"Rent reduction? How can I reduce my rent? Wang Shu was stunned for a moment and said.

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

"Ahh Wang Shu was taken aback and said, "Your Majesty, by all means! ”

"Why not?" Zhao Chen said.

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

"They drink blood and eat meat from the people, and I want them to drink less and eat less, and they are still unwilling?" Zhao Chen sneered.

"Your Majesty, this matter is very important, you must not be so reckless! In fact, I also have a lot of experience for the people's suffering, and I am also in favor of rent reduction, but even if we want to reduce rent, we must do it step by step, and it must not be achieved overnight! Wang Shu said.

"How do you do it step by step?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, we can start with Guan Shaanxi first! This time, we succeeded in tackling Shaanxi, and we got a lot of land, which we can sell to rich and noble families, but the land rent shall not exceed 30%! Those rich and noble families will not buy if they don't want to, and if they do, they must carry out our decrees! In this way, Guan Shaanxi can take the lead in achieving the goal of rent reduction! After Guanshan achieves the goal of rent reduction, let's implement rent reduction in Hanzhong! Originally, all kinds of forces in Hanzhong were complicated, but when His Majesty was able to kill all the officials in Hanzhong, there should not be much resistance in Hanzhong! The only difficulty is in Sichuan and Shu, there are many families in Sichuan and Shu, and these families have a lot of land, and they will never agree to rent reduction! When the time comes, let's figure it out later! Wang Shu thought for a long time and said.

"There's some truth to what you're saying! However, why should the land in Guanshan be sold to those rich and noble families? We can directly distribute the land in Guanshan to the poor people who have no land! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, in this way the country will lose a lot of wealth!" Wang Shu said.

"The wealth of a nation is not obtained by selling land! The best way to enhance the wealth of the country is to make the people rich, the people are rich and the country is strong, and when the people are rich, the country can become strong! There is a lot of land in the Guanshan area, but there has just been a war, and many people are reluctant to go there, so we can encourage the people to go there, reduce the agricultural tax there, or give other encouragement! All in all, I'm going to get enough people out there in the shortest possible time! When there are more people, the economy will naturally develop, and taxes will naturally increase! Selling land is just in exchange for temporary benefits, this is in exchange for long-term benefits! As for the rent reduction, when I go back, it will be implemented in Hanzhong immediately! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, Wechen is still afraid that the resistance will be too great!" Wang Shu said.

"Even if there is a lot of resistance, I will do it! People live in this world, and they always have to do something! As the Son of Heaven, I have the responsibility of the Son of Heaven, and this duty is to drive out the Tartars, restore China, let the people of the world live a good life, and let our Han people be truly prosperous! Rent reduction is a matter of great merit, and I must do it! Zhao Chen said.

Since he came to this world, since he became the crown prince, and later became the son of heaven, he has already understood his duties, he will do things according to his own heart, and he will not be afraid of resistance!

"Your Majesty cares about the people, and Wang Shu is willing to assist Your Majesty!" Wang Shu thought about it for a while, and felt that although there was pressure to reduce rent in Hanzhong, it was not impossible to overcome.

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

Wang Shu nodded!

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

In the early morning of the next day, everyone said goodbye and left, Zhao Chen left ten taels of silver when he left, the old man hurriedly excused himself, but Zhao Chen still let him take it! The old man was overjoyed, needless to say!

Everyone walked along the village towards the outside, and along the way, they only saw that most of the courtyards and houses were extremely dilapidated, and they all sighed!

When they reached the outside of the village, they rode their horses and headed forward, and after walking for miles, they saw the bones of several 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 villages always starve to death, especially children, who are weak and often can't survive the winter!" Wechen is now more and more in agreement with what His Majesty said about rent reduction! When he returns to Hanzhong, Wechen will definitely do a good job of this matter! ”

Zhao Chen nodded, his heart was a little gloomy, and said, "Let's go quickly!" ”

Zhe Yueru is also very uncomfortable in her heart, after she has experienced the change of being able to ask for it, her father and brother have been killed! In her opinion, it was a ** minister who killed her father and brother, but she couldn't avenge her father! At least she hasn't figured out a way to get revenge yet! She felt very pitiful, and now that she saw the lives of these low-level people, she knew that the lives of the low-level people were much more miserable than her, and she sighed softly at the moment, not daring to look at the corpses of those children, and followed everyone forward.

Late that night, they spent the night in a village, which was also a poor scene, and it seemed that most of the villages in the Great Song Dynasty were like this!

"The people live in such a difficult way, and the people who exploit them are the government and the landlords! Especially since many landlords were officials! In this way, how could the people believe in the government? Wang Shu, I asked you to set up a propaganda department to be responsible for propaganda matters, but the people don't believe in the government, and your propaganda is afraid that it will not be of much use! Zhao Chen said.

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

"Therefore, rent reduction can also win the hearts of the people, so that the people are truly grateful to the government and believe in the government! In this way, the effect of propaganda will naturally be much greater! Zhao Chen said.

"Yes!" Wang Shu nodded.

"After we go back, let's discuss with Li Gang first, and the two of you will do this together! You have to reduce the rent while publicizing, I want to make real changes happen in Hanzhong! Let the lives of the people in Hanzhong really change, and let the people of Hanzhong truly believe in and rely on the government! Zhao Chen said.

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

******

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

Ahead is the Changchun Temple, everyone stopped here, Zhao Chen took the folding moon into the Changchun Temple!

He hasn't been here for a long time, he hasn't seen Wang Chongyang for a long time, and he misses it very much! During the time when Zhe Keqiu was in power, Li Gang, Yue Fei and others were all expelled from the government, and only Wang Chongyang was in Hanzhong City, and he relied on Wang Chongyang very much at that time! Up to now, he really treats 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 Temple, Ma Yu pounced, Zhao Chen touched his head and said, "Where is the master?" ”

Ma Yu stuck out his tongue, pointed to a room in front of him, and said, "It's there!" ”

Zhao Chen entered the room with Zhe Yueru, and sure enough, Wang Chongyang was sitting there cross-legged1

After a while, Wang Chongyang opened his eyes, he first looked at Zhao Chen, and then at Zhi Yueru! When he looked at Zhe Yueru, a look of surprise appeared on his face!

"What's wrong with the teacher?" Zhao Chen said with some surprise.

"She is an innate cultivator, if she follows me to cultivate, I am afraid that she will be able to achieve great success!" Wang Chongyang said.

Zhao Chen couldn't laugh or cry, Zhe Yue was nominally a queen, how could she follow Wang Chongyang to cultivate.

Wang Chongyang obviously understands this truth, he is just talking, and has no other meaning.

At that moment, Wang Chongyang asked about Zhao Chen's experience during this time, and Zhao Chen said in detail! Hearing that the Song army defeated the Jurchens, Wang Chongyang was surprised, and muttered: "Strange, strange, it really defeated the Jurchens." ”

Zhao Chen said: "Master, what are you talking about?" Isn't it those gods and ghosts? ”

Wang Chongyang shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that it doesn't match the will of heaven!" ”

Zhao Chen couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "What providence?" Man will win the day, that's just nonsense! ”

Wang Chongyang was stunned again, and said: "People will win the sky? Is that really the case? ”

At this moment, Wang Chongyang actually fell into contemplation, and Zhao Chen spoke next to him, but he ignored it! Zhao Chen knew that Wang Chongyang's temperament was like this, so he didn't bother, and took Zheyueru to play in the Changchun Temple!

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