Who is the mole?

This person must be a core member of the Southern Dynasty, familiar with internal affairs, and has a high position of authority.

Fang Jie and Dong Zheng were directly excluded. They had already proclaimed themselves kings and were the absolute masterminds. They had no chance.

Lu Zhengyuan?

He is useless!

These people have no reason to doubt, so this mole must be a backward person and has not done anything evil. He may be able to get around with his merits...

Fu Xing'an is the Minister of War, and he belongs to him, so he should not be a mole.

"Master Fu, what do you mean by this?"

But he didn't expect Lu Zhengyuan to stand up at this moment.

"You want to pay the autumn tax, right? What's your intention in saying this?"

"Do you know how much I paid to collect taxes? How much did the Southern Dynasty pay?"

"In order to collect taxes and manage politics, I, Lu Zhengyuan, have worked hard, but you can make it easy for me!"

Fu Xing'an was stunned.

What he said was angry. This extremely fragmented Southern Dynasty didn't even have a real person in charge. Everyone had their own little plans. It was simply rotten to the extreme.

This counterfeiting is not enough to make people laugh... Anyway, it is ruined, so it will be ruined to the end.

Fu Xing'an took a deep breath.

"Master Lu, Fu admires you as a person. It is not an exaggeration to say that you worked hard for the Southern Dynasty. You established the laws and regulations of the Southern Dynasty, and you collected the taxes. I also know that you collected the taxes, money, and food. You are not greedy.

Every inch...but what can I do now?"

"The Daning Navy is outside and there is turmoil inside. Besides paying the autumn tax, what else can I do? At least... we can protect the Southern Dynasty from collapse for the time being!"

Am I that great?

How come I don’t know this myself?

right!

I am so great!

Lu Zhengyuan originally wanted to throw dirty water on Fu Xing'an, but he couldn't bear it, so he just went downhill.

He said in a low voice: "Pay it, as long as the Southern Dynasty is still there, there will be a chance."

"Emperor Yuanwu would have gone to the front line to award rewards and meritorious service in the coming years, but now it has been postponed. I think he is waiting for the autumn taxes to be paid..."

"If we don't hand it over, I'm afraid not only the Daning navy will come, but also the Qing Dynasty's army. As long as we hand it over, Emperor Yuanwu may leave the capital. By then, there will be no leader in the court, and we will have an opportunity in the Southern Dynasty!"

Lu Zhengyuan said in a deep voice: "I will continue to work hard. Once the money and food are handed over, we will collect them again!"

"I believe that as long as we work together, the Southern Dynasty will not collapse and will be more glorious!"

At this moment, everyone was in awe. They felt that Lu Zhengyuan was tall and majestic.

Wen Xu couldn't help but sigh.

As expected, the only one who truly rebelled was Lu Zhengyuan, and even he felt ashamed.

"Turn it over."

Wen Xu sighed lowly. The riots by the people in the city made him give up all his thoughts. Just like Lu Zhengyuan said, after one calamity, there will be another calamity...

Maybe this incident can wake up the people of the Southern Dynasty... Of course he is unwilling and very unwilling, but there is no way. The most important thing is to preserve the present.

I understand now.

Your Majesty does not want to use force, perhaps because he feels that the Southern Dynasty is not worth fighting at all, or perhaps because of the urgency of the court, or perhaps because he does not want to hurt innocent people.

But that doesn't mean it can't be.

The decree makes it very clear that paying autumn taxes is the bottom line.

If it is not handed over, His Majesty may not go out or send troops to clean it up. By then, there will not even be a chance to complain here...

Admit it.

Your Majesty will be away for at least half a year. During this period, the Southern Dynasties will not have no chance...

"Is it really going to be like this?"

Dong Zheng's hands were shaking, this result was really hard to accept.

"Then you go out and fight Daning Navy."

Wen Xu's words silenced Dong Zheng.

Pay the autumn tax, the army is still there, fight with the Daning Navy, and you are gone.

It's not difficult to choose.

After a moment of silence, Dong Zheng asked again: "How much do you need to pay?"

He really doesn't understand this.

The Nanfu Army has little interaction with the local area. Military supplies are issued by the Ministry of War and are not supported by the local area. This is to avoid collusion between the army and the local area.

Lu Zhengyuan said: "The imperial court decided that it should be handed over in the tenth year of Yuanwu."

"this……"

"How is that possible?"

"Is this true?"

Immediately there was a sound of surprise and suspicion in the hall.

Taxes are based on the current year's output and vary every year.

Although taxation has increased in the past few years since the war broke out, it is actually relative and only affected by the impact.

In recent years, the highest collection was in the 10th year of Yuanwu. Later people have learned that it was the imperial court preparing for the war, because the war broke out in the 11th year of Yuanwu...

It is now the 16th year of Yuanwu. If we still pay according to the 10th year of Yuanwu, the increase will be too much.

The reality is that some taxes have not been collected at all, and some people say that there is nothing they can do if they do not pay taxes to the rebels.

From this point of view, the actual payment is much higher than the actual collection. Where does this shortfall come from?

"Isn't this forcing people to death?"

Dong Zheng turned to Lu Zhengyuan.

“Do we collect enough food to pay the taxes?”

"enough!"

Lu Zhengyuan said in a low voice: "But we have to take out the proceeds from the house confiscation... In the end, there may not be much left."

"this……"

"no!"

"Absolutely not!"

Dong Zheng shook his head and said: "Just pay according to the actual amount. If you pay more, you won't get it, not even a cent more!"

If you work hard to collect taxes and have nothing left in the end, don't you become a sharecropper?
Chapter completed!