In ancient times, plundering after sieging a city was almost a commonplace phenomenon, except for a very small number of troops who strictly managed the army.

But Ye Zongliu is not an ambitious tycoon after all. At his core, he is still the poor miner who suffered unfair treatment.

The court was at fault, the government was at fault, how could the people in Quanzhou City be at fault?

Most of them may be poor people like themselves. Now that their livelihood and food rations have been robbed, how will they survive in the future?

At this moment, a small group of rebels rushed over, the leader's face covered with gunpowder smoke and blood stains. When he saw Ye Zongliu, he grinned loudly and said: "Brother Ye, you are finally back, we captured Quanzhou City , From now on, half of Fujian belongs to the rebels!"

This person was Chen Gongshan, Ye Zongliu's miner confidant. He learned from the soldiers that Ye Zongliu had entered the city and immediately led his men to greet him. At the same time, he shared with his boss the joy of capturing Quanzhou City.

Of course, they are no different from other rebels at this moment, carrying looted supplies in large and small bags.

"Shan Gong, who gave the order to allow the looting?"

Ye Zongliu did not feel happy, but instead asked with a solemn expression. He did not want his once loyal and courageous brother to become a vicious bandit who burned, killed and looted!

Sensing the severity in Ye Zongliu's tone, Chen Gongshan's smile froze on his face, and then he replied weakly: "This is not robbery, it was ordered by King Pingping to kill corrupt officials, beat local tyrants, and confiscate property."

"But these ordinary people in the city, are they corrupt officials and rich people?"

Ye Zongliu pointed to the houses on both sides. None of them were high-end houses of wealthy families, and they were still not immune to looting.

"Boss Ye, you have misunderstood. This is really not robbery. The King of Pingping said that the property should be collected first and then distributed to the poor people. Everything in our hands will be turned over later!"

Chen Gongshan's face was full of grievances. They were also born in poverty, so they didn't know the hardships of the people.

It was clear that Wang Daren was righteous, but how could he call it robbery?

After hearing this conversation, Shen Yichen, who had remained silent all the way, finally spoke.

"Deng Maoqi is truly worthy of being a hero in troubled times, and his methods are truly remarkable."

Ye Zongliu didn't understand the meaning of this, but Shen Yichen did.

Comprehensive plundering of property means that the entire people of Quanzhou City must rely on the rebels, otherwise they will not survive.

For the current rebel army, they will inevitably face a counterattack from the imperial court after capturing Quanzhou City. They urgently need to expand their troops. The more people, the better.

Although the method of attracting young people has the same effect, it is easy to suffer backlash. However, the indirect method of attracting people by plundering property and redistributing it will make the people's resistance much smaller.

At the same time, when the money, rice and grain are finally distributed to their hands, many people will feel grateful and truly identify with and voluntarily join the rebel army.

No wonder Deng Maoqi was able to grow from a humble tenant farmer to the leader of hundreds of thousands of rebels, causing great changes in the entire southeastern part of the Ming Dynasty. His means and ability were indeed far beyond those of ordinary people.
Chapter completed!