Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 255 The Skyrocketing Fame

Gao Ming thought that the reason why so many people knelt at the gate of the city was because the guards at the gate were too reckless, but he was wrong.

You know, no matter how strict the hierarchy of the Tang Dynasty is, it is impossible for the city gate to be full of people kneeling just because the guards at the city gate said "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince".

Gao Ming didn't realize how terrifying his reputation in Jinzhou was.

After Li Shimin agreed with Gao Ming's opinion and divided Jinzhou into an "autonomous prefecture", Gao Ming asked Li Goudan to exempt the people of Jinzhou from the agricultural tax.

The promulgation and implementation of a policy cannot be completed by opening and closing the mouth, it requires many people to implement.

At the beginning, because Li Goudan was alone, the progress was naturally not fast, but since Gao Ming came to help him select a group of officials last time, the progress of this tax exemption has also accelerated.

You know, many newly appointed officials in Jinzhou City today almost all carry the word "agent", and they also hope that they will become regulars as soon as possible, so they naturally spare no effort in their work.

And when Gao Ming established the Datang Royal Business Alliance last month and sent Wu Laoliu and Chen Yu to Jinzhou, the progress of this tax exemption can be described as leaps and bounds.

Now Jinju has realized the exemption of agricultural tax for the entire prefecture and county. Under such circumstances, many landlords in Jinzhou have been greatly impacted, among which the Zheng family in Xingyang is the most.

Jinzhou was originally the land of the Zheng family, and a lot of land here belonged to the Zheng family. The Zheng family did not need to pay taxes to the Datang Household Department for these lands, but the farmers who farmed for them had to pay them land rent. It is tantamount to grabbing taxes with Datang.

But it’s no longer possible, Gao Ming has already exempted Jinzhou’s agricultural tax, and the farmers own the crops. Under such conditions, the common people would rather go to cultivate the land themselves than help the Zheng family to farm.

In this way, of course some people raised objections, but Gao Ming dismissed it with one sentence.

"I am the master of my territory. Whatever I say is what I say. In this three-acre land in Jinzhou, my words are the king's law!"

Now, everyone knows that Jinzhou is Gao Ming's territory, even a giant like the Zheng family in Xingyang has to bow their heads in front of Gao Ming, not to mention other people, and no one dares to take what Gao Ming said as a joke.

Then, Gao Mingyou asked Li Goudan to issue another order, that is, once the land is barren, he will be punished with ten times the average output of Jinzhou farmland. Imprisonment or exile.

As soon as this decree came out, many landlords and elites were immediately frightened. In order not to be punished, some of them sold their land, and more of them hired people to farm for them at high prices.

In Jinju, the farmland of the landlords accounts for [-]% of the entire Jinzhou farmland. It is precisely because of such a land that people need to be hired to cultivate it. Therefore, although it is not yet the harvest season, the people of Jinzhou have more money in their hands. .

Before the harvest season came, they felt the joy of harvest, which made the people of Jinju feel very happy.

Without comparison, there is no difference.

The people in Jinzhou who were under the control of the Zheng family in Xingyang had a hard life, and a heavy snowfall caused more than a hundred people to die of hunger and cold. Now that Jinzhou is under the control of Gao Ming, the people not only have enough food and clothing, but also have spare money in their hands.

Although it is the same place, it is run by different people. It can be said that the living conditions of the people have undergone earth-shaking changes.

People's hearts are like mirrors, they know who treats them well, so although many people have never seen Gao Ming, this does not prevent them from being grateful and worshiping Gao Ming.

And when Zhou Zheng, the person in charge of the Datang Royal Academy appointed by Gao Ming, stood up and yelled out the sentence "His Royal Highness said, let everyone in Jinzhou have food to eat, and let everyone in Jinzhou have books to read", Immediately, Gao Ming's reputation was pushed to a new peak.

This was indeed said by Gao Ming. At that time, Gao Ming was inspecting the Datang Royal Academy under construction, so he subconsciously learned the lines of the leaders in the previous news. I forgot this.

But Zhou Zheng didn't forget it, and he took it seriously. If he didn't take it seriously, even the people of Jinzhou took it seriously.

Therefore, at this time, Gao Ming's reputation in Jinzhou had reached a terrifying level. As long as someone dared to say a bad word about him on the street, a group of people would immediately go up and teach him to be a new man.

If Gao Ming is compared to a future star, then the entire Jinzhou people can say that he is the most ardent fan!
Gao Ming is worshiped by the whole Jinzhou. Many people even set up longevity tablets for him at home, hoping that he will be healthy and live a long life, and tell their children that His Royal Highness is the benefactor of Jinzhou and theirs. benefactor.

Not only the people of Jinzhou are full of gratitude and admiration for Gao Ming, but also the merchants who do business in Jinzhou are full of respect for Gao Ming.

In the land of Jinzhou, no one looks down on them, and no officials exploit them. As long as they honestly pay the transaction tax that should be handed over according to the regulations of the Jinzhou government, they can enjoy the same benefits as others. treatment.

You can wear silk and satin, you can ride a horse across the street, you can sit in a sedan chair, you can live in a wealthy family, etc...

These benefits are not available to businessmen elsewhere.

What makes them most excited is that businessmen in Jinzhou can be officials!

Wu Laoliu, Chen Yu, Zhao Bo and the others are well-known businessmen in Chang'an, especially in the business circles of Chang'an and Jingzhao Mansion, they are quite prestigious, and many businessmen know them.

Now, they appear as tax officials in Jinzhou, which makes many businessmen dumbfounded.

It turns out that businessmen can also be officials!
Many people feel a little unbelievable, but the facts tell them that these are true, and what makes them even more envious is that Chen Yu and others are quite famous in Jinju, and many scholars will respectfully call them when they see them. A "Master", which made these foreign merchants very envious.

"When will we have such a day!"

With such emotions, many of these businessmen bought houses in Jinzhou City, and then brought their families to Jinzhou City.

They didn't do this impulsively, but Jinzhou has such a good business environment, it is too difficult to find in other places, and most importantly, from their investment perspective, if they don't buy a house and land in Jinzhou City now, In another two years, they will pay even more if they want to buy it!
Under such circumstances, the house deed and land deed transactions in Jinzhou City became popular, and some houses even changed two owners every other day.

Faced with the possible situation, Chen Yu and others immediately put forward a suggestion to Li Goudan in Jinzhou at this time, adding Jinzhou's house deed and land deed transaction tax at a rate of [-]%.

That is to say, once the house and land in Jinzhou City are traded, when they come to the government to transfer ownership with the house deed and land deed, they have to hand over [-]% of the transaction price, and they have to pay once every time they are sold.

After hearing this suggestion, Li Goudan agreed on the spot.

"Just do it like this, but [-]% is not enough. If you double it, you will get [-]%. Moreover, for the house and land deeds that have been traded within a year, every time you trade, you will get [-]% more. If anyone dares to hide the price, after discovering Take back the house deed and land deed under his name, and drive both parties out of Jinzhou!"

In Li Goudan's view, this is a rare opportunity to develop Jinzhou City, so at this moment he will work hard to increase the value of Jinzhou City, and it is best to be on par with a big mansion like Jingzhao Mansion. Political capital for promotion.

After being the governor of Jinzhou City for so long, Li Goudan has cultivated a little bit of political sense anyway, and is no longer the fool he was back then.

Li Goudan's newly married wife is from the Wang family in Taiyuan. She is a real lady from a famous family. Not to mention anything else, her knowledge alone beats Li Goudan by a few blocks. The reason why Li Goudan can adapt to Jinzhou so quickly As the governor, his wife has contributed a lot.

People say that behind every successful man, there is a woman who gives silently, and this is the case for Li Goudan.

Merchants buy up and not down. The higher the price of land in Jinzhou, the more at ease they feel. Coupled with the deliberate manipulation of Li Goudan, the governor, the housing price in Jinzhou City ushered in another surge.

As long as it is a house close to the center of Jinzhou City, even the most common adobe house courtyard can be sold for hundreds of dollars!

You know, even if the money is taken to Chang'an and Luoyang, it can buy a big house with three entrances and three exits.

The housing prices in Jinzhou City have skyrocketed, and the government that received a large amount of transaction tax is naturally the beneficiary, but the biggest beneficiary is the people of Jinzhou. Many families who have worked hard for most of their lives and can't save ten pennies suddenly find that someone Take hundreds of dollars to buy their adobe houses!
This is a fool with a lot of money!
People who encountered such a situation would sell their house without saying a word. After selling the house, they would spend some money to hire a few acquaintances to rebuild a house on the open land near the city.

In their view, as long as they are in Jinzhou City, where do they live?
However, the people of Jinju welcome foreign businessmen who are "stupid and rich", not only because they have increased the housing prices in Jinzhou, but also because the people also know that Jinzhou's tax revenue comes from these businessmen.

In other words, these merchants paid their taxes for them.

Because of this idea, the people of Jinzhou are much more friendly than the people in other places when they get along with foreign merchants.

This also allowed these foreign businessmen to experience the different places in Jinzhou, so they didn't want to leave just like the businessmen who came before.

But if you want to stay, you have to buy a house and land, and buying a house and land will benefit the people of Jinzhou. In this way, the people will be more kind to the merchants who come next time, and they can't help but want to stay... …

This is a virtuous circle.

As the instigator of this virtuous cycle, Gao Ming is naturally revered by the common people and businessmen, and it is precisely because of his unparalleled reputation that when the guards at the city gate yelled "I have seen His Royal Highness", they let the city The door was full of people kneeling.

Even the emperor Li Shimin couldn't do this!
However, Gao Ming didn't realize this at this time. Seeing so many people kneeling at the gate of the city, he could only sigh, then poked his head out of the carriage and yelled at the surrounding people.

"People in Jinzhou, get up, don't kneel here, it's getting dark, go home and eat!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, the people around immediately cheered.

"Long live His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Long live His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Long live His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming was a little dumbfounded.

"What's going on? When did the people in Jinzhou City become so passionate? I just said a few words and they burned..."

(End of this chapter)