Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"Rent reduction? How to reduce rent?" Wang Shu said in a daze.

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

"Ah!" Wang Shu was taken aback, and said: "Your Majesty, never!"

"Why not?" Zhao Chen said.

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

"They drank blood and meat from the people. I want them to drink less and eat less. They still don't want to?" Zhao Chen sneered.

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

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

"Your Majesty, we can start with Guan Shan! This time the counterattack against Guan Shan is successful. We have obtained a lot of land. We can sell this land to rich people, but it is stipulated that the land rent shall not exceed 30%! Those rich people will not if they are unwilling. To buy, if you buy, you must implement our laws! In this way, Guanshan can take the lead in realizing the goal of rent reduction! After Guanshan has achieved the goal of rent reduction, we will implement rent reduction in Hanzhong! The various forces in Hanzhong are complicated. But when your Majesty can kill all officials in Hanzhong when you can ask for it, there shouldn’t be much resistance in Hanzhong! The only difficulty is that there are many aristocratic families in Sichuan and Sichuan, and these aristocratic families have a lot of land. They are I would never approve of rent reduction! At that time, we will slowly find a way!" Wang Shu thought for a long time, said.

"What you said makes sense! But why should Guanshan's land be sold to those rich and noble? We can directly distribute the Guanshan's land to the poor and lowly people who don't have land!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, this way the country will lose a lot of wealth!" 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 become rich and the country becomes strong. Only when the people have money can the country become strong! There are a lot of land in Guanshan, but It has just experienced war there, and many people are unwilling to go there. We can encourage the people to go there, we can reduce the agricultural tax there, or give other encouragement! In short, I want to let enough people appear there in the shortest time! When there are more people, the economy will naturally develop, and taxation will gradually increase! Land sales are only in exchange for temporary benefits, and this is in exchange for long-term benefits! As for rent reduction, I will implement it in Hanzhong immediately after I return. !" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the minister is still afraid of too much resistance!" Wang Shu said.

"Even if there is no amount of resistance, I will do this thing! People living in this world always have to do something! As the emperor, I have the responsibility of the emperor. This responsibility is to expel the Tartars and restore China. Let the people all over the world live a good life, and let us Han people truly prosper! Rent reduction is a matter of generations to come, and I must accomplish this!" Zhao Chen said.

Since he came to this world, since he became the prince, and later became the emperor, he has already understood his responsibilities, he will act according to his own heart, and will not be afraid of resistance!

"Your Majesty has the people in your mind, and Wang Shu is willing to help your Majesty!" Wang Shu thought for a while, and felt that although rent reduction in Hanzhong was pressured, it was not insurmountable. He said now.

"It's already late at night, let's take a rest early, and we have to hurry tomorrow!" Zhao Chen said.

Wang Shu nodded!

At the moment everyone went to rest, Kang An and some guards were still guarding all night, not to mention!

In the early morning of the next day, everyone 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 so happy, he didn't need to say more!

Everyone walked along the village towards the outside. Along the way, they saw most of the courtyards and houses were abnormally dilapidated, and they all sighed!

When they arrived outside the village, they rode forward, and after walking for a few miles, they saw the bones of a few children on the side of the road! Zhao Chen stayed there, and Wang Shu next to him said: "Your Majesty, every winter and spring, some people in these rural areas will always starve to death, especially children. They are weak and often can't make it through the winter! Laiyue agrees with your majesty's rent reduction! When we return to Hanzhong, the Weichen will surely take care of this matter!"

Zhao Chen nodded, he felt a little sad, and said, "Let's go quickly!"

Zheyueru was also very uncomfortable in her heart. After she experienced the change of Zheyueru, her father and brother had been killed! In her opinion, it was a group of traitorous officials who killed her father and brother, but she could not avenge her father! At least she hasn't figured out a way to get revenge yet! She felt very pitiful. Now that she saw the lives of the people at the bottom, she knew that the lives of the people at the bottom were much harder than her. She sighed softly, afraid to look at the bodies of the children, and followed everyone forward.

In the middle of the night, they stayed overnight in a village. This village was also a poor scene. It seems that most of the countryside in the Song Dynasty is like this!

"The people live in such a difficult life, and the people who exploit them are the government and landlords! Especially many landlords are officials! How can the people trust the government? Wang Shu, I asked you to set up a propaganda department to take charge of propaganda matters, but the people don’t Believe in the government, your propaganda is not very useful!" Zhao Chen said.

"What your majesty said is that the people are very resistant to officials!" Wang Shu said.

"So rent reduction can also win the hearts of the people, so that 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 together! You have to reduce rent and promote it. I want to make real changes in Hanzhong! Let Hanzhong people’s lives truly change, and Hanzhong people’s lives will truly change. Trust the government and rely on it!" Zhao Chen said.

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

After another three days, everyone finally came to the outside of Hanzhong City!

The front is Changchun View, everyone stopped here, Zhao Chen took Zheyueru into Changchun View!

He hasn't been here for a long time, and he hasn't seen Wang Chongyang for a long time, and he misses it very much in his heart! During the time when Zhe Keqiu was in power, Li Gang, Yue Fei and others were all expelled. Only Wang Chongyang was in Hanzhong City. At that time, he was very dependent on Wang Chongyang! Now, he truly regards Wang Chongyang as his master. He hasn't seen him for a long time, and he misses this master very much!

As soon as he entered the Changchun View, Ma Yu rushed over, and Zhao Chen touched his head and said, "Where is the master?"

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

Zhao Chen entered the room with Zheyueru, and indeed Wang Chongyang was sitting there cross-legged!

After a while, Wang Chongyang opened his eyes. He first looked at Zhao Chen, and then at Zhe Yueru! When looking at Zheyueru, his face showed a hint of surprise!

"What's the matter with the teacher?" Zhao Chen asked in surprise.

"She is an innate cultivating body, if you follow me in cultivating, I am afraid that she will be successful!" Wang Chongyang said.

Zhao Chen was a little bit dumbfounded, as Zheyue was a queen in name, so how could he follow Wang Chongyang to meditate.

Wang Chongyang obviously understands this truth, he just talked about it, and didn't mean anything else.

When Wang Chongyang asked about Zhao Chen's experience during this period, Zhao Chen spoke in detail! Hearing that Song Jun defeated Jurchen, Wang Chongyang was surprised, and muttered: "Strange, strange, actually defeated Jurchen."

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

Wang Chongyang shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just inconsistent with God's will!"

Zhao Chen couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "What providence? Man can conquer the sky. Those are all nonsense!"

Wang Chongyang was in a daze again, and said, "Man can conquer the sky? Is it really like this?"

At this moment, Wang Chongyang was actually in deep thought. Zhao Chen didn't care when he talked next to him! Zhao Chen knew that Wang Chongyang's temperament was like this, so he didn't bother him, and took Zheyueru around in the Changchun View!

When it was dusk, Zhao Chen and others left, and soon they returned to the palace. Zhao Chen immediately called Li Gang to discuss rent reduction!