Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"Rent reduction? How to reduce the rent?" Wang Shu was taken aback and said.

"I want to issue a decree, stipulating that the land rent in the world should not exceed 30%, what do you think?" Zhao Chen said.

"Ah!" Wang Shu was taken aback and said, "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

"Why not?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, all the land in the world is in the hands of officials, landlords, and temples. If you order a reduction in rent, I am afraid that the officials, landlords, and temples of the world will attack you! At that time, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos. Already!" Wang Shu said.

"They drink blood and eat meat from the common people. I want them to drink less and eat less. Are they still willing?" Zhao Chen sneered.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. You must not be so reckless! In fact, I have a good understanding of the suffering of the people, and I am in favor of rent reduction, but even if rent reduction is to be done step by step, it must not be done overnight!" Wang Shu said.

"How to proceed step by step?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, we can start with Guanshan! This time we succeeded in attacking Guanshan, and we got a lot of land. We can sell these lands to rich and noble families, but the land rent should not exceed 30%! If those rich and noble families are unwilling, they will not Go buy it, if you buy it, you must implement our laws! In this way, Guanshan can take the lead in realizing the goal of rent reduction! After Guanshan achieves the goal of rent reduction, we will implement rent reduction in Hanzhong! Hanzhong was originally complicated by various forces. But when your majesty kills all the officials in Hanzhong, there shouldn’t be much resistance in Hanzhong! The only difficulty is Sichuan and Shu. There are many families in Sichuan and Shu, and these families have a lot of land. We will never agree to rent reduction! Then we will slowly figure out a solution!" Wang Shu said after thinking for a long time.

"What you said makes sense! However, why sell the land in Guanshan to those rich and noble families? We can directly distribute the land in Guanshan to poor and humble people who have no land!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the country will lose a lot of wealth in this way!" Wang Shu said.

"National wealth is not obtained by selling land! The best way to increase national wealth is to make the people rich. The people are rich and the country is strong. Only when the people are rich can the country become strong! There is a lot of land in the Guanshan area, but There has just been a war there, and many people are unwilling to go there. We can encourage the people to go there, reduce the agricultural tax there, or give other encouragements! All in all, I want enough people to appear there in the shortest possible time! With more people, the economy will naturally develop, and taxes will gradually increase! Selling land is only for temporary benefits, and this is for long-term benefits! As for rent reduction, it will be implemented in Hanzhong immediately after I return !” said Zhao Chen.

"Your Majesty, I am still afraid of too much resistance!" Wang Shu said.

"No matter how great the resistance is, I will do this! People live in this world, they always have to do something! As the emperor, I have the duty of the emperor, and this duty is to drive out the Tartars and restore China. Let the people of the world live a good life, and let us Han people truly prosper! Rent reduction is a matter of great merit, and I must do it!" Zhao Chen said.

Since he came to this world, since he became a prince, and later became an emperor, he already understood his responsibilities, he would do things according to his own heart, and would not be afraid of resistance!

"Your Majesty cares about the people, and Wang Shu is willing to assist His Majesty!" Wang Shu thought for a while, and felt that although there was pressure to reduce rent in Hanzhong, it was not insurmountable, so he said immediately.

"It's late at night, let's go to bed earlier, we have to hurry tomorrow!" Zhao Chen said.

Wang Shu nodded!

At present, everyone went to rest, but Kang An and some guards were still guarding all night, not to mention that!

In the early morning of the next day, everyone bid farewell and left. Zhao Chen left ten taels of silver when he left. The old man hurriedly declined, but Zhao Chen still let him take it! The old man was overjoyed, needless to say!

Everyone walked outside along the village, and they only saw most of the courtyards and houses were extremely dilapidated along the way, and they all sighed!

When they got outside the village, they rode their horses towards the front. After walking for a few miles, they saw the bones of several children on the side of the road! Zhao Chen stayed there, and the Wang Shu who was next to him said, "Your Majesty, every winter and spring, some people in these villages will starve to death, especially children. They are weak and often cannot survive the winter! My minister is now Yue I am more and more agreeing with His Majesty's rent reduction! When I return to Hanzhong, I will definitely take care of this matter!"

Zhao Chen nodded, feeling a little sad in his heart, and said, "Let's go quickly!"

Zheyueru also felt very uncomfortable. After she experienced the change that can be expected, her father and brother have been killed! In her opinion, it was a traitor who killed her father and brother, but she couldn't avenge her father! At least she hasn't figured out a way to get revenge yet! She felt that she was very pitiful. Now that she saw the lives of these low-level people, she realized that the life of the low-level people was much more difficult than her. She sighed softly, not daring to look at the corpses of those children, and followed everyone forward.

In the middle of the night, they stayed in a village again. This village also had a poor scene. It seems that most of the villages in Song Dynasty are like this!

"The people's life is so difficult, and those who exploit them are the government and landlords! Especially many landlords are officials! In this way, how can the people trust the government? Wang Shu, I asked you to set up a propaganda department to be in charge of propaganda, but the people don't Believe in the government, your propaganda may not be of much use!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty said that the people are very resistant to officials!" Wang Shu said.

"So rent reduction can also win the hearts of the people, and make the people truly appreciate the government and trust the government! In this way, the effect of publicity will naturally be much greater!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes!" Wang Shu nodded.

"After we go back, let's discuss with Li Gang first, and you two will do this well together! You should reduce the rent and promote it at the same time. I want to make real changes in Hanzhong! Let the lives of Hanzhong people really change, let the people of Hanzhong really change. Trust the government, rely on the government!" Zhao Chen said.

He discussed with Wang Shu for a long time before falling asleep.

*****

After another three days, everyone finally arrived outside Hanzhong City!

In front is the Changchun Temple, everyone stopped here, and Zhao Chen entered the Changchun Temple with Zheyueru!

He hadn't been here for a long time, and he hadn't seen Wang Chongyang for a long time, and he missed him very much! During the period when Zhe Keqiu was in power, Li Gang, Yue Fei and others were all expelled, and only Wang Chongyang was in Hanzhong City. At that time, he relied on Wang Chongyang very much! Up to now, he truly regards Wang Chongyang as his master. It's been a long time since he saw him, and he misses this master very much!

As soon as he entered Changchun temple, Ma Yu pounced on him, Zhao Chen patted his head and said, "Where is the master?"

Ma Yu stuck out his tongue, pointed to a room ahead, and said, "It's right there!"

Zhao Chen brought Zhe Yueru into the room, and sure enough Wang Chongyang was sitting there cross-legged 1

After a while, Wang Chongyang opened his eyes. He first looked at Zhao Chen, and then at Zhe Yueru! When he looked at Zhe Yueru, there was a hint of surprise on his face!

"What's wrong, teacher?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.

"She is an innate body of cultivating Taoism. If she follows me in cultivating Taoism, I'm afraid she will be able to achieve great success!" Wang Chongyang said.

Zhao Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Zheyueru was a queen in name anyway, how could she follow Wang Chongyang to practice Taoism.

Wang Chongyang obviously understood this truth, and he was just talking about it, and had no other meaning.

At that moment, Wang Chongyang asked Zhao Chen about his experience during this time, and Zhao Chen talked about it in detail! Hearing that Song Jun defeated Jurchen, Wang Chongyang was very surprised, and muttered in his mouth: "Strange, strange, they really defeated Jurchen."

Zhao Chen said: "Master, what are you talking about? Could it be those gods and ghosts again?"

Wang Chongyang shook his head and said: "It's nothing, it's just not in line with God's will!"

Zhao Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "What is God's will? Man can conquer nature, those are just nonsense!"

Wang Chongyang was stunned again, and said: "Man will conquer the sky? Is it really like this?"

At this moment, Wang Chongyang was lost in deep thought, and Zhao Chen didn't pay any attention to what he said next to him! Zhao Chen knew that Wang Chongyang's temperament was like this, so he didn't bother, and took Zheyueru to play in Changchun temple!

When it was dusk, Zhao Chen and others bid farewell and left. Soon after they returned to the palace, Zhao Chen immediately found Li Gang to discuss the rent reduction!