The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

As the imperial city, Kyoto is the center of Dacheng's economy, politics and culture, and it is bustling and lively.

Merchants and horses from all over the country gathered in the capital, and people who entered the city every day lined up to enter the city. A large number of people entered the city, making the number of people in the capital more and more.

There are many shops on both sides of the street. At the same time, there are many small vendors setting up stalls to sell things. There are also some temporary small stalls set up by ordinary people. Pedestrians and traffic are busy on the street, which makes the originally wide road congested. The coachman yelled to make way behind, and the bearer carrying the small sedan carefully avoided passers-by.

Looking from a distance, the streets are full of pedestrians and carriages, and the roads are blocked, making it difficult for carriages and horses to move.

It's no wonder that there are frequent incidents of vehicles and horses hitting people in the capital. This is not only the responsibility of the driver driving the vehicle, but also the responsibility of the pedestrians on the road.But in the final analysis, the roads in the capital are too messy, without reasonable planning, which caused the current congestion situation.

There are too many people in the capital city, and at the same time it brings some problems in hygiene and cleanliness.

In this era, cattle, horses and livestock are used for transportation. Livestock often shit while walking. The excrement excreted by livestock on the road is left untreated on the street. Especially in summer, mosquitoes and flies fly everywhere, and pedestrians on the road accidentally walk. Will step on a foot of shit.

Not only the hygiene problems caused by livestock, but also the hygiene problems caused by people.

There are so many people in the entire capital, eating, drinking and drinking in this place, and the discharge of sewage has not been properly treated. When it rains here, the water on the ground is full of sewage, especially when the sun comes out after the rain, the smell is simply... Smelly Furious!

Dirty environment brings various diseases and epidemics at the same time, and so on.

Kyoto looks bustling and bustling on the surface, but people who have lived here for a period of time may not necessarily feel that it is still so beautiful.

Therefore, Li Wen proposed a series of regulations for temporary vendors, not only because these chaotic small stalls caused traffic difficulties to a certain extent, but also because he wanted to take this opportunity to re-plan the road traffic and traffic in the imperial city. Deal with hygiene issues inside the imperial city!

In the early days of the previous few days, he raised the issue of sewage discharge and treatment within the imperial city, and put forward a proposal to re-plan and dig through the underground drainage of the capital to properly handle the sewage discharge.The emperor may not know about this matter in the palace, but the officials living in the capital should be aware of the internal environment of the capital, so he proposed this proposal, but no officials objected.

And the Minister of the Ministry of Industry also stood up to agree and support his proposal.

The Emperor's hesitation is that it costs money to carry out large-scale projects, but what if money is not a problem?So when he assured that money was not a problem, the emperor naturally nodded, and the Ministry of Industry was responsible for this matter.

At this time, Li Wen was so busy that he wished he could do everything he could, so he would not rush to take care of these things that were not under his control. Originally, these things should be taken care of by the Ministry of Industry.

After getting the emperor's approval, the Ministry of Industry will be busy.

It took three days to set up sheds for carriages and horses in several corners of the city. They were used as places for temporary parking of carriages and horses. All temporary carriages and horses entering the city must be parked in designated places and supervised by special personnel. .At the same time, the vendors' stalls in the city limit the area where they can be placed, and at the same time, there are sidewalks and sidewalks for carriages and horses.

From this day onwards, new tax laws and regulations will be enforced in Beijing.

"Pass."

"next."

After the soldiers guarding the city checked that there was no problem with the items carried by the common people and merchants entering the city, they would let them go

On this day, the common people and merchants carrying goods into the city discovered that they no longer need to pay lijin for entering the city. In the past, no matter how much their goods were, they had to pay money before entering the city. You can enter the city with a penny.

Wow, is there really such a good thing?

"Let's go, let's go." Some people still couldn't believe it, and they were still standing there in a daze, but they were pulled by their companions and told to go to the city quickly, and they rushed in to occupy a good place to set up a stall to sell things!

If you don't go, are you still waiting for the money?Stupid not stupid!

Those who drove horses into the city had to pay a cleaning fee according to the number of livestock.

The caravan escorting the goods into the city did not need to pay a high tariff fee, but they were given a list,

They need to fill in information such as the type and quantity of their goods. After they are finished, someone tells them to enter the city and take this form to the temporary registration point of the Ministry of Commerce to register.

Everyone was confused by this wave of operations, but the people and merchants who entered the city soon discovered that today's imperial city is not the same as in the past. Vendors have designated areas for stalls, and the crowded roads in the past have become wider. Now, there is a road for chariots and horses to walk, and there is no need to squeeze through the crowd, and the road is unobstructed.

They have traveled to and from the capital for so many years, and this is the first time they have discovered that the roads in the capital are so spacious and clean. It seems that the entire capital city has changed a lot overnight, and even the air has become fresher.

Cars and horses lined up and marched forward in an orderly manner. On the road, there were old women/old men with baskets shoveling away the excrement pulled from the livestock with a small shovel.

Everyone understood, oh, no wonder they asked for some cleaning fee, so it was like this.

So after seeing it, everyone will understand what the money was collected for.

In order to prevent everyone from being confused, various signs and road signs have been placed around the city, and there are officials on the side to guide, "Cars and horses go to that road, and sellers go to the designated place over there..."

"Those who park the donkey and carriage, follow the signs here..."

"Stallers can't mess around, they can only set up in these designated areas... If you find out, everything will be confiscated and you will be fined!"

In the past, these vendors like to find conspicuous places with the most people to set up their stalls, randomly occupying the position of the road.

Today they are limited within the prescribed boundaries, and are not allowed to set up stalls at intersections, and they will be punished if found.Since the new regulations have just been implemented, everyone is still not familiar with the new regulations, so if they are not clear within three days, they will only be given a notice and will not be fined, but after three days, they will have to follow the new regulations.

As soon as the hawkers set up their stalls, an inspecting officer immediately came over to give them a small sign and charged them a stall fee. The stall fee was divided into three different grades, large, medium and small, and the fee ranged from two copper coins to ten copper coins. Far less than what they usually give.

Just a few dollars?The small vendors still can't believe it, but someone will come to collect money later, right?

Before the small vendor could react, the official left, rushing to issue signs and collect money for the next vendor who set up a stall.

"Really gone?" These small traders were still in a daze, and they saw a group of officials huh-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.

At the temporary registration point set up by the Ministry of Commerce, there are responsible officials who are responsible for enthronement, and collect taxes according to the data on the form. Keep the form, "You have received this form, it is your proof of payment in the future, if you lose it, it will be very troublesome to make up again

"Okay, thank you thank you..."

If the merchants don't understand anything, the staff will patiently explain it to them. Their attitude is so good that they wonder if they are dreaming.

You must know that in the past, when they were rushing to get money to do things, they still had to look at people's faces, how could they smile, and tell them things with such patience and good temper, without them having to pay!Some people secretly wanted to send some money, but they were rejected, and they didn't want it anymore!

Recently, Li Wen has been busy with the Ministry of Commerce and the new tax law. He visited the Ministry of Officials a few days ago.

As for the important people of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he is not just a few people who are just given to him, but he has to choose by himself, especially the young and able to work, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is so angry that he almost beat him out.

——No?Okay, if the emperor asks about it later, he will have no choice but to tell the truth. ... When he moved the emperor out, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials had to give it to others even if he didn't want to.

So after a visit to the Ministry of Officials, Li Wen asked for a group of people to come over, and even gave them temporary training, and all of them started working today.

Knowing that the capital will implement new regulations starting today, Li Wen went outside to have a look after the court. On the way, he saw that the road conditions in the entire capital were much better than before, and there were many stalls, but it was better than before. There is more order.

He went over to the office of the Ministry of Commerce to have a look.

The reason why these temporary points are set up is for the convenience of handling affairs. Now that the new regulations have just been implemented, everyone is not yet familiar with and clear about them.

Another reason is that the government office of the Ministry of Commerce is too small, and it is definitely not possible to let everyone go there to register, so he applied for several places outside as the enthronement points of the Ministry of Commerce. The place is still being renovated according to his requirements, and it can be used after the decoration is completed.

"My lord, why are you here?" Seeing their lords coming in person, the staff who were working hurriedly moved a chair over, "My lord, please sit down, please sit down."

"Sit down first if you're not busy." Li Wen asked, "Is everything okay with you?"

"It's okay, it's okay." The man said with a smile, but there were too many people and he was a little busy.

This Li Wen also saw that there were people queuing up outside, and everyone inside was busy, "I'll just come over and have a look, you go and get busy, don't worry about me." He said.

"Yes, my lord..." Is there really no need for him to follow?The man was still a little worried.

"I'll just take a look at it myself, go get busy and leave me alone." Li Wen said with a smile.

Seeing that their adults have said so, there are too many people on their side, and they are too busy, so that person has no choice but to go to work first.