herdsmen have the right to use the land and can cooperate with various enterprises. When the enterprises hire them and give them dividends, they can also participate in management and supervision, and everyone is the master.

As for the nobles who disagree or the tribal leaders, they cannot help them.

The land they occupied should have been owned by all the people. If they are unwilling to hand over the land, they will hand over their lives. It is fair."

Sima Guang was completely Spartan and stuttered: "You have killed all the leaders of the noble tribe?"

Wei Yanchong shook his head: "There are still quite a lot of people who understand the righteousness. Just kill some of them, and most of the remaining ones will cooperate wisely. There is no need to make a bloody storm, and it is not negligent."

Sima Guang was chilling all over: "You want to attack the Song Dynasty. If you occupy the land, should you also implement this strategy?"

Wei Yanchong nodded for granted: "This is natural, this is a necessary step for the farmer to have his own land and the living who has his own house.

If the dynasty is not yet fair to the general public, what is the significance of this dynasty change?

Sima Gong has always sympathized with the people at the bottom. Don’t he think this is what it should be?"

Sima Guang shook his head: "You can't do this. If the landlords of the Song Dynasty knew what you did, they would definitely fight against you to the end."

Wei Yanchong smiled: "We didn't expect them at first. We rely on the working people. As the prime minister said, the power of the people is the vastest."

Sima Guang stopped talking.

But he did not stop, but went to the farm and ranch, talking to those who worked in the farm and exploring their lives, and was shocked by their food, their medical conditions, their residence, and the education they received.

Sima Guang was a scholar. He seemed pedantic in politics, but he was top academically. This pattern displayed by Ouyang Bian reminded him of the ideal description of the Datong world in the "Book of Rites: Liyun".

If there is really a world of Datong in the world, then the life in Xixia farms and ranchess is perhaps the closest to it?

Sima Guang suddenly became a little confused.

He instinctively felt that Ouyang Bian's approach was not good. Ouyang Bian could destroy tribal leaders in Xixia, so if he went to the Song Dynasty, he would destroy landlords and gentlemen.

The landlord and gentleman were closely linked to scholars of the Song Dynasty. In other words, Ouyang Bian wanted to destroy such a class, which made him feel chilled.

As a member of the literati of the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang was proud of his identity and shouldered the ideal of family, country and world. Although the Song Dynasty disappointed him, he still felt that this was the most beautiful country in the world, no doubt about it.

However, his rational side told him that he had always criticized the Song Dynasty, but in Xixia, he really made it possible for the people to live with dignity.

One of the models of Xixia is what Sima Guang admires the most, that is, the farmers and herdsmen here have much greater ability to resist risks than the people in the Song Dynasty.

——Because the company will provide them with the bottom line.

According to his understanding, these farmers and herdsmen work in the company, and their salaries are paid monthly like officials, and they can also take care of three meals a day. When they get sick, there are farms and ranches hospitals in the farms, and their children are concentrated in the farms and schools. In addition, they also have an income called dividends, which is based on the company's profits and dividends are paid according to the shares they own.

In other words, even in the year of disaster, their risks are borne by the company. They only need to bear the risk of dividends, and there is no need to worry about selling their children and daughters during the year of disaster.

Isn’t this the world of Datong?

Well, even if it is not the Datong world, compared to the farmers in the Song Dynasty, they know how happy this kind of life is.

What do the farmers in the Song Dynasty have to bear?

——Land tax, various miscellaneous taxes, taxes, academic rates, and merchandise, and buying... etc.

These taxes and labor service have long squeezed out the blood and tears of the farmers;

In the process of collecting taxes and labor service, these lower-level people still have to endure the act of forcing officials to collect taxes and robbery.

Therefore, when the year is beautiful, it can barely fill its stomach, but if the year is slightly plagued, farmers will have to leave their hometowns.

Sima Guang remembered the master who opened the four-way train. Isn’t it because of this that he was forced to make a living in this foreign country?

Sima Guang was confused.

The Song Dynasty was a country of brilliance and a paradise for literati and poets, but it was a hell for the lower class people.

Although the Western Xia was also after the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was considered a barbarian in the Song Dynasty. Although this barbarian country had no cultural heritage, the people could live and work in peace.

Sima Guang locked himself in the room and thought for several days, but still had no answer.

Just when he was about to find Ouyang Bian, he was told that the battle between Song Xia had begun and Ouyang Bian had no time to see him.

Sima Guang was anxious and blocked Ouyang Bian's journey outside. He shouted for a long time before Ouyang Bian met him again.

"Sima Gong, sorry, sorry, there are too many things to do, and I have neglected you."

Ouyang Bian looked guilty.

Sima Guang said anxiously: "You really attacked the Song Dynasty?"

Ouyang Bian nodded: "This is originally planned."

Sima Guang became silent.

Ouyang Bian comforted: "Sima Gong, don't worry, slaughter the city, burn, kill and loot, none of these things will happen. My purpose is to bring happiness to the people, not to bring disaster to them."

Sima Guang shook his head: "You have brought them disaster."

Ouyang Bian laughed.

"It's better to have a short pain than long pain. You should have visited many farms and pastoral farms these days. You should know how the lives of farmers and herdsmen are. If the people of the Song Dynasty could live such a life, do you think it's good or bad?"

Sima Guang didn't know how to answer the conversation.

Is it OK?

That must be good!

If the people of the Song Dynasty knew that there was such a life, they would probably be the ones who rebelled the most actively.

Ouyang Bian understood Sima Guang's expression and smiled and said, "The war is indeed violent, it will indeed hurt the people, and many people will even die in it.

But war is not the goal, and overthrowing the Song Dynasty is not the goal. The ultimate goal is to enable the people of the world to live a good life.

Sima Gong, the civil service group and landlords and gentry you have come and go, is their greed that makes the lives of the people more and more difficult.

To put it bluntly, they are just lees lying on the people of the Song Dynasty to suck blood. If they don’t pull them off, the people will never have a good life.”

"But...but..."

Sima Guang stumbled for a long time, but did not say a complete sentence.

Ouyang Bian looked at it and found that there was still some time, so he turned around and said to Sima Guang: "Sima Gong, I understand your entanglement. You think that as long as the court does well, the world will be fine.

But in fact, these people are occupying the court. You see, whether it is my teacher or me, we preside over the reform, and the people who oppose it are them.

I have worked hard for so many years, and the Song Dynasty seemed to be prosperous, but the lives of the people did not improve at all. Once the Yellow River breaks, millions of victims were displaced.

You said, in such a country, no matter how beautiful the articles and poems are, what is the significance?

The Song Dynasty used money and silk to seek peace, but it was fine, so it was not bad. It would be fine if it could live a good life, but it would not be possible.

The way to live a good life is to desperately suck the people in cramps and marrow. Haha, what's the use of such a country!"

After Ouyang Bian finished speaking, he ignored Sima Guang and turned around and left.

Sima Guang stood there for a long time.
Chapter completed!