There was no objection to the proposal to increase the number of houses and reduce the rent. Everyone unanimously agreed that it would be implemented by the Land and Housing Department. In fact, Gao Kun had already ordered to control the city's shop and home affairs, reduce the city's official housing rent, and return it to the standard at the beginning of the year. All rent collected will be refunded. This is Chen Qing's order being implemented to the letter.
After lunch, Chao Qing handed a statement to Chen Qing, "Your Highness, do you think this is appropriate?"
"What is this?" Chen Qing was slightly startled.
"Is this the statement that Prince Yong's Mansion will not move to Bianliang? You asked me to draft it this morning."
Chen Qing then remembered that he had told Jiang Yan about this matter first. He wanted to write about it at that time, but now.
"What do you think the consequences will be after this statement is published in the newspaper?" Chen Qing asked thoughtfully.
Chao Qing was silent for a moment and said: "Land prices will continue to rise sharply!"
Chen Qing shook his head, "I just don't understand. Land prices are obviously very stable, so why do they suddenly rise so much?"
"Your Highness, this is directly related to your recovery of the Central Plains. In fact, the sharp rise in land prices in Jingzhao started after the Western Army recovered Luoyang. This is actually an expectation of the future by people with wealth in the world. It is said that the land prices in Lin'an have dropped. Already."
"Oh? The land price in Lin'an has dropped, is that true?"
"It was stated in a report sent by the Lin'an Intelligence Station, but the report was completed before the attack on Luoyang, so I thought it needed to be further observed. In addition, the Lin'an Intelligence Station was implicated in the Yangzhou fire and suffered a blow from the imperial court. Hu Yun had a A detailed report was in a pile of paperwork this morning."
"I understand, please step back first!"
Chao Qing hesitated, "Your Highness, what about this statement?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "This kind of statement ties you up. No one can predict what will happen in the future, so don't worry about it."
"I understand."
Chao Qing bowed and retreated.
As soon as he left, Chao Qing said again: "Your Highness, Counselor Zhou wants to see you!"
"Invite him in!"
Zhou Kuan quickly walked into the official room and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's still time to rest, let's go have a cup of tea!"
"good!"
Chen Qing readily agreed, and the two of them came to the Yi'an Tea House diagonally across the street. Zhou Kuan walked in and said with a smile: "Bake a pot of Feng tea and write it down in His Highness King Yong's account."
Chen Qing burst out laughing. He was treating the guests, but asked himself to pay the bill. This was a good plan!
The two of them were led by Cha Ji to Tianfu Pavilion and sat down. Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "This is the only teahouse in Jingzhao that serves Feng tea. Of course it is the blessing of the princess, but the price is expensive! A pot of Feng tea costs ten guan." Money, I can’t usually afford to drink.”
"Feng tea is a luxury product, and I don't care if the price goes up, but land prices rise too fast, which is really not what I want to see."
"Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much. The rise in land prices has its own reasons. If you really think it's expensive and unbearable, you can buy a house outside the city! In this way, the outside of the city can also prosper. As long as we don't have a curfew or close the city gates, I I feel there is no difference between living outside the city and living in the city. The key is that the government must be able to firmly control the rent issue of the lower class people."
Chen Qing nodded, "Are the land prices in the city very expensive?"
"No, that's not the case. The large slum areas in Xicheng are not very expensive. Each acre of land only costs more than 100 guan. There is no guarantee that anyone will buy it. Spending more than 100 guan to buy land in the slums is really not as good as buying it outside the city."
“How much is the price of land outside the city?”
"One acre of land is worth less than 100 guan! My family, Sanlang, bought three acres of land outside Dongcheng. Each acre costs 80 guan."
"Eighty strings per acre!"
Chen Qing was a little surprised and said: "This price is indeed cheap. Just across a city wall, the price difference is more than ten times?"
"This is the same as the prices in slums cannot be sold at high prices. Isn't it the same in Bianliang during the Xuanhe period? A ten-acre house in the city costs hundreds of thousands, but a two-acre yard in a suburban village only costs a few hundred thousand.
, even ordinary small courtyards in the city are not much more expensive, and a small courtyard with an acre of Qian Guan can be bought, so I advise Your Highness not to worry too much. There are not many fools these days, and there are still only a few people who can afford Qian Guan.
"
Chen Qing took a sip of tea and said, "I heard from Chiang Kai-shek that there are even businessmen from Lin'an coming to Jingzhao to buy land for their homes. What do they buy for it?"
"Your Highness, I don't know if anyone in Lin'an comes to buy land. But as His Highness said, what should I use to buy it? Buy tens of thousands of homesteads with copper coins and come from Lin'an to Jingzhao? Obviously it is unrealistic. Buying it with gold
How much gold and silver are needed to buy silver? Let’s consider it a shop with 20,000 guan! That would require 4,000 taels of silver, 250 kilograms. This is possible, but the imperial court has very strict control over silver. Once the imperial court learns that silver is used to buy
If you buy a house in Jingzhao, you will go to jail. Your Highness, do you understand what I mean?"
Chen Qing nodded, "Even if someone from Lin'an does use silver to buy land, they won't make it public."
"Yes! Don't reveal your wealth. If someone from Lin'an comes to buy land, he will never admit that he comes from Lin'an. He will just buy it silently. But now the whole city is saying that people from Lin'an come to buy land. What's going on?
Woolen cloth?"
Chen Qingruo realized something, "Someone is deliberately spreading rumors, adding fuel to the flames, and trying to push up the land prices in Jingzhao?"
Zhou Kuan smiled, "People die for money, birds die for food. The rise in land prices in Jingzhao involves too many people's interests, especially the interests of the government. When there are rumors that His Highness is going to move Prince Yong's palace to Bianliang, Jingzhao
The land transaction suddenly froze. For seven days, not a single piece of land was sold in the new Nancheng plot. Everyone was anxious. Five counselors from the Ministry of Internal Affairs went to the princess, including me, and begged her to write a statement to dispel the rumors."
Chen Qing understood that the rise in land was driven by the government. Most of the land was in the hands of the government. When the land rose, the government was the biggest beneficiary.
He nodded and said: "So it was the Internal Affairs Bureau who fabricated the rumor that people from Lin'an came to Jingzhao to buy houses."
"It was compiled by the Land and Housing Department. No piece of land was sold for seven days. Gao Kun was so anxious that he almost vomited blood. His subordinates came up with this trick for him, but it still didn't work. In the end, it was the princess's statement that worked."
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and asked: "How many rental houses are there in Bianliang Government House in Tokyo?"
"Twenty-six thousand houses and three thousand shops."
"Our rental properties must also be based on this. In addition, this morning's resolution can be fine-tuned. The rents on the ground floor cannot be increased, including small shops in various tiles. The rents for the middle and upper classes are decided by the Interior Hall through negotiation. In principle, every year
No rent increase exceeding 10% is allowed."
"I understand, I understand. The Land and Housing Department will make a plan for His Highness to approve."
Chen Qing took a sip of tea and asked again: "After selling so much land, how will the money be used?"
Zhou Kuan invited Chen Qing to drink tea just to elicit this question from Chen Qing! He immediately said what he had been holding in his heart and couldn't hold it back.
"Part of it was used to build houses for rent, and most of it was used for military salary. After Your Highness recruited the Yue Family Army, the total number of the Western Army exceeded 400,000. During the war, the salary doubled, and the military salary was two million per month. Three
A month of war cost six million yuan in military salary alone, as well as food, meat, equipment, soldiers and armor, the cost of requisitioning people's labor, and the salary of tens of thousands of military craftsmen, etc., all kinds of money were spent
One and a half million dollars.
His Highness gathered 150,000 militia soldiers to Jingzhao for training, and took care of food and housing. Each person was given a monthly subsidy of 200,000 guan.
Liu Qiong's army sent 30,000 mules and donkeys to Dengzhou, which actually did not play a big role, but we paid 100,000 gu for leasing mules and donkeys. In the end, more than 2,000 mules and donkeys died, and we lost nearly 100,000 mules and donkeys.
30,000 guan, 20,000 soldiers died in battle, double pension would cost 1.2 million guan, a three-month battle in the Central Plains, the temple treasury spent nearly 10 million guan.
Your Highness, this is war, and what is fought is money. So the imperial court sent 200,000 troops to the Northern Expedition. We all looked at it as a joke. How could the imperial court afford it with its financial resources? Your Highness set a fire in Yangzhou and gave them a chance to withdraw.
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Chen Qing frowned and said: "But according to previous calculations with Counselor Zhao, the annual income and expenditure gap is about two million yuan! Is there such a big pressure on our finances? Do we need to temporarily sell land to support military salaries?"