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Chapter 1332: The Rise of the Eunuch Temple (Part 1)

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    Over the past year, Shen Mo has published no less than a hundred political articles in more than a dozen newspapers, some addressing land issues, some discussing the relationship between industry, commerce and traditional economy, some criticizing current affairs, and some analyzing the current situation of Ming Dynasty, most of which were published in  After writing an article for Qionglin News Agency, I saw the news in the newspaper and sent it out of my feelings.  But because he always hits the spotlight, hits the nail on the head, and has a strategic plan, which makes people suddenly enlightened, he has already gained a lot of fame in the political circle.

    However, in the face of Lu Kun's thirst for talent, he still thanked him, took a sip of tea, and said softly: "If you have anything to do in the future, just call me over."

    Lu Kun understood what he meant, the dignity of the children of the aristocratic family does not allow him to beg in a low voice, so he nodded and said: "That's fine, Brother Qin is willing to live this kind of life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and I can't destroy it." He said hehe  He smiled and said: "No need for the future, there is a problem now that I want to ask Brother Qin for details."

    "Please tell me." Shen Mo nodded and poured tea for Lu Kun.

    "Have you read the "Overview of the Imperial Decree" in the daily newspaper before?" Lu Kun nodded silently, and said, "There is an imperial edict about weaving. Did Brother Qin pay attention to it?"

    "I've seen it," nodded silently, "It seems that the five prefectures of Su, Song, Hangzhou, Jia, and Hu were originally tasked with weaving silk in the southeast, but now they have decided to add Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Huizhou,  Ten prefectures including Shanghai, Ningguo, Yangzhou, and Guangde were also divided into some."

    "Brother Qin really has a good memory." Lu Kun nodded approvingly and said: "Shanghai is honored to be on the list, and has received the task of 50,000 horses.  The Jiangnan Weaving Bureau has increased the amount of silk sent to the palace from the original 40,000 to 250,000." With a wry smile on his face, he said, "Our emperor really has a big appetite. The year before last, with  For the reason of marrying the nine concubines, the quota was increased by 100,000 horses. Last year, there was another dispatch, which was 150,000 horses. The reason was the wedding of King Lu and Princess Shouyang and the Christmas of the Empress Dowager Cisheng.  This year, there is no need to make up names at all, as long as the lion's mouth is opened, as many places need to be released, and it is said that this amount is enough, it is clear that it is intended to be done once and for all, so it will form a rule!"

    "That's right, even if there are more than 20,000 people in the palace, all of which are always new in four seasons, the original quota can't be used for half, and the rest is enough for the emperor's reward or other purposes." Shen Mo said with a puzzled face: "I really don't know what the emperor wants  What is all this silk for? Is it just to fill up the warehouse?"

    "Brother Qin doesn't know something. People who are greedy for money must be stingy. Our emperor has never rewarded ministers since he became the throne. Although eunuchs and concubines are rewarded from time to time, they are all rewards of a few horses, which are just a drop in the bucket." Lu Kun  Uncovering the mystery, he said: "The reason why the emperor wants so much silk is to open an imperial shop for himself."

    "Under the whole world, is it the king's land; the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. The emperor uses the wealth of the world to pay tribute to the land, so why should he set up a village and set up a store, and compete with the people for the benefits?" Moment shook his head and said:  "In this way, how many silk businessmen will be killed?"

    "That's right! The cost price of a piece of silk is sixty taels of silver, and 250,000 pieces is 15 million taels. If these silks are taken out every year, the weaving industry in each prefecture will vomit blood." Lu Kun looked worried.  Se said: "However, these deliveries to Beijing are not for consumption, but for sale. Without cost, the imperial store will naturally dump at a low price, which will cause serious secondary damage to the silk industry. If this continues, Daming's silk  What else is there to do in the industry?!"

    At this moment, people couldn't tell whether he was speaking from the position of an official or from the position of the Nine Great Masters.

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    "I have never heard of such a greedy emperor since ancient times." Lu Kun said angrily: "The emperor should treat gold, silver, jade and silk like dung, our Wanli emperor, in order to collect money, he competes with the people for profit!"

    "Isn't the minister not persuading?" Shen Mo asked softly.

    "Why don't you persuade me?" Lu Kun said with a wry smile, "But such memorials have always been retained, and the emperor kept his ears and steal the bell, and didn't take it seriously at all.  The decree, the title reply, said: "Investigate and weave the decree of the additional dispatch, the people everywhere are poor, and they have asked for it all over the place. Now, once the imperial edict of the additional dispatch is spread to the four directions, all the ministers have to be responsible, and not all of them may be responsible.  Sage, if you don¡¯t follow the instructions well, you borrow the decree, the public will punish you, and you will be involved.  More than 100,000 horses are enough for current use. If it is difficult to continue in the future, please deploy it in the investigation case, and there will be no delay.' The cabinet and the ministry have also guaranteed this, but the emperor still insists on adding more horses.  group."

    "The minister has such an attitude, and the emperor still doesn't care?" Shen Mo was surprised: "Aren't you afraid of breaking up with the minister?""Maybe I was still afraid before, but I'm definitely not afraid now." Lu Kun said: "The years of investment regardless of cost and unprincipled favoritism have rapidly expanded the power of the inner court. Now the emperor only regards the outer court as a tool for governing the country.  Whatever I want to do, I completely rely on middle officials. And there are eunuchs who are not greedy for money and good goods, so naturally they will not let go of this opportunity to make a fortune. The day before yesterday, Zhang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the Internal Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, invited the eunuchs  Going to the southeast to supervise the weaving matters, the engineering department was dissuaded by Liu Xuan in the matter, Jia Rushi, the censor of Shanxi Dao, etc., saying that the people's resources are scarce and the supply is plentiful.  The people's power is poor, so there will be no increase in the amount in the future. Send Lushen's internal officials to supervise the labor expenses, and discuss it with the Second Household Worker Department. Not only do they disagree with the reduction, but they also ask the Household Department to pay for the supervising eunuchs.  A twenty-one history, I don't know where to start!"

    Lu Kun spoke so dryly that he picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp, then Shen Mo continued: "It seems that this matter has been settled."

    "That's right" Lu Kun lowered his voice and said, "To tell you the truth, taking advantage of the opportunity of going to Nanjing to participate in the ministerial meeting, we, the leaders of the state capital, got together for a meeting and decided to deal with the Chinese envoys together.  Failure to complete the task proves that it is indeed unable to bear such a heavy burden."

    "This method is not very good." Shen Mo said lightly: "I'm afraid it is an excuse for the eunuchs to do it themselves."

    "Yes, I am also worried about this, but I have only entered the officialdom, and I can only listen to what others say." Lu Kun sighed deeply: "Actually, 50,000 bolts of silk are not too heavy a burden for the Shanghai government.  , I really don¡¯t want to repeat the mistakes of my predecessorbut I can¡¯t show weakness and cut myself off from my colleagues, it¡¯s really a dilemma.¡±

    "It is indeed a problem." Shen Shen took a sip of tea and said, "But it is not impossible."

    "Brother Qin, tell me quickly," Lu Kun's eyes lit up¡ª¡ª

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