My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 226 King of Qin: Is the Emperor out of his mind?
To be honest, the King of Qin now has a love-hate relationship with Sun Chuanting.

After all, the safety of Shaanxi currently depends mainly on Sun Chuanting. As long as he is there, Li Zicheng probably will not be able to enter Shaanxi.

But a few months ago, Sun Chuanting took more than one million taels of silver from him, which made him always feel that Sun Chuanting might come to ask for money again.

I didn't expect it to come now.

Do you think he can have a good face?
The next second, the King of Qin flicked his sleeves, turned his head and said angrily:
"Tell him that I am not feeling well and will not be seeing any guests today."

After hearing this, the housekeeper said with difficulty:

"Your Highness, that won't work. Lord Sun has come with an imperial edict and is waiting for you at the door to receive it."

boom!
When the King of Qin heard this, his head exploded.

He opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief, as if he couldn't understand why Chongzhen would issue an imperial edict to him out of the blue.

I don’t think I’ve done anything bad recently?

Moreover, when Sun Chuanting asked for money, he gave it himself; when he asked for food, he gave it himself. Isn't this cooperation?

For a moment, although the King of Qin was a little scared, he quickly returned to normal.

He then straightened his clothes and shouted to the housekeeper:

"Don't just stand there, go and notify everyone to go to the door to welcome the imperial edict. No one can be left behind!"

The King of Qin knew that he could not go alone on such a matter, and he had to bring his entire family with him to appear solemn.

Otherwise, if Sun Chuanting reported him to the emperor, he would be in big trouble.

A moment later, there was chaos in the Prince of Qin's mansion. Men and women were shocked by the news and quickly gathered together.

The women were dressed in gorgeous clothes, but they all looked nervous, with uneasiness in their eyes.

The men also looked serious, as if they were facing a major crisis.

After all, everyone knew that the emperor would never issue an edict without a reason. It was obvious that something major had happened.

I just don’t know whether it’s good or bad.

Then, the group came to the door under the leadership of King Qin.

Immediately afterwards, the King of Qin met Sun Chuanting again, the man he loved and hated.

At this time, Sun Chuanting was wearing official uniform, looking dignified, holding an imperial edict in his hand, and standing steadily at the door.

Behind him, there was a group of soldiers, each of them had an upright posture and sharp eyes. It was obvious that they were not ordinary soldiers.

As for why Sun Chuanting appeared here?
It’s actually very simple!
This is because when the Jinyiwei who delivered the imperial edict came to Shaanxi, they also brought a letter written by Zhu Cilang to Sun Chuanting.

The letter instructed Sun Chuanting to personally deliver the imperial edict to the Prince of Qin's Mansion, so Sun Chuanting came to the Prince of Qin's Mansion again.

But of course, there was something else in the letter.

That is, after arriving at the Prince of Qin's mansion, ask the Prince of Qin to pay the outstanding taxes.

According to Zhu Cilang's original plan, the unpaid taxes in Shaanxi should have been collected after defeating Li Zicheng.

But as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes. Since the King of Qin was about to come to Beijing, I might as well take him over.

Moreover, this time, not only the taxes from the Prince of Qin's Palace will be collected, but all the taxes owed by the gentry in Xi'an Prefecture will also be collected.

As for other places, if Sun Chuanting is willing to take them over, he can do so. If he is not willing to take them over, he can wait until he defeats Li Zicheng.

Moreover, this silver no longer needs to be transported to the capital. Part of it will be used to continue recruiting soldiers, and part of it will be used to store more food and supplies to prepare for the decisive battle with Li Zicheng next year.

Of course, part of the silver will be used to help local disaster victims in Shaanxi.

After receiving the letter, Sun Chuanting immediately brought people to the Prince of Qin's Mansion to convey the imperial edict.

Seeing that all the family members of the Prince of Qin's Mansion had come out, Sun Chuanting slowly said:

"The imperial edict has arrived, King Qin, please accept it!"

The King of Qin quickly knelt down with his family members, and then said respectfully:

"Your Highness, Prince of Qin Zhu Cunji, accepts the order!"

Sun Chuanting then opened the imperial edict and began to read:
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: Today, the Great Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and the country is in imminent danger. I consider that the descendants of the imperial family are all descendants of the Ming Dynasty, and bear the heavy responsibility of upholding our nation. Therefore, I hereby issue this decree."

"I have decided to recruit the descendants of the Ming royal family from all over the world to form the Ming Zhu Family Army to fight the national crisis and protect the foundation of our Ming Dynasty."

"Once the King of Qin receives this order, he must immediately assemble his clan members and quickly depart for the capital. There must be no mistakes, and no disobedience to my orders."

"We must prioritize national interests and fulfill our duties as members of the imperial clan."

"Appreciate this!"

After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, the King of Qin was instantly stunned.

His eyes were wide open, his mouth slightly open, his face full of shock and confusion.

What the hell is going on? Is the emperor crazy? He's actually planning to form the Zhu Family Army of the Ming Dynasty?

You know, this kind of thing has never happened in the Ming Dynasty in nearly three hundred years!
In the past, emperors guarded against royal family members like they were thieves. Once a royal family member approached the capital, they would be reprimanded or imprisoned. How come the emperor now actually ordered all royal family members to enter the capital?
This is really hellish.
At the same time, seeing that the King of Qin was still confused, Sun Chuanting coughed lightly and then reminded:
"Your Highness, Prince Qin, are you still not accepting my order?"

The King of Qin finally reacted and said respectfully:

"The minister accepts the order."

Afterwards, the imperial edict was placed in the hands of King Qin.

However, looking at the imperial edict in his hand, King Qin's eyes were still full of confusion, as if he had not yet recovered from this sudden news.

Immediately afterwards, the King of Qin stood up eagerly, and without waiting for Sun Chuanting to speak, he grabbed Sun Chuanting's hand as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.

His face was filled with a friendly smile, and he said enthusiastically:

"Lord Sun, it's a rare opportunity for you to come to Xi'an, so please don't be in such a hurry to leave! I still have many things I want to ask you for advice."

Before this, the King of Qin had extremely complicated feelings towards Sun Chuanting, which could be described as love and hate.

But now, after learning about the imperial edict issued by the emperor, Sun Chuanting instantly became an important person who could solve the mystery in his eyes.

The King of Qin was eager to find out through Sun Chuanting what big event had happened in the capital that had led the emperor to make such an unprecedented decision.

Sun Chuanting was originally planning to discuss the tax collection with the King of Qin. Seeing the King of Qin's warm invitation, he no longer refused. A faint smile appeared on his face and he said:

"Since His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin has so graciously invited me, I would be remiss if I could not decline."

The King of Qin laughed heartily.

"So good!"

Afterwards, the two of them walked towards the Prince of Qin's Mansion, one in front and one behind.

The sunlight shone on them, outlining two long shadows, as if foreshadowing that the upcoming conversation would have a significant impact on the current situation.

Soon, the two arrived at King Qin's study.

The study is decorated in a simple and elegant style. The bookshelves around it are filled with various books, exuding a faint scent of ink.

Before Sun Chuanting could say anything, a group of servants suddenly filed in, bringing in plates of exquisite snacks and two cups of hot tea.

Then the King of Qin waved his hand gently, signaling his men to retreat.

After the door of the study was closed, the King of Qin raised his teacup with both hands and said:

"Master Sun, please!"

Sun Chuanting was not polite either. He picked up the teacup and said with a smile:

"Your Highness the Prince of Qin, please!"

Then he took a sip of tea.

After drinking a cup of tea, the King of Qin no longer expressed any courtesy. He frowned slightly, his eyes full of doubt and anxiety as he asked:
"Lord Sun, do you know what exactly happened in the capital? Why did His Majesty suddenly issue such an imperial decree?"

"To be honest, I still find this matter a bit unbelievable. Summoning all the princes and dukes to come to the capital, and bringing the royal family members with them, these people combined must number at least tens of thousands of people!"

"This has never happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!"

As he spoke, King Qin's fingers tapped unconsciously on the table, revealing his inner anxiety and uneasiness.

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting nodded slightly, and naturally agreed with what the King of Qin said.

However, unlike the King of Qin, he actually knew some inside information.

This was because the letter he had received from Zhu Cilang before mentioned this matter, and Zhu Cilang also stated in the letter that if the King of Qin asked about it, it would be okay to tell him directly.

So Sun Chuanting did not hide it, but said directly:

"Your Highness, the Prince of Qin, may not be aware that not long ago, Li Zicheng massacred members of the imperial clan in Henan."

"The vassal kings and county princes of Henan were practically wiped out. Before the city fell, King Zhou secretly sent several of his sons and grandsons away, sending them on horseback straight to the capital to meet His Majesty."

"On the one hand, I want to inform His Majesty of the tragedy that happened in Henan, and on the other hand, I want to seek His Majesty's protection."

"When His Majesty learned of this, he was extremely angry and ordered the princes across the country to reorganize the population of the royal family and bring suitable royal descendants to Beijing to form the Ming Zhu Family Army."

"Then, there was this imperial edict."

When the King of Qin heard these words, his expression, which had just relaxed, instantly darkened again.

Although Shaanxi and Henan are only separated by a small area, he, who lives in the Prince of Qin's mansion, really doesn't know about these things.

Although he could vaguely guess that Henan had been severely damaged by Li Zicheng, he also knew that Li Zicheng would massacre the Ming royal family.

However, he never expected that all the princes, dukes and royal family members in Henan would be slaughtered by Li Zicheng.

For a moment, the King of Qin felt as if his heart was suddenly grabbed by an invisible big hand, causing a sharp pain.

But don't get me wrong, he was not worried about the life and death of those royal family members, but about his own safety.

After all, Henan and Shaanxi are close to each other. Li Zicheng killed the royal family members so cruelly in Henan. If he attacks Shaanxi, how can he survive?
I'm afraid that what happened in Henan will happen again in Shaanxi.
Thinking of this, when the King of Qin looked at Sun Chuanting again, his eyes were suddenly full of trust, because he knew that in the current situation, he could only rely on Sun Chuanting to defend Shaanxi!

As long as Sun Chuanting is in Shaanxi, Shaanxi will be like an iron wall and will not be broken by Li Zicheng, so Sun Chuanting is now his savior.

But then, the King of Qin sighed, and then said in a very sad tone:
"That's it, that's it!"

"Alas, I never thought that the traitor Li Zicheng would persecute my Ming royal family so miserably."

"It seems that His Majesty was also very angry with him, which is why he made such a decision."

Sun Chuanting didn't say anything, but just nodded calmly, agreeing with the King of Qin's words.

This is because Zhu Cilang did not tell Sun Chuanting that he planned to enfeoff the princes overseas. However, this is not because he did not trust Sun Chuanting, but because he knew that this matter had no meaning to Sun Chuanting.

It's meaningless, what's the point of saying it?

Afterwards, Sun Chuanting did not say anything, but just looked at the King of Qin quietly, as if waiting for the King of Qin's next words.

The King of Qin then said:

"In that case, I will give orders to gather all the royal family members of the Qin King's lineage, select those of appropriate age, and bring them to the capital to meet His Majesty."

"No matter what, we cannot allow Li Zicheng to wreak havoc on the Ming Dynasty and our royal family any longer."

As he spoke, a hint of determination flashed in the eyes of the King of Qin.

There are both true feelings and elements of acting in this.

But this is no longer important, because the imperial edict has arrived, and the King of Qin has no way of disobeying it. He can only lead the royal family members who are of appropriate age to go to the capital to meet the emperor.

To be honest, the Qin King's lineage has been in Shaanxi for more than two hundred years, and the royal family members are everywhere like flowers blooming in spring.

There were so many people that the King of Qin didn't even know how many there were, let alone recognize them.

There's nothing we can do, there are just too many people.

In addition, the King of Qin never took the royal family members seriously, so naturally he never asked about their affairs.

Fortunately, each prince's royal family has a family tree, and by checking the family tree, we can still find those royal family members.

Of course, if it was not recorded in the family tree, the King of Qin would naturally not recognize it.

Similarly, the imperial court would not recognize it.

According to the King of Qin's estimation, there should be at least more than 2,000 royal family members who meet the requirements, not to mention the many descendants of the King of Qin.

However, it is not easy to convince these people to obey.

Because the court had not paid them salaries for a long time, their lives became extremely difficult.

Although these people would sometimes come to the Prince of Qin's mansion to seek help with a glimmer of hope, the Prince of Qin basically didn't bother to pay attention to them.

After all, the King of Qin has so many relatives of his clan. If all of them were to help, how much money would it cost?
Therefore, the next thing he had to do was to find a way to make these royal family members obedient.

To achieve this, it is not enough to just have the imperial edict in hand. It also requires some thought and even some money to appease them.

Just as the King of Qin was thinking about these things, Sun Chuanting on the opposite side suddenly said:

"Your Highness, Prince Qin, I actually came here today for another matter, which was also instructed by His Majesty." Upon hearing this, the Prince of Qin instantly came back to his senses. His eyes, which had been somewhat wandering, immediately became sharp. He quickly looked at Sun Chuanting with a serious expression and said,

"Master Sun, please feel free to speak. I will never refuse anything that I can do."

Sun Chuanting was not polite either. He looked directly at the King of Qin and said directly:

"Your Highness the Prince of Qin must have known that the Ming Dynasty is now collecting overdue taxes throughout the country."

Sure enough!

When the King of Qin heard this, his heart tightened for a moment, but he still pretended to be calm and nodded.
"Of course. Although roads are blocked everywhere, there are still some shrewd merchants who sell the Daming Daily to Shaanxi. Therefore, I have already read the relevant Daming Daily."

"But I never thought that someone would be so bold as to assassinate Your Majesty for such a trivial matter. This is truly unbelievable."

"Therefore, I believe that it is entirely natural for Your Majesty to collect the taxes owed by the gentry throughout the country."

At this moment, the reason why the King of Qin said these words with great righteousness was that he knew in his heart that he could not avoid paying taxes.

In this case, it would be better to praise Chongzhen first, leave yourself a way out, and then pay taxes obediently.

In this way, even if he met Chongzhen after arriving in the capital, the King of Qin would have nothing to fear.

After all, he gave Sun Chuanting money when he asked for it and gave him food when he asked for it.

Now that the overdue taxes had to be collected, he paid them without hesitation. Doesn't this show his determination to be loyal to the court and Chongzhen?
If Chongzhen dared to blame him at that time, it would only mean that Chongzhen was mentally ill.

It is obvious that the King of Qin is also a veteran!

Knowing that some things cannot be changed, the King of Qin will try his best to turn this matter into something that is beneficial to him.

And right now, that's it!

It has to be said that these words of the King of Qin were indeed beyond Sun Chuanting's expectations.

He originally thought that the King of Qin would resist and that he would have to go through a lot of trouble to get the taxes he owed.

But I didn't expect that the King of Qin would cooperate so well.

But it’s better this way, it saves him a lot of trouble.

Then, Sun Chuanting relaxed slightly and said again:

"Since Your Majesty has figured it out, then I will not be polite."

"To be honest, His Majesty has issued an order for this official to collect the taxes owed by the gentry in Shaanxi Province. He will then use these taxes to recruit more soldiers and horses, and to stockpile large quantities of grain."

"By around March of next year, the imperial court will begin to use military force against Li Zicheng."

"At that time, the Beijing Camp, the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the Nine Border Armies will all be dispatched together, and they will definitely kill Li Zicheng completely!"

"Once Li Zicheng is completely eliminated, the crisis within the Ming Dynasty will be resolved."

"This is naturally a good thing for His Majesty. After all, every day Li Zicheng lives longer means His Majesty is in danger for a day longer."

When the King of Qin heard this, he did not react much, because he also knew that after the court defeated the Jiannu, the next person to deal with would be Li Zicheng.

Then the King of Qin continued:

"Master Sun, there is no need to say anything more!"

"Actually, even if you didn't come to collect the taxes this time, I would have personally delivered the taxes owed to you over the years. But since you're here, it's saved me a lot of trouble."

"Don't worry, the taxes owed by the king will be ready tomorrow, and you can take them away directly then."

Sun Chuanting nodded, and then added:

"In addition to the taxes owed by the prince, the taxes owed by the gentry in Xi'an Prefecture must also be collected."

"Your Majesty will still need to issue an order at that time, so this will save you some inconvenience and trouble."

In fact, it is not difficult to collect taxes. You just need to catch a few gentry who take the lead, confiscate their properties, and exterminate their entire clans to easily deter everyone.

Then they will naturally pay taxes obediently.

However, Xi'an Prefecture was the territory of the King of Qin after all, and Sun Chuanting felt that it would be better to inform the King of Qin first about such matters.

It would be great if all the taxes owed could be collected without killing anyone.

At the same time, after hearing this, the King of Qin nodded quickly and said:

"Don't worry, Lord Sun. I can guarantee that these people will cooperate."

Are you kidding? Now that things have come to this, how could the King of Qin not understand?
Sun Chuanting only said this to give him face, otherwise he would have led his troops directly into Xi'an Prefecture.

In this way, both parties finally reached a win-win situation.

Of course, the King of Qin did not forget to ask Sun Chuanting for a favor in the end. That is, during the period when he led the clan members to leave Shaanxi, he hoped that Sun Chuanting could send troops to garrison in Xi'an Prefecture.

Help protect your family business.

Sun Chuanting naturally agreed to this.

After all, one should be grateful for what one has received, and since the King of Qin has cooperated so well, he still has to help with this small favor.

At the same time, similar situations were constantly happening in princely palaces across the country.

After receiving Chongzhen's imperial edict, the princes were surprised at first, but soon they all accepted it obediently.

Because after all, they were just vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, and they had no energy to resist Chongzhen's imperial edict.

Therefore, it won’t be long before the princes from all over the Ming Dynasty will lead their own clan members and march to the capital in a mighty procession. At that time, the Zhu Family Army of the Ming Dynasty will be officially established.

At the same time, the scene returns to the capital.

The weather was not very hot that day. The sun shone softly on the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City, and the breeze brought a hint of coolness.

Zhu Cilang, who had nothing to do, was drinking tea with Chongzhen in the imperial garden.

The imperial garden is full of colorful flowers and green grass. The colorful flowers compete with each other in beauty and emit bursts of charming fragrance.

It has to be said that apart from the previous "rebellion", the relationship between Zhu Cilang and Chongzhen was still very good.

At this moment, the two of them were sitting together chatting and laughing, which can be regarded as a loving father and filial son.

During this period, nothing major happened in the capital, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The currency reform had become known to everyone because of the widespread dissemination of the Ming Daily. Long queues formed in front of the Ming Royal Bank almost every day.

With anticipation for the new currency, the people spontaneously exchanged their old Ming treasure notes, gold and silver for the new currency.

Although few people currently use Ming gold and silver coins to exchange for Ming treasure notes, Zhu Cilang believes that the situation will improve sooner or later with the passage of time.

In addition, Zhu Cilang also opened a special channel in accordance with his previous promise, allowing the court's civil and military ministers to go directly to the Ministry of Revenue to exchange the new version of Ming Dynasty treasure notes, gold coins and silver coins.

At the beginning, the ministers were actually a little scared. After all, if they really exchanged the new currency openly, wouldn’t they be telling the emperor how much silver they had at home?
This kind of thing is no joke.

If you are charged with corruption and bribery, you will not be able to refute it!
However, after Zhu Cilang learned about this matter, he immediately issued another order, which was that officials did not need to go in person, or even send their own servants.

As long as someone brought old Ming Dynasty treasure notes, gold and silver to the Ministry of Revenue for exchange, they would be exchanged directly without asking where the person came from, what his identity was, or why he had so much money.

Or to put it more simply, if you are an official, you dare not come in person to exchange the new currency, nor do you dare to ask your family and servants to come, because the source of your money is not clean.

Then you can go find the nephew of your third aunt's eldest nephew's cousin's second brother's younger brother's aunt's nephew, and ask him to bring your Ming Dynasty treasure notes, silver and gold to exchange for the new currency.

In this way, the court will be willing to exchange it for you!
If you are still scared, you can just put a sack on your head. Anyway, the Ministry of Revenue only recognizes money, not people!
As soon as this order was issued, more people came to exchange the new currency, and without exception, they were all strangers.

Some officials even hired beggars from the capital to help them in order to avoid attracting attention.

The scene was extremely funny.

It seemed that they thought this would allow them to avoid the court's investigation into their property.

However, what they didn't know was that in the capital, nothing could escape Zhu Cilang's eyes.

Now Zhu Cilang has already firmly controlled everything in the capital.

So that night, the Jinyiwei delivered a series of secret letters, which stated which officials had hired people to go to the Ministry of Revenue to exchange the new currency today, and how much they had exchanged.

So no matter who they hired to exchange the new currency or how they disguised themselves, Zhu Cilang still knew clearly their actual assets.

How to say it, Zhu Cilang was still somewhat surprised.

He originally thought that after several previous plunders, these officials did not have much money left in their homes, but the actual situation still shocked him.

Because these people had much more wealth than he had imagined, he could definitely plunder them again.

But in the end, Zhu Cilang still didn't plan to do so.

After all, after experiencing the previous two searches, these people have become like frightened birds. If they are checked again, they will probably be scared to death.

Besides, these people have been quite well behaved recently, so there is really no need to take action.

But of course, if they don't behave themselves in the future, Zhu Cilang can use this incident as an excuse to take action against them again.

In short, their life and death are actually in Zhu Cilang's hands!

In addition, Zhu Cilang actually had nothing to worry about the vassal kings coming to Beijing.

Because under his planning, the follow-up work had already been prepared properly. Now everything is ready, and we are just waiting for the princes and royal family members to come to Beijing.

According to the previously compiled household register of the royal family, there are at least 30,000 royal family members who are of the right age to come to Beijing this time.

Although the capital city is large, it is difficult to accommodate such a large crowd at once.

Therefore, except for the princes and dukes who could live in the capital, other members of the royal family had to be settled outside the city.

As for where to accommodate them, Zhu Cilang had already made arrangements.

Before that, he ordered the construction of two new cities, each of which could accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Now these two cities have just been completed, one of which is prepared for the families of the Guanning Iron Cavalry who are about to enter Beijing.

The other one is used to accommodate the children of the royal family.

Of course, they will not live here for too long. After defeating Li Zicheng and the Jiannu, these royal family members will go overseas to open up new horizons.

At that time, these houses can be distributed to other soldiers serving the Ming Dynasty.

In short, everything was in Zhu Cilang's plan.

Just as Zhu Cilang was silently sorting out various matters in his mind, he saw Fang Zhenghua suddenly walking towards him quickly from not far away.

After bowing, Fang Zhenghua said:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, another tax collection team is returning to the capital today."

"This is the list of belongings we brought back."

Fang Zhenghua said this as he respectfully handed a list to Chongzhen with both hands.

As for why he didn't give it to Zhu Cilang first, it was naturally because Zhu Cilang had specifically instructed him before that in the future, as long as he and Chongzhen were together, no matter what happened, he had to let Chongzhen review it first.

Of course, this was also just to take care of Chongzhen's little self-esteem.

Chongzhen may also know this, but he doesn't really care.
Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen reached out to take the list handed to him by Fang Zhenghua, then gently opened it and scanned the densely packed data on it.

Soon, a happy smile appeared on Chongzhen's face.

Because this list clearly records that the tax revenue brought back this time was 30 million taels of silver alone, and although the amount of gold was less, it was still 5 million taels.

In addition, there are 600,000 dan of grain, various gold and silver utensils, and more than 300 boxes of rare treasures!
Such a rich harvest can be called a bumper harvest!
"Good, good, good!

The next second, Chongzhen couldn't help but say three good words in a row, his tone full of joy and appreciation.

Seeing that the money in the national treasury and the imperial treasury was increasing, and it seemed that there was no way to spend it all, how could he not be happy?

Immediately afterwards, the list was delivered to Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cilang took a quick look and his expression did not change much, because all this was within his expectations.

In fact, he had received a secret letter from the Jinyiwei from the south a few days ago, which detailed the specific sources and amounts of these taxes.

So seeing the list at this moment is just a verification of the content of the previous secret letter, there is nothing to be surprised about.

And it must be said that the tax collection progress in the south was so smooth that it was beyond Zhu Cilang's imagination.

He originally thought that the closer he got to Nanjing, the more the gentry would resist taxation, and it might even cause unnecessary riots.

To this end, he even mentally prepared himself to massacre tens of thousands of people.

We must kill all these tax-resisting gentry!

However, the reality surprised him greatly. Faced with the court's forced taxation, the group of southern gentry had no intention of resisting, but instead took the initiative to pay the arrears.

The coordination is simply incredible.

Often, before the officers and soldiers of the Beijing Camp took any action, they would take the initiative to pay all the overdue taxes over the years. The whole process went so smoothly that the officers and soldiers of the Beijing Camp who went to collect taxes were dumbfounded!
They were originally prepared to massacre the southern gentry, but they didn't expect that they would have nowhere to vent their passion.

This is really unbelievable.
(End of this chapter)