In the tenth year of Guangxu, in order to mine the silver mine of the Longping Volcano in the funnel of the Wei Pagoda, Ci'an and Cixi, who were listening to the government, forwarded Lin Zexu's recital to Ding Baozhen, the governor of Sichuan. Ding Baozhen mined the silver of the pagoda

In the tenth year of Guangxu, in order to mine the silver mine of the Longping Volcano in the funnel of the Wei Pagoda, Ci'an and Cixi, who were listening to the government, forwarded Lin Zexu's recital to Ding Baozhen, the governor of Sichuan. Ding Baozhen mined the Weita Silver Mine and made a profit of 20,000 taels of silver that year. (Guangxu was 14 years old at the time?) ）

On February 20, 1849 (March 14, 1849), the governor of Yungui, Lin Zexu, reported to the Daoguang Emperor on the "Trial Mining Fold of the Prospecting and Prospecting Plant Situation", and he believed that mining minerals was beneficial to the country and the people.

He pointed out in the recital: "The livelihood of the Dian people is difficult, and in addition to farming, mining is their habit. ...... According to local sayings, those who can open up and succeed, and those who can succeed and can last for a long time, are rare to the truth.

For the time being, however, if a thousand people can be gathered in its land, there will be the benefit of living a thousand people; and those who gather hundreds of people will also have the benefit of being able to live hundreds. Where there is no benefit, man is wrapped in his feet. ”

Lin Zexu therefore reiterated the idea of "hiding the rich from the people", and pointed out in this compromise: "If there is land and wealth, the goods are originally evil and abandoned to the ground; because of the benefits of profit, the rich still hide them in the people, and if the manager is appropriate, he can implement it without harm." ”

Therefore, he actively encouraged private mining, opposed "abandoning goods to the ground", and advocated launching the vast number of merchants to open mines and smelt.

Lin Zexu carried out rectification and reform for the revitalization of mining industry with the spirit of the old Ji Futuo.

　　Lin Zexu strongly advocated mining silver mines and increasing the source of silver. Before Lin Zexu was appointed governor of Yungui, the feudal ruling clique resisted and opposed the development of silver mines on the pretext that it was easy to "gather the masses to hide traitors" and other reasons, which seriously hindered the development of the mining and metallurgical industry, so that it was suffocated, and there were only a few silver mining plants.

After Lin Zexu took office, he advocated vigorous mining of silver mines to increase the source of silver. He absorbed some ancient ideological materials in the Zhou Li and pointed out: "The act of mining is not unique to the successive generations, but the Zhou Li has long been written as a scripture. ”

He believed that vigorous exploitation of minerals was beneficial to social stability and the improvement of the people's living standards, and seriously criticized the various fallacies of the diehards who opposed mining. He said: "The small people are eager for profits, but the mines are prosperous, the mines are exhausted, and there is no reason to be ruthless and wasteful, and they are willing to lose money." This is common knowledge known to everyone, exposing the absurdity and ignorance of the diehards, and pointing out: "It means that the people are difficult to disperse, and those who do not really know the situation of the mine are also." ”

　　Regarding the reform method of mining silver mines, Lin Zexu believes that if the mining industry is properly managed, it can develop normally. He believes that the best way is to "recruit businessmen, listen to their friends and partners, and increase the rewards for success, and do not chase after the rest." There are many advantages to doing this:

First, "officials have the right to supervise and have no burden of compensation";

Second, it can prevent the phenomenon of "fake hands in the curtain ding xu service, the more evil sinuses" that appear in the official office;

Third, we can grasp the production costs and expenses, so that the withered mining and smelting industry can gain vitality and vitality;

Fourth, it can stimulate the enthusiasm of merchants to open mines and smelt, "if the generations of people look forward to the mountains, the day is normal, in the decline and prosperity of the locality, most of them can know the outline, see the profitable, or report the seedlings with a red list, or ask for a mountain card with a submission, and when their friends gather doves, everyone has hopes."

With these four articles, it can be carried out smoothly by recruiting merchants to open silver mines.

　　In addition to encouraging merchants to raise funds to open new mines, Lin Zexu also carried out reform and rectification of old factories and old factories. He believes that in order to distinguish between the situations, some mines have "dried up all their production and are futile" and have indeed become untapped, that is, they should be abandoned, so as to avoid cultivating funds. Some mines that can still be repaired must be remedied by "those who are accustomed to factory affairs" to do their best to remedy them.

Skilled workers can be invited to carry out technological reforms, such as excavating new tongs from the side and reaching the original veins for mining. In short, "we must not transfer the old factory to the old factory because of the extensive mining of The New Mountain"

　　In order to arouse and encourage the enthusiasm of merchants and people in developing mining, Lin Zexu also formulated four charters, such as "wide lead prohibition", "floating fee reduction", "strict decree", and "anti-fraud". The "wide lead ban" is to allow factory owners to sell lead, a by-product of silver ore.

Lead can make lead bullets, and the Qing government, out of fear of the people, has always banned the free sale of lead by the people.

Lin Zexu believes that lead also has a variety of uses, he from an economic point of view, he advocates that the by-product lead can be sold, increase capital income, "to make up for the loss of factory residents' costs, Shu will not retreat", but he believes that it is necessary to strengthen management; "reducing floating fees" is to make businessmen "not disperse due to tiredness";

Lin Zexu advocated that for the tedious personnel setting, "although it cannot be completely reduced, it must also be greatly reduced." The "strict decree" means to crack down on the sectarian forces in running mines, and it is forbidden to "bully the masses and deceive the people," and it is necessary to rule by law in mining; "to prevent fraud and falsification" means that it is forbidden to cheat and deceive and dominate the mines, so that good people can boldly mine minerals. For the fraud bandits, the punishment should be increased.

　　Lin Zexu allowed merchants to raise funds to mine silver mines, reflecting his patriotic desire to "enrich the country and enrich the people", and his spirit is very precious