id, 'You want one million and one silver taels to pay the army' Li Chen asked.""Yes." Xi Wanli replied calmly."How many soldiers are there throughout the nation, are their ranks full, and how much bac...re to be most courteous, it would still be seen as the power of the East Palace Prince compelling them to pay.""For the sake of their lives, they might surrender. But what we need isn't just their mon...