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Chen Zeng, the eunuch of the Shenzong Dynasty for mining taxes. In the twelfth year of Wanli, the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Fangshan County Folk History Jin Song asked to open a mine, and the investigation was carried out according to the next stroke, but it was not fruitful. In the sixteenth year, the Chinese Embassy Temple Wutai Mountain, also said that there are mineral sands in Guangchang and Lingqiu outside the Bauhinia Pass, which can be used for silver smelting. The emperor was happy to hear it, and stopped with the words of the university scholar Shen Shixing. In the eighteenth year, Yizhou people Zhou Yan and Zhang Shicai replied that Fuping and Fangshan produced mineral sands, and asked officials to open mines. The time is still unattainable.

By 20 years, Ningxia used troops, spending more than 2 million yuan. its winter. The dynasty rarely used soldiers, and in the last eight years, it cost more than 7 million yuan. In the twenty-seventh year, Banzhou used soldiers, and spent two or three million dollars. The three major levies are one after another, and the country is scarce. And twenty-four years, Qianqing and Kunning two palaces disaster. Twenty-five years, the emperor, the pole, the three halls of the pole disaster. There was a lack of capital for construction, and the ministers were tied, and the mining tax was greatly increased. Since the beginning of the twenty-four years, the miners have fought for His Majesty, and the emperor has ordered the officials to go with them, and the world is there.

Zhen, Bao, Ji, Yongze Wang Liang, Changli, Qian'an then Tianjin, Changping, Hengling, Laishui, Jewel Woshan Wang Zhong, Zhending Fuyi to Wang Hu, and pick Shanxi Pingding, Jishan, Zhejiang Cao Jin, descendants to Liu Zhong, Shaanxi Zhao Qin, Shanxi Zhang Zhong, Henan Lukun, Guangdong Li Feng, Li Jing (has received lunch box), Yunnan Yang Rong, Liaodong Gaohuai, Jiangxi Pan Xiang, Fujian Gao, Huguang Chen Feng, and Zeng Feng mining Shandong. Tongdu Dayi has tax supervisors, Lianghuai has salt supervisors, and Guangdong has pearl supervisors, either special or concurrent. The big and small eunuchs deduced the commotion, sucked the marrow and drank the blood, and offered it to worship. Those who are more likely to enter public funds are not as tithing, and the world is depressed, and the lives are ruined. Its most horizontal increased to Chen Feng and Gao Huai.

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In fact, Chen Ju and Chen Zeng had no intersection. Although Chen Ju is a eunuch, he is also a simple gentleman, who only abides by the "laws of the ancestors, the principles of sages", is honest and quiet, does not disturb the officials or harms the people, never abuses power, and tries to save the shortcomings of the times. Although Chen Zeng also went to school in the palace and studied Zi Jingyun, his personality is very philistine, and he only thinks about drilling camps and Meijun.

The current Wanli, due to the share with Liaoning, as well as the compensation of Chao Xian and Dongying, is very generous. And there is no "three major campaigns" ("the DPRK * rarely uses soldiers" is no longer possible. ), without huge payouts. Although some mine supervisors, tax supervisors, salt supervisors, and pearl supervisors were also dispatched, the income was relatively low, so they didn't care very much, and even the people involved were not taken seriously.

Chen Zeng and his good friend Chen Feng are combined, and it seems that the mine supervisor has no chance to get ahead, so he has to change it. Now there are three fathers-in-law who are in the limelight in the palace: Zhang Cheng, Chen Ju, and Wang An. The brothers are Zhang Jing's disciples, and they have no choice but to find Chen Ju and Wang An. It's just that the two brothers are now mine supervisors, but they are very disdainful of the two honest "fathers-in-law", and these two are still very honest, and it is a bit difficult to get in touch with them.

In the end, the brothers came up with a solution: the prodigal son turned back and changed his ways. Of course, it's pretended. First, he began to slack off his work, and no longer oppressed the officials and people below; Then it is to pretend to be the Virgin, find some poor people to ask for warmth, and find some gunmen to go around to preach that the people are ruined and displaced by mining and tax oppression. When Chen Ju came back, Chen Zeng immediately asked someone to send him and Chen Feng the gunman who had written "Please Stop the Mine Supervision and Tax Supervision and Sparseness" written early in the morning, and ask Chen Ju to correct the axe.

Chen Ju opposed Wanli's dispatch of mine supervisors and tax supervisors to collect wealth and harm the people, and he also wanted to speak out. But he is also a person who understands the actual situation very well, and knows that Wanli's internal money is used where it must be used, and it is not used for fun as rumored outside the palace. So he has not been admonished and disobeyed the emperor.

Until Liaoning defeated Chao Xian and Dongying, the two countries lost a lot of money, and Chen Ju's heart was full of life. Yes, with so much more income, stop bullying the people. However, in the process of contact with Liaoning, he learned two things: one is that the correspondence with official documents should be rigorous and the evidence should be sufficient; The other is "white lies", which don't mind telling a little lie for the sake of a good goal without violating the rules.

For example, in the "Please Move the Central Plains People to Dry and Shu" written this time, he wrote that the Nuergan area is a peach source virgin land with oily land, rich products, and beautiful scenery.

However, he was about to put pen to paper "Please Stop Mining Supervision and Tax Supervision and Sparseness", but due to the lack of direct evidence, he temporarily put aside his pen and could not write it. At this time, Chen Zengtuo came to the door, saying that he and Chen Feng saw the suffering of the people and couldn't bear to oppress the people, and also wrote a copy of "Please Stop the Mine Supervision and Tax Supervision and Sparseness", wanting his brother to correct the axe.

Chen Ju didn't want to pay attention to these two guys, but when he read the suffering of the people described in the letter, it was like crying blood! The kind-hearted Chen Ju was moved and thought that these two had really changed and should be given a chance. He even put the music he had prepared, put it on the basis of Chen Zeng, and submitted it to Wanli in the name of Chen Zeng and the others.

In addition to Chen Ju's elegant writing, there are detailed evidence of Chen Zeng and Chen Feng, which further implies that now that the inner treasury is abundant, if these harmful people are abolished, and there are still any prisons, it will get the favor of Qingliu and the people, so as to get more support on the issue of letting the third son of the emperor inherit the throne, and there will be a lot of resistance to governance.

Wanli was moved by the implied content in the song, and at the same time, out of trust in Chen Ju, he agreed to the songshu's proposal and canceled the dispatch of internal officials such as mine supervisors. For a time, the whole court was full of praise, the praise was overwhelming, and the prestige and status of Wanli were improved.

In recommending candidates for the protection of the Grand Canal, Chen Zeng was mentioned in Shandong, and Chen Feng in Huguang was also asked to be responsible for the relocation of the people in the interior and the work of colonizing slaves after returning to the palace.

Chen Ju, who is a good person, was afraid that the two godbrothers would not have effective subordinates, so he directly recruited a group of mercenaries of various ethnic groups for them, and invited a group of instructors from Liaoning to serve as the pro-soldiers of the two. Because from his own and Wang An's opinions, the guards of the imperial court are "five scum of war"; The good point of the Imperial Horse Prison is at least the "Ten Scumbags of the Battle", if it is a tailwind battle, it will be immediately raised to the level of the "Red Silk Leader" minion; The border soldiers are already at the level of the turtle immortals; Liaoning's generals (including Japanese soldiers) are simply Super Saiyans.

Liaoning originally sent Japanese soldiers because it was worried about affecting the mainland's people's identification with Liaoning. Later, it was discovered that the common people had directly classified the Japanese soldiers under their command into the category of officials and soldiers, and they didn't even think that they had anything to do with the defeated Dongying government, so they boldly provided Chen Ju with mercenaries of various ethnic groups.

Chen Zeng, who rushed back from Shandong, admired himself so much that he came up with such a plan and got such a good result. Without saying a word, he took over the mercenaries and inspected the soldiers of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and set off, anxious to make a result before the New Year to show the emperor and his godbrother.

The mercenaries in Liaoning are all in the same bad stomach, guerrilla warfare can't be done well in front of them, and with Duan Xiao, a super ghost, it is easy to exterminate the river bandits. Basically, the methods of the later generations of Dongying devils were used: strengthening public security, merging villages and villages, strategic villages, concentration camps, cage policy, continuous sitting, three-light policy, and sweeping...... Soon, except for Duan Xiao's lineage, the other ringing horse bandits will either be eliminated, or they will roll up and get out. Duan Xiao's descendants left neatly and moved to the two lakes and Jiangxi and Fujian areas, which had become garbage heaps.

At the instigation of the Liaoning mercenaries, Chen Zeng shouted the crazy slogan of "I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one", brutally oppressing and killing the gentry and people along the river. However, after the abundant supplies were transported from Jiangnan to Beijing and the price of grain fell, the vast majority of officials in Beijing, including Yanguan Yushi and Chen Ju Wang An, like the emperor, unanimously ignored the misery of the people, and did not care that the water of the Grand Canal was stained red with blood and tears.