Fenghou

Liu Wei immediately understood that the height limit order was really aimed at them.

Chen Qing smiled again and said, "Young Master Liu, go back and tell your father and Taiwei Gao that they have time to come to Jingzhao for a walk, and I will personally accompany you!"

At the last moment, Chen Qing handed over an olive branch.

……

Liu Wei said goodbye and left. Chen Qing paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back. The appearance of Song Xinghui caught Chen Qing by surprise, but it also gave him an opportunity. Done right, they will be their own help.

It can be seen from Liu Wei's tone that they are not only dissatisfied with the current leader, but also deeply dissatisfied with Zhao Gou's grabbing their interests. Zhao Gou's attitude towards them may be the driving force to force them to go west.

Chen Qing immediately said to Wang Hao: "Later Liu Wei will give me a list of Song Xinghui's investment in Jingzhao City, you send people to find out, but don't alarm them, let alone scare them, I just want to understand the situation and understand what I mean ?"

"Humble job understands, humble job will inquire from Zhuangzhai Yaren."

"This is a good idea!" Chen Qing praised.

"Your Highness, I have another suggestion."

"Say, what's your suggestion?"

Wang Hao said cautiously: "If your Highness wants to suspend the construction of the teahouse, there are actually many ways? Dredging the river is a good way. I remember clearly that the government has regulations. During the dredging of the river, no houses along the river are allowed to be constructed. Generally, it takes at least one month to dredge the river. Years! The teahouse will have to stop working for a year.”

Chen Qing smiled and shook his head, "We don't have to be so petty. It's a good thing they want to build restaurants. My goal is just not to make them the second Fengle Building. The luxury of Lin'an starts from Fengle Building. Zhao is absolutely not allowed to appear, it is very simple, just issue a luxury restriction order, not only for new restaurants, but also for all public places."

The first thousand and 140 chapter three double limit

Three days later, Jingzhao issued two restrictive decrees in succession. One is the height limit order, which stipulates that in Jingzhao City, except for government offices, official residences, Taixue, temples and fire monitoring buildings, all buildings in the city shall not exceed two heights in principle. Floors.

At present, if the building has more than two floors, an application can be made to the county government. If conditions permit, with the approval of the county government, shops and residential buildings along the street can be built up to three floors.

This kind of height limit order was promulgated in the capital during the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang and Song Dynasties also had the same regulations. This is mainly due to the need to protect the privacy of the people. In addition, there is a hierarchical system. Both the mansion and the palace are still high, wouldn't that be a mess.

Under the height limit order, the government and internal guards of Jingzhao City began to get busy, registering from door to door. Ordinary people generally have no problem. It is a big deal to build a two-story building. It is impossible to build a three-story building. The height limit The order mainly involves big households and some big shops.

Wealthy families include the houses of big local households in Jingzhao, the houses of big businessmen, the houses bought by wealthy families in Jingzhao, and the private houses of high-ranking officials. If conditions permit, three-story buildings can also be built. The conditions here generally mean that they do not affect the neighbors next door, such as For a five-acre house, it is okay to build it in the middle of the house. If it is a small house of one or two acres, it will affect the neighbors next door, so you can only build two floors at most.

The three-story permission for residential buildings is relatively strict, while shops along the street are slightly more relaxed. Many restaurants have three floors, the first and second floors are the lobby, and the third floor is the elegant room. This situation is allowed.

For buildings with more than three floors, it is very, very strict. Generally, only government offices, palaces, official residences with more than ten acres, temples, imperial schools, and fire monitoring buildings are allowed. Others are not allowed.

With this height limit order, more than 200 illegal houses were found within three days, about half of which could be preserved through application, and the other half had to be demolished within a time limit.

The Taibai Restaurant in Zhuangyuan Bridge currently has three floors. According to regulations, it can be reserved after application. However, Taibai Restaurant is going to be rebuilt into a six-story restaurant. Under the height limit order, it is completely impossible.

Secondly, the Yi’an teahouse has been demolished and the land has been leveled. It is planned to build a ten-foot-high stone platform, and then build a huge seven-story tower on the stone platform. Only two floors can be built on the stone platform at most, that is to say, the stone platform is regarded as one floor.

The new restaurant in Zhuangyuan Bridge had to suspend work, waiting for the owner's notice, and the shopkeeper Liu reported to the Liu family in Pingjiang Prefecture by sending a letter through a pigeon.

The second order issued by Jingzhao is the extravagance restriction order. This order is relatively simple. It is mainly aimed at the basic necessities of life in public places. For example, it is stipulated that all teahouses are not allowed to operate tea cakes above Jingting. The quality of tea cakes in the Song Dynasty mainly depends on raising. Jing Ting is a tea that has been raised for three years, second only to the dragon tea and phoenix tea in the tribute tea. The dragon tea and phoenix tea have to be raised for at least ten years, and the tea is still full of fragrance after being boiled ten times.

Dragon tea and phoenix tea are generally unimaginable to most people. Only the Qing'an Teahouse opposite Yongwang's Mansion serves Fengcha, and a pot of [-] guan coins. At most, we can only operate Jingting tea cakes. Jingting is good tea, but it is not considered a luxury.

Then there is the food restriction, which stipulates that the consumption of each table of guests in the restaurant is not allowed to exceed [-] yuan.

There are also restrictions on clothing, and women's outer clothing is not allowed to use extravagant and gorgeous Shu brocade, and the width cannot exceed four pieces.

The main restriction is to restrict horse-drawn carriages. Below the third rank, no matter whether the official or civilian carriages are allowed to take more than one horse, only one horse-drawn carriage is allowed. This is not discrimination against businessmen. This is anti-luxury. The carriage cannot exceed three horses.

Restrictions are determined by official rank. Only officials above the fifth rank can live in a five-acre house. What should a big businessman do if he wants a house?Then you must obtain the honorary officer of the fifth grade or above from the Yongwang Mansion. Generally, they have contributed to the army, such as logistics and transportation. Baiguan, after donating for three or four years, you can be promoted to a fifth-rank officer, and you can marry a concubine if you get the qualification of an officer, and take a carriage, which has many benefits.

If a rich man does not have the qualifications of an honorary officer, it means that he has not contributed to society, and there are many restrictions, such as riding a horse, living in a small house with more than two acres, not allowing concubines, and housemaids and domestic servants not allowed to exceed three. People, etc., those who disobey the order will have fifty rods and three years of exile.

Of course, the luxury restriction order is only implemented in public places, and no one will control the extravagance at home, and it will not be held accountable. It is also because the luxury restriction order is a double-edged sword. While hitting luxury, it also hits business. Many people will Therefore, income reduction or even unemployment, so a limit must be maintained, and only implementing it in public is a compromise of this limit.

After the promulgation of the two decrees, the entire Jingzhao City was discussing this matter, even Chen Qing's family was no exception.

During dinner, the whole family was discussing the extravagance restrictions at the dinner table. Zhao Yingluo had a straightforward personality, pointing at the dishes on the table with chopsticks and said with a smile, "Sister, you said that a table should not exceed [-] yuan. More than ten times!"

Lu Xiu gave her a white look and said, "I'll correct two things for you. First, the extravagance order doesn't matter at home. No one will take care of your table at home with [-] guan; second, we don't have [-] guan at this table. You can’t calculate it according to the market price, the market price of good mutton costs [-] Wen per catty, we are the mutton from our own manor, the cost is very low, ten Wen per catty, our meal is at most ten pennies.”

Zhao Qiaoyun smiled and said, "Ten pennies is a lot of money, an ordinary family's monthly income is only..."

"Stop! Stop!"

Lu Xiu quickly stopped her and said: "We are Prince Yong's Mansion, you insist on comparing with ordinary people, do you know how much the emperor's family costs for a meal?"

"I really know!"

Zhao Qiaoyun said with a smile: "Taking the fifth year of Xuanhe as an example, a pot of wine alone costs [-] guan, a meal costs at least ten pots, and a dish of deer tongues costs five deer. Food, calculated, the emperor and his concubines have at least a thousand dollars for a meal, big sister, our family is not comparable to the palace."

Yu Ying asked in a low voice: "Do you think there is no loophole to take advantage of in the extravagance restriction order?"

"There are plenty of gaps!"

Chen Qing came over, sat down in his seat, and said to everyone with a smile: "The inspection and supervision have found that many people have taken advantage of loopholes. Let me tell you two examples, and you can follow them next time. One method of dividing tables, one table cannot be used. If it exceeds [-] guan, then divide it into several tables, and everyone sits and eats separately, and the decree is easily cracked; What about the [-] guan? Use other services to calculate the money, such as taking you home in a horse-drawn carriage, charging [-] guan, for example, listening to music, charging dozens of guan, and buying a few more dishes at home, counting tens of guan , There are many ways, but these methods must not be caught, once caught, the business will be closed for ten days, caught three times, it will be closed down."

At this time, Bing'er raised her hand and said anxiously: "Daddy, Daddy, I have a way, so I won't be caught!"

Chen Qing laughed and said, "Tell me, Bing'er, what can you do?"

"Daddy, I will eat in five restaurants in one night, and the family only eats one dish, and it costs [-] yuan. Then I go to five restaurants in one night to eat five meals, and the price is [-] yuan?"

All the girls clapped their hands and smiled delicately, Chen Qing rubbed his nose and smiled wryly: "Although Binger's method is a bit troublesome, it seems to be really possible."

Lu Xiu filled her husband with a glass of wine and said with a smile: "It's purely a matter of burning money. In my opinion, the method is very simple. If several people eat, then make small dishes. One dish costs as much as twenty. Dishes are fine, why bother running around, if there are many people, just set up a few tables upstairs and downstairs, God knows who you know who!"

Everyone praised: "Sister, this small dish is a good way! It doesn't violate the rules, and it tastes delicious food."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Won't my lady use some method to sell Fengcha in Qingfeng Teahouse? For example, use Fengcha to pretend to be Jingting and sell it at a high price."

"No way! I'm not that stupid."

Lu Xiu smiled slyly and said: "The old tea customer wants to drink Fengcha, so the big shopkeeper asks the Qingfeng Tea Shop next door to sell him a small bag for a hundred guanqian, and let him go home to make tea and drink it himself. As long as he doesn't sell Fengcha in the teahouse, It’s not a violation, is it?”

"The lady's idea is good!"

Chen Qing raised his glass and said with a smile: "There is a saying in my hometown, as long as the mind does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties. Come! Let's do this."

The first thousand and 140 chapters and four attitudes

After dinner, Chen Qing went back to his study. Not long after, his wife, Lu Xiu, brought him a cup of hot tea. Seeing that her husband was silent, she asked with a smile, "Are you angry because I sell Fengcha?"

Chen Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "Why is it called the Extravagance Restriction Order instead of the Extravagance Prohibition Order? The name alone has been discussed for a long time in the Internal Affairs Hall."

"But even if it's the extravagance order, there are still many loopholes in it, and it's hard to verify. In fact, your husband knows about these loopholes, right?"

Chen Qing smiled: "When I proposed the extravagance limit order, four of the five counselors opposed it, and only Lao Zhao, who was always stingy, agreed, but in the end I convinced them. You want to know why they still agree with it knowing that there are loopholes?" accepted my proposal?"

Lu Xiujiao smiled and said, "I'd like to hear how my husband persuaded them?"

"I told them that any law has loopholes, the key is attitude. I just want to use this law to express my attitude of advocating frugality. Even if businesses take advantage of loopholes, at least they understand that their extravagant behavior is illegal."

"Husband is talking about attitude?"

"Exactly! I want to publicly express my opposition to luxury and advocate frugal attitude, but it is by no means just talking about it casually. The law is the best way to express it."

"Then it is serious to send people to inspect and inspect?"

"Of course it is serious. If I don't strictly restrain myself, excessive extravagance will destroy my foundation and seriously shake the soldiers' will and morale. If the streets are full of all kinds of luxurious shops and restaurants, if I promise the Liu family, Let them build Jingzhao’s Fengle Building, where a meal costs hundreds of guan, what does this make those soldiers who only get a few guan money a month, and only a few dozen guan pensions when they die in battle think? Ten dead soldiers are not worth the money for a rich man's meal, how embarrassing are you? So you must be serious, and if you violate the rules, you will be severely punished!"

Lu Xiu was ashamed and said: "I see, starting tomorrow, Qingfeng Building will cancel the sale of Fengcha, cancel the ordering of tea by Cha Ji, and reduce the most expensive price of each tea to below ten guan."

"Tea Princess orders tea once, how much can I get?"

"It depends. Wang Feiman, the most expensive one, needs to get at least ten pennies a time to order tea. The three tea ladies who are a little bit worse are two pennies a time, but most of them are free, only a few hundred coins, counted in the tea money. gone."

"Then it's all free, let the high-charging Cha Ji go elsewhere! Qingfeng Teahouse must set an example and get rid of luxury."

Lu Xiu nodded, "I see, it will be arranged tomorrow morning."

……

The next morning, Zhang Miao brought Wei Wenhe, the order of the Supervision Office, to see Chen Qing.

"His Royal Highness, this is a total of 320 incidents of various violations detected during the two-day inspection. Most of them are restaurant violations. Because we reward whistleblowers, the whistleblowers are all dinner guests."

Chen Qing looked at it and asked, "What about the height limit order?"

"The county government is still investigating the height limit order, and it will take a few days to get results."

Chen Qing nodded, and asked again: "How many people from the inner guards came to assist you?"

"Report to Your Highness, 1000 people!"

Chen Qing looked at the list carefully, and found that Qingfeng Teahouse was also on the list, so he asked with a smile, "What's wrong with Qingfeng Teahouse?"

Wei Wenhe hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Highness, a tea customer came to report that he drank a pot of Fengcha in Qingfeng Teahouse, and brought half a pot of tea and tea dregs as evidence."

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, his wife thought she was smart, but she didn't know that people were unpredictable!

Zhang Miao and Wei Wenhe looked at each other, Zhang Miao asked anxiously, "Your Highness, isn't it right?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "I specifically asked the princess yesterday if Qing'an Teahouse still sells Fengcha. She said that there must be no Fengcha in the teahouse. The tea drinkers go home and brew their own tea, so they were cheated by this tea drinker."

"That humble official will go back and delete Qing'an Teahouse."

Chen Qing still shook his head, "Ask the situation clearly. If it is the situation I mentioned, then the Qing'an teahouse will also be punished heavily, but the tea customers will also be punished!"

"Humble job understands!"

Chen Qing pointed to the list on the table, "Issue a violation warning letter to the merchant, and then impose a heavy fine ten times the value, and finally publish it in the newspaper, including the reason for the violation and the result of the punishment. If the second violation , a heavy fine of [-] times, the store will be closed for one month, and the shopkeeper’s cane is [-]. If the third violation occurs, the store will be closed directly, the master cane will be [-], and he will be exiled for three years. These punishment measures will also be published in the newspaper.”

"What if the store has objections?"

"Just tell the shopkeepers who reported them, let them confront, and let these shopkeepers know that their kindness will not be rewarded in the end, and they will remember."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Zhang Miao and Wei Wenhe bid farewell and left.

Chen Qing pondered for a moment, then he looked at the time, and it was almost noon, so he said to Chao Qing: "Go and invite Counselor Zhou!"

Chao Qing hurried away, not long after, Zhou Kuan hurried over, "Your Highness looking for me?"

Chen Qingxiao asked, "Do you have time?"

Zhou Kuan nodded, "There are two small things, I will put them in the afternoon."

"That's good! Let's go to Qingfeng Teahouse to have a cup of tea and have lunch by the way."

……

The two walked to Qingfeng, which was diagonally opposite, and sat down in their fixed elegant room. The plum grove of Gongde Temple could be seen from the rear window, and the scenery was very nice.

The big shopkeeper came in and bowed: "His Royal Highness, the concubine came here this morning and explained some things. We will no longer have Fengcha here in the future."

Chen Qing nodded, "It's best not to do the sale again. Some tea customers have already sued you and provided evidence of Fengcha. You will receive a warning notice today or tomorrow."

The shopkeeper turned pale with shock, "We only sold two people in total."

"That's why one of them went to the government to sue you. How much is a packet of Fengcha?"

"Eighty times!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Then you will be fined [-] guan. For a small bag of Fengcha, you will be fined [-] guan. It's not worth it!"

The shopkeeper's face suddenly turned pale, and he was punished by [-] guan!

Chen Qing said again: "This is just a warning, and you will not be held accountable personally. If you commit the crime again, Qingfeng Teahouse will be closed for three months, fined [-] guan, and then the shopkeeper will be beaten with fifty sticks. Remember this lesson, the extravagance restriction is real, even my shop is no exception."

Zhou Kuan comforted the big shopkeeper and said, "Your Highness means that you don't have to pay for the punishment of [-] guan this time, but the shop. If there is a second time, you will be responsible."

"The villain remembers!"

The big shopkeeper wiped off his profuse sweat, and asked the waiter to pass the tea list and meal list to Chen Qing.

He suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Princess Wang is a little worried, if the food and tea money are added up, I am afraid it will exceed [-] guan."

"This counts as two tables, but please remember, don't bring tea and food together. After you have finished eating and clear the table, serve the tea. In addition, you have to make two bills to prove that they are separate. Tea and rice are not the same." The thing is, the supervisor will not be unreasonable."

"The villain remembers!"

Chen Qing and Zhou Kuan looked at the menus and menus that were delivered, and they were indeed different. The tea and rice that cost hundreds and dozens of pennies before were gone, and the most expensive meal was only five pennies. Of course, it was also very good, but not The expensive dishes, such as roast Tongzhou Kuquan sheep become roasted ordinary sheep, which is much cheaper.

The tea is also cheap. The most expensive tea is the three-year Jingting, which only costs ten guan. Other ordinary teas cost one or two guan.

"One serving of roast mutton rice, one serving of roast venison rice, and a pot of Jingting later."

Chen Qing stopped the shopkeeper again, "Where are some of your famous tea princesses?"

"All four of them have gone to Longfeng Teahouse."

The big shopkeeper smiled wryly and said: "They have a great reputation. This time they will take away many old tea customers, especially Wang Feiman. She is known as the number one tea lady in Jingzhao, and [-]% of the tea customers come for her. Yes, once she leaves, I'm afraid our No. [-] teahouse's reputation will be lost."