Putting down Liu Lang's memorial, Liu Che stood up and ordered Wang Dao next to him: "I'm going to Shanglin Garden to take a look and prepare..."
"No!" Wang Dao nodded and accepted the order.●⌒
Half an hour later, Liu Che's imperial chariot came out of the east gate of Weiyang Palace, followed the imperial road, and headed towards Shanglin Garden.
It must be mentioned that throughout the Western Han Dynasty, there was an imperial road in Chang'an City specifically for the emperor to travel, and the emperor would often leave the palace along this royal road to go to Shanglin Garden or his mausoleum.
What's more interesting is that ordinary people can walk on this royal road in normal times.
Historical records record that Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was on a patrol, and a pedestrian walking on the imperial road spotted the emperor's carriage and hurriedly hid under the bridge, only to be surprised by the emperor's horse.
Historically, when Jiang Chong, a famous official of the Xiaozhu Dynasty, became the captain of Shuiheng, he once relied on arresting passers-by and powerful people who walked on the royal road without permission to serve as political achievements and collect fines. Later, Jiang Chong actually caught Xiaozhu.
The pig's prince, Liu Ju, was the source of the witchcraft disaster.
All this shows that in the early and middle Western Han Dynasty, when the emperor was not traveling, passers-by and dignitaries could walk on the so-called imperial road as long as they were brave enough.
After Liu Che came to the throne, he felt that for his occasional personal travel, he specially opened the so-called imperial road in Chang'an and even Guanzhong. Not only was it a waste of people and money, but the key point was that he could not prohibit others from crossing it.
This is a bit painful.
So after much thought, an edict was issued stating that except when the emperor was traveling, the royal road would also be open to the public at ordinary times, "without any restrictions."
The basis of this edict is that the Royal Road was built by Emperor Hui. Emperor Hui could not worship the ancestral temple, nor could he serve the country. The key point is that the Royal Road he built also passed through the Gaomiao.
Unfilial! How can I make the same mistake again and again because of Emperor Hui's mistake?
This is a good argument, and no one can criticize it.
After all, Emperor Hui, who built this royal road, was once uneasy and complained to Gaomiao many times.
Later, Shu Sun Tong came up with a compromise and built two more original temples for Liu Bang in Changling and Peidi, which Emperor Hui reluctantly accepted.
Therefore, when Liu Che travels now, there is an additional procedure: clearing the road.
Before each trip, a group of knights would go all the way to the destination, telling the people along the way that the emperor was traveling and to get out of the way.
As for whether there are conspirators secretly setting up an ambush and assassination or something?
This is not Bolangsha!
In the base camp of Guanzhong, Liu Che was not afraid of any assassination at all.
There will be no ground for anti-Liu political forces to survive in Guanzhong.
Anyway, the Liu family had never attempted to assassinate the emperor for decades or even more than a hundred years later.
Moreover, when the emperor's chariot goes on patrol, safety itself is guaranteed. There are hundreds of escorts and troops alone, and the imperial chariot has done enough safety work. In addition to the bed crossbow and the big yellow crossbow, which can penetrate the defense of the imperial chariot.
.No other weapons can damage it at all.
If someone really uses a bed crossbow or a rhubarb crossbow to assassinate, it can only mean one thing: Chang'an has fallen into the hands of the enemy!
That would not be an assassination, but a change of dynasty!
Therefore, Liu Che is not worried about these aspects.
The only problem is that after the edict was issued, the imperial road was no longer exclusive to the emperor. Many people liked to go to the imperial road when they had nothing to do. If they got the emperor's temper, the imperial road would become like other roads.
It will inevitably get a little muddy on rainy days.
However, this also allowed Liu Che to seize the opportunity and set up a new urban management department under the Neishi Yamen, which was responsible for cleaning up the garbage on Chang'an's roads and villages and keeping the city clean.
As early as when he became the prince, Liu Che was already planning to do this.
It is true that Chang'an's commerce is too developed.
The developed commerce also led to the two-level differentiation of Chang'an city.
Shangguanli and its surrounding luxuries are close to Qili and Weiyang, and the luxuries of the two palaces of Changle belong to Manhattan and Wangfujing in Chang'an. The residents are either rich or noble, with deep courtyards, pavilions and pavilions, and they are beautiful.
There are typical slums in the cities and urban areas of Chang'an. Not only are the residences dilapidated, but all kinds of domestic garbage are piled up like mountains, and they are only cleaned every once in a while.
And these slums are undoubtedly a breeding ground for all kinds of bacteria and germs.
If you don't clean it up, Liu Che will have nightmares when he sleeps.
The establishment of the Urban Management Department finally solved Liu Che's worries.
Moreover, the Urban Management Department can also solve the employment problems of a large number of lower-class people in Chang'an.
Except for the people at the lowest level, no one would be willing to do the work of cleaning up garbage, cleaning streets, and clearing the silt of the Weihe River.
However, these tasks require a lot of manpower.
As for the various domestic wastes that were cleaned up, especially the silt from the Wei River and various human and animal excrements, they were all sent to Shanglinyuan and used as raw materials for soil fertilizers or simply used directly as fertilizers.
What's more, after the establishment of the Urban Management Department, the sanitation and sanitation environment of Chang'an has been completely renewed, which has been praised by the government and the public. Even Liu Che secretly used the name of the Urban Management Department to add additional taxes to Chang'an's Nine Markets and Huajie Liuxiang.
No one cares about business taxes.
"It's a pity..." Thinking about this, Liu Che also sighed: "Today's commercial tax has not reached half of the standards of Empress Lu's time..."
Speaking of which, when Xiaozhu sued the emperor later, he actually picked up Empress Lu's wisdom.
The laws promulgated during the period of Empress Lu, especially the municipal laws and business laws, were almost all-encompassing. Merchants had to pay taxes to the court no matter what they sold. For example, when mining, taxes were paid in stones according to the output. When selling things, they were taxed according to the price of the goods sold.
Tax is added to the final transaction price.
such a pity!
The princes and ministers destroyed all the empress Lu, and all the laws enacted by empress Lu were abolished except for household laws and a few laws and regulations.
To this day, even if Liu Che wants to recover, he must be cautious.
This is also the tradition of human political struggle.
The loser in a political struggle, regardless of whether the policies he previously implemented were good or bad, will be splashed with dirty water and tried to be tainted.
It's as if the loser was born to be a big devil with pus on the soles of his feet, sores on the corners of his mouth, and even the road he walked was filthy.
Qin and Empress Lu are proof of this.
Later European heads of state also received such treatment.
There are countless similar examples in the Celestial Dynasty, Emperor Mi and Mao Zi.
This is probably a common human tendency. Once your enemies, especially internal enemies, are defeated, you must guard them tightly to prevent them from being settled by future generations one day.
Therefore, Liu Che knew very well that even if he really restored the commercial tax laws of Empress Lu's time in the future, he would probably have to change his vest and do it under a different name.
Thinking like this, Yujia has already arrived at Shanglin Garden. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
ps: There will be another update soon!
ps: I’ve been reading recently and discovered that Lu Pheasant is really a talent! Even from today’s perspective, in terms of economics, Empress Lu is an outstanding person!
The commercial laws she promulgated detailed that merchants who mine mines must pay different tax rates according to iron ore, copper ore, gold, and silver mines, while commodity trade in the market is taxed according to turnover. I am a little skeptical.
, is Empress Lu a time traveler?
However, when Empress Lu died, all the Lus were crowned, and everything was pushed to the ground...
