As a result, rebellions arise from all directions, unrest is widespread, and the local garrison guards are overwhelmed with quelling bandits, but even after winning battles and pacifying rebels, it isn't over.
Because tax officers are dispatched from the palace to seize the spoils of war, all initial gains must be sent to the Capital. However, these places were originally impoverished regions, where the poor rebel, how could there be so much gold and silver to meet the quotas?
Thus, in these areas, wealthy Domain Army and Palace Guards gather money themselves, while those without money toil the land, dig gold and silver veins, and slaughter cattle, horses, and sheep for tributes to the Emperor.
In this way, all the good things under heaven are scoured clean, continuously gathered in the Shanglin Garden.
