Liuzhou follows a cruel custom: "No matter men or women, if they use money as collateral, they will redeem it from time to time, and if their sons do the same, they will become handmaiden." Liu Zongyuan issued a decree to "reform the rural law" so that people who become handmaiden can still pay.
The law has formulated a set of measures to release handmaiden, stipulating that the person who becomes a handmaiden can convert his salary according to the working hours during his service to creditors. After the salary is paid off, I will immediately resume my freedom of life and go home to reunite with my relatives. This move was welcomed by the poor and was later extended to counties outside Liuzhou.
Step 2 start a school
After Liu Zongyuan came to power, he founded many schools and adopted various methods to encourage children to study actively, which fundamentally improved the national quality. In addition to politics, Liu Zongyuan also patiently accepted young students' visits and coaxed them. In view of the local people's superstitious and backward customs, Liu Zongyuan prohibited Jianghu witch doctors from defrauding people. At the same time, promote medicine and train local doctors to serve the people.
3. Dig a well
Liu Zongyuan is not only satisfied with the dissemination of knowledge, but also committed to changing old ideas and ways of thinking. He made Liuzhou, which never dared to drill wells, drill several wells in succession. Liuzhou people have lived on the sky for generations, drinking rain and river water and growing up.
From then on, drinking clean and sweet groundwater is a major event in Liuzhou people's lives. The change of drinking water is a reflection of lifestyle changes, and it also drives the renewal of people's way of thinking.
4. Land reclamation construction
There is a large wasteland outside Liuzhou. As a parent, Liu Zongyuan called for organizing rural idle labor, reclaiming land, planting trees and vegetables and encouraging the development of production.
Only when there is enough land can we produce enough food and vegetables, and people's lives can get rid of hunger and poverty. With the efforts of Liu Zongyuan, the cultivated land area in Liuzhou has greatly increased. Liu Zongyuan also attached importance to afforestation and personally participated in tree planting activities. During Liu Zongyuan's reign, he renovated streets, built temples and developed many natural landscapes. ?
5. Liu Zongyuan's story
When Liu Zongyuan was born, the "Anshi Rebellion" had just been put down for 20 years. Although the short-lived peace existed for 20 years, the Tang Dynasty had already passed its peaceful and prosperous times and gradually declined. Various social contradictions developed rapidly in the Tang Dynasty.
After the mid-Tang Dynasty, various social abuses, such as the separatist regime of the buffer region, the eunuch's autocratic power and the clique's struggle for power, were taking shape. Liu Zongyuan spent his childhood in Chang 'an. I have heard and felt about the corruption and incompetence of the imperial court and the social crisis and turmoil.
In 803 10, Liu Zongyuan was transferred back to Chang 'an as the censor. Since then, he has made more friends with the upper echelons of officialdom, gained a deeper understanding of the dark corruption of politics, and gradually sprouted the desire for reform, becoming an important figure in Wang's reformists.
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