Chen Mo, a student of modern history, fell into a well due to a heavy rain and traveled to Chen Ergou, a beggar from Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture in the second year of Zhengde. He discovered that the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty faced high land rents, oppression by officials and gentry, and even a rental trap of "deposit three and pay ten".
2. In order to survive, Chen Mo used historical knowledge to predict tax changes and help farmers avoid exploitation by tax collectors, but was falsely accused by Li Zheng of being a White Lotus cultist. At the critical moment, he defended himself with the "false accusation and rebellion" clause in the "Da Ming Code", which attracted the attention of Zhou Zheng, a member of the Jinyiwei family who was passing by.
