Chapter 100: The Age of Change

Zhen Qian hated the Fang City system in the Tang Dynasty, but he also had to admit that the Fang City played a great role in promoting the planning and security of the city, although there were many inconveniences and restrictions on the lives of residents, in terms of the social structure at that time, it was already very advanced.

Where there is demand, there is supply, there is a government market in Luquan County, but there are also many small shops in each square, much like the role of the convenience supermarket in later generations.

The carriage marched to the west gate of Luquan County, and the tall city wall first came into view, and the size of a county town could be seen from the wall, the female wall, the battlement, the city gate and the urn city.

The height of the city wall in the Tang Dynasty is not high, in addition to the frontier defense town, even the city wall of the capital Chang'an is only six meters, and the Ming and Qing dynasties can not be compared with the city wall of twelve meters at every turn, of course, this also echoes the military technology, when the siege equipment is more advanced, the height of the city wall will also rise.

The four city gates of Luquan County have urn cities, which are one of the defense systems of important military towns, and are usually built outside the city gates (there are also special cases on the inside of the city gates) to build semicircular or square small cities with guards, and the city gates of urn cities are usually not in the same straight line as the city gates they protect, so as to prevent the attack of weapons such as siege rams.

There were several officials in soap clothes standing at the gate of the city, inspecting the population entering and leaving the county, of course, not everyone of these people was checked, and the brightly dressed people were naturally "ignored". Some of the small peasants who went to the city suffered greatly, and they had already become accustomed to eating and taking cards, and it was not uncommon for them to resist a little, with the slightest beating and kicking, or the heavy being locked up for a few days as a homeless bandit.

Naturally, no one would stop Zhen Qian's carriage, the carriage stopped at the city gate, and Zhen Qian stuck his head out of the window: "Hao Bantou is there today?" ”

A servant ran over and flatteringly took the Baiwen copper coin from Zhen Qian's hand: "This is the wine money for the brothers, warm up the body in the cold......

"I took the officials to thank Zhen Dalang for ......! Hao Bantou has something at home, but do you want me to inform Hao Bantou? ”

"No need! When you see Hao Bantou, help me tell him! ”

Adhering to the point of view of being kind to others, the king of Hades is good at seeing little ghosts, and Zhen Qian has a good relationship with the officials of Luquan County, although he is not a confidant, he will not lack wine and meat every time.

"Zhen Dalang go slowly!"

In a compliment, Zhen Qian's carriage drove into Luquan County.

Luquan County County Commander surnamed Feng, the side branch of the four major families in Pinglu, Shandong, has a good relationship with Zhen Qian, and the winery's thirty percent of the dry shares were given to the county government, and the Zhen Mansion would send a year's dividend to the county government before the first day, and this year will be no exception.

Considering that Zhen Qian was a newcomer, the county closure order did not make it difficult for Zhen Qian, and there was no increase or decrease as usual.

There were great drawbacks in the salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty, and the salaries of officials in Zhuzhou and County were not uniformly issued by the government, but were provided through the interest of the public money in Zhuzhou and County.

The capital of the public party is also known as "the capital of all colors", "the capital of rentier", "the capital of rentier", "the capital of interest", or simply "the capital of the public party", "the money of the public party", "the capital of borrowing", "the capital", "the official capital", and "the capital", which is the currency used by the officials to "make a profit".

The original intention of the public party was good, but the monk recited the scriptures crookedly, so that it became synonymous with usury in the Tang Dynasty. The public party money began in the Sui and flourished in the Tang Dynasty, "first the Beijing officials and the states gave the public party capital, and returned to the Yi to make profits for the public." In June of the 14th year of the emperor's reign, Su Xiaoci, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the prince of Anping County, thought that the lawsuit was in the past, and used the money and materials of the public party to make a living, for the sake of profit, annoying the people, and corrupting customs.

Although the cost of the public party has solved the problem of the material and office expenses of officials at all levels to a certain extent, and reduced the expenditure of the state finance, with the development of the capital of the public party, its drawbacks have become increasingly prominent.

One of the drawbacks is the essence of money, with the development of the times, the management function has gradually weakened, resulting in each department acting separately and operating to enrich itself.

The second disadvantage is the use of power for personal gain, the Tang Dynasty's public party capital system opened up a new way for merchants to enter the office, which formed a strong contrast with the normal imperial examination. As long as the interest is not lost, after paying all the interest for one year and twelve months, the history of the money can participate in the selection of the officials and be awarded an official position. Fu Shi and Xu Shi may also be promoted to the rank of exiled officials after Nali reaches the age of full.

The third disadvantage is that privileges disturb the people, the purpose of the public money is to raise the virtuous, the state uses it first, and it is taken from the people, not for the benefit. What is the use of interest and interest, law and business to seek capital. At the beginning of the imperial movement, the disadvantages of the reform, the profit of the book, the rope of the rich, solid is all expedient, forgive not through the Yi canon. It is a history of states and counties and arresting official money, collecting a lot of profits, and bankrupt people. Scattered to compile the household, the profit is small, and the people use it endlessly, and when they think it is convenient, they pay the principal and collect the profits, and they suffer from others.

The fourth disadvantage is the collusion between officials and businessmen, and many wealthy businessmen have joined important departments and become money-grabbers, colluding with the government and relying on official capital to seek private interests. The usual method is to put private money in the official capital, raise it together in the name of the official capital, and collect interest and profits according to the momentum of the government, so as to fill the private pocket. Relying on the official situation, rampant in the township, the harm is very great, and the behavior of the official capital has become a major public hazard in society.

The fifth disadvantage is to aggravate exploitation, and the huge amount of interest and interest is not the pockets of the people who grab money, but the hard-earned money of the working people. In fact, there are also private moves of "relying on official capital" that are added privately by money grabbers. The interest and interest collected by the government are already quite heavy, and the huge profits made by the businessmen are incalculable to the harm to the working people.

Although the cost of public party funds has solved the problem of materials and office expenses of officials at all levels to a certain extent, and reduced the expenditure of the state finance, with the development and expansion of the public party capital system, its drawbacks have become increasingly prominent.

Many people may not know the role of public money, and naturally they will not know the harm of public money, but many people know that Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty changed the law, and the most fundamental purpose of Wang Anshi's change was to increase the income of the imperial court and transform private loans into government loans, and the consequences were obvious in history.

Zhen Qian is well aware of this, and he is also a beneficiary of this system, a large number of yeoman farmers sold their children and daughters, and their wives were separated for various reasons, resulting in the creation of displaced people.

Although he knows the pros and cons of public money, as a big landlord and a big slave owner, he doesn't want to change the status quo.

The wheel of history will not change because of one person, the economy of the Tang Dynasty is not as open as the Song Dynasty, nor is there the prosperity of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the historical Jiangnan has a dominant economic position in the Song Dynasty, the ocean trade is still in its embryonic state, and the goods of the Western Regions cannot benefit thousands of households, from a historical point of view, Europe has not yet entered the dark Middle Ages, the Crusades are still three hundred years away, Central Asia is still strong, Islam has just emerged, and the whip of God of the Mongol Empire has not yet swept across the Eurasian continent, The Americas are still in the indigenous period, the mast of the great sailing ship has not yet grown, everything is in the making, Zhen Qian is here, and all this will change .......