The great rebellion, initiated by the rulers of Han and Wei, ultimately ended in internal strife in Qi, where the nobles were bound by the rebels and taken to Jiang Ming's military camp...
Although these nobles promised many people that they would be given permanent land after Jiang Ming's tyrannical rule was overthrown.
However, as the most economically developed country, Qi also had the most diverse and abundant industrial layout.
Compared to owning land... having a reliable job and a guaranteed income from the government is much more competitive.
Especially for the vast majority of people who have never owned their own land...
Even if you own land, you still have to consider the issue of favorable weather.
If the weather is unfavorable this year, with drought, floods, or locust plagues, you may not be able to have a stable food income every year.
Moreover, if there is a major upheaval or disaster in the family, the only option is to sell the land.
But working for the government is different. You get paid in gold coins every month, and prices are stable. Even if there are natural disasters or man-made calamities, as long as you don't make mistakes, the government will still pay your salary as usual and allocate resources from other places so that you won't starve or be forced to leave your home.
The world is not troubled by poverty, but by inequality. This does not mean that we should strive for universal equality, but rather that we should have the ability to coordinate and allocate resources, and the ability to withstand risks!
For ordinary people, the allure of promotion, wealth, and a prosperous family is not that great.
True stability and peace.
As for future generations, those who are capable, or even just diligent, can find a job in the king's state-run workshops or mines, and they won't starve.
But if someone is lazy and only eats food and produces excrement every day, they deserve to be hungry and cold!
In conclusion, for the vast majority of people, Jiang Ming's policy is quite good.
Its allure, to some extent, even far surpasses the desire to own a small plot of land and bear the risks yourself!
People working on state-run farms had even less to worry about starving to death...
In short, Jiang Ming's reform policies ensured that the people of the various vassal states were neither too wealthy nor starving...
As for the rulers of the vassal states who did not join Han and Wei in their rebellion, after seeing the results of the rebellions of Han, Wei, and Qi, they all gave up their unrealistic ideas and encouraged their children to learn a skill, make use of the family's resources, and secure a good job as soon as possible, instead of thinking about getting something for nothing.
The nobles of Wei and Qi, as well as the nobles and their families of the smaller vassal states who rebelled alongside these two major powers, were all sent to Dukang County in Yan.
For the first two or three months, Jiang Ming treated them to good food and drinks.
Then, the investiture ceremony began, dividing the territory north of Yan, far into the land belonging to the Southern Xiongnu, into two 500-li sections for the rulers of Wei and Qi, while the rulers of the other smaller vassal states were allocated between 100 and 300 li...
The doctors and nobles, on the other hand, were several dozen miles apart.
At this moment, these feudal lords were utterly desperate.
Those places are either semi-degraded grasslands or land that is half Gobi and half desert.
Unable to cultivate the land, lacking sufficient pastures, and unfamiliar with animal husbandry, they would only starve to death if they went to that place...
Although Jiang Ming brought them a lot of supplies, the temperature there can drop to minus 40 degrees Celsius in winter.
These nobles were all from the Central Plains, living in warmer regions; how could they possibly endure this?
This is essentially the cruelest form of exile, pushing people to the brink of despair and leaving them to fend for themselves.
In ancient times, exile was the second most cruel form of punishment after beheading. After arriving in the northern frontier, these people cried out that they had been tricked and cursed Jiang Ming's ancestors for eighteen generations...
Actually, they are quite lucky.
If you seriously study life skills, you might not necessarily not survive.
If Jiang Ming hadn't pacified the northern desert, and the surrounding area was filled with various nomadic tribes that would harass and plunder them from time to time... their fate would have been unbearable to witness.
Fortunately, Jiang Ming had already eliminated or annexed the nomadic tribes of the grasslands, becoming the supreme ruler of both the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu peoples...
The herders will not attack them; as for how to survive, that depends on their own abilities.
First, they attacked the Northern Xiongnu, eliminating the hidden dangers in the north and west, and then they quelled the rebellion in the south.
Another year has passed quickly.
Jiang Ming's second major overhaul...
This is different from the situation four years ago...
Four years ago, Jiang Ming executed the usurper of the throne in Da Gan by slow slicing and then installed Ji Bochang as the first emperor of Da Gan.
However, the feudal lords of the land did not actually submit to him.
Or perhaps it's a case of outward compliance but inner dissatisfaction.
At that time, the State of Wu had not yet submitted to the Wu Kingdom, and the various vassal states still had a high degree of autonomy, even being able to directly mobilize their armies.
Jiang Ming's core territory consisted of only the Yan Kingdom and the Zhongshan Yan Kingdom, which was conquered by his brother-in-law.
If we also include the loyal Zhao Yong, then he can be considered one of our "own people".
The remaining regions were basically similar to the regional warlordism of later generations...
However, after repelling the incursions of the Northern Xiongnu, quelling the rebellion in the south, and bringing the states of Wei, Han, Qi, and dozens of other small states that had joined the rebellion under the control of the prefectures and counties, Jiang Ming's actual power greatly increased.
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