"What's the meaning of this, Lord Emperor? Has he never seen silver in his life? After collecting double taxes and the Kangrong tax, now he wants to collect some exemption money too? What does he take us for? We're not minting silver, where are we supposed to get the silver for him?!"
"Liu, you're right. The Lord Emperor is really driven mad by poverty, squeezing silver from us poor folks. How shameless of him, doesn't he fear thunder striking him down!"
Someone immediately echoed, "Yeah, the Lord Emperor is so heartless. We've already given him so much silver, yet he's still not satisfied? Now he even wants our lives?!"
