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Chapter 189 Don’t make ethical jokes

Yang Jian felt unbalanced when he thought that his achievements were inherited by the Tang Dynasty and made a wedding dress for the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty not only destroyed its Sui Dynasty, but also absorbed many of its excellent systems.

The more he thought about this feeling of being eaten clean by the enemy, the more depressed he became.

But the only thing that made him happy was that the future Emperor Taizong Li Shimin was now his son Yang Jian.

Since he was his son, it was only natural that the system he created would be used by the Tang Dynasty.

After all, he is Yang Shimin's father. After his death, his things will naturally be left to his son.

When he thought of this, he was no longer depressed, but felt particularly relaxed.

"In addition to the previously mentioned policy measures, the construction of Daxing City is also one of Yang Jian's most important political measures."

“At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the capital was still in the old city of Chang’an, which had been in ruins due to long wars.”

"Moreover, the palace is small and cannot meet the needs of the newly built unified national capital."

"In addition, urban sewage has accumulated over hundreds of years, making it dirty and messy. Drinking water supply is also a problem."

"So Yang Jian ordered a new city to be built southeast of Chang'an City, called Daxing City."

"Before this, from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the urban pattern in the capital had no rules and layout. The palaces, government offices, and residential buildings were all interlaced and chaotic."

"After Daxing City, the capital's balanced and symmetrical pattern began to take shape. The streets were neat and uniform, staggered from north to south, symmetrical from east to west, and the streets and alleys were orderly."

"The three parts of the palace, the imperial city, and the residential buildings are relatively separated. They adopt a completely symmetrical east-west layout with clear boundaries, which is both safe and practical."

"After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty made Daxing City its capital and renamed it Chang'an City."

Li Shimin: @杨jian, I would like to thank my uncle for building Chang'an City for me. I will make Chang'an City famous all over the world to repay my uncle for building the city.

Yang Jian: @李世民, you’re welcome, this is what your father should do.

Li Shimin:?

Li Yuan:?
  Yang Jian: @李世民, @李元, I would like to announce that I am now Li Shimin’s father.

Li Shimin:...

Li Yuan: Uncle, don’t make ethical jokes.

Yang Jian: I am not joking. I have recognized Li Shimin of this era as my son and named him Yang Shimin. And a hundred years later, I will pass the throne to my son Yang Shimin.

Li Shimin:...

Li Yuan:......

Yang Jian: @李世民, it’s right for a father to build a city for his son, so you don’t need to be so polite.

Li Shimin:...

Li Yuan: @杨jian, uncle, what you did is not honest, why are you robbing my son?

Yang Jian: This is different. How can you say that you are robbing your son? Shimin did it voluntarily. I did not force Shimin.

Yang Shimin: My son can testify that my father did not force him.

Li Yuan: @杨世民, Shimin, you?

Yang Shimin: @李元, don’t call Emperor Gaozong so close, I’m afraid my father will misunderstand.

Li Yuan:......

Li Shimin:...

The family's back-and-forth confrontation, coupled with the fact that Yang Shimin's tea was full of tea, made Su Chen enjoy watching it.

If there wasn't something else to do, he would have wanted to stop and join the melon-eating team.

"In addition to political reform measures, Yang Jian also promulgated some economic policies."

"The most important economic measures are the Great Suo Mao Yue and the Loss of Citizenship Law."

"In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, the phenomenon of farmers concealing their household registration was extremely serious, which directly affected the state's fiscal revenue and control of the labor force."

"In order to verify the number of people who were liable for tax and labor, Yang Jian ordered a nationwide census, that is, the Great Suo Maung Yue."

"Through Dasuo Maogyue, more than 11 people in the household registration books were verified as adults, and more than 164 million people were newly added to the household registration books."

"Yang Jian achieved success in the household registration movement, and then implemented the registration loss law to determine household registration and collect taxes based on this."

"Since the amount collected for household registration is less than that for powerful people, after the implementation of the Registration Loss Law, many peasants who escaped and became state-registered households."

"These measures prevent local powerful people from colluding with bureaucrats to engage in private corruption."

"It will liberate the population that is dependent on the powerful, increase the country's labor force, mobilize the enthusiasm of poor farmers for production, and greatly increase the number of taxpayers under the state's control."

Liu Che: The census is a good method. It can not only combat local tyrants, but also increase the taxpayer population.

The Han Dynasty also had the phenomenon of ordinary people concealing their household registrations, which caused considerable losses to the Han Dynasty court.

Now the Han Dynasty is at war with the Huns and is in urgent need of a large number of young men to enrich the army.

If all the strong men were hidden, it would undoubtedly greatly reduce the military strength of the Han Dynasty.

In addition, more people who have concealed their household registration will also cause tax evasion, which is extremely detrimental to the national finance.

Now Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty's census has given him great inspiration. Maybe they, the Han people, can also conduct a national census.

I believe it will not only create a lot more able men, but also increase the tax payer population, and weaken the power of local powerful people.

It was a good thing to kill three birds with one stone, and he couldn't wait to discuss the matter with the ministers.

Su Shi: The national census conducted by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was nothing more than tying the peasants to the land for exploitation. Despite the fact that there were more than one million registered residents after the census, it did not truly reflect the economic development of the society at that time in the Sui Dynasty.

"Yang Jian's economic measures also include the construction of large granaries across the country, each of which can store more than one million dan of grain."

"During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the granary left by the Sui Dynasty was discovered. The Sui Dynasty had been destroyed for 20 years, and Yang Jian had been dead for 33 years, but the grain and cloth in the granary had not been used up."

"In 1969, a Sui Dynasty granary ruins was discovered in Luoyang, covering an area of ​​more than 45 square meters, and 259 grain cellars were discovered."

"There is also a grain cellar containing 50 kilograms of carbonized millet, which shows the wealth and power of the Sui Dynasty."

The common people in all dynasties were secretly speechless and exclaimed in disbelief.

How many large-scale granaries were built in the Sui Dynasty, and food still existed in later generations.

Although the grain in the granary has been burned and carbonized, it is enough to show that the Sui Dynasty was rich and powerful and there was too much grain to eat.

The emperors of various dynasties were particularly surprised. They did not expect that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty built so many large-scale granaries.

Moreover, each granary stores millions of stones of grain, which is the most terrifying thing.

Many emperors have heard more or less that the country was wealthy during the Sui Dynasty, but they finally saw it today.

Yang Jian raised his head triumphantly, his face radiant.

He is well aware of the principle that food is the most important thing for the people, and the most important thing for the people is to eat.

It is for this reason that he built granaries on a large scale across the country just in case there would be a food shortage one day. "Yang Jian grew up in a temple when he was a child. He wore plain clothes and vegetarian food, and lived a frugal life. This made him develop a character that advocates frugality."

"Although Yang Jian is the emperor, he doesn't like big fish and meat, and he doesn't use gold and jade jewelry. The concubines in the palace don't wear exquisite jewelry, so they are very frugal."

"Yang Jian knew the importance of frugality and taught the prince to be frugal, saying that no country could maintain long-term peace and stability because of luxury and corruption."

"Yang Jian also advocates frugality among officials. It is precisely because of frugality that there is less exploitation, and people can live and work in peace and contentment, and their household registration and property have increased dramatically."

"Coupled with other measures to promote production, all industries prospered in a short period of time, and economic prosperity emerged."

The common people in the Sui Dynasty Emperor Wen's period nodded repeatedly after hearing this, with expressions of deep approval.

Their majesty's virtue of diligence and frugality spread throughout the world, and all the people knew it.

It is for this reason that they respect His Majesty the Emperor very much.

Such a good emperor was given by God to the people of the world, and was a lifelong blessing to their people.

Common people in some dynasties expressed envy. They also wanted a diligent and frugal emperor.

They felt helpless when they thought of their emperor's extravagance, extravagance, and arrogance.

There was nothing they could do with such an emperor.

Yang Jian was very proud of the habit of diligence and thrift he had developed since childhood. After all, not every emperor had such a virtue.

Many emperors lived extravagantly, arrogantly and extravagantly, and eventually lost their kingdoms.

He used to often warn the prince to be thrifty, but the prince Yang Yong turned a deaf ear and instead became extravagant.

For this reason, he didn't like the prince Yang Yong before and wanted to depose the prince.

"Yang Jian ordered that the mountains and forests should not be closed off, which broke the situation in the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties when most of the mountain and forest lands were monopolized by officials and rich people."

"Gold and silver minerals no longer belong to the state, and people can mine them on their own. The tax on smelting has been cancelled, further reducing the burden on people."

"In order to encourage the development of industry and commerce, Yang Jian canceled commercial taxes, and no taxes were paid to carry out industrial and commercial trade across the country."

"In the Kaihuang period, industrial and commercial taxation had disappeared, and the Sui Dynasty became a country without industrial and commercial taxation. Agricultural land tax became the main source of taxation for the Sui Dynasty."

"Yang Jian's system is similar to a laissez-faire economic policy, which reduces the burden on industrial and commercial people and is conducive to the development of industry and commerce."

Businessmen from all dynasties were full of envy and wished they could travel back to the Sui Dynasty.

Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, businessmen have had the lowest status and were often suppressed by the court.

It doesn't matter if you don't have status, the ruler still has to collect heavy taxes.

But look at the Sui Dynasty. Not only did the emperor not collect commercial taxes, but he also vigorously encouraged commercial development.

The Sui Dynasty was the most friendly dynasty to businessmen, how could they not be envious of them?

If the emperors of their dynasty could do this, even if they were half as good as Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, they would laugh out of their dreams.

Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty's emphasis on business also made many people in various dynasties shake their heads.

During their dynasty, the court implemented a policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business.

But when it came to Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, it was just the opposite.

Encouraging the development of commerce will instead put all taxes on agriculture, which will inevitably increase the burden on the people.

There are some knowledgeable people who disagree with Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty's economic policies, such as liberalizing forests and mineral exploration.

After liberalization, it is said that people can be allowed to cut down forests and mine mineral resources on their own.

But whether it is mountains, forests or mineral deposits, after the restrictions are lifted, it will only benefit the gentry and powerful people, and ordinary people will not be able to compete with these powerful people.

"The policy of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to abolish commercial taxes and collect only agricultural taxes was exactly the opposite of that of our later generations."

"In our future generations, agricultural taxes will be completely abolished and only commercial taxes will be collected."

Su Chen was shocked by the policy of no commercial tax during the Sui Dynasty. Other dynasties would more or less charge commercial taxes.

Ancient people from all dynasties were greatly confused by what the anchor said. They couldn't understand why later generations did not collect agricultural taxes.

Since ancient times, all dynasties have collected agricultural taxes from the common people.

Everyone is very curious about how the courts in later generations would function if agricultural taxes were not collected.

Is it possible to rely solely on commercial taxes?
  Although they did not understand the reason, people in various dynasties were envious of this policy of later generations.

Not collecting agricultural taxes is something that ordinary people would never dare to think about.

If the imperial court could lower agricultural taxes and collect less grain, they would be grateful.

Compared to the envious common people of various dynasties, the businessmen of various dynasties all changed their expressions upon hearing this.

Later generations only collected commercial taxes, so one can imagine how heavy the burden was on merchants in later generations.

Fortunately, their dynasty put most of the taxes on agricultural taxes, and only used commercial taxes as a supplement.

Su Shi: Anchor, is it true that the agricultural tax will be cancelled? Will the government in future generations be able to operate solely on commercial taxes?

"That's true. We abolished the agricultural tax very early."

"Not only that, in addition to not paying agricultural taxes, our government will also provide subsidies to farmers to encourage farmers to grow food."

Ancient people from all dynasties were stunned when they heard it, and many people doubted whether they heard it wrong.

Not only do you not pay taxes on farming, but you also receive subsidies. This is really unbelievable and sounds like a fantasy.

Especially the common people from all dynasties were stunned on the spot with dull expressions.

They thought it would be enough to shock them that there would be no agricultural tax on farming in later generations, but they didn’t expect it wasn’t over yet.

Now the anchor tells them that in addition to not paying taxes on farming, they can also receive subsidies from the government.

This thing sounds too incredible, not real at all, like a dream.

No, even in their dreams, they would not dare to dream of such beautiful things.

Not only the common people of various dynasties could not believe it, but also the emperors of various dynasties could not believe it.

Even though I knew there was no need for the anchor to lie to them, I still didn't want to believe what I heard.

Li Shimin: Anchor, is it true that agricultural taxes have been abolished and farmers are subsidized for farming?

Su Chen nodded seriously, with a serious expression on his face, and answered very solemnly.

"This is absolutely true. Mainly due to the vigorous economic development, commercial taxes are much higher than agricultural taxes, so agricultural taxes were abolished."

"The anchor only knows that agricultural taxes have been abolished a long time ago, and subsidies for farmers to cultivate land have only been available in the past ten or twenty years. Other details are not clear."

"Let's do this. After the anchor goes off the broadcast, he will look for any videos in this area. If there is, the anchor will show it to everyone and let everyone know about our current agricultural situation."

As soon as the words fell, the faces of the ancients from all dynasties were filled with joy, and they all had expressions full of expectation.

They were very curious about the agricultural situation in later generations, and this time they had the opportunity to have a closer look.

(End of this chapter)