< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >Why would anyone risk smuggling tea? </h1>
During the Song Dynasty, due to the growing demand for tea, drinking tea from the north and south became a habit, and the subsequent rise of tea merchants in addition to large-scale cultivation of tea, of course, there were more and more merchants selling tea; but tea like salt had been controlled in the hands of the authorities, until cai Jing was the prime minister, he promulgated the "Tea Introduction Law" to eliminate the various drawbacks of the official direct operation of tea trading, decentralization to tea merchants and tea farmers a certain degree of free trading rights, and promoted the process of tea trade. It has improved the enthusiasm of tea farmers to plant tea, increased the output of tea, increased the revenue of the national treasury, and the tax revenue of tea alone reached 4 million yuan a year when Cai Jing was the prime minister. It can be seen from the song dynasty tea market dividend, how many opportunities have been created. Of course, in addition to these opportunities, there are of course invisible places, that is, smuggling tea to evade official supervision and obtain greater profits.
Especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, the south is the main tea planting base, the north is occupied by the Jin people, the Jin Dynasty people seized the Power of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also adapted to the Han people's tea drinking culture, the northern water and soil is not suitable for planting more high-quality tea, so the Jin Dynasty's tea needs to be imported from the Southern Song Dynasty in large quantities, and the import price is not cheap, which leads to a lot of people smuggling tea for more benefits, although both sides of the imperial court have strict legal control, but there are many people who risk smuggling tea, why does this happen? It can be roughly classified into the following factors:
The Southern Song Dynasty wanted to obtain tea licenses at a higher and higher cost, and the profits through legitimate means became smaller and smaller, so they took risks. The tea license of the Southern Song Dynasty is called "tea introduction", the tea introduction stipulates the purchase quantity, round-trip date and other strict and harsh regulations, the tea introduction is divided into long introduction and short introduction, the long introduction can do 120 pounds of tea business, the short introduction can do 100 pounds of tea business; the tea trading market is called "contract field", tea merchants take the tea to the contract field to be reviewed by officials, uniformly issue the corresponding tea quotation above the number of baskets, and then the tea merchants then buy tea in the hands of tea farmers, and after the acquisition, they have to return to the contract field to check again. The cumbersome profits of the process were greatly squeezed by the imperial court, so that the purchase price of tea farmers was pressed down, of course, many tea farmers were unwilling to sell tea at a low price, so there were some people who bought tea in the hands of tea farmers privately in order to obtain tea licenses, the price was higher than the formal process, and tea farmers also had to support their families. Some landlords even co-opt officials, grow tea extensively, and smuggle and sell them themselves, in a variety of ways, using various tricks for the sake of money.
The demand for tea in the Jin Dynasty is large, the normal transaction price is about 230 wen / kg, the best tea can reach 1 two silver a pound (1000 wen) or even higher, the taxable amount is about 10% to 40% (that is, 100 yuan, the tax is the lowest 10 wen, the highest 40 wen), so look at the tea merchants in addition to their own operating costs 1 kg of tea is estimated to be only about 30% of the pure profit, perhaps lower profits, money to earn so little who still wants to do the legitimate tea business?
The above is about the tax that will be generated in the contract field, to transport tea from one place to another to sell, to go through some checkpoints, these checkpoints and some officials to collect "tolls", tea merchants are very distressed, one or two pounds of tea to the final net profit is estimated to be about 10%, so more people are not willing to go through formal channels, or hang sheep's head to sell dog meat, black and white eat.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > private tea predator, Lai Wenzheng, launched an armed rebellion</h1>
In April 1175, Lai Wenzheng, the leader of the tea smugglers, staged an armed rebellion of hundreds of people in the Jingnan region of Hubei Province, defeating the southern Song dynasty army; after the victory, under the leadership of Lai Wenzheng, he successfully passed through Jiangnan West Road and Ji, Ganzhou and other places, and marched to the Guangdong region, but unexpectedly, he was attacked by Lin Guangchao, a local criminal officer who had been carefully arranged just after arriving in Guangdong, and had to turn back to Jiangxi after suffering losses. Jiangxi lot of dense mountains and forests, many ridges and many streams, is a natural hiding place, this group of smugglers make full use of their own good travel, good at wading through the forest and other advantages, again and again defeated the Southern Song Dynasty court sent to suppress the two Jiangxi punishment, the reason for the failure of these two criminal officers We guess, there is no relevant information recorded, in short, the regular army can not win the guerrillas, the Southern Song Dynasty court is quite speechless!
Tea garden
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Xin abandoned his illness and was ordered to Jiangxi</h1>
The then chancellor Ye Heng valued Xin's talent very much, so he planned to reuse the young man, so in the early spring of 1175, he summoned Xin Abandoning Disease to appoint him as the Cangbu Lang official, and after the imperial court heard that the private tea merchant had defeated the two sentences in Jiangxi, he immediately sent Xin Abandoned Disease to Jiangxi to deal with Lai Wenzheng and others, and on June 12, 1175, the new Jiangxi Punishment - Xin Abandoned Disease was officially launched.
Take up your post
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Xin abandons the disease and directs the arrest of Lai Wenzheng, a tea smuggling predator</h1>
After several days of long journey, Xin Abandoned Disease finally arrived in Ganzhou, and it was Ganzhou Taishou Chen Tianlin who came to greet him, and he heard that Xin Abandoned Disease was hand-picked by Ye Heng, so he did not dare to slack off the preparation of good food and drink, how did he expect that as soon as Xin Abandoned Disease arrived in Ganzhou, he went straight to the office and plunged into work! For Xin Abandoned Disease, it has been 14 years! He has been playing soy sauce in the official field, and his ability is nowhere to be used, and he has long been looking forward to such an opportunity to show his fists and feet, make waves and rain, and implement his talents. This was something that Chen Taishou could not understand, so much so that Taishou "had been an official for so many years and encountered this situation for the first time."
Xin Abandoned Disease spent several days studying the local chronicles, maps, people's sentiments, strange people and strange things in the Ganzhou official office, and did not take a lot of notes, and it did not take long to write a plan for the comprehensive elimination of the private tea predator Lai Wenzheng, and the next thing was to implement it step by step according to the plan.
He was busy investigating the advantages and disadvantages of the military forces in various places in Ganzhou, and invited some experienced, high-ranking, and resourced people from the surrounding areas to listen to their opinions. After so many days, Xin Began to mobilize soldiers and horses and command the dispatch. He first gathered a large number of township archers from Gan, Jizhou, and Chenzhou (present-day Chenxian County) and Guiyang Army (present-day Guiyang County) in Hunan Province, selected the young and middle-aged warriors among them, and arranged them to the corresponding main battlefields. After getting the map, some soldiers and temporarily recruited troops were arranged to stay at each key intersection, and some soldiers who were good at archery, hunting, and running were sent to the mountains and forests to approach step by step, and then every time they arrived at the meal point, they would cook from the pot, and the smell of rice would drift in the mountains and forests, so many days later. Xin Qiyi thought that the time was ripe, so he sent people with loud voices to shout nearby: "As long as Lai Wenzheng agrees to lead the private tea team to surrender and hand over Lai Wenzheng, all the others' guilt will not be investigated, what should everyone do, everyone can take a good bath, sleep well, and have a good time after going down the mountain."
Suddenly, one afternoon, the fragrant meal attracted the hungry and unbearable crowd of tea smugglers out, only to see that in the front were a few strong men, and a person who had been tied up by five flowers was brought to Xin Zhiyi! This person is None other than Lai Wenzheng! Xin did not renege on his word, he let go of those who voluntarily surrendered, and imprisoned lai Wenzheng, the main predator! According to statistics, this group of about 800 people of the private tea team finally surrendered under the wise leadership of Xin Zhiyi! The main culprit was sentenced to capital punishment, the riot team was quelled, and the Jiangxi private tea riot came to an end, and some of the private tea personnel who had no way to go were incorporated into the local soldiers, and some of the places were paid to let them leave.
Xin Can finally have a good rest!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > quell the tea smuggling riot, Ganzhou Taishou sent a beautiful woman to Xin Renyi, and Xin Abandoned Disease fulfilled others</h1>
One night, Chen Taishou hosted a banquet and invited some local bureaucrats, gentry and other people in Ganzhou to participate, and to help everyone eat with song and dance. In the banquet, it was common to toast Xin Renjie, and although the amount of wine was good, he couldn't drink it all the time! Some drunken Xin abandoned the disease and was sent back to the residence by Chen Taishou.com. As soon as Xin Qiyi entered the bedroom, he smelled a woman's scent, and it turned out to be his wife, Fan Ruyu! He was extremely excited after not having sex for a long time, and suddenly took the woman sitting on the bed in his arms, but accidentally touched the tea cup placed on the table and shattered it! Suddenly someone outside the door was asking loudly: Lord, lord, what happened? Xin renounced that he was the old butler who had followed him for many years, so he got out of bed and answered the old butler's words. It is precisely because of this that Xin Abandoned Disease suddenly sobered up a lot, a careful look at the bed this woman is not his wife, almost made a big mistake, after questioning this woman is too conservative to arrange to serve Xin Abandoned Disease, because Xin Abandoned Disease has not been around for many years, clothes change, house cleaning and other trivial matters are too chaotic, too shou Chen Tianlin came up with this out.
It turned out that this woman was 16 years old, nicknamed Chen Chen, her parents died since she was a child, and she was sold by her uncle to learn art in the Pingchun Building, and her life was pitiful! Dignified appearance, although not to talk about the appearance of flowers and moons, but also a beautiful woman, is a famous singer and prostitute in the Pingchun Building.
Xin Abandoned Disease looked at the little girl sitting on the bed crying, paused for a while, called the old housekeeper to come over, and instructed him to clean up the room in the West Wing, let the girl live in the palace first, and then make plans later.
Yes, it has been nearly half a year since I arrived in Jiangxi, and Xin abandoned his wife and children who were all not around, and I missed it very much! So drunkenly took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to his wife who was far away from home, asking them to come to Jiangxi, and he missed them very much.
Finally, his wife and children arrived, and he was very happy to see his relatives not to mention Xin abandoned the disease, often playing in the yard with his children and taking his wife out to play. Unexpectedly, his wife Ruyu fell ill, and the matter of taking care of his wife was handed over to Chen Chen, but after many days, Fan Ruyu's condition did not improve, and seeing many doctors had no effect. At this time, Chen Chen told Fan Ruyu that he had an old acquaintance named Li Jiping, who was a famous doctor in his hometown, and whether the old lady was willing to invite him to see the doctor. With xin's consent, dr. Li Jiping was invited! Don't say that this Li Jiping really has two brushes, although the age is not big, the medical skills are very exquisite, after more than a month of conditioning, Fan Ruyu's condition has been good, Xin abandoned the disease happily!
Xin Zhiyi called Li Jiping to discuss the cost of treatment these days, but Li Jiping did not want anything in return, only one thing, that is, Chenchen! It turned out that this Li Jiping and Chen Chen had already loved each other in these days! Chen Chen's fate is tragic, Li Jiping really likes her, although she is 10 years older, but she has not married a wife! Therefore, I beg Xin to give him the gift of morning and morning! Xin immediately summoned his wife Fan Ruyu, and after discussion, the two decided to agree to Li Jiping's request. However, instead of giving it to Xin as a matchmaker, he married his own maid to the doctor Li Jiping, completing the marriage between the two.
Marriage photos
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > a summary</h1>
Xin abandoned the cold bench for 14 years before he could be submerged; it was not until Ye Heng became the right minister that he was reappointed, and was temporarily sent to Jiangxi to solve the rebellion of the private tea sellers, he arranged the work in an orderly manner, thought every detail very thoroughly, almost did not spend a single soldier to complete the tasks that the previous two criminal officers did not complete, won the trust and support of the local people, showed his military talent, as a 35-year-old person has such an "old scheming" really impressed Chen Taishou and other local officials. Let Ye Hengchen praise him. Not only did he properly dispose of the remnants of the private tea chaos, but he also fulfilled a marriage by the way, and if he was not of noble character, the fate of the 16-year-old girl would not have changed.