Chang Wu took out a piece of gold ore from his pocket, looked at the sun, and couldn't help shouting with joy. His name was the mine supervisor, and mining was his duty after all. If he could really find a gold mine, he would mine it and donate it to the public.
Giving it to the emperor would be much stronger than extorting gold and silver from the local area.
Many officials in the imperial court had already discussed the matter of Emperor Wanli's posting of mine supervisors everywhere, so Wanli also repeatedly told the mine supervisors to be careful in their actions and not to give others instructions. Officials had nothing to say when mining real gold mines.
, a mine supervisor who can find gold mines is very respectable in front of Wanli.
"Congratulations to Eunuch Chang." Han Wen and Wang Qi naturally knew what to say at this time. They both stood up at the same time and congratulated Chang Wu.
"Hahahaha, we are all happy together." Chang Wu laughed sharply. He pointed at Su Hao and asked Han Wen: "President Han, are you saying that this kid found this gold mine?"
You are the brat! Su Hao cursed secretly in his heart, but he also knew that in his position, it was an honor enough for a eunuch to call him a brat. The greatest contempt in the world is not to give a eunuch a brat.
There are derogatory titles, but no titles at all.
Han Wen nodded and said, "Exactly, Su Hao spent two days and two nights in Dashun Township, braved the risk of being hurt by tigers, leopards, wolves and insects, and found this gold mine after overcoming obstacles."
"Resuscitator, thank you for your hard work, Xiaoliang..." Chang Wu called out to the little eunuch again.
"Yes." The little eunuch responded happily, and he quickly came over to ask for help.
Chang Wu pointed at Su Hao and said: "This member of the Susheng School has done a great job in searching for minerals. Go and look through our family's baggage to see if there is anything decent and give it to the member of the Susheng School."
"Students don't dare! Prospecting for ore for the Holy Lord is a student's honor. How dare you ask for a reward from your father-in-law again?" Su Hao quickly declined.
Eunuchs are known to be greedy and stingy. The gifts they give are not easy to get. Who knows how many times you will have to return the gift after accepting it. In addition, Su Hao has a feeling of discomfort with the eunuchs in his heart.
I feel that if the eunuch used something as a gift to him, he would not be willing to accept it.
Hearing Su Hao's refusal, Chang Wu didn't even stumble. He waved his hand and asked the young eunuch named Xiaoliang to retreat. He also muttered: "Oh, that's so embarrassing. How can you do it if you have merit?"
No reward? However, our family is also poor, and we have a few things that we can use, which are also given by the Holy Spirit, and we dare not pass them on to others. So, the resuscitation workers have done a good job in searching for mines. I will change the day and report it to the Holy Spirit. Please
Your Majesty, please give the resuscitator a good background."
"Thank you, Eunuch Chang." Su Hao knew that Chang Wu was just talking nonsense, so he had to pretend to go up and thank him. He had no choice, he was just a commoner despite being a powerful man.
Chang Wu gave Su Hao another seat, and then asked him in detail about the gold mine. Su Hao had nothing to hide, so he introduced the location of the gold mine, its predicted reserves and other things in detail.
Chang Wu was very curious about how Su Hao was able to find this gold mine in two days. Su Hao had to say that he had visited old farmers in the countryside extensively and heard some clues. After a lot of hard work, he discovered the gold mine.
mine.
Of course, when Su Hao was narrating, he never forgot to emphasize that this was due to Eunuch Chang's luck. Otherwise, how could anyone find a gold mine in two days?
After listening to Su Hao's introduction, Chang Wu nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Han Wen and asked: "Han Zhi County, now the gold mine has been found. How do you plan to mine it?"
Han Wen quickly replied: "Eunuch Chang, this gold mining matter is very complicated. The mining, screening and refining of gold all require skilled craftsmen. As far as the official knows, there is no one in this county who is good at this.
I'm afraid I have to ask Eunuch Chang to invite craftsmen from the Ministry of Works."
A Jin Yiwei named Wu Quan next to him interjected: "Mr. Chang, what Han Zhixian said is reasonable. As far as I know, when gold is mined elsewhere, soldiers must be deployed to guard it to prevent the craftsmen from stealing the gold. Fengcheng County
If you are sure that you cannot take on this matter, please ask Mr. Chang to take a closer look."
When Wu Quan said this, Wang Qi cast a meaningful look at Han Wen. Han Wen knew that Wu Quan must have benefited from Wang Qi, so he stood up to speak for the Fengcheng County Government. You know, gold mining
The investment is no less than the output of the gold mine. If all personnel and consumables are borne by Fengcheng County Government, it is better to give the money directly to Changwu.
Chang Wu followed the good example. After hearing what Wu Quan said so confidently, he nodded and said: "That's true, but our family is impatient. Well, Magistrate Han, you allocate some handymen to our family to work as handymen in the gold mine."
.As for the gold mining and alchemy craftsmen, as well as soldiers and so on, our family will ask the Jiangxi Chief Secretary and the Dusi to help dispatch them, what do you think?"
"I obey," Han Wen replied quickly.
The system of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that farmers must bear taxes and corvees. Peasants bear the corvee completely free of charge, so if Han Wen wants to send some handymen to Changwu, there is no cost involved. Of course, these handymen are sent to Changwu
Wu, there are fewer handymen available in the county. However, compared with the pressure of 10,000 taels of silver originally envisaged, a few handymen are nothing.
Chang Wu was so excited when he got the gold ore that he couldn't sit still anymore. He immediately called on the two guards to get up and go back to Nanchang with him to arrange the gold mining. Han Wen pretended to hold back a few words, and Chang Wu said: "Han
Magistrate, it’s not that our family doesn’t want to stay for a few more days, but this mining matter cannot be delayed. The birthday of Empress Zheng is coming soon, and our family is thinking of using the mined gold to cast a golden Buddha and dedicate it to her.
Where is Madam Zheng?"
A trace of displeasure flashed across Han Wen's face, and he said: "Oh... In this case, I will not dare to retain Eunuch Chang anymore. Eunuch Chang will go and take care of important things first. When I have time later in the day, I will come back to you."
The city and county have been wandering around for some time."
After putting Chang Wu and others on the boat at Fengcheng Pier, watching the boat go down the river and disappear from sight, Han Wen sighed and said to Wang Qi and Su Hao who were following him: "Oh, finally we got this
The God of Plague has sent me away. I hope the gold mining will go well and he will stop bothering me."
Wang Qi frowned and said, "My lord, did you hear what Chang Wu said before he left?"
Han Wen nodded and said, "Of course I heard it. It turns out he is Concubine Zheng's person."
"Yes, we should be ashamed of this eunuch." Wang Qi said with an air of indignation.
"However, he represents the Holy One after all." Han Wen said, "We only know the Holy One but not Concubine Zheng. What kind of golden Buddha he wants to cast is his own business. We just don't get involved."
"That must be the case." Wang Qi replied.
After everyone left the dock, Wang Qi said goodbye to Han Wen first and went home. The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that officials must live in the mansion of the government office and were not allowed to live outside. However, such regulations became a piece of paper in the late Ming Dynasty. Like Wang Qi,
Such officials all rented large houses in the county town. Whoever had the patience to live in the county government office would have to bow to the magistrate every day.
Han Wen's home was in the county government office, so he took several government servants and walked to the county government office. Su Hao followed Han Wen for a while and couldn't help but asked: "County Lord, just now you were talking to County Magistrate Wang
What's Concubine Zheng, what's going on?"
"Don't you know about this?" Han Wen was a little surprised.
"Students don't know." Su Hao replied.
Han Wen thought for a while and said: "That's right. You have been studying in a college in the countryside, so you don't know about such a big thing. This matter of Concubine Zheng is related to the foundation of the country. There are all scholars in the world who don't care. For the sake of the court,
This country-based dispute has turned upside down."
"Why is that?" Su Hao asked.
Han Wen said: "It's a long story. If nothing happens on this journey, I'll let you know."
Therefore, Han Wen asked several of the government servants who were following him to go further, and he told Su Hao about the dispute between the two countries.
It turns out that this so-called national dispute is about who should be appointed as the crown prince, and what is involved behind this are two concubines in the palace, namely Concubine Gong, Wang Shi and Noble Concubine Zheng.
Wang turned out to be just a palace maid. Due to a strange coincidence, she gave birth to a son for Emperor Wanli. This was the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, who was born in the 10th year of Wanli, that is, 1582. Wang was named Gongfei because of this.
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Wanli was just impulsive when he met Wang, and he had no interest in her afterwards. What Wanli really liked was the imperial concubine Zheng, who is also the empress Zheng mentioned by Chang Wu. Zheng gave birth to a son in the 14th year of Wanli's reign.
That is Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor. This triggered a national dispute.
There was a view in ancient China that the prince was the foundation of the country. Since the Queen of Wanli did not have any children, the question of who to appoint as the prince between Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun became a very sensitive issue.
Based on Wanli's idea, he naturally wanted to make Zhu Changxun, the son of Concubine Zheng, the crown prince, because he had no feelings for the princess at all. However, some officials in the court insisted that the crown prince must be the eldest son, and only making Zhu Changluo the crown prince was the right way.
Because of this matter, Wanli had a heated argument with the important officials in the court. Wanli did not go to court for several years, which was also used to express his dissatisfaction with the court officials. It has been a principle since ancient times to make the eldest son the prince, and scholars have taken this very seriously.
Heavy, so it is not an exaggeration in Korean to say that scholars all over the world are concerned about this matter. Because they were annoyed that Wanli wanted to make Zhu Changxun the crown prince, scholars classified Concubine Zheng as a monster, thinking that she was the one who bewitched Wanli.
Now, the eunuch Chang Wu happened to say that he wanted to congratulate Concubine Zheng on her birthday. This was actually hinting to Han Wen and others that he was on Concubine Zheng's side. How could this not make Han Wen and others hate him? Wang Qi and others
Han and Wen are not in sync with each other on many things, but when it comes to national issues, their positions are consistent, so they share the same hatred and hatred.
The noble circle... is really chaotic. After hearing this introduction, Su Hao felt a sense of contempt in his heart. In his opinion, who should be appointed as the prince is a matter for the emperor, isn't it?
What does it have to do with others? The important ministers in the dynasty are really full and have nothing to do. Just for the so-called foundation of the country, they have forced the emperor not to go to court. Don't they have more important things than nonsense like this?