Standing under the eaves, looking at the green fields, Fan Jingjing frowned and thought.

Wei Zheng was able to make a setback, and it didn't take long for Emperor Li Shimin to respond, and there were really a lot of unlucky people in this response, and it even affected the Fan family manor.

"Since ancient times, the emperor all the construction projects, must conform to the people's will, Yu opened nine mountains, dredged nine rivers, the cost of manpower is very huge, but no one has hated and complained through the ages, because what he did conformed to the people's will and solved the people's troubles.

Qin Shi Huang built the palace, but he was often blamed a lot, because the construction of the palace was to satisfy his selfish desires, and he could not be consistent with the people's will.

Recently, I wanted to build a palace, and the materials were ready, but thinking of Qin Shi Huang's past, I didn't dare to build it.

The ancients said, 'Do not do anything that is unprofitable and harms the interests of the people.'" ’

For example, finely carved wine vessels, jewelry and jade, clothing, playthings, indulgence and extravagance, then the time will come when the country is in danger.

It is forbidden to use houses, cars, clothes, marriages, funerals, and other persons below the prince in accordance with their official positions and should not be used.

Ordinary people and businesses are also forbidden to exceed the rules. ”

Seeing the emperor's order, Fan Jingjing secretly scolded in her heart, you don't let money circulate, how can merchants from other places be willing to transport grain to solve the grain in Guanzhong, in fact, Guanzhong is not only Chang'an, there are many large and small cities, and the crisis of food shortage in Guanzhong is not only Chang'an, but Chang'an has more non-agricultural population and a higher proportion of non-agricultural population, so the problem is more serious.

But other cities also have non-agricultural population, and the problems of these people also need to be solved, and the emperor can't just look at one place in Chang'an, but must look at all the places in the Tang Dynasty.

Since everyone is short of food, it seems that the emperor and the hundred officials who don't know how to grow the grains need to be saved.

They don't know that the less they save, the more they don't save, it's actually a good thing for the people, because the expenses they don't save, as long as they don't take it by force, but the money they earn from their own duties, part of the money they spend will fall into the hands of the people.

The people were able to spend the money and get products other than food, although most of the things they could make by hand, but every time they made something by hand, it took a lot of time, and if they had the money in their hands and could buy it quickly, it would take them days or even a month to be able to make things, and they would save a lot of time and they could cultivate food.

However, even if the people lived a better life, the imperial court would not feel it, because the imperial court's taxes were fixed.

What has to do with taxation is the number of the common people, and the more the number of the common people, the more fields can be cultivated, and the number of these people is the free people, if it is the slave of the rich family, it has nothing to do with labor and taxes.

Although the imperial court will hope that the people will have a well-fed and warmly clothed life, so that the people's lives will be stable and will not join the ranks of rebellion at every turn.

But whether the people can live a better life is simply impossible in the cognition of the imperial court, so they will not continue to imagine what benefits the people will bring after living a better life.

Although the imperial court had a commercial tax, the commercial tax was very low and difficult to collect.

Commercial taxes are difficult to collect, and if there is no way to overcome them, it is impossible for the imperial court to attach importance to commerce, even in the age of science and technology, it is difficult for the general government to overcome this problem if there is no electronic business.

The businessman who does business has too many opportunities to conceal his trade behavior, and privately give and receive privately, sometimes although it is not a sale, but there are also commercial behaviors, these behaviors are actually difficult to control, only for the market transactions to deduct taxes, but the tax deduction will increase the price of goods, for the general people are not beneficial, and the merchant will not absorb this part of the money, for him to make enough money is a matter of course.

Moreover, almost all the things sold by the merchants on the market are necessary items, and if you don't buy them, you can only go home and make them yourself, and there is no good thing to buy.

But if the imperial court could get enough taxes from the people who did business, it would liberate the grain tax for the ordinary peasants, who basically lived a self-sufficient life and had little demand for goods in the market.

Occasionally, there is a demand, and it is natural for the imperial court to deduct some taxes.

It's a pity that Fan Jingjing knows that even if she suggests, the imperial court wants to accept it, but it is difficult for them to receive it, and they don't meet the conditions at all, so they can only charge a fixed tax rate for merchants, but although the stores opened are the same size, they may have different incomes depending on the type of business.

Those who can operate, let alone those who can't operate, will have a much worse income.

In fact, the most troublesome thing is not that businessmen refuse to pay taxes, but that the difficulty of monitoring is too high.

In fact, Chang'an City is not without commercial tax, but in the process of collecting commercial tax, it can only be more convenient to implement in the east and west markets, and the merchants are locked in it to form a kind of agglomeration effect, and the goods can be taxed when they enter and exit, which is very efficient.

Local officials want to collect taxes but it is very difficult, the upright court personnel are actually very few, most of them are attached to the local gentry when collecting taxes, and the local gentry to help, and the local gentry when helping, but they do not take public money, but they get some rights from this place, use power for personal gain, in this case it can be said that it will happen 100%, do not use power for personal gain, why do you want to do things for the court for free?

In fact, the imperial court did not know the results of decentralization, but if more people were to be hired to manage it, not to mention the increase in costs, it would be unfavorable to manage because the local people would inevitably be united, and it would be very difficult to infiltrate these family organizations or interest groups without going through the interior.

"It is better to ask for others than for yourself, whether it is the problem of banknote traffic, or the improvement of transportation, or the collection of commercial taxes, perhaps we should take the initiative to promote.

If all the difficulties have been solved, the emperor will not turn a blind eye.

It's just that the next step is to tempt everyone to consume fanatically, maybe it is not in line with the emperor's holy decree, I don't know if the emperor will come to me to settle accounts.

But I didn't force them to buy it, they bought it and then liked to use it, wrong, it shouldn't be counted on me.

Moreover, industrial production should be kept improving, it is impossible to stop, and if you stop, the splash that has been finally stirred up will become dull again, and only ripples remain. If you don't go far, it will be calm. ”

In fact, although everyone does not dare to blatantly do extravagant consumption, although all the items produced by Fan Jingjing are luxury goods in everyone's eyes, they are mainly created by Fan Jingjing for the convenience of life.

If you use it, it is impossible to tell him not to use it.

It is also impossible for these wealthy families to know that there are such convenient things, but they have to live an inconvenient life.

It is only when every household has it that the officials of the imperial court will realize that these are essential items.

In fact, the easiest way is to let the court officials start to enjoy it, but Fan Jingjing's workshop has limited productivity, and most of it is transported to other places by merchants, in fact, the merchants in other places can't control how they consume, not to mention that the farther away the rich are from Chang'an, the more comfortable they are.

What's more, now not mechanized production is pure manual production, Fan Jingjing gives the workshop workers of Fan's Manor, and the salary is not low, so every product actually needs ordinary Fan's Manor's people's wages for three days.

And for the average person outside, these three days' salary may be his monthly income.

Ordinary people can only slowly add the products of Fanjia Manor, but fortunately, the products of Fanjia Manor are of good quality and can be used for a very long time.

However, the Fan family manor is really replacing the old with the new, always walking in the forefront of science and technology, often want to replace, and they can't afford to change, only the rich can keep up with the Fan family manor to produce new products, the reason why these rich people are rich is that when they deal with things, they are very discerning, they often discount the old goods, sell them and then buy new goods.

There is even a time when there is no need to discount the price at all, and they can still sell it at the original price, because the renewal rate of the Fan family manor is so fast that they don't even have time to use these goods.

The average person doesn't know that new products are coming out, so they can sell them far away.

In fact, it is the habit of ordinary people to use second-hand items for thousands of years, and as long as they can use them, they will continue to use them.

It is normal for a farmer's bowl to be used for hundreds or thousands of years.

Due to pure handmade manufacturing, although Fan Jingjing implemented the sectional construction, there is still a record of the items produced, who is responsible for making this product, there are detailed records, if there is a problem with any product, you can find the origin, in this case, in order to ensure their reputation, each worker is very serious, because if he is not serious, you think of the whole group of people, not just himself.

In ancient times, fame was very important, and it would implicate other people's affairs, and it was also very important for a person.

There is no way for a person to survive on his own, he must rely on others, so from birth to death, a person must have a good name.

When I was young, I didn't understand it, but my parents taught it, and it was very strict.

The practices in the Fan family manor are now diverse, and it has become important to promote the workshop and set up a technical and vocational school, so that all learners have the ability to innovate and maintain stable technology.

But the biggest problem has not been solved, this problem is the problem of food, although the Fan family manor has grown a lot of high-yield grain, and also worked hard to promote, but did not dare to walk in front of the emperor, so it has been waiting for the emperor to promote, but there has been no news.

So Fan Jingjing came to Li Chengqian, and after Li Chengqian went to investigate, he learned that these seeds had arrived at Xungui's family, but Xungui's family didn't know that it was high-yielding, and they didn't believe it very much, so many seeds were put into rot at all.

"You have to tell the emperor about this matter, the people of the world are still hungry! How can the upstarts spoil these seeds like this? I have let the emperor try all the products and continue to supply them, and the emperor should know the quality of these products. ”

"Their reasoning was that this year's drought was not suitable for growing crops, so they simply abandoned the fields."

"Confused, the potatoes I let them plant are suitable for arid places, as long as a little water can live, now there is not enough water for irrigation, planting potatoes is just enough for everyone to fill their stomachs, many farmers come to work for relief, just afraid that there will be nothing to eat next year, will their tenant farmers just let them die?"

"They've all come to work for relief. I guess I can still live! ”

Fan Jingjing was so angry that she couldn't wait to grab all these lands and distribute them to the ordinary people.

Although the land of the Fan family manor belongs to Fan Jingjing, Fan Jingjing has always shared these products with the people in the manor. And it is given to the heart that no matter whether the harvest is good or bad, these salaries will be very high, and they are better off than the farmers outside.

People are through comparison to confirm how their life is, when they can eat a full stomach and others can't, they know that their life is good. It will be cherished very much.

Outside of the Fan family's manor, they had never seen a better life.

These lives are not only about eating and drinking, but also about his daily life, which is much more comfortable than before, and many things that he could not have imagined before are happening around him.

"There are so many people starving in the vast countryside where there is a shortage of food in Datang, although they are planted in other places, their effect may not be as good as in Fan's Manor, but it will also increase production dozens of times. When a large number of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn begin to be planted, vermicelli can begin to be popularized as a new food. ”

"The taste of the fans is really good. It's a pity that you can't eat it except for the Fan family manor, so why don't you send some fans to the palace? ”

"Because I've already sent potatoes and sweet potatoes over, how can you teach you to be fans if you don't grow them?

Although the yield of our Fan family manor is very good, the land of the palace is larger than ours, so it should be put to good use.

And there should be no shortage of water in the royal estate, right? ”

"Missing, why not? The water levels of the rivers have dropped.

It is also very difficult to divert water for irrigation. ”

"Didn't all the royal estates have waterwheels?"

"But if the water level changes, it will affect the work of the water wheel. The use of waterwheels to grind flour has had an impact. ”

"The Fan family manor has a unique design in this part, and it has been less affected, and the water level of the stream near us has not dropped much."

"Why does it keep raining at Fan's Manor? And the rest of the place is very dry? ”

Li Chengqian finally asked, in fact, he had been observing for a long time, and had noticed that the range of rain was expanding when the emperor bestowed the title of Count Fan Jingjing and the larger land.