After Zhu Yunwen created a set of traffic rules, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works cooperated to implement them immediately. At many intersections in the capital, the Shale Red and Green Flags were set up according to Zhu Yunwen's requirements.
Furthermore, cyclists are strictly required to obey traffic rules, keep to the right, and not travel too fast.
Violation of any one of these rules can be reported by the public. If an official from the relevant government department sees this, a fine can be imposed on the spot.
After these traffic rules were issued, they immediately restrained those who rode bicycles recklessly and arrogantly in Beijing.
These people knew that they would be fined if they didn't follow the rules, so they immediately became much more obedient.
After all, paying for something on a whim is not a good thing, especially when it's so expensive.
A fine of five coins might not hurt much, but if it were a hundred coins, he'd be crying for days and nights.
Therefore, as soon as this rule was introduced, the number of accidents in the capital city decreased immediately.
Occasionally, some accidents may occur, but those are always highly unusual.
Moreover, the probability is extremely small, to the point that it can be almost ignored.
In addition, to prevent these people from riding bicycles too fast, Zhu Yunwen ordered the Ministry of Works to make the front gears smaller when manufacturing bicycles.
That's equivalent to reducing the gear ratio.
In this way, no matter how fast they pedal, the difference in power transmission to the rear is negligible. Moreover, the advantage is that although the speed is slightly slower, it is more effortless and easier to ride.
In short, this series of rules is a very good thing for ordinary people.
After the transportation problem was solved, bicycles entered a period of rapid development.
Because of this product, it has become safe and regulated, and the feedback from the first batch of users has been very positive, naturally leading to another surge in popularity.
Bicycles have become popular not only in the capital but also in many other parts of the Ming Dynasty.
This thing undoubtedly solved the problem of people not being able to leave their homes.
Staying at home here doesn't mean never going out, but rather not traveling far.
After all, transportation in ancient times was extremely underdeveloped; people traveled almost entirely on foot. As for horses, how could ordinary people afford them? They were a luxury only the wealthy could afford.
And now, this bicycle only costs five hundred coins. Even if a family's financial situation is not very good, they can still buy a bicycle through hard work.
With a bicycle, getting around becomes very simple, and even long trips are no problem.
Moreover, with cement roads now being built so well everywhere, their travel conditions have been greatly improved.
Zhu Yunwen had previously proposed the idea that to get rich, one should first build roads.
Roads were built throughout the Ming Dynasty to facilitate people's travel, trade, and business.
Now things are much better. With roads and transportation available, conditions are much better, making it much simpler and cheaper for people to conduct business and trade.
As a result, the Ming Dynasty ushered in an economic boom. Each region transported its unique products to another place by tricycle to sell, enriching the local produce.
Meanwhile, in another place, they take their unique items to other places to sell.
As a result, the entire economic market of the Ming Dynasty immediately became active.
As long as the economy prospers, the people will become wealthy, and as the people become wealthy, the imperial court will become even wealthier.
Because as they engage in economic exchanges, the resulting commercial taxes naturally follow.
Therefore, although Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the various miscellaneous taxes levied on the people and reduced the population and commercial taxes, they did not reduce tax revenue significantly. On the contrary, the increased commercial activity led to a rise in commercial taxes.
As a result, the imperial court's fiscal revenue also flourished in two aspects.
On one hand, there is revenue from state-owned industries; on the other hand, there is tax revenue.
Inside the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the memorials in his hands and smiled broadly.
He never expected that despite the tax reduction, his income would actually increase.
This also shows how favorable the conditions are for ordinary people to do business today.
This further demonstrates how many ways people nowadays have to make money and how wealthy they are.
After reading the memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen and said:
"All of this is thanks to our great Ming Dynasty having such a good grandson. Before this, we never dared to imagine that our great Ming Dynasty could be so prosperous. It is truly a surprise to us."
Actually, Zhu Yuanzhang was also filled with bitter tears when he said these words.
During the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, from the first year of Hongwu to the present, more than twenty years later, the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue has not shown any outstanding performance.
During this period, the fiscal revenue was sometimes very poor, with only a few million taels of silver, and even in good times, the revenue was only twenty or thirty million taels of silver.
It's incomparable to other dynasties.
To put it simply, the fiscal revenue of the Yuan Dynasty was even better than that of the Ming Dynasty today.
Not to mention the Song Dynasty before that, which was incredibly wealthy. Tens of millions of taels of silver in fiscal revenue a year was considered low, and in good times it could reach hundreds of millions of taels.
In contrast, the Ming Dynasty at present only has a few million taels of silver and ten to twenty million taels of silver a year, which can only be described as poor.
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