I voluntarily withdrew from Donglin Temple, so Donglin Temple will not be targeted.
After all, Donglin Temple also has weapons of mass destruction, and it also has a Martial Saint.
I don’t need to worry about my family. Even the royal family will spend a lot of energy to protect my family.
A living dragon with ties to things would still have a rope holding him back, preventing him from being truly free and unfettered, even if he soared through the sky. And if this shackle was cut off...
No one wants to see such consequences.
And I also gave the eldest prince corresponding rewards. The eighth level of the Nine Transformations of Dragon and Snake in his hands was enough for him to ascend the throne smoothly.
I completed this battle between the Heavenly Dragon and the Dragon with the most decisive and efficient actions.
There are still four years left before my death. Freed from all constraints, I feel a little dazed as I walk between heaven and earth.
After being busy for more than ten years, practicing and researching techniques, I suddenly realized that I had never really stopped to rest.
My mood was calmer than ever before. In this situation, I didn't want to think about the corresponding exercises, nor did I want to think about the future. I just walked quietly in this mountainous land.
For a long time, I have not really walked in this world, but this time I found that it is very different from the past.
Things were relatively good within the Donglin Temple area, thanks to my request for tax cuts and levies reductions. Even after years of war, the residents were able to live and work in peace and contentment. It could even be considered a paradise, a land of peace and prosperity.
Of course, after cutting such a big piece of cake, many people below have strong resentment towards me.
My previous brother was walking on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Mountains when he was suddenly moved inside. It was very likely that it was the work of a traitor in the Donglin Temple.
But now that I have achieved the status of a Martial Saint, no one dares to gossip about me. No matter how much dissatisfaction they have, they can only suppress it in their stomach.
This is a good thing. Compared to the previous life, when you often had to seek compromise and tolerance, in this life, as long as you are strong enough, everything will become smoke and everything will be empty.
But even with the large number of preferential policies I issued, the residents within the Donglin Temple still did not live very well.
Years of continuous wars have increased various taxes, and people in all places are living in poverty. The Jiangnan region has always been famous for its diversity, and the taxes in Jiangnan are also the highest.
After leaving Donglin Temple, I saw many disaster victims with their families. There were no mountain floods or earthquakes, but there are many more disaster victims now than in the past.
One reason is that the northern border was broken, and the northern barbarians were inhumane and slaughtered local residents wantonly, causing countless people to flee frantically.
Those who were able to escape to the south of the Yangtze River were already extremely powerful and prestigious. After all, they were able to board merchant ships in such an extremely chaotic environment, go downstream, and arrive in the south of the Yangtze River.
So most of their life's property was lost during this escape, and their previous identities, household registrations and everything related to them were gone, but at least they survived.
I felt sad when I listened to him describe his past experiences.
They are all characters on the chessboard, not even chess pieces. Perhaps they are just the crisscrossing squares on the chessboard, the territory on the chessboard.
On the other hand, the largest number of disaster victims were from Jiangnan, the most disadvantaged region because the war took place on the southeast coast. Large amounts of taxes and war materials were collected from them first.
The southeast coast had gone out to sea twice before, and many young and strong people died, a large number of whom were drawn from their families.
In the entire Jiangnan region, only Jianyi area implemented the policy of equalizing land tax, while other areas did not have it at all. Therefore, due to years of war, taxes were levied, and the heaviest burden was levied on the southeastern coastal areas.
The landlords had the most wealth but paid the least taxes, so the burden of taxes naturally fell on the many common people in the southeast coast.
Although there was no major war, their lives were even worse than when the Japanese pirates invaded.
At this moment, I deeply realized the limitations of ancient productivity, organizational capabilities, and various aspects of capabilities.
This is a huge tragedy, so tragic that it makes people feel sad.
I find that many times, I cannot rely on others for many things and I have to do them myself.
As for the reforms in the officialdom, I originally thought that I would be in charge of military force and Ruihai would be in charge of literary talent, and that the two, one civil and one military, would naturally be able to promote the corresponding reforms.
I blocked countless swords and spears for Ruihai in secret, while Ruihai changed himself little by little in public to realize his ambitions.
But now it seems that the plan has failed to keep up with the changes. In the past, Ruihai's growth rate far exceeded mine, but now it is the other way around. My growth rate far exceeds Ruihai's. In this case, the plan should be changed.
I can take the lead in both civil and military affairs, and let Ruihai serve as an assistant.
One of the key problems of this era was the limited productivity, and another was the reluctance of many landowners to give up their wealth.
After all, there is only so much cake in total, and everyone who has a share of it does not want their share to be reduced.
I want to redistribute the cake, unless I have the ability to tear the world apart, and if I have such ability, I will have to fight against the whole world and reshuffle the cards.
Even with my current ability to reshuffle the cards, I still have to feign favor with many wealthy families.
After all, no matter from which perspective, the world's best talents are in their hands.
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