Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 151: Ancestral system? Whose ancestor are you?

With the three emperors in the same dynasty, the situation was surprisingly stable, and the atmosphere in the court also changed. There was a sense that the emperor and his ministers were of one mind, and the government was harmonious and harmonious.

The atmosphere in the Jiying Palace and the DPRK became more harmonious and harmonious, especially because the supervisor was peaceful and generous, and the regent was easy-going and well-mannered, making it easier for China and the DPRK to discuss politics.

Lu Mou also proposed to continue the tradition of his father giving tea to his ministers.

Since every minister must be given a seat and tea when he comes, it would be easier to just put enough seats in the Jiying Hall and have a small coffee table at hand. Ministers can sit wherever they go and record on the coffee table, which is very convenient.

If the supervisor hadn't stopped him, Lu Mou would have wanted to put melon seeds and snacks on the coffee table so that everyone could chat while eating.

Seeing that all the ministers from Feng Zhao had arrived, the supervisor said: "This time, the regent went to Mongolia to retaliate against the Manchu invasion of us. Not only did he capture a lot of money, but he also took advantage of natural disasters to almost annihilate the left, middle and right forces of Karaqin. The population of one million people in the Three Banners greatly weakened the Qing Dynasty's ruling power in Mongolia. Northern Zhili temporarily eliminated the Mongolian threat. Nearly 40,000 Han people migrated to our Zhili, and 60,000 enslaved compatriots were rescued. The total has reached 100,000, which increases the population that Ming Dynasty currently controls. It is gratifying."

After twenty years of war, plague, natural disasters, and Manchu plunder, the population problems of population explosion, land annexation, and government corruption that were part of the imperial fatalism of three hundred years have been completely resolved.

According to estimates, in the Wanli year, the population of the Ming Dynasty was said to reach 200 million, and some said it reached 1,150 million. By the Shunzhi year, the census result was about 70,000, including the Manchus of Liaodong. Mongolians, the actual number of Han people in the Ming Dynasty was less than 50 million.

You think, is it the atomic bomb that is more powerful, or Li Zicheng’s Huama Sword?

Everyone, stop touting the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong. The Peasants' War in the late Ming Dynasty had solved the population problem, solved the land annexation problem, and killed off corrupt officials.

Not to mention that Kang Qian was a human being, even if he was placed in such conditions, even if a dog was placed in that position, he could create a prosperous dog life for you.

Therefore, at this time, it was actually the second year of Shunzhi. With the population situation like this across the country, competing for population and increasing people's enthusiasm for production has become the top priority of all parties.

What should we do if we degenerate the population and increase production enthusiasm?

Easy to handle.

Lu Mou said: "Brother Jian Guo, these people who have returned have their own household registration status. Should we abolish the original household registration system and make all people commoners and let them choose their careers freely? For example, this time Can the returned people all contract our land?"

The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was a perversion. It stipulates that when a person is born, the household registration of his ancestors determines what he will do in his life and cannot be changed.

For example, if you are a soldier, then as long as you are a boy, you will be a soldier regardless of whether you are deaf or blind. You are absolutely not allowed to do anything else.

What if there is no quota? Then stay idle at home and wait for a job, and hope your father dies early to take over, or wait for you to starve to death.

The craftsman household system is even more harmful to people. Their livelihood depends on the work allocated by the Ministry of Works. However, in principle, the Ministry of Works only cares about food and drink, without paying wages, so it makes people work in vain.

Who will do the hard work for you? We are not relatives. When relatives have something to do at home, they help each other out and provide a meal. That is a mutual favor.

What kind of relationship do I have with the country? Am I related to the country? I ate your meal and helped you with your work. When my family has something to do, will you help me?

Therefore, the phenomenon of sabotage is extremely serious, and the things produced are extremely careless and shoddy, which is a source of hardship to people.

For example, businessmen are the richest class in this society, but they are also the most discriminated against. No matter you are extremely wealthy or a member of the social elite, your status is not as good as that of a prostitute. You are not even qualified to wear a satin shirt in front of others.

And because merchant families have plenty of money, they are best able to cultivate outstanding children. As a result, it was stipulated that your children could not take the imperial examination or serve as officials. As a result, a lot of educational resources were wasted. Such a system has many drawbacks. It artificially solidifies classes, which greatly restricts the flow of talents and limits the people's ambition to make progress.

This drawback has long existed, but this is the ancestral system, and the ancestral system cannot be changed.

But now that Lu Mou is in power and his wings are frail, why not act recklessly? What kind of ancestral system is there? Zhu Yuanzhang is not my ancestor. My ancestor is Lu Bu who specializes in breaking the rules and jumping around. Given this genetic inheritance, it must be changed.

From now on, my system will be the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty.

This was a huge reform, and all the officials in Jiying Palace were silent at that time.

At this time, Wei Wenliang, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up and objected: "Regent, although the household registration system has disadvantages, it also has good sides. If the household registration system is abolished, where will the source of troops come from? Then where will the country's need for craftsmen come from? Out? If the system is changed and prostitutes are allowed to go to the temple later, where will the court's face be?"

Jian Guo nodded slowly and looked at his younger brother.

Lu Mou smiled calmly: "What Mr. Wei said is wrong. In the past hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, military households have joined the army. This is obvious to all. For this reason, a recruitment system has to be implemented. Take a look and take it. Now, my soldiers are all recruited. Counting Guan Ning, there are already 270,000. If we take the current population of Zhili, how can there be so many military households? Besides, even if there are, they are uneven. No, how can we have such fighting power? Didn’t I save the Ming Dynasty by giving them the incentives of high-ranking officials and generous salaries and generous military pay?"

Supervisor nodded in agreement. This is the fact. If we really follow the household registration system, not to mention whether there is no military source, even if there is, it will go back to the old path, and the Ming Dynasty will eventually die.

"As for the craftsmen, now we have collected the labor money from the people. Since the people have paid the labor money, we have to use the labor money to hire people to build the palace. Since the people can hire them, why do we enslave the craftsmen in vain? Isn't this unfair? .Look at the ordnance originally manufactured by the Ministry of Industry. The quality is so bad that it’s terrible to look at it.

Since Master Bi Maokang took over the Ministry of Labor, he adopted the employment system. Take a look at how sophisticated our ordnance has become now.

As for the son of a prostitute, he might stand in court, so what? I think back then, Wei Qing, the military god of the generation, was an illegitimate son. His status was so humble that he was not even qualified to live in this world, but he ended up being famous in history and flaunting his name in the annals of history. What's wrong with the prostitute's son? As long as he has the ability and merit, I will welcome him to the court. "

Lu Mou said that the past can be compared with the present, but Master Wei was speechless when he refuted it.

"And let's talk about the present. If we resettle the people I rescued this time according to the household registration system, many of them will be military households. But if you look at them, there are many disabled people, weak people, and those who are afraid of fighting. , otherwise they would not be captured as slaves by the Mongols. If you ask me to place such people in the army, do I dare? So I can only let them farm.

But if I let them farm, wouldn’t that be tantamount to violating the household registration system? If they are not allowed to farm, how can we place them and let them live and die? In that case, why did I risk my life to rescue them and come back? And once they are left alone, they will become refugees, which will be a hidden danger to public security. If there are tens of thousands of refugees in the Gyeonggi area, if they are deceived and rise up, won't the Ming Dynasty be destroyed in one fell swoop? "

Wei Wenliang bowed: "I have no objection."

Jian Guo nodded: "Who is opposed to reforming the household registration system and who supports it? Please show your hands to vote."

Those who were impressed by Lu Mou's words were Lu Mou's fans in the first place. Those who saw clearly the situation in front of them and were forced by the situation in front of them raised their tooth wats in agreement.

The supervisor stood up and nodded, saying: "The majority support it. Then after the dynasty is dismissed, I will report to Emperor Ming to completely abolish the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty. The people of the Ming Dynasty are not divided into three, six or nine, but only Occupations are all for the common people."

(End of this chapter)