Civil and Military Achievements, Saved for Deification

"...Use grain to steady the hearts of the Marshfolk, use seeds to control their inheritance, and the Marsh Rebellion can be quelled..."

"...The farming implements and oxen for each marsh's reclaimed fields shall all be supplied by the government. Wherever military farms are established, plows, plowshares, harrow teeth, and other tools shall be needed; the relevant offices are ordered to allocate official iron and charcoal, forge them, and distribute them..."

"...If there are insufficient oxen for the military farms, they shall be transferred and requisitioned at once..."

"...The Marshfolk must gradually grow accustomed to ox-plowing. Thus oxen are crucial, yet the climate and soil of the Marshlands make them difficult to raise, leaving the Marshfolk dependent on Great Rui..."

"...This must be supplemented by the teachings of the sages, proceeding step by step, like spring rain moistening all things without a sound. Once the Marshlands have begun to settle, and the practice of farming has spread throughout them, choose one man as chief administrator of the Marshlands. Move great mainland clans there to fill the Five Marshes. Once the great clans take root and noble houses arise, people from the mainland will naturally come in an endless stream, treading upon one another's heels..."

"...As time passes and circumstances change, the boundaries between mainlanders and Marshfolk will intermingle, each observing the other's gains and losses. Then customs will shift and traditions change, and from that day onward there will be no more Marshfolk menace!"

Smack!

"What a marvelous plan! A brilliant strategy! It opens what none before have opened and accomplishes an achievement unsurpassed for generations to come!"

Reading the secret memorial in his hand, Li Kun could not help slapping the table in praise. This memorial had just arrived. It contained a little over three hundred characters, first briefly describing