"What? He wants to donate 10,000 strings of cash to the imperial court? "
In the back hall of the Lantian County yamen, everyone exclaimed after hearing County Magistrate He's words.
If it was in the past, all the taxes collected by the Lantian County yamen had to be handed over to the imperial court. No one dared to withhold them, unless they were tired of living. However, ever since Li Er bestowed the entire Lantian County to Li Zexuan as a fief, Li Zexuan became the true king of Lantian County. The taxes collected by the entire Lantian County did not need to be handed over to the imperial court. Instead, they belonged to Li Zexuan's private property!
However, ever since Li Zexuan returned to Chang 'an from Mount Longhu, his restaurant, Qi Qu Pavilion, Qi Qu Culture, and various other businesses flourished. In just over a year, he had earned such a huge fortune. Naturally, he did not care about the pitiful amount of taxes collected by a small Lantian County!
Last year, Li Zexuan used his own money to build the Tang Alliance Medical Center in Lantian County. After that, he officially handed over the rights to use the taxes collected by Lantian County to County Magistrate He, the Lantian County yamen. He only had one request for County Magistrate He, which was to take from the people and use it for the people. The taxes collected by the Lantian County yamen every year had to be used to improve the livelihood of the people. For example, building roads, paving bridges, building schools, and so on!
A few months ago, Lantian County underwent a major renovation. The roads in the city were all replaced with wide and flat cement roads. All these projects used the county yamen's money! Even if the county yamen could not fork out so much money at once, it was fine. They could borrow from Yanhuang Bank first and return the money when the taxes were collected next month! This was a little like borrowing money in modern society!
Therefore, when they heard that County Magistrate He wanted to donate 10,000 strings of cash from the county yamen's treasury, everyone present could not help but feel a little pained. This was because the money belonged to the county yamen. Once it was donated, the county yamen's treasury would shrink by a lot. If the county yamen were to carry out any more projects to improve the livelihood of the people, it was very likely that they would face a financial crisis!
"County Magistrate, isn't 10,000 strings of cash a little too much?"
County Magistrate Meng swallowed his saliva and asked tentatively.
Too much! Of course it was a lot! In the past, these county officials would never be able to come into contact with ten thousand strings of string of cash. This was because in the entire Great Tang, there was not a single county that could collect more than ten thousand strings of cash every year!
"Yes! County Magistrate! According to Marquis's plan, the county still had to expand the city and lay out electric wires so that the people in the city could use electric lights. Both of these projects required a lot of money! If we donate ten thousand strings of coins, we won't be able to push forward the next two projects! "
After a moment of hesitation, Registrar Wang cupped his hands and said.
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"What? You want to donate 10,000 strings of cash to the imperial court? "
In the back hall of the Lantian County yamen, everyone couldn't help but exclaim after hearing County Magistrate He's words.
If it was in the past, all the taxes collected by the Lantian County yamen every year had to be handed over to the imperial court. No one dared to withhold them unless they were tired of living. However, ever since Li Zexuan bestowed the entire Lantian County to Li Zexuan as a fief, Li Zexuan became the true king of Lantian County. The taxes collected by the entire Lantian County did not have to be handed over to the imperial court. Instead, they belonged to Li Zexuan's private property!
However, ever since Li Zexuan returned to Chang 'an from Mount Longhu, his restaurant, Qi Qu Pavilion, Qi Qu Culture, and various other businesses were doing well. In just over a year, he had earned a huge fortune. Naturally, he didn't care about the pitiful amount of taxes collected by a small Lantian County!
Last year, Li Zexuan used his own money to build the Tang Alliance Medical Center in Lantian County. After that, he officially handed over the rights to use the taxes collected by Lantian County to County Magistrate He, the Lantian County yamen. He only had one request for County Magistrate He, which was to take from the people and use it for the people. The taxes collected by the Lantian County yamen every year had to be used to improve the livelihood of the people. For example, building roads and bridges, building schools and so on!
A few months ago, Lantian County underwent a major renovation. The roads in the city were all replaced with wide and flat cement roads. All these projects used the county yamen's money! Even if the county yamen couldn't take out so much money at once, it didn't matter. They could borrow from the Yanhuang Bank first. When the next month's taxes were collected, they could return the money! This was a little like borrowing money in modern society!
Therefore, when they heard that County Magistrate He wanted to donate 10,000 strings of cash from the county yamen's treasury, they couldn't help but feel a little pained. This was because the money belonged to the county yamen. Once it was donated, the county yamen's treasury would shrink by a lot. If the county yamen were to carry out any projects to improve the livelihood of the people, it was very likely that they would be faced with a shortage of money!
"County Magistrate, isn't 10,000 strings of cash a little too much?"
County Magistrate Meng swallowed his saliva and asked tentatively.
Too much! Of course it was too much! If it was in the past, these county yamen officials would never be able to come into contact with 10,000 strings of cash. This was because in the entire Tang Empire, there wasn't a single county that could collect more than 10,000 strings of cash every year!
"That's right! County Magistrate! According to Marquis's plan, the county will have to expand the city and lay out electricity lines so that the people in the city can use electric lights. These two projects will require a lot of money! If we donate 10,000 strings of cash, we won't be able to carry out these two projects! "
Registrar Wang hesitated for a moment, then clasped his hands and said.
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