This year's first month of the capital is very lively, Shuntianfu successfully operated the imperial examination last time, fame and fortune, not only pushed the imperial examination to a higher level, but also increased a large amount of silver in the treasury.

As for the money they obtained from the trial investment promotion this time, together with the money they earned from advertising, Liu Jun specially approved an edict, which was regarded as local revenue and did not need to be handed over to the state treasury.

These revenues are at the disposal of the Suncheon government itself, and only the financial disclosure and clear accounts are sufficient.

As soon as this edict was given, the whole of Shuntian Mansion was very happy. Due to the establishment of the Han Dynasty after the establishment of the country, all taxes must be paid into the national treasury first, and then the local government has no financial revenue, and all expenditures have to be strictly budgeted, and then the imperial court approves the request, which also leads to the local affairs are always restricted. In particular, after the imperial court forbade the local government to levy additional fire consumption and additional fees, the local finances were completely subject to the central imperial court.

From the salaries of officials and teachers, to office expenses, and even various expenses, they all have to rely on funds from above. One-third of the tax income is nominally a local tax, but it must first be put into the central treasury, and in the end it cannot be withdrawn immediately, and the budget for the year must be prepared first, and it must pass the examination, and in the end, the money will not be pulled out happily, little at a time. Many local officials secretly scolded their mothers, in the past, local taxes were only paid positive taxes, and the rest of the additional taxes belonged to local disposable income.

It is precisely because of the difficulty and cumbersomeness of requesting money that officials have been sent to Beijing in various places to be stationed in Beijing, specifically responsible for colluding with various ministries and running projects to ask for money.

Regarding this situation, Liu Jun naturally found out quickly.

While the current system is conducive to national integration, it does create financial difficulties at the local level.

In this case, he realized that it is also necessary to properly let go of local finances, otherwise it will be difficult for the local government to do so. Liu Jun made some adjustments to the fiscal and taxation system, one of which was to appropriately classify some taxes into local taxes. The real local tax is levied by the local government and completely controlled by the local government.

In the first batch of local taxes, a number of relatively unstable and scattered taxes, such as slaughter tax, real estate tax, vehicle and vessel license tax, livestock transaction tax, bazaar transaction tax and real estate tax, urban land use tax, and urban construction tax, were handed over to the local government for collection and disposal.

In addition, after the local financial budget is reviewed, it will also withdraw funds as soon as possible.

Third, the salaries of officials, officials, and teachers were all paid by the central court of the imperial court. There is no need for local finance.

Some large local projects, such as road repair, city construction, reservoir construction, embankment and other projects, can also be submitted for approval, and the imperial court will withdraw the full amount or part of the subsidy after examination and approval.

For example, the money earned from the operation of Shuntianfu City can be kept for one's own use.

Shuntianfu got millions all of a sudden, and this year was naturally very fat. Liu Jian is also bold, and with money in his hand, the first thing he did was to give a very generous year-end bonus to all the officials, officials, and teachers in Shuntian Mansion.

The Beijing officials are only paid double salaries at the end of the year.

But the year-end bonus issued by Shuntianfu is a full increase in half a year's salary, and a lot of physical goods are also issued. All kinds of clothing, chicken, duck, fish, meat, etc., and even cut two sets of new clothes for each of the officials and teachers, even underwear, boots and socks.

Shuntianfu is also handing out money, sending things and cutting new clothes, which really makes the Beijing officials in the same city red-eyed.

Many officials were both red-eyed and angry, and the officials of Shuntianfu were treated so well, but they were angry that Shuntianfu was so ignorant, and you gave out so many benefits, why did you forget about the Beijing officials in the same city. Why don't you honor us?

Liu Jian actually didn't forget them, he had people send gifts to every yamen in Beijing before the Chinese New Year. But it's all something that isn't very valuable. A cart of Chinese cabbage and turnips, potatoes and corn cobs, plus a cart of briquettes, in addition, each yamen also sent a few mouthfuls of pig fat and a thousand catties of fish.

Speaking of which, Liu Jian is still very generous. There are so many yamen in the Beijing Division, and they are sent over by one family, and this money is not less.

But those Beijing officials asked the servants to come and load things home, but they were still scolding their mothers.

They are really not satisfied, they all know what kind of city Shuntianfu is engaged in this year this year. It's selling advertisements and road names, and it's also trying sponsors, and it's holding millions of silver dollars before and after, and when we come here, just a few cabbages and a few radishes?

Of course, now the crackdown on corruption, bribery and gift-giving is strict, but can this year's Tan Jing be regarded as bribery? Do you post so much yourself?

Some Beijing officials who were uneasy to calm down wrote chapters when they turned around, impeaching Shuntianfu for all kinds of violations of laws and regulations, and so on.

Bullet Seal flew into the palace like snowflakes, but Liu Jun issued an edict the next day, adding a prince and master title to Yin Liu Jian of Shuntian Mansion, and adding a month to all the officials of Shuntian Mansion.

In Liu Jun's words, although Shuntianfu occupies a geographical advantage, borrows the momentum of the national capital, and borrows the wind of the imperial imperial examination, people know how to use their brains and know how to generate income, which is worthy of praise. They earned millions of silver dollars for the country, although Liu Jun did not let them hand over to the national treasury, but this money left in Shuntianfu, it can still play a big role, and now take out a small part to distribute some funds, it is completely deserved.

You can't want the horses to run and the horses not to eat grass, they work so hard to do activities, and it's also very hard. If there is no benefit, who will work so hard?

As soon as this decree was made, those people didn't dare to talk anymore, and honestly ate these chickens, ducks, and fish from Shuntianfu at home.

Liu Jian was not frightened, he gave a bonus to the Shuntian Mansion here, and took out a large amount of money to organize an activity to comfort the lonely elderly and orphans a year ago, and sent people to send a lot of food to the orphanage and orphanage, send briquette fuel, and let people renovate the house.

Immediately afterwards, he hired people to dredge all the streets and ditches in Jingshi, renovated the roads inside and outside the city, and sent some condolences and food gifts to those who were poor and had elderly people at home.

even paid special attention to the scholars who spent the New Year in Beijing, in short, after a set of actions, all newspapers were full of praise.

Everyone contended to call Liu Jian the Three Sage Kings.

Liu Jian was not complacent, and seized the opportunity to work out a new income-generating idea with his subordinates in Shuntianfu.

To hold a lantern festival, to hold a grand lantern festival, to make the lantern festival the same as the imperial examination event, every year in the future, to make it a big event in Beijing. Famous all over the world.

Liu Jian has already realized some ways of urban management, and knows that if a big event like the Lantern Festival has enough influence, it will not only be able to get a name but also make a profit, and make a lot of money.

At the same time as the lantern festival, it also holds a temple fair. Engage in business.

He personally went to the palace to find Liu Jun and submitted the plan, Liu Jun just asked him a few questions, and then agreed. When the Han Dynasty was first established, it really needed such excitement to accumulate popularity.

Moreover, the lantern market and temple fairs are just like those local mountain markets, which can greatly promote commercial activities.

With the support of the emperor and a few ideas from the emperor, Liu Jian's appetite was even greater, and it was supposed to be a three-day lantern festival around the fifteenth. As a result, he directly changed it to run from the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve to the seventeenth day of the first month, a full eighteen days.

Suncheonfu encourages shops and people to set up lanterns and build lantern sheds, and even Suncheonfu will also pay for part of the subsidy. Of course, Liu Jian didn't plan to lose money, his plan was big.

He didn't plan to just be a small and casual light market with the participation of the whole people, but to make it a festival of lights. You even have to join the competition and fight the lanterns. Those who win the first place can even win a huge prize, and even the people participate in watching the lanterns. You can all participate in the lottery and win the lottery.

In a word. The officials of Shuntian Mansion, who had just received the year-end bonus of the thick red envelope, worked together to find a way.

In the end, they agreed that they had to bring in sponsors and advertise for rent. With such a lively event as the Festival of Lights, will the advertisements not sell well? Sponsors will not be good to pull?

For such a grand event, the advertising effect must be good.

The whole of Shuncheonfu has already repaid the sweetness from this advertising and sponsorship. Of course, this piece of fat will not be abandoned.

The sponsorship time of the last trial was very hasty, but a lot of sponsorship has been brought in, especially the effect is very good. Now those major sponsors, the brand is known to the world, and the business does not know how many times it has been booming.

Even those suppliers borrowed the east wind. It's hot.

With this pearl and jade in front, Shuntianfu wants to borrow Zhengyuan to hold a lantern festival again, so it is naturally easy to attract sponsors and advertisers.

Liu Jian made a big deal of money directly in the major newspapers for the Lantern Festival, this hook, immediately countless businessmen rushed to Shuntianfu to talk about business, there are those big chambers of commerce, rich and wealthy to sponsor as soon as they come, there are also those shrewd businessmen, rushing to grab advertising space, and some businessmen are shrewd to be suppliers.

Suncheonfu has already had a rich experience, and this time it was done in an orderly manner.

Liu Jian and Shuntianfu did not disappoint Liu Jun, let alone the merchants.

This year's Lantern Festival is very successful, from the 30th night onwards, the entire Jingshi every night is a silver flower and a fire tree, and all kinds of lanterns are competing for beauty.

The whole city, especially Qianmen Avenue and the East and West Streets, the most prosperous street has completely become a street of lights. The lampposts on both sides of the road and the street trees are full of all kinds of beautiful lights.

The shops on both sides of the street are not to be outdone and have set up lantern booths.

Even ordinary people in Beijing hang lanterns in front of the door at night.

Throughout the New Year, every night is like a city that never sleeps.

At night, the bustling and bright streets are full of planned stalls, and Suncheonfu has also specially planned several sections of the road as a food street. The same delicious snacks on the side of the road, behind are those famous restaurants and restaurants, the people after shopping in the lamp market to guess the lantern riddles, come here to eat a beautiful supper, it is really refreshing.

The liveliness of Beijing has attracted countless people from the suburbs of Beijing, and even those who are far away in Baoding, Datong, Tianjin, Linqing and other places can't help but drive in the snow to see this grand event.

The newspapers of Beijing Division make special pages every day to report.

In such an atmosphere, Dahan is indeed full of a sense of prosperity.

However, now, there is indeed a bit of peace and prosperity, although there is still a war in the frontier, but it is the Han Dynasty official army to expand the territory, not a foreign enemy into the army. There were no major disasters this year, and there were bumper harvests in various places. Especially in autumn, many places began to plant a large area of potatoes and corn and other tolerant crops under the guidance of the government, and the harvest was indeed gratifying.

It turns out that many people say that these things are difficult to deal with and the yield is low, and the key is that they still don't understand the method.

The imperial court did not have those levies, and the localities did not have those fire consumption, and after the apportionment into the mu, the tax was greatly reduced, and the tax was paid directly with silver dollar coupons, and it was also exempted from a exploitation. After the harvest, the people also more or less followed the government organization to go out to the vicinity to participate in the construction of roads, embankments, cities, reservoirs, canals and other work, these jobs are not free, but include food and shelter and good wages.

Everyone was busy all winter, although it was a little hard, but when they went home, they got a lot of wages.

It was a rare year of joy.

The family's granary is stacked with potatoes, corn, sorghum rice, and even a lot of wheat left in the family, and some families have even exchanged some rice, which means that there is no need to go hungry or borrow again in the coming year.

And basically everyone no longer owes debts, and those debts in the past are basically high-level debts, and the court helped to clear them. Nowadays, even if you want to use money for a happy event, you will often find a credit union in the township or a bank in the city, where the interest rate is low, so you don't have to worry about not being able to pay it back.

The family has surplus food, no debts, and some surplus money in hand, so this year is happy.

Many families raised the piglets that were sold to them at a low price by the township officials into fat pigs, and the chickens and ducklings also began to lay eggs early. Many families have three or four pigs, a few sheep, and a herd of chickens and ducks.

At the end of the year, everyone sold a few pigs, sold a few sheep, basically left a pig, set a good day, invited relatives and friends to help kill the fat pig, sold most of it, invited relatives to eat a meal to kill the pig, and then the rest were pickled, kept the smoked bacon and ham, and there will be meat to eat next year.

On a sunny day, a group of people met on the street, buying some cloth to make new clothes for his wife and children, a hairpin for his wife, some red head rope for his daughter, some paper and pens for his son who was studying in primary school, and some pastries for the New Year.

When I went back, I carried a heavy basket on my back, but my heart was extremely happy, and I couldn't imagine such a year. Most people reach the end of the year, and they are celebrating the New Year. Because at the end of the year, you have to find a way to borrow money to pay off old debts.

This year's New Year is very fat, and the voice is much louder when I greet people.

There are those sons who are soldiers or officials outside, and those who are teachers, and they are even more jubilant when they are admitted to the examination, the same entry, and the jinshi, and they are even more joyful, and they have prepared all kinds of New Year's goods early, waiting for their sons to go home for the New Year.

The holidays in elementary school have also begun, and many men themselves have been illiterate all their lives, but they are quite strict with their sons, and they are willing to buy their sons very expensive red pen schoolbags to buy pastries, but they refuse to see their sons play.

"Your father and I have been blind all my life, and I have no chance to read books. You are not good now, the saint and the court spend money for you to study, and they will give you lunch, paper and pen without collecting money, and ask Master Xiucai to teach you, what a good opportunity. If you can read it, you will be an official in the future, that is, a teacher, that is, you will eat public food, and you don't have to turn your back to the loess and turn your back to the sky, drive the cow's buttocks, the wind and the sun and the rain, and you have to fight for luck! ”

For sending their children to study, no one is unwilling, they are very active, they have never read, but they know better that readers are good. Be an official and a teacher, eat public food, get a high salary, be respected, and don't have to be exposed to wind and rain.

"In the future, if you can be admitted to Xiucai, or even go to Beijing Normal University to study at university, then it will really be a glorious ancestor, and you will work hard!"

Many girls look at their older brothers and younger brothers, who can wear clean clothes to school every day and don't have to work, and they are very envious. But when they proposed to go to school too, their parents were not so good-tempered, "What kind of books do you read, women are not talented is virtuous, you have to marry sooner or later, learn more about female red, learn weaving and embroidery and learn to cook well." ”

"I'm just going to read."

"What is the use of your study, your brother can be admitted to the Xiucai Zhongjin Shi after reading, can be an official and a teacher, eat public food, and glorify the ancestors, what is the use of your reading? Go, take the cow out and put it away, and by the way, carry a basket and pull some pigweed! ”

The mother ruthlessly broke the dream of the little girl, what books do women read, herding cattle and pulling pigweed is the right thing, and when she is older, she will learn to weave and embroider and cook, and when she is older, she will get married. (To be continued.) )