Chapter 55 Cut off the injustices in the world

A big village in the mountains.

A man in his thirties, with a dignified appearance, sat on a Taishi chair. Although he does not have the posture of a tiger's back and a bear's waist, looking at his figure, he also knows that his strength is not small.

This person is Ye Liuzong.

Judging from the name Ye Liuzong, you know that he is not a rough person.

No rough man can do such a business. Although Ye Liuzong's mine was snatched down by him with his brothers, one by one, but after mining silver, if he wanted to exchange it for what he needed in the mountains, he also needed Ye Liuzong to go down the mountain to socialize.

When Ye Liuzong went down the mountain, he often pretended to be a scholar. Between conversations, there was no leakage of filling.

At this moment, Ye Liuzong looked at the letter of persuasion sent by Liu Hai, smiled contemptuously, then tore it apart, and said, "I have nothing to talk about with the official family. Tell you General Liu, I want my Ye Liuzong to bow his head, unless, you cut off this head. ”

Ye Liuzong patted the handle of the Taishi's chair and said, "Leave him one ear and drive down the mountain." ”

"Yes." Immediately someone came up and pulled the messenger down without mentioning it.

"Big brother," said one person, "are we really going to have a complete falling out with the official family?" "The person who spoke was Ye Liuzong's brother, named Ye Xiba.

He is also the number one fierce general under Ye Liuzong, who dares to fight and fight.

Ye Liuzong said: "It's not that I don't want to reconcile with the imperial court, but we have no way out. With a bit of a wry smile in his voice, he said: "In the past few years, how many mines have been produced in Shaoyang Pit and Shaoting Pit?" ”

When Ye Xiba heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Not much." ”

Ye Liuzong said to another person: "Old Chen, you can talk about it." ”

This old Chen is Chen Shangong, like Ye Xiba, he is Ye Liuzong's right-hand man, in charge of the affairs of the mountain. However, he is only responsible, not that Chen Shangong can't pull out a knife and kill people.

You must know that when Ye Liuzong decided to join the mining industry, there were more than a dozen brothers around him, and now the two people left are the two people in front of him, who fought hard at that time.

Chen Shangong said: "The eighth child doesn't understand, it's not that there aren't many, but the mountains can't make ends meet. ”

When Ye Xiba heard this, he suddenly became anxious. Said: "How is this good? ”

Ye Xiba no longer cares about these details, and he also knows that the silver mine is the biggest income of their team of thousands of people, especially recently when the imperial court has used more silver or silver dollars, and the price of silver has risen. Silver is worth more.

Without this income, these thousands would have starved to death.

Ye Xiba suddenly thought of something, and said: "Since the ore vein has been extinct, why not give it to the official army, our brother, can't the pole be erected again?" ”

Ye Liuzong has not yet spoken. Chen Shangong spoke. He said: "Old eight, you don't think you have thought about spreading the news

After that, the eldest brother's first thought was to get out, but the lion surnamed Xie opened his mouth wide and asked for 100,000 taels. ”

"He doesn't want to think about it, we usually honor him for one or two thousand taels a year, where is there any silver left?"

"And run, where to run? Leaving the thousands of brothers below, we are just a fart, and we were pinched to death casually, we have already fought with the official family before, and it has been difficult to complete the month. After listening to these people's, it is estimated that the three of us brothers will not even be able to fall into Song Jiang's fate. ”

Ye Liuzong sighed and said: "If it's just you and my brothers, it's easy to say, we have also saved some silver over the years, and now that the sea ban is open, let's find a way to mix in the South Seas, how can we have a bite to eat, but what about the brothers below?" ”

"The imperial court reopened the silver mine, I inquired, the tax amount of our generation is 50,000 taels, and the two pits of Shaoyang and Shaoting are the largest pits in the vicinity, and the minimum quota is 120,000 taels."

"Not to mention, the filial piety money of those eunuchs from all sides is not a small 100,000 taels, and it can't be done, but what is the situation of these two pits now, you all know, what do you think the official family will do if the quota is not enough?"

Ye Xiba's face turned pale and said, "Compensation." ”

From Zhu Qizhen's point of view, he saw whether a big mine would open or not. In terms of national policy, it is estimated that Ye Liuzong regards Shaoyang as his life, Shaoting and two pits, and Zhu Qizhen has not even heard of his name.

Therefore, he actually doesn't know much about the specific regulations for mining operations.

Although eunuchs or officials were sent to preside over the mining in the Ming Dynasty, please note that these people will not be directly responsible for the production of minerals, but will subcontract them to merchants, and then set a fixed amount, and then how much tax will be paid each year.

Almost as much as a tax package system.

At the beginning of the country, this was not the case.

At that time, how much could be produced, and I didn't dare to deceive the above, so naturally I handed over as much as I could, but then it was different. Later, many people divided the big accounts into small accounts. The big tent naturally belongs to the imperial court, and the small tent is their own.

Therefore, the number of reports has stabilized at a number intentionally or unintentionally.

And that number evolved into a quota.

The production of minerals is generally larger and larger the further back on. The more the quantity produced, and the more the quota is fixed, the more people below will share.

Of course, the court officials are not fools, so they naturally won't let the following get more cheap. Although the water is clear, there are no fish, but the fish will not be raised too fat.

It's actually hard to complete the quota every year. This kind of game between the top and bottom also makes the number of quotas higher and higher.

From the silver mines in Fujian and Zhejiang, from thousands of taels at the beginning of the country, to about 100,000 taels today, it is for this reason.

But it's not that there are no years, because of such and such problems, it is impossible to complete them

Ump the time.

What to do if it can't be completed, it is compensation.

Anyway, the imperial court wants so much money, and you can't produce it, even if you buy a son or a daughter, you have to make up this money for the imperial court.

In this way, the misery of many miners is simply inhumane.

And this mountain is forbidden by the imperial court. The people were not allowed to enter the mountains in order to prevent the theft of mines. In such a situation, most miners cannot escape.

Even if he escapes, he has been in the mine, what is his ability to survive?

Of course, when Ye Liuzong said this, it was not that he was noble, because he understood. Even if the three of them carry a lot of money, it will be better to get to Nanyang.

To tell the truth, Da Ming has such and such problems, in the final analysis, there is still a royal law, but overseas is the place where there is really no royal law, he is not familiar with the place, and he went to Nanyang with money, he estimates that he has to be a talent with his tail between his legs in order to live.

But it's just about living.

Ye Liuzong Hero I, starting from the bottom from scratch, sitting on thousands of miners, on the ground in Zhejiang and Fujian, is a proper gangster.

Where is willing to suffer this grievance.

What he said was not only for Ye Xiba, a rough embryo, but also for him to hear.

Sure enough, in just one day, Ye Liuzong's words had spread to everyone on the mountain. And all the miners thought of the miserable life faced by the imperial court when the mines were reopened. They all gritted their teeth and made up their minds to follow Ye Liuzong.

From this point, it can also be seen that Yang Pu is old and spicy.

Straight to the heart of the matter.

Ye Liuzong saw that the atmosphere was almost brewing, and gathered everyone in the open space in the mountains, two thousand big men stood in the open space, Ye Liuzong said: "Brothers, it's not that I, Ye Liuzong, want to rebel, but the court doesn't give us a way to live." In the past few days, after thinking about it, I am both dead before and dead, and dead after it. ”

"I, Ye Liuzong, followed my uncle out to rob the mine when I was a teenager, and I have long been used to seeing life and death."

"I, Ye Liuzong, can die, but I can't die in a nest."

"The imperial court wants our lives, so let them come, I, Ye, am willing to scrape and dare to pull the emperor off the horse."

"Willing to scrape, dare to pull the emperor off the horse." All the miners shouted loudly, each one clearly reflected by the red bonfire.

In everyone's eyes, there is hatred and determination like fire.

Ye Liuzong waved his hand, and he played two rows of vertical flags, which read: "The knife splits the injustice in the world, and the gun hits the injustice in the world." ”

This sentence was written by Ye Liuzong when he was a teenager, and it is also a motto that has always been practiced. It is also the origin of Ye Liuzong's self-proclaimed bulldozing king.

After Ye Liuzong integrated the people, he sent messengers to gather all kinds of mine thieves, you must know that among the mountains, Ye Liuzong is not the only one who steals mines, Ye Liuzong is just the biggest one.