Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

? Yunshan Courtyard, the main hall of Li Mansion.

After hearing what Li Zexuan said, he couldn't help being shocked. The ratio of agricultural tax to commercial tax was reversed. No one dared to think about this since ancient times!

Ancient China was an agrarian society. All dynasties and dynasties emphasized agriculture and restrained business. Of course, this suppression did not refer to excessive levy of business taxes, but a lot of restrictions on the status of merchants. The class classification of scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants , Nailing the merchant directly to the bottom of society!

However, although the Tang Dynasty followed the previous dynasties, it was stipulated that merchants or those who were once merchants in their ancestors could not be officials and imposed restrictions on the color of their clothes. However, in real life, merchants can enter and leave the palace and interact with high-ranking officials and nobles. Very few people can still Through reading and examination to become an official, the social status of businessmen is gradually improving compared with the previous dynasties.

Although the law in the Tang Dynasty prohibited the nobles and bureaucrats from competing for profit with the people, they could not withstand the temptation of huge wealth. The nobles and bureaucrats entered the business world and engaged in commercial operations.

It is based on this that the proportion of commercial taxes collected in the Tang Dynasty was so low, because vested aristocrats and bureaucratic groups would oppose the ruler's "competition with the people for profit"! Moreover, the nobles and bureaucrats want to avoid tax, it is simply not too easy. This directly leads to the imperial court’s annual commercial tax revenue even being less than one-tenth of the agricultural tax. Over time, the ruler pays more and more attention to commercial tax. low!

This problem was not only present in the Tang Dynasty, but also in many dynasties before and after the Tang Dynasty!

That's why he was so surprised after hearing this!

"Master Hou! If you rashly change the commercial tax ratio, I am afraid that all the shops in Lantian County will be moved away, and the gentry in the city may also object together. I am afraid that we will receive less commercial tax at that time!"

He County magistrate has been an official for so many years, and his administration experience is much richer than that of Li Zexuan. Almost instantly, he thought of the consequences of levying business taxes.

Li Zexuan smiled and waved his hand, and said, "I don't mention this beforehand. In the future, Benhou will naturally have a way to make the merchants in the county pay more taxes voluntarily! Benhou still waits for the specific situation of Lantian County to be familiar with before talking about other things, otherwise It’s really a matter of fact!"

He county magistrate heard this and couldn’t help but feel good about Li Zexuan. In fact, before he came, he worried that Li Zexuan would follow his own wishes and impose government orders. If that were the case, he would have nothing to do. After all, Lantian County became Li Zexuan’s fief. As long as Li Zexuan does not rebel, no one can control it!

It now appears that although Li Zexuan meant "reform", he did not directly force "reform" arbitrarily and boldly. This made him feel a little relieved!

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, what a department fears most is to "airborne" a leader who doesn't understand anything and likes to command blindly!

"Master Hou, you are very modest! In recent days, the senior officials and the county princes in the yazhong will organize the situation of the Zhuangzi in Lantian County into a book, and send it to Master Hou!"

He county magistrate arched hands.

"That's work!"

Thinking that he became the "king" of Lantian County, he could give orders, Li Zexuan couldn't help being faintly excited. In his previous life, he had played city simulation games such as "City Skyline" and felt that he would be a mayor, plan a city, and let himself It is a great thing for the citizens to live a good life. Now, he has directly become the "king" of a piece of land, controlling the life and death of tens of thousands of people, and the excitement in his heart is not comparable in the game.

Of course, after the excitement, what he felt was the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He wanted to let all his fiefs live a good life! He wants Lantian County to become the richest county in the entire Datang, and even the entire world!

The county magistrate He quickly waved his hand and said that he was welcome, and then he seemed to think of something again and said:

"That's right! Hou Ye! Your mansion in the county seat has been planned. The county office will soon recruit craftsmen to help you repair the mansion. If you have any needs or requirements, just send someone to tell the next official!"

Although Li Zexuan has mansions in Chang'an and Yunshan, now that he has been sealed off in Lantian County, he must also set up a mansion in the county town. One is to declare the identity of Lantian County's master, and the other is to facilitate the ordinary county government. Officials, report official affairs to Li Zexuan!

Li Zexuan thought for a while, and said, "You don't need to pay people or money from the county government. I will send someone to build it in a while, so I don't have to worry about the county magistrate!"

The county magistrate He hurriedly said: "How did this make it? Since Lord Hou was awarded Lantian, it was originally a matter of Yamen to repair the mansion for Lord Hou. How can Lord Hou spend the money?"

Li Zexuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Come on! Benhou is not short of the money. If the county magistrate really feels sorry, he will use the money originally given to Benhou to repair the mansion this month and send double the money to the officials and brothers in the office. Let’s make a monthly salary! Quan should be a little bit of your wish!"

Others are new officials who took office. Li Zexuan gave each person a candy first when he took office. However, his "sugar" is not so delicious. If he finds that there are people in the county office that are doing things unfavorably, he will be rude. Land was doubled back.

He county magistrate thought of Li Zexuan's current wealth, so he couldn't continue to persuade him. He could only fold his hands and said: "Then the official will replace everyone in the office, thank you Lord Hou!"

After explaining the matter and making a preliminary handover of some affairs in Lantian County, He County Order made a goodbye.

He was very satisfied with the result of this negotiation. Li Zexuan did not make things difficult for him, and for the time being, he would not point fingers at the county's "personnel structure" and government decrees, and Lantian County would not be completely messed up because of an "airborne" host!

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Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye it comes to the fifteenth of the first lunar month-the Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival, the Little New Year, the Lantern Festival or the Lantern Festival!

The fifteenth of the first lunar month is the night of the first full moon of the year. It is also the night of the renewal of the unity and the rejuvenation of the earth. People celebrate this and celebrate the continuation of the new year. Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar~www.readwn.com~" and listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival. It was even more prosperous since the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties.

"The fire tree and the silver flowers are together, and the star bridge is locked. The dark dust follows the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one. The riders are all lied, and the song is full of plums. Jin Wu can't help but the jade leaks."

From the song "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon" by Su Wei of the Tang Dynasty, we can probably see the grand occasion of the Chinese Lantern Festival.

In fact, since the night of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the city of Chang'an has lifted a curfew. On the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth, for three consecutive nights, the people in the city can go out to enjoy the lanterns, which is called "the night."

Therefore, during these rare three nights, from the nobles and the nobles to the traffickers and pawns, everyone went out to admire the lights. As a result, the traffic jam in Chang'an City is full of crowds and lively.

As for Li Zexuan, because he was trapped in Yunshan, he naturally couldn't feel the excitement of Chang'an City last night, but early this morning, someone hurried from Chang'an City to Yunshan.

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