Wanli 1592

Chapter 1353 People's livelihood is equal in all industries, there is no distinction between high and low
While the Qin army's invincibility in the Hetao area and Qinghai area is progressing smoothly, Xiao Ruxun is also making urgent preparations.

All troops must enter the designated starting combat area before the end of February in the seventh year of Longwu. After the emperor led the army to reach the predetermined position, the whole army will officially march on the first day of March in the seventh year of Longwu. From Datong, Shanxi to Liaodong, the long journey On the national border, the Qin army will attack across the board.

Take down the sword that has been hanging over the heads of the Han people for thousands of years, hold it in the palm of your hand, and then wipe out anyone who tries to use this sword to attack the Central Plains.

The military order to attack across the board was issued early, and all armies started to arrange from top to bottom, unified cognition and thinking from top to bottom, and carried out final training and exercises.

A large number of scouts entered the grassland to do the final investigation and determination, memorize the route, and all officers in the army, from the commander of the regiment to the squad leader, must learn to use the compass.

Add protein-rich foods such as meat and tofu to the soldiers' meals to enhance their physical strength and energy, let them fatten up, and prepare them to go back to fat after suffering a night.

For this reason, the imperial court spent a lot of money, and the ducks produced by raising ducks and controlling locusts alone were far from enough to meet the needs of the 20 troops who attacked.

In order to ensure balanced nutrition, the imperial court ordered the navy to catch a large number of sea fish in the sea to supply the infantry.

Then they also ordered a large amount of fish from coastal fishermen and inner lake fishermen, and bought meat, tofu and other soy products in large quantities from Jiangbei to Jiangnan.

The rations of the 20 combat troops have been raised to the first level, and even the imperial guards have to be ranked below, allowing the combat troops to eat a lot of meat, replenish oil and water, and bless enough fat to support the upcoming big battle.

If we really fight, the logistics will certainly not be able to guarantee a full meal like now, and it will be difficult to avoid hunger and full meals later on.

At that time, the previously accumulated fat will be able to play its due role.

That is to say, the Daqin government and Xiao Ruxun himself have money, and part of the money for the army’s extra food comes from the treasury, and more than half of it comes from Xiao Ruxun’s internal funds. With huge profits coming, how can they afford the food and drink of so many soldiers?

But he did not earn so much money for personal enjoyment. The money in the hands of the emperor is also the country's money in a sense. If the court encounters financial difficulties, the emperor should spend his own money as appropriate.

There are many precedents for this kind of thing before, but forcing the emperor to pay the money to empty the treasury by himself like in the previous Ming Dynasty is completely messing around.

Xiao Ruxun himself doesn't like to enjoy himself, he is not a person who is addicted to enjoyment, in his opinion, it is a good day to eat meat every meal.

Daily life is to deal with government affairs, exercise with boxing and sword training, and then drink a glass of milk every day. Occasionally, when he is very tired, he will call the palace orchestra to play a song for him to relax.

In the first year of Longwu, Daqin ordered the abolition of lowly status.

Since then, the lowly registrations in the traditional sense, such as the Lehu craftsman, the doctor, and the Funato, have been erased from the legal provisions.

These are common and even lucrative occupations in modern times, but at that time they were all the most humble occupations that were despised by people.

Only the humblest people can do it, and they can't even marry ordinary civilians, only within their own household registration.

Naturally, the born child is a lowly family from birth, the most lowly person, whose life is as cheap as an ant, and anyone can step up and step on it.

In the process of household registration statistics in ancient times, not only were many privileged household registrations not included, but they were also not counted. They were not included in the term "people", and they did not even have the qualifications to be human.

Xiao Ruxun liberated them, gave them land, and incorporated them into private households, which not only liberated a large number of hundreds of thousands of laborers, but also made them the most staunch supporters of the Xiao Qin regime.

Xiao Ruxun also decreed, "People's livelihoods are all equal, and there is no distinction between high and low."

Whether they are working, performing arts, doing business, or teaching, they all rely on their ability to eat, do not steal or rob, and pay taxes to the country, so they are all equal.

All formal industries that rely on their ability to eat, do not cheat, do evil, and do not sell their bodies are equal, whether it is a happy household, a craftsman household, or a low-income household, they are all equal.

Such a policy naturally liberated the fate of quite a few people. Xiao Ruxun ordered them to intermarry at will, prohibiting people from discriminating against each other because of their respective occupations, and not allowing intermarriage of children and grandchildren, etc.

If a similar situation occurs, the head of the grassroots township and peasant association must supervise it, give serious education and punishment, and personally uphold justice for it.

In the three years and one year of Longwu alone, there were more than 6 cases of conflicts between former untouchables and civilian households reported from various places. It can be seen that the discrimination that has existed for thousands of years cannot be changed overnight.

However, the Xiao Qin regime, as a powerful government that carried the government down to the lowest level, possessed the ability to change everything with the coercive power of the state and the matching mobilization power.

Along with the issuance of Xiao Ruxun's imperial decree, all grassroots officials were fully mobilized to carry out a large amount of publicity in a desperate manner, gathering villagers to speak out, and conveying the latest decree of the emperor in various ways.

For similar incidents, as long as it is found to be caused by discrimination, the person who discriminates will be punished and fined with a whip and a board.

Government officials should uphold justice for the discriminated original Dalits and reaffirm their equal status. They are all human beings, and no one discriminates against anyone. Those who disobey will be punished.

When the punishment is painful, you will know what it means to treat others equally, and there is no need to talk about civilization with some people.

Those related to marriage will witness their union under the auspices of government officials, and help them establish a new home, grant land and houses, let them be independent from the original home, become a new household registration, set it as a model, and donate it in the name of the government Congratulations.

Driven by such a policy, the number of cases and disputes in the fourth year of Longwu and the fifth year of Longwu plummeted, and such cases and disputes became less and less.

According to the statistics of disputes in the first quarter of the sixth year of Longwu, the number of disputes between untouchables and good people has been reduced to 230, and the effect is remarkable.

The role of state coercive power and action in such incidents is quite obvious.

So it's not that it can't be done, but to see if the owner of power has the ability to use power on such things.

And some personal dependents such as musicians, dancers and singers who were originally kept in some big families and court musicians also obtained the household registration of civilian households.

Under Xiao Ruxun's arrangement, following the example of court musicians, Xiao Ruxun announced that they were all private households and ordinary people, and the palace signed a formal employment contract with them.

Those who are willing to stay can stay in the name of work, and those who are willing to return to their hometowns for production can be helped by the court to pay for the travel expenses. After returning to their hometowns, they can get land and houses from the local village head and start production.

While giving them freedom again, Xiao Ruxun gained their heartfelt support and gratitude, gained a wave of popularity, and liberated a lot of productivity.

What's even better is that they often lost their homes and were willing to follow the government's arrangement to start over. They didn't have a hometown complex and didn't need to spend time mobilizing. Can.

Under the background of the immigration policy enriching the Southwest, these "untouchables" became the best labor force, and they were arranged to resume production and start a new life in areas that were underpopulated due to the war.

This is a great way to get the best of both worlds.

(End of this chapter)