""There is a gold mine under your ancestral grave, which needs to be mined! "Don't think that joking, grave robbers will really do this.

What happened in the Ming Dynasty: Burying graves and increasing taxes. When studying the history of grave robbery in China, the author Ni found that there are various motives for grave robbery, but most of them have one theme: seeking money. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a grave robbery occurred in Shaanxi, Hubei, which was also because of this. The difference is that this is the emperor's coffers, and it belongs to officials and thieves! During the Wanli period, there were signs of national subjugation in the Ming Dynasty. Wanli is the title of Zhu Yijun and Ming Shenzong, and Zhu Yijun is the first 13 emperor of Ming Dynasty. /kloc-he ascended the throne at the age of 0/0 and reigned for 48 years. He was the longest-serving emperor in the Ming Dynasty. During his reign, the Ming Dynasty launched three large-scale military operations in northwest, southwest and Korea. That is, to pacify the rebellion of Mongols in Ningxia, to pacify the rebellion of Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Miaojiang, and to resist the invasion of Korea by Japanese Toyotomi Hideyoshi-"Three Signs of Wanli" consolidated the territory of China. It can be said that Zhu Yijun has contributed to the consolidation of its territory, which should be affirmed. But the war cost a lot of money, and then the border defense funds became a problem, and the national treasury was extremely empty, and even the palace expenses could not be guaranteed. There is such a data that when Zhang became prime minister, the imperial court collected about 4 million taels of gold every year, and the expenditure quota for the royal family was1.2000 taels. The money seems to be a lot, but the royal huge system costs a lot a year. To make matters worse, the two palaces and three halls in Beijing were destroyed by fire during the Wanli period and needed to be repaired again. At that time, Zhu Yijun was still building its own Shouling-Dingling, which was excavated in the Ming Tombs in Beijing in A.D. 1950. At that time, Zhang, the then ruling prime minister, was too strict in controlling the national finance, so it was not convenient for the emperor to get some "small coffers". Money is needed everywhere, but there is no money, so worried Zhu Yijun can't sleep. (Burial boxes and coffins in Ming Shenzong Underground Palace) It happened that someone nearby gave the emperor an idea and sent "tax officials" directly to various places to increase taxes and mining rights taxes. Zhu Yijun thinks he is right, but he doesn't trust ordinary people. He thinks eunuchs have no children and they have no family, so they are the closest. So he sent many eunuchs, such as Chen Feng and Liang Yong, to make money for him and create a small vault. In the 24th year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun began to send trusted eunuchs such as Ucg and Liang Yong to other places to collect taxes in mining. What can these eunuchs do besides being vicious? People call it "tax stick". At that time, there was a man named Xu Ding in Hubei who made a fortune by robbing tombs and got two thousand gold. It is said that the tomb of the traitor Li's wife in the Tang Dynasty was stolen. There was a man named Qi Youguang who secretly reported this matter to a superior official. Teng Baijia's surname was Qiu. Qiu stole Li's wife's grave and made a fortune. He actually took the information that Qi Youguang heard from hearsay seriously and played it in court. Worried about the emptiness of the state treasury and the expenses of the harem, Zhu Yijun immediately ordered the eunuch Chen Feng around him to supervise and gave instructions that the stolen goods must be recovered, half of which were confiscated and turned over to the state treasury, and the other half were used by local authorities. In fact, the stolen tomb is not the tomb of his wife Li Zhi, but the tomb of the general in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. Lv Wende, an Anhui native, was stationed in Hubei in the Southern Song Dynasty. Later, he took the jade belt bribed by Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu, betrayed the Song Dynasty and defected to the Yuan Dynasty. But he is not rich, so he can't be buried with gold in his wife's grave. Most of the secret reports about lacquerware are untrue, and the treasure of Xu Ding's tomb robbery is less than one tenth of the rumor. (Gold ingot unearthed from Wangzhuang Tomb in Liang Ming, Hubei Province) However, regardless of these, Chen Feng tied up Xu Ding and his neighbors who participated in the grave robbery one by one and caught them all. A beating, in order to save their lives, these people actually admitted it all. After returning to China, I sold iron in a saucepan and realized gold, and paid in full according to the number on Qiu's memorial. Seeing that the money came so easily, Chen Feng became interested in grave robbery and simply dug it himself. Chen Feng changed the previous method of making money, stopped making money from the living, and began to dig graves in Jingzhou and Xingguo, making money from the dead. ""There is a gold mine under your ancestral grave, which needs to be mined! "Don't think this is a joke, really happened, ucg is so buried! According to Ke Xuezhai's recent collection, he arranged for his "tax officials" to register the wealthy and slightly wealthy families in the area under his jurisdiction, and then excavated under the name that there was a gold mine underground in the ancestral grave and the court requested mining. If the family is afraid, they will have to spend all their money to bribe the tax officials. (Modern Treasure Digging) Apart from robbing tombs, Chen Feng has a unique way of making money. For example, he lied that there was a family with antiques buried underground, or illegally held imperial articles, and arrested that family with chains to force him to admit it. If you don't admit it, it's not enough. In the end, you will only spread your wealth to eliminate disasters. In this way, the rich people in Hubei were wiped out by Chen Feng at that time. "The History of the Ming Dynasty and the Records of Food Goods" recorded what Chen Feng did when he was in Hubei. " "Traitors in the name of false mining, seize the opportunity to rumor blackmail people's money, to the spirit state county. Those who are sympathetic to the people committed the crime of obstruction, were arrested and dismissed. At that time, many officials were very violent, especially Chen Feng. The wealthy businessmen and tycoons falsely accused them of stealing mines. The beautiful houses in fertile fields pointed to them and thought there was a vein under them. They rounded them up, humiliated women and even cut off their hands and feet, which was extremely cruel. " In fact, even if you pay bribes, you can't escape the end of digging your ancestral grave. According to the Biography of Ming Taizu, during his stay in Hubei, Chen Feng personally took command and "learned about China's tomb". The territory here is mainly Xingguo Prefecture and Jingzhou area. Amin poet Yuan Hongdao wrote down what he saw and heard at that time: "Zhongshan tea won the second prize in the snow, and the bald widow cried in the blue wind." . Ten rooms have been empty since the mink tiger ran amok. "Ten rooms are empty, and the situation is very miserable. Finally, Chen Feng actually wanted to dig the ancestral grave of the emperor-Zhongxiang Ming Tomb. Fortunately, it failed in the end, and many officials impeached Chen Feng. (Ming Tombs) (Ming Tombs) When Zhu Yijun heard about it, he saw the paper, claiming that Chen Feng had intercepted a large part of the corruption and only a small part was turned over to the court, so he made up his mind to recall him. According to statistics, from 20 to 33 years in Wanli, Chen Feng's "mine emissaries" turned over 200 to 300 million yuan to the state treasury, but privately withheld their income, "eight or nine times the amount turned over". The income from grave robbery and extortion in Chen Feng is staggering. By the time he left Huguang two years later, thousands of gold, silver and goods had been looted, and the ships carrying the treasure were connected end to end for miles. In order to prevent being robbed, the government also dispatched officers and men for protection. After the treasure arrived safely in Beijing, Zhu Yijun was very happy, from ear to ear. (Shinto of the Ming Tomb) In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli (A.D. 1599), in five days, the mineral tax merchants' tax sent to Beijing amounted to 2 million yuan. Zhu Yijun made money, but lost the hearts of people all over the world. Daming's image has been destroyed, which is a sign of national subjugation. Therefore, historians believe that "Ming Wu is not in Chongzhen, but in Wanli." Grave robbery, burying the resentment of national subjugation, if the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has a spirit underground, he can't grieve eight times! (Forbidden City)