Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 300 Miners' Life Is Bitter
In Daming, the combat effectiveness of the miners was extremely high.

Marshal Qi selected soldiers mainly from the Yiwu miners.

It is said that when thousands of people watched the miners fight, as a melon-eating crowd, Qi Jiguang was really impressed and left a deep impression.

The Qi family army, which shocked the world, was born.

These miners are not ruthless and are easily killed in the mine.

In other words, if weak people cannot do the work of digging pits, they will be exhausted and unable to stay.

He Jinchao occupies Hequ, Pianguan and other places, all of which belong to Yizhou, Shanxi Province.

The ratio of plains, hills and mountains is 1:4:5.

It's no wonder that there are few good fields in the hands of the landlords, but not many in the hands of He Jinzhao.

It is really that the terrain is not good enough, and the vegetation coverage is small, and the soil erosion is serious.

Generally speaking, coal resources are abundant, and the coal fields in Pianguan County have extremely high reserves, but they are not easy to mine.

Not as good as the Ningwu coalfield, which is one of the six largest coalfields in Shanxi. Some places are buried shallower and are extremely easy to mine.

As for gold and iron ore, the storage capacity of the entire Yizhou ranks first in Shanxi Province.

Gold, silver and copper mines are all associated madness, and He Jinzhao can't get involved at present, because they are near Fanzhi County and have to cross Yanmen Pass.

Unless all three passes outside Shanxi Town fell into He Jinzhao's hands.

The gold mines are out of reach, but the metallurgical auxiliary raw materials (kaolinite) in Hequ and Pianguan are extremely rich.

Make iron furnaces, blast furnaces, and even glass and cement.

It's a pity that He Jinzhao still doesn't know how cement is made, or else he would have to build a city to make cement.

As for the glass, He Jinzhao wanted to make a few eagle glasses and sell them to the Mongolian nobles, so that he could cheat them a lot.

But now the Mongolian noble leaders are out of reach, and the technology of blowing glass is still being explored.

All in all, there are by no means a small number of miners in Shanxi, and most of the miners are in Fanzhi County and other nearby areas.

But life is definitely not easy.

"My lord, the life of these miners is very hard." Yang Yuxiu knew He Jinzhao's idea immediately.

He used to win over poor people, but now he wants to win over poor miners.

Qiu Zhitao, an old document, added: "These miners have to prepare their own mining tools, and the mining income is roughly divided into four parts.

One part is handed over, one part goes to the foreman, one part is used as mining public expenses, and the last small part belongs to oneself. "

A miner belongs to the golden rice bowl awarded to you by the imperial court. You must willingly offer gold, silver, copper and iron to Daming.

Especially the harshness of silver mines. During the orthodox period, when the emperor did not go out to study, large-scale miners' uprisings broke out in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian.

When Emperor Wanli came to power, he "made money in a proper way", and in the name of collecting taxes from mining, he sent a large number of eunuchs to act as mine supervisors and tax envoys to collect people's wealth all over the country.

Wherever these mine supervisors and tax envoys went: "Whether the land is owned or not, there is the pain of paying taxes for mines;
Regardless of whether the people are willing or not, there is the pain of distributing mines and taxes.

The tax envoy eunuch pointed at his house and threatened with a smile on his face: "You have a mine!"

Then the people's homes will be broken.

He pointed at the faces of the people and said intimidatingly, "You evade taxes!"

Then the wallet will be dumped, once it is slow, just wait for the prison meal.

Using numbers that cannot be checked, using people who have nothing to worry about, do things that are ignorant of the laws of heaven and kings.

The money obtained from mining is in ten shares.

One of the funds entered into the emperor's house was deducted by the envoy.

Three shares were divided among the participants, and four shares were cheated away by local sticklers (local scoundrels, bully gentry).

Although Emperor Wanli wanted to make money in a proper way, he could use the money he earned by cleverly setting up a name.

His biggest behind-the-scenes instigator not only has to bear a notorious reputation, but he can only get one-tenth of it.

The big head was swallowed up by the "Master Huang" below!
Wanli felt that he still made money. Thank you, it can be seen how much money they scraped off.

The mine supervisors and tax envoys and their minions are doing all kinds of evil, the miners can only be exploited, and they don't even get points.

During the Wanli period, the tax resistance was extremely serious, and miners were killed everywhere.

Emperor Wanli saved 600 million taels of silver before his death, leaving his children and grandchildren an emergency opportunity, indicating that the rest of the people distributed at least 6000 million taels of silver.

From the arrears of payment in Wanli to the seven years of Tianqi, nearly ten million taels have been accumulated, half of which was embezzled by Wei Zhongxian. Apart from making a fortune for himself, he built three halls for the emperor to make the emperor happy.

Emperor Tianqi's father died shortly after succeeding to the throne, and the money was left for Tianqi.

When Chongzhen came to power, he would naturally not have the family wealth left by his grandfather and elder brother to squander.

Then faced with the outbreak of the civil uprising in Shaanxi, the mutiny of the frontier army, followed by the entry of Houjin.

Without Wei Zhongxian, the person who helped the emperor search for the people's fat, Chongzhen would not even have a chance to take his 600 million taels of silver.

It is impossible to follow the example of his grandfather Wanli to make money and enrich the internal treasury, so that he was extremely frugal later and borrowed money from ministers.

"My lord, I have been to the mine." Yang Yuxiu cupped his hands slightly:

"The mouth looks like a well upwards, about one foot wide, and the lower hole reaches about one foot, connected by transverse and inclined holes. It is a complex structure connecting wells, holes, roads, and pits.

Some caves are opened in the crevices of big rocks and only allow one person to enter and exit. The caves are sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, sometimes flat and sometimes inclined. There are holes in the holes and wells in the holes.

In some areas, it is necessary to crawl forward for more than ten meters to reach the hole in front, and there are no supports at all. "

"It can be heard that the living and working conditions of the miners are difficult."

He Jinzhao nodded. Through the blind shaft, he knew the story of the black coal mine, at least he could find the mine owner to swindle the dead money.

But in Daming, if you die in mining, you will die. If you dare to go to the mine for money, you will put your whole family into the mine to fill the well.

Don't even look at it, these people are the ones who got the most money from the mining tax money of Emperor Wanli.

"The places where miners rest, stay and initially process ore are all in the cave.

Beds, tables, stools and stoves made of stones.

There are roadways on both sides of the cave leading to the mineral vein area. The passages are deep and narrow, dark and difficult to breathe, making it difficult for ordinary people to enter and exit.

These miners rely on lighting pine lamps and fire sticks to emit a faint light to mine the mine with difficulty.

They rarely see the light of day and don't know when the mine will collapse. "

Yang Yuxiu paused and said: "Actually, what impresses me the most is that there are literate people among the miners.

It is engraved at the entrance of the mine that if he dies inside, please ask his wife to remarry immediately, and don't wait for his last words. "

"Captain, if we go and kill these mine owners, we will surely gain the support of the miners."

Liu Erhu naturally wanted to fight, but this time he changed his defense and went to Taiyuan City, he couldn't fight any battles, so he could only continue to surround him.

Or act as the guard of the grain transportation team, and there is no way to win battles.

After the siege of the city and territory this time, they will definitely be able to fight a few good battles, isn't it much better than basking in the sun outside Taiyuan City?
"No rush." ​​He Jinzhao stood up, thought for a while and said:
"We have a good harvest under our rule, and this kind of thing needs people to spread the word.

You have to send people to spread the word first, what kind of life the people under our rule are living, and when the time comes to attack the city, it will be much smoother. "

(End of this chapter)