Under the tough suppression of the Xingdian and Fang Yun, hundreds of families disappeared.
After four phases of severe crackdowns, Jingguo not only improved and strengthened the judicial system, dealt a heavy blow to backward customs such as the patriarchal system and lynching, but also seized a large amount of wealth, shops and land.
These riches and lands were nominally jointly managed by the Holy Court and the State of Jing, filling the treasury of the State of Jing and alleviating urgent needs.
In the eyes of the top leaders of various countries, Fang Yun and Xing Dian became extremely vicious criminals.
However, in the eyes of the lower class people and scholars, Fang Yun and Xingdian are simply their saviors.
Therefore, not only did Jing State not fall into turmoil, but the grassroots showed new vitality. They might not obey what the government asked them to do, but as long as it was Fang Yun's order, many people would respond positively.
What’s more, on the second day after the crackdown on local tyrants and evil gentry ended, the cabinet announced three things.
The State of Jing cooperated with the Palace of Agriculture and the Palace of Industry in the Xuemang Realm and obtained a large number of farm tools and armored cattle, which were distributed free of charge to the people of the State of Jing to reduce the hardships of farming.
Although the official authorities did not say it explicitly, officials of Fang's party continued to spread the word among the people, saying that it was actually Fang Yun who paid for help from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Works out of his own pocket, and that the court did not pay a penny.
People from all over the country were immediately grateful.
Especially the people in Dingfu who received compensation after the disaster, every household set up a longevity tablet for Fang Yun.
The second thing is that Jingguo will continue its large-scale development in the north and will vigorously develop the newly acquired land in northern Michigan. It will also add new benefits and preferential policies on top of the previous policies.
The third thing is to encourage all the people in Jing State to go out to sea and explore the islands in the sea. As long as they find islands that have not been occupied by the sea people, they can use the islands to ask the court for titles, and the court can grant the islands to the people who discover them.
Jing State has long been the focus of attention of various countries. After the cabinet issued the official document, various countries discussed these three issues.
No country advertised the free distribution of farm tools and Class A cattle. Wu Jun even helplessly called Fang Yun a dog-eat-dog tycoon. No country would do such a thing as it would definitely empty the national treasury.
However, Fang Yun has a Blood Ray Realm, and the support of the Workers' Palace and the Farmers' Palace, so the cost of these things is just a small amount of divine objects.
King Wu shamelessly sent a letter to the Kingdom of Jing, hoping to purchase a large number of Grade A cattle and advanced agricultural tools.
But he was rejected by Jingguo.
Countries all over the world flocked to the Holy Academy to purchase the technology for new agricultural tools and the technology for breeding armor-class cattle. Anyone could see that once armor-class cattle and new agricultural tools were popularized in Jing State, grain output and production efficiency would be greatly improved.
The large-scale development in the north did not receive much attention because Jingguo had carried it out once before.
As for encouraging going overseas, countries are confused.
However, some insightful people have guessed some benefits of encouraging people to go out to sea.
Jingguo is now experiencing rapid development. In addition to the lack of skilled workers, there will inevitably be many people who cannot adapt to the current changes, resulting in a lot of idle people.
Not all idle people are willing to go north to farm or work as workers, but going out to sea to adventure and obtain fiefdoms and a lot of wealth is what they yearn for.
At the same time, sea adventures can change some customs and gradually influence closed societies.
Moreover, many islands are inhabited by sea people, and the people can trade and communicate directly with the sea people, which will also subtly change Jingguo.
The other countries also wanted to learn from Fang Yun, but they discovered some detailed rules. All ships must fly the flag of Jing Kingdom and carry documents from Wenxing Longjue, otherwise they might be attacked by the sea tribe.
All countries were immediately discouraged. However, some countries contacted the Dragon Palaces of the South China Sea, North China Sea and West China Sea, wanting to cooperate with them.
The North Sea and the South Sea refused directly. They did not want to offend the genuine Wenxing Longjue and the special envoy of the Supervisory Council, because except for Long Sheng, the dragons of the four seas were subordinates in front of Fang Yun. They had to do whatever Fang Yun asked them to do.
As for the West Sea Dragon Clan, they were not willing to give up their sea territory to the human race and did not negotiate with other countries at all. Moreover, because Fang Yun killed Ao Wushan, the West Sea Dragon Clan was hostile to the entire human race.
The Lei family could indeed have a say with the West Sea Dragon Clan, but Fang Yun had already used his control over the Water Palace and his identities as Lord Wenxing Long and a special envoy of the Grand Inspectorate to restrict the cooperation between the Lei family and the Dragon Clan. As a result, not only was the Lei family unable to profit from the sea clan, but the income they obtained from the sea clan was gradually reduced.
Afterwards, many people discovered that many laws of Jing State had changed. They no longer emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, but instead supported agriculture, construction and business at the same time. For the Ten States today, this could even be considered radical.
The changes to many laws and policies were so drastic that Lord Wu did not dare to copy them all, and instead only changed some that were not particularly major.
Thanks to the efforts of Fang Yun and Jingguo officials, Jingguo began to accelerate like a huge machine, slowly leaving other countries behind.
Just when everyone thought that things would go extremely smoothly, the Hall of Rites suddenly announced that many of Jing State's reforms were suspected of violating etiquette and abandoning the spirit of rites and music established by Confucius. From now on, the Hall of Rites will send a large number of officials to Jing State to strictly investigate all violations of etiquette and correct the unhealthy trends in Jing State.
This news was like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of all Jing State officials and people.
Nowadays, the atmosphere in Jing State has changed. Both officials and common people feel that they have suddenly found a direction, just like taking off their heavy cotton clothes in spring. However, the ceremonial hall is coming quickly with sturdy shackles.
Soon, some rumors spread. It turned out that the Rites Hall wanted the other party to bring down the Three Rites Fire, but two elders disagreed and three abstained, resulting in the plan not being implemented.
Finally, after long negotiations, the elders of the Hall of Rites reached a compromise and allowed officials from the Hall of Rites to be sent to Jing State.
The intervention of the Lidian Palace caused Jing State to fall into a brief panic. Many officials talked about it and many people were undecided.
The most crucial thing is that there are indeed people in Jingguo who think that Fang Yun’s reforms are too radical. If they can be supervised by the Lidian, things will definitely be better.
Most conservative forces do not dare to oppose Fang Yun, but that does not mean they have no resentment.
In the eyes of some people, the development of Jingguo is justified, but if it harms their own interests even a little bit, it is completely wrong and must be corrected.
They never consider that if they do not lose some small benefits, they will never gain greater benefits.
The next day, every prefecture in Jing State had three to five officials from the Palace of Ceremonies holding the seal of the Palace of Ceremonies, asking the local government to cooperate with their actions.
There were no real fools among the officials in various places. While they were delaying, they sent letters to their superiors or the cabinet asking for instructions.
Soon, the Jingguo Cabinet issued an order to all officials, requiring local officials to fully cooperate with the officials of the Palace of Rites without delaying local government affairs. At the same time, it solemnly stated that if the demands of the officials of the Palace of Rites disrupted the normal operation of the Jingguo government offices and made unreasonable demands, the officials had the right to refuse, and it would not affect the evaluation.
Some officials breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the cabinet order, but more officials were overwhelmed.
The meaning of the cabinet order is actually very clear. Officials should not cooperate with the Lidian, but they should not be caught either.