A day later, more than 30 gentlemen and wealthy men came to Luo Yang and officially said that they would donate money and sponsor Dahan Tian**, Luo Yang received them very warmly and asked his entourage to record their situation.

However, two days later, only 10 people actually donated, and the rest were just big noises or gimmicks.

"King Rui, there is already a rich man who has led his family and absconded with soft things!" The officer in charge of surveillance ran to report and ask for instructions.

Luo Yang was furious.

At that time, in the era when the gap between the rich and the poor was extremely serious, the poor people themselves were already struggling to make a living, and they were the objects of the Han Heavenly Kingdom.

Luo Yang thought about it again, but he still endured it, and ordered the rich people who promised to donate to find more than 20 people to inquire about the situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king has already said that I, the Great Han Heavenly Kingdom, regard you and others as compatriots, so I reached out to ask for sponsorship and support, and I hope you will seize the opportunity."

"Lord Rui, it's not that we don't want to donate, it's true, King Rui, in fact, this year is not good, although our family claims to be rich, in fact, there are many people and many people spend a lot, it is an empty shelf, these days, I have been calculating and preparing at home, and I really don't have a lot of money to bring."

"Well, how much can you donate?" Luo Yang remained silent.

"One thousand taels of silver!"

"Hmm." Luo Yang's face was quite ugly, because, the family property of these rich people has already come to report it, and the saying that the rich can rival the country is too empty, the movable property is more than 500,000 taels, and the real estate is hundreds of thousands of taels.

"However, Lord Rui, this thousand taels of silver, you have to wait a few more days, and the villain has to sell some land to be able to get it together." There was a layer of oil flowers floating on the fat pig's face, and the little bee's eyes flashed with a sly gaze.

Luo Yang inquired about the situation one by one, and among these rich and wealthy people, two had the best attitude, and said on the spot that they were willing to donate 100,000 taels each.

They belong to the attitude wandering type, seeing that Luo Yang urged again, the attitude was not bad, and they became guilty, and immediately ordered their entourage to go home and withdraw money.

Luo Yang also invited those who had already made donations. Then, the number of donations promised by the rich men and the actual amount of donations were read out in the records, and then the five people who donated more than 100,000 taels of silver were commended.

"These gentlemen and rich men have sincerely donated money to the Great Han Heavenly Kingdom, and this king thanks them on behalf of the Heavenly Kingdom, and it is officially announced that these gentlemen will be absorbed into the administrative organs of the Heavenly Kingdom and serve as important officials in economic management!"

Luo Yang made a brief introduction to the areas currently controlled by the Han Heavenly Kingdom, mainly Chengdu City, including more than a dozen county towns on the periphery, and five gentlemen who made the most donations and were basically in line with their economic strength, were appointed to specific official positions, explained the authority to exercise, etc., and immediately allocated protection personnel.

"Thank you Rui Wang for cultivating! We will do our best to serve the Han Heavenly Kingdom! The five gentlemen immediately took a stand.

Ten more gentlemen, led by these men, pledged to give a sufficient share. I also went home immediately to prepare.

In the face of threats and temptations, and under the premise of leading by example, one-third of the super-rich people in Chengdu basically fulfilled their promises, donating a total of 3.4 million taels of silver to the Han Heavenly Kingdom, and it was delivered on the same day and sent to the temporary treasury.

The slow progress of the solicitation of donations, and the news of a considerable degree of resistance from the rich gradually spread among the generals of the Han Heavenly Kingdom, and even some ordinary soldiers also knew about it, and as a result, everyone was indignant and demanded drastic measures to violently deprive the rich of their property.

In Luoyang's ruling government, Zeng Shihe and other four army commanders, led more than a dozen division commanders, repeatedly petitioned in front of Luoyang, demanding that coercive measures be taken against the rich and quickly collect grain and silver.

"King Rui, you are too kind, too benevolent, you don't do things like this, don't you know, these rabbit cubs, none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, you ask them for money, isn't that their lives?"

"Yes, King Rui, this is a tiger skin!"

"King Rui, you don't know, this group of people is either an official of the Qing Demon, or the leader of the dog-legged group training, or a bully landlord, none of them are good things!"

"Yes, grab them all, cut off their heads, and beat them! Confiscate their money and houses! And all the gold, silver, and jewels were collected, and even the women of their house were ......."

These people are all the original Shi Dakai's subordinate generals, Zeng Shihe, Lai Yuxin, Huang Zaizhong, and Wei Pucheng, all of whom are generals at the level of Zaifu, and their influence is not trivial.

Luo Yang repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to persuade donations peacefully, and he also guaranteed a deadline, which made the generals temporarily endure the anger. I went back to training.

With the reorganization of 150,000 troops, plus some military families and something, and huge daily expenses, it is no wonder that the generals are anxious.

Luo Yang was determined to change the crude method of collecting money and food from the Taiping army in the past and win the hearts and minds of the people. Therefore, with great patience and restraint, I advised and urged other rich people to see the situation clearly and take the initiative to donate.

"This king also knows that you have a lot of involvement with the Manchu demons, for the people and grass people, all oppression, these are all crimes, since this king has made meritorious contributions and revitalized the Han Heavenly Kingdom, he will also be extraordinarily gracious, give you a chance to atone for your sins, this king's patience is also limited, if you are stubborn and unrepentant, then this king will definitely not be polite!"

Under the continuous pressure, the wealthy people in the entire city of Chengdu, hundreds of front-line super-rich, donated one after another, and finally donated 7.3 million taels of silver, which became the financial foundation of the Han Heavenly Kingdom.

On this basis, Luoyang decisively levied a "patriotic tax".

The patriotic tax must be paid by everyone, which reflects the civic obligation of paying taxes equally, so even if you are begging for food, you have to pay it, Luoyang sent a large number of officers and soldiers to Chengdu and several counties outside the city, and repeatedly publicized.

This is an extremely disparity in the accumulation of tax measures, ordinary landless people, regardless of peasant citizens, only need to pay a copper plate, and then, according to the amount of family property, the tax amount is increased accordingly, basically, 80 percent of the people are a copper plate tax rate, that is, symbolic meaning.

The middle and upper classes and the wealthy bear the vast majority of the tax burden, and those whose property value is 3,000 taels need to pay 200 taels, 10,000 taels, 1,500 taels, 30,000 taels or more, 7,000 taels, 50,000 taels or more, 15,000 taels or more, and 100,000 taels or more, which is a 50 percent tax rate. In this way, these wealthy classes bear the greatest tax liability.

Luo Yang announced that the patriotic tax was only levied once, which was a temporary tax, and it was also for everyone to automatically stand in line and express their attitude towards the Han Heavenly Kingdom. As for the future, it will be taxed normally according to the amount of land and the situation of industrial and commercial operations.

As soon as the patriotic tax project was launched, it caused great repercussions in Chengdu. The rich cursed one after another, and the small and medium-sized rich had different attitudes, only the poor people and ordinary people were elated.

Within a few days, all the poor ordinary people had paid their taxes, and, with great enthusiasm, the amount of taxes paid far exceeded expectations.

Many people almost bankrupt to pay, obviously as long as a penny, they prefer to pay hundreds, thousands, or even counts. The enthusiastic support of the lower classes of the people shows the fundamental foundation of the Han Heavenly Kingdom.