Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In a village, a rent reduction order has just been implemented here!

According to the regulations of the rent reduction order, the land rent of the landlords in the village shall not exceed 30%! Moreover, landlords are not allowed to have land without planting it, that is to say, they cannot have wasteland! If he can't grow it all himself, he has to rent it out!

This time the rent reduction order is a redistribution of social wealth. The poorest Song Dynasty peasants in history finally saw the hope of changing their lives to some extent! Their gratitude to Zhao Chen can be imagined!

And at this moment, personnel from the Propaganda Department entered the village!

This is a middle-aged man in his forties, also dressed as a farmer, and he can't tell the identity of an official at all! In fact, he is an important member of the Propaganda Department!

In the beginning, Wang Shu presided over the Propaganda Department, mainly to recruit some talented scholars into it. As a result, many scholarly scholars had no eloquence and could only read books. Only then did I know it was wrong! Later, after Wang Shu asked Zhao Chen for instructions, anyone who can speak well, whether it is a literati or a peasant porter, as long as he has the ability to "speak", he can join the Propaganda Department! And after these people entered the Propaganda Department, they became officials, and their status far surpassed that of the past. Naturally, they also worked hard and did not dare to lag behind!

"This time the forbidden army went to Guanshan and defeated the Jurchens! Do you know why the forbidden army was able to defeat the Jurchens?" The "farmer" from the Propaganda Department stood among a group of farmers and said.

"Why is that?" said an old man next to him.

"That's because the Forbidden Army was trained by His Majesty, and was commanded by His Majesty at that time, so that they were able to defeat the Jurchen! We Han people have only produced one genius like Your Majesty in thousands of years! We ordinary farmers, according to Do what your majesty says, and you will have a good harvest! Like a literati, if you do what your majesty says, you can become a champion! If an army does what your majesty says, it will be victorious! In short, it is a sentence In other words, following His Majesty is victory, and following His Majesty's instructions is victory!" the man said.

The people next to him were fascinated when they heard it, and felt that the emperor was in the clouds, as if he was a god. They mortals could only look up to the emperor standing on the ground!

"Do you know who is the biggest god in the sky and on the earth?" the man said again.

"Who is it?" asked an old farmer next to him.

"Of course it is Pan Gu who created the world! The God Pan Gu created the world, and the Nuwa Empress made people out of earth. Afterwards, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors educated all living beings. Only then can we Han people survive in the Central Plains and create a brilliant civilization that surpasses all barbarians! The Great God Pan Gu later became one. Among the three Qings, the most powerful one is Yuanshi Tianzun! More than ten years ago, Yuanshi Tianzun watched the scenery of the mortal world in the sky. He saw a black evil dragon appearing in the north. He knew that this evil dragon would bring disaster to the world, so he went down to earth in person , ready to kill the evil dragon! This evil dragon is Jurchen, after Yuanshi Tianzun descended to earth, do you know who he was reincarnated into?" The man said again.

"Who?" Everyone had a common answer in their hearts, but they didn't say it out. They all looked at this "farmer" expectantly, hoping that what he said would be the same as the answer in their hearts!

"Of course it's His Majesty! Your Majesty is Yuanshi Tianzun who descended to earth to destroy the Jurchen!" the humane said.

"Sure enough, it is His Majesty! I guessed right! No wonder Your Majesty was able to defeat Jurchen. He is Yuanshi Tianzun, and no one can match His Majesty!"

"Let me just say, His Majesty was only ten years old that day, and he was able to escape from Kaifeng. Later, he was killed at such a young age. It turns out that he has such an extraordinary background, and he is actually the descendant of Yuanshi Tianzun!"

"Your Majesty is a god walking in the world! Let's listen to His Majesty, there is absolutely nothing wrong!"

For a while, the people around were talking about it, and the "farmer" showed a complacent expression on his face.

"Your Majesty issued a rent reduction order today, and we must be grateful to His Majesty! May Your Majesty live forever, long live, long live!" The "farmer" suddenly knelt down and said in an extremely excited voice.

"Your Majesty, live forever, long live, long live!" The surrounding people followed the man and knelt down, shouting in unison.

"I once saw His Majesty from a distance. At that time, I knew that His Majesty was a god descended from heaven. After I went back, I carefully recalled His Majesty's appearance and drew a picture of His Majesty's appearance! Today I give this portrait to you. Ask and report to the portrait of His Majesty every morning and night, and His Majesty will definitely entrust you with a dream and tell you what to do!" The man stood up and said.

At that moment, he took out a painting, and saw that the painting was extremely delicate. On it, Zhao Chen was wearing a dragon robe, holding a sword, with sharp eyes, as if he was looking at the distant sky, but at Zhao Chen's feet turned out to be Blossoming white clouds, golden light! There is not much difference between this portrait and the fairy portraits of this era!

The surrounding people knelt down again after seeing the portrait!

Afterwards, the people here enshrined this portrait in the ancestral hall, and came here every morning and evening to ask for instructions and report. The so-called thinking and dreaming every day, some people really dreamed about Zhao Chen, and their eyes were full of tears when they woke up in the morning. Another story.

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The implementation of the rent reduction order in Hanzhong has encountered some resistance, but the resistance is limited! This has a lot to do with Zhao Chen's killing of court officials. At the time of the change, only a dozen of the hundreds of officials in Hanzhong could survive, and the rest were all killed! These officials are more or less connected with the local forces in Hanzhong. After their death, the local forces in Hanzhong have suffered a big blow! Now a group of newly appointed officials can't fight against the imperial court at all!

However, when news of the rent reduction spread to Sichuan, many officials and gentry in Sichuan were in an uproar and opposed it one after another! Both Wu Jie and Wu Lin had to be vigilant, and finally Zhao Chen issued an order in the name of the Military Aircraft Department, saying that Sichuan would not implement the rent reduction order, and the Sichuan officials and gentry calmed down!

It's just that the Military Aircraft Department issued another order at the same time. The imperial court had just taken back Guanshan, where there is a lot of land, and the imperial court encouraged the people of Sichuan to go to Guanshan to reclaim wasteland! As long as all wasteland is reclaimed, it belongs to the farmers themselves, and it is tax-free for three years! In addition, the seeds and agricultural tools are all provided by the imperial court!

After hearing the news, countless farmers in Sichuan were ready to move, thinking of going to Guanshan! It's just that they all know that the north has just experienced a war, and no one knows whether the Jurchens will come, and no one knows whether there is any danger there! In the end, only some farmers who are very courageous, or who can't survive in their hometown, will go to Guanshan! For a whole month, only tens of thousands of people went north! This mere tens of thousands of people is not enough to fill the population gap in Guanshan!

It's just that Zhao Chen has no better way, and he can't force immigration! There were indeed cases of forced immigration in the past dynasties, but it was usually at the beginning of the founding of the country, such as the immigration of Hongdong Dahuashu in the early Ming Dynasty, and the filling of Sichuan in Huguang in the early Qing Dynasty. Foreign invaders dare to implement such a strategy! Now that the world is in chaos, it is not a good time to implement forced immigration! Moreover, Zhao Chen felt that as long as the Propaganda Department's work is in place, it is possible for people to emigrate spontaneously in the future!

When it was mid-April, Zhao Chen only brought a dozen bodyguards to privately visit private microservices, and saw an unbelievable scene! I saw a scholar standing there in a village promoting "Personality Cult". The walls of the village were full of "Quotations from the Emperor". I don't know how Wang Shu's propaganda department compiled these quotations. With provocative effect!

He stayed there, and then suddenly a few farmers came, and those farmers suddenly knelt on the ground, bowing to him continuously!

It turns out that Zhao Chen's portraits have been "published" in large numbers and distributed to countless farmers' homes! The portraits of Zhao Chen were enshrined in the homes of these farmers, so they recognized Zhao Chen's identity as soon as Zhao Chen appeared!

These few farmers knelt there, and the farmers in the distance saw the scene here, came here one after another, and knelt down on the ground one after another!

The way these farmers look at Zhao Chen is completely different from how other people looked at Zhao Chen before! In the past, those people knew that Zhao Chen was the emperor, but they were only the emperor. They just looked at Zhao Chen with awe! And these farmers looked at Zhao Chen with crazy, adoring, and believing eyes!

Zhao Chen was stunned!

He knew that the Propaganda Department had been doing propaganda, but he didn't know that the Propaganda Department was actually doing personality cult propaganda!

"Damn it! This Wang Shu, what is he doing!" Zhao Chen was furious.

He no longer had any interest in private visits, so after saying a few hasty words, he immediately turned around and left, preparing to return to Hanzhong!

"What did your majesty just say? Do you remember? What your majesty said is the truth, you must keep every word of your majesty in your heart!" Those peasants in the distance were talking a lot!

"Okay, don't quarrel! I've kept it in my heart, and I'll tell you later! You go to farm work first, and at night, let's remember the bitterness and sweetness! Before His Majesty implemented the rent reduction order, the people's life was difficult. Now It is a happy life! We must remember the bitterness and sweetness, and remember His Majesty's kindness!"

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Zhao Chen returned to the palace, his face was gloomy!

Seeing Zhao Chen's appearance, Lin Bao asked a little nervously, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

Zhao Chen said: "Go and find Wang Shu! Find him immediately!"