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Chapter 235 - Pacification

"How is this possible!?" They were all emissaries of the Holy Church, invulnerable to swords and spears! How could he be injured? "

"That's right! "Also, why is it that you can pour your hands into the wok of oil? Why can His Majesty, the army of the imperial court, and the rest of us?"

"And that Slaying Demon, what exactly is going on?"

The citizens of the allied army were discussing amongst themselves with a puzzled expression on their faces! They finally could no longer believe in the methods of the white lotus!

"Have the people from Advocacy Division arrived?" Zhao Chen said.

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

"Let them enter the ranks of the common people and explain the reason behind their actions!" Zhao Chen said.

Wu Jie nodded his head, and immediately ordered the officials of Advocacy Division to enter the people, and explained the principles of how to insert both of his hands into the wok, not harming the ghost, not injuring it, hacking it apart with weapons, and so on! These were all tricks that were commonly used in the martial arts world to deceive people. But at this time, the consultation process was abnormally lagging behind. The common people simply did not understand the reasoning behind this, thus they were cheated!

Even though Zhao Chen's voice was loud earlier, there were simply too many supporters. There was only a small portion of people who were able to hear what Zhao Chen had to say! At this time, hundreds of officials of Advocacy Division entered the allied army and explained everything to everyone!

In September of the lunar calendar, the weather was abnormally cool. Because of this, a hundred thousand people would not feel uncomfortable here!

A full four hours passed, and it was only until noon that the hundred thousand citizens below finally understood the principle behind the scam. Another clamor broke out among the citizens of the rebel army!

"So we were deceived by the white lotus! Everything that they said are lies, even Bai Lian's Golden Age is completely false! "

"What dead mother, they are probably fake too! What vacuum hometown, they are completely deceiving us! "

"Your majesty, spare me! This commoner was also deceived by the evil cult. I didn't know that they would be so treacherous! "

"Your Majesty, spare me!" This commoner would never dare to do such a thing again! "

Over a hundred thousand people from the allied army all knelt down once again, begging Zhao Chen! At the end, almost all the citizens of the allied army kneeled on the ground and looked at Zhao Chen with pleading gazes!

"You are all citizens of the Song Dynasty, you are all my citizens! This time, because of the white lotus's bewitchment, you guys rebelled, and a lot of people died here last night! These are all the sins of the white lotus! " Zhao Chen said.

"That's right!" These are all the sins of the white lotus! "

"Demonic Sect truly deserves to die a thousand times over!"

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

"The Demonic Sect is treacherous, this is why this happened! I have decided to forgive your sins! " Zhao Chen said!

"AHH!" This is great! "

"Your majesty is merciful!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

Countless of citizens of the allied army all kowtowed to Zhao Chen! There were some people behind who did not hear what Zhao Chen said clearly, but after seeing the scene in front of them and hearing the mixed words from the people of the allied army, they already knew what was going on, so they all kneeled down and kowtowed to Zhao Chen!

"I am not only going to forgive you all for your crimes, I have also decided to carry out the Rent reduction order in the area of Chuan Shu!" Zhao Chen said again.

"Rent reduction order? What is that? " The faces of the rebel soldiers below all revealed looks of surprise!

"From now on, no one can rent more than thirty percent anywhere in Chuan Shu! The landowner's house must not be left unoccupied! "If you are idle, you will be accepted as official property immediately!" Zhao Chen said.

"Oh my god!" There was actually such a policy! Didn't you mean that you'll only be able to pay 30% of the rent in the future? "

"This is truly a great kindness of the emperor!"

"We were bewitched by the White Lotus Evil Cult and caused trouble. Not only did His Majesty let bygones be bygones, he even carried out Rent reduction order s!"

At first, the allied army was in disbelief, but then they were overjoyed! All these years, although Rent reduction order s had already been introduced in the Middle Han Area, Guan Shan and the Northwest regions, and although the gentry s had already known about the matter regarding the Rent reduction order, most of the ordinary citizens did not! He was so excited when he heard the news!

However, the Elders, Altar Masters and Vice Masters were all from gentry, and when they heard Zhao Chen personally say that he was going to promote "Rent reduction order", they all became disheartened for a moment! The reason they joined the white lotus was to prevent the Rent reduction order from taking action! Not only that, they had also been concealing the news of the Rent reduction order, not letting the ordinary people know! Now, they also wanted to oppose it, but under today's circumstances, they simply couldn't! If any of them dared to oppose it, the people below would be the first to tear them apart! Furthermore, they were traitors, it was already a great favor for Zhao Chen to let them off the hook, if they dared to oppose Zhao Chen's policy now, it was obvious that they did not know how to appreciate his kindness, and the soldiers around them would immediately kill them!

"Looks like this Rent reduction order can be used in all parts of Chuan Shu! After the Rent reduction order was activated, all that was damaged were the greedy gentry s! The farmers' motivation to grow grain has increased. With surplus money in their hands, the flow of resources has increased. Naturally, the imperial revenue has also increased. I also have more money to build an army! Furthermore, the Advocacy Division can truly enter the Chuan Shu. From today onwards, the Chuan Shu, Middle Han Area, Guan Shan and the various places in the Northwest will become like iron blocks that have been tightly embraced together. They will closely follow by my side and realize my dream … It is also to realize the dream of our nation, and let our nation rise to prominence! " Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao Chen was exceptionally excited as well. He tightly clenched his fists, and really wanted to face the sky and let out a long roar!

In the afternoon of the same day, one hundred and fifty thousand troops started to return to the Mianyang!

When they came, they were very slow. Now that they wanted to return home, their speed was very fast!

Those officials of the Advocacy Division were still among the commoners, they had pushed all the blame onto the white lotus! Including the fact that a lot of citizens had died last night, all of these were because of the white lotus's bewitchment!

Over a hundred thousand citizens were regretting their actions, there was no need to say anything about white lotus's constant accusations!

Waiting until the morning of September 23rd, for the hundred thousand citizens to return to Mianyang! Amongst them, some were from Mianyang, some were from Guangyuan, and those from Guangyuan continued to return to Guangyuan!

Wu Jie's army effortlessly took back the Mianyang!

That afternoon, Zhao Chen, Wu Jie and the rest had arrived at the main altar of the white lotus, but after arriving there, they discovered that it was completely empty, there were no signs of anyone around! Zhao Chen shook his head, he knew that it would be difficult to completely exterminate the white lotus's upper echelons!

September 26, Zhao Chen, Wu Jie, and the rest of the army are going to take back Guangyuan! Here, they did not encounter any resistance!

When it was the first day of the tenth month, they finally reached the bottom of Sword Gate Pass!

Reaching here, they realized that the Sword Gate Pass was actually empty, there were actually no soldiers here!

"This Wang Song, truly deserves to die! I gave the Sword Gate Pass to him as his guard, but he actually gave the Sword Gate Pass to him! This Sword Gate Pass is probably filled with people! " Wu Jie gritted his teeth.

"Forget it, Wang Song is already dead!" The rest of the white lotus s are probably all hiding now, it's impossible to find them in such a short period of time! " Zhao Chen said.

"From today onwards, I will always pay attention to the white lotus and not let the remnants of the white lotus's evils live in the Chuan Shu!" Wu Jie said.

"Chuan Shu has been in chaos since the seventh day of the seventh month, but until now, it has been time for him to calm down! The power of the Chuan Shu that was resisting us, should have died in the hands of the Demonic Sect! It was time to regroup the troops and let the people in the area return to calm! Other than that, I will inform the Chinese Book Province s to enter the Chuan Shu! In the next half a year, Chuan Shu will vigorously promote Rent reduction order, and will carry out similar promotional work as Middle Han Area and Guan Shan! We still have a lot of things to do! " Zhao Chen said.

"Yes sir!" Wu Jie nodded.

The two of them were discussing about the important matters at Sword Gate Pass's fortress.

At this moment, in a small mountain to the north of Guangyuan City, there was an exceptionally remote village. There were hundreds of people living in the village!

However, it was different from the common folk. The people here all practiced martial arts, and many of them were powerful in martial arts!

Many of them could tell at a glance that they were people of the martial arts world, unlike ordinary villagers!

It was already dusk. The sun was setting in the west and the sun was setting like blood.

A white-clothed woman stood on a boulder outside the village, gazing into the distance! She was around 30 years old, had a beautiful face and wore a treasured sword at her waist!

Not long after, a graceful young man walked over. However, 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! Martial Uncle Zhong, Senior Brother Yang, and the others have returned! Many of the elders from the Sect have also returned! "

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

Very quickly, the middle-aged woman and the man dressed in men's clothes came down from above and returned to the village. In a courtyard, they saw Zhong Xiang, Yang Me and the rest who had escaped.

Zhong Xiang and Yang Me both had ashamed expressions, their heads lowered!

"Let's go in and sit down!" The middle-aged woman was naturally Infernal Queen, she opened her mouth and said.

Everyone nodded and entered the room!

After entering, the rest of the people sat down. Only then did Infernal Queen look at Zhong Xiang and said: "Senior Brother Zhong, you led a hundred thousand strong army and actually caused a complete wipeout. What crime are you taking it as?"

"Sect Master! This was a crime that did not involve war! Our allied army of over a hundred thousand has no organization, no training, and no weapons. Many of them are elders in their sixties or seventies, and even a seven or eight-year-old child. Zhong Xiang said.

"So you don't think you're guilty at all?" The girl in male clothing was Song Qingyao, who coldly snorted and said.

"Of course I'm guilty! I shouldn't have attacked so rashly! Actually, we can take over Mianyang and Guangyuan and protect Shu Dao on both sides! Then he would train the army and fight the imperial government to the death! Actually, it was a mistake for us to start a rebellion in the Chuan Shu! " Zhong Xiang said.

"Oh? I wonder what mistake you made? " Infernal Queen said.

"The Chuan Shu is a land of wealth and the citizens are at ease. Naturally, they will not rebel against the imperial government! Since ancient times, those who rebelled against the imperial court were lowly commoners like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who could not live any longer! Those lowly commoners did not eat or drink. They could not live on and could only rebel! If he rebelled, he would be killed, and if he didn't rebel, he would starve to death! If our white lotus wants to start a war, we can only use these lowly commoners who can't even live anymore! " Zhong Xiang said.

Infernal Queen was startled, but after a moment he nodded his head.

"Actually, Sect Leader, even though we have lost, we still have a chance!" After a while, Zhong Xiang said again.

"What chance?" Infernal Queen said.

"Right now, the little emperor of the Xuanwu is in the Chuan Shu! If we can kill this little emperor, the Chuan Shu will definitely be in chaos, it will be our chance! We can convince the officials of the Chuan Shu's imperial court, convince Wu Jie and the others, and we can naturally make the Chuan Shu belong to our Holy Sect! " Zhong Xiang said.

"Kill the little Emperor?" Infernal Queen was stunned!

"That's right!" Use all of the power of our Holy Sect, gather all of our experts and kill the little emperor of Xuanwu in one fell swoop! " Zhong Xiang's eyes flashed with a murderous light, and said.