I Can Control My Ancestors

An unprecedented reform was officially launched in Great Song.

Gu Jin was obviously determined to implement his own ideas this time, suppressing all opposition at the first moment and persistently pushing various systems forward.

The results were also extraordinary.

He divided the entire land of Great Song into grades and conducted detailed calculations.

Only after that did he start to address the issue of promoting corn.

In fact, this matter was far from as simple as it seemed.

Whether it was to ensure the proper control of corn’s distribution or to conduct experiments on different types of land.

All of this required Gu Jin to think carefully.

At least in the short term, he absolutely could not allow corn to flow out of Great Song like this!

—And the method he devised for this was not that complicated.

He decided to have the court jointly plant corn with the people who grew it.

This seemed rather convoluted.

But in reality, it was quite simple.

In the process of assessing land and clearing population records, Gu Jin selected a series of good households, conducting screenings in various aspects, including their land conditions, before finalizing the list.

And these people, without exception.

All had complete trust in the Gu Clan and the court.

Gu Jin made an agreement with them.

This item would always be monitored, and once harvested, the corn was to be sold only to the court.

That was all he could do.

Actually, it’s impossible to fully control this type of crop, and Gu Jin could only do his best.

However, for him, this was already sufficient.

With the yield of this corn, there was no need for Gu Jin to limit it for long, it would be enough to elevate the overall strength of Great Song once more, and at that time, Gu Jin could mobilize the troops again.

The fundamental reason that restricted his actions at present was indeed the lack of provisions.

He would not give Liao more time.

Once Gu Jin chose to do so, in fact, many things were already determined.

The entire Imperial Censorate moved quickly under this kind of clearance.

Whether in Jiangnan or Liangguang.

Including regions like Liaodong, which are considered extremely cold, Gu Jin picked out plenty of land to plant corn.

Worth mentioning is—

The corn planting areas in Liaodong differed from those in the Central Plains.

It was directly planted by the Border Army.

Frankly speaking, it was military cultivation.

For Great Song, Liaodong was indeed a bit too far.

Even with the convenience of maritime transport, at present, Great Song could not spare much grain to supply Liaodong uninterruptedly, especially since recently Gu Jin had dispatched many elites to Liaodong.

Letting these people plant corn could significantly relieve the burden on the court.

Of course, Gu Jin was very aware of the historical lessons.

If not handled properly, military cultivation could cause fragmentation.

He would obviously be extremely cautious about this, and almost everyone sent there were his confidants, with planting areas set up in the extremely core regions controlled by the Song Army.

Even if Liao country did indeed suddenly go mad, it could absolutely not threaten the cornfields in a short time.

It could be said that everything was calculated.

And concerning all the movements of Great Song, various powers were naturally very clear.

Wang Yingchen had been trying every possible way to obtain corn seeds.

This was the first time he had such emotions toward one thing.

There was no choice; the area of arable land in Liao was limited.

No matter how hard he tried.

He couldn’t surpass the effects that corn could bring.

But unfortunately, his attempt could never succeed.

Within the Song territory, the penetration of the Imperial Censorate was indeed too deep.

Especially regarding these corn planting farmers, even if he could shake their faith in the Gu Clan, it was extremely difficult for him to even send people to contact these farmers.

The methods of his hidden guards couldn’t compare to those corrupt officials with power and influence.

Within Great Song, even these corrupt officials found it hard to hide.

Let alone them.

As for other powers, they couldn’t compare to Liao.

But what is worth mentioning is—

Just at the timing when Song and Liao were competing, Western Xia was established!

—Completely different from the development in original history.

Perhaps it was exactly due to the emergence of the Gu Clan that greatly accelerated Great Song’s unification process of the Central Plains, hence making the conflict between Song and Liao increasingly direct, further driving all this.

The person who proclaimed himself emperor was not Li Yuanhao as in original history.

But his father Li Deming.

Including the forces of the Dangxiang Race behind them, their development now far exceeded original history.

The various ethnic groups of the Qiang had deep connections with the Gu Clan.

As early as during the time when Gu Xi was in power in the Han, he ventured into the Qiang tribes more than once, leaving many legends locally.

Including during the late Han when Gu Chen fought for supremacy.

He even shared an extraordinary bond with Ma Chao.

This naturally propelled the development among the entire Qiang tribes, enhancing their overall strength significantly.

This was definitely considered a major event!

For Liao, this so-called Xia Country was originally a vassal.

Now claiming to be emperor equaled rebellion.

Adding to that, Liao now paid much more attention to the orthodoxy of Kyushu than in original history, it simply could not let this happen.

The same applied to Great Song.

Although on the surface, Great Song could absolutely ally with Xia Country to jointly oppose Liao Country.

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