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. Previously, the Jin Kingdom was still there, and 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 gone, they still want to take possession of the wealth obtained by plundering the Han people. There is no doubt that he is blinded by his sharpness."
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 have land to cultivate, and the new dynasty obtains a large amount of money by confiscating the property of the nobles of the previous dynasty, filling the treasury without imposing additional taxes on the people. The world can rest and recuperate, and the new dynasty can quickly restore its national strength. Now After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, those Jin Kingdom survivors are lucky enough to be able to survive, but they are in trouble if they want to continue to have huge wealth."
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 rashly take 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 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.
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In the lobby, many Jurchen nobles felt a little more at ease after listening to Wanyan Lian's words, feeling 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 left behind if he couldn't guarantee it. And the most important thing was that no one wanted to pay.
When the Mongolian soldiers surrounded 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 is powerful. He is opening his mouth to us. Can we really refuse?" Some people were still 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 wants. 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 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 It’s time to protect us, not exploit our clan members.”
After everyone heard this, many people agreed.
Wanyan Lian looked at the man and said, "The abbot is right. But not giving it at all will definitely not work. 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 was different now. Wanyan Lian did not dare to reject 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 a few 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 pushed everyone to this point, he must be afraid of affecting his reputation. I will give him 30,000 yuan at that time, and he will have nothing to say. In addition, there are many female immortals in the loyal king's army. Who of you has relations with them? There will be more in recent days. Contact them, get in touch with them, complain to them and tell them about our difficulties."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Jiang is still old and 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 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 as 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 travels to the palace.
After Zhao Tai captured Xuzhou, he used the palace of the 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, not only did the security in the city not collapse, but it became 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 soon discovered to their surprise that the soldiers in Zhongyi Town not only did not rob, but also bought things. Actually returned the money.
They could obviously rob, but they insisted on giving money, 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 copper coins, gold and silver, and treasures, about 310,000 guan. In addition, we seized 50,000 shi of grain and had to surrender 4,000 troops."
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "These seizures are a lot, but they are still not enough for the vassal government. By the way, how much money can the noble clan members in the city collect..."
