Chapter 206 - Make money in the city and spend in the city.
"Compare with anyone, don't compare with that one. Who can compare with her in this world?" Wei Yang pulled his father's sleeve and pulled him away.
"It's incomparable, but this little official's words are too unpleasant. If he knows anything, he dares to make a judgment.
If he doesn't compare with Jiang Zhen, King Wei has done a good job, at least above the passing line. Before Jiang Zhen was born, he was also one of the representatives of the good king, and even Jiang Datou could not compare with him.
Wei Yang advised, "Next time my father can go to the university to discuss the stage and listen to how everyone ridicules the king of Song and the king of Qi. You should be balanced."
The most powerful people in the world are never those officials at the grassroots level, but the scholars who learn from various families.
In the past, there were also princes who dominated the world. Although his power was not as concentrated as Jiang Zhen's, the princes were also hegemons that no one dared to oppose. However, he wanted to seal Mount Chantai, but what he got was a lot of ridicule.
A group of scholars jumped out and said that the king must have virtue, and the world must have auspiciousness in order to go to Mount Tai to see the Emperor of Heaven and accept the destiny.
But it's Jiang Zhen's turn, and no one dares to chat for it. What virtue, what auspiciousness, everyone is just like forgetting this matter. Everyone sings praises virtues in the same style.
If the king is really broad-minded, like a saint, everyone will naturally speak freely and criticize as much as they want, but Jiang Zhen is stingy and clear, so everyone does not want to make Jiang Zhen happy because of some small things.
Previously, Jiang Zhen killed a corrupt official, and the historian made a list to remind her. Jiang Zhen turned around and cut off half of the bamboo paper of the historian's school, and even the palace test ranking of the historian's students would be affected.
Everyone knows that Jiang Zhen did this, but he has found an excuse, and the historians have no choice.
It's not a big deal. Don't mess with Jiang Zhen. This is everyone's consensus.
[Others are quite clairted. The group of historians don't know how to repent and don't know how many bad things they have said in history books. They are not generous people, but they want A Zhen to be generous. What kind of beautiful things do they think about?]
[The saint Mingjun is not what ordinary people can do, so we won't embarrass ourselves.]
[That's right, if Ah Zhen narrows the road, what will happen if Xiao Xingxing succeeds in the future?]
[I have read the history of that group of historians every year, but there is no ambiguity in major events, and the small details are up to them.]
The construction of the country can never be achieved overnight. Jiang Zhen ascended the throne for seven years and tossed all kinds of ways to make the people of Jiang reluctantly not hungry. They want them to eat and drink at will, and they still have to struggle.
According to Jiang Zhen's idea, it is only a year of tax exemption. When Jiang Guo is stronger, the ordinary people who farm the land should always be tax-free.
Worried that there will be more food in the hands of the people this year, the grain price will fall sharply. Jiang Zhen told Guo Fan, "Don't give those merchants the opportunity to lower the price. When the price is low, the court will come forward to buy food."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, no matter how big the grain dealer is, he dares not mess around this year." Guo Fan replied confidently.
In terms of strong financial resources, no one can compare with the court. If the court wants to stabilize the price of food, no one dares to come to trouble.
However, all kinds of taxes are the most of the income of the imperial court. Nowadays, the way of collecting taxes is to pay whatever the people grow. Even straw is part of the tax, which needs to be handed over to the local government for livestock to eat.
With this part of the tax, the farm needs to spend money on feed, and all kinds of odds and pieces needed by the government also need to spend money.
As a result, the financial pressure in various places has suddenly increased.
Guo Fan said with some lack of confidence, "Can all kinds of commercial taxes and all kinds of workshops of the court support the operation of the court this year?"
"What are you afraid of? That is, the war in the first two years. If it hadn't been for the war, I would have had enough food to eat. And now Jiang Guo's granary has enough grain hoarded. It's okay to have a try. Jiang Zhen replied.
"With a weaving workshop, the cloth tax can be exempted for a long time, but there will never be much grain. Although the world is unified, there are still four tigers around.
With Guo Fan's vision, he has long seen the power of industrial centralized production. Nowadays, there are weaving workshops in all counties, resulting in a large reduction in the number of women who weave at home. They all go to the workshop to work for money. When paying taxes, they buy cloth from the workshop and pay taxes.
The production method of the workshop has caused the price of cloth to plummet, but the grain can't do this. Even if it is a high-yielding grain, it must be carefully cultivated to harvest.
Jiang Guo still needs to deal with the Hu people in the future, and the food can't be neglected.
"As long as the court has money and wants food, just buy it from the people. Why do you have to keep an eye on the grain tax?" Jiang Zhen patted Guo Fan on the shoulder and said, "The pattern is bigger, and your vision is more far-term."
"But agriculture is fundamental." Guo Fan couldn't help retorting, but thinking that Jiang Zhen was only tax-free for one year for the time being, Guo Fan didn't persuade him any more.
[That was before. Now that industry and agriculture go hand in hand, the importance of the food tax has been greatly reduced.]
[The court fought against the outside world, protected the people, paid taxes, and supported the court. What Guo Fan has come into contact with has always been this mode, and he hasn't jumped out of this circle yet.]
[For such a person, it's useless to say more. He will understand it after reading it once.]
Because of the tax exemption this year, officials in all counties are ready to tighten their belts.
Just after the autumn harvest, the officials of the government rushed around and informed the people of the township, "This year, the court exempts taxes. If there is surplus grain at home, it can be sold to the county government. The price of rice is 20 yuan per stone, and the price of beans and sweet potatoes is not low..."
The geographical conditions of each county are different, and the purchase prices of all kinds of grain are also different, and the price set by the court is neither high nor low, which can be regarded as a support for the people.
If the price given by merchants is high, the people can sell the grain to the merchants. If the price is low, the people can sell it to the court.
The court has made a statement, and the local merchants are also interested. In terms of price, they are the same as the court, or slightly higher.
"This year's harvest is good, and there is no need to pay taxes. Can the food at home be sold to the merchants in the city? If you want to sell it, should you sell it now, or wait until the grain price is high?
"When the new grain comes down next year, the price of old grain will fall."
"Then keep the rations for a year, and sell the rest."
Many couples in the countryside are secretly discussing how to deal with the surplus food at home.
This has never happened in previous years.
In the past, they had just filled their stomachs. How dare they hope that the food at home could be sold for money and not starve people to death? They already felt glad.
Thinking of the urine nature of nobles from all over the world who like to hoard money, Zheng Xiaobai prepared a large amount of gold, silver and copper coins in advance.
"The grain output of ordinary people is not high, and this money is enough for them to exchange."
The people in the countryside came to the city to exchange money with grain on their backs one after another. Before the money was hot, they spent it again.
"The iron plough at home should be changed, and the sickle is not as good as in the market. You have to buy this, and the cow should also buy it, and then buy a cart..."
"Other people are using iron pots at home, and my family should also use it."
"The price of cloth is so much cheaper than in previous years. My family has been suffering for a year, and if I have money, I should change into new clothes."
"You should also buy some paper and pens. The children at home are literate, in case they will be promising in the future."
The villagers carried grain into the city, and then carried big and small bags of odds and ends home.
Iron, cloth, paper and pen are mostly operated by the local government. The money spent by the government on buying grain is earned back from other things.
Zheng Xiaobai turned over the account book and said, "Why do we still make money? They didn't take a penny home. They spent all of it in the city."
Chapter 207 - Finale.
Even if ordinary people want to hoard goods at home, they will only hoard real things such as grain, cloth and knives. The importance of silver money in their hearts should be rowed back.
Previously, Zheng Xiaobai was worried that everyone was selling too much grain, and there was not so much money to buy it, but now he is worried that everyone is reluctant to sell grain.
"As for the grain, it's almost enough to keep the rations for a year. There is too much grain at home. Next year, it will be the old grain. It will be a loss for ordinary people to sell grain at this time." Zheng Xiaobai muttered, "It's time before you have explained the pros and cons with the people."
"The villagers know that it is great. I think they not only keep this year's rations in their homes, but also prepare some for next year. Be cautious."
Zheng Xiaobai glanced at his subordinates and said with disgust, "I mean, I shouldn't be so cautious. Unless there will be disasters everywhere in the world next year, with the strength of the court, even if the local people's harvest next year is not good, they will not starve.
The grain sold by the people will eventually be collected and returned to the treasury, and will not disappear out of thin air. If the situation is wrong, the court will transfer the grain to rescue it.
In these ten cities, there are cement roads connected to Yong'an City, which is more convenient to transport grain. With the help of the court, even if it is affected by the disaster, the price of grain will not soar.
In order to let the people sell grain and spend money at ease, Zheng Xiaobai turned his eyes and told his subordinates, "Last year, there was a drought in the place next to the State of Wei. Many people still don't know that they should go to the countryside to publicize and publicize for the court, so that today's court is how to sidize the government. ."
"I understand. I'm going to arrange it now."
In the past, the court did not have that strength. When the local people encountered natural disasters, they could only live and die by themselves. The only thing the court could do was to open the mountains and forests, so that everyone could go into the mountains to hunt, and then provide next year's grain seeds. The rest of the court would let it go.
Now the grain output is high, and the national treasury is abundant. If there is any disaster, Jiang Zhen will be very angry about disaster relief and distribute a batch of grain to the local people for free to help them get through the most difficult times.
Jiang Zhen was originally popular with the people. If she was publicized by local officials, everyone would trust her more.
"Following the emperor, the life at home is indeed getting better and better. There is surplus food at home this year, and it should only be better next year."
"By next year, Chen grain will not be sold at a low price. It's better to sell more grain now and exchange it for useful things. His Majesty is the emperor this year, and the prices of those workshops in the government are being reduced, and there will be no chance next year.
"Then sell some more grain?"
"Bold!"
The court gave everyone enough confidence so that they didn't have to worry about next year, so they looked back and checked their own grain, sold another batch, and exchanged it for other things.
Whether it is salt, iron or paper and pen, this kind of monopoly business, even if it is sold at a reduced price, the profit is still very high. No matter how it is calculated, the government office will make money.
"The workshops in all counties are on sale. This is not to clean up the people's purses." Seeing this situation, Guo Fan couldn't help but be shocked and said with disgust, "They are only concerned about this year's business and don't want to do it next year."
If it is not tax-free next year, there will be no surplus food in the people's homes. It's not easy to let them spend money. The internal history of Zhisu refuted.
Tax-free is rare, and it is even rare for workshops to reduce prices. The overlap of the two has stimulated the people's greatest purchasing power.
The consumption capacity of the people this time really surprised everyone.
[Everyone yearns for a better life. If they have the conditions to eat delicious food and drink spicy food, who is willing to suffer? Even ordinary people want to wear better clothes and eat better food.]
[Although ordinary people have less money in their pockets, they are too big and consume more than nobles. The potential is huge.]
The wealth of the world has always been gathered in the hands of the aristocracy. After Jiang Zhen conquered the four countries, this situation was reshuffled.
In addition to the old nobles of Jiang, who could still own a large area of land, the nobles of the other four countries only have the name of nobles.
The land under their name was distributed to the local people by Jiang Zhen. It was because of the output of these lands that ordinary people had extra money in their pockets.
It is difficult for the people to pay the money in their pockets, and there are not many tax-free things. Officials in various counties feel that the opportunity is rare and play tricks with great energy. It seems that they will make money this year and will not make money next year.
Jiang Zhen stretched out her finger and knocked on the table. He disliked it and said, "These things are all about a long flow of water. It can't be done overnight. Order them to stop at their time."
Even if you want to promote domestic demand, you don't have to empty the people's wallets this time.
Moreover, when people see things cheap, they buy them and hoard them. If they hoard them for too long, it's their turn to suffer losses.
Jiang Guo is now developing at a high speed. The quality of goods is only getting better and better, and the price is getting lower and lower. It is really not cost-effective to hoard too much.
Jiang Zhen ordered that the crazy price reduction and promotion in various places immediately stopped and quickly restored the original price.
It is because of the original price that the value of the discount can be reflected. After restoring the original price, many people regret to pat their thighs.
"After a few days of hesitation, I missed this opportunity alive."
"That's right, how rare it is. I grew up so much. It's the first time I've met the year of not paying taxes, and the first time I've encountered such a cheap price of cloth and iron. I don't know when I'll go next time.
The people who were not willing to miss the opportunity. After the price rose back, they ran to the workshop and asked, "When will you reduce the price next time?" Have you heard of it?
"How can the price be reduced every year? This year, it is because the emperor dominates the world that there is such a good thing." The little official hated the iron and said, "You should have bought it a long time ago. Even if the price of the workshop is reduced next year, you definitely don't have much money in your hand. It's not that the emperor can be tax-free every year.
"That's right. How can there be such a good day every year?
"When the four barbarians are paced, it will be fine if there is no war." The little official comforted, "With the emperor, our good days are coming."
Hearing what the little official said, the middle-aged man who asked the question smiled and said, "How can there be no war?" There are also Hu people in the north.
All countries have been fighting for hundreds of years. Now, even if the world is unified, the people of the court have never thought of not going to war. For them, it is rare for them to be peaceful for ten years.
"If you don't believe me, you should always believe in the emperor. The official newspaper said that the emperor cultivated war horses in the grassland in the north, and specially trained a large number of cavalry. As long as the fools dared to come, they will not come back.
"If it can be like this, that's all right."
The Central Plains has been almost cleaned up by Jiang Zhen. The only strong enemy is the Xiongnu in the north. In order to facilitate the defense of the city, Jiang Zhen transported dozens of cannons to the town early.
In addition, in the cavalry, Jiang Zhen did not relax. He only defended and did not attack, which was not Jiang Zhen's style.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Xiongnu will go south to plunder every year. Although the difficult bone of the State of Wei has been in front of them in the past, they can also search for a lot of food.
Now that the State of Wei has become the State of Jiang, the Xiongnu did not take it seriously. As usual, they were ready to continue to rob.
It's just that they were unlucky this year. As soon as they were next to the Great Wall, a cannonball fell down. After the explosion, the impactful iron pieces ejected into the surroundings, and they turned over in an instant.
After the leader of the Hu people grabbed the horse's sling and appeased the horse, he said solemnly, "Take a distance first. This is Jiang Guo's famous cannon, which is extremely difficult to deal with."
With cannons, the difficulty of attacking the city increased sharply. After hesitating for a while, the leader of the Hu people ordered, "Bypass the city and the Great Wall, grab things and leave quickly."
"But if the back road is cut off?" The people of the tribe are a little hesitant.
They ride horses, and what they are most afraid of is the Great Wall blocking the road. If they are blocked in the Great Wall, people can still run over the wall, and the horses and the looted materials can only be left behind.
But the Central Plains on this border has been operating for hundreds of years. The key places are the Great Wall, not only the current Great Wall of Wei, but also the former Great Wall of Zhao and the Great Wall of Yan...
Every time the Hu people go south to plunder, the first thing they do is to attack the city, so that they have no worries, so that they can leave smoothly after robbing things.
When they came, they couldn't do nothing. The tribal leader gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't grab food back, many people in the tribe can't survive this winter. After us, the Qiu Lin tribe, their siege can attract the attention of Jiang's people, and then we will do it secretly.
"I'm afraid that Shan Yu will force us."
When it comes to Shanyu, the people in the tribe can't help but be a little silent. Small tribes like them are cannon fodder arranged in front of them every time they fight.
This time, their tribe was arranged to take the lead again.
The Central Plains countries also talk a little bit about benevolence and righteousness. The tribes in the hay industry, that is, who has a big fist and who is reasonable, follows the survival law of the law of the jungle, and the small tribe can only be bullied.
Because of the obstruction of cannons, more and more Xiongnu troops gathered outside the city, and many tribes secretly crossed the Great Wall to plunder and fish in troubled waters.
Hei Zhuang stood high and looked out with a telescope. "Look at this, I'm afraid there are 100,000 horses gathered outside. No wonder the siege is getting stronger and stronger."
There is enough ammunition in the city, and the only thing Hei Zhuang is worried about is the team of Mu and Wei Yang.
The Xiongnu tribe under the city wanted to fish in troubled waters, and so was Jiang Guo. The Mingxiu plank road was darkly in Chen Cang. Hei Zhuang spent the Xiongnu troops here, and Mu and Wei Yang went straight to the empty rear.
On the vast grassland, Mu took the compass to identify the direction and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure that the Xiongnu royal court is in this area?"
"Of course, I have been thinking about the Xiongnu Shanyu for a long time. There will be nothing wrong." Wei Yang said with determination.
"The dry food carried by the Blue River Guard is only enough for us for three days. If we can't find the location of Wang Ting, it will be a waste of time this time."
"Don't worry, there will be no problem. I've sneaked here before... Be careful, a small team of Huns is coming."
When the Xiongnu fought, the elite cavalry were on the front line, and the defense in the rear was extremely weak, almost impossible, because for so many years, no one has been able to break through the defense line in front of the Xiongnu.
In the past, it was difficult for Wei Guoguang to resist their siege, and he could not spare any action to fight back.
Now Jiang Guo is comfortable in defense, and he can turn his head and arrange people to dig out the Xiongnu's nest.
In the absence of the Xiongnu, Wei Yang's team not only captured a large number of war horses, but also a large number of Xiongnu officials and members of the royal family.
The rear was attacked, the weight was burned, and the Xiongnu cavalry on the front line had no choice but to retreat.
The first time the Xiongnu had a crush on Jiang Guo, he suffered a loss and suffered heavy losses.
[A loss is a blessing, and the fortune of the Huns is still to come.]
[Seeing the power of Jiang Guo, they should not dare to go south next year.]
[If they dare to go south to grab things again next year, they will be killed by two sticks.]
[They can only be arrogant for two years. When Jiang's strength is a little stronger, the grassland in the north should also be Jiang's.]
The news of victory was sent back to Yong'an City. Not only was the minister of the court excited, but Jiang Zhen was also very happy.
"This kind of thing should make the people happy. If it's not like next year's agricultural tax, it will be exempted.
After a year of tax exemption, the court was not extremely poor because of this. Guo Fan agreed: "This year, the people in the city are talking about it. I hope that the future will be as good as this year. But with the emperor, it will only be better every year.
[Exemption, you don't have to pay the agricultural tax in the future. Compared with the aristocracy, I always feel sorry for the farmers who cultivate in the field.]
[A Zhen deserves to be the emperor we taught. With her, the life of the people in the world will only get better and better, and it is not in vain for us to help her.]