Chapter 592: The Ancestral System is a Good Thing
Guo Yunhou also knows that there are too many hidden households and runaway households in the Ming Dynasty, so many that he can't find them at all.
Not to mention that he has only one household department, even if he mobilizes the government of the whole world to investigate together, it is estimated that it will not be possible to find out in a short time.
You must know that the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty has always been very tricky - military households have always been military households, and artisan households have always been artisan households, passed down from generation to generation.
But as we all know, the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty has made many people suffer a big loss, and there is nowhere to redress grievances, so many people want to break away from this household registration system.
But how hard is it to get out of citizenship? Don't let the money get out of the country? If you have silver, you still have to think about getting out of the country?
Things seem to have fallen into a dead circle here - those who don't have money find a way to get out of their nationality and change their lives, and those who have money don't care.
But Zhou Shuren once said that there are always more ways than difficulties.
For example, what if you have land in your name and don't want to pay taxes?
In fact, it is very easy to do, just find a more reliable scholar in your own family or township, and donate the land to the past - but in this way, your family's nationality will be counted as a calf, and you will become a slave or a hidden household.
There are also a large number of people who don't want to be military households, who don't want to live in the guard center without enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives, so they simply choose to be deserters - and then they become fugitives.
There are also some who have lost their way, can't go back to their homes and have nowhere to go, so they naturally become runaways.
The last one is even more fucked up - in order to avoid paying more taxes, no matter how many children are born in the family, the latter ones are all called Xiao Er, and they don't admit how many children they have in their family.
Anyway, you can't get the land, so why do you have to pay taxes?
As a result, countless little three, little four, little five, little six, or something all became little two, and finally became a hidden household.
It is precisely because of this that Guo Yunhou has never thought about any census - it is increasing every year anyway, and if you can't check it, it's like that, you can't check it at all.
And like Emperor Chongzhen's worries, Guo Yunhou also has a feeling of being a rat trap, and he doesn't dare to make a big move like a census casually.
From the point of view of interests, the interests of land are the most important - but land alone has a hairy use, and there must be people!
For example, some special industries, such as the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, such as those dark workshops, these lowly or unregistered people, just throw them out when they die, and no one cares about them at all.
Especially after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he knew that Emperor Chongzhen loved the people like a son - even if Emperor Chongzhen just wanted to make a reputation, the local government did not dare to slack off on this kind of thing, and he had to show enough attitude.
So how do you show your attitude?
It's very simple, just care enough about the people - it's normal to occasionally write to the court for the people and ask for a tax reduction or something, right? The people died inexplicably, and it should be cared about, right?
Come back a few more times, wouldn't it be good to have your official reputation? Isn't it easier to go up?
After all, Emperor Chongzhen has such a big killer weapon as the factory guard in his hands, and no one wants to be targeted by the Jinyi guard because of the affairs of hundreds of people, and then cause his head to move.
It is precisely because of this that black-hearted workshops and landlords everywhere have a headache - the original worthless mud legs seem to have become expensive overnight, and the government cares about it from time to time, whether this day can be lived! Can this money still be made?
But Lu Xun once said that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.
The government cares about those mud legs, right? Then let's try to find someone who doesn't have a household registration? Especially those foreign barbarians, no one seems to care?
After the first batch of people who ate crabs tasted the sweetness, those who didn't have time to eat the biggest and fattest crabs naturally couldn't sit still, and began to turn their eyes to people who did not have a Ming household registration, whether they were Han or barbarians.
When these people who do not have household registration report to the government, the government's first reaction is: This official is the master of the sky, and he wants to be the master of the people!
Then the second reaction was: What kind of people are they who don't have a family register? Are you kidding? Is it possible that any cat or dog can say that he is a citizen of the Ming Dynasty?
I don't know what kind of rich barbarians in the city are planning to stuff tens of thousands of taels of silver in order to get a Ming household registration?
Of course, this love is as incorruptible as water, and this barbarian's money must not be collected, and the household registration will naturally not be given to them.
Those who take the money do not have a household registration, and the officials do not treat him as a person, you people who do not have a household registration still want the same treatment as the people of the Ming Dynasty?
Wake up and stop dreaming!
These people without household registration have no government support, and what kind of treatment they can get in the hands of those black-hearted workshops and landlords seems to be very simple to imagine, right?
Even, when Emperor Chongzhen called on the people to emigrate to Luzon and Java, these hermits and fugitives couldn't go to Luzon, because the government didn't recognize it!
But nearly half of the population of Daming is in this state!
With so many people not figuring it out, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he was unhappy, and many plans could not be implemented at all.
Hearing that Emperor Chongzhen and Guo Yunhou could give the census a few words, Wen Tiren immediately bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the population inventory has been in all dynasties, but my Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions here, which is naturally different from that of previous dynasties.
The household registration system of my Ming Dynasty was determined by Emperor Taizu Gao, in order to argue the noble and the lowly, and correct the name, so that it can be passed on from generation to generation.
Now that Your Majesty has counted the population, if nothing has changed, the same as the hidden household, the same as the hidden household, and the same as the escape, is it against Your Majesty's original intention? ”
Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew this.
Eleven years after Hongwu, he began to compile the household registration booklet, because the booklet sent to the household department used a yellow cover, so it was also called the yellow book - since there was this thing, it was made every ten years, that is, it was counted by the local government, and then sent to the household department, and finally stored in Houhu in Nanjing.
In fact, as early as the Zhengde period, there were already a large number of deception and uneven servitude in the Yellow Book system.
To this end, a whip law was implemented in the ninth year of Wanli, which changed the number of people as the basis for taxation to the basis of taxation on the basis of acres.
Although the whip law increased the land endowment, it made the issue of the number of people no longer the object of the government's attention, and the peasants gained more personal freedom, making it more and more difficult to make population statistics.
Although it is said that a whip law was later abolished, this demographic count is getting more and more difficult anyway.
Especially in the Chongzhen period, the treasures with household registration are like something, and it is difficult for those without household registration to get a household registration.
Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a while before saying: "Actually, I intend to register all fugitive and hidden households, and I also intend to abolish the household registration system, such as no longer distinguishing between official gentry households, civilian households, military households, artisan households, stove households, etc. ”
In fact, Daming's hukou system is a fucked up.
In the household registration system established at the time of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it included clan households, official gentry households, private households (peasant households, Confucianism, medicine, yin and yang), military households (school captains, wrestlers, archers, military craftsmen), artisan households (cooks, tailors, horses and boats), stove households (salt households), merchants, Confucian households, post households, etc.
In addition to the above-mentioned population, there are also clan populations, shaded populations, and ethnic minority populations. With the development of industry and commerce, the municipal register was also included.
The question is, if there is an insurance seller in the future, do you have to get an insurance account? What should I do if I get out of the program?
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Stop, it's obviously unrealistic!
And why should those who are soldiers have to be soldiers for generations? Why should the descendants of craftsmen only be craftsmen? Lao Tzu wants to read, okay? Lao Tzu wants to join the army, okay?
Wen Tiren naturally understood what Emperor Chongzhen meant, and after pondering for a long time, he spoke: "Your Majesty, let's not say that changing the household registration system is against the ancestral system, even if the people don't accept it for a while?" ”
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Then accept it slowly." ”
The ancestral system is a good thing, for example, some people can only wear pigskin boots, which is the ancestral system, and it must be strictly enforced, and for example, the embezzlement of sixty taels to peel the skin and grass is also the ancestral system, and it must be strictly implemented.
But sometimes, the ancestral system is the most deceptive thing - for example, now, Emperor Chongzhen wants to make all household registrations become civil registration, and there is no distinction between farmers, Confucianism, medicine, yin and yang, etc., and the ancestral system has become a big obstacle.
Of course, it is a big obstacle for other emperors, but for Emperor Chongzhen, it is actually the same thing - I Chengtian was ordered, with the constitution of heaven in my mouth, and I followed the law when I said it, but if I want to change it, can't I change it?
Just ask who is in favor? Who is against?
As for the problem that the people can't accept, from the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and then to the Chongzhen period, don't you accept so many disadvantages of the household registration system?
Can you still accept it if you change it to a good one? Those who do not accept it are only fools, that is, those with vested interests!
As for those with vested interests, Emperor Chongzhen doesn't care the most - the military is not in chaos, the factory guards are in hand, and what kind of vested interests are.
Don't believe you let them try the knife or their head is iron?
After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "In addition, those who are called the junior three and the fourth are even more important, tell the government below, and the statistics will be counted by me, and these people's land will not have to be a headache, anyway, so many places can always be arranged." ”
Wen Tiren bowed down and said, "Your Majesty wants to use the hidden household as a real side?" ”
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Isn't the hermit also my Ming people?" What's wrong with using their solid edges?
Aiqing also knows that the continuous forced relocation of the people will inevitably make the people complain.
But what about these hermits? Will they be willing to go from untouchables who have no household registration to ordinary people, and then get their share of the land and benefits they deserve?
Taishi has clouds, the world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit.
I am the Son of Heaven and regard all the people as sons, so I naturally don't want to be coerced with swords and guns, but there must be someone in so much land, right? Therefore, it is better to lure them with profit. ”
Wen Tiren and Guo Yunhou glanced at each other secretly, and after they both figured out the meaning in each other's eyes, they bowed down together and said, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't pat my ass, doing this well is the best explanation for me!" ”
After Wen Tiren, Guo Yunhou and others repeatedly bowed down to assure, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and ordered Wen Tiren and others to retreat.
Immediately afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen instructed Wang Chengen: "Pass Cui Chengxiu, Xu Xianchun, and Ma Shi and Cao Huachun to come and see me." ”
After Cui Chengxiu and Xu Xianchun received the summons from Emperor Chongzhen, they hurried to the palace, and they didn't even care too much about the image - Emperor Chongzhen summoned the two of them at one time, it is estimated that there is something big!
After Cui Chengxiu and Xu Xianchun entered the palace, they felt more and more that something big might have happened - even Ma Shi, the governor of the West Factory, and Cao Huachun, the governor of the East Factory, were summoned, if it was nothing big, who would believe it?
But as soon as Emperor Chongzhen spoke, Cui Chengxiu and others breathed a sigh of relief: "I will order the household department to recreate the yellow book and check the hidden households, fugitive households, and lowly households.
Jinyiwei and Dongxichang each passed on the news, paying attention to the dynamics of the local government for me, to see if anyone dared to come behind my back, and to see how many people were obstructing it, understand? ”
Cui Chengxiu and the others immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured! ”
As long as there is no big problem, something like this that is in the responsibility of the factory guard is very simple, and I am afraid that there is something fatal!
After nodding, Emperor Chongzhen stood up from his chair and slowly paced in front of the huge map hanging in the hall.
Just like what was written in the traverser textbook "Tang Brick" that Emperor Chongzhen read before he crossed, Emperor Chongzhen also learned from Li Er's example, hung a huge map in the main hall, and placed a huge sand table.
Obviously, the map and sand table in front of me are going to be taken by Shaofu again, and it is estimated that they will not be sent again until the original Hangai Mountain is changed to Leshi Mountain, and the Tatar grassland is changed to Leshi grassland.
Cui Chengxiu and the others were wondering why Emperor Chongzhen summoned his own people, and after only instructing the census, they looked at the map attentively, and heard Emperor Chongzhen speak: "You all come to see, how wide is the territory of my Ming Dynasty?" ”
Cui Chengxiu and Xu Xianchun glanced at each other, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has expanded the territory for thousands of miles, my Ming Dynasty has a wide territory, and I have reached the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty!" ”
Emperor Chongzhen chuckled lightly twice, and then spoke: "I have expanded the land for thousands of miles, killed people and wilderness, and no one dares to disobey my will!"
However, I don't know how many people I have in the Ming Dynasty! I don't know how many people are sucking Daming's blood! Isn't it, ridiculous? ”
After hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, Cui Chengxiu and others sank in their hearts.
This kind of thing, Emperor Chongzhen has not said it before, and every time Emperor Chongzhen speaks in this tone, or shows this kind of expression, it means that the head is going to roll!
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