Chapter 815 Bragging about taxes Quan Xu is the emperor of the Ming Empire, like ordinary people marrying daughters-in-law, there is no need for Quan Xu, the emperor, to ask.However, the problem is that the issue of wedding bride price is getting higher and higher, after all, with the improvement of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the land obtained will be sold to the people at a very low price.As long as you are bold enough, dare to take risks, and take the most crucial first step, if you want to get rich, it will not be a problem at all, and ordinary people in the Central Plains will be given seventy or eighty acres of land, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where land is relatively scarce, and the per capita land is less than 60 acres.For the time being, 60 acres of land can only allow the people to live a life of food and clothing, and it is a luxury to get rich, just like now, the common people can not sell grain, but can use excess grain to raise pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock.Just like the cow, the price fluctuation in the whole Ming Dynasty has also begun to grow, from the ordinary strong cattle, to four taels to six taels are different, and the larger cattle are sold to six to eight taels is not a problem, the same is true for pigs, smaller pigs can be sold for three or five hundred yuan, that is, three or five dollars of silver, and a larger one can be sold for more than one or two silver.Ordinary people raise more than a dozen cows and dozens of pigs at home, plus the income from the land, it is not a problem to accumulate for a few years and take out one or two thousand silver.However, if it is a brave common man, go to the South Seas or Luzon, or follow the army of immigrants to the Far East, the income is much better than farming.In Quan's Daming, it can be said that the family property is 10,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 10,000 yuan households in that period, although it is less, it is not uncommon.It can be said that although the dowry of two or three thousand taels of silver is a lot, it is not impossible to get it.You must know that when a traditional son gets married, he can borrow money from relatives and friends, and now in this period, ordinary people are not like the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty, at that time, ordinary people don't talk about money, and they don't even have overnight food.It's good now, even if it's an inconspicuous family, if you clean it up a little, you can still get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, every household has relatives, and a few families and a dozen or so families are scraping together, and this amount is quite considerable.China is a society of human feelings, but also a society that likes to compare, some Li family marrying daughters, the dowry is as high as 2,000 taels, the Guo family wants to make the dowry to 3,000 taels, then the Zhao family wants to make the dowry to 4,000 taels.As a result, the dowry became higher and higher, and soon became a social problem.There is a husband and wife in Hejian Mansion, named Guo Dachun, who has four sons at home, and after a lifetime of hard work, he finally married his eldest daughter-in-law home.His eldest son, Guo Xiangdong, was a soldier in the Royal Army and could earn a few hundred taels of silver a year.But the second son has also reached the age of talking about marriage.Looking for a matchmaker to say a daughter-in-law for the second son, the prospective in-laws asked for a bride price of 3,666 taels of silver.Three thousand six hundred taels, not to mention so much, since the eldest son Guo Xiangdong got married, the family is basically empty, and their family is now full of several hundred taels of silver.If these hundreds of taels of silver had been put in the past, let alone three daughters-in-law, even thirty daughters-in-law would have been married.The problem now is that the increase in the bride price can make the old couple worried.In desperation, as long as the old couple wanted to find some support from their eldest son Guo Xiangdong, who was a soldier in Hainan Province, Guo Xiangdong had some money in his hand, but because he wanted to surrender the farm, he had just purchased a farm with more than 800 acres of paddy fields in the Indochina Peninsula.Now, instead of having money, Guo Xiangdong owes more than 100 taels of silver to the bank.Guo Xiangdong didn't have so much money in his hands, so in order to help his father reduce difficulties, Guo Xiangdong used his status in the Soldiers' Committee to unite the soldiers who were members of the Soldiers' Committee to sign collectively.The result is good, there are really many people like Guo Xiangdong.You must know that the only child rarely goes to the army to serve as a soldier, and many soldiers will encounter this kind of problem to a greater or lesser extent, and this signature activity has attracted the participation of a large number of soldiers, and in just over a month, more than 30,000 soldiers from the 14th Division, the 12th Division, and the 5th Division have signed a joint signature.The soldiers' committee brought this question to Jeon Wook.Quan Xu looked at this question, a little inexplicable.Where is this?
In fact, Quan Xu is actually mistaken, in the 40 years of reform and opening up in the later Celestial Empire, the per capita disposable income of the people has increased by 22.8 times, in fact, since Quan Xu took charge of the Ming Dynasty these years, the income of the people has increased more than 100 times?
Because the people of the Zhu Ming Dynasty are too poor, and most of the per capita income is negative, if you insist on counting the multiple of the increase in disposable income, it is possible to say that it is a thousand times or two thousand times.It's not an exaggeration, just like the people of Quanjiazhuang Town, for example, ten years ago, they all ate a meal, and ten years later, every family in their family, there are no 10,000 taels of silver at home, and they are embarrassed to open their mouths to speak.This is a very unique phenomenon, due to the different national conditions, different systems, the poorer the craftsmen and peasants in the Zhu Ming Dynasty, the higher the increase in income.On the contrary, the gentry or small landlords, unless they donated their land and obtained a license to operate in other places, their family property was not to mention large, but also shrunk.Quan Xu really didn't understand this phenomenon, so when he was eating, he asked Concubine Shu intentionally or unintentionally: "By the way, Erniang, I haven't seen that girl Xin Yue for a while, what has she been busy with recently?"
”Concubine Shu let out a long sigh and said, "Your Majesty, don't you know?
”"What do I know?""
This girl said that she wants to help you and open up the territory for you, she participated in the European Expeditionary Force, and now she is afraid that she has arrived in the Ottoman Empire!""
I didn't mistake her, it's really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows!"
Speaking of this, Quan Xu pretended to ask intentionally or unintentionally, "By the way, I remember that there are as many as him, there are sixteen, right?"
”"She was born in the first year of the Apocalypse, and now she is eighteen!""
Oh, it's been eighteen years, and they've all become big girls, is there any promise to be married?"
It's okay that Quan Xu didn't say this, but when it comes to this, Xin Yuan doesn't know what to say.Xin Yue's girl lost her parents since she was a child and grew up with Xin Yuan.When this girl meets someone who is good to her, she will always remember it.Back then, she and the Xinyue sisters had no way out, and almost froze to death in the ice and snow outside the Daimyo's mansion, until they met Quan Xu.When Quan Xu met Xin Yue, he didn't know what his reason was, he doted on Xin Yue very much, and brought her delicious food and fun.As a result, Xin Yue's feelings for Jeon Wook have deviated.At first, Xin Yuan thought that Xin Yue was just because she was young and she didn't know what love was, but as she grew older, the relationship became more and more hot.Whenever Xin Yue came to see herself, her eyes kept falling on Quan Xu, and she couldn't move away at all.Her thoughts, Erniang knows very well.Only Jeon Wook is not clear.In fact, because Xin Yue is beautiful, her sister is a concubine, and she has a good background, there is no shortage of people around her to pursue, however, no matter who it is, whether it is a young talent, a famous scholar, or a wealthy businessman or official.No matter who it was, it was a nose in front of Xin Yue.Originally, Xin Yuan didn't want to talk about it, but if she didn't say it again, she was really afraid that Xin Yue, the girl, would be delayed in her life.Hongchen and Wushuang sisters are like this, although they have become old girls with Quan Xu, but their sisters follow Quan Xu's side like this.Reject everyone who likes them.Although Quan Xu has not touched them, Quan Xu has let them serve in the bath, and they think that they are Quan Xu's people, and it is impossible for them to talk to others in this life.Quan Xu was stunned by Xin Yuan for a while, so he had to run away in embarrassment.Jeon Wook really didn't expect that he would become a girl's dream lover.Seeing that there was no way around him, he found Jinyiwei's command envoy Xuan Gan, which was different from what Quan Xu promised, Quan Xu did not remove Liu Qiao, who was not dealing with Quan Gan, but continued to let Liu Qiao serve as the envoy of Beizhen and become Quan Gan's deputy."
Your Majesty!""
Excuse me!"
Quan Xu looked at Quan Gan and said, "Sit, you're welcome here!"
”"Yes!"
Quan Gan said that he was sitting, but in fact, his ass was just a little touched."
All of you, I want you something!""
Your Majesty, please!""
You say, is the wedding dowry getting heavier and heavier now?""
Back to Your Majesty, in fact, this matter has to be divided into two sides!"
Quan Gan bowed and said: "As parents, they naturally want their daughters to marry into a good family, in fact, no one wants to let their daughters suffer with a poor bastard."
Your Majesty also has a daughter, is Your Majesty willing to let Princess Qinghe and Princess Liaohe marry a poor bastard?
”Jeon Wook touched his nose.How is this possible?
No matter who it is, as long as his daughter likes it, he will definitely not be poor.The third daughter Quanjingrou was sealed in the Nile Delta, and the eldest daughter will also be sealed overseas in the future, Quan Xu already knows that at least Quanjingmu's fiefdom will not be less than 24,000 square kilometers, and he has actually taken a fancy to the South Island of New Zealand.The South Island is larger than Luzon, about 150,000 square kilometers, which is about the same size as Henan Province.Of course, this is a matter of the future and needs to be taken step by step."
What do you think about the fact that the folk bride price is getting higher and higher?"
Actually, the minister has also paid attention to this problem, and this problem should be looked at from two aspects.That is to say, the man's economic conditions are good, his appearance is not bad, he is willing to endure hardships, and he is capable. ”Quan Gan continued: "If the man is poor, he looks different!"
”The difference between God and the horse, this is just a euphemism, the ancient people are more subtle than the modern people, ugly does not say ugly, just say different."
In that case, the bride price will naturally be higher!"
Quan Gan continued: "In fact, the issue of bride price is just the people bragging!"
”"Bragging?""
Well, Your Majesty can ask people to investigate, the children of the real people are married, and the bride price ranges from dozens of taels of silver to hundreds of taels, rarely more than a thousand, of course, some children of large families are married, and they do have ten miles of red makeup!"
Quan Xu suddenly realized that he had already thought of a solution to the problem.