"Weichen see Your Majesty!" When Li Gang saw Zhao Chen, he was naturally very happy!

He first looked at Zhao Chen carefully for a while, and then sat down.

"What is the teacher looking at?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty's royal expedition, Weichen is always worried about Your Majesty in Hanzhong, and now I see that Your Majesty is in good health, so I can put my mind at ease!" Li Gang said.

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

He sighed a little emotionally in his heart, after so many years, Li Gang still cares about himself so much! Maybe in Li Gang's heart, he will always be the child who doesn't grow up! Li Gang really treats himself as a nephew!

"Your Majesty has won such a great victory, and the people of the world are excited! Wechen is here to congratulate Your Majesty! Li Gang said.

"There's nothing to celebrate, and we're dead! And what we defeated was only Wanyan Huonu, Wanyan Huonu was only a Jurchen general of less than twenty, which was much worse than Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Wushu, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan and others! Our overall strength is still inferior to the Jurchens, and we are not the opponents of the Jurchens on the plains! Fortunately, we have now obtained Tongguan, as long as we hold Tongguan, it is enough to make it impossible for the Jurchens to advance westward! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is right! When His Majesty had not yet ascended the throne, Weichen once said that the future strategy, the first step is to take Guanshan! With Guanshan, Sichuan and Shu and other places, this is the place where Qin Shi Huang and Han Gaozu established their foundations! Weichen believes that His Majesty will definitely not lose to Qin Shi Huang and Han Gaozu, and will definitely be able to establish hegemony in this territory until he dominates the world! Li Gang said.

"I have this confidence! However, the gap between us and the original Qin and Han dynasties is still huge, the original Qin State, there were only more than one million men in the country, but the number of troops reached 600,000! By the time Han Gaozu arrived, he had a lot of troops in his hands, and Han Xin was ambushed on all sides and defeated Xiang Yu, and there were more than 500,000 ambush soldiers in the ambush that day! Now we only have more than 100,000 troops in our hands, and I am afraid that this amount of troops will not work if we want to conquer the world! Zhao Chen said.

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

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

At that moment, Zhao Chen said about the rent reduction, and Li Gang stayed there directly.

With Li Gang's political wisdom, he naturally knows that this rent reduction is very important, involving almost all the big and small officials in the world, involving countless rich and noble families, involving countless temples and Taoist temples, it can be said that it affects the whole body, if it is not handled properly, it is very likely that the world will be in chaos!

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

"Wang Shu also advised me to go step by step, we can now implement rent reduction in Shaanxi and Hanzhong, and I am ready to implement this matter as soon as possible! When I came down from Dasanguan, I saw that the people everywhere were indeed living in hardship, and my heart was very disturbed! The people are not making a living, and this is also what 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 Your Majesty don't mind about this matter! ”

Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment and said, "How can you say this?" ”

Li Gang said: "The matter of rent reduction offends the gentry of the world, if Your Majesty does it, I am afraid that the gentry of the world will oppose Your Majesty, which is not good for the world!" This matter is done by the old minister, tomorrow in the morning, the old minister will write a book, and then the old minister will do it alone, and the gentry in the world will dislike the old minister at most! In the future, Your Majesty can remove the old minister from his post to appease the hearts of the gentry in the world! ”

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

Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, don't hesitate, this matter is so decided!" Weichen did his best for the Great Song Dynasty and died, if it is really beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty, even if he is pointed out by Wanfu and scolded by the world, it is nothing! Your Majesty, as a monarch, is related to the society of the country, and you can't do such a thing at the moment! With the plan of Jiangshan Sheji, it is the best way for Weichen to come forward! ”

Zhao Chen thought for a long time, he didn't want Li Gang to become a thorn in the side of the world's gentry, but Li Gang's words moved him! He is now the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and now is not the time to go against the gentry of the world, even if it is for the benefit of the vast majority of the people, he can't do so! It's best to let Li Gang come forward to do this now!

"It's bothering the teacher!" Zhao Chen said.

"These are just the responsibilities of Wechen! Weichen is the prime minister, if I don't do such a thing, who will do it? Li Gang said with a smile.

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The next morning, the ministers arrived one after another!

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

As soon as Li Gang's words came out, the officials of the DPRK and China were in an uproar, and there were voices of opposition everywhere!

"Your Majesty, the people of the world are living in hardship, and this must be done!" Li Gang said loudly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen will never agree!" This is the new Rite Squire!

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't agree either!" This is the new Ministry of Works.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also feels that there is something inappropriate in doing this!" Another man stood up, and this man turned out to be the Privy Counsellor Qu Duan!

It turned out that after Qu Duan came to Hanzhong, he felt that he could no longer hold power, so it was better to be a rich man. So in just a few months, Quduan has purchased thousands of acres of land. He had been in Jingyuan City for many years, and later served as an envoy, and he had also saved a lot of money, which was now spent on the land. He was still counting on relying on these lands for retirement, but he didn't expect Li Gang to propose the so-called "rent reduction", and he was angry and angry at the moment.

"Qu Aiqing, tell me why it's inappropriate?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, kings have ruled the world with officials and scholars! Officials and scholars all survive on some land at home! Now that Lord Li wants to reduce the rent, how can officials and scholars survive? Qu Duan said coldly.

"Master Qu, do you know how much land Li's family has?" Li Gang said.

"This ...... I don't know. Qu Duan said. He really didn't know how much land Li Gang had. He had only heard that Li Gang was frugal.

"I don't have an acre of land in my family, I rely on the court's money, and I have never accepted the slightest bribe, so don't I survive? Even a thirty percent rent of land in your lord's house is enough to live much better than the vast majority of the people! I don't understand why Master Qu must oppose this rent reduction order! Li Gang said.

"In short, Qu will never agree!"

The ministers below stood up again 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 already been hinted at before, so they were just silent and did not agree!

"Please ask Your Majesty to judge this matter!" Qu Duan Dao.

"The ministers have different opinions, and I don't know what to do! I don't think so, the rent reduction order cannot be implemented nationwide, let's find some places to implement it first! Let's do it in Guanshan and Hanzhong! Zhao Chen said.

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

"I'm going to think about it again...... Li Gang, this matter is left to you for the time being, you can do it cheaply! If nothing else, then retreat! Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Chen has already left the Taihe Palace, and Li Gang is still arguing with Qu Duan and others! Qu Duan and others tried their best to persuade Li Gang, and some even promised to give Li Gang a part of the family's land, but Li Gang still didn't agree! This made the ministers of the court angry!

******

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

He sent all the officials of Zhongshu Province out to do this!

Officials in Zhongshu Province conveyed orders from the imperial court throughout Hanzhong, meaning that the rent of all landlords should be reduced to 30%! If someone does not obey, it is openly against the imperial court, and the yamen should be arrested immediately!

However, many of the officials in the yamen were landlords, and these officials were unwilling to lower the rent in the first place!

Therefore, it is difficult to implement the rent reduction order!

Li Gang was anxious, and on the evening of March 10, Li Gang came to the palace again and asked Zhao Chen for support!

"Your Majesty, the officials in all parts of Hanzhong are unwilling to implement this rent reduction order, it is no longer possible to rely on them, and now it seems that they can only rely on the army!" Li Gang said.

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

"Not bad! Let the local army implement this rent reduction order, and if anyone is unwilling to implement the rent reduction order, arrest it immediately! Your Majesty, didn't you say that you want to raise the status of the military? The soldiers helped to implement the rent reduction order, and the people of the world are grateful to the soldiers, and their views on the army will inevitably change, don't you say? Li Gang said.

"Not bad! Then leave this matter to the army! I immediately issued an order to the Huanqing Army, let Liu Qi lead the troops into Hanzhong! Liu Qi is from Jingyuan, and the Huanqing army is also from Jingyuan, they don't have land in Hanzhong, and they won't be in the same stream as those officials! Zhao Chen said.

"That's the best!" Li Gang said happily.

If you want to mobilize the army, you must have the will of the Military Aircraft Department, that is to say, there must be Zhao Chen's personal order! At that moment, Zhao Chen wrote a letter to Liu Qi, not to mention it!

Li Gang was busy with rent reduction, he didn't continue to stay in the palace longer, and immediately went to contact Liu Qi, not to mention it.

During this time, the Huanqing Army was in intense training, and they did what they said in the infantry drill code, and Wang Shu's Propaganda Department also arranged for many propaganda personnel to enter the army to carry out propaganda and education work for soldiers! Sure enough, this is only a month or two, and the Huanqing Army has also undergone great changes! Liu Qi is also full of praise for the book "Infantry Drill Code" compiled by Zhao Chen!

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

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

Although the landlords in Hanzhong were strongly dissatisfied in their hearts, no one dared to resist the army! If anyone resists, they will be arrested immediately, and their land will still have to be reduced in rent!

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

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

Needless to say, everyone is grateful to the emperor!

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

Originally, according to Zhao Chen's intentions, the Propaganda Department mainly propagated crazy nationalism and the great threat posed by the Jurchens to the Han people, and in the end it could carry out forced conscription, so that all aspects of the country's politics, economy, and culture could serve the expansion of armaments and foreign wars, that is, the "militarization" of Hanzhong, Sichuan, and Guanshan, so as to realize the rapid development of the country's military strength in a short period of time, so that the country's military strength could reach ten times or even dozens of times that of the previous one within five to ten years, and form a regular army of millions of people, death squads, and then sweep the world, completely eliminate the rest of the foreign forces such as the Jin State, Western Xia, and Tubo, and even clear the Mongolian tribes that have not yet risen, so that the Great Song Dynasty will not be wiped out.

Wang Shu is scheming, and he feels that the people may not be able to accept these ideas for the time being! From the beginning of this year to the present, Zhao Chen has done two major things, the first is to defeat the Jurchens, breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Jurchens, the people of the world are excited, and the second is to implement the rent reduction order, and the people are grateful to Dade! Now Zhao Chen's status in the hearts of the people is extremely high! Since this is the case, he felt that he would first continue to publicize Zhao Chen's exploits among the people, promote the cult of personality, and finally make the people form a concept that "what the emperor said is absolutely correct", "every word the emperor said is the truth", and "what the emperor said is worth 10,000 words from others".

In fact, many militaristic countries in later generations first implemented the personality cult of their leaders, and then carried out foreign expansion wars! For example, Germany and Japan are typical of them! Hitler of Germany and the emperor of Japan were completely deified, and when Japan was defeated, the Allies even had to force the emperor to issue a "Declaration on Earth", stating that "the emperor is a man and not a god", so that the Japanese army could lay down its arms and surrender. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the Allies to make Japan surrender.

As a result, the Propaganda Department is now promoting such ideas, and a cult of personality has formed in Hanzhong that Zhao Chen never thought of!