Curfew, it's really a good system.

At least since history, there has been a curfew most of the time, so far.

But in other words, the biggest effect of the curfew is the security benefit, which can ensure the safety of a city under the premise that the weather conditions are extremely unfavorable at night.

But curfews are not without their drawbacks.

If the purpose of promoting business and vigorously developing the economy has not been considered, then it does not matter whether the curfew is lifted or not.

In a commercially prosperous dynasty, but still a curfew?

I'm sorry, but I haven't seen this before, except during the period of military control.

How much does nighttime contribute to business?

Li Yuanji did not study it carefully, but in later generations, in fact, most of the personal consumption was carried out after sunset.

Although the overall social situation is not there for the time being, there is no doubt that curfews are harmful and unhelpful for business.

The Tang Dynasty implemented the Fang City system, which was a dual system, and the Fang City was responsible for both management and maintenance.

The advantage of this system is that at night, the door is closed, and everyone is not allowed to leave, but they can still move freely in the workshop, as long as it is not too late, or gathered, it generally does not attract the attention of the market.

However, today's commercial problems have developed somewhat seriously, except for the east and west cities and Taipingfang, only the two newly built trading markets belong to pure commercial areas or semi-commercial areas, and the other markets basically do not have any commercial nature.

"There are three advantages to the lifting of the curfew, one is that the merchants can extend their operations, and the people do not have to rush during the day, and the second is that the extension of the business will definitely make the employees work overtime, and the overtime will inevitably be paid additional remuneration, such as some places where the business is better, especially in Taipingfang, the ministers estimate that the existing personnel are far from enough, so they should need to hire an equal number of employees to replace, so that more people will get job opportunities.

Third, the tax revenue of the imperial court will increase, but by how much? This minister has not yet taken it into consideration. Ma Zhou didn't expect that Li Yuanji would ask him about the lifting of the curfew.

Ma Zhou also thought about this matter for a long time, of course, this proposal was not put forward by Ma Zhou first, but Liu Shan was the first to put it forward, and several people discussed it together, collected evidence, and deduced it.

Although it has been raised, because there is no precedent to be found, they can only cross the river by feeling the stones, and the pace of progress is also very slow.

Especially after being scared back by Fang Xuanling, Ma Zhou was also a little unconcerned about this matter, Fang Xuanling was right, the first task now is to help all localities develop the economy, and the task of the development province is to first support a city in each state, and then radiate the surrounding areas.

Listening to the three points that Ma Zhou said, Li Yuanji shook his head helplessly, of course, this is not a denial, but helplessness.

As a descendant, I have never experienced the night of curfew, so I must have more understanding of this aspect than Ma Zhou.

Now they are just crossing the river by feeling the stones, and they can only discuss and experiment with each other little by little, and then adjust and rectify the problems when they find them.

This method is very slow, but it is an indispensable step in the development process, in other words, although he is not a professional talent in this area, but just by virtue of what he knows now, it is enough to save the Tang Dynasty a detour of one or two decades in this regard.

Doesn't that seem exaggerated? Very pretentious?

In fact, if a later official is allowed to cross over to the body of the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, what will be the final outcome of the Qing Dynasty?

Not to mention whether it is rotten or not, the First Sino-Japanese War will definitely not be lost, and industry will inevitably be vigorously developed, because all later generations know this truth, but they don't know it, they still keep those outdated concepts.

Therefore, Li Yuanji feels that he is still quite strong as a plug-in.

"Although these three points are all on point, what you said is too one-sided!" Li Yuanji continued to open the training mode, and the development province seemed to many people to be a yamen with no substantive effect, but only Li Yuanji knew that he had high hopes for this yamen, and their ideological cognition must keep up with their own pace, otherwise, it would be difficult for an emperor at the level of a half-emperor to drag the entire Tang Dynasty forward.

"The purpose of the curfew is to enforce the law, and if the curfew is lifted, how will the law and order problem be solved? Let Wuhou also work overtime? Let the other officials and officials in charge of this also work overtime? After all, people's energy is limited, and officials are also human beings, and it is impossible for them to work tirelessly all day.

The biggest problem in operating at night is safety, how to prevent fire? What happens when something goes wrong? Li Yuanji directly raised two questions.

Yes, the biggest problem when operating at night is fire prevention.

Ancient times are not modern, lighting all depends on lamps, and now lighting relies on fire and oil lamps.

Oil lamps also cost money, candles are more expensive, so if you get it, it will undoubtedly increase the cost of night business, if the business is hot, it's good to say, but if the business is not good, what should I do? Once the people are not used to going out at night, the business can't stand this high cost, how to deal with the price increase or closure?

"This ......" Ma Zhou was stunned, he really didn't think of this problem, but it didn't seem to be a big problem, and continued: "Wuhou can also change shifts, although it will increase the expenditure of the imperial court, as for fire prevention, all merchants can be strictly ordered to learn fire extinguishing knowledge, once a fire is found, it will be extinguished immediately." ”

Li Yuanji shook his head again, this Ma Zhou still didn't understand what he meant.

At any time, there will be problems, and it is not the problems that I care about, nor the worries about those expenses or anything.

The curfew was lifted, and to be honest, even Li Yuanji felt that it was not the time yet.

Because of the affluence of the people, the commercial prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was far from the time when the curfew was lifted, and all the problems could be solved during the day.

Because now, unlike in later generations, everyone has a job, and there is no time to go shopping during the day, in order to meet their daily needs, they have to go to the supermarket at night, go shopping, or go online shopping.

Although it did not meet the requirements, Li Yuanji still supported the lifting of the curfew, for the stability of Datang and the stability of future generations.

How much can a curfew have such an impact?

Of course not, to put it simply, what the curfew can affect is the development of commerce, for ordinary people, there is no impact at all, because the sunrise and sunset are the habits they have developed for a long, long time, nightlife, more of those things that the children of the powerful pursue, ordinary people are not interested in this at all.

Of course, the reason why I don't catch a cold is because I don't have money, why go out and go out if I don't have money? Let's be honest and make people at home.

But Li Yuanji thought of another problem, decentralization!

Yes, decentralization.

The cabinet system is also a form of decentralization, although this form seems to weaken the emperor's real power, but in fact, what really weakens is the power of the prime minister.

Originally, the number of prime ministers was small, and it could be said that they were the masters, but the establishment of the cabinet system suddenly made this group of people reach the scale of more than ten people, they each represent one side, even if it is not their own responsibility, they can speak against it, and even stop a thing from happening.

The more people there are, the more difficult it is to unify, after all, it is difficult to reconcile, and the emperor will not allow this to happen.

The cabinet is a system that not only urges them to work hard, but also allows them to supervise and restrain each other.

Similarly, although the level of the cabinet bosses is not as good as the four high-ranking officials, the identity of a cabinet member can already fill these gaps, they are all members of one party, unless they really collude together, no one will easily show weakness to the other, after all, they are also big men of one side, and they can't take refuge in a certain Zai as a backer like before.

Li Yuanji himself has had this idea for a long time, and the introduction of the cabinet system is just a test of the waters.

But is just changing the top level enough to solve the problem? Naive!

The real problem will always appear at the grassroots level, unless there is a football king Gao Yu around him, and he doesn't have a brain to fully trust him.

Well, the answer is already obvious.

Although Ma Zhou's proposal to lift the curfew was a bit inadequate, it did give him a good opportunity to promote his ideas.

It is true that the emperor does not have to think about it so much, but a good emperor will always make a certain decision when others don't think it is inappropriate.

"What is the most in-demand commodity after the curfew is lifted?" Li Yuanji continued: "It's kerosene! No, even if the curfew is lifted, there is no way, so the next task of the Ministry of Development is to support a few places that produce kerosene, so that the kerosene can supply the entire market as much as possible, and the price should be lower, at least at the current price, I don't think those merchants will hold out for too long. ”

The cost of opening the door during the day is rent and labor, but at night you have to add an oil lamp, which does not save money at all, and a shop can't just light an oil lamp, so that absolutely no one wants to come in and consume.

And so many oil lamps combined, at the current price, can burn the remuneration of all the employees of the entire store in one night, is it exaggerated? Not an exaggeration at all.

If there is demand, there will be a market, although according to Li Yuanji, the profit of kerosene will be pushed to the minimum, but no matter how low it is, it is still a profit, and it is better than sitting on a mountain now.

And what do industrial clusters represent? But it's not just these profits, the caravan always has to pull the goods, right? You have to eat, drink, and live, right? If you are developing some special products and sell them something, isn't it all incidental value?

Ma Zhou, who was still having a headache for the development project, instantly had a feeling of being sudden, and the secret way was still the emperor's brain, why didn't he think of this?