Under the arrangement of Hu Jishen, ministers within Annan began to spontaneously go to various places in Annan to search for silver coins. Corrupt officials in the country instantly fell into a state of carnival.
With the king's imperial edict, Annan officials no longer had any scruples and worries. Under the guise of raising tax money, they privately made money and squeezed the people, very freely.
Those corrupt officials and bullies in the past did not dare to take risks to commit evil and oppress the people. Now, under the cover of the imperial edict, they are becoming more arrogant and domineering.
For their own selfish desires, corrupt officials abuse their power and resort to coercive measures against the common people, amassing money and sex all day long and committing atrocities at all costs.
The government offices in various places have already received the instructions from above. The people suffered so much but their appeals were in vain, so they had to swallow their anger. Many innocent people lost their lives as a result.
Everywhere in Annan is filled with oppression, killings and atrocities, which has also caused many Annan people to organize spontaneous protests.
But the common people are no match for those corrupt officials. They are either killed or arrested. In short, there is no good ending.
In this way, Annan's turmoil lasted for half a month. Finally, under Hu Ji's pressure, Annan finally collected 10 million taels of silver.
However, when Hu Jishen saw the oily faces of the officials who went to collect taxes, the prime minister knew that these people must have made a lot of money secretly.
According to reports from his subordinates, basically all the food of the people of Annan has been requisitioned. In addition to food, there are also some valuable things. Anyway, all the places that can be looted have been drained.
Chen Zheping was very sad about this and sighed all day long, but he had no way to stop it. His Annan could not defeat the Ming Dynasty externally, and he himself was no match for Hu Jishen internally. He did nothing but add trouble. No.
But Hu Jishao himself didn't care, because these were all orders in the name of Chen Zheping and had nothing to do with him. Even if he was scolded, it was Chen Zheping who stood up to him.
He has decided that when this matter is over, he will directly push the king out as a scapegoat to calm the people's resentment. When the time comes, he will be able to become the new king of Annan. Everything is according to his plan.
Although the Ming army attacked Annan this time and extorted tens of millions of taels of silver, Hu Jiya did not feel distressed at all, but was very grateful to him.
After all, the only thing he cares about is the throne. As for the life and death of those people, Hu Ji Yao doesn't care at all.
Seeing that supplies and silver supplies from various places had been arriving one after another, Hu Jishou once again ordered envoys to go to the Ming Dynasty to discuss how to deliver these silver supplies.
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Daming military camp.
When he met Li Jin again, the envoy, who had no worries about his future, flattered Li Jin in every possible way.
"Two adults of the Ming Dynasty, the envoy has brought good news this time."
The envoy said with a flattering salute to Li Jin and Fu Youde.
After hearing this, Li Jin said perfunctorily:
"Oh? But I don't know what else you Annan has that can be called good news!"
The envoy didn't care about Li Jin's tone, but he still said excitedly alone:
"Hey, sir, our country has finally collected ten million taels of silver. This is great news!"
Li Jin raised his eyebrows and said without any surprise:
"Well, this is indeed great news for your country."
"Of course, the contribution of the envoy is indispensable. After all, it is quite hard to travel back and forth between the two armies."
"And the king and prime minister of your country are so aware of current affairs, which makes the cooperation between our two countries very happy now!"
Next to him, the muscles on Fu Youde's face trembled. He held it in for a long time, but didn't say anything.
The messenger's eyes were still smiling, and there was no other emotion on his face. He just asked:
"Sir, now that all the money has been received, I wonder when your country plans to withdraw its troops?"
Li Jin knew that the envoy wanted him to withdraw, but he would definitely not retreat now. He just said vaguely:
"Of course you will retreat after you pay the money."
After hearing this, the messenger paused for a moment, and then asked again:
"Since the amount of silver is huge, how do you plan to arrange for our country to deliver it?"
Li Jin said:
"Let your king order people to transport the silver and supplies to the other side of the river. We will send people to receive it ourselves."
"As for safety issues, as long as you arrange the money and stay safe, there won't be any problems."
The messenger nodded and said:
"That's no problem. My king also hopes that Daming can keep his promise."
"After the money is given to your country, your country can immediately withdraw its troops!"
After hearing this, Li Jin said sincerely:
"Just put your heart in your stomach. I am a great man and I will never break my promise and get fat."
The envoy stared at Li Jin for a long time. Seeing Li Jin's sincere expression, he nodded secretly.
The envoy then gave Li Jin a brief description of the material situation:
"This time the supplies totaled four million taels of silver and two hundred thousand taels of gold. The remaining four million were offset by copper, iron, grain and other supplies."
Fu Youde's eyes glowed green as he listened, and he only had one thought in his mind:
This time I really made a fortune.
After hearing this, Li Jin expressed his satisfaction and urged:
"That's it, just bring it as soon as possible."
Seeing how happy Li Jin was, the envoy thought that the matter was finally done and his life was finally saved.
The next day, the two sides began to hand over. During this handover process, the atmosphere on both sides seemed very harmonious, and there was no sign that the two armies had ever fought.
Annan's army moved the money and supplies eagerly, without any thought of nostalgia, while on the other hand, the Ming army all received the money and supplies with excitement.
All the money and supplies were brought back to the camp for safekeeping by Li Jin's people. Over at Annan, Hu Jisao kept urging his men to hurry up. Now he just wanted to send the Ming army back as soon as possible.
The handover was finally completed on the fourth day. Just when Hu Jishan thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to withdraw, a piece of news that shocked him came from the south.
