Capital, Yan Mansion.
Yan Jing and Yan Yuanshu, the bachelors of Nei Shu Pavilion, are entertaining a visitor.
Zong Ling of the Tang Zongren Mansion, the uncle of Emperor Yongping, and the Honored King Li Heng.
"Your Highness King Yu, please!"
Yan Jing poured a cup of tea for King Yu, made a "please" gesture, and then sat back in his seat.
King Yu smiled and said, "Xueshi Yan's tea looks like it's not ordinary!"
"The king of praise is too much, this is just a tael of tea on the street!"
What is one liang of tea
Just one tael of silver and one tael of tea.
Is this good tea
Of course it doesn’t count!
Really good tea is sold based on money. Count two taels of silver or gold to buy one penny.
But is one ounce of tea bad
Compared with the tea leaves weighed by kilograms, this is considered good tea.
The dignitaries look down upon one ounce of tea, while ordinary people cannot afford one ounce of tea.
These two teas have become the favorite of many middle-level officials.
With Yan Jing's background and status, he actually drank a cup of tea, which surprised King Yu.
"Everyone in the world says that I, Li Heng, Lao Kou, and Bachelor Yan, are even more stingy than I am!"
Prince Yu took the teacup and took a sip.
Yan Jing smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, the salary of a low-ranking official can only afford one or two cups of tea. As for the family assets, they are not Yan Jing's. How dare you squander them?"
"No wonder the Holy One values you so much. I also admire this conduct!"
King Yu nodded and said, "I came here this time because I have something to ask Yuan Shu for advice!"
"Your Highness, please speak!"
Yan Jing responded quickly.
In this Tang Dynasty, the Holy Sage is the supreme being who cannot be offended.
And under the Holy One is the Zongren Mansion Zongling, King Yu Li Heng.
Because the Zongren Mansion of the Tang Dynasty was in charge of not only the royal family, but also the nobles of the dynasty.
Yan Jing did not have a title, but their Yan family also contributed to the founding of the country and were hereditary first-class military marquises. His eldest brother has now assumed the title of Marquis of Zhenjun.
"The Holy One has made Zhao Bingzhen, the second eldest son of the Zhao family, a first-class wealthy nobleman. However, I went to check and found out that under the name of our wealthy nobleman, we are completely impoverished!"
"Yuan Shu, what do you think about this matter?"
“…”
Hearing King Yu's question, Yan Jing wanted to say, I'll just sit and watch.
But if he really answered like that, King Yu might be able to slap him away.
"His Royal Highness Prince Yu, can I ask how much property this rich noble prince originally had in his name?"
"… No!"
King Yu was stunned for a moment and gave an answer that made him dumbfounded.
"That's strange. How did this wealthy marquis accomplish what he did before if he didn't have any permanent property in his name?"
"He has some disciples who are filial!"
"Also, his sister's dowry is also in his hands!"
"The dowry of the first wife of the Marquis of Dingbei!"
Yan Jing paused for a moment. Isn't this the dowry for his sworn brother's mother-in-law? This thing belongs to its original owner!
When King Yu saw Yan Jing pause, he only said that he had some good ideas.
As a result, what made King Yu collapse was that Yan Jing said: "Your Highness King Yu, I think that since Fuguihou is in charge of his sister's dowry, now that Xiaoyi Lang has grown up, should this dowry be returned?" Where is the original owner?”
"If the Marquis Fugui feels that the dowry should not be given to his sister's son, then according to our practice in the Tang Dynasty, the dowry should be inherited by the head of Defu Township!"
"In this way, this property is yours, Your Highness, Prince Yu, and you have the right to interfere with it!"
Upon hearing this, King Yu should have jumped for joy.
However, the Tang Dynasty Zongren Mansion also had laws. If the property was in the name of a minor noble, the Zongren Mansion only had the power to supervise the property, but not to collect taxes.
Homeowner Telford is not yet one year old!
According to the rules set by Emperor Taizu of the Tang Dynasty, if a woman becomes an adult at the age of sixteen, can she still live for sixteen years
King Yu almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Yuan Shu, is there no other way?"
"You know that life in the Zongren Mansion is difficult!"
"Your Highness King Yu, please forgive me for my incompetence!"
Yan Jing decisively stated that he had no idea.
Are you kidding? These dowries belong to his eldest niece. How can he, as an uncle, help outsiders plan for his niece's things
I, Yan Jing, am of unparalleled virtue, and I absolutely cannot do such a shameless thing.
King Yu came in melancholy and left in melancholy.
However, he still decided to urge Zhao Bingzhen. As long as Zhao Bingzhen continued to control the dowry, he would always have a way to get something out of his hands.
But what made King Yu even more sad and angry was that when he returned to the clan mansion, he received a document from the wealthy marquis Zhao Bingzhen, asking the clan mansion to supervise the entire dowry that he was about to transfer to his sister's granddaughter Defu Xiangzhu. , as well as the various industries derived from dowry over the years.
Looking at a box full of various copies of documents, King Yu felt his heart bleed.
There is no way, the Zongren Mansion is really poor.
The clan mansion built by Emperor Taizu was purely to serve the royal family and nobles. There are a lot of things to do, but where is the money
We rely on the nobles' industries to collect taxes.
As for the imperial tax, the business tax is one in ten taxes, and the field tax is one in fifteen taxes.
The ten taxes of commercial tax are easy to understand, that is, merchants earn ten cents and pay one cent of tax.
The land tax of 1/15 was divided into 50/50 between the tenants and the landlord, with the landlord paying another 1/5 of the tax. Tenants are not required to pay any land taxes.
Of course, if it is your own land, it is taxed 50% to 10%.
What about the taxes collected by the clan government
The field tax is thirty to one, and the business tax is twenty to one.
If this was just the case, then the life of the Zongren Mansion would not be difficult. But Emperor Taizu formulated a progressive reduction method, which means that the tax rate will change according to the amount of income of the nobles.
Anyway, in the end, the Zongren Mansion was really having a hard time.
King Yu also wanted the nobles to buy more properties, but if they had more properties, they would basically be working for the clan government. Are you gentlemen stupid? Nature is not stupid.
The result is that the nobles stick to the standards and control the industry.
When necessary, divide the family once.
The branch that was separated still enjoyed the protection of the noble family, but it no longer belonged to the noble family.
Collect taxes
Charge a dime tax!
Every night in the middle of the night, King Yu would be full of resentment towards Emperor Taizu. Isn't this a trap for future generations
Everyone knows that if you want a horse to run, you have to give it food.
But in the clan's mansion, he did older jobs and settled older disputes, earning a meager salary. The worst thing is that many times, the work you do still offends people.
"What evil did this king commit in his previous life?"
In charge of the clan mansion, the power seems to be only under Emperor Yongping, but only he knows the ups and downs of this.
What? Why isn't it sweet
He, the magistrate of the clan and the prince of the imperial court, occasionally has to use his salary and family property to give out some New Year gifts to his subordinates. You say, where is the sweetness? (End of chapter)