please make me king

Chapter 395 Registration
Zhang Shun's work was in a hurry, and the plan had been decided. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he began to send troops to destroy the nearby cottages and villas.Of course, Zhang Shun would not admit that he had to slip away because he was exhausted physically and mentally because he was squeezed repeatedly at home.

Compared with the three pairs of master and servant, it is much easier to deal with these vicious people.When the army passed by, those who attacked were broken, and those who were forced to surrender, all the way was like a broken bamboo.

For those who committed the most heinous crimes, Zhang Shun punished the chief culprit and his lackeys, and recruited his subordinates; for those with considerable prestige, he enlisted and persecuted them.

Soon Zhang brought seven or eight hundred families under his rule.Zhang Shun directly sent Xu Ziyuan to lead several documents and more than a hundred soldiers to make up yellow books and fish scale books from house to house.

The so-called Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book were the first systems created by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.Among them, the lijia system was implemented in the [-]th year of Hongwu, and the national population was roughly divided into three categories according to occupation: civilian households, military households, and artisan households.And register and make a book on a household basis, detailing basic information such as township, name, age, population, land and property.

According to the imperial court system, four copies of each volume are compiled once every ten years, and they are reported to the relevant departments of the household department, province, prefecture, and county for preservation.Only because the cover of a book sent to the Ministry of Households is made of yellow paper, it is called the yellow book.

Although this name sounds weird, it is actually similar to the household registration system of later generations, and it is an important basis for the imperial court to grasp the population situation under its rule.

However, since the Ming Dynasty had been established for a long time, the system gradually deteriorated, and a large number of hermits were not among them.Just like this Lushi County, according to Zhang Shun's records in the county government, the population is [-] miles, [-] households per mile, a total of [-] households, with a total population of about [-] people.

According to Zhang Shun's actual investigation, it is estimated that there are more than [-] households in this county alone.By inference, half of the world's population is not under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the fish scale book, also known as fish scale atlas, fish scale map, fish scale map book, fish scale book, measurement book, it is a kind of land registration book in ancient China.This book of fish scales arranges houses, forests, ponds, fields and other lands in order and draws them in order. They all measure the square area of ​​the field, followed by the font size, the name of the owner of the book and the zhang ruler of the field. It is called Fish Scale Atlas.

This fish scale atlas is the land tax management method in ancient society.According to the atlas, the land owner's name, land number, area, four to, land grade, land shape, etc. are clearly recorded, which is similar to the land statistics of later generations.

Generally speaking, the Yellow Book records Dingkou, which is the basis for the state to recruit soldiers and labor; while the Fish Scale Book records fields, which is the basis for the state to collect taxes on summer and autumn grains.

Although Zhang Shun did not proclaim the kingship here, he used the method of "suppressing bandits and reassuring the people" often used in time travel texts to compete with the Ming Dynasty for the two foundations of Dingkou and land.

As a qualified bureaucrat, Zhang Shenyan was quite surprised when Zhang Shun proposed to "suppress the bandits and reassure the people" and bring the Dingkou land under his command, but he could still sit still.

But when Zhang Shun said that he sent someone to register Yiying Dingkou's land in imitation court yellow book and fish scale book, and govern it according to law, Zhang Shenyan was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

Before, he thought that "King Shun came to the world" was the highest evaluation of Zhang Shun, but now it seems that he can only explain this problem with "King Shun is alive".

This lord is really a genius, he has realized that Dingkou and the land are the foundation of the country, and vowed to break the root of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that Zhang Shenyan saw the key to it, even though most people didn't think of it, just hearing about Zhang Shun's behavior, they couldn't fail to see the power of it.

After hearing about this incident, County Magistrate Bai of Lu's family also fidgeted, and quickly sent his cronies to call the king, Li and Lu's surnames in the city to discuss countermeasures.

County magistrate Bai said worriedly: "Since King Shun came to my Lu family, he has been restless. He has been fighting other bandits all day long, or persecuting other village households. The Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book, I’m afraid the picture is very big, what should I do?”

Others look at me and I look at you, and said with a wry smile: "It's a big plan, but it has nothing to do with us for a while, why are Bai's parents so worried?"

"Why doesn't it matter?" County magistrate Bai couldn't help raising his voice when he heard the words, and asked: "Since this person is in our Lu County, if there is a change, we will either be punished by the court for a crime of not being investigated, or be punished by this fellow." Kill chickens and monkeys, and get rid of them together. Can you still sit here?"

The old man surnamed Lu couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "The old parents are wrong. No matter what the thief is, have I ever been less in the register? Is there not enough cultivated land in the register? What is the similarity and difference between the tax collection and previous years?"

"This King Shun just took the opportunity to eliminate some unruly people and bandits who did not accept Wanghua. The county has long been unable to collect a penny of their taxes. Now King Shun is righteous and cleans them up, and saves money because Old parents, why should you worry about the annoyance caused by their fighting with weapons and scrambling for water and land in the past?"

"If the old parents have doubts, why should I be a middle-aged person and make peace for the old parents? I see that although King Shun is young and vigorous, he is not unreasonable. As long as you are good, I am good, everyone is good." , we are in harmony, and don't worry about not having a good life in the future!"

County magistrate Bai almost uttered a curse word when he heard the words, how could he not know that the big family with three surnames must have accepted Zhang Shun's bribe and spoke to this person wholeheartedly.

It's just that County Magistrate Bai is just an ordinary county magistrate, and almost all of his servants and archers come from the big families with three surnames. Now that they are united, Magistrate Bai has nothing to do.

Fortunately, he felt a little relieved after hearing what the old man of the Lu family said.Since King Shun was willing to take out his wealth to buy them off, it meant that this person was not willing to break his face with the court, and his own life would be safe for a while.

The County Magistrate Bai who got on the thief boat could only give a wry smile, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Lu will have to be troubled, and go to make peace with the county. Let's put it together, so as not to cause quarrels. "

Not to mention these trivial matters have already been clearly arranged by Zhang Shenyan, appointed by Zhang Shun, but the matter of registration and registration, although it is an imitation of the imperial yellow book and the fish scale book, but the education level of Xu Ziyuan's manpower is not enough, after two days of tossing, progress slow.

Zhang Shun had no choice but to go into battle himself.On the one hand, he selected twenty or thirty young people who were able to read and write, and taught them the method of geometric measurement; on the other hand, he ordered Chen Jingzhi to make templates for the yellow book and fish scale album, and asked a carpenter to engrave them, and printed more than a hundred copies in one piece for use.

After waiting for half a month, these [-] or [-] teenagers were proficient in learning, so they ordered Xu Ziyuan to lead a team, carry the newly printed yellow book and fish scale book, register from house to house, and fill in the safety form.

After working like this for more than a month, the total population was [-] households, with a total population of [-], including [-] males and [-] females. There are eighteen hundred and three people, old and young.

The total land is [-] acres, [-] acres and [-] cents, and the money and grain should be [-] stones, [-] liters and [-] cents.Most of them belong to mountains, wells, and sloping fields, and Zhongtian and Xiatian are the main ones.

Most of the good fields are near Lushi County and its northeast to Luoning County. The terrain is relatively flat and convenient for transportation.For the sake of caution, Zhang Shun did not dare to set foot here for the time being, and only expanded his power to the Xiong'er Mountain to the north of Baodu Village and the Funiu Mountain to the south.

(End of this chapter)