Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1296
Leaving Xingyang to go to Mount Tai, in fact, whether it is taking the Yellow River or Jishui, the waterway is faster and more comfortable.But the emperor still insisted on advancing along the official road of Jishui, and even insisted on riding a horse all the way.Everywhere he went, he didn't go to the city to rest, and even passed several Yang Guangxiu's palaces on the road, and he didn't go to live.

As one of the Sidu, Jishui originated in Taihang, and its mainstream is in Shandong, but its flow does not match the name of his Sidu.Fortunately, the imperial court has attached great importance to Jishui in recent years. It has deliberately dredged and widened the river channel, and also diverted more water to make Jishui an important canal in Shandong.

At the time of the great unification, the canal was the place where the most wealth was gathered. On both sides of the canal, there were commercial ports and wharves. Many cities, because of the rapid economic development and the prosperity of the town market economy, made the original city unable to accommodate so many people. The current city cannot accommodate the current commercial development.

As a result, many cities along the canal were outside the city walls, and many new houses were planned and built to accommodate more residents. Many workshops and warehouses were also built accordingly, in order to protect the city outside the city walls. Because of the rapid development of the common people and houses and workshops, the government was unable to immediately build a city wall outside these residential areas. It could only simply build a circle of earth walls and then build a few city gates.

The cities along the river, no matter how big or small, are almost without exception, and now they have broken the pattern of the past square market. The square wall in the city was demolished and changed into a street market.Even the new district of Waiguo City now has cities on both sides of the road.

Even many larger cities have started to have night markets. From day to night, the market is not closed at night, and the city is not closed at night. The government has only strengthened the patrol, but no longer enforces the curfew.

On the official road, there was an endless stream of merchants and people, and Luo Cheng seemed to feel a rush of the Qingming Riverside Scene.

The world is stable, and the lives of the people are also stable.

Through the relocation of the people and the strict land restriction policy, the imperial court has greatly increased the number of self-cultivators in the Central Plains. On average, a family of five or six people has almost [-] acres of land. After hard work, there is definitely enough food and clothing and even some surplus.

When people have surplus in their hands, they can't help but want to live a more enjoyable life.

When I save some money, I want to repair the house, or buy some big livestock, or during the holidays, I always think about buying some fabrics to make new clothes, or buying some wine and meat to improve my life.

People are no longer satisfied with having two meals a day, and there is no time when they can be satisfied no matter whether they are dry or thin after eating two meals. If they have food, they can even eat three meals a day, so they still want to eat. Thinking about having two bowls of vegetables on the dinner table, even thinking about eating two meals of meat during the first ten days.

I also want to add more sauce, vinegar and more oil and salt to the dish.

The clothes on his body also wanted to be decent.

Free elementary school education is promoted in various places. Although it is only free for three years, everyone is willing to send their children to open their eyes. Although there is no tuition fee, they still have to give the teacher some repairs and buy some paper, pen and ink for the children. Yan, but everyone is willing to grit their teeth and send their son to open his eyes.

With a little money in hand, you will find that the demand has also increased countless.

On the other hand, in addition to self-cultivation and self-cultivation, the common people no longer need to bear free labor because the land tax is now distributed in the fields, so that everyone has a lot of free time during the slack season.Everyone can accept the employment of the government to do some civil engineering, or go to the town to do odd jobs, which can increase a lot of cash.Even those with a bright mind or a bit of craftsmanship will take advantage of this time to do some side jobs.

Women will also develop some family farming at home, feed pigs, chickens and ducks, or raise some rabbits, and usually sell eggs or rabbit cubs in the market, which can also increase their income.

For these situations, in fact, this has always been what Luo Cheng promoted and hoped to see.

It is not just simple pure agriculture anymore, but with industry and commerce, which will make the market prosperous, promote consumption, and in turn allow the court to increase tax revenue.Not to mention the development of industry and commerce and the circulation of commercial goods can also make people's lives better.

If all the people in the world only cultivated the land, then when the grain was harvested, the grain would actually be worthless.However, if some people farm the land and some work in business, then grain and goods are exchanged, the price of farmers’ grain can be stabilized, and their income can be guaranteed. It will not be expensive.

In Jiyin, Shandong, this is the hometown of Empress Shan.

The elders of the queen's hometown sent many special products from their hometown. Luo Cheng and the queen received representatives of the villagers, including old people over [-] years old, representatives of local scholars, and representatives of government soldiers or military families. At the same time, there are many representatives of local merchants and artisans.

Luo Cheng still knew a few old people. When he came here to suppress bandits in the past, these people served as representatives of local tyrants and drank with him. Luo Cheng even raised money and food from them.

"How has everyone lived these years?" Luo Cheng asked.

"Okay, life has never been better." The person who spoke was an old man in his 70s. This is the uncle of Empress Shan. The prestige of Yin county is there. "Previously, the imperial court carried out tax reform, which was changed to two taxes. To be honest, I was very confused and took the lead to go to the government to make troubles a few times, but then Xiongxin wrote to me saying that this was a good thing. I At that time, it was said that it would give Xiongxin a face, but now it seems that this is indeed a good policy."

The two taxes, the judge and the gentry, pay the grain together, and they have to share the amount of land into acres, and the tax is based on the number of acres of fields. At first glance, Mr. Shan does indeed collect a lot of taxes every year, but this is all clearly stated, how much the two taxes should be paid , I figured it out clearly, apart from that, the government has not paid any apportionment over the years, even this time when the emperor passed by on his east tour, the higher authorities did not ask the people in the county to pay half of it, let alone the rich and powerful households like them.

Although the imperial court restricted the land in the Dao County of the Central Plains later, and the excess had to be replaced to the border land, the old man was not very happy at first, but after a few years, the old man Shan Jiaguang's family has now set up tens of thousands of acres of land in various border areas. It is far more than the [-] mu of land at home in the past. The frontier land is almost the same, but now the frontier is stable. After buying slaves and using farm production, the benefits are not much.

The grain produced by the frontier farms is directly sold to the military government, and it can also be exchanged for precious goods such as salt, tea, and wine. When you turn back, you can go to the Central Plains to sell official salt, official tea, etc., and earn a lot of money.

"Big rivers have water and small rivers are full. Xiaolao just now understands this truth. Thinking of Xiaolao, I am in my 70s now, and I will be [-] soon. I have lived through the Wei, Qi, Zhou, Sui and Qin dynasties. My single family used to be more than a year old. It didn't increase much, but within ten years after entering Qin Dynasty, the small old family's business has increased several times."

Speaking of this, Mr. Shan, who is nearly eighty, is very proud.

Luo Cheng nodded with a smile. On the surface, many policies of the imperial court have harmed the interests of these powerful landlords. Ah, the government and gentry pay taxes together and cannot be exempted from taxes. Another example is the restriction of land in the Central Plains, and even the restrictions on their past usury. On the surface, there are indeed losses, but in fact over the years, they have found that their lives have passed. The more delicious it is, the family property will increase a lot.

The environment is better and there are more opportunities to make money.

(End of this chapter)