Zhao sometimes really thinks that he has just entered the wrong door, rather than really crossed over, because as he returned to Jiangnan to learn more about the social structure and system, he found that there were many similarities between the Song Dynasty and the modern social system, which made you feel a sense of déjà vu. In modern times, it just appeared under a different name, and Zhou Xiang's words made him feel even more so.

First of all, I came to the Song Dynasty more than 800 years ago, but as long as the market economy is implemented, it is the same. Urbanization at this time was not only reflected in the rise of large cities, but more importantly, the emergence of a large number of small towns. Densely populated villages and towns have gradually become commercial towns, and a large number of people living in towns have gradually moved away from agricultural production and dominated by commerce and handicrafts.

There are so many such towns that within dozens of miles around Lin'an City, people are crowded and full of people, even if you walk for a few days, you can't get out. This undoubtedly reflects the radiation effect of large cities, a considerable number of which exceed the average state and county in terms of population and economic level. While many counties and counties are built and managed by the government, the towns and cities are formed naturally by the private sector solely as a result of commercial activity, and the latter is more prosperous and vibrant. It is also the most common phenomenon of modern urbanization, and the phenomenon of towns is actually what is called "small towns" today.

Although the cities of the Song Dynasty were very different from the modern cities supported by industrial technology, in other words, the ancient cities were actually large villages. However, at this time, the houses and the houses in the modern countryside were not so much real estate as real estate, and the houses themselves were in a relatively secondary position in the configuration of all the house gardens.

The increase in population, the prosperity of commerce, and the development of cities have made land as scarce as modern society. As a result, the huge demand for rental housing in the city created a very active housing rental market, and the Song Dynasty government, which was a rare business-driven government in the past dynasties, saw that the real estate market was profitable, and actively participated in it, setting up special agencies to operate the rental of government land and public housing. On the one hand, the operating income is handed over to the treasury, and on the other hand, it is also used to maintain local public welfare.

Although the Song dynasty went far in commercialization, it did not relax the relief function of politics. In response to the large number of displaced low-level people, the imperial court built a large number of resettlement places and welfare facilities. It also took action to stabilize housing prices and issued purchase restrictions to protect the rights and interests of civilians. Officials are not allowed to buy public housing sold by the government, hoping to leave the opportunity to buy public housing to ordinary people. There is also a "second home purchase restriction" policy, and incumbent senior officials cannot buy a second home in the capital if they already have a house. In the event of extreme weather, the rent of public housing will be reduced or waived as appropriate.

Zhao Hao was very emotional, the ruler of the Song Dynasty may also be his fellow travelers, otherwise where did such an advanced concept come from, because sometimes the government will also make radical acts, requiring private rental houses to also reduce rent, which violates the laws of the market economy, after all, it is a very developed era of commodity economy, and people are no strangers to the pricing mechanism of the market, and some people were particularly dissatisfied at that time.

The reason for the opponents is the principle of "wealth and poverty" that we have become common sense today, and if we blindly attack the interests of the rich, we will not be able to obtain income from the rich to subsidize the poor, and in the end the interests of the poor will not be guaranteed. The government asks private landlords to lower rents, or even live in vain, so who wants to rent their houses to others? Even if it is rented out, the owner is not willing to pay for repairs when the house is broken, and in the end the poor still have no house to live in.

In order to solve the housing problem of a large number of officials and the poor class, the Great Song Dynasty also set up low-rent housing, and the government often reduced or exempted the rent of those who rented official housing, and even did not charge a penny all year round, which was cheaper than low-rent housing. It is precisely based on this that Zhou Xiang is worried that the emperor will only solve the housing problem for the bureaucrats and ministers of the 'Conglong', and ignore the housing needs of the poor people, and of course he will be scolded. In addition, this will cause the state to lose some of its tax revenue, and some people who rely on rental housing for their business will lose their profits.

In this way, it can be described as thankless. Therefore, we must not only take into account the interests of the bureaucrats, but also think about the people at the grassroots level, so that we can get the support of the grassroots units and safeguard our reputation of benevolence, righteousness, and love for the people. Zhao Hao delved deeper, only to realize that Zhou Xiang was really not alarmist and scared himself. Because in the urban village of Lin'an, there is a group of people who live on housing for food, and the government has also benefited greatly from it.

The government relied on the collection of taxes to maintain the operation of the state apparatus, and the Song court naturally attached great importance to commercial taxes when there were many people and few places, and the deed tax in real estate transactions was listed as the main tax. Taizu Zhao Kuangyin "ordered the people to sell the land and house to lose money and seal the deed, and the lease deed is limited to two months", which means that the house sale must go to the government department to handle the contract and pay the deed tax within two months after the transaction.

In the early days, the housing transaction tax was only 2 percent, but during the Qingli period it rose to 4 percent. After the southern crossing, the real estate deed tax has been as high as 10 percent, and the deed tax of real estate also accounts for a large proportion of the 1.2 million yuan of commercial tax in Lin'an. In addition, the government has set up a special 'lou shop business' to manage the rental and sale of houses, and collects taxes from them.

In order to achieve the greatest benefit, tax evasion becomes the most effective and simple method. That is, without the contract stamped by the government, ordinary people buy houses, sign contracts with sellers privately, but do not go to the house, do not pay deed tax, there are many such people. After all, China has a large territory, a lot of people, and the ratio of officials and people in ancient times was not as high as it is now, there were few civil servants, and there was no modern technology to help it, and it was impossible to monitor every real estate transaction.

However, Zhao Hao had to admire the wisdom of the ancient officials, who were able to invent a strange way - to govern the people with the people. The first is to let the people monitor each other, which one evades the deed tax, and the neighbors report together, who reports first and who receives the reward, and who does not want to report who is the top cylinder. The second is to let the real estate agent play a role, that is, whether it is buying or selling, it must go through the intermediary, just like the current outsourcing.

This is really a golden age for real estate agents, and the state will pass the law to ensure that the agents have money to make, and they can't get around it. The government would make it mandatory for each real estate agent to record all the real estate transactions in his estate, and then report it to the county government once a month, or half a month, and then the government officials would arrest people based on these records.

Of course, intermediaries are not the ones who serve the public's jobs after all, and the government has to give people some benefits if they let them do monitoring for you, right? The advantage of this is that the government has enacted a series of laws to force buyers and sellers to go to real estate agents to act as agents, which is equivalent to legally guaranteeing that real estate agents will always make money. In this way, the government's financial revenue is guaranteed, the business source of the intermediary is guaranteed, and everyone takes what they need, and everyone is happy. Of course, it is the buyers and sellers who suffer the loss, and when they buy and sell houses, they must take an extra sum of money to the government, and then take an extra amount of money to the real estate agent.

However, there are still people who will try to evade the supervision of the government and the supervision of the intermediaries, and the buyer and seller will transfer the house by reaching a private agreement, which is similar to today's small property rights, which is called the 'white deed', that is, the 'red deed' that has not been certified by the government to collect money. Therefore, although the white deed can save the deed tax, its biggest trouble is that once there is a dispute between the buyer and the seller, it is difficult to get the support of the government, and even after it is discovered, the house is at risk of being confiscated......

After thinking about it, Zhao Hao was a little hesitant to raise funds for urban transformation through land sales, which is likely to break the already mature rules of the housing rental market, that is, forcibly change the market rules, which is also not in line with the law of market development. But these bureaucrats are, after all, the basis of their own rule, and they have not benefited from the restoration of the country, so how can they be loyal to you and serve you sincerely?

Therefore, Zhao Yu still thinks about doing it, but he can find another way, as Zhou Xiang said, he can build a part of the affordable housing, use low rent or subsidies for officials in Beijing to live, and build a batch of houses to reward the lords, and some of them are put into the market to solve the financial problem. In this way, there will be a lot of vacant houses in the rental market in Beijing, and the abundance of housing will naturally lead to a decrease in rents, and an appropriate reduction in the deed tax can reduce the burden on low-income people.

Thinking about the reasoning, Zhao Yu felt that the craftsmen and the military who went to work in the city were the main people who rented houses other than officials. Therefore, he discussed with Zhou Xiang that during the relocation of the government-run workshops, a number of residences could be built at the same time to house the craftsmen under his control, so as to form a gathering area similar to an industrial town, where medical institutes, schools and grass markets could be set up, so that they could work with peace of mind and the population could be diverted.

As for the placement of soldiers, the imperial court provided free camps. In the past, due to the military system of lifelong service, it was necessary to build residential areas for military dependents, which also took up a lot of land. At present, the military system of retiring from military service after seven years of service is implemented, and the families of ordinary soldiers and low-ranking officers are not allowed to live with the army, and only the families of officers above the command level can join the army. As a result, a number of dwellings could be built near the barracks to house military dependents and to reduce population pressure in urban centres.

As for the biggest obstacle in urban reconstruction, street invasion, Zhao Yu and Zhou Xiang both believe that as long as reasonable compensation and positive publicity are given, disputes can be reduced to a certain extent; On the other hand, those who are stubborn can only use force and forcibly demolish them, and neither the government nor the people can be soft-hearted, which will not only not affect their own credibility, but will also gain the understanding and respect of the people.

After talking for a long time, but there was still no money, Zhao Yu asked Zhou Xiang to do it first, and assigned the three newly formed baggage divisions to the Ministry of Industry for transfer, and used the relocation compensation funds to carry out planning and design, land consolidation and material preparation first. In addition, the two of them roughly calculated that as long as they took a few vacant land, they could recover the cost by selling part of it in construction, and there was still rent to be recorded for a long time, which was a sure-fire deal. But neither of them can come out of this matter, and they have to find a safe person to act as an agent at the front desk.

At present, there must be a gap in funds, and it costs money to acquire land, and it is not possible to sell off-plan properties like Hyundai, so collect part of the development funds first. But this can't help Zhao Hao, he has already thought about the source of the money, and it will soon enter June, and the caravans going to sea will return one after another, as long as they successfully find the origin of the incense medicine and control it, then the money will flow to their inner treasury like flowing water......

The exchange and issuance of new currencies has begun, and the workshops along the river outside the city have also begun to work, and the recruitment and retirement of the army have also begun to be carried out one by one, and Zhao Yu's side is not as busy as before. But the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the continuous rain makes the hot flashes even more unbearable. Zhao Yu also spent more and more time in Lengquan Hall, and it rained for several days, and rain fell every evening. Due to the increase in rainfall, the river water has skyrocketed, and several rivers in Beijing have also opened their gates to release water, speeding up the renewal of the river, making people feel that the air is much better, at least without the smell.

This evening, the heavy rain came as promised, Zhao Yu asked people to open all the windows around, with the invasion of the cold wind, the house instantly cooled a lot, he was only wearing a tulle short coat, only a pair of shorts just over the knee on the lower body, lying comfortably on the rocking chair to enjoy the rare coolness of the day. But at this time, Wang De suddenly came in and told Zheng Huchen that he had asked for an audience.

Nowadays, the bureau still sends the collected information to the imperial front every day, and Zheng Huchen has basically disappeared in public, and it is rare for him to show his face in the palace unless there is urgent military affairs or is summoned by His Majesty. Today, he suddenly asked for an audience in the rain, and Zhao Hao felt that something important must have happened, so he asked him to come to see him.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates have recently cracked a spy case, which may involve important members of the DPRK and China, and your subordinates dare not make decisions without permission, and please make a decision on your Majesty!" Zheng Huchen came in a hurry, took off his raincoat on the verandah, only wiped the rain on his face, and then bowed.

"Oh, what's the matter, from the channel?" Zhao Yu frowned when he heard this, and asked urgently.

"Your Majesty, it is about the leakage of a new type of weapon in the Ordnance Supervisor, which was captured and searched from the body of the action team when he was about to cross the river while tracking Meng Yuan's spies. After seeing it, the subordinates felt that the matter was very important, and they came to report it. Zheng Huchen handed over an official document with a solemn expression.

"The Southern Dynasty Ordnance Supervisor recently tried to produce a new type of city-breaking weapon, according to reliable intelligence, it has the power of opening mountains and cracking stones, which can easily destroy the fortified city, and is specially used to break through the river defense!" Zhao Yu unfolded it and looked at it, the title page of the official document was the original text of the news delivered by the captured enemy spies, and the back page was the translated content, and he read it softly.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates don't know if the Ordnance Supervisor is trying to produce new weapons, and they don't dare to determine whether they are true or false, and they are also worried about the enemy's counter-plots, so they will ask for verification!" Zheng Huchen Shi Li said, he knew that the ordnance supervisor and the general supervisor had always been under the direct jurisdiction of the little emperor, not only producing standard weapons, but also undertaking the task of developing and trial-producing new weapons, and these were mostly from the emperor's hands, so he directly entered the palace for verification......