The corner of the Shu King's mouth twitched: "Qin Liangyu, what do you mean?"

"Your Highness, the King of Shu, I am only following orders to read out the imperial edict. Your Highness needs to figure out what this edict means!" (The most formal title for a vassal king in the Ming Dynasty was "Your Highness, the King of X.")

Hearing Qin Liangyu addressing him, the King of Shu's ominous premonition grew stronger.

The meaning of this decree is very clear: borrow money!

The Ming Dynasty had been established for nearly three hundred years, and this was the first time the emperor had used an imperial edict to borrow money. Even looking through the history books of the Ming Dynasty, it was unheard of!

He didn't want to accept the order, but considering the sin of not accepting it, he could only reluctantly raise his hands high: "Your Highness Zhu Zhishu accepts the order."

After standing up, the King of Shu resumed his superior attitude. He picked up the imperial edict and examined it carefully.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. This imperial decree is true!"

"Impossible!" The King of Shu sneered, "Let's not talk about whether this imperial edict is damaging to the royal family's reputation. Even those nerds in the court can't write such an imperial edict!"

"Your Majesty, please judge the authenticity yourself." Qin Liangyu followed behind the King of Shu, neither hurried nor slow.

After reading it countless times, when the King of Shu was about to tear the imperial edict apart, Qin Liangyu could not help but ask, "Your Highness, is the imperial edict true or false?"

This is a matter of principle. Only if the procedures are legal will her subsequent actions be legal.

If the King of Shu denied the authenticity of the imperial edict, there would be no need for Qin Liangyu to be polite to him.

Although the King of Shu was reluctant, he still nodded: "The imperial edict is true."

"Your Majesty, the bandit Zhang Xianzhong has arrived in Wanxian and will arrive soon! Our army is short of money and food and cannot fight for long. I have been ordered to come here to raise money for the army, and I hope Your Majesty the King of Shu will help me."

The King of Shu narrowed his eyes and thought about it.

Borrowing money is impossible. I will never borrow money in this life.

There are so many vassal kings in the world, why should they lend money to me, the King of Shu?

Furthermore.

Chongzhen was fickle and untrustworthy. The money he lent out was like throwing meat buns at a dog, which was gone forever.

When borrowing money, he called me the King of Shu, but when paying back the money, the King of Shu turned into this guy.

Not reconciled!

Thinking of this, he smiled faintly: "General Qin... No, it's Governor Qin. You also know that there is a law in the Ming Dynasty that vassal kings are not allowed to participate in government affairs."

"I was appointed as a vassal of Shu State. When I was dealing with the bandit Zhang Xianzhong, I was not allowed to participate in the affairs of the imperial court according to the rules!" (The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty called themselves "gu").

Qin Liangyu looked at the high and mighty King Shu, and the remaining good impression in her heart disappeared: "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that the incident with King Fu of Luoyang will happen again?"

In the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641), Li Zicheng captured Luoyang and killed Prince of Fu Zhu Changxun.

The King of Shu's face changed. "Qin Liangyu, what do you mean? How dare a mere governor go against me? Come on, beat him out with sticks!"

Following the order from the King of Shu, dozens of servants rushed out with sticks.

If it were someone else, the King of Shu might have beaten him to death.

But the Qin Liangyu in front of me has too many halos. She has traveled all over the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong, Central Plains, Huguang, and Southwest China...

There is also the Shizhu Xuanwei Envoy, who was given the title of Second Rank Imperial Concubine...

In order to commend his merits, the current emperor even wrote four poems for him personally!

This is what the King of Shu knew, but what he didn’t know was how highly Qin Liangyu was thought of by later generations!

In the history books of every dynasty, famous women were recorded in the Biographies of Women.

Qin Liangyu is the only female hero in history who was recorded as a famous general of the dynasty and had a separate biography in the official history of generals and ministers.

This shows its high historical status!

The servants were not blind, and they were all stunned when they saw Qin Liangyu.

Who in Sichuan doesn’t know Qin Liangyu!

At the same time, Wang Zhong, a captain of the Imperial Guard standing next to Qin Liangyu, shouted, "The Imperial Guard is here, who dares to act rashly?"

The scene suddenly fell into a deadlock!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Liangyu asked again: "Your Highness, do you want to disobey the order?"

The King of Shu stared at Wang Zhong and Qin Liangyu and thought for a while, then suddenly laughed: "How could I disobey the order! Come, take out 50,000 taels of silver from the treasury and give it to Governor Qin as military pay."

Fifty thousand taels of silver!

Qin Liangyu's face was already extremely ugly. It was no different from sending away a beggar.

"Your Highness only has 50,000 taels of silver?"

"I have a limited amount of money and grain in my treasury, but there is only one Chengyun Palace. General, you can tear it down and sell it to pay for the military pay."

"Okay, I'll take my leave!" Qin Liangyu turned and left.

Chengyun Hall is the name of the main hall in the Prince of Shu's Palace... Even if he really wants to sell it, who would dare to buy it?

Wang Zhong did not dare to stay and followed Qin Liangyu away unwillingly.

After leaving the Shu Palace, Wang Zhong stared at the furious Qin Liangyu and asked, "Governor Qin, what should we do next?"

Qin Liangyu sneered: "Since the King of Shu doesn't want face, I won't give him face."

"Captain Wang, take this governor's order and go to the Chengdu government office to mobilize two thousand garrison troops. Hurry!"

Wang Zhong did not dare to delay and went to the Chengdu government office with the warrant.

Soon, two thousand defenders wearing helmets and armor came to Qin Liangyu.

The troops were led by Sichuan Governor Liu Zhibo.

"Sichuan Governor Liu Zhibo has met with Governor Qin."

"Surrounded!" Qin Liangyu stretched out her right hand and pointed at the Prince of Shu's Palace.

Liu Zhibo was shocked: "What is Governor Qin going to do?"

"The King of Shu disobeyed the order and I, the Governor, have ordered him to be arrested!"

"But..." Liu Zhibo hesitated.

"You also want to disobey the order?" Qin Liangyu stretched out her hand and drew her sword!

Looking at the cold blade, Liu Zhibo knew that Qin Liangyu was angry, and uncontrollably so!

He gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Come here, surround the Prince of Shu's mansion, and don't let anyone escape!"

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