Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

People can bear with their opinions when they are alive, but what about after they are dead?The accumulated anger may overturn the Ming Empire that he had worked so hard to toss and stabilize!

Emperor Chongzhen didn't dare to gamble, nor was he willing to gamble on such things. After all, if he won the bet, he would just advance the time to completely occupy the territory. If he lost the bet, he would be betting on the fate of the country!

What should I do?

Emperor Chongzhen scratched his head a little, but it was a headache anyway.

After wandering around in the harem for several days, Emperor Chongzhen finally summoned Wen Tiren, Guo Yunhou and other bigwigs from the civil service system into the palace.

After Wen Tiren and the others had completed the etiquette for the audience, Emperor Chongzhen said directly: "I want to know how many people there are in my Ming Dynasty!"

Guo Yunhou immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I have more than [-] million people in Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Chongzhen chuckled and said: "What I mean is, counting those servants, those who escaped and hidden households, how many people are there in total! It is accurate to the person!

As long as they are citizens of my Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether they have my household registration in Ming Dynasty or not! "

Traveling through more than ten years, Emperor Chongzhen was naturally not a novice at the beginning, thinking that the population of the Ming Dynasty was really only as small as the official statistics on paper.

In fact, according to the calculations of Emperor Chongzhen, there should be about 8000 million people in Daming instead of just [-] million.

As for the more than [-] million people mentioned by Guo Yunhou, he refers to the people who have official household registrations recognized by the government.

And this does not include slave status, low status, escaped households, and hidden households. In the eyes of the government, these people are not considered human beings at all, at best they are big animals with two legs that can walk!

However, the previous situation was obvious there, either today you hit me or I hit you, coupled with the continuous natural disasters, the Emperor Chongzhen simply couldn't spare his hands to conduct a census.

Relying solely on manpower to carry out the census is already strenuous enough, coupled with the fact that the interests of many people will be touched during the process, it also makes Emperor Chongzhen feel a little bit wary—if people are forced to rebel during natural disasters , it was the people of the Central Plains who were killed, and who can guarantee that without Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, there would never be Zhao Xianzhong and Wang Zicheng?

Still the same sentence, once the game is too big and too much, the original good thing will become a gamble on the country's luck-except for the Japanese slaves who like to bet on the country's luck at every turn, I have never heard of any head of state who likes to do this kind of thing. thing!

Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, Guo Yunhou immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, if the lowly status and hidden households are counted together, then the population of our Ming Dynasty should be more than tens of millions.

But if His Majesty wants to know the exact figures, it will take a year or two, or even two or three years to make statistics? "

Since Emperor Chongzhen wanted to play the census, let’s play it—anyway, the larger the population, the more Chongzhen treasures the household department can receive, and the poll tax is all money!

Chapter 592 Ancestral system is a good thing

Guo Yunhou also knew that there were too many hidden households, fleeing households, and humble people in Daming, so many that he couldn't find out at all.

Not to mention a mere household department, even if all the governments in the world are mobilized 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 in Ming Dynasty has always been deceptive - military households have always been military households, and artisan households have always been artisan households, which have been passed down from generation to generation.

But as we all know, the household registration system of Ming Dynasty has caused many people to suffer a lot, and there is no place to redress their grievances, so many people want to leave this household registration system.

But how difficult is it to get out?Don't let the silver go out of the country?Those who have money are still thinking about leaving their citizenship?

Things seem to be in an endless loop here - those who don't have money try to find a way to get out and change their way of life, and those who have money don't care.

But Zhou Shuren once said that there are always more solutions than difficulties.

For example, what should I do if I have land under my name but don't want to pay taxes?

In fact, it’s easy to do, just find a reliable scholar in your own home or village, and donate the land to it—but in this way, your family’s civil registration will be considered a calf, and it will become a slave or a hermit. .

There are also a large number of people who don't want to be military households, and don't want to spend their entire lives in the guards without enough food and clothing, so they simply choose to be deserters-and then become deserters.

There are also those who have lost their way, unable to return home and have nowhere to go, so they naturally become fleeing households.

The last one is even more fucked-in order to avoid paying more taxes, no matter how many children are born in the family, the latter are all called Xiaoer, and they will not admit how many children they have in their family.

Anyway, there is no land, so why pay taxes?

As a result, countless juniors, thirds, fourths, fifths, and sixths all became juniors, and finally became hermits.

It is precisely because of this that Guo Yunhou has never thought about any census - anyway, it is increasing every year, and that is the same thing about whether it is checked or not, and it cannot be checked at all.

And just like Emperor Chongzhen's worries, Guo Yunhou also felt a bit cautious, and didn't dare to make a big move like a census casually.

From the point of view of interests, the interests of the land are the most valued - but just to have the land for its usefulness, there must be talents!

For example, in some special industries, such as brothels and Chuguan, such as those dark workshops, these people with low or no household registration can just throw them out when they die, and no one cares at all.

Especially after Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, everyone knew that Emperor Chongzhen loved the people like his son—even if Emperor Chongzhen just wanted to make a name for himself, the local government would not dare to neglect this kind of matter, they had to show a sufficient attitude. .

So how should you express your attitude?

It's very simple, just care enough about the common people - it's normal to occasionally write to the court for the common people, asking for tax relief or something?People should be concerned about people dying inexplicably, right?

Wouldn't my official voice get better after coming up so many times?Is it easier to go up?

After all, Emperor Chongzhen had a weapon like factory guards in his hands, and no one wanted to be targeted by Jin Yiwei because of the affairs of hundreds of people, and then cause his head to move.

It is precisely because of this that the black-hearted workshops and landlords in various places are very troublesome-the original worthless clay legs seem to become expensive overnight, and the government cares about it from time to time. pass!Can this money still be earned?

But Lu Xun once said that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

The government cares about those muddy legs, right?Then let's find someone who doesn't have a household registration to try?Especially those barbarians from other races, no one seems to care?

After the first batch of crab eaters tasted the sweetness, those who did not have time to eat the biggest and fattest crabs naturally couldn't sit still, and began to turn their attention to people without Daming household registration, whether they were Han Chinese or barbarians.

When these people without household registration filed complaints to the government, the government's first reaction was: I am a majestic and dignified lord, and I want to make decisions for the people!

Then the second reaction is: What kind of people do not have a household registration booklet?What are you kidding?Is it true that any cat or dog can say that he is a citizen of Ming Dynasty?

I don't know what kind of rich barbarians in the city are planning to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver in order to get a Daming household registration?

Of course, Ben Ai is as clean as water, so the barbarian's money must not be accepted, and the household registration naturally cannot be given to them.

Those who take the money don’t have a household registration, and the officials don’t treat him as a human being. You people who don’t have a household registration still want to be treated the same as the people of Ming Dynasty?

Wake up, stop dreaming!

These people without household registration do not have the support of the government. It seems easy to imagine what kind of treatment they can get in the hands of those black-hearted workshops and landlords, right?

Even when Emperor Chongzhen called on the people to immigrate to Luzon, Java and other places, these hidden households could not go to Luzon if they wanted to, because the government would not recognize it!

But nearly half of the population of Ming Dynasty is in this state!

With so many people unable to figure it out, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he was unhappy, and many plans could not be implemented at all.

Listening to Emperor Chongzhen and Guo Yunhou's intention to settle the census in a few words, Wen Tiren immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, the census has been carried out in all dynasties, but my Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions. Naturally, Different from previous generations.

The household registration system of our Ming Dynasty was established by Emperor Taizu Gao to distinguish between noble and inferior, to rectify names, and to pass it down from generation to generation.

Now His Majesty checks the population, if there is no change, the hidden household is still a hidden household, and the escaping household is still a escaping household. Wouldn't it be against your majesty's original intention? "