"I've read all the reports you brought back."

Lin Hai said to Ling Yang who had rushed back exhausted.

"I originally thought the problem in Cambodia was just uneven land distribution, but I didn't expect it to be so widespread and involve so many people."

"headmaster."

Ling Yang picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp. He said, "Land annexation across Cambodia has reached a very dangerous level. This is not only because a large number of farmers have lost their land and become tenants dependent on the landlords, but also because the landlords in various places have already established their own armed forces and replaced grassroots management and laws with the clan system, making the local areas completely ungovernable. This is probably the fundamental reason why Xin Yueping cannot mobilize more troops."

"really."

Lin Hai nodded and said:

“That is why I have repeatedly stressed that we should not only distribute the land but also let the people know why they do not have land, why we want to give them land and what they need to do after they get the land.

The first step here is to expose the true nature of the landlord and expose all the dark things to the sun through public trial.

If we don't let these things see the light of day, there will always be people who harbor suspicions and think we're just trying to rob the landlords of their wealth. Then our actions would become like a new landlord seizing the old landlords' means of production, essentially no different from previous dynastic changes or even the actions of mountain kings, let alone liberating productivity."

Seeing Lin Hai so happy, Ling Yang continued the conversation, saying, "Judging from the current situation, the situation is good. Reforms in various regions are progressing rapidly. Although we haven't yet covered the entire Cambodia, our influence has spread. In some places where the reform working group hasn't yet arrived, some landlords have already begun to redistribute land on their own, hoping to receive preferential treatment."

Lin Hai was stunned when he heard this.

He anticipated the greed and corruption of the landlords, but he did not anticipate the influence of a feudal dynasty ruler over the people under his rule.

After all, the land reform he initiated was not comprehensive in nature. Although Lin Hai did not want to admit it, his reform was still carried out within the framework of the feudal dynasty. It could be called a revolution, but it would be more reasonable to say that the emperor wanted to implement new policies and required the loyalists and royalists in various places to make certain sacrifices.

Lin Hai believed that those landlords who voluntarily made sacrifices might know nothing about Qinghe's plan, and their understanding of land reform was at most half-baked, but they would definitely think that this was the idea of ​​Qinghe Earl, who had just sat on the throne of Taijing City. So if they wanted to please the new dynasty or even gain a certain advantage, they needed to make their position clear.

The way to show this stance is to actively support all of Lin Hai's plans.

In essence, such behavior can still be seen as a political investment.

But Lin Hai couldn't refuse such a political investment. No, it would be more appropriate to say political speculation. After all, Lin Hai believed that most landlords knew basically nothing about Qinghe and Lin Hai himself. At most, they knew that Qinghe would rule the land under this sky in the future. But they still decided to make an investment. It could be said to be a speculation, or simply a gamble.

No matter what other people's motives are, at least they have given maximum support to Qinghe's policies on the surface, and Lin Hai must take this into consideration.

"Don't worry about what he thinks, watch what he does."

Lin Hai said to Ling Yang.

"Their motives may be multifaceted, but they do support our policies, and we should give them positive evaluation.

Of course, our approach must be objective. We cannot let those who have committed extremely serious crimes off the hook. The ringleaders must be severely punished, but for others, we can consider appropriate leniency in sentencing."

Lin Hai thought for a moment and added, "The report Zhang Mingzhi submitted is very good. He considered every aspect very carefully when dealing with the large landowner whose family had been passed down for centuries, and his final decision was very appropriate. We can print it out and send copies to various places for reference."

As Lin Hai spoke, Ling Yang immediately recalled Zhang Mingzhi's report from his mind.

I have to say that Zhang Mingzhi did a really good job this time, otherwise Ling Yang wouldn't have submitted his report at the very top.

Ling Yang believed that this little trick could not be hidden from Lin Hai, but the land reform did not bring all good news. Landlords in various places had varying degrees of resistance.

Someone closed the village gate, preventing the working group from entering, and in the end they had to dispatch a large army to attack.

Someone incited the people, organized the tenants into an army, and then built a stronghold to protect themselves.

There were even organized forces that launched armed attacks on the county town.

Ling Yang knew that most of the core members of the land reform working group were drawn from the Qinghe Center, graduates of Qinghe College in the past two years, and personnel who had retired from the army due to injuries.

These people's qualities, loyalty and enthusiasm for work are all trustworthy, but they do lack experience in local work. To be honest, being able to achieve the current results is much better than expected.

Although Lin Hai was forced to send Ding Lin's army out, leaving Taijing City an empty shell, Lin Hai still never reprimanded the Ministry of Government Affairs for this. Therefore, Ling Yang felt it was necessary to put the best news at the top to make Lin Hai happy.

However, Zhang Mingzhi's handling of the small landlord named Songpa was indeed very skillful.

He was highly efficient and used few resources. The 300 soldiers assigned to him had never even fought in a serious battle, but in the end he was applauded by the people and the land was eventually distributed. Looking back now, this can be regarded as a textbook operation.

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