Chang'an, it's time for another year of examinations. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As in previous years, this Han family Shenjing has once again fallen into the wave of the examination economy.

In just a few days, the entire market has been bustling and not like the world.

The nine cities of Chang'an, since yesterday, have all been opened day and night.

A large number of goods are put on the shelves of various stores, and then flow into thousands of households.

However, in today's Chang'an, during the examination period, the best selling is never all kinds of goods.

It's Maoling's gambling coupon.

In particular, those small gambling coupons with a denomination of 50 or 100 yuan are especially sold.

No way, Guanzhong has been gambling since ancient times.

Especially since the Hanxing Dynasty, the style of gaming has been deeply rooted in Guanzhong.

The style of cockfighting and lackeys flourished in all classes, from the aristocracy to the common people.

Since the racecourse in Maoling began to open for horse betting, all classes in the entire Guanzhong have fallen into a frenzy of horse gambling.

And Shaofu also made a lot of money from this.

At present, at least one percent of Shaofu's annual income comes from the profits of betting on horses.

And all the income of Shaofu last year, even if you count the profits of salt and iron and the income from minting money, was only more than 300,000 yuan.

In other words, the racecourse in Maoling alone provides it with at least 30,000 yuan a year, so much so that some people joke that if Shaofu opens another seven or eight racecourses, then the Han family can be exempted from land tax.

It's a joke, but it can also be true.

Because last year, the revenue of the state treasury, even if you add the oral tax, commercial tax, and mining tax, was only about 300,000.

The simple land tax revenue is probably even less than 70,000.

This is because the current Han Murotian tax has been restored to the thirty taxes of the Taizong period.

In some places, such as Daiguo and Yunzhong County, the land tax has even been waived this year and next year.

The Han family doesn't think much of the small amount of money from the field tax now.

The real big head still relies on oral endowment.

Of course, not the peasant's mouth - how much money can a mud leg have?

The world's big businessmen, big workshop owners and big mine owners paid more than 50,000 yuan last year!

Counting the commercial tax and mining tax, the state treasury collects 780,000 yuan a year from merchants and workshop owners, which has exceeded the income from land tax, and is even close to the mouth of the people of the world, which was once the largest source of wealth of the Han family.

This is also due to the lack of manpower of the lord Duwei Yamen, who can only camp in major cities such as Chang'an, Maoling, Luoyang, Suiyang, Linzi, Pyongyang, and Xinhua.

Such changes made it difficult for many people in the court to adapt.

But it made middle- and lower-level officials, especially local magnates, ecstatic.

After all, it is more convenient to get into trouble than to grab something to eat from a bowl of mud legs, and it is more convenient to get into trouble from a big businessman.

Besides, the peasants, that is the capital of the country, the merchants, the untouchables.

bullied the common people, one is not careful, it may be the change of Zhangqiu, the black gauze hat and the head moved together.

It's still businessmen who are easy to bully and talk to.

Therefore, the eating appearance of the officials below has also improved a lot because of the prosperity of commerce.

Some guys who like to put on a show have even canceled a lot of apportionments and harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and for a time, many honest officials and many clean officials have emerged in the world.

However, the combination of the money of the merchants and the power of the bureaucracy began to intensify.

The big businessman wielding the five-baht coin began to try to use the money to get involved in politics in ignorance.

The beginnings of trusts and industry alliances are also emerging.

But in this Chang'an City, everything is still the same.

The relatives and ministers of the princes lived in the safest and most luxurious places in the city.

The residences of the big businessman Jia Haoqiang and the bureaucrats are surrounded by it.

From Qili to Shangguanli, the houses in the wealthy areas stretch endlessly, the streets are clean and orderly, and beyond that, large slums surround both sides of the Wei River.

These places are the dark side of this Han family Shenjing.

Poor people, rangers, down-and-out soldiers, bankrupt merchants, mixed together.

Some of the remote towns are dirty and messy, and the streets are full of sewage, and the rangers dominate these places.

Occasionally, officials and soldiers would come here to clean up and take a lot of people, but it didn't take long for everything to go as usual.

Liu Che took his personal guards, dressed in casual clothes, and walked in such a lu.

Many poor people living here looked sideways when they saw the living people, and the rangers nervously looked at and visited Liu Che in the courtyard wall of Luli.

"I don't know which noble son this is, I have nothing to do when I am full, and I came here to collect wind ......" Wang Meng, the leader of the rangers in this area, immediately became nervous after hearing the report of his subordinates, and ordered: "Keep an eye on me, don't offend people...... Also, the people who went down to collect usury called me back, and these people did not leave, and they were not allowed to mess around! Got it? ”

In these years, the noble son who can take his retainers and servants to such a dirty and messy place is either the uncle of the Mo family or the ancestor of the Legalist family.

He can't afford to mess with any of them!

The former, who is overflowing with compassion and likes to help each other when the road is uneven.

And the latter......

He loves to uphold justice, uses the law as a rope, and uses these low-level rangers as guinea pigs......

This is also a typical differentiation situation among the aristocratic sons and brothers in Chang'an City in recent years.

In the past, the sons and daughters of the relatives of the princes were either cockfighting lackeys or bullying men and women, and many rangers even relied on these big men to beg for food - of course, this is still the case.

In Chang'an City, behind the rangers who are a little famous, there is a nobleman standing.

Without the protection and backing of these nobles, the rangers would not be able to get along.

However, now, in the group of aristocratic sons, there are also several factions.

Among them, the most headache for the rangers is the uncle of the Mo family and the ancestor of the Legalist family.

These two, no one can afford to mess with.

Wang Meng's predecessor, Zhang Fengzhi, a Duling man with a thin reputation in Chang'an City, was arrested because he met a lawyer who came to find a case, and then was tragically arrested by others as a guinea pig for experiments, and then according to the Han law, he was tried one by one, and finally sent to Tingwei, cut it in two, and the corpse is now lying in a mass grave, and it is estimated that only bones are left now......

Wang Meng doesn't want to become such a tragedy himself!

Liu Che was strolling here, holding a map in his hand, walking around and looking, and at the same time, ordering someone to draw a sketch.

Zhang Tang followed Liu Che's side, looked at these situations, and laughed softly: "Your Majesty, this is trying to rebuild Chang'an?" ”

Liu Che nodded, but didn't speak, just smiled.

In fact, the idea of replanning Chang'an City has been haunting Liu Che since he ascended the throne.

Over the years, he has repeatedly gone out of the palace to inspect the situation in Chang'an City, especially in the slums, which has strengthened Liu Che's thoughts.

After all, this Chang'an City has not changed since the completion of Emperor Hui's fifth year.

At that time, how many people was there in Chang'an? Is there 300,000?

But now, the population of Chang'an is approaching one million!

If the population of the palace is counted, it properly exceeds one million, becoming the most densely populated place in the world.

The population has increased, but the urban planning is still the same as it was a few decades ago.

The aristocratic district and the rich area can still be maintained.

But the slums are too crowded!

Let's take the luli in front of you as an example, but the four or five hundred steps long luli is stuffed with almost four thousand people.

All kinds of household garbage and waste products, everywhere, flies, mosquitoes, mice, everywhere.

At the end of the lu, it was even more foul-smelling.

Living in such an environment, people's health is very problematic.

In addition, these places can easily become hotbeds of infectious diseases.

With the current population density of Chang'an, if there is a plague, it is no joke.

Therefore, the re-planning and expansion of Chang'an City is imminent.

This is not only for the sake of the people living in this city, but also for Liu Che and his noble ministers.

The epidemic doesn't care if you are an emperor or a commoner, if you are infected, you will still die!

But now, there is a question in front of Liu Che - if Chang'an City wants to re-plan, expand the urban area, and renovate the sewers, where will the money come from?

If this city is re-planned, redesigned and renovated, it will cost tens of millions.

At least tens of thousands!

And that's not even counting labor!

Of course, Liu Che can be exempted from conscription, but Liu Che is now exempt from such a thing as conscription.

Because, free labor, it seems that the state does take advantage.

But in fact, in the end, it is a lose-lose situation.

The people lose their health and income balance, while the country loses the hearts and minds of the people and the economy.

It's better to hire a worker!

Ordinary people get money, live more comfortably, and the country seems to spend money, but in fact it stimulates consumption and allows the economy to create a virtuous cycle.

Of course, the reason why Liu Che chose this way is because the money he gave to the people, the people would eventually return it to him with interest - such as the Baochuan Road Project and the Longshou Canal Project, and the wages paid to the people were eventually turned into waterwheels, zigyuan plows, livestock, and even cloth and silk salt and grain.

Just because of this, the population that can be fed is more than 100,000.

Not to mention the resulting commercial development and economic prosperity.

But now, Liu Che is really worried about the problem of funds.

Shaofu has made a budget, if the entire Chang'an is redesigned and planned according to Liu Che's ideas, the funds required are at least more than 200,000 yuan.

But now, the funds of the inner treasury are stretched thin, and they simply can't come up with so much money to do this.

And in the past few days, after Liu Che's on-the-spot inspection and inspection, he has to admit that this is indeed the case.

But......

Who said that if you want to build a city, you must pay for it yourself?

In other places, maybe Liu Che didn't have a problem.

But this is Chang'an City!

Hanjia Shenjing!

Hedgehogs gather millions of people and gather wealth all over the world.

Local tyrants are walking all over the place, and the big dog is not as good as the dog's Chang'an!

Just think of a way to empty the gloves of the white wolf and let others pay willingly.

For example, change the location of the nine cities of Chang'an......

Aren't the businessmen shouting all day long, now the nine cities of Chang'an are small, the market is too crowded, and it is not easy to do business?

Yes!

Give you a piece of land, and it is also close to the rich and noble districts.

For example, move the city of Liu, which has been outside the city, to this place.

Twenty or thirty Luli near this place were all demolished and relocated to the south bank of the Wei River, and a new Luli was built.

In this way, Liu Che believed that the businessmen of Liushi would definitely jump for joy.

And the people here are believed to be willing to give themselves a new home.

This alone, through various means, Liu Che believes that at least the gap of tens of millions of funds can be solved.

And the nine cities of Chang'an, if they are like this one by one, it will be tens of thousands of dollars.

Liu Che is not afraid that they will not give money.

How can you possibly become stronger without paying?

In addition, the store's tax or something, you can also take the opportunity to increase the price by a wave, which can reap another harvest.

The rebuilding of the people's Luli ......

Well, this one doesn't make much money, and it may even be upside down.

No way......

Liu Che looked around, and he didn't find that the people here were like the kind of middle class who had tens of thousands of dollars in their homes.

However, Qili monk Guanli and a dozen or so wealthy areas nearby can find a way to squeeze it once.

Selling high-end residences and engaging in real estate development, this Liu Che can do it.

At the beginning, the school district house in Maoling was sold for a sky-high price, this is the ability!

However, Liu Che calculated an account in his heart, even if he had achieved the theoretical maximization of benefits and benefits.

But the funding gap is still almost half.

That's 100,000 dollars!

If you recalculate the increase in costs caused by construction delays and various things.

This gap is even greater.

"Perhaps, when this war is over, a solution can be found......," Liu Che walked forward with his hands in his hands.

As long as the war is over, captives or something can become cheap labor for the reconstruction of Chang'an City.

This can be a huge savings. (To be continued.) )