A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 432 Daqian Fenghua Fireworks in the World
In the winter of the fourth year of Emperor Qian Yuanfeng's reign, the first snow fell.

The weather is not too cold yet, but the court's heating subsidies have already been distributed. The heating subsidies are not just money and food, but also cloth, grain, charcoal, salt, etc. The money given out is not much.

The court's original intention was to distribute money, but Wang Xin specifically stated that it would be distributed in kind. In fact, in the winter in Luoyang City, the prices of various materials would increase. A large part of this was due to the freezing of the canals and the Yellow River.

The transportation of materials is not smooth. The population of Luoyang City and the surrounding areas of Luoyang has exceeded 50. The materials needed for so many people's lives are a huge amount.

Therefore, every winter, there will be a shortage of supplies in Luoyang.

In the past, the imperial court did not provide heating subsidies. This was a policy implemented by Wang Xin after he ascended the throne.Of course, this is also a slap in the face.

After all, he had previously passed the supplementary and revised regulations to the "Da Gan Code", which made those officials very uncomfortable. These heating subsidies are nothing to officials like the Three Officials and Nine Ministers, but they are very good benefits for those low-level officials.

Jia Yan rushed to the imperial city on horseback. Since Emperor Wu, the rules of Daqian have become more and more perfect. In the past, ministers often rode carriages when they went to court. Now all generals ride horses, and only civil servants can ride in carriages, and there are no The kind that blocks.

The snow is not heavy, there is only a shallow layer on the ground, and there are already many people on the road leading to Donghua Gate.

Vendors on both sides of the street have already set up their stalls, and the smoke from the cooking pots carries the aroma of some food. Jia Yan bought a naan pancake from Wang's bakery in Dongguan. The golden naan pancake was baked with a layer of sesame seeds on the outside. , filled with mutton inside, take a bite and the aroma of wheat mixed with the mutton quickly dispels the chill in your body.

Thanks to the control of the grasslands over the years, the price of mutton has become cheaper, with a naan pancake costing only seven copper coins.

Every street has patrolmen patrolling along the street. The main role of these people is to detect theft, arrest theft, and maintain law and order, which is equivalent to the street police station in later generations.

There are no beggars on the streets. Once found, they will be investigated, family members will be educated, ordered to be under strict supervision, and fined if they offend again.If there is no family, or if the family is really poor, the whole family will be sent to the Western Regions.

At that time, the countries in the Western Regions will allocate acres of land.

If there is no one at home, the young ones will be sent to the nursing home to study and practice martial arts. If they are really old and physically disabled, they will be sent to the nursing home and then arrange some light jobs.

For example, grease the armor, mend clothes, etc., or clean the streets, etc. The court will be responsible for supporting these people.

Jia Yan was eating naan cakes while looking at the scenery on the street. Although he had been coming to Luoyang for several years, he was still fascinated by the prosperity of Luoyang.

Busy traffic, splendid rivers and mountains, there are orchids selling wine, childhood sweethearts playing, thousands of lights with smoke coming from the kitchens, and even some beauties in men's clothing passing by happily.

A gust of fragrant wind drifted by, and bursts of fragrance made people feel a little dazed for a moment, feeling that Luoyang, the divine capital, was like a fairyland in a dream.

With the sound of bells ringing, the horse stopped beside the Suzaku Bridge, and beyond was the Imperial City.According to the Daqian system, except for officials at the three-gong level, everyone else needs to walk. Only the emperor's special gift can enter the imperial city on horseback or in a carriage.

After Wang Xin ascended the throne, it was also revised. Nine ministers and officials over [-] years old could ride in carriages. Of course, the carriages were prepared by the court, and one carriage could carry ten people.

A greenhouse was built next to the Zhuque Bridge to provide officials with a rest.

Jia Yan drank a glass of water in the greenhouse to warm his stomach, then put down the glass and stopped drinking. It wasn't that he didn't want to drink water, but that he couldn't.

Daqian's morning service does not start at five o'clock in the morning, but at eight or nine o'clock in the morning. Under normal circumstances, the morning service must end before noon.

There is no need to go to the toilet during this period, so officials participating in the morning court try to drink as little water as possible in order not to go to the toilet during the morning court. Over the years, the officials of the imperial court have summarized a set of special diet for the morning court. After getting up early to relax, then Eat snacks or naan, and add a cup of tea at the end.Soon, the officials in Nuan Pavilion filed out and entered the imperial city by car to go to court.

Today's morning meeting is a big meeting. At the end of the year, we need to take stock of the work of various ministries and make arrangements for next year's work. It is very busy.

"The Emperor is here!"

As the chamberlain shouted, all the ministers stood up and bowed to Wang Xin.

Wang Xin sat on the main seat and said calmly: "Everyone, please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone returned to their seats and sat down.

Wang Xin looked at everyone and said directly: "Let's talk about the affairs of the Taifu first. How much does the imperial court spend this year and how much is its income? Let's talk about the tax situation of each state and county."

Taifu ordered Sang Hongyang to step forward and said: "Your Majesty, last year the imperial court spent 670 guan. Among them, there was a severe drought in Shaanxi. The imperial court allocated 80 guan for disaster relief. For the floods in Jiangzhou, the imperial court allocated 60 guan for disaster relief. The imperial edicts are surrounding Counties used Changpingcang to provide disaster relief. The imperial court exempted and exempted 17 counties including Shaanxi and Jiangzhou from taxes. Last year, the imperial court earned 530 million guan and made a profit of 310 million guan from minting."

"The imperial court has a deficit of 130 million guan, of which 630 million guan belongs to the Zhenbei Protectorate, and the remaining 300 million guan belongs to Dengzhou Shipyard."

Hearing that the imperial court had lost more than 2000 million yuan this year, the court officials were in an uproar. Although they knew that the Zhenbei Protectorate spent money, they did not expect it to cost so much.

"The deficit of the Northern Protectorate is not one year, but the sum of these years." Da Sinong explained that this account was accumulated year by year.

Wang Xin had no expression on his face and said, "Is there any way for the Taifu to increase the income of the imperial court?"

"Your Majesty, the Taifu's discussion is to increase salt tax, commercial tax, and increase currency minting." Sang Hongyang said.

Even though the imperial court was suffering from a serious deficit, Sang Hongyang did not think about raising taxes on the common people. How much did those hardships cost?If you want to tax people, it's natural to look for fat sheep to be slaughtered.

None of those businessmen, tycoons, or wealthy people are extremely wealthy.Just make a few cuts and you will naturally make money.

"Can we make up for the shortfall?" Wang Xin asked.

Sang Hongyang was silent for a moment and said, "No!"

"Is there any other way?" Wang Xin asked.

"Your Majesty, you can liquidate the business tax. Businessmen evade taxes every year. If we liquidate it, it will be enough to make up for the shortfall!" Sang Hongyang said.

In the main hall, everything suddenly became quiet. Sang Hongyang said on the surface that he was a businessman evading taxes, but they knew who was behind the businessman?Honorable men and officials from various families.Without the support of these people, how could businessmen dare to evade taxes?

Moreover, none of those big businessmen have a backer. This Sang Hongyang is cutting their flesh.

(End of this chapter)