Shandong mining supervisor Chen Zeng was not as powerful as others, so he could only compromise and cut his flesh and feed the eagle.

Those who know the times are heroes.

Eunuch Wei admires Eunuch Chen's decisiveness from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, if it were him, he would have licked him when the cannon sounded.

There are not as many people as the other party, and I can’t beat them, so when will I wait if I don’t kneel down?

How much is this thing worth?

Besides, they are all from the same unit, and they are still old employees. If they kneel down, they should respect their seniors. Anyway, they will not lose any piece of meat and lose hair. What can you do in your heart?

To put it bluntly, this matter is a conflict among the people and can be reconciled.

Anyway, Eunuch Wei is so open-minded that Eunuch Chen is afraid that he will be open-minded now.

Money is nothing but something outside of your body.

The so-called keeping the green mountains is there, and you will not be afraid of burning firewood.

Eunuch Wei firmly believed that Eunuch Chen must think the same as he did, and he believed that Eunuch Chen's losses would be compensated soon.

It's nothing to do with it.

But he didn't know that Eunuch Chen had already known shame and was brave. He secretly vowed that even if he spent a lot of money after going back, he would integrate the thugs and murderers scattered everywhere and learn from Gao Huai's mining soldiers and tax troops.

In this way, who else dares to intimidate him so unscrupulously!

The horse team, gun team, and artillery team must be made out, and the iron armored soldiers must be made. You little bastard will always return to Beijing when you go south. At that time, you will be in Shandong.

If you dare not take our family seriously, then if you can do it on the first day of the first year, our family will give you the fifteenth!

If you have one thousand people, our family will only have three thousand people.

If you have 3,000 people, our family will only make up 10,000 people!

I have to see who has a hard fist.

After this disaster, Eunuch Chen completely understood.

In this world, no matter how high your status or money you have, you don’t have the power to do military power. If you meet those who are bold and arrogant, you will eventually make wedding dresses for others.

This idea becomes more and more correct when you think about it.

If Yang Rong from Yunnan and Chen Feng from Huguang and others had an elite army like a bastard, could he be killed by the local tyrants? Could he be driven into the Yangtze River by the local garrison soldiers?

However, it is useless to figure out this critical point, and the distance water cannot save the near fire.

Eunuch Chen’s top priority is how to get the 500,000 taels of silver.

The little bastard is like a plague god. Can you leave without money?

However, the old man asked him to get 500,000 taels in a short time.

Chen Zeng has been an official in Shandong for nearly 20 years and has produced a lot of money, but the money he sent had to be imported into the inner treasury, and the rest had to be managed by the big government offices in Beijing. Less than 30% of the money he had to be in charge of the big and small yamen in the capital.

For 30%, there are only one hundred and eight hundred thousand taels, but it is impossible for him to get five hundred thousand taels of cash out.

Because most of the money was asked to buy land and buy property, and the rest were antique calligraphy and paintings. He was asked to pile up 500,000 taels in a hurry, and he couldn't even kill Chen Zeng.

Last time, the hundreds of thousands of taels he asked for from Cheng Shouxun were not all cash-in-one, and he had everything. Later, Li Sancai spoke out loudly, but Eunuch Chen took a lot of effort to get all the money and send it to buy peace.

Now, it is naturally extremely difficult to raise money.

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Eunuch Wei understands the difficulties of Eunuch Chen better than anyone else.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there is more silver, but less.

The reason is that silver has never been the official currency of the Ming Dynasty. The legal currency of the Ming Dynasty from beginning to end were treasure banknotes and copper coins.

The casting of copper coins during the Yongle period was quite effective, which enabled copper coins to be widely circulated nationwide and widely during the Yongle period. However, after Yongle's death, due to the lack of copper ore, gold and silver as alternatives to currency surfaced again.

The Ming Dynasty hit the replacing currency circulation of gold and silver. In fact, gold and silver gradually replaced copper coins and became the main currency for private circulation. Even if the official does not recognize it, it is the case.

After Jiajing, a large amount of Japanese silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty, and many wealthy families collected silver to maintain their value. In other words, silver was equivalent to foreign exchange in the hands of the rich. In this regard, the imperial court had no choice but to do anything excellent and effective in regulating the situation.

Until now, the maritime affairs were cut off to some extent, and a large amount of marine profits were occupied by coastal gentry. The large amount of silver obtained from these profits would naturally not be imported into the treasury or circulated among the people. Therefore, although there was silver in the Ming Dynasty now, it seemed that all silver had disappeared.

During the reform of Zhang Juzheng, he reformed the tax collection in kind, and instead advocated the payment of silver, but the tax in kind was still the big deal. Moreover, the richer the people, the more they tend to pay the tax in kind, especially the wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River. The reason is that in the wealthy Jiangnan region, the high yield of grain and silk is also high, and the convenience of transportation of canals, it is easy to pay the tax in kind. If you turn to pay the silver, it will be less expensive than the real thing.

Because the people in remote areas have too few physical goods and are not rich in goods, they can only pay silver to offset taxes. The silver was recovered with great difficulty, but it was not in the treasury, but in the hands of landlords and merchants.

The former controls grain, while the latter knows how to use the difference between silver and rice prices, so they make a lot of money. In the end, the silver enters the silver cellar and withdraws from commercial circulation.

There is no hard currency and there is an extremely lack of copper coins. From the court to the people, strange phenomena occur.

Poor, all are poor.

Only the landlords and merchants in the middle are rich, while the rich are rich.

The court is poor and border defense is not conducive.

When the people are poor, they have to find a way out.

With internal and external troubles, the Ming Dynasty collapsed in a blast.

Therefore, Eunuch Wei presided over the maritime affairs this time, and he had one task - to make money, bring a large amount of silver into the commercial field, and to the public, trying every means to make the economy of the Ming Dynasty truly active. At the same time, he relied on this silver to purchase a large amount of grain from overseas, built grain warehouses in the northwest, Liaodong, and Jingmin to alleviate the upcoming natural disasters.

This is a huge project. If this project is effective, it will take twenty years to do so.

This is based on the fact that the whole market cannot be ruined. If it is based on recovery, you only need to stabilize the south of the Yangtze River.

However, there were too many casualties.

Chen Zeng is a eunuch. He has a common problem with being a eunuch. No matter how much money he has, he doesn’t like to hold it in his hands, but he has to buy land and buy property no matter what.

Eunuchs are not interested in storing silver in the cellar.

Land is what my father-in-law like the most.

Speaking of which, this is also the biggest pain in the hearts of my father-in-law.

Why did they become eunuchs? Isn’t they because they are poor and can’t afford to read?

The root of poverty is no land or property.

Therefore, the father-in-laws have an unusual love for land. As long as they have land, they can watch future generations walk on the path they most yearn for.

Therefore, Eunuch Wei knew that Chen Zeng would definitely not be able to afford so much money.

However, it is impossible to pay installments and write IOUs. If you really do this, Eunuch Wei will leave, and Eunuch Chen will turn against you.

Now, there is nothing to say.

With a big knife in my hand, I have it all in the world.

Extremely gripping!

Eunuch Wei kept guests without saying a word. There are many delicious food, drinks and fun on the canal, and there are also nice things. As long as Eunuch Chen is pleased to see his face and move.

Eunuch Chen didn't expect that Eunuch Wei wouldn't let him go at all, and his face was frozen with a smile.

The solemn atmosphere brought a little embarrassment, and a little embarrassment brought a little anger.

In the end, Eunuch Chen did not dare to exacerbate his anger.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

The hundred followers he brought were far from enough to rescue him, Eunuch Chen.

"Please, Eunuch Wei!"

"Please, Mr. Chen!"

Both the "guest and host" are in a good mood. Even if they have their own ulterior motives, this is a decisive skill.

After getting on board, Eunuch Chen received a task order.

Eunuch Wei asked him to make a list, and he could write down everything clearly where there is money, where there is money, where there is shop, and who should collect it.

Eunuch Chen understood that this was the right thing to do. He would not go anywhere without putting the money in it.

So, I am very honest and write as soon as I pick up the pen.

After a while, two orders were made.

Eunuch Wei was watching from the side. He felt like he was from the Discipline Inspection Commission and was supervising Eunuch Chen to declare his personal family property under the order of the emperor.

If he can become a big boss in the future, he will set up a supervisory yamen in the inner court, and will not observe the outer court, but only the inner officials.

The wealth of Shandong bosses made Wei Gong open his horizons. This is true for a Shandong mining supervisor, let alone other mining supervisors.

Moreover, in the world, not only these mining tax officers, but also many guards.

However, if you want to plan for the internal officials, you must have a big pen.

You have to be admiral of the East Factory.

Otherwise, the young master of Jingguo would fight the tiger in Shanghai.

Unfortunately, Eunuch Wei knew that it would be difficult for him to join the Sili Supervision Bureau in this life because his background was unclear.
To be continued...