That was equivalent to the vast majority of the nation's tax revenue at the time.
What a terrifying burden that must have been.
And yet, the seeds of a dynasty's downfall were sometimes planted right at the beginning.
This was one of the reasons.
Just imagine.
The nobles still lived in silks and luxury.
The common people, however, were already so hungry that they couldn't even afford to eat Guanyin soil.
If they didn't rise up or rebel, what else could they do?
Li Zicheng stormed into the Capital City, declaring the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Even with the Southern Ming afterward, it was already useless.
Then Wu Sangui opened the pass and brought the Qing troops into the realm.
That allowed the Qing troops to crush Li Zicheng and ultimately seize the Central Plains.
To put it in Little Griseo's own words...
She would take action.
Even if she didn't help prolong the Ming Dynasty,
it still wouldn't mean that you Tartars of the Manchu Qing could sit back and reap the rewards.
She would rather support Li Zicheng than let this lot have their way.
Have you not seen what the Manchu Qing did to the Central Plains over two or three hundred years? What did they turn the Central Plains into?
No matter what, China had originally still ranked among the world's foremost powers.
After that,
it took the New China desperately rushing forward and accelerating at full speed to catch up again. Even before she traveled through time, it still hadn't completely managed to surpass them.
How much time had that wasted?
As for the Yuan Dynasty, it had at least possessed some positive significance.
But the Manchu Qing, like the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, was something Little Griseo felt would have been better