Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"See your majesty for the minister!" Li Gang was naturally extremely happy when he saw Zhao Chen!

He looked at Zhao Chen carefully for a while before sitting down.

"What does the teacher look at?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty's imperial concession, the Weichen always worried about your Majesty in Hanzhong, now that you see that your Majesty is in good health, this is relieved!" Li Gang said.

"Thank you teacher for your concern!" Zhao Chen said.

There was some emotion in his heart. After so many years, Li Gang still cares about himself! Perhaps in Li Gang's heart, he will always be the little kid who grew up! Li Gang really treats himself as a nephew!

"Your Majesty's imperial conquest, to win such a big victory, the people of the world are excited! We are here to congratulate your Majesty!" Li Gang said.

"This is nothing to celebrate, and we are dead and injured! What we have defeated is only the Wanyan Living Girl. The Wanyan Living Girl is just a Jurchen general who is less than twenty, compared to Wanyan Loushi and Wanyanwu. Shu, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan and others are even worse! Our overall strength is still not as good as Jurchen, and we are not rivals for Jurchen on the plain! Fortunately, we have now obtained Tongguan. As long as we hold Tongguan, it is enough to make Jurchen people Can't go west!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is right! When His Majesty had not yet ascended the throne, the Weichen once said that the first step is to take Guanshan! The possession of Guanshan, Chuanshu and other places, this is the foundation of Qin Shihuang and Han Gaozu. The place! The Weichen believes that his Majesty will not lose to Qin Shihuang and Han Gaozu, and he will definitely be able to establish hegemony in this territory until he dominates the world!" Li Gang said.

"I have this confidence! But the gap between us and the original Qin and Han Dynasties is still huge. There were only more than one million men in the original Qin State, but the military strength reached 600,000! By the time Han Gaozu, the armed forces in hand were also extremely strong. Many, Han Xin ambushed Xiang Yu on all sides, and there were more than half a million ambushes in that day! Now we have only more than one hundred thousand troops. If you want to conquer the world with this strength, I'm afraid it won't work!" Zhao Chen said. .

"We should conscript, but people all over the world are unwilling to join the army, and there is no way for the time being." Li Gang said.

"I leave this to Wang Shu to do, I believe he can do this thing well! In addition, I have one more thing to leave to the teacher and Wang Shu to do." Zhao Chen said.

At the moment Zhao Chen talked about the rent reduction, and Li Gang stayed there.

With Li Gang’s political wisdom, it is natural to know that this rent reduction matter is of great importance. It involves almost all officials, large and small in the world, countless rich and noble families, countless temples and Taoist temples. It can be said that it affects the whole body. Improper handling, chaos in the world is extremely likely!

"Your Majesty, this matter must be cautious!" Li Gang said.

"Wang Shu also advised me to proceed step by step. We can implement rent reduction in Shanxi and Hanzhong now, and I am ready to implement this as soon as possible! When I came out of the Sanatorium, I saw that people everywhere are indeed living in hardship, and I was very disturbed! People don't have a living, this is why we are not doing well!" Zhao Chen said.

Li Gang frowned, and after a long time, Li Gang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I will do this alone! Your Majesty and Lord Wang don't worry about this matter!"

Zhao Chen was taken aback, and said, "What do you say?"

Li Gang said: "The rent reduction offends the officials and gentry of the world. If you go down and do it, I am afraid that the officials and gentry of the world will oppose your majesty, and it will be detrimental to the world! This matter will be done by the veteran. The veteran will do it alone. At best, officials and gentry in the world hate veterans! In the future, your majesty can remove the position of veteran to appease the hearts of officials and gentry in the world!"

Zhao Chen stayed there and said, "How can this be?"

Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, don't hesitate, this is the case! The ministers have dedicated themselves to the Song Dynasty and died. If it is really beneficial to the Song Dynasty, even if it is pointed out by Wanfu and cursed by the world, it is nothing! Your Majesty! As a monarch, it has something to do with Jiangshan Sheji, so you can’t do such a thing at the moment! With Jiangshan Sheji, the best way is for a minister to come forward!"

Zhao Chen thought for a long time. He didn't want to let Li Gang become the thorn in the eyes of officials and gentry in the world, but the sentence behind Li Gang moved him! He is now the Emperor of Song Dynasty, and now is not the time to oppose the officials and gentry of the world, even if it is for the benefit of the vast majority of the people, he can't do this! It's best to let Li Gang come forward to do this now!

"So I will trouble the teacher!" Zhao Chen said.

"These are the responsibilities of the weird minister! The weird minister is the prime minister. Who will do it if I don't do such things?" Li Gang smiled.

On the morning of the next day, the ministers arrived one after another!

After Zhao Chen arrived, Li Gang really stood up and proposed rent reduction!

As soon as Li Gang said what he said, the officials in the DPRK were in an uproar, and there were voices of opposition everywhere!

"Your Majesty, people all over the world are living in hardship, and they must do this!" Li Gang said loudly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen will never agree!" This is the new minister of rites!

"Your Majesty, the Weichen also disagrees!" This is the newly appointed Minister of Engineering.

"Your Majesty, the Weichen also feels that it is a bit wrong to do this!" Another person stood up, this person turned out to be the privy envoy Qu Duan!

It turned out that after Qu Duan came to Hanzhong, he felt that he could no longer be in power, so he might as well be a rich man. So in just a few months, Qu Duan has purchased thousands of acres of land. He had been in Jingyuan City for many years, and later served as a manager, and saved a lot of money, which was spent on the land at this moment. He was expecting to rely on these land to provide for the elderly, but he did not expect that Li Gang would actually propose the so-called "rent reduction", and he was angry and angry at the moment.

"Qu Aiqing talked about why it's wrong?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, emperors have ruled the world together with officials and scholar-officials! Officials and scholar-officials have survived on some land in their homes! Now Master Li wants to reduce rent, how can officials and scholar-officials survive?" Qu Duan Leng Soundtrack.

"Master Qu, do you know how much land there is in Li's house?" Li Gang said.

"This... I don't know." Qu Duan said. He really didn't know how much land Li Gang had. He just heard that Li Gang is frugal and simple.

"I don’t have an acre of land in my family. I rely on the royal salaries. I have never accepted a single bribe. Wouldn’t I survive this way? Even 30% of the land in your house is enough to survive. The vast majority of the people are much better! I don't understand why Master Qu must oppose this rent reduction order!" Li Gang said.

"Anyway, Qu will never agree!"

The ministers below stepped forward one after another and expressed their dissatisfaction. Only a few people such as Li Ruoshui and Wang Shu did not speak! Since Li Gang decided to bear all the accusations, Li Ruoshui, Wang Shu and others had been hinted before, so they just remained silent and did not agree with them!

"Your Majesty, please refer to this matter!" Qu Duan said.

"The ministers have different opinions, and I don't know what to do! I don't like this. The rent reduction order cannot be implemented nationwide. Let's find some places to implement it! Let's implement it in Guanshan, Han and other places!" Zhao Chen Dao.

"Your Majesty, no!" Qu Duan said anxiously.

"Let me think about this matter carefully... Li Gang, this matter is left to you for the time being, you can do it cheaply! If there is nothing else, then retreat!" Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Chen has left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Li Gang is still arguing with Qu Duan and others! Qu Duan and others tried their best to persuade Li Gang. Some even promised to distribute part of their land to Li Gang, but Li Gang still refused! This made the ministers in the DPRK very angry!

From the next day, Li Gang really implemented a rent reduction order in Hanzhong!

He sent all the officials of the Chinese Book Ministry out to do this!

Officials from the Ministry of Literature and Art delivered the imperial orders throughout Hanzhong, meaning that the rent of all landlords must be reduced to 30%! If someone refuses to follow it, it is openly against the court, and the yamen should immediately catch it!

However, many officials in yamen in various places are landlords, and these yamen officials are unwilling to lower the rent in the first place!

Therefore, it is difficult to implement rent reduction!

Li Gang was frustrated. On the night of March 10th, Li Gang came to the palace again and asked for Zhao Chen's support!

"Your Majesty, officials from all over Hanzhong are unwilling to implement this rent reduction order. It's impossible to rely on them. Now it seems that they can only rely on the army!" Li Gang said.

"Rely on the army?" Zhao Chen was taken aback.

"Yes! Let the military everywhere implement this rent reduction order. If anyone is unwilling to implement the rent reduction order, immediately catch it! Your Majesty, don't you say that you want to improve the status of soldiers? Soldiers help implement the rent reduction order. The people of the world are grateful to the soldiers. The military’s view is bound to change, don’t you think?” Li Gang said.

"Yes! Then let the army do this thing! I immediately issued an decree to the Huan Qing army to let Liu Qi lead his troops into Hanzhong! Liu Qi is a member of Jingyuan, and all of them are in the Huanqing army. People, they don't have land in Hanzhong, and they won't go with the officials!" Zhao Chen said.

"It's the best!" Li Gang said with joy.

To mobilize the army, there must be the will of the Military Aircraft Department, which means that there must be a handwritten order from Zhao Chen! At the moment, Zhao Chen wrote to Liu Qi, let alone!

Li Gang was busy reducing rent. He didn't stay in the palace any more, so he immediately contacted Liu Qi, not to mention it.

During this period of time, the Huanqing Army was undergoing intense training. They followed the instructions in the infantry exercise code. In addition, Wang Shu's Propaganda Department also arranged many propaganda personnel into the army to conduct propaganda and education work for the soldiers! Sure enough, this is only one or two months, and the Huan Qing Army has also undergone great changes! Liu Qi also praised the book "Infantry Exercise Code" written by Zhao Chen!

When Li Gang came personally and brought Zhao Chen's order, Liu Qi naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately led 10,000 troops to follow Li Gang into Hanzhong!

After the Huan Qing Army entered Hanzhong, this rent reduction order can finally be implemented smoothly!

Although the landlords in Hanzhong were strongly dissatisfied, no one dared to resist the army! Someone who resists will be arrested immediately, and later on their land will still be subject to a rent reduction order!

Of course, as soon as the rent reduction order was launched, the people of Hanzhong were overjoyed!

The people of Hanzhong did not understand the struggle between the DPRK and China. In their opinion, any government order in the DPRK came from Zhao Chen's will, and it was Zhao Chen's implementation!

Everyone is grateful to the emperor, so needless to say!

And at this time, Wang Shu's propaganda department once again entered the villages across Hanzhong to carry out propaganda!

Originally, according to Zhao Chen’s intention, the Department of Propaganda was mainly propagating crazy nationalism and the huge threat of Jurchens to the Han people. In the end, forced conscription could be carried out so that all aspects of the country’s politics, economy, and culture could serve for military expansion, war preparations, and foreign affairs. The war is to transform Hanzhong, Sichuan, Shu, and Guanshan into a "militarization" to realize the rapid development of the national military power in a short period of time, so that the national military power will reach ten times the previous one in five to ten years. Even dozens of times, they formed millions of regular troops and death squads, and then swept the world, completely wiped out other foreign forces such as the Jin Kingdom, Xixia, and Tubo, and even eliminated all the Mongolian tribes that have not yet risen, so that the Song Dynasty will not be subjugated and extinct.

Wang Shu is very wise. He feels that propagating these ideas may not be acceptable to the people for the time being! From the beginning of this year to now, Zhao Chen has done two major things. The first is naturally to defeat the Jurchens and break the myth that Jurchens are invincible. The people in the world are excited, and the second is to implement the rent reduction order. The people are grateful. ! Zhao Chen's position in the hearts of the people is already extremely high! In this case, he felt that he would continue to promote Zhao Chen’s achievements among the people and promote the cult of personality, and finally make the people form the concept of "what the emperor said is absolutely correct", "every word the emperor said is the truth", and "what the emperor said is the truth." A word spoken is worth 10,000 words from others." After this concept is formed in the minds of the people, the Military Aircraft Department and the Propaganda Department will implement "militarization" in the name of Zhao Chen. This way, it will be much smoother!

In fact, many militarist countries in later generations first promoted the cult of leader's personality, and then promoted foreign expansion wars! Germany and Japan in later generations are typical of them! Hitler of Germany and the emperor of Japan were completely deified. When Japan was defeated, the Allied forces even had to force the emperor to issue a "Declaration of the World", stating that "the emperor is a man but not a god" so that the Japanese army can lay down its weapons. surrender. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Allies to make Japan surrender.

As a result, the Department of Propaganda is now pursuing this kind of thinking, and Hanzhong has formed a trend of personality worship that Zhao Chen had never thought of!