The first thousand three hundred and twenty-ninth section Chang'an's re-planning
In Chang'an, it's the beginning of another year's examinations.
As in previous years, the capital of the Han family once again fell into the wave of the examination economy.
In just a few days, the entire market has become as bustling as the human world.
All nine cities in Chang'an have been open day and night since yesterday.
A large number of products are put on the shelves of various stores and then flow into thousands of households.
However, in today's Chang'an, during the examination period, the best sellers are never all kinds of goods.
It's Maoling's horse racing tickets.
Especially those small-amount horse racing tickets with denominations of 50 cents and 100 cents are sold in large quantities.
There is no way, Guanzhong has been fond of gambling since ancient times.
Especially since the rise of Han Dynasty, the style of gambling has been deeply rooted in Guanzhong.
The style of cockfighting and dogfighting flourishes among all classes, from nobles to common people.
Ever since Maoling's racetrack started betting on horses, all classes in Guanzhong have fallen into the craze for horse racing.
And the Shaofu also made a lot of money from this.
Now, at least 10% of the Shaofu's annual income comes from profits from horse racing.
The total income of the Shaofu last year, even including the profits from salt, iron and coinage, was only over 300,000,000 yuan.
In other words, Maoling's racecourse alone provides it with an income of at least 30 million yuan a year, so much so that some people joked that if the Shaofu opens another seven or eight racecourses, the Han family can be exempted from land tax.
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Although it is a joke, it may be true.
Because last year, the revenue of the treasury, even including oral taxes, commercial taxes, and mining taxes, was only about 300,000,000 yuan.
The pure land tax revenue may even be less than 70 million.
This is because the current Han Dynasty field tax has returned to the thirty-one tax of the Taizong period.
In some places, such as Daiguo and Yunzhong County, the land tax this year and next year has even been completely exempted.
The Han family no longer values the small amount of land tax.
The real big head still relies on oral gifts.
Of course, if you are not a farmer, how much money can you make if you are not a farmer?
The world's big merchants, big workshop owners, and big mine owners paid more than 50 million in oral taxes last year!
Including commercial taxes and mining taxes, the state treasury collected 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a year from merchants and workshop owners, which exceeded the income from land taxes and even approached the oral taxes of the common people in the world, which was once the largest source of wealth for the Han Dynasty.
This is because the Lord Commander's Yamen is short of manpower and can only stay in major cities such as Chang'an, Maoling, Luoyang, Suiyang, Linzi, Pyongyang, and Xinhua.
Such changes made it difficult for many people in the court to adapt.
But it made middle- and lower-level officials, especially local giants, ecstatic.
After all, rather than snatching food from the clay leg bowl, which is troublesome and can easily lead to sexual harassment, it is more convenient to get food from a big businessman.
Besides, farmers are just nationals, businessmen, and untouchables.
Bullying the common people, if you are not careful, it may be the Zhangqiu Incident, and the black hat and head will be moved together.
Businessmen are easier to bully and easier to talk to.
Therefore, the appearance of the officials below has actually improved a lot due to the prosperity of business.
Some people who like to show off even canceled many assessments and exorbitant taxes. For a time, many honest officials and upright officials appeared in the world.
However, the combination of businessmen's money and bureaucratic power began to become closer.
Big businessmen waving five baht coins began to be ignorant and try to use money to get involved in politics.
The prototypes of trusts and industry alliances are also gradually emerging.
But in this city of Chang'an, everything is still the same as before.
The princes' relatives, relatives and ministers lived in the safest and most luxurious houses in the city.
The residences of big businessmen, powerful officials and bureaucrats are surrounded by it.
From Qili to Shangguanli, the residences in the wealthy areas stretch endlessly, the streets are clean and tidy, and the public security is good. Beyond this, large slums surround both sides of the Wei River.
These places are the dark side of this sacred capital of the Han Dynasty.
Poor people, knights, down-and-out scholars, bankrupt businessmen, all mixed together.
Some remote villages are dirty and messy, and the streets are full of sewage. Rangers dominate these places.
Occasionally, officials and troops would come here to clean up and arrest many people, but after a while, everything remained as before.
Liu Che led his personal guards, dressed in casual clothes, and walked in such a village.
Many poor people living here looked sideways when they saw strangers coming, while the rangers nervously looked at Liu Che and his entourage within the courtyard walls.
"I don't know which family's noble son this is. He's full and has nothing to do. He came to our place to collect news..." Wang Meng, the leader of the rangers in this area, immediately became nervous after hearing the report from his subordinates.
, ordered to go down: "Keep an eye on me carefully, don't let anyone offend you...Also, call back those who went down to collect loan sharks. These people haven't left yet, so don't mess around! Do you understand?"
These days, any noble prince who can bring his retainers and servants to such a dirty and messy place is either the eldest son of the Mohist family or the ancestor of the Legalist family.
He can't afford to offend any of them!
The former has overflowing sympathy and likes to draw a sword to help when there is an injustice.
And the latter...
He just loves to uphold justice, use the law as a rope, and use low-level rangers like them as guinea pigs...
This is also a typical differentiation situation among the aristocratic princes in Chang'an City in recent years.
In the past, the children of the princes' relatives were either fighting cocks and lackeys, or bullying men and women. Many rangers even relied on these big shots to beg for food. Of course, this is still the case now.
In Chang'an City, behind every famous knight-errant there is a noble person.
Without the protection and backing of these noble people, the rangers would not be able to get along.
However, nowadays, among the group of noble princes, there are also several factions.
Among them, the ones that caused the most headaches for the rangers were the uncles of the Mohist family and the ancestors of the Legalist family.
No one can afford to offend these two.
Wang Meng's predecessor, Zhang Fengzhi, a Duling native who had a low reputation in Chang'an City, was tragically captured as a guinea pig in an experiment because he met a Legalist son who came to find a case.
Law, tried them one by one, and finally gave them to Tingwei, who cut them in half. The corpses are now lying in mass graves. It is estimated that only the bones are left...
Wang Meng doesn't want to become such a tragedy!
Liu Che was strolling here, holding a map in his hand, walking around and looking around, and at the same time, he ordered someone to draw a sketch.
Zhang Tang followed Liu Che, looked at these situations, and laughed softly: "Your Majesty, do you want to rebuild Chang'an?"
Liu Che nodded, but didn't say anything, just smiled.
In fact, the idea of re-planning Chang'an City has been lingering in Liu Che's mind since he came to the throne.
Over the years, Liu Che went out to the palace many times to observe the conditions in the Chang'an market, especially in the slums, which further strengthened Liu Che's idea.
After all, Chang'an City has remained unchanged since it was completed in the fifth year of Emperor Hui's reign.
At that time, what was the population of Chang'an as a whole? Was it 300,000?
But now, the population of Chang'an has approached one million!
If the palace population is included, it would have exceeded one million, making it the most densely populated place in the world.
The population has increased, but urban planning remains the same as it was decades ago.
The aristocratic and wealthy areas can still be maintained.
But this ghetto is too crowded!
Take the village in front of you as an example. It is only four to five hundred paces long, but there are more than four thousand people crammed into it.
All kinds of domestic garbage and waste products are everywhere, and flies, mosquitoes, and mice can be seen everywhere.
At the end of the village, there was even more stench.
Living in such an environment, people's health is very problematic.
In addition, these places can easily become breeding grounds for infectious diseases.
With the current population density in Chang'an, a plague would be no joke.
Therefore, the re-planning and expansion of Chang'an City is urgent.
This was not only a consideration for the people living in this city, but also a consideration for Liu Che and his noble ministers.
The disease doesn't care whether you are an emperor or a commoner. If you catch it, you will still die!
But now, there is a question before Liu Che. If Chang'an City is to be re-planned, expanded, and renovated into sewers, where will the money come from?
If this city were to be re-planned, designed and renovated, it would cost tens of millions.
At least tens of millions!
And that doesn’t include labor!
Of course, Liu Che can impose corvees, but Liu Che can avoid imposing corvees if he can.
Because free labor seems to be taken advantage of by the country.
But in fact, it is a lose-lose situation in the end.
The people lose their health and income balance, while the country loses its public sentiment and economy.
The employment model is better!
When people get money, their lives become more affluent, and the country seems to have spent money, but in fact it stimulates consumption and allows the economy to achieve a virtuous cycle.
Of course, the reason why Liu Che made this choice was that the money he gave to the people would eventually be returned to him with interest. For example, the Baoxie Road project and the Longshou Canal project, the wages paid to the people would eventually become
They brought waterwheels, plows, livestock, and even cloth, salt, and grain.
For this reason alone, the population that can be supported exceeds 100,000.
Not to mention the business development and economic prosperity it has driven.
But now, Liu Che is really worried about funding.
The Shaofu has made a budget. If the entire Chang'an is redesigned according to Liu Che's ideas, the funds required will be at least 200,000,000 yuan.
But now, the funds in the internal treasury are stretched thin, and it is impossible to spend so much money to do this.
In the past few days, after conducting on-site inspections and inspections, Liu Che had to admit that this was indeed the case.
but……
Who said you have to pay for urban construction yourself?
In other places, Liu Che might not be able to do anything.
But this is Chang'an City!
Han Shenjing!
Hedgehogs gather millions of people and gather the wealth of the world.
The local tyrants roam the land, and the big dog owners are not as good as the dog's Chang'an!
You can just think of a way to get away with nothing and let others pay willingly.
For example, change the location of the nine cities in Chang'an...
Aren't businessmen clamoring all day long that the nine cities in Chang'an are now small and the markets are too crowded, making it difficult to do business?
OK!
I will give you a large piece of land, and it will be adjacent to the rich area and the aristocratic area.
For example, move Liushi, which has been outside the city, to this place.
All the twenty or thirty Luli near this place were demolished and a new Luli was built on the south bank of the Weihe River.
As a result, Liu Che believes that the businessmen in Liushi will definitely jump with joy.
And I believe the people here are willing to give themselves a new home.
This alone, through various means, Liu Che believes that the gap of tens of millions of funds can be solved at least.
As for the nine cities in Chang'an, if they do this one by one, it will be tens of millions of dollars.
Liu Che was not afraid that they would not give him money.
How can you become stronger without paying?
In addition, the store's rent and taxes can also be used to increase prices, which can reap another benefit.
The reconstruction of common people's villages...
Well, you won't get much profit from this, and you may even get some money from it.
no way……
Liu Che looked around and didn't find that the people here looked like the middle class with tens of thousands of dollars in savings at home.
On the other hand, Qili, Shangguanli and the dozen or so wealthy areas nearby can find a way to squeeze them out.
Liu Che is good at selling high-end residences and engaging in real estate development.
Back then, I sold the house in the school district of Maoling for a sky-high price. This was my skill!
However, Liu Che made a calculation in his mind, even if he maximized theoretical interests and benefits.
However, the funding gap is still almost half.
This is one hundred thousand dollars!
If we also take into account the delays in construction and the increase in expenses caused by various things.
There are even more gaps.
"Perhaps, when this war is over, we can find a solution..." Liu Che walked forward with his hands behind his back.
As long as the war is over, prisoners and so on can become cheap labor for rebuilding Chang'an City.
