Yunshan Villa, main hall of Li Mansion.
After hearing what Li Zexuan said, County Magistrate He couldn't help being shocked. The ratio of agricultural tax and commercial tax was reversed. This is something that no one has dared to think about since ancient times!
Ancient China was an agricultural society. All dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Of course, this suppression did not refer to more taxes on business, but to many restrictions on the status of merchants, including the class divisions of scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants. , pinning businessmen directly to the bottom of society!
However, although the Tang Dynasty followed the previous dynasty, it stipulated that merchants or those whose ancestors were merchants could not hold office, and imposed restrictions on the color of clothes. However, in real life, merchants could enter and leave the palace and interact with dignitaries and nobles, and a very few people could. Through studying and taking exams to become officials, the social status of businessmen is gradually improving compared with previous dynasties.
Although the laws of the Tang Dynasty prohibited nobles and bureaucrats from competing for profits with the people, they could not withstand the temptation of huge wealth, and nobles and bureaucrats entered the business world one after another and engaged in commercial operations.
It is precisely based on this that the proportion of commercial tax collection in the Tang Dynasty was so low, because the vested aristocrats and bureaucratic groups would oppose the rulers' "competing with the people for profits"! Moreover, it was not easy for nobles and bureaucrats to avoid taxes. This directly resulted in the court's annual commercial tax revenue being less than one-tenth of the agricultural tax. Over time, the rulers paid more and more attention to commercial taxes. Low!
This problem existed not only in the Tang Dynasty, but also in many dynasties before and even after the Tang Dynasty!
That's why County Magistrate He was so surprised after hearing this!
"Master Hou! If you rashly change the commercial tax ratio, I'm afraid all the shops in Lantian County will be moved away, and the gentry in the city may also oppose it. Then we will receive even less commercial tax!"
Magistrate He had been an official for so many years and had much more administrative experience than Li Zexuan. Almost instantly, he thought of the consequences of increasing commercial taxes.
Li Zexuan waved his hand with a smile and said: "Let's not mention this matter now. I will naturally find a way to get the businessmen in the county to pay more taxes voluntarily in the future! I'd better wait until I am familiar with the specific situation of Lantian County before talking about anything else, otherwise It’s really just talk on paper!”
Hearing this, County Magistrate He couldn't help but be very fond of Li Zexuan. In fact, before he came here, he was worried that Li Zexuan would follow his own wishes and impose arbitrary government orders in the future. If that happened, there was nothing he could do. After all, Lantian County had completely become Li Zexuan's fiefdom. , As long as Li Zexuan doesn't rebel, no one can control him!
Now it seems that although Li Zexuan had the intention of "reform", he did not directly force "reform" arbitrarily, which gave him some peace of mind!
Whether it is in ancient times or in modern times, what a department fears most is a leader who "parachuts" in and knows nothing and likes to give random orders!
"You are too humble, Lord Marquis! In recent days, the officials and the county magistrates in the government will compile a detailed report of the conditions of the villages in Lantian County and send it to you, Lord Marquis!"
Magistrate He cupped his hands and said.
"Well done!"
Li Zexuan couldn't help but feel excited when he thought that he had become the "king" of Lantian County and could give orders. In his previous life, he had played city simulation games such as "City Skyline" and felt that being a mayor and planning a city would allow him to It is a very satisfying thing for the citizens to live a good life. Now, he has directly become the "king" of a land, controlling the life and death of tens of thousands of people. The excitement in his heart cannot be compared to that in the game.
Of course, after the excitement, he felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He wanted all the people in his fief to live a good life! He wants to make Lantian County the richest county in the entire Tang Dynasty, and even in the entire world!
County Magistrate He quickly waved his hand to express that you are welcome. Then he seemed to think of something again and said:
"By the way! Lord Marquis! The location of your mansion in the county has been planned. The county government is about to recruit craftsmen to help you repair the mansion. If you have any needs or requests, just send someone to inform me!"
Although Li Zexuan has mansions in Chang'an and Yunshan, now that he has been granted the title of the entire Lantian County, he must also buy a mansion in the county. Firstly, it declares the identity of the owner of Lantian County, and secondly, it is convenient for the normal county government. Official, report to Li Zexuan on official business!
Li Zexuan thought for a while and said: "There is no need for the county government to send people or money. I will send people to build it myself in a while, so there is no need for the county magistrate to bother!"
Magistrate He asked hurriedly: "How to do this? Since the Marquis has been granted the title of Lantian, repairing the mansion for the Marquis is originally a matter within the yamen. How can the Marquis spend money?"
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come on! I am not short of that little money. If County Magistrate He is really sorry, he will use the money originally given to me to repair the mansion this month and give double the money to the brothers in the government office." Give me a monthly salary! The right should be a little bit of my heart!"
Others are the first thing a new official does when he takes office, but Li Zexuan gives each person a candy first when he takes office. However, his "candy" is not that delicious. If he finds that someone in the county government is not doing things well in the future, he will be rude. The land was taken back twice as much.
Thinking of Li Zexuan's current wealth, County Magistrate He couldn't continue to persuade him. He could only hold up his hands and said: "Then I will replace everyone in the office. Thank you Lord Marquis!"
After explaining things and making a preliminary handover of some affairs in Lantian County, Magistrate He made his farewell.
He was very satisfied with the outcome of this negotiation. Li Zexuan did not make things difficult for him, and he would not dictate the county government's "personnel structure" and government orders for the time being. Lantian County would not be thrown into complete chaos just because a master "parachuted in"!
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Time flies so fast, and in a blink of an eye, it’s the fifteenth day of the first lunar month - the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, Little New Year, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival!
The 15th day of the first lunar month is the first full-moon night of the year. It is also the night when the Yuan Dynasty begins and the earth returns to spring. People celebrate this and it is also the continuation of celebrating the New Year. Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar" and listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival. Since the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, it has become more prosperous.
"Fire trees and silver flowers are closing together, and the iron locks of star bridges are open. The dark dust follows the horses, and the bright moon comes chasing people. All the horsemen are stalking plums, and all the plum blossoms are falling when they are singing. Jinwu can't help the night, and the jade leaks don't rush each other."
From the song "The Fifteenth Night of the First Month" by Su Weiwei of the Tang Dynasty, we can probably get a glimpse of the grand celebration of the Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, starting from the night of the 14th day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City has relaxed the curfew. On the 14th, 15th and 16th, for three consecutive nights, people in the city can go out to enjoy the lanterns, which is called "night release".
Therefore, during these rare three nights, everyone from princes and nobles to traders and servants went out to enjoy the lanterns. As a result, the streets in Chang'an City were jammed with traffic, crowded with people, and very lively.
As for Li Zexuan, since he was trapped in Yunshan, he naturally couldn't feel the excitement in Chang'an City last night, but early this morning, someone hurried from Chang'an City to Yunshan.
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