Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Zheyue has grown up under the education of the Three Congs and the Four Virtues. For Zhao Chen's words, she has no rejection!

At the same time, Zheyueru was very curious about Zhao Chen's master Wang Chongyang! She had heard of Wang Chongyang's name and knew that it was Wang Chongyang who saved Zhao Chen's life! Moreover, Wang Chongyang is also quite famous in Hanzhong, and others are rumored to be a genius doctor! She also wants to see this genius doctor!

Silent all night, Zhao Chen left Dasanguan the next morning and headed towards Hanzhong!

This time Zhao Chen only brought a dozen guards, including Zhe Yueru, Wang Shu, Kang An and others followed him!

The snow on the mountain has not melted yet, and the scenery is exceptionally beautiful!

Zhao Chen was in a very good mood at the moment. They stopped in the mountain, and it took them two days to get down from the mountain!

After arriving at the bottom of the mountain, the sky was already slightly dark. Everyone found a village around and planned to spend the night in this village.

When the people in the village saw their group coming, their faces were surprised. Zhao Chen can be regarded as a microservice outing this time, so no one recognizes Zhao Chen's identity. They just think that people like Zhao Chen dress up rich and honorable. Although Zhao Chen himself is young, he feels aloof, as if he often gives orders. As for Zheyue, it is very beautiful. Many people have spent most of their lives under the mountain. I have never seen such a beautiful young man, and Wang Shu, Kang Wang and others are also extraordinary. The villagers immediately knew that these people were extraordinary.

"Your Majesty, I have sent people to find out where the biggest house is here, let's go to the biggest house here!" Wang Shu said.

"No, just find a family nearby to live in!" Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

At the moment, Zhao Chen strode towards a courtyard in front of him. The courtyard was very dilapidated. Most of the courtyard wall collapsed. It was forkped with branches, and the courtyard gate was also very dilapidated.

Zhao Chen knocked on the door, and the door opened, and a gray-haired old man appeared in front of Zhao Chen.

"I don't know what happened to the few officials?" The old man didn't dare to neglect, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said.

"I waited to get down from the mountain, the sky was already dark and there was no place to stay. I want to stay here for one night. I don't know what the old man wants?" Zhao Chen smiled.

"This... There are only two broken houses in the old man's house, I'm afraid that there will not be enough people to live in." The old man was stunned and said.

"Only three or five people live in the old man's house, and others go around to borrow overnight." Zhao Chen smiled.

He spoke mildly. Originally, the old man was still a little worried, but at this moment he was relieved with a smile on his face, and said: "Since this is the case, please come in, son!"

Zhao Chen nodded, and he took Wang Shu, Kang An, and Zhe Yueru into the yard. After arriving here, he realized that it was even more dilapidated. Both rooms are earthen huts, with walls made of soil below, and wood and thatch on the top, without any bricks or tiles. In ancient times, bricks and tiles were things that wealthy and wealthy people could use, and ordinary people didn't have the money to use bricks and tiles at all.

"Old man, my son-in-law has been walking for a day, and now he is a little tired. Can you have food here?" The crowd entered a room, Wang Shu said.

"This..." There was an embarrassed expression on the old man's face.

His family is on the four walls, and there is almost no rice in the rice tank. It is very difficult to entertain Zhao Chen and others.

"There is some silver here, you can use it to buy some food!" Wang Shu took out a large piece of silver and said.

"Okay, Lord Master and everyone are waiting!" The old man took the silver and said with a smile.

At this moment, the old man had already left, and only Zhao Chen and others were left in the house.

Zhao Chen looked curiously in the room. Since coming to this era, this is the first time he has truly entered the homes of ordinary people!

"It's so cold now, isn't there a stove in this room?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, there is a fire pit here, I'm going to make a fire!" Wang Shu said.

"No! I'm just curious, the people's life here is too bitter!" Zhao Chen said.

He stood up, walked around the room for a while, looking around! In his opinion, there is nothing of value in this room, there are no candles here, only oil lamps, and the lamps are lit very small, as if they are afraid of wasting oil! In the end he found the rice tank. There was only a thin layer of rice at the bottom, and the rice was already a bit bad, Zhao Chen couldn't help but froze!

"Your Majesty, the civilians have a hard life. It is very difficult for us to see such a scene in the court!" Wang Shu said.

Zhao Chen nodded gently.

Zheyueru also looked around in surprise. She is the daughter of discounts, who was born rich and honorable. Has she ever seen such a scene?

After a while, Zheyue gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, sirs, this place is really poor. I really don't know if people can live here?"

Kang An is not surprised, his family life was also very hard back then, even not as good as this one! It was only that he became rich later, and he has not entered such a poor family for a long time!

After a while, the old man returned with a large piece of beef in his hand, dozens of steamed buns, and a pot of wine!

The cold wind was still blowing outside, and the old man started a fire. He brought the table over and put these things on the table! This table is also very shabby, it looks black and it seems a bit dirty! The faces of Zhao Chen, Zhe Yueru, Wang Shu, Kang An and others all showed a trace of uncomfortableness.

"My son, the family is poor, please bear with me!" The old man said with some trepidation.

"We also want to thank you for hosting us!" Zhao Chen smiled.

Everyone is indeed a little hungry, and they are eating there at the moment! Zhao Chen didn't pay much attention to eating these things, what they ate in the barracks was not as good as these! Zheyueru stayed in Dasanguan for a long time, and he ate food from the army every day. At this moment, he was a little used to it, and now he started to eat lightly.

"Old man, why don't you sit down and eat together?" After a while, Zhao Chen couldn't help but see the old man still standing aside.

"These things are expensive, and they are old...Don't dare to eat them." The old man hesitated for a moment and said.

"Hey, sit down quickly!" Zhao Chen said.

The old man hesitated for a while, but sat down. At that moment, Zhao Chen put a steamed bun in his hand. He didn't eat any meat, but gnawed the steamed bun with big mouthfuls. He gnawed off a steamed bun in twos or twos.

"It seems that the old man is also very hungry! Eat more!" Zhao Chen smiled.

He passed another steamed bun, and the old man ate it again.

"The old man has a drink!" Zhao Chen smiled.

The old man hesitated, took a bowl for himself, poured half a bowl of wine in the bowl, and began to drink.

It was dark outside and the cold wind was whistling, but the room was full of joy.

"Old man, you are the only one here? Do you still have sons and daughters?" Zhao Chen was already full, and at this moment he asked while taking a small sip of alcohol.

"Lao Sheng also has two sons. The eldest son went to his father-in-law's house and has not yet returned! The younger son can't carry it in winter and starves to death!" said the old man.

"Hungry to death?" Zhao Chen was taken aback.

Zheyueru next to her also showed a shocked expression on her face! Wang Shu and Kang An's expressions changed slightly, but they quickly returned to normal.

"Yeah, I'm starving to death! In winter, the family's food is about to be eaten. My youngest son has typhoid fever, is sick and hungry, and will die within a few days!" The old man sighed.

He was obviously very sad. His eyes were wet at the moment, so he quickly turned his head to wipe his tears, and turned his head after a while.

"Is there anyone going to starve to death in the Song Dynasty?" Zheyue said in disbelief.

"This lady, looking at your dress, you must be from a wealthy family! How do you know what life we ​​people are living? How do you know how much suffering the people suffer?" the old man said.

"Sorry, I missed my words!" Zheyueru hurriedly said.

"How many acres of land does the elderly have at home?" Zhao Chen asked at this moment.

"The old man has no land in his house. The land he rented is the land of the officials of Liu! Now most of the people in the village are rented of the land of the officials of Liu! There are ten acres in total, and they are busy working on this ten acres from beginning to end every year. In the end, I still can't live!" The old man began to drink heavily at this moment, said.

"Can you not survive on ten mu of land? Is the yield of this land really so low?" Zhao Chen said in disbelief.

"My son, the yield of this land is not low, but 80% of the annual harvest has to be handed over to the old official Liu! Sometimes when the years are bad, I have to borrow money from the old official Liu. This usury loan is very profitable every year. Half of our 20% income will be usury! Even now, we still owe a lot of money to Old Official Liu!" said the old man.

"This old rich man Liu is too dark, right?" Zhao Chen said.

"Who is not the rich man in the world?" The old man shook his head and said.

The old man brought up his sadness and kept pouring wine into his mouth. After a while, he seemed to be drunk and snored when he leaned against the wall.

"Wang Shu, Kang An, have you seen such a thing in the folk for many years? Have you seen such a cruel rich man?" Zhao Chen said.

He did not ask Zheyueru, Zheyueru is a rich lady, it is absolutely impossible to know these things!

"Your Majesty, such things abound! The land in the world is in the hands of the rich, and ordinary people are rented land. Almost all the land rent is 70% to 80%, and some even reach 90%! The people in the world suffer a lot! "Wang Shu said.

"Tell me a good talk about folk affairs!" Zhao Chen said.

At the moment Wang Shu spoke carefully, Zhao Chen became more upset the more he listened! His brows frowned tightly!

It turned out that the Song Dynasty was wealthy. In modern society, people often said that the Song Dynasty was the richest dynasty in ancient China, but the gap between the rich and the poor in the Song Dynasty was unprecedented in history! Farmers, who account for more than 90% of the country, do not own their own land. All the land is in the hands of landlords, officials or temples! Almost all farmers are tenant farmers. This has never happened in the Han, Tang, Ming, and Qing dynasties. In other dynasties, only some farmers were tenant farmers, and many farmers still had their own land! Later, the Ming and Qing Dynasties said that the Song Dynasty was "poverty and weak". This "poverty" refers to the poverty of ordinary farmers! The poverty of the peasants in the Song Dynasty is an unprecedented phenomenon in history!

Because of poverty, the Song Dynasty was also the dynasty with the most peasant uprisings! From the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were 433 peasant uprisings recorded in historical data, including the Wang Xiaobo, Li Shun Uprising, Songjiang Uprising, Fangla Uprising and so on! In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty in history, the Kingdom of Jin looked at the Song Dynasty Tigers, but even under such circumstances, the Zhongxiang and Yang Uprisings still occurred! Generally speaking, when the threat of foreigners is greater, the interior is relatively calm. This is the reason that some ruling classes in later generations often create border disputes in order to divert internal conflicts! It stands to reason that the Jurchens are about to subdue the Han people. How can there be an uprising within the Han people under such circumstances? But in the Song Dynasty, this happened! It's not that the peasants don't know the threat of the Jurchens, but they can't live anymore and must resist the Song Dynasty ruler!

"The people's lives are so difficult! I think the main reason is that the landlords are exploiting too much! They have to take away 80 to 90% of their income per acre. How do the tenant farmers live? Wang Shu, I want to reduce the rent, do you think it is okay?" After a while, Zhao Chen said suddenly.