chenghuangmiao
In the past two days, all the officials, salt merchants, and tycoons in Yangzhou City were terrified.
She had been dragged here by Lord Fourth and Lord Thirteenth and starved for half a day.
Forcing them to donate.
In the end, the bandits entered the city again.
Fourth Master and Thirteenth Master were protected by Goshha and escaped.
But what about him?
He also wanted to run, but it was too late.
She had been hungry for the whole day and could not even run.
All of them stayed in the Shing Wong Temple obediently.
Now, they had become the captives of the bandits.
However…
Zhang Mu didn't mistreat them. He still gave them the food they deserved. Although it was only porridge, at least they were full, right?
What did the Ma Bandits say?
He did not torture the captives.
But now…
They finally met the bandit leader, Zhang Mazi.
Zhang Mu slowly came to the main seat of the Shing Wong Temple. He still had a faint smile on his face."This one is Zhang Mu. Greetings, sirs. Is there anyone who keeps his word? I want to have a good talk with everyone!“
The group of people looked at each other.
Then, his gaze fell on Ren Bo 'an, who was the highest ranking official.
Finally, Ren Bo 'an walked out and said slowly,""I'm Jiangnan Salt Envoy Ren Bo 'an. You're the bandit leader, Zhang Mazi?”
"Dog official, how can you speak to our Chief like that? "Du Yonggui said angrily.
Zhang Mu waved his hand, signaling Du Yonggui to shut up. However, Ren Bo 'an became more enthusiastic."Warrior Zhang, I see that you are a young and promising person. Yangzhou is in famine, and we are collecting food. I think you might as well surrender. With your good martial arts, you might be able to contribute to the court in the future!"”
"Sir Ren!“
Zhang Mu smiled and said slowly,""There's something that I'd like you to take a look at first so that you won't be frightened!”
All the officials and salt merchants were slightly stunned.
"Bring him up!" Zhang Mu said calmly.”
Then, a head was placed on the table.
Hiss!
After seeing the head clearly, all the officials were stunned.
Isn't this the head of the Thirteenth Prince, Aisin Gioro Yinxiang?
Everyone was stunned and even terrified.
Zhang Mu said calmly,""Sir Ren, do you still think that I can submit to the Imperial Court?”
Ren Bo 'an's body trembled, while Zhang Mu smiled and said,""Alright, I don't want to waste my breath on you. Yangzhou is a place that is often in need of money. The officials and salt merchants of Yangzhou are very rich. That is known to the world. Therefore, I won't waste my breath. I can spare your lives, but you have to pay!”
Pay?
Ren Bo 'an was stunned, but his younger brother Ren Ji' an quickly said,""How much does the king want?"
"And this is?"
Zhang Mu looked at Ren Ji 'an.
"I'm Ren Ji 'an, Ren Bo' an's younger brother, and also a Yangzhou salt merchant!”Ren Ji 'an quickly opened his mouth and said," How much does Your Majesty want? We can still make up the number!"”
Zhang Mu smiled and spread out five fingers.
Ren Ji 'an's heart skipped a beat when he saw Zhang Mu extend five fingers.
He knew that Zhang Mu definitely did not want 500,000 yuan.
This number would only be high, not low.
Five hundred thousand taels of silver was impossible. It was at least five million taels.
However, Ren Ji 'an still asked tentatively,""Five hundred thousand?"
Zhang Mu smiled and said slowly,""What do you think?"
"Five million taels of silver!" Zhang Mu smiled and said slowly,""One tael of silver is not a small amount!"
"Where do we get so much money?”Ren Ji 'an couldn't help but shout,"Your Majesty, we…"?
Zhang Mu smiled and casually picked up the donation book that Yongzheng had extorted from them. He said indifferently,"Ren Bo 'an, donate 200,000 taels of silver. Ren Ji' an, donate 100,000 taels of silver. Tsk tsk, this name list says that all of you are donating close to 2 million taels of silver. If you say you don't have it, do you really think I'm fooling you?”
Ren Ji 'an was stunned.
"Great King, we, we really didn't!”Some salt merchants shouted," We have to sell our assets to gather the two million taels. This, this needs time!”
The group of salt merchants chimed in.
They were also certain that Zhang Mu would not stay in Yangzhou City for too long.
They were naturally unwilling to fork out this money.
and
Zhang Mu seemed to be reasonable.
It was good to be reasonable. If he was reasonable, he would be easy to fool.
Zhang Mu smiled slowly.""I think everyone is really unwilling to take the silver. How about this? I'll tell everyone a story, and everyone can judge if we should give the silver or not!”
Zhang Mu paused and continued,""It was said that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty was facing a life-and-death situation, Chongzhen put down his dignity as the emperor and begged the ministers and relatives to donate money to pay the soldiers guarding the capital. In the end, the royal family was stingy and the court officials pretended to be crazy. Even Chongzhen's father-in-law, Zhou Kui, was unwilling to take the money. Zhou Kui was originally a rich man. Chongzhen wanted him to donate 100,000 taels to lead the way for everyone. However, after crying his heart out, he donated 10,000 taels "righteously." The extremely depressed Chongzhen planned to give his father-in-law a discount and ask him to donate 20,000 taels. Zhou Kui saw that he could not fool him, so he went into the palace to find his daughter, Empress Zhou. Empress Zhou wanted him to be righteous and gave him her 5000 taels of silver. Then, Zhou Kui donated 3000 taels of silver from his daughter's 5000 taels of silver, and the remaining 2000 taels returned to his own pocket.”
" Later, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on Mei Shan. Li Zicheng went to the capital, and these officials fell into the hands of King Chuang. Li Zicheng was not Chongzhen. When Chongzhen begged them, Li Zicheng would not be so polite. After the interrogation, they all rushed to donate all their property. In the end, Li Zicheng's army received a total of more than 70 million taels of silver. That was more than 70 million taels!”
Zhang Mu smiled as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
However, everyone present felt a chill run down their spines.
"As for me, I'm definitely not willing to learn from Li Zicheng. I don't like to kill people, and I don't like to abuse them either. I prefer to have a good talk with everyone and ask you to pay some money!”Zhang Mu laughed." I dare to kill the Emperor's Thirteenth Prince. Do you think I dare to skin you alive and pull out your tendons? If I want you to take the money honestly, then take the money honestly. Don't force me to learn from Li Zicheng!"”
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