Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 185 Du Ruhui's Solution
Just looking at his figure, you can tell that 3000 taels of silver are nothing to him. The reason why he said this was because he was unwilling to give the money to the Qing army.

After all, no one's money comes from the strong wind. Even if it is really blown by the strong wind, it is his own, how could he be willing to give it to others.

"That's right, he wants several thousand taels of silver all at once, he is treating us like fat pigs."

"It's even more ruthless than those supervisors in the past two years."

Several people complained in a hurry. They were very disgusted with Hauge's order to force them to donate silver, otherwise they would not be sitting here today.

"Everyone, stay safe and don't be impatient." The chattering voices of these people made Du Ruhui's head grow louder, so he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them to be quiet.

"It's useless for us to complain here, the money that should be paid still has to be paid."

"Those mite people are all devils who kill without batting an eye. If we don't hand them over, I think they will definitely kill us."

Du Ruhui is definitely not alarmist. Before Mite Qing entered the customs, he killed people everywhere. Many rich people here have heard about it. After all, they are well-informed. In fact, in the past few decades, even ordinary people have heard that the Qing army killed people without blinking. Rumors of burning down villages and destroying cities at every turn.

Although the Huaiqing Mansion where they live belongs to the Chief Commissioner of Henan Province, it is only seven or eight hundred miles away from the Great Wall. In addition to the Ming and Qing wars over the past few decades, countless guest troops have passed by since then. I have heard of it.

"Now it's not like it was in the Ming Dynasty. There are people in our court, and no one dares to touch us. Even if the emperor sends an angel down, he will give us three points."

"That's right." Du Ruhui's words reached everyone's heart, so they all responded in unison.

To be honest, Du Ruhui misses the days in the Ming Dynasty very much. Although it was full of exorbitant taxes, the war between the peasant army and the official army ignited all over the country.

But no matter what, they are all reasonable, no matter the court or the army, no matter whether they are mud-legged or gentry, even robbers who kill people and rob goods can also be reasonable and can be bought with money.

But today's Chiqing has no way to reason, or even talk to them, because Chizhou people speak Chichi language, and among the Han people, except for a translator, no one can understand what they mean by Jijiguagua.

Just when everyone was reminiscing about the past happy times under the rule of Ming Dynasty, a person suddenly stood up and asked Du Ruhui, "Then I gave it to them this time, what if we still reach out to us for money next time?"

"Time and time again, this has no results at all. It is like cutting flesh with a dull knife. It would be better to just ransack the house."

"No." Du Ruhui said firmly.

Everyone heard Du Ruhui's words and looked at him in confusion. They didn't know why Du Ruhui would say such a thing. Qi Qing is not an easy talker. You won't do it just because you say you can't. Unless your whole family dies, leaving them with nothing. When you get the opportunity to grab money, Mite Qing will let you go.

In the next second, Du Ruhui gave his reason, "Don't forget whose army is outside the city."

"Of course it's the imperial army." One person replied. He said that it was very dangerous to say such a thing. If someone reported him to Hauge, he might be regarded as a spy and his house would be ransacked.

However, they came here to gather today, and they violated Hauge's taboo. Anyone who dares to report will be punished first, so everyone can speak freely without worrying about someone reporting.

"Do not."

"It's the army of the Son of Heaven." Du Ruhui emphasized.

At first glance, I thought Du Ruhui was talking nonsense, the court belonged to the Son of Heaven, and the army of the court also belonged to the Son of Heaven. Didn't this say it again in a different way?

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Du Ruhui explained, "The army outside the city is the Shangzhiwei army. They are the emperor's army. They have the best equipment, the highest morale, and the strongest combat effectiveness."

"Besides, the emperor himself is in command. It can be seen that the emperor must have the confidence to take down Huaiqing City and defeat Hauge, so it won't be long before Hauge is defeated and killed. How can he still have the opportunity to blackmail our money?" Du Ruhui After he told his reason, everyone thought it made sense and applauded him one after another.

However, then someone asked a fatal question, which caught Du Ruhui off guard.

"Then, what if the Son of Heaven defeats Hauge and occupies Huaiqing, what will we who donated money to Hauge do?"

This is a good question, and it just explained the plight of Du Ruhui and his group of Huaiqing rich natives. There was a mountain of knives in front and a sea of ​​fire in the back. Anyway, they would die anyway, or the whole family would die together.

"Hey, what should I do? If you help Hauge, you will die. If you don't help, you will die. Now donating money is waiting for death. If you don't donate money, you will die immediately. It's really embarrassing." Several wealthy households thought of their predicament. , sighed together.

"Brother Du, you are the most wealthy and respectable person among us. You have an idea." These wealthy households really had no choice but to think that they would die anyway, so they asked Du Ruhui if he had any ideas. Qian has the ability, if he can't help it, then these people really can only wait to die.

To everyone's surprise, Du Ruhui really had an idea, "I have a way, maybe we can save our lives after the war, but it's a bit dangerous, I don't know if you are willing or not."

"Brother Du, tell me quickly, it's already at this point, what else do you want or not?"

"Okay, then I'll say it."

"Haoge wants to recruit new soldiers and train the green battalion to defend the city. We can take the opportunity to bribe them, and even send some people into the green battalion, so that they will deliberately let the officers and soldiers in when they are attacking the city outside the city."

"In this way, Huaiqing City will be easily acquired by the imperial court. In this case, we can be regarded as meritorious service. The emperor will definitely not pursue our donation of silver to Hauge, and will even reward us."

Du Ruhui's idea is very good. If this matter is not leaked, they will be the first to capture Huaiqing City.

"Then what if the emperor still doesn't plan to let us go?" A rich man suddenly asked weakly.

Although his worries were superfluous, it was not impossible. After all, Zhu Cihong was the new emperor who had just succeeded to the throne. They didn't know how Zhu Cihong's temper was. If Zhu Cihong insisted on killing them all, they would have no place to reason. After all, they did give Hauge silver, which is an indelible sin.

Of course, no matter how serious the crime is, as long as Zhu Cihong is willing to let the past go, it means that there is no sin, but the premise is, will Zhu Cihong be willing?
(End of this chapter)