However, after joining the center, the Northeast was still partially independent. Its military and tax systems were autonomous and its taxes did not go into central government coffers; neither did the center provide support to the Northeast.
但歸順中央後，東北仍然形同半獨立狀態，東北的軍制、稅制完全自主，東北的稅收未解繳中央，中央也無需補助東北。