The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 141

The brush in his hand outlines the strokes on the rice paper, the tip of the brush rotates, and the thick ink is lightly drawn.

Putting down the brush in his hand, Sun Chuanting pushed the door and walked out.

The wind came in, blowing up the rice paper pressed by the paperweight.

The snow outside the house has increased again, which is a good start for Shaanxi, which has been drought for a long time.

Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of pear trees bloom.

Xi'an Mansion was completely covered in snow, the sky and the earth were white, and the dead trees in the city were hung with ice branches, crystal clear.

Sun Jie sat in the study, marking the collected test papers.

The quantity is not much, only about sixty copies.

After a cursory glance, he threw out the wrong test papers.

There were less than [-] copies left, and after a preliminary screening, almost ordinary people were eliminated, and there were many outstanding talents among them.

There is nothing wrong with asking them to write stereotyped essays, but it is quite difficult to ask them to write about Sun Jiejie's topics.

Sun Jie looked at a policy theory test paper in his hand, frowning tightly.

There are no regulations in the test paper, and there are no real objects. They are all guesswork. This kind of answer is like the Ming Dynasty that has lasted for more than 200 years, and a strong sour smell hits the face.

No surprise, just give up.

Although he writes well, he has no real talent and learning, but only shows.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and most of the test papers were unbearable.

If it is stricter, I am afraid that only two or three of the more than 60 test papers can pass.

This is not in line with Sun Jie's ideas, so we can only relax a little bit.

After working for an hour, I finally selected twelve test papers that were relatively easy to read.

Copy down the names of the [-]-point test paper, and wait for the interview after the new year.

Putting down the pen in his hand, he rubbed his sore neck and walked out.

Outside is the world covered in silver. Chen Hu took a broom and cleaned the snow in the yard.

Seeing Sun Jie coming out, he greeted him, "My lord!"

Greetings.

Sun Jie nodded and said, "Is there anything wrong?!"

"It's nothing!" Chen Hu replied.

"That's good!"

Sun Jie replied and walked outside.

Today is the New Year's Eve, and every household has posted Spring Festival couplets in front of their doors.

No matter rich or poor, in this season, people will spend some money to buy some New Year's goods.

Moreover, Sun Jie also asked people to send couplets and hanging whips to those families who were relatively poor.

This is human touch, you can't look down on all living beings like those emperors!

The sound of firecrackers can be heard sporadically on the street, and there is a faint smell of gunpowder smoke in the air.

There was a carriage outside the north city gate, under the guard of the guards, coming slowly towards this side, and Sun Ling was sitting in it.

Opening the curtains, looking at the city wall not far away, many smiles appeared on his face.

Sun Jie will go to Shaanxi in the future.

Xi'an Mansion is a very special existence in Shaanxi, so we must focus on managing Xi'an Mansion.

The carriage rolled on the snow, making a creaking sound.

Enter from the north city gate and head towards Sun Jie's residence.

When he met Sun Jie on the road, he asked someone to stop the carriage.

Jumping off the carriage, looking at Sun Jie standing in front of the carriage, he jumped on him with a smile on his face.

Sun Jie opened his arms and looked at her with a smile.

In the late Ming Dynasty when feudal ethics were serious, this move was bold.

But who dares to say anything?
"I didn't expect you to be so fast, I thought you would arrive tomorrow!"

Looking at the smiling beauty in front of him, Sun Jie's voice softened a lot.

"I wanted to see Sun Lang sooner, so I made it faster!" Sun Ling laughed.

"Haha, I really have a heart. How about this, you go back to visit Taishan Taishui first, I still have some things to deal with!" Sun Jie said.

Sun Ling didn't say anything, and complied.

She is not someone who can't figure it out, so naturally she won't cause trouble for Sun Jie.

Looking at Sun Ling's carriage going away, Sun Jie turned to the governor's office.

There is one thing that is very important to Sun Jie now, and that is the household registration yellow books and fish scale books of Shaanxi and Xi'an Prefectures.

After the new year, we will start to operate Shaanxi.

These things are very important and cannot be separated.

If you don't even know the yellow book and fish scale book of Shaanxi's household registration, how can you govern rationally? !

There are few people in front of the governor's yamen. In the past, during festivals, a large number of gentry would come to visit.

But now that Sun Jie is in power, Sun Chuanting naturally becomes dispensable.

The snow at the entrance of the yamen is very thick, and no one cleans it.

The officials inside were also on vacation, and went home to embrace their wives.

A series of footprints were left at the door, and Sun Jie walked into the front yard of the yamen.

Snow has been swept and piled up under the trees in the yard.

There were rough shouts and the sound of breaking the air.

Sun Jie followed the sound and saw Sun Chuanting who was practicing sword in the backyard.

A follower serving Sun Chuanting saw Sun Jie and rushed over to meet him.

Before the followers came over, Sun Jie's hearty laughter rang out.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect Master Sun to have such good skills!"

Sun Jie laughed and said.

Sun Chuanting put away the long sword in his hand and saw Sun Jie.

His face eased a little, and he walked over.

"How come General Sun has time to come over today?!" Sun Chuanting asked.

"There are indeed some things, but I didn't expect Master Sun to have such abilities. Thinking about it, Master Sun is able to lead the army immediately, so he is naturally capable, but I underestimated Master Sun!" Sun Jie's tone was calm, and his face softened.

Sun Chuanting handed the long sword in his hand to his followers, and said: "Back then in Zhenwuwei, I practiced some boxing skills. My ancestors were originally a military household in Zhenwuwei, and later studied in literature, but the foundation is still there!
It's cold outside, let's talk inside! "

Sun Chuanting led Sun Jie into the study.

Someone got a brazier, and the temperature rose a bit.

After sitting down, Sun Chuanting asked: "I don't know what the so-called general Sun came here today?!"

"It's not a big deal, I just want to ask, is the household registration yellow book and fish scale book in Shaanxi still there?!"

Sun Jie said what he wanted to do.

"Yes, yes, but most of the household registration yellow books have been inaccurate for a long time, and there are still missing parts.

Especially in northern and southern Shaanxi, the lack of household registration is serious.

Northern Shaanxi is the land of the military town of Yansui Town, which is under military control, and the household registration is not here.As for southern Shaanxi, it is mountainous and rugged, and the household registration yellow book and fish scale book are only a rough idea, and detailed things are in the local yamen.

The most detailed is the place in Guanzhong! "Sun Chuanting said.

"Guanzhong is the one in Guanzhong. If it is here, I will make a copy. It will be useful!" Sun Jie said.

Sun Chuanting agreed without thinking.

These things are the top priority of a province, but at this time there is no doubt.

"Well, let's take someone to fetch it now!"

Sun Chuanting walked out, greeted people, and walked outside.

Not long after, I came to an old warehouse.

There was a heavy smell of dust in the air, and Sun Jie sneezed several times.

This warehouse is neither big nor small, and rows of wooden shelves fill up the space inside.

A wooden sign is hung on the wooden shelf, with the names of the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Xi'an Prefecture written on it.

Some wooden signs have been around for a long time, and the writing on them can't be read clearly.

"These household registrations and fish scale books were originally proofs for tax collection. But since the Wanli New Deal, they have hardly been touched. Many things are data from the Wanli period, which may not be accurate!" Sun Chuanting pointed at the household registrations in front of him. , said.

The Wanli New Deal, Zhang Juzheng's reform, and the implementation of the One Whip Law. This is the last land clearing and the last census nationwide.

Since then, there has never been a census of this level and scale in the Ming Dynasty.

The household registrations here are basically the household registrations of self-cultivating farmers.

As for those famous gentlemen, they are not here.

Even the volunteers under those gentlemen are not here.

The population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was very strange. According to historical records, it was probably between 5000 million and 6000 million.

But the real population is definitely more than that.

You must know that the royal family, the landlords and the people are not taxed, and the household registration will not be counted in the Ministry of Households, but will be listed separately.

As for the tenants or family members attached to them, they are all black households without household registration.

Of course, these people are not within the scope of the imperial court's records.

If these people are counted, it must be much more than 6000 million, at least more than [-] million.

Many people say that the population surge during the Yongzheng and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty was several times that of the end of the Ming Dynasty, and this was all due to the Qing Dynasty.

It's true that the population has exploded, but is the credit really related to their "good governance"?

Yongzheng made it possible for officials and gentry to pay for food as a whole, and the stalls were divided into mu.

The so-called apportionment of land into acres means that the fixed land tax is evenly distributed in the land tax, and a unified land silver is collected, and the land tax is no longer symbolized by human beings.

Before that, all dynasties implemented poll tax. The more people in the family, the more the tax. In this way, the common people tried every means to hide the population in order to pay less tax.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was precisely because of the large hidden population that it gave people the illusion that there were only 6000 to [-] million people.

There is also the fact that officials and gentry pay food together, which is a way to dig out the way out for the gentry, and it complements each other, forcing the gentry to scatter the hidden population.

After a set of combined punches, almost all the hidden population is exposed to the sun. In this way, wouldn't the number of people increase?
What to say, the population explosion is the credit of the Qing Dynasty, which is really ridiculous.

《清史稿·食货志》记录：“康熙50年，二千460二万一千320四口。60年，二千910四万八千350九口，又滋生丁46万七千850口。雍正12年，二千640一万七千930二口，又滋生丁93万七千530口。乾隆29年，二万550九万一千十七口。60年，二万九千690六万540五口。”

In the last years of Kangxi, the population was only 900 million. By the 60th year of Qianlong, there would be nearly [-] million people?
There is a ten-fold difference in the population, and in just 72 years, it has soared by more than ten times.

This increase is much faster than modern times.Not to mention, there was still a shortage of clothes, medicines, and doctors in the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, the period when the population soared was between the 12th year of Yongzheng and the 29th year of Qianlong.

This coincides with the time period of Yongzheng's policy.

It is undeniable that sweet potatoes have contributed a lot to population growth.

But insisting that it is the credit of the Qing Dynasty, it would be a bit of cerebral palsy.

The population is already so large, it's just that the people in power use different methods to squeeze the people for money.

If you don't force the hidden Dingkou out, how can the gentlemen beat the bone and suck the marrow?

Sun Jie casually flipped through a household registration book covered in heavy dust. The pungent dust instantly filled his nasal cavity, and he sneezed several times.

The handwriting on it is fairly clear, so you can get a general idea of ​​it.

The above date is the 42nd year of Wanli, which is not too far away, so it has a certain reference value.

It is not so easy to figure out the real number of the population in ancient times when materials were scarce and transportation was inconvenient.

However, based on these household registration yellow books, the approximate population size can also be calculated.

The difference between before and after will not be too big, which is of great help to Sun Jie.

After walking around here, Sun Jie asked people to go back and take them away, taking away all the yellow books of household registration.

During the whole process, Sun Chuanting didn't have any objection, just watched helplessly.

Logically speaking, the household registration yellow book that swept across a province is similar to rebellion.

But Sun Chuanting acted as if he didn't know about it, and even asked someone to help move it.

It's another busy day, and the night sky on New Year's Eve is full of fireworks.

Most of them were set off by Sun Jie.

On the open space in front of the residence, a lot of fireworks were placed.

Sun Jie led the people and lit them one by one with incense.

If you don’t set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, the taste of the New Year will be reduced by half.

Sun Jie solidly let the people in the city experience what shock is.

Fire trees and silver flowers are constantly blooming in the sky, like a glazed pagoda in the sky, and like a white jade capital in the sky.

Fireworks that incorporate modern technology are almost overwhelming in this era.

A huge golden-white firework bloomed high in the sky, and a huge flower bloomed in the sky, covering half of the night sky in Xi'an City.

Brilliant colors, magnificent.

Sparks are like meteors, covering the entire night sky, falling from the sky, fantastic and beautiful.

Sun Chuanting stood at the gate of the yamen, with his hands behind his back, looking at the huge fireworks in the sky, his eyes were full of shock.

The fireworks dissipated, and another huge firework bloomed in the sky.

All kinds of fireworks competed in mid-air, and for a while, the world was magnificent.

Sun Chuanting walked towards Sun Jie's residence under the reflection of the flickering fireworks.

He saw where the fireworks flew.

Soon after, he came to the door of Sun Jie's residence.

Sun Jie stood at the door, holding a large incense stick and setting off fireworks.

Sun Chuanting stood in the distance, watching quietly.

"Snapped!"

Another dazzling fireworks exploded in the air.

That dazzling light illuminated Sun Jie's face.

The fireworks were fleeting, and Sun Jie's face quickly darkened again.

A tall girl in a red pair of corsage padded jacket covered her ears and shrank behind Sun Jie, laughing and singing, and the silver bell rang.

"The east wind blows flowers and thousands of trees at night. It blows more and falls, and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.

Moth snow willow golden strands, laughter filled with dark fragrance.I looked for him thousands of times in the crowd, and suddenly I looked back, but the man was there, in a dimly lit place. "

Looking at Sun Jie in front of him, Sun Chuanting blurted out.

(End of this chapter)