Chapter 387

Liu Zhiyuan came to report today, and the appointment came down yesterday, and he came to register yesterday, but he didn't see Li Chengqian, and he came here today to make an official report, and if he wants to meet Li Chengqian, he will be an official of the East Palace in the future.

Liu Zhiyuan came over, he was still a little nervous, he was the first time to see the emperor's relatives, and he had never seen anyone before. Liu Zhiyuan, under the leadership of the eunuch, went to the living room of the East Palace, and as soon as he entered, he saw a young man wearing white embroidered gold patterns, with a gold crown on his head, very delicate.

"Minister, Liu Zhiyuan has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" Liu Zhiyuan stood there and said respectfully.

"Okay, I finally saw you, Shen Yong has always recommended you, saying that you have been a county magistrate for fifteen years, and you have been a county magistrate since the Wude years, and your reputation has always been good, after three counties, you are very clear about local affairs!" Li Chengqian stood up as he spoke, walked to Liu Zhiyuan's side, took his hand, and went to the position next to him, and then said, "Please sit down, serve tea!" ”

"Eh, thank you, Your Highness!" Liu Zhiyuan was a little flattered, he didn't expect the prince to be so approachable.

"Well, sit down, Lone has a lot of questions I want to ask you, especially about local issues, after all, Lone has been in the palace, and he has to go out to inspect the people's situation, that is, to go around Chang'an City, and he can't go too far. Li Chengqian sat down, looked at Liu Zhiyuan and asked.

"Yes, Your Highness, it's much better, the people around Chang'an City, not to mention others, the things they grow can still be sold, and they still have money to see, but for many people in other places, all year round, that is, they can save more than ten dollars, just a little money, a year!

Today, the minister went to Chang'an City County to see it, and saw so many people vying to buy shares, if it is placed in other places, it must be no people to buy it, because there is no money! Liu Zhiyuan sat there, nodded, and said very heavily.

"Well, then tell me, what is the most critical thing to govern the county now? Can you tell us about your impressions? Li Chengqian sat there, looked at Liu Zhiyuan and said.

"Your Highness, the minister has a few superficial opinions! One is the reason why the people are poor, those things in the ground are worthless, and the second is that the labor force is idle, and the minister went to those workshops in Xicheng to see, there are many ordinary people working, and the income of a day exceeds 5 yuan, this is in the county below, it is not daring to think, not to mention five yuan, it is 2 yuan, there are many people working,

The third is that there are no merchants, and no one comes to harvest the things grown by the farmers, that is, the game that the hunters hunt, which cannot be sold at all in the county seat, and no one will buy it. If you want to sell it, you have to go to Dachengchi, so it's good to build a straight road now, at least the people in those counties along the way, life will definitely be better.

There is also the fact that the tax is too heavy, although compared with the previous dynasty, the tax has been much lighter, but now it is still a tax of three out of ten lessons, and the yield is so low, often many people plant more than 20 acres of land, which is not enough for an old snack, not to mention spare money! Liu Zhiyuan sat there and immediately said.

"The tax of three out of ten lessons is still heavy?" Li Chengqian sat there, thought for a while, and asked.

"Yes. Heavy, if you can teach ten lessons one is the best, because now there is no war, the people have a lot of children, but those children, but they need something to eat, and they plant the landlord's land, but also have to pay rent, so calculated, it is equivalent to planting 10 acres of land,

Now the output of one acre of land is only about 100 catties, 10 acres of land, only more than 1,000 catties, if calculated according to the fullness, can only feed three people, if halved, plus other omnivorous, can only feed six people! Liu Zhiyuan continued to say to Li Chengqian.

"So little?" Li Chengqian stood up in surprise.

"Yes, Your Highness, so, the salary given here now is five cents a day, and you can buy about five catties of grain, which is 150 catties a month and 1,800 catties a year, which is much more than the whole family farming, and there is no need to pay taxes, so the people of Chang'an City live a much better life!" Liu Zhiyuan also stood up and said.

"You sit down and say, sit down and say! Oh my God, don't you say it, Lone doesn't know such a thing, farming for a year, can't even feed six people, this is not good! Li Chengqian pressed his hand on Liu Zhiyuan and motioned for him to sit down.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the minister still stands and says, the minister is ashamed, fifteen years of county decrees have not been able to bring the people of a county more prosperous, so the minister, I admire Xia Guogong very much, just his workshops, any workshop, can feed the people of a county,

Because now I have a lot of counties in Datang, and there are only four or five thousand households, and the ministers look at Xia Guogong's workshops that employ more than 1,000 people, plus the outside businessmen, and others who do business nearby, it is estimated that they can also drive hundreds of people, if such workshops are in other counties, they can bring up the living conditions of the people in the entire county, but unfortunately, these workshops are in Chang'an City, of course, the minister also knows that it is not realistic to go to other counties, and the roads are not passable! Liu Zhiyuan said to Li Chengqian.

"Well, that's the case, Shen Yong and Gu said about it, you are like this, these days, you write the situation of the people below on the chapter, Gu see, can you do something for the people, the tax reduction may be implemented, I dare not say that it will be reduced, but reduce it by one percent, and Gu will still find a way!" Li Chengqian sat there and said,

This year, it is estimated that the non-agricultural tax revenue will exceed 6 percent, and if it is reduced, it will have little impact on the revenue of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but if it is reduced by 10 percent, it may be able to support one person, which is very important.

"Thank you, Your Highness, minister, I will write it as soon as possible!" When Liu Zhiyuan heard it, he was very happy, and immediately stood up and said to Li Chengqian.

"Well, don't thank Gu, Gu actually doesn't do much, and this matter, Gu is not sure that he will be able to do it, tax reduction, but it is not Lone and his father who have the final say, it needs to be considered by the Ministry of People, if the Ministry of Civil Affairs does not agree, it will not work, and in the future, you will help Gu deal with the things related to the livelihood of the people in the county below, okay?" Li Chengqian said to Liu Zhiyuan.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Liu Zhiyuan said with his hand.

"Okay, that's it, I need someone like you to remind Lone, let Lone know that there are still a large number of people in the world, and they are still in a situation of hunger and cold!" Li Chengqian continued to say to Liu Zhiyuan.

"Your Highness cares for the people, which is the luck of the people of the world!" Liu Zhiyuan immediately arched his hand and said.

"Well, come, drink tea, the best tea in Shenyong's house, taste it! Wait a minute, you and Gu talk, what problems are the people below, you have to talk to Gu, Gu wants to listen, Gu can't go out, I can only listen to you! Li Chengqian sat down and invited Liu Zhiyuan to drink tea, and Liu Zhiyuan hurriedly thanked,

After drinking tea, he talked to Li Chengqian, including how to govern the people below, as well as those local landlords and squires, how to guide them to do good deeds, etc., this chat, it was dark, Li Chengqian beckoned Liu Zhiyuan to have dinner together, Liu Zhiyuan was also grateful, after finishing dinner from the East Palace, Liu Zhiyuan went out of the East Palace and returned to his rented place.

"Master, can you see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today?" The housekeeper saw Liu Zhiyuan coming back and immediately asked.

"See, His Royal Highness the Prince, wise and wise, it is really my luck for the Tang Dynasty, I have chatted with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for more than an hour, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been listening, without a little tired expression, His Royal Highness the Prince, is really thinking about the people, good, good!" Liu Zhiyuan said with emotion as he walked.

"That's good, that's good, sir, when the lady and the son come, it's good!" When the housekeeper heard this, he was also very happy and said.

"Well, by the way, has the house been found?" Liu Zhiyuan asked.

"I found it, the price is a bit expensive, 800 Wen a month, however, the environment is still very good, it is a little more expensive, the small one also went to see the cheap one, and found that it is not much cheaper, a separate yard, the East City is this price, the West City is cheap, but it will not be less than 400 Wen Yuan,

Now the people of Chang'an City are rich, and businessmen from all over the country have come to Chang'an, fortunately, you are a five-grade official, and the number of people has increased a lot, otherwise, you really can't afford to live! The housekeeper said to Liu Zhiyuan.

"It's 800, a five-grade official, a year is about 60 yuan, I heard that the bonus is about the same, and the officials of the East Palace, it seems that there will be more, after all, it is okay to live in such a house!" Liu Zhiyuan thought about it for a moment and said.

"Master, do you want to buy a piece of land outside the city to build a house? Now many officials are buying land outside the city to build houses, if you want to buy inside the city, but it is very expensive, an acre of land is nearly 200 yuan, and it is still rising, the lord has not saved 200 yuan for so many years, but he can't afford it! The housekeeper said to Liu Zhiyuan.

"Eh, let's not think about this matter for now, let's live for now!" Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand and said,

He also knew that the richest person in the Tang Dynasty was Xia Guogong, who heard that he had an annual income of hundreds of thousands of yuan, which he didn't dare to think, he didn't even have a few hundred guan money, Liu Zhiyuan went to the place where he lived, just sat down and began to write the chapters, writing down what he had seen and heard as a county magistrate over the years, and handed it to the prince to see.

The next day, after Wei Hao got up, he still went to the county office, and now he has begun to collect money, those who bought shares are queuing up to pay money, and behind those craftsmen, there are many baskets, a basket can only hold 50 yuan, Wei Hao saw those baskets containing money, and he had a headache, his own treasury was all full of this,

But now the matter of silver is still stuck on the side of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has not agreed, saying that Datang does not have so much silver and cannot circulate it.

"Xia Guogong is good!" At this time, a eunuch came to Wei Hao's side and said, Wei Hao saw that it was someone from the side of Empress Changsun.

"Yo, Grandpa Sun, you, have you come to collect money on behalf of the internal government?" Wei Hao looked at it, looked at Grandpa Sun with a smile and asked.

"Yes, the queen asked the little one to come over to collect the money, originally she asked Princess Changle to come over, but Princess Changle had something to do, so she let the little one come over!" Grandpa Sun said with a smile.

"Okay, come on, move a table and a chair over, make tea, grandpa Sun, you just sit here, after all, I can't let you go and sit in the back, if something happens, it's not good, this time the royal family needs to collect a lot of money, you just stare here,

At noon, I sent people to Juxian Building to order food, and this side is full of 10,000 yuan, you will pretend to go first, according to the number, the royal family needs to take away 1 million and 8,000 yuan this time, you will pretend to go first, and after loading away 1 million yuan, we will calculate the final account, okay? Wei Hao said to Grandpa Sun.

"Yo, it's going to be troublesome to Xia Guogong, everything is up to your arrangement!" Grandpa Sun immediately arched his hand and said. At this time, the official also brought things over, put them outside, and brought the tea.

"Come, please be seated!" Wei Hao said to Grandpa Sun.

"Eh, Grandpa Guo, you're busy, busy!" Father-in-law Sun also said to Wei Hao very politely, Wei Hao nodded, then turned around, and took people to ride to Dongcheng Industrial Zone, and Du Yuan went over together. "Grandpa Guo, these roads should be repaired well, the money from the Ministry of Civil Affairs has not come down, what do you mean?" Du Yuan followed Wei Hao's side, seeing that the road in the distance was not very good, and immediately asked.

"The money didn't come down? Haven't come down yet? Wei Hao heard it, turned his head to look at Du Yuan and asked.

"Yes, the tax in the last quarter was transferred to our county government, and there were 30,000 yuan in the past, but it just didn't come down, and now the county government still has a lot of money, but according to the requirements of the county order, we need to repair those roads, but we need a lot of money.

According to your own calculations, it takes 100,000 yuan to repair those roads, and now it adds up to more than 40,000 yuan. Du Yuan stood beside Wei Hao and said worriedly.

"Okay, I'll do this thing, in this way, isn't this time to give the people some red? deducted, and then 30,000 yuan will be withheld, and the road will be repaired first, but I still have to ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs first, first salute and then soldiers, if they don't give it, then we will deduct the money! Wei Hao said to Du Yuan.

"This, no, withholding taxes, that's a felony!" When Du Yuan heard it, he immediately persuaded Wei Hao.

"A felony, how much of a sin?" When Wei Hao heard this, he became interested, he hadn't committed anything for a long time, and he was a little unaccustomed to it, and now that he heard that it was a serious crime, he had to think about it.

"Kill the head!" Du Yuan looked at Wei Hao and said.

"So heavy? Eh, you said that if I deducted it, I would kill my head, wouldn't I? Wei Hao heard it, a spirit, and then looked at Du Yuan and asked.

"I guess not, but it's possible to cut the knight!" Du Yuan thought about it for a while, and said, what are you kidding, how can it be possible to kill Wei Hao's head?

"That's okay, that's okay, I still have a lot of credit to be rewarded, this time it's just right!" When Wei Hao heard it, it was okay, the matter was not big, it was within the scope of bearing, and he could accept it.

After seeing the industrial zone, Wei Hao feels that it is almost ready to build, and the foundation is now being laid, however, the progress is very slow, now Wei Hao's main experience is still on the preparation of materials, and now there are a large number of carriages dragging sand to the industrial zone every day, Wei Hao is now preparing as much sand as possible, once it is the rainy season, it is not easy to dig, take advantage of the low water level now, dig more.

In the afternoon, Wei Hao arrived at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and when Dai Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, heard that Wei Hao was coming, he was stunned for a moment, and then sent someone to invite Wei Hao to the Shang study.

"Dai Shangshu, are you busy?" Wei Hao said with a flattering smile on his face, looking at Dai Xuan.

"What's the matter? You have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and if you dare to come to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, you are not afraid that those people will tear you apart? Dai Xuan looked at Wei Hao angrily and said.

"Who dares? Give you a guts, it's not that I look down on you, and it's not that I haven't fought! Wei Hao sat on the tea table proudly, holding the tea leaves, and preparing to brew it himself.

"What's the matter?" Dai Xuan stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"What's wrong? I don't let you drink tea, is this how your Ministry of Civil Affairs is hospitable? Wei Hao asked Dai Xuan with a smile.

"That's not true, but if you come to our civil department, there must be something, right? Let's talk about things first! Dai Xuan walked across from Wei Hao, sat down and said.

"Okay, ask for money, last quarter, what should we give the county tax rebate? Didn't you? Wei Hao looked at Dai Xuan with a smile and asked.

"Where is the money in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, you will rebate your taxes, and we will talk about it in winter!" When Dai Xuan heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said.

Wei Hao heard it, smiled, and then began to wash the cup.

"Really no, you go to the treasury of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to take a look, now there is less than 50,000 yuan left, and they are all in use, and now they are still waiting for your money to come!" Dai Xuan looked at Wei Hao and said helplessly.

"I don't care, our Chang'an County has contributed a lot of taxes, but our Chang'an County, the road is not easy to walk, I want to build a road, you can't embezzle my money!" Wei Hao made tea and said with a smile.

"Nope!" Dai Xuan said very simply.

"No?" Wei Hao smiled and stared at Dai Xuan and asked.

"Really, aren't you rich? You pad it first! Dai Xuan also looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Then don't blame me, anyway, this time I have to hand over the money to the Ministry of Industry, then I will deduct it from it!" Wei Hao said with a smile.

"You dare!" Dai Xuan heard it, Huoda stood up, now he is short of money to spend, and he asks the Ministry of Civil Affairs for money everywhere, and he is still counting on the money in the workshop this time, and he can get some of it, so that he can share it with those people, now it's good, Wei Hao wants to deduct money from it, can that work?

"I don't dare? No, you look down on me, do you? Not only do I have to withhold last quarter's money, but I also have to withhold this quarter's money! Wei Hao looked at Dai Xuan with a smile and said.

"You, you, if you dare to deduct it, I will go to His Majesty's side to impeach you, you are breaking the law like this!" Dai Xuan stood there, his face turned blue with anger, and he pointed at Wei Hao and shouted.