The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

"Your Majesty, this is unreasonable! These farmlands have been passed down from generation to generation. How can you take them away at will?"

One person drank.

"Yes, although we, the Cui family, are powerless, we will never surrender to Your Majesty."

"That's right, we will never surrender."

Others shouted.

"Wait a minute, everyone, be patient and listen to me first!"

At this time Zhuge Liang shouted.

"My Lords, I believe you all know clearly why His Majesty wants you to hand over your land."

"More than 90% of all the land in Daqian is in your hands, while hundreds of millions of people only hold less than 10%."

"Your Majesty is taking back some of the land now for the benefit of the people, and actually for your own good as well."

"You should understand that some things become bad when they reach a certain limit."

"Otherwise, you will be the ones who suffer in the end."

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, the hall suddenly fell silent and everyone fell into deep thought.

But after a moment, everyone's faces showed determination, they still didn't want to lose their land.

"Everyone, His Majesty did not say the whole story just now."

"The imperial court won't take your land for free. It will purchase it from you at the market price, and will definitely pay you back immediately. That's one thing."

"Secondly, you can choose to exchange land. The court can exchange land from Australia or America with you, but you only have the right to use the land for fifty years."

"After the fifty years are up, you will have to lease again, but we will give you a corresponding discount on the rent."

Zhuge Liang continued.

After hearing his words, everyone hesitated.

The court's willingness to purchase and exchange land at market prices means that His Majesty does not want to be too drastic and still leaves room for the aristocratic families.

But even so, they were still reluctant to give up their land.

All noble families and gentry buy land when they have money. This is an eternal truth.

If everyone is buying back, who would sell the land?

As for the land exchange, not only is the distance far, but the key point is that it is not permanent, with the right of use only for 50 years.

This means that the land is not their own, but rented from the court.

Seeing these people hesitate, Zhuge Liang spoke again:

"Everyone, I hope you can consider this carefully."

"You have seen His Majesty's determination. Do not force His Majesty to anger."

"To be honest, these two conditions were obtained with great difficulty by this Prime Minister and several other ministers."

"If you still refuse, then I can't help you. I don't need to tell you what the consequences will be."

Zhuge Liang said in a stern tone.

"this........"

After hearing what Zhuge Liang said, everyone looked at each other in surprise.

They understood what the prime minister meant. If they did not agree to this, they might be punished.

But they are not willing to give up.

Are we just going to hand over the land left by our ancestors like this?

"Everyone, I have already made concessions, so... please don't force me."

"Don't even think about secretly uniting to deal with me, or even rebelling, because you don't have the strength to do so."

"Besides, I don't mind you rebelling. I'm just worried about having no excuse."

"When you rebel, I will send troops to destroy you, saving you the trouble."

Ning Quan said coldly with a cold light in his eyes.

After hearing his words, everyone was silent.

I didn't expect Your Majesty to speak so bluntly.

But they also knew that His Majesty had the power to say this.

The current Daqian is no longer the Daqian of the past. It is extremely powerful.

The whole of Asia was under his control, with millions of soldiers under his command.

With my own strength, it is impossible to compete with it.

And since Your Majesty dares to make this suggestion, it is obvious that he has made preparations.

If anyone dares to jump out at this time, he will probably be wiped out.

Therefore, the scene became silent for a while.

"Okay, my Li family is willing to hand over the land."

After a long time, the Li clan leader spoke first.

"My Wang family is willing to hand over the land."

"My Zhang family is also willing to hand over the land!"

As he finished speaking, people from other families also expressed their agreement.

In a short time, everyone in the hall agreed to the request to hand over the land.

"Your Majesty, we are all willing to obey your will."

"But I'd like to ask, could the lease term for the land we're replacing be longer, and could we have priority in renewing the lease when it expires?"

The patriarch of the Li family looked at Ning Quan and spoke respectfully.

"The lease cannot be extended, but there is no problem with giving priority to renewing the lease. You can discuss this matter with the Prime Minister in detail."

Hearing what the Li clan leader said, Ning Quan spoke calmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

As soon as Ning Quan's voice fell, everyone spoke in unison.

"Hey, you aristocratic families, land is your life."

"Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if all the people lost their land?"

Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Ning Quan said with a sense of regret.

"Your Majesty taught you a lesson."

At this time, no one dared to argue.

He immediately bowed down.

"Times are changing, and you, the leaders, must also keep pace with the times and stop dwelling on occupying more land."

"Can't you look elsewhere?"

"Do you know what the current development of Australia and America is like?"

"Do you know that many small and medium-sized families, and even ordinary people, who were bold and adventurous before, have now made a fortune?"

"Do you know how much silver you can earn by shipping a shipload of goods from Daqian to Nanyang?"

"Let me tell you, a 3,000-stone ship can earn 30,000 taels of silver per trip."

"How much grain can thirty thousand taels of silver buy? How much good farmland can it produce?"

Ning Quan continued.

While he was speaking, the heads of the major families below couldn't help but widen their eyes.

They didn't expect that Australia and America had developed to this level.

I never expected that I could earn 30,000 taels of silver by shipping a ship of goods to Southeast Asia.

For a moment, their eyes were burning.

"Your Majesty, is this true?"

The head of the Li family swallowed and spoke.

"Can I still lie to you?"

"And do you know how big Australia and America are? They're four times the size of the Great Desert, and they're sparsely populated."

"If all this land were planted with crops, guess how cheap food would be in the future?"

"You are clinging to the land you have now, which is simply foolish."

"Look outside the temple again. Do you see that? It's a tractor."

"Wang Erniu, drive around for them to see."

Ning Quan pointed at Wang Erniu on the tractor outside the hall and shouted.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Erniu responded respectfully, started the tractor and drove around the square in front of the temple.

"You see, this is a tractor. A tractor like this can plow 50 hectares of land a day and can also carry 6,000 kilograms of grain."

"Think about it, with this thing, is farming still difficult?"

"Once this technology is widely adopted, Daqian's grain production will at least triple."

"Will there still be a shortage of food by then? Will your land still be valuable?"

"Everyone, making money is the bottom line."

Ning Quan said as he looked at the people below.

"Your Majesty is wise. I admire you!"

After Ning Quan finished speaking, everyone was convinced.