The 23rd day of the first month of the fifth year of Zhenguan was Xiao Xianghua's makeup ceremony.

On this day, all relatives of Xiao's family either sent gifts or came to add makeup to Xiao Xianghua in person.

The makeup gift that Lin Wanwan prepared for Xiao Xianghua was a glass mirror on a bronze seat, which is still the most eye-catching gift among today's gifts.

However, because the glass mirror had already appeared at the makeup ceremony of the twin sisters Xiao Shulian and Xiao Liwei before, this time when it appeared again, everyone was not as shocked as the first time they saw it, but they were still speechless.

We all know that the granddaughter of the Xiao family has a knight-errant brother who gave her a lot of strange and weird imported goods, rich as hell, this is really generous.

When the eldest aunt Yuan Shi saw Liuli Jing at the make-up ceremony of the two concubine daughters, she secretly thought that what the concubine daughters have, her concubine daughters will naturally have more.

Seeing today that Lin Wanwan really took another glazed mirror to add makeup to Xiao Xianghua, Yuan's face was naturally full of spring breeze.

Although Lin Wanwan didn't prepare a more generous gift because Xiao Xianghua was the first daughter, it made Yuan Shi feel a little bit uncomfortable.

But after all, the glass mirror was too rare, and it quickly dispelled her slight discomfort.

Xiao Xianghua's house was very lively today, relatives coming and going not only gave makeup gifts, but also said auspicious words.

So what to do?

Therefore, every money-catching order must be given to the imperial court to pay [-] yuan every month, and everyone who is one year old loses [-] yuan.

A few years ago, when the world was first established, the Tang Dynasty needed so much to fight for the world, and its finances and taxes were exhausted, making it difficult to continue.

The three provinces and six ministries of the imperial court all set up "catch money orders and history". Each yamen has nine people, each of whom is in charge of 9 yuan, lends money to the common people through the market, and pays interest to the imperial court every month.

Xiao's Langjun Pang Yifeng is a landlord and idler, relying on the family's rent and shop income to maintain a high-class life.I have read the book, but failed to pass the exam.

It's the kind of polite and polite way of rejecting people thousands of miles away, unable to make mistakes, and unable to get close.

Li Shimin studied Datang's financial market, slapped his head, and decided that it is possible to get [-]% annual return on usury.

Uncle Xiao's official career is prosperous, he can be regarded as a noble son from a poor family, and he is currently working in Chang'an.

Their eldest son, Pang Baoyan, perfectly inherited his father's "reading ability". It is very difficult to become an official through the imperial examination by himself, and it is even more useless to rely on recommendation and ancestral shadow, so he moved his mind elsewhere.

Under the leadership of this group of people, the court's usury business flourished in full swing.

Although she wasn't enthusiastic, she couldn't be said to be rude. Xiao Xianghua didn't lack any of the proper manners, but her expression was cold.

In order to prevent losing the principal, Li Shimin also stipulated that a profit must be realized.

This wave of the imperial court and the rich belongs to what they need.

Since Xiao's marriage, in the past 20 years, she has returned to her natal family less than five times.Long mountains and long roads are one thing, and married women cannot return to their natal homes at will.

In order to solve problems such as the salaries of imperial officials and the office funds of the yamen, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan designed a set of solutions to solve this problem-lending and renting by the government, that is, public money and public land.

In order to have a good future for his son Pang Baoyan, Pang Yifeng and his wife Xiaoshi Yuning took their family to Chang'an to join Uncle Da, intending to compete for the position of "money catcher" and change his official status.

Yuan Shi helped socialize in the house, and complained to the guests from time to time: "After all, I am still a child, and I can't speak at this time."

There is one and only one KPI indicator in the history of money-catching orders: usury.

But for the Pang family who don't have much ambition, this is a good prospect.

There is Uncle Da Da, who established a family at the head of the family, and the Pang family can be regarded as a respectable family in the local area.

Set up the capital of the company, which is the office expenses of the various companies.

Those who fail to complete the KPI every month will be punished, there is nothing to say, and those who complete the KPI will be rewarded.

As for usury, people who have no economic sense touch this one, and they may lose all their money.

Only the protagonist of this happy event has been sitting on the hanging bed, very silent and not positive, and when people come to give gifts, they just salute and thank them rigidly according to the rules.

This money is used for the salaries of civil and military officials of the imperial court and the administrative expenses of the yamen.

The marriage between the Xiao family of Nanlanling and the Wang family of Langya must be a good talk, even if both parties are just side branches, others are willing to give some respect.

This aunt married into the Pang family in Linhai County. Although the Pang family is not an aristocratic family, they belong to the new rich.

Of course, after all, it is not a formal way to enter the official career, the award will not be an official with a good position, but a sesame seed official, and there is also a ceiling, and the room for promotion and salary increase is very limited.

However, lending and leasing are not something everyone can do.

What a temptation it is to be an official!It is equivalent to buying an official body for 5 yuan a year, and there is no need for pure expenditure. If the usury is good, you can make a fortune. People with money but no power will naturally rush to the first.

But for rich people who failed the exam and have no one to recommend them, this is already a rare good opportunity.

In fact, it is a disguised form of selling officials, and it is still legal.

In the early Tang Dynasty, this public money system was only implemented within the capital.

If you have completed the KPI for twelve consecutive months, you can go to the official department to queue up and wait for the sub-officials to do it.

It was also on this day that Lin Wanwan met Xiao's mother's other daughter for the first time, that is, Lin Wanwan's aunt Xiao Shi, whose maiden name was Yuning.

The reason why the Xiao family came to Qiantang County this time was to add make-up to Xiao Xianghua just by chance. The purpose of their family was to take a boat from Hangzhou Grand Canal to Chang'an to join Uncle Pang's family.

The person who comes will agree: "You are young and thin-skinned, it will be different when you marry and become a woman."

Therefore, many relatives and friends came to add makeup to Xiao Xianghua today, and even many distant relatives who do not move around on weekdays brought gifts.

As for land management, it is not an easy task, because the land cannot be guaranteed by drought and flood.

Although the title of "Catching Money Officials" is not good, and the upper limit of development is fixed, there is no room for climbing.

Even if other people don't like it, they can't say anything, they can only say that she has the air of a big family who is not surprised by honor or disgrace.

So the emperor came up with another whimsical idea and set up a very distinctive "catch money order history" to manage public money matters.

The lease and collection of land, the sale and purchase of grain, etc., are not simple matters. If something is wrong, it will affect the income of officials.

This provides an opportunity for some people who cannot rely on ancestral shadows or talents to become civil servants, but have some assets in their families, to become officials.

Under the eyes of the emperor, no one dared to go too far.

Moreover, emperors such as Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian were also strong, able to suppress the officials below them.

Therefore, the harm of this system is not too great, and it solves the embarrassment of the emperor's lack of money to a certain extent.

But after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty declined and went from bad to worse, and this usury business gradually spread to the whole country.

The 100% interest rate stipulated by Li Shimin at the beginning has become [-]%, [-]%, or even [-]%, which has become a nightmare for ordinary people to go bankrupt.


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