Chapter 1841
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Lantian County was only a middle-sized county. Among the 1500 plus counties in the Great Tang, Lantian County was definitely not one of the wealthiest counties. Of course, this was the Lantian County of the past!
The current Lantian County was filled with shops and pavilions. The crisscrossing bluestone streets had all been changed to smooth cement roads. According to rumors, the Lantian County yamen had the intention to expand Lantian County. The entire Lantian County had undergone huge changes in less than a year. Li Er was naturally aware of these changes, but he did not know that the Lantian County yamen had the ability to donate 10,000 strings of strings of cash to the imperial court!
10,000 strings of cash, what kind of concept was this to a county yamen?
In the entire Great Tang, the number of counties that had an annual tax income of more than 10,000 strings of cash could be counted on one hand. For example, Chang 'an County and Wannian County. These two counties had the advantage of being the capital of Chang' an, and the taxes collected every year were the highest in the entire Great Tang, exceeding 20,000 strings of cash! But how could a middle-sized county like Lantian County casually donate 10,000 strings of cash? Where did they get so much money?
More importantly, the entire Lantian County was Li Zexuan's fief. Under such circumstances, shouldn't the taxes collected by the Lantian County yamen all go to Li Zexuan's pocket? Why did the Lantian County Magistrate dare to donate 10,000 strings of cash to the imperial court on his own initiative? Could it be that this was instructed by Li Zexuan?
The moment he saw the donation information on the Lantian County yamen in the account book, many questions surfaced in Li Er's mind. In this hall, the only person who could answer his questions was Xiao Yu, who had been to the donation event!
In fact, when Xiao Yu heard that County Magistrate He had donated 10,000 strings of cash on behalf of the Lantian County yamen in the afternoon, he was also in a daze. On the way back to Chang 'an from Lantian County, Xiao Yu had also been thinking about some questions regarding Lantian County.
After cupping his hands, he said, "Your Majesty, ever since Lantian County became the fief of Marquis Yong 'an, the officials of the Lantian County yamen have begun to develop businesses in the city according to Marquis Yong' an's wishes. For this reason, at the beginning of this year, the Lantian County yamen established a Department of Commerce to ensure that merchants receive fair treatment in Lantian County and to ensure that they can do business normally. However, the Department of Commerce increased the tax rate of Lantian County by five times!
But even so, there are still merchants from all over coming to Lantian County to do business. This is because in Lantian County, merchants are the same as commoners and craftsmen. They are all commoners and there is no distinction between them. Cases regarding merchants will be handled by the Department of Commerce. Furthermore, the children of merchants can enter official schools in Lantian County and can also be admitted to Yanhuang College in the future!
As a result, shops and restaurants in Lantian County sprang up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. The business in the city is also flourishing day by day. In addition, the Department of Commerce increased the tax rate by five times. As a result, the monthly tax revenue of Lantian County is more than ten times higher than before!
This old subject heard from County Magistrate He of Lantian County that Marquis Yong 'an did not take a single cent of the tax collected by the Lantian County yamen and left it all in the yamen. He ordered County Magistrate He and the others to use this money to improve the livelihood of the people in the county. This is called taking from the people and using for the people! "
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