《明史·列传·卷一百二十九》
适逢奸诈之徒柳胜秋等谎称搜括京都附近的畿辅地区矿税可获得十三万两银子。汪应蛟三次上疏极力争辩，然而仅仅只减矿税的一半而已。
会奸人柳胜秋等妄言括畿辅税可得银十有三万，应蛟三疏力争，然仅得减半而已。
Just then, a crooked man named Liu Shengqiu and others lied that they could collect 130,000 taels of silver by searching for mining taxes in the areas surrounding the capital. Wang Yingjiao submitted a memorial three times to argue his case, but the mining tax was only reduced by half.
<s>[INST] 对于下列每组文言文和现代汉语句子, 请提供一个能够准确表达两者本质的英语翻译: 文言文: 会奸人柳胜秋等妄言括畿辅税可得银十有三万，应蛟三疏力争，然仅得减半而已。 现代汉语: 适逢奸诈之徒柳胜秋等谎称搜括京都附近的畿辅地区矿税可获得十三万两银子。汪应蛟三次上疏极力争辩，然而仅仅只减矿税的一半而已。 [/INST] Just then, a crooked man named Liu Shengqiu and others lied that they could collect 130,000 taels of silver by searching for mining taxes in the areas surrounding the capital. Wang Yingjiao submitted a memorial three times to argue his case, but the mining tax was only reduced by half.</s>
对于下列每组文言文和现代汉语句子, 请提供一个能够准确表达两者本质的英语翻译: 文言文: 会奸人柳胜秋等妄言括畿辅税可得银十有三万，应蛟三疏力争，然仅得减半而已。 现代汉语: 适逢奸诈之徒柳胜秋等谎称搜括京都附近的畿辅地区矿税可获得十三万两银子。汪应蛟三次上疏极力争辩，然而仅仅只减矿税的一半而已。
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Just then, a crooked man named Liu Shengqiu and others lied that they could collect 130,000 taels of silver by searching for mining taxes in the areas surrounding the capital. Wang Yingjiao submitted a memorial three times to argue his case, but the mining tax was only reduced by half.
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