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Dong Zhuoyuan had no idea how he got back to the carriage.

Until I subconsciously wiped the sweat from my forehead and felt the stinging pain.

He seemed to wake up from a dream, looked down at the imperial edict in his hand, and began to grin foolishly again.

Afraid of getting the imperial edict dirty, he wiped the sweat off his hands again and again and carefully placed it in his lapel.

He patted his chest, feeling the obvious reality, and couldn't help but chuckle.

so good.

The people of the world finally waited for a wise leader.

The carriage swayed along the way.

As it was time to get off duty, the servant of the Yun Mansion drove the carriage directly to the Dong family's house in the county town and stopped.

Nowadays, most of these officials do not have carriages, so every time Yun Zhi summons them, she will send a carriage to pick them up.

As for the not very big house in front of them, it was bought by Dong Zhuoyuan with the reward given by Yun Zhi. It is not big, but it is big enough to accommodate their family of four.

After getting off the carriage from the Yun Mansion, Dong Zhuoyuan thanked the servant and walked quickly towards home.

Before being summoned, he was afraid that he would come back too late, so he asked the people around him to go home and inform his family.

So the Dong family is not in a hurry because he hasn't come back yet.

In the courtyard.

The food is ready and warm in the kitchenette.

Li Lan was mending clothes in the still-light daylight, smiling as she looked at the grandparents and grandchildren beside her.

Mother Dong looked at her chubby grandson, who was only a few years old, with eyes full of love. "What did the teacher teach you today?"

The child sat upright, recalled today's lesson, and answered honestly.

"Today, in addition to continuing to practice calligraphy, Master Xu also taught us the Doctrine of the Mean and told us about our lord's deeds. He said that if it weren't for our lord, we might have been displaced, so we should be grateful to him."

Master Xu was a teacher hired after they came to the county town. At that time, the Xu family was already unable to make ends meet, and Yun Zhi saved their family.

So I am very grateful to Yu Yunzhi. After coming to this school to teach, she has always tried her best to teach them, and the first word she taught her students was "Yun".

He also promotes Yunzhi's virtues all the time.

Dong's mother nodded in agreement. "Then you must study hard and become a man like your father. Serve the lord and make life better for the people. Do you understand?"

He nodded vigorously, "Yes, grandma, your grandson will."

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.

The three of them looked over there.

Seeing Dong Zhuoyuan walking in with a wound on his head but a smile on his face.

Li Lan quickly put down the clothes and went over anxiously.

She took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the blood that had seeped out of it, her face full of distress. "Husband, is the master punishing you?"

No one knows a child better than his mother. Dong's mother pulled her grandson to her and saw that her son had no other injuries except the wound on his head, and his face was almost broken from laughing.

"Something good happened?"

"Yes, it is a great thing. The Lord summoned me here because of the taxation issue."

Speaking of this, the curve of Dong Zhuoyuan's mouth became more obvious, almost reaching his ears.

Dong's mother was a rough woman with no skills, and she was able to raise Dong Zhuoyuan to this age thanks to this land.

Now, hearing about the tax issue, I naturally became curious, "Is the tax reduced?"

"Yes, the agricultural tax has been reduced to only 20%."

"Twenty percent."

Dong's mother repeated those words. Although she was less than fifty years old, there were already several wrinkles on her face.

The wrinkles became more obvious as a smile slowly spread across his face.

"It's good, it's good. We ordinary people now have a way to survive."

"Mother, that's not all. The Lord also asked me to take out 70% of the land and divide it equally among the people. Then everyone will have land to farm, and we can also reclaim wasteland. Whatever is plowed is theirs."

Li Lan, who was standing by, only just came to her senses after hearing what she had said. She held her husband's hand and said, "So from now on, as long as the harvest is good, we won't have to go hungry anymore, and we might even be able to eat our fill."

"Yes, it will get better and better in the future."

The thing Li Lan feared most in her life was going hungry. One year, the family had a poor harvest, and even after paying taxes, there was still not enough left. That year, her mother starved to death in order to give food to them.

Now, when I heard the news, I couldn't control my tears and they just flowed out.

The child standing by watched his grandmother and parents crying and laughing at the same time, and didn't understand why they were crying.

Isn’t it a good thing to be full?

However, seeing that the wound on his father's head had stopped bleeding, he walked closer and pulled at the corner of his father's clothes.

"Dad, does your wound hurt? I'll blow on you, and it won't hurt anymore."

Looking at the child at his feet, Dong Zhuoyuan bent down and said, "Dad doesn't feel any pain, let's go eat first."

After finishing his meal, Dong Zhuoyuan hurriedly called other officials from the county government to discuss the matter together.

The next day, a notice was posted outside the county government office.

After more than two months of study, the people here can recognize simple words.

They crowded around the notice board, reading the contents word by word. If there were any words they didn't recognize, people who knew would fill in the blanks. This continued intermittently for half a quarter of an hour.

After the recitation, the onlookers all stayed where they were.

Is this the notice they see?

Reduce taxes and you can also own your own land.

After an unknown amount of silence, someone in the crowd asked in disbelief, "Is this true?"

Suddenly, the quiet environment became noisy, and everyone was discussing the above content.

"The agricultural tax is only 20%, and the rental fee has become one tael of silver."

"Also, is it true that the reclaimed land belongs to us? Am I seeing things?"

"There are also fields. Each person can get more than one mu. Will we have land to farm in the future?"

This policy is so good that they think it is a dream.

No, I wouldn't even dream of doing that.

Some people even pinched themselves hard, and after feeling the pain, their vision became blurred.

One person wiped away tears and said, "Didn't the notice say that the drawing of lots for the land distribution will begin this afternoon? We'll know the truth then."

"If that's true...if anyone dares to oppose my lord's rule in the future, I will kill him."

"Me too. From now on, if my lord tells me to go east, I will never go west."

For a moment, everyone around agreed.

They will never allow anyone to destroy what they have waited so long for.

If he dares, I will eliminate him at the risk of my life.

When the equal-field system was being implemented smoothly, Tang Qiuwan took something to meet his lord as if it were a treasure.