In Suzhou Prefecture, the yamen runners were dispatched urgently and arrested more than a dozen gentry and merchants overnight.

The yamen runners and constables in Songjiang Prefecture also went out to arrest various prefectures and counties, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and maintained the local gentry for the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Zongxi's advice to Fu Shangrui was to settle gentry and merchants who had a relationship with the Qing Dynasty and force them to pay money and provide salary.

There were many gentry in Jiangnan, and they could not offend them all, but only some of them were attacked. Moreover, the army was famous and justified. Fu Shangrui nodded immediately and agreed.

Now Donghai Town takes the lead in causing trouble. If it does not appease it, Zhao Tiebang will instruct the army to mutiny, causing chaos in the local area.

Although in this case, Zhao Tiebang, as the commander-in-chief and the governor, would inevitably be held accountable by the court, which would be equivalent to killing one thousand enemies and hurting himself by 800. It is not a wise move, but he really cannot guarantee whether Zhao Tiebang would do this.

Therefore, Fu Shangrui decided to put the money out and appease the soldiers of Donghai Town first. To start a liquidation of some gentry who had such an indescribable relationship with the Qing Dynasty, it was equivalent to eliminating the traitors. The reasons were justified and completely feasible.

In Suzhou City, in the prison of the prefecture government, torches were burning. Qian Qianyi opened his eyes and looked at the Suzhou prefect Xie Sanbin, standing in front of him, with a smile on his lips.

"Teacher, you are the leader of the Shilin. When the country is in trouble, you don't want to serve the country. You just surrender to Jiannu and become the Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty. Now the court wants to settle the people who surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Do you think of today?" Xie Sanbin asked slowly.

In fact, Xie Sanbin also colluded with the Qing Dynasty and betrayed the righteous master of the Anti-Qing Dynasty. However, he was not as famous as Qian Qianyi, so few people knew about it.

Fu Shangrui ordered the arrest of those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Xie Sanbin immediately thought of his teacher Qian Qianyi, and took the opportunity to avenge his personal revenge and captured Qian Qianyi overnight.

Qian Qianyi didn't expect that he would throw himself in. Fu Shangrui would actually arrest him. He was really embarrassed and angry, "In the matter of Nanjing, Zhao Zhilong's troops were the one who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. I am just the Minister of Rites and did not take charge of the troops. I was forced to welcome the surrender. Moreover, I returned home and sold my industry and funded the righteous act, and I was in prison for the Qing Dynasty. You are revengeing for your private revenge!"

In fact, Fu Shangrui did not order Qian Qianyi to be arrested. After all, Qian Qianyi is quite influential and there are many acquaintances in the court. He has not yet gained a foothold in Jiangnan, so there is no need to bring Qian Qianyi in.

But Xie Sanbin felt that the opportunity was rare and wanted to disgust Qian Qianyi, so Liu Rushi was robbed. Only then did he get Qian Qianyi in with this anger.

Liu Rushi was a famous prostitute in Qinhuai before, and Xie Sanbin first made friends with Liu Rushi. Qian Qianyi, a long-lasting woman, actually robbed the students of his admiration, which made Xie Sanbin always hold a grudge.

A gentry beside him cried and said, "It's unfair! I was the village chief in the Ming Dynasty. Although I was still the village chief when the Qing army came, I did not do evil. Instead, I protected many villagers. The government can go to the public to ask me and see how famous I am!"

"Hmph! Stop yelling!" Xie Sanbin sneered: "Surrender, you surrender. If you don't pay the atonement bank today, no one of you will leave here."

Qian Qianyi glanced at him, the student, "The Qing Dynasty put me in prison and blackmailed me for money. Now the court has recovered lost territory. I have made contributions to help the court recover Changzhou. You dare to blackmail my family's wealth!"

Xie Sanbin looked straight, "Teacher, you can't say that, the students are also enforcing the law impartially! This atonement bank was decided by the Governor's Office, and it was not the students who made the decision without authorization. Hey, teacher, you were old and had to kneel down to welcome the Qing Dynasty, which made everyone know. What did you think you are trying to do? Now, the court wants to draw a list, and the students can't help you!"

Qian Qianyi actually regretted this matter. He almost always planned to restore the Ming Dynasty in his later years. Thinking about Nanjing kneeling to welcome him, he did not get any benefits except smashing his own sign and making him smelly. Qian Qianyi sighed helplessly: "Okay, tell me!"

Xie Sanbin smiled, feeling extremely happy, "Oh, there is a match between teachers and students, and it is not difficult for the students to make a teacher. I will raise 100,000 taels. Students will think of ways to see if Fu Gemen can tolerate it!"

"100,000 taels!" Qian Qianyi was shocked and immediately refused, "Then let the Fuge troops kill me. How could I get the 100,000 taels of me? I'm not worth so much if I sell this life."

Xie Sanbin thought, "Then it's 80,000 taels, no more!"

"Fifty thousand taels, up to 50,000, there's really nothing to sell!" Qian Qianyi said.

Xie Sanbin estimated that this was indeed the limit that Qian Qianyi could take out, and smiled proudly: "Okay, students go to the activities, but it may not be possible."

As he was talking, Suzhou Tongzhi ran over and said, "Mr., the Governor's Office sent someone to summon you."

When Xie Sanbin heard the words, he quickly sorted out his official robe and hurriedly sat in the sedan chair and headed to the Governor's Mansion.

Soon, Xie Sanbin entered the festival hall of the Governor's Mansion and came to Fu Shangrui.

Fu Shangrui was anxious and asked immediately: "Magistrate Xie, what is the situation? How many ten thousand taels can Suzhou raise!"

Liquidation has always been a very good job, which is equivalent to the government allowing the people to rob the people of their money. As long as they are just named as a traitor, they can arrest the gentry and extort at will.

Among them, there are the bad reputations from the top and the bottom of them, which is a god-given opportunity to make a fortune.

Although Xie Sanbin dared not make a big fuss, he also arrested many people, estimated that 700,000 to 800,000 taels could still be extorted.

"Reporting to the Pavilion Department, it is estimated that Suzhou Prefecture can raise at least 400,000 taels." Xie Sanbin bowed.

Fu Shangrui frowned, calculated in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "It's not enough. Suzhou can only raise 400,000 taels. Songjiang was affected by the Qing Dynasty's ban, and there were only two lonely cities in Shanghai and Huating. I'm afraid I can't raise much money. I'm afraid there is still more than one million taels!"

Huang Zongxi said on the side: "After Donghai Town recovered Susongchang, it seized the treasury of the three suburbs, with millions of taels of silver. This money belongs to the treasury of the three suburbs, and is now used to build a Shanghai wharf, clear waterways, and open coastal wastelands. Now this money has not been used up, but has existed in the Huaxing Silver. The Governor's Office takes over the government affairs of the three suburbs. This money should be controlled by the Governor's Office, and the cabinet department can ask someone to raise it first."

When Fu Shangrui first arrived in Jiangdong, he saw busy craftsmen and civilians everywhere when he got ashore from Shanghai. He learned that Zhao Ming would spend six million taels to revitalize Jiangdong.

This incident left a deep impression on him, and Fu Shangrui had never heard of this method. Since ancient times, the only way to restore the local area was to rest and recuperate, light taxes and taxes, but Zhao Ming did the opposite, consumed people's energy, which was simply a waste of money and was purely nonsense.

It is really unreliable for a martial artist to manage the local area. If Su Songchang's government affairs were handed over to him, it would be a disaster for the people.

Now that our cabinet has taken over Su Songchang's government affairs, what policies Su Songchang will implement in the future and how the local finance money should be spent, it should be decided by our cabinet, the governor.

Thinking of this, Fu Shangrui immediately said, "Xie Sanbin, take someone to take the note from this pavilion, go to Huaxing Silver, and take out the deposited silver from the three palaces."
Chapter completed!