Chapter 106: Coins and Prohibitions
The Wenzong Yuan Mansion is a deep courtyard in the Sanjin courtyard, and the two stone lions in front of the black lacquer gate are also very powerful.
The regulations of the official residences in this dynasty are not strict, most of the officials follow the practice of the previous dynasty to start houses, of course, for the Beijing officials, there are many people who rent houses, especially those young officials who have just been trained in the Jinshi in the capital office, mainly rent, of course, these houses are official houses or royal properties, the rent is very cheap, more or less welfare.
Today's Bianjing is somewhat similar to Bianjing in the Song Dynasty, the housing prices are very high, all of which are the reasons for the cost of every inch of land, but unlike the Song Dynasty, the real estate is now in the hands of the public or the royal family, and all kinds of houses are built for different classes, and there are different rental prices.
At present, the commerce and trade of Qi are gradually developed, but it is a royal and public monopoly economy, supplemented by other small merchants and hawkers, means of production, prices, etc., according to later generations, it is a strictly planned economy, and it is by no means the mercantile way of the Western Age of Discovery, after all, the times are different, the Eastern and Western civilizations are different, and the economic stages are different. and those important ministers who are not simple people, I feel that the general direction is good, of course, the final success or failure, still has to be proven by time.
At the back door, Zhang Dianyuan hurriedly came to greet him.
Dianyuan is from the eight female officials, the "Dian" character generation is so, the forbidden palace female officials, each "chief" has the highest grade, is six products, "Shang" is the seventh grade, the division is the eighth grade, and the treasure is from the eighth grade. The palm is the ninth grade, the female history is from the ninth grade, and then down, it is an ordinary palace e.
Zhang Dianyuan is the female official stationed in the Wenzong Academy, and she is also the housekeeper of this hospital.
During Lu Ning's personal expedition, Zhang Dianyuan stood out from the female officials of the inner palace and was selected by Concubine De to replace the female officials who were originally here.
Lu Ning came back and listened to Concubine De talk about the identity of this Dianyuan, it turned out that she was the beloved wife of Ge Shiro, and after Shiro became the successor, he was in charge of the internal affairs of the Ge family, shrewd and capable, and was Ge Shilang's virtuous helper, and Ge Shilang's power was also indispensable to her contributions.
The Ge family's rebellion is a major case involving tens of thousands of people, the entire Ge family was copied, all the female dependents were sent into slavery, direct family members, adult men, except for Ge Shilang, were all beheaded, and underage men were assigned to serve labor on all sides.
Speaking of which, when approving the case, Lu Ning originally circled Ge Shilang with a red pen and wrote the word "Shen".
But it is obvious that Ge Shilang is not the Ge Shilang of the year, and even the direct promoter of colluding with the Jiangnan Forbidden Army to rebel, because the cabinet still drafted the "hanging", and leaving a whole corpse is considered lenient.
But after Lu Ning thought about it, he still used a zhu pen to approve and imprisoned Ge Shilang for life.
There is no need to send him to serve in labor and die of exhaustion, that is not a forgiveness for him.
Anyway, it was his old acquaintance when he was not in the middle of the dragon, and it was somewhat helpful to him back then, leaving him alive, and it could be regarded as drawing a break for this little bit of affection back then.
But I don't want to, Ge Shilang's beloved wife has inexplicably become the head of the Wen General Mansion.
Obviously, Zhang Dianyuan is very capable, and it is precisely because of his ability that he can be appreciated by Concubine De in a short period of time, and he asked Concubine De to help him choose a qualified housekeeper, so Concubine De chose her.
The life of the General Academy of Culture can also be regarded as an experimental field for Lu Ning to study the living conditions of middle and high-level officials.
As it is now, Lu Ning keeps half of the monthly salary as his own expenditure for the wife and children of a fourth-grade official to support the elderly.
The other half is sent to the housekeeper of the hospital to pay the maid's salary, daily expenses in the house, etc., if there is spare time, Lu Ning orders the housekeeper to be in charge, or accumulate or hoard things to maintain and increase the value.
In this way, looking at the daily life of a four-grade official, you can have an in-depth understanding of the country or at least the life of the officials and people in Bianjing.
And this housekeeper naturally requires shrewdness and ability, and it was You Wuniang who helped him choose the Zhang family.
Seeing Zhang Dianyuan kneeling beside him, his beautiful bun kneeling on the ground, trembling, Lu Ning was a little helpless in his heart, he always felt that things shouldn't be like this, and said slowly: "Get up, Shiro and I have an old relationship, you don't have to be formal, this house, I will bother you more in the future." ”
But there was an idea, when there was any great joy in the future, he pardoned Ge Shiro, so that his husband and wife could live in peace, little Ge Shiro, where can he make waves in the future?
Of course, I won't say this to Zhang Dianyuan.
"Yes, the slave will definitely help the master and father take care of the other courtyard." Zhang Dianyuan's voice is also very delicate.
You Yiyi, who followed Lu Ning half a step behind, looked around curiously, she knew that her brother-in-law had the identity of the General Academy, but the General Mansion of the General Academy of Literature had never been there, so she was very curious.
Zhang Dianyuan got up, leading the way on the side, and at the same time picking up the important matters in the mansion to show the monarch's father.
Speaking of which, for more than half a year, she has taken care of this house, whether it is buying land or land, or daily expenses, it is difficult for Concubine Dao to pay attention to such trivial matters? The identity of the General Court of Literature is secret, and there is no government to check her income and expenditure, speaking of which, it is no problem for her to be greedy for some money, but how dare she?
The Son of Heaven, such trivialities, let alone ignore them, but she also has to preach and preach.
Gradually, her fear subsided a little, and it became a little more natural.
When the Son of Heaven was still the Duke of the East China Sea, Zhang Dianyuan had just married Ge Shilang, and he had always known this Duke of the East China Sea, and later the King of Qi, and even ascended the throne as the emperor.
The Ge family assassinated the big shopkeeper of Qi Tianzi, and since then, she has caused trouble, and as a woman, she only heard later that the giants who were originally rich and famous disappeared after being convicted of rebellion.
After she was sent into slavery, how she struggled was finally noticed by the female officials who managed them, and she was valued by the female officials of the West Palace, and there is no need to mention the hardships along the way, and I even heard that it was Concubine De who personally ordered her to be the housekeeper of the Holy Son of Heaven's Courtyard.
The Son of Heaven often incarnates as a fourth-grade official and experiences the hardships of the people, which is unexpected.
From the eight-rank female official of the Dianyuan, although she is not the most arrogant and arrogant of the rich and noble before, she is already good luck compared to the misery when she was raided and exterminated.
What's even more unexpected is that when she was appointed as the steward of the other garden, the inner government also informed her, it turned out that Shiro was not executed, and it was the Son of Heaven who personally saved Ge Shiro's life.
Zhang Dianyuan, for a while, didn't know whether he was happy or sad.
As a result, I also have a little understanding of the Holy Son of Heaven, miss the old, and have a kind heart.
Now, introducing the situation in Fuzhong, Zhang Dianyuan is becoming more and more natural, and his mouth is slowly slipping.
Speaking of which, she originally came forward and led the two female historians and the suburban farmers to agree to buy a few acres of land, but it coincided with the introduction of the ban on selling land.
"Oh, there's still a surplus to buy land." Lu Ning bowed slightly.
Wenzong Yuanfu, half of his salary, a chief manager in the house, five maids, a groom and a cook, can also have a surplus to buy land, it seems that the price of Bianjing is not very high, of course, Zhang Dianyuan is also a good family.
This dynasty, like many dynasties, did not allow a large number of copper coins to be hidden, not to mention the great culpability of the coins.
Unlike previous dynasties, this dynasty stipulates that no more than ten copper coins can be kept privately, which is very harsh.
Of course, this dynasty is different from the previous dynasties in that this dynasty can deposit copper coins in the Donghai money bank, which is gradually becoming popular in various states and counties, and exchange them for silver tickets, and there are paper money issued in three places, and as many paper money as you want, you can collect it at home.
The three places with banknotes are Bianjing, Nanjing, Yangzhou and Donghai, the three most developed regions in commerce and trade.
The minimum denomination of the engraving printing banknote is 100 Wen, and the highest is 10 yuan, in fact, the banknotes issued in the three places are exactly the same.
The banknotes of the three places do not force the whole country to pass, but do not encourage the use of foreign money, so as not to appear counterfeit money, which is difficult for outsiders to see and easy to be counterfeited.
Zhang Dianyuan said again: "It's just a matter of buying land, and the surplus of this government can only be deposited in the bank." ”
The originally agreed land price was very cheap, and suddenly had to shout to stop, Zhang Dianyuan was very resentful in his heart, but it was the law of the emperor's new edict, how dare she say more?
After Lu Ning subdued Youyun, even though he issued a decree prohibiting the sale of land, ordering that from now on, the people were not allowed to trade land and sell farmland, but could only find the official family, and the official family would redeem the land and return it to the public.
Lu Ning had long wanted to implement this decree, but after all, the interests involved were too great, and he was afraid that it would cause dissatisfaction among all the squires, landlords, wealthy and even officials in the world.
As far as the cabinet is concerned, they are all accustomed to it, and the day the Son of Heaven recovers the clouds, he knows that the Son of Heaven will definitely have a new policy.
Of course, in the early Tang Dynasty, it was also forbidden to buy and sell Yongye Tian and Kou divided fields, but after all, because its land division system was too idealistic, it was unreasonable, and the nobles were allocated more and more land, which made the Juntian system exist in name only in the middle and late periods, and the ban on land sales became a dead letter.
Therefore, the ban on land buying and selling in this dynasty is not an earth-shattering new deal, and farmland is not completely prohibited from buying and selling, and private land can be redeemed by the public, which can be regarded as entering the market.
Of course, the ban on farmland transactions, the Yin Shi family to buy a house to find another way for them, after all, the Chinese tradition, own land, only a sense of security, now make all the people accept the deposit of money in the bank to eat interest as the norm, or even, a large amount of consumption, so of course it is greatly beneficial to the development of the country, but that is too advanced and too unrealistic, to this aspect of the guidance at the same time, to encourage the development of wasteland, private investment in the farmland, on the basis of not destroying the red line of 1,000 acres, to private ownership.