On the road of reform, Su Ye encountered many difficulties and challenges.
Land reform first affected the interests of many officials.
Faced with this situation, Assistant Minister Chen Mu proposed a new strategy:
"Since farmers have started to make trouble, the bigger the trouble, the better."
Chen Mu has been dissatisfied with Su Ye for a long time.
He has been friends with the Wei family for generations, and had been secretly supporting Wei Changfeng as prime minister long before Su Ye came to Yan State.
The sudden appearance of Su Ye directly disrupted the plan they had worked hard for many years.
It was originally hoped that the battle between Yanchu and Su would discredit Su Ye and lead to a successful impeachment.
Unexpectedly, Su Ye was a master of military affairs, and even the Gu family, one of the four major families, defected to Su Ye after the war.
Neither Chen Mu, the assistant minister, nor Wei Changfeng of the Wei family would allow Su Ye to implement land reform.
In the darkness, Wei Changfeng's voice also came out:
"As long as the farmers' protests get louder and louder, the court will be unable to withstand the pressure."
“That way, policies can be reframed to redirect reforms in a direction that benefits us.”
Soon, the originally unorganized peasant movement became powerful with the secret funding of the Wei family.
Protests have occurred one after another across the country, causing a certain impact on social order.
Faced with this situation, both inside and outside the imperial court felt great pressure, and many officials wrote letters demanding a halt to land reform.
Su Ye knew that the Wei family was behind this movement.
But he was not intimidated by the massive peasant movement.
What the Wei family did was to give him a chance.
Peasants may not be good at cunning power struggles, but they are not ignorant of right from wrong.
As long as they understand that land reform is a movement that really has their best interest in mind, the uprising will be solved.
In the fertile soil of the Yellow River Basin, a group of hardworking and simple farmers struggled to survive on the barren land.
They were exploited and oppressed by the landlords, but they were unable to resist.
When a sudden storm swept through, they finally stood up.
This marked the beginning of this magnificent peasant movement.
The idea of resistance spreads in the village, leading the villagers to awaken.
Gradually, the villagers began to realize that only by uniting can they change the status quo.
Armed with farm tools and shouting slogans, they marched towards the landlord's land.
A well-planned raid was launched, successfully seizing part of the landowner's land.
The news spread throughout the Yellow River Basin, and farmers from other places came to seek refuge.
Their ranks are growing day by day. This peasant movement spread rapidly like a prairie fire.
They did not know that there was secret financing in their uprising. They only knew that victory was ahead.
At this moment, a plainly dressed man in white appeared silently.
He personally went to their homes, listened to their voices, and understood their difficulties.
He went deep among the farmers and guided them to the right path with his sincere emotions and firm beliefs.
He told them:
"Land reform is not about taking away your land, but about liberating you from the oppression of landlords and letting them have their own land and their own lives."
“From now on in Dayan, there will be land for those who till the land!”
His words were like the spring sunshine, illuminating the hearts of the farmers.
This man in white is Su Ye.
He knew that the only way to do this was to go among the farmers in person.
Only by truly understanding their needs can we truly promote land reform.
He used this opportunity to explain the significance of land reform to farmers.
Let them understand that this is a reform for their welfare.
Su Ye, in white clothes, walking in the farmland has become the new god of the farmers.
Farmers from all over the country organized themselves spontaneously and challenged the landlord class.
The originally chaotic peasant movement gradually became orderly under Su Ye's guidance.
Su Ye not only guided farmers to fight for their own rights and interests, but also helped them establish autonomous organizations.
Cultivate their ability of self-management and self-education.
Under Su Ye's promotion, land reform achieved remarkable results.
More and more farmers have obtained land, and their enthusiasm for production has greatly increased.
At the same time, the peasant movement has gradually become legalized, laying the foundation for the country's political stability.
However, Su Ye's actions aroused dissatisfaction between Chen Mu and Wei Changfeng.
Chen Mu and Wei Changfeng would not give up so easily.
They manipulate it secretly. If they can't start from the peasants, they start from the court!
Rumors spread in the court.
It was claimed that Su Ye manipulated the peasant movement in an attempt to overthrow the imperial court.
Letters of impeachment reached Yan Lichu from all directions.
In the face of rumors and impeachment, Su Ye did not panic. He knew that his reform path would inevitably encounter resistance and challenges.
One day, Chen Mu suddenly burst out in the court:
"Your Majesty, Su Ye was too eager for quick success and quick gains in the land reform, which caused the country's finances to be tight and the people's lives to be miserable."
"Your Majesty, please punish me!"
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the court.
However, Su Ye was not knocked down by this sudden attack.
He had already made preparations to deal with it, proving that Chen Mu's accusations were unfounded.
He responded calmly and refuted Yan Lichu's accusations one by one, showing firm determination and confidence.
In order to clarify the facts, Su Ye distributed a large amount of data and evidence to everyone in the court.
The above clearly shows the effectiveness of land reform in the capital of Chu State!
This is the biggest secret to the rise of Chu State.
This is the biggest secret why Chu State became the richest man in the seven countries in just a dozen years!
And all of this was achieved through Su Ye’s land reform!
Yan Lichu looked at the memorial in his hand and was extremely shocked.
How crazy is this Chu Muxue to give up Su Ye?
Su Ye looked at the silent court and said righteously:
"What the Assistant Minister said is nonsense!"
"I, Su Ye, am dedicated to serving the public good. What reason is there to overthrow the imperial court? What reason is there to prevent the reform from proceeding?"
At this time, Su Ye was no longer the isolated reformer he had been before.
In the process of land reform, he won the support of more and more people.
Many officials also began to support his reform initiatives.
With strong public support, Su Ye withstood the pressure from Chen Mu and Wei Changfeng
Continue to promote land reform.
With the deepening of land reform, Su Ye's reputation is getting higher and higher.
The reform concept he advocated gradually gained popularity among the people.
After the broad masses of farmers obtained land, their enthusiasm for production was unprecedentedly high.
Agricultural production gradually recovered and the national economy gradually prospered.
More and more people are benefiting from it, and the social atmosphere is gradually improving.
All these changes have allowed more people to see the hope of Dayan.
It also made Su Ye's position in the court more stable.
