Chapter 718: Let's celebrate the Spring Festival together
With students, the school can start as scheduled. The sound of reading can be heard in the classroom.
Hearing this neat and tender voice, those parents felt comforted in their hearts.
After learning Chinese characters, these little guys will be successful in the future.
Even if you can't get a meritorious degree, or even if it's not enough, you will still get more wages by working part-time than if you are illiterate.
School has started and roads are being constructed vigorously.
Various administrative provinces are also gradually starting to build factories.
They know very well that building roads is only the basic condition for getting rich.
If we want to truly make people rich, we must rely on industry, commerce, breeding and factories to drive it.
Those near the sea are vigorously developing fisheries.
You know, most Chinese are foodies.
How can you, a foodie, live without seafood?
As long as the name of seafood is known, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the sea to eat the sea.
If they rely on the sea, wouldn't they be able to earn more income than provinces without coastal areas?
Currently, they are working hard to promote seafood.
After the founding of the Chinese nation, nearly a year passed in the blink of an eye.
The weather is gradually getting colder.
And for the people of China, after the autumn harvest, their granaries are full.
Now, at the beginning of the founding of China, money was needed everywhere.
Therefore, Li Min could only collect part of the agricultural tax from the people.
The tax rate levied is only one-tenth.
With this tax rate, Li Min was still afraid that something would happen.
Because, in the past, the aborigines existed as tribes.
At that time, they did not need to pay any taxes at all.
Now that they have just become citizens of China, if they are asked to pay taxes, will they be resistant?
Will I not pay?
As a result, Li Min's worries were completely unnecessary.
The aborigines fully understood the imperial court's collection of agricultural taxes.
Think the imperial court needs to build roads now!
Construction is going on everywhere.
In the tribal era, they didn't have to pay taxes, but whether it was roads, buildings, or anything else, they were much worse than they are now.
They feel that paying this agricultural tax is worth it.
Because the wages they earn from their work now far exceed the taxes they pay.
Of course, there is actually a deeper reason.
These aborigines have a grateful heart.
And when the plague broke out here, it was the emperor who sent his own men to save countless lives.
They will remember this in their hearts forever.
Therefore, when it comes to tax collection, the aborigines have no resistance.
As for those East Slavs, let alone them.
When they were just moved here by people from the Family Alliance, they had to pay at least 60 to 70% for food.
Yes, because here in the Golden State, the land is fertile and the food production is very high.
Even if they pay 60 to 70% for food, the rest is barely enough for them to eat without starving to death.
However, at that time, they were the objects of oppression and exploitation.
There is no labor enthusiasm at all.
And now?
Now they only need to pay 10% of the agricultural tax, and they can leave a full 90%.
Moreover, the agricultural tools currently sold by the Huaxia Kingdom are more advanced than those of the Family Alliance.
Grains must be grown better and farming methods must be more scientific.
In this aspect, the Family Alliance really cannot compare with the Huaxia Kingdom.
In Datang, the gap between the two sides was actually not that big.
Because whatever method you have in Yizhou, people in other places can quickly learn from it.
Moreover, even if you don’t study, you can still do some research on your own.
However, the soil, temperature, etc. here in the Golden State are all different from those in the Tang Dynasty.
The Family Alliance came late, and their emphasis on agriculture was far less than that of the Huaxia Kingdom.
And Li Min also has various information about later Americas that can be consulted.
Therefore, in the land of Golden State, the agricultural level of Huaxia State is much higher than that of the Family Alliance.
In fact, for those aborigines, the food left after they paid 10% was more than the entire food harvested before.
As for the East Slavs, let alone that.
Looking at the mountains of food hoarded at home, my mouth burst into laughter.
In the past few months, under the comprehensive management of Huaxia State, their lives have become more stable.
Their income is increasing day by day.
Today, they are more motivated than their days in East Slavia.
It's even better than them following the Family Alliance.
Days like this make them more and more adaptable.
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On this day, in the palace of Huaxia City, Shangguan Yi was reporting work to Emperor Li Min.
After the work report was completed, Li Min nodded and expressed his approval of Shangguan Yi's work report.
Then, Shangguan Yi asked as usual: "Your Majesty, the New Year is coming soon. I wonder if the Emperor has any other instructions?"
After thinking about it, Li Min couldn't help but said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, but those aborigines and East Slavs don't have the habit of celebrating our lunar year."
Shangguan Yi understood the meaning after hearing Ya's words, and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, that humble minister has issued an order to force everyone to celebrate the lunar year."
Hearing Shangguan Yi's words, Li Min couldn't help but wave his hands and said helplessly: "This kind of thing? How can we force it? It has to be subtle."
"You give orders to each administrative province and ask them to organize manpower. During the two years of New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, it is essential to organize dragon and lion dances, set off firecrackers, and have delicious food and wine."
"Also, organize people to help them put up Spring Festival couplets and hang money on their doors. Let them get used to this festival within a few years, and they will also celebrate this festival with us in the future."
Shangguan Yi nodded repeatedly, with a thoughtful look on his face.
This is cultural integration.
This generation is still quite distinct from each other.
However, after two, three, and four generations, the various ethnic groups were completely integrated and no longer distinguished from each other.
The emperor's move is to speed up the process of national integration.
Moreover, Shangguan Yi himself felt that this measure was still very necessary.
Because the number of Tang people is still too small after all.
In fact, in many cities, there were not many Tang people at all.
Just those few Tang people couldn't bring about the other aboriginal people in the entire city, or the East Slavs.
That's what this kind of thing is like.
If we guide it from the beginning and get a good start, the integration speed can be further accelerated.
After receiving the emperor's instructions, Shangguan Yi immediately went down to carry out the order.
The various administrative provinces below originally did not pay much attention to celebrating the New Year.
There are so many things going on now, and various functional departments of the imperial court have endless government affairs to deal with every day.
Where do they still have time to guide people to celebrate the New Year?
Their initial plan was to let nature take its course.
However, after receiving the order from the court, they immediately realized the necessity of this.
Nowadays, the number of Tang people in the whole of China is still too small.
Far less than the indigenous people and East Slavs.
Now that the emperor is here, with advanced technology and weapons, we can suppress them.
However, if they cannot be integrated together, problems will occur sooner or later.
And now the imperial court's order is to promote the integration of ethnic groups.
As long as the various ethnic groups integrate with each other, they will eventually become indistinguishable from each other, and there will be no problems.
After figuring this out, they immediately organized manpower, organized finances, and made intensive preparations.
The aboriginal people, as well as the East Slavs, actually do not have the custom of celebrating the New Year.
Therefore, after entering the twelfth lunar month, there is nothing special about them.
However, after entering the twelfth lunar month, another movie going to the countryside activity was launched in various places.
This time, they organized it themselves.
Of course, those movie projectionists are not unemployed.
Movies are still being played uninterruptedly in various parts of China.
However, these movies are basically selected by each administrative province.
They either bought the discs in Datang, or played the discs shot in the Golden State.
Of course, Shangguan Wan'er is also constantly filming movies.
For example, Detective Emperor is constantly producing series.
Currently, the third part has been released.
This kind of play fully satisfies the audience's curiosity and is wildly welcomed and sought after.
There are many movies that have been shown recently, all of which are related to the Chinese New Year in the Tang Dynasty.
First, it tells the origin of the New Year and why we celebrate the New Year.
Then in the movie, lively scenes of the New Year were played.
It's good to have some invisible publicity.
For example, posting Spring Festival couplets is to pray for blessings.
Setting off firecrackers is to drive away bad things and usher in good luck.
New Year's Eve is about bidding farewell to the old, and New Year's Day is about Spring Festival, which is about welcoming new hopes.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I will climb high if possible.
It symbolizes that we can climb higher step by step this year.
After watching these propaganda films, those aborigines and those East Slavs.
Everyone is full of interest in the New Year of the Tang Dynasty.
Halfway through the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court began to distribute Spring Festival couplets and door-hanging posters for free.
This made those people very happy.
After watching the promotional film, many people were hesitant about posting Spring Festival couplets at their doors.
I heard that pasting Spring Festival couplets can pray for blessings.
Who would dislike having so much blessing in their own family?
But now, the government is actually distributing Spring Festival couplets for free.
So why are you hesitating?
Of course I have to post it!
As a result, almost every household in the entire Huaxia Kingdom posted Spring Festival couplets.
By the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, all construction sites had stopped working.
In fact, if you want to meet the deadline, there is no need to stop work at all.
Because the vast majority of people here don’t celebrate the Spring Festival at all.
But this time the work is suspended just to allow them to celebrate the Spring Festival.
Even the trees on the street are covered in red and colorful.
A burst of joy came to my face.
It was freezing cold and there was nothing to do, so many people walked out of their homes.
The streets began to become lively.
And in every city, there are always some Tang people.
These Tang people know how to wear new clothes, cook delicious food, and say auspicious words to everyone they meet.
Moreover, he also taught others how to make New Year’s delicacies.
Gradually, the aboriginal people and the East Slavs came.
I also learned how to make New Year delicacies and how to make dumplings.
They also learned to greet people and say auspicious words when meeting them on the street.
All this makes them feel novel and interesting, and it is very interesting.
The Spring Festival is actually much more fun and interesting than their own festival.
Soon, the time came to New Year's Eve.
Although the aborigines and East Slavs find the festival very interesting, deep down in their hearts, they cannot immediately regard the Spring Festival as their own holiday.
Therefore, bonfire parties were held in almost every place throughout the Tang Dynasty.
And they also serve delicious food on site, including roasted pork, beef, and mutton, as well as fine wine.
Everyone was partying together, singing and dancing.
These delicacies are all funded by the imperial court, so they don’t have to pay for them themselves.
Therefore, almost everyone walked out of their homes and came to the bonfire party to party.
The atmosphere at the scene was really exciting.
I wonder if this bonfire party will continue forever and form a new custom.
Even if it continues, it will be good news for China.
Although the situation is slightly different from that of the Tang Dynasty people who celebrated the Spring Festival and kept vigil on a household basis, the problem is not big.
As soon as twelve o'clock passed, people began to organize and set off firecrackers.
These are real firecrackers set off here, not fireworks or firecrackers.
Just light the bamboo joints, and when the bamboo joints explode, they will make a beep-beep-bang sound.
Firecrackers only became popular after the rise of gunpowder.
Although China has already produced gunpowder and rifles.
However, their gunpowder formula has not been spread out.
At present, although it has been applied to civilian use.
For example, it has now been applied to mines or road construction.
But the control is very strict, everything is controlled by the military, and it has not been released to the civilian population.
Of course, the gunpowder formula cannot always be blocked.
After all, without much technical content, they and other countries may be able to develop it themselves.
Li Min just left the recipe blocked for as long as possible.
The formula for gunpowder is still under the control of the military.
Naturally, there is no way to produce firecrackers.
However, firecrackers also have the benefits of firecrackers.
Although the sound is a bit quiet, there is no danger.
Don't be afraid that the explosion will injure people.
Everyone had a great time.
The next morning, those Tang people began to visit from house to house to pay New Year greetings.
Of course, in some places, the number of Tang people is somewhat small.
It is impossible to visit all the doors.
But I also try my best to try to get through to more doors.
This way of paying New Year greetings has also attracted many aboriginal people and those East Slavs.
They feel that such New Year greetings are very festive and can also quickly improve their interpersonal relationships.
Therefore, the aborigines and East Slavs began to join in the New Year greetings.
