Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

It was dark, and the boat swayed forward.

It was still raining lightly outside, Song Qingyao stayed in the cabin, unable to sleep.

She thought that Dongting Lake was breached by imperial officers and soldiers, and she was completely free. From now on, she will be free in the rivers and lakes, and will never meet with familiar people again, but unexpectedly, she met someone sent by Zhao Chen to look for her.

She sat there with a trace of melancholy on her face. She misses that person, but she doesn't want to see that person. That person said before that he didn't like her, so she would rather not meet again.

boom!

With a muffled sound, the boat shook violently, and then stopped quickly.

"Miss Song, we have already landed, please disembark." A voice came from outside.

Song Qingyao nodded, and she walked out of the cabin.

There was a light on at the bow of the boat, and it was bright. Song Qingyao came to the bow of the boat and came to the shore through the wooden boards.

At this moment, she discovered that there were still a group of people standing on the shore!

The leader was a young man aged sixteen or seventeen. After seeing this young man, Song Qingyao froze there.

The young man was naturally Zhao Chen, and Zhao Chen was also looking at Song Qingyao at the moment.

Not seen for many days, Song Qingyao is still so beautiful, with a picturesque face, but she seems to be a little thinner. She was no longer wearing men's clothes, but a light green skirt, which made her look more feminine.

"Why are you here?" Song Qingyao said in disbelief.

She thought Zhao Chen was in Lin'an, but she never thought that Zhao Chen would appear in Miluo County.

"I'm here to find you." Zhao Chen said sincerely.

"Looking for me? What are you looking for?" Song Qingyao said with a sudden cold expression.

"There are some things I want to ask you." Zhao Chen said.

"Oh." Song Qingyao's expression became more and more indifferent.

"You must be very tired after walking all the way, let's find a place to rest first." Zhao Chen said.

He came over with an umbrella himself, Song Qingyao hesitated for a while and went forward with him.

The surrounding soldiers and guards had already retreated far away, and only the two of them were walking slowly in the light rain.

"Ayao, after you left that day, I always think of you in my heart. I often think of you, and finally reached the point where I can't sleep or eat. I feel unhappy when I don't see you. This time Wu Jie attacked Dongting Lake. Things that can be done well, but in order to be able to see you, I also came in person." Zhao Chen laughed.

"You talk nonsense! I remember when you were in Sichuan, you said you didn't like me and didn't want to see me." Song Qingyao said coldly.

"When I was in Sichuan, I just wanted to put down the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect! When I first saw you that day, you were a disciple of the White Lotus Sect. I regarded you as an enemy at that time! Later I found out that you took care of me when I was a child." After seeing Ayao, I remembered how you poisoned me when I was a child, and my heart became more hostile! After going through many things, I realized that you were really good to me! After the West Lake incident, I can never forget you, and I can’t let you go .” Zhao Chen said.

"I don't believe it." Song Qingyao said coldly.

At this moment they had come to a small town, Zhao Chen led Song Qingyao to a courtyard and walked into a room.

The oil lamp was lit in the room, and Song Qingyao sat down, but her face was still very indifferent.

"What happened that night?" Zhao Chen couldn't help asking.

"Is what happened that night so important?" Song Qingyao asked coldly.

"This...isn't very important! Anyway, no matter what happened that night, I can't let you go." Zhao Chen said.

"Don't let me leave? Why?" Song Qingyao said.

"I just said that I miss you every day. I like you. When you were in Sichuan, you also said you liked me. Since you like each other, why leave?" Zhao Chen said.

"I don't like you anymore! Let me go!" Song Qingyao said coldly.

She didn't want the love of charity, she gritted her teeth and sat there, not wanting to look at Zhao Chen at all.

Zhao Chen couldn't help but came to her side, looked at her with a smile, but felt infinite pity in his heart.

He wanted to go forward and hug Song Qingyao, but at this moment, he saw a painful expression on Song Qingyao's face, and fine sweat oozes from her forehead in an instant.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Chen asked hurriedly.

Song Qingyao didn't answer his words, but just held her lower abdomen with her hands, looking in pain.

"Go and call the doctor." Song Qingyao struggled.

"Okay!" Zhao Chen hurriedly agreed.

After a while, a doctor in his fifties walked into the room, and he took Song Qingyao's pulse and made a diagnosis immediately.

"How is she?" Zhao Chen asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, this girl has been running around for days, and she has suffered some wind and cold, and she has fetal gas! But fortunately, the child in her belly has not been affected, and there is no serious problem! Just rest for a while." The doctor stood up and said.

"What? The child in the belly?" Zhao Chen was stunned.

Song Qingyao has calmed down now, her lips are a little chapped, and she is looking at Zhao Chen coldly at this moment, she wants to see how Zhao Chen reacts.

"You go out first." Zhao Chen waved his hand and said.

The doctor went out and closed the door.

"Are you disappointed?" Song Qingyao said coldly.

"What's the disappointment?" Zhao Chen asked, taken aback.

"I'm disappointed that I'm no longer a virgin, but I'm pregnant." Song Qingyao sneered.

"This..." Zhao Chen was really disappointed.

Recently, he had been thinking about Song Qingyao every day, but he didn't expect that Song Qingyao was already a married woman.

"You bastard!" Song Qingyao said angrily.

"What did you say?" Zhao Chen asked.

"That day at sea, what did you do to me, you actually forgot all about it? You did something worse than a beast, that's why I became like this." Song Qingyao said angrily and aggrieved.

"You mean that day at sea..." Zhao Chen said.

Song Qingyao stopped looking at Zhao Chen and nodded slightly.

Zhao Chen stood there blankly, as if stunned.

"You definitely don't believe this! Get me out of here quickly. From now on, I will have no contact with you. I will never see you again." Song Qingyao also stood up and said.

"It's not that I don't believe it, just let me calm down and think about it." Zhao Chen said.

He came to Song Qingyao's side and pressed Song Qingyao on the bed.

"You rest first, and I will come to see you after dawn," Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Chen had already left, and Song Qingyao was sitting in the room, feeling uneasy, and couldn't help crying softly.

*** ***

It was still raining outside, Zhao Chen came outside and took a deep breath.

He felt that Song Qingyao would not lie to him. She had a deep affection for him and had sacrificed for herself several times. She had no reason to lie to him.

It's just that this incident was really shocking, and he couldn't believe it for a while.

The expression on his face changed, for a while he stood there blankly, for a while he laughed, and for a while he was nervous.

He asked the doctor to come over, and asked Song Qingyao about her physical condition carefully.

The doctor told him that Song Qingyao was about three or four months pregnant.

At this time, Zhao Chen no longer had the slightest doubt that he happened to be with Song Qingyao three or four months ago!

As Song Qingyao said, on the sea, he did something "worse than a beast" to Song Qingyao that night.

Zhao Chen stood there alone, laughing loudly.

The soldiers next to him looked at Zhao Chen strangely, but no one dared to step forward to ask questions.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang Boyan has arrived." After a while, Zhao Chen was about to return to Song Qingyao's room when a guard ran up to him and said.

"Go and call General Wu, let's discuss the management of Dongting Lake!" Zhao Chen forced himself to calm down and said.

Immediately someone went to inform Wu Jie.

After a while, Zhao Chen, Wu Jie, Wang Boyan and others came to a clean room, where Wang Boyan's nephew Wang Ping was also there.

"Master Wang, you have made a great contribution this time by tricking the main force of Dongting Lake to Miluo County, saving us a lot of effort." Zhao Chen looked at Wang Boyan and said.

"Your Majesty is ashamed! Your Majesty's army is brave and invincible. Even without Wei Chen, Your Majesty can quell the chaos in Dongting Lake." Wang Boyan said.

"In that case, it will take a long time! Regarding the management of Dongting Lake, I have discussed carefully with Master Li Gang and Master Li before I come here. The main thing is to appease the people and stabilize people's hearts. Master Wang, I will leave this matter to you. You did it." Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Boyan said with great joy in his heart.

"To appease the people, the first is tax exemption. All exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the state capital near Dongting Lake will be exempted, and no officials will be allowed to collect taxes of any nature. If not, we will never forgive them lightly!" Zhao Chen said.

"This official understands! Your Majesty, just watch, this official must do this thing beautifully." Wang Boyan said.

"The corvee must be reduced by half! It's a pity that the government has no money now, otherwise I even want to abolish all the corvee." Zhao Chen said.

"All corvee is abolished? In that case, if the government needs to repair the city and build water conservancy, wouldn't there be no one available?" Wang Boyan said.

"We can use money to hire people to do things! But all of this has to wait until the world is equal in the future, and the government can do this when they have surplus money in their hands." Zhao Chen said.

"If this is the case, the common people will get benefits, and they must be grateful to His Majesty." Wang Boyan complimented.

"The second is about disaster relief. Regarding disaster relief money and food, no one should embezzle it! Master Wang, keep an eye on me!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes! I will let officials from all over the country pay attention to this matter." Wang Boyan said.

"My lord Wang, when my father was in power, you once presented "Ten Strategies for Hebei Frontier Defense". I have read it, and what is said in it is very reasonable, which shows that you are extraordinary! After that, King Kang's traitor served as the Generalissimo of the Hebei Army and Horses. , Zong Ze was the deputy marshal, and you were also appointed as the deputy marshal by your father because of your outstanding talent! After arriving in Jiangnan, you served as the deputy prime minister and was named a direct bachelor of Xianmo Pavilion! If you have something good, you must vote for it. In order to please Zhao Gou, you are often corrupt, appoint private people, and do not put state affairs first. I hope you will never do this again! I am completely different from Zhao Gou! You can only do things well, I will use you." Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, I understand!" Wang Boyan said with a shudder in his heart.

As Zhao Chen said, this person does have certain talents. Zhao Chen just came to Jiangnan, only a few months, he has not found many talents. Besides, even if talents are found, those talents are not qualified enough to take on important tasks, so he can only appoint these Jiangnan officials. But before appointing these Jiangnan officials, he must be vigilant.

Of course, tight vigilance is not enough, he has other means!

At this stage, the world is still uncertain, and Jurchens still exist in the north. It is impossible for Zhao Chen to carry out drastic reforms to the system. Even if the world is settled in the future, Zhao Chen will still have to reform step by step! At this stage, he can only carry out small-scale reforms on the basis of the current system to curb corruption in Jiangnan!

He already has an idea in his mind!

Zhao Chen, Wu Jie, Wang Boyan, Wang Ping and others carefully studied the specific conditions of the state capitals around Dongting Lake, and formulated some specific measures for each state capital, including encouraging businessmen from other places to come here, encouraging more population return, etc. Wait for some details. Zhao Chen found that although Wang Boyan's nephew, Wang Ping, looked very ordinary, he often came up with some excellent ideas, so Zhao Chen kept Wang Ping in his heart.

Until dawn, the crowd dispersed.

Wang Boyan and Wang Ping will stay here for another day. They still have to wait for officials from other state capitals to come over to formulate detailed rules, write up the detailed rules and submit them to Zhao Chen for review, and then immediately go to implement these detailed rules.

Zhao Chen hurried towards Song Qingyao's room.