Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"How is it possible! They are all envoys of the holy religion, invulnerable! How could they be injured?"

"That's right! And before putting your hands into the frying pan, why is it possible for His Majesty, the imperial army, and us?"

"And that ghost-slaying ghost, what's going on?"

The people in the rebel army below were discussing a lot, with puzzled expressions on their faces! They finally no longer believed in the methods of the White Lotus Sect!

"Has anyone from the Propaganda Department come?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your Majesty, they are all here!" Wu Jie said standing beside Zhao Chen.

"Let them enter the people and talk to the people about the truth!" Zhao Chen said.

Wu Jie nodded, and then Wu Jie ordered those officials from the Propaganda Department to enter the people and explain to the people the principles of putting their hands into the oil pan without hurting, killing ghosts, and being invulnerable to swords and guns, etc.! These are some commonly used tricks in the Jianghu, but at this time, the consultation is extremely backward, and the common people don't understand the reason behind it, so they are deceived!

Although Zhao Chen's voice was loud just now, there are too many rebels, and only a small part of them can really hear Zhao Chen's words clearly! Now that hundreds of officials from the Propaganda Department have entered the rebel army, they can explain to everyone!

In the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the weather is extremely cool. Because of this, hundreds of thousands of people will not feel uncomfortable here!

After a full two hours, until noon, the more than 100,000 people below understood the principle of those deceptions, and there was another commotion among the people of the rebel army!

"It turns out that we were deceived by the White Lotus Sect! Everything they said is false, even the prosperity of the White Lotus is completely false!"

"There is no lifeless old mother, I am afraid it is also a fake! What a vacuum hometown, it is a lie to us!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Cao Min and others were also deceived by the cult, I didn't know they were so treacherous!"

"Your Majesty, spare me! The grass people dare not do such a thing again!"

"Your Majesty, forgive us!"

Many people of the more than 100,000 volunteers fell to their knees on the ground again, begging Zhao Chen! In the end, almost all the civilians in the rebel army knelt down on the ground, looking at Zhao Chen with pleading eyes!

"You are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty and the people of Zhen! This time, you rebelled because of the bewitching of the White Lotus Sect. Many people died here last night! These are all the sins of the White Lotus Sect! " Zhao Chen said.

"Yes! These are the sins of the White Lotus Sect!"

"Cults really deserve death!"

"Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with us!"

"The cult is treacherous, that's why this happened! I decided to forgive your sins!" Zhao Chen said!

"Ah! How wonderful!"

"Your Majesty is merciful!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

At present, countless volunteers and civilians kowtowed to Zhao Chen! Some people in the back didn't hear Zhao Chen's words clearly, but seeing the scene ahead and hearing the mixed words of the rebels and civilians in front, they already knew what was going on, and they all knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Chen!

"Not only do I want to forgive your crimes, but I also decided to implement a rent reduction order in Sichuan and Sichuan!" Zhao Chen said again.

"Rent reduction order? What's that?" The faces of the rebels below showed astonished expressions!

"From now on, the land rent in Sichuan and Sichuan shall not exceed 30%! The land of the landlord's family must not be idle! If it is idle, it will be taken as official property immediately!" Zhao Chen said.

"My God! There is such a policy! Doesn't it mean that you only have to pay 30% of the rent in the future?"

"This is really the mighty grace of the emperor!"

"We were bewitched by the White Lotus Cult and made trouble. His Majesty not only let the past go, but even implemented a rent reduction order!"

The rebels below were unbelievable at first, and then ecstatic in their hearts! Over the years, although Hanzhong, Guanshan, and Northwest regions have already implemented rent reduction orders, and although the officials and gentry in Sichuan and Sichuan have already known about the rent reduction orders, most ordinary people do not know about them! Hearing the news this time, I was really excited!

However, many of the elders, altar masters, and incense masters in the rebel army were from officials and gentry. When they heard Zhao Chen personally say that he would implement the "rent reduction order", they were disheartened for a while! The reason why they joined the White Lotus Sect was to prevent the implementation of the rent reduction order! Not only that, they have been hiding the news of the rent reduction order from ordinary people! Now they also want to object, but in today's situation, they can't object at all! If some of them stand up to oppose, I'm afraid the people below will be the first to tear them apart! Moreover, they are traitors, and Zhao Chen's ignorance of the past is already a great kindness to them. Now they dare to oppose Zhao Chen's policy, which is obviously disrespectful. I'm afraid the officers and soldiers around will kill them immediately!

"It seems that this rent reduction order can be implemented in all parts of Sichuan and Sichuan! After the rent reduction order is implemented, only those greedy officials and gentry will suffer! Farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain has increased, they have surplus money in their hands, and the circulation of materials has increased. Naturally, I have more tax revenue, and I have more money to build an army! Moreover, the Propaganda Department can also truly enter Sichuan and Sichuan. Hug together tightly, follow me closely, and realize my dream... It is also the realization of the dream of the nation, let the nation rise!" Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao Chen was also extremely excited, and he held it tightly. Double fists, I really want to scream up to the sky!

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That afternoon, 150,000 volunteers began to return to Mianyang!

When they came, they were very slow, but now they are going back to their home, their speed is extremely fast!

Those propaganda officials are still going deep into the people at this moment, and they have pushed all the disasters on the White Lotus Sect this time! Including the fact that many people trampled to death last night, all because of the bewitching of the White Lotus Sect!

More than 100,000 people regretted it unceasingly, so there is no need to say more about the White Lotus Sect's constant accusations!

By the early morning of September 23, more than 100,000 people returned to Mianyang! Some of them are from Mianyang, some are from Guangyuan, and those from Guangyuan continue to return to Guangyuan!

Wu Jie's army regained Mianyang without any effort!

That afternoon, Zhao Chen, Wu Jie and others came to the main altar of the White Lotus Sect, but when they got here, they only found that it was empty and there was no one there! Zhao Chen shook his head, knowing that it would be difficult to completely wipe out the upper echelons of the White Lotus Sect!

On September 26, Zhao Chen and Wu Jie led an army to recover Guangyuan! Here, too, they met no resistance!

On the first day of October, they arrived at the Jianmen Pass!

When they got here, they realized that Jianmen Pass was also empty, and there were no officers and soldiers here!

"This Wang Song is really damned! I handed over the Jianmen Gate to him to guard, but he actually handed over the Jianmen Gate to the White Lotus Sect! I'm afraid that the entire Jianmen Gate is full of disciples of the White Lotus Sect!" Wu Jie gritted his teeth. road.

"Forget it, Wang Song is dead! I'm afraid the remnants of the White Lotus Sect have all been hidden now, and it's impossible to find them in a short time!" Zhao Chen said.

"From now on, we will always pay attention to the White Lotus Sect, and prevent the remnants of the White Lotus Sect from living in Sichuan and Shu!" Wu Jie said.

"Since the July 7 chaos in Sichuan and Shu, until now, it is time to calm down! Those forces in Sichuan and Shu who resisted us should have all died in the cult uprising! Now it is time to gather the army and restore peace everywhere! In addition, I will notify the Ministry of Education and the Propaganda Department to let them enter Sichuan and Sichuan! In the next six months, Sichuan and Sichuan will vigorously implement the rent reduction order, and the Propaganda Department will also carry out similar propaganda work as Hanzhong and Guanshan! There are many things to do!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes!" Wu Jie nodded.

The two were discussing major issues on the Guancheng of Jianmen Pass, not to mention this!

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At this moment, in a small mountain north of Guangyuan, there is an unusually remote village with hundreds of people in the village!

It's just different from ordinary people, the people here all practice martial arts, and many of them are very skilled in martial arts!

Many of them look like people from the Jianghu, different from ordinary villagers!

It was already dusk, the sun was setting, and the setting sun was like blood!

A woman in white is standing on a boulder outside the village, looking into the distance! She is about thirty years old, has a beautiful face, and wears a sword around her waist!

Not long after, a handsome young man came down below, but upon closer inspection, it was a woman! She also came to the boulder, bowed to the middle-aged woman, and said: "Master, everyone is here! Master Zhong and Brother Yang have returned! Many elders in the teaching have also returned!"

The middle-aged woman nodded and said, "Let's go see them!"

Soon the middle-aged women and women in men's clothing came down from above and returned to the village. In a yard, they saw Zhong Xiang, Yang Mo and others who had fled back, and Elder Liu and others were also here!

Zhong Xiang and Yang Mo looked ashamed, and they both lowered their heads!

"Let's go in and sit down and talk!" The middle-aged woman was naturally the queen, she said.

Everyone nodded and entered the next room one after another!

After entering it, everyone sat down, and the Queen looked at Zhong Xiang, and said: "Senior Brother Zhong, you led more than a hundred thousand rebels, but the entire army was wiped out, what should you do?"

"Sovereign! This is not a crime of war! Our more than 100,000 rebels have no organization, no training, and no weapons. Many of them are old people in their sixties and seventies, and there are also children in seven or eight years old. How can such a rebel army belong to the imperial army? Opponent?" Zhong Xiang said.

"So, do you think you haven't sinned at all?" Song Qingyao said with a cold snort as the woman in men's clothing was Song Qingyao.

"Of course I'm guilty! I shouldn't have attacked rashly! We can actually occupy Mianyang and Guangyuan, and guard both sides of the Shu Road! Then train the army, and then fight to the death with the imperial court! In fact, it was a mistake for us to launch an uprising in Sichuan and Shu Yes!" Zhong Xiang said.

"Oh? I don't know what's wrong?" the queen said.

"Sichuan and Shu areas are rich and the people are at ease, so naturally they will not rebel against the imperial court! Since ancient times, those who rebelled against the imperial court were untouchables like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang! Those untouchables had no food or drink, could not survive, so they could only rebel! If you are killed by someone, you will starve to death if you don't rebel! If our White Lotus Sect wants to make a riot, we can only use these untouchables who can't survive!" Zhong Xiang said.

The queen was stunned, and nodded after a while.

"Actually, suzerain, although we are defeated now, we still have a chance!" After a while, Zhong Xiang said again.

"What chance?" the Queen asked.

"The little Emperor Xuanwu is in Sichuan right now! If we can kill this little emperor, there will be chaos in Sichuan and Shu, and that is our chance! We can convince the court officials in Sichuan and Shu, Wu Jie and others, and of course we can Let Sichuan and Shu belong to our Holy Cult!" Zhong Xiang said.

"Kill the little emperor?" The queen was taken aback!

"That's right! Use all the power of our Holy Cult, gather all the masters, and kill the little Emperor Xuanwu in one fell swoop!" Zhong Xiang said with a fierce light in his eyes.