The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

"You must know that those who are not of my kind must have different hearts! Father!"

The retired emperor frowned, as if he was convinced by Emperor Xinglong's words.

Instead he asked,

"Qingfengzhai slaughtered the gentry and common people in Yangzhou and divided the land for cultivation according to population."

"If we appease them, the whole government and the people will resist with all their might, and it will even shake the foundation of our Daqian! Do you understand?"

How could Emperor Xinglong not understand what the retired emperor said?

What Qingfengzhai did in Yangzhou was not only to kill the gentry and local gentry, but also to distribute their land to ordinary people.

Although Emperor Xinglong had thought about doing this, the foundation of the Daqian Kingdom was the support of the gentry and nobles.

Even if he wanted to, he could only proceed step by step and did not dare to act like Qingfeng Village.

Although he secretly admired Qingfeng Village's actions.

But if the imperial court negotiates with Qingfeng Village, wouldn’t it be implicitly recognizing Qingfeng Village’s policy of dividing land?

It is said that it was an attack between the imperial court and the rebels in Qingfeng Village, but to put it bluntly, it was the differences in the systems and rules of the imperial court and Qingfeng Village.

It goes without saying that once the imperial court intends to negotiate peace with Qingfeng Village.

The civil and military officials in the court would definitely be the first to jump out and oppose it.

His father's idea was not wrong. At this moment, only if the government and the people were united could Daqian overcome this crisis.

However, if he were asked to support peace talks with the foreign Tartars, Emperor Xinglong would think of the shame of the weak Song Dynasty in history books.

Thinking back to the previous dynasty, the Jiajing Emperor who was captured by Taizu and burned himself in the palace,

Emperor Xinglong turned solemnly to look at the retired emperor and said,

"I would rather emulate the bravery of Jiajing than suffer the shame of Jingkang!"

The Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Emperor Xinglong, his face showing no emotion at all, and asked calmly,

"What do you want?"

Emperor Xinglong said solemnly,

"One dynasty, two systems!"

Then he continued to explain,

"Confine Qingfeng Village to the territory of Yangzhou and let them govern on their own! Promise the court that except for Yangzhou, all other places will abide by the laws of Daqian!"

"If so, not only can we appease Qingfeng Village, but we can also use Yangzhou as a pilot for the imperial court!"

"If this continues, we can definitely use Yangzhou's Nine Rules of Qingfeng as a basis to subtly influence other prefectures and counties in Daqian!"

The emperor seemed to be interested after hearing this, and he leaned on the couch in a different position.

He stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Emperor Xinglong and asked,

"How can I comfort him?"

Emperor Xinglong was delighted when he heard this, knowing that he had finally dissuaded the retired emperor from the idea of ​​negotiating peace with the northern ethnic minorities.

It also allowed the retired emperor to see an opportunity for Daqian to change.

Emperor Xinglong, who had already thought about it, spoke directly.

"You can grant him the lifetime title of a prince and order him to govern Yangzhou!"

The emperor snorted disdainfully.

"Naive! If I put you in the position of a Yangzhou rebel, would you be willing to give up?"

"This……"

Emperor Xinglong was slightly stunned, thought for a moment and said,

"Father, the reason I chose to negotiate peace with Qingfeng Village in Yangzhou is not because I don't understand the hidden dangers of the rebels."

"But I feel that this group of rebels in Yangzhou also understand the righteousness of their country!"

The emperor rolled his eyes and snorted in disdain.

Emperor Xinglong continued hurriedly,

"Your Majesty may not know that the eight million taels of salt tax previously brought into the capital also came from the efforts of Qingfeng Village!"

"Oh? What do you mean?" asked the emperor curiously.

Emperor Xinglong then told Lin Ruhai everything that had been reported, including the cooperation between him and Qingfengzhai in Yangzhou to collect salt tax, and how Qingfengzhai let the eight million taels of tax silver leave Yangzhou.

In the end, it was revealed,

"Yangzhou's Lianghuai salt tax has always concerned the nine frontiers of the imperial court. This is a well-known fact!"

"Why would you let a group of profit-seeking rebels get away when they could easily rob them?"

Emperor Xinglong said firmly,

"Therefore, I believe that Li Qingfeng, the bandit leader of Qingfeng Village, must have seen that the Nine Borders needed this salt tax to resist the foreign tribes on the grasslands, which is why he asked Lin Ruhai to send the eight million taels of silver out of Yangzhou!"