Chapter 359
Zhao Tai left the lobby, and Wang Bin caught up with him, "Your Majesty, it seems that these Jurchens haven't figured out their situation yet!"
Zhao Tai nodded, "The Jurchens have invaded the Central Plains for hundreds of years and disrupted China. Before the Jin Kingdom was still there, they could still rely on the Jin Kingdom's remaining power to occupy a large amount of land and wealth. Now that the Jin Kingdom is no longer around, they still want to take possession of the wealth obtained by plundering the Han people.
There is no doubt that Li Lingzhi is blind."
Wang Bin nodded and agreed: "Over the past dynasties, dynasty changes will be accompanied by the redistribution of interests. The nobles of the previous dynasty who occupied land and wealth will be purged, and their land will be distributed to the people by the new dynasty, and their money will enrich the new dynasty.
The treasury of the dynasty. In this way, the people had land to cultivate, and the new dynasty confiscated the land of the previous dynasty.
The nobles' family properties obtained a large amount of money, which filled the national treasury. There was no need to levy additional taxes on the people, the world could rest and recuperate, and the new dynasty could quickly restore its national strength. Now that the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, it is lucky that the remaining people of the Jin Kingdom can survive.
But they still want to continue to have huge wealth, which is Hutu."
Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "It is a crime to have a jade in your arms, not to mention that their jade is originally from us Han people!"
After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, although Zhao Tai still regarded himself as a minister of Jin, he no longer hid his true inner thoughts from his confidants and admitted that he was a nationalist.
Wang Bin said: "But it's a bit troublesome for your Majesty to deal with them!"
Zhao Tai stopped and looked at him, and Wang Bin continued: "There are many Jurchens in the vassal mansion. When the king deals with these Jin Kingdom clans and nobles, they will inevitably have a grudge in their hearts."
Zhao Tai nodded, "That's why I gave them three days! If they can figure it out, I'll let them live. After all, there are many real girls under Gu's command who have rashly taken action to deal with these clans. Yan Chengde and others are sure
There will be opinions. However, if they can’t figure it out, then I will never let them stay!”
Wang Bin nodded, "Your Majesty is wise! If they can't figure it out, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it. You can follow the example of the judge's slaves and arrest them all on the grounds that they escaped from the battle and secretly communicated with Mongolia. In this way, Wanyan Chengde and others will not only not be able to
If you are not happy, you will think that the king killed well."
"I hope they can recognize each other!" Zhao Tai nodded slightly and walked away.
…
In the lobby, many Jurchen nobles felt a little more at ease after listening to Wanyan Lian's words, and felt that the old prince was right.
After they fled to Xuzhou, the official slaves used various excuses to ask for money from them.
Now Zhao Tai asked for 300,000 yuan again. If he gave it easily, there would be more money to come if he couldn't guarantee it. And the most important thing was that no one wanted to pay.
When the Mongolian troops besieged Kaifeng, Wanyan Shouxu hoped that they would generously donate the money. They didn't pay much, so how could they give Zhao Tai 300,000 yuan.
"Old Prince, Prince Zhong gave us three days, what should we do now?" someone asked.
Wan Yanlian looked around and whispered: "This is not the place to talk. Let's go back first."
At that moment, everyone left in a hurry and came to Wanyan Lian's house to discuss.
"Old Prince, the loyal king has great power. If he speaks to us, can we really refuse?" Some people were still a little worried.
Wanyan Lian said in a deep voice: "Since King Zhong has spoken, we must give him, but we cannot give him as much as he asks for. What I mean is that just giving him twenty or thirty thousand yuan will be enough. After all, we don't have any surplus food."
, we and we also have to survive.”
"I agree with the old prince's opinion." A middle-aged man said: "We are all relatives of the emperor. We can't give it to anyone who asks us for money. Then doesn't Zhao Tai claim to be a loyal minister of Da Jin? He
We should be protected, not exploited by our clan members."
After everyone heard this, many people agreed.
Wanyan Lian looked at the man and said, "What the abbot said makes sense. But not giving it at all is definitely not possible. What I mean is to give Zhao Tai 30,000 yuan and then make him promise not to ask for money from us again in the future."
With the Kingdom of Jin gone, everyone felt a little uneasy and no longer felt as confident as before in whatever they did.
If someone had made such a request in the past, Wanyan Lian would have asked his subordinates to beat him up, and then use his influence to let the Jin Dynasty court deal with the person who offended him.
The situation is different now. Wanyan Lian dare not refuse Zhao Tai's request outright.
Compared with 300,000, everyone can accept 30,000. The abbot said: "If we only raise 30,000, I have no problem. But you also saw the look on Zhao Tai's face just now. I'm afraid 30,000 won't be enough."
His appetite."
Wanyan Lian said: "I have a way to make Zhao Tai speechless."
"Oh! What's the old prince's plan?" Everyone couldn't help but ask.
Wanyan Lian waved and motioned for several people to come closer, and then whispered: "After you go back, you will take out the things at home and sell them on the street, or directly post a notice to sell your house. The loyal king calls himself a loyal minister of Dajin.
Seeing that he has forced everyone to this point, he must
However, he is afraid that it will affect his reputation. I will give him 30,000 yuan at that time, but he has nothing to say. In addition, there are many real women in the Zhongwang Army. If any of you are related to them, you should have more contact with them in recent days, get in touch with each other, and express your feelings to them by the way.
They complained and talked about our difficulties."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Jiang is still hot, the old prince is so clever."
Wanyan Lian's plan was very simple, which was to act miserable and use the sympathy of the Jurchens within the feudal government to put pressure on Zhao Tai and force him to withdraw his order.
At that moment, several people conspired for a while and dispersed from the mansion.
As soon as they left, Wanyan Lian called his family and ordered: "Post this note."
His son Wanyan was so happy that he picked up the note and looked at it. He couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Dad, you are crazy. If you sell the house, where will we live?"
Wanyan Lian rolled his eyes at him, and after explaining the reason, Wanyan Xi happily went out to post it.
In Xuzhou City, many Jurchen nobles followed Wanyan Lian's wishes and clamored to sell their property at a low price to raise money for Zhao Tai.
This made many female generals in Zhao Tai's army feel unhappy.
Although Zhao Tai treated them well, everyone still felt sad when they saw that the Jin Kingdom was destroyed and Zhao Tai forced the Jin Kingdom's clan to treat them like fat sheep.
Outside Wanyan Lian's house, Wanyan Chengde rode over and he walked to the door. Wanyan Lian stood at the door with a smile on his face, "Haha~ Chengde, you are really a busy man. You followed Prince Zhong to Xuzhou and you didn't come to see me either.
.I asked someone to invite you several times before you came over..."
King Zhong’s journey.
After Zhao Tai captured Xuzhou, he used the mansion of his official slaves as his palace.
One day after the army took control of Xuzhou, order in the city has been restored.
At first, the soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou City felt a sense of panic when the official slaves were killed and Zhongyi Town entered the city.
They were worried about being attacked by the rebels, but after Zhongyi Town entered the city, the security in the city not only did not collapse, but was actually better than before.
Historically, when a city changed hands, chaos would occur in the city, and most of the people would be robbed. However, the soldiers of Zhongyi Town not only did not rob themselves, but also captured many local gangsters who were fishing in troubled waters.
Seeing this, the people in the city became bolder. They found that it was very safe to go in and out of the city and go out to buy and sell things.
At first, the merchants in the city were afraid of being robbed by the insurgents, so they closed their stores and did not dare to open. When they saw that order in the city was restored, some boldly tried to open their businesses. But they were soon surprised to find that the soldiers in Zhongyi Town not only did not rob, but also bought things.
He actually returned the money.
They obviously could rob, but they insisted on paying, which made all the merchants in Xuzhou feel bad.
At this time, order in the city was restored, and the inventory of seized materials was completed.
"Commander!" Wang Bin held the account book, "This time we took over Xuzhou and seized about 310,000 copper coins, gold and silver, and treasures. In addition, we seized 50,000 shi of grain and had to surrender 4,000 troops."
Chapter completed!