Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 541
"Completely cut off food? What does this have to do with dancing or not?" Zhao Wen was even more puzzled. He really couldn't figure out what necessary connection there was between dancing and running out of food.

"My lord, it's like this!" At this moment, the steward approached Zhao Wen.

"My lord, these dancers are in restaurants, and they make a living by dancing on weekdays. If they can't dance, they won't be paid.

This dancer was sent here by her family a few days ago.Her family is from a happy household and from a lowly background. Except for some rough work and their own work, they can't do other jobs, and no one will want them.

In the past, her father was still relatively strong, so he carried sacks at the port.

She also has an elder brother, but unfortunately he is not in good health, he can't stop breathing after walking a few steps, and he can't work, so he can only stay at home.

A while ago, her father was seriously ill, and the house was emptied. In desperation, her family sent her to our restaurant.

After her father fell ill, all the family's money was supported by her alone. The villain felt that this woman should be eager to save her father, so that's why she was like this. The steward pointed to the dancing girl kneeling on the ground, and introduced it to Zhao Wen in detail.

"So it is, so it is." Zhao Wen suddenly realized.

In the Ming Dynasty, cheap registration was a very cruel household registration system.

As long as it is a lowly nationality, then the children and grandchildren are lowly, and the way of life cannot be easily changed.

Military households can take part in the imperial examinations, but there are really very few people from low-ranking families who take part in the imperial examinations.

In terms of social status, the cheap registration is not even comparable to that of the self-cultivating peasants. At the very least, the self-cultivating peasants are the household registration of the imperial court, and there are no special requirements for the code of conduct.

In ancient times, there were four classes: scholars, farmers, businessmen, and low-ranking people who did not belong to these four classes and were the lowest class.

The social status of the lowly family is the lowest. It is passed down from generation to generation and cannot be changed. They are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, cannot be an official, are not allowed to buy land and property, and cannot marry ordinary people.

Even if the palace recruits eunuchs, they won't ask for lowly status.The eunuchs recruited by the palace are all from clean and good families, and they don't want to be cheap at all.

Moreover, people with low status were not recognized by the imperial court. The Ming Dynasty did not allow people to buy and sell people. The population here did not include low status. In the Ming Dynasty, low status could be bought and sold at will. As long as it was bought by someone, it was their private property.

The existence of cheap registration seriously hindered the development of society. This unreasonable household registration system was not abolished until Yongzheng.

"Bad Ji, cheap Ji!" Zhao Wen muttered twice in a low voice, then looked at the steward, "Go get some silver dollars and give it to this dancing girl. Let's forget about dancing."

The dancing girl raised her head and looked at Zhao Wen with disbelief. She never expected that the aloof Zhao Wen would give her silver dollars directly.

"Thank you, my servant, thank you, my servant!" The dancing girl kowtowed to Zhao Wen non-stop.

The steward walked up to the dancing girl and looked at her, "My lord has spoken, what are you still doing here? Let's go!"

With that said, the steward took the dancer out.

Seeing the dancing girl going out, Zhao Wen picked up some food casually, and then walked out with Li Xiaosan.

The steward who had just walked upstairs looked at Zhao Wen who came out, and hurriedly said: "But because that little girl disturbed the mood of the adults just now? You little one, go and teach her a lesson!"

After speaking, the steward ran down.

"Wait!" Zhao Wen stopped the steward.

The steward turned around and looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression.

"Remove her family's low-level household registration. Except for her, all low-level household registrations in the city will be cancelled. From now on, Dengzhou will not allow low-level household registration." Zhao Wen said slowly to the steward.

When the steward heard this, he was instantly stunned. "My lord, it's okay to cancel one or two household registrations, but canceling all of them, isn't it a bit out of order?"

"What does not conform to the rules, what I say is the rules, not only these people, in the future, I will cancel the low-level household registration of the whole world. From now on, there will be no low-level household registration in the whole world. Anyone, any common people, You can do whatever you want, and you are no longer imprisoned by your birth.

Even if his father is a beggar, he can also enter the school to study. If he has good academic performance and ability in the future, it is not impossible to become an official. "Zhao Wen said loudly and forcefully.

Hearing Zhao Wen's voice, the steward did not dare to refute. "Yes, yes, everything is subject to the adults, and everything is based on the adults!"

"Okay, you go down and deal with this matter first. After canceling your low status, these dancers in the restaurant can do whatever they want in the future, and you are not allowed to stop them. If they want to leave, let them go. If you dare to go against my will , go to the guillotine." Zhao Wen threw down a sentence, and then walked downstairs.

The steward looked at Zhao Wen's back, panting heavily.

Qianji has been around for thousands of years, and the steward never thought that Zhao Wen would dare to attack Jianji suddenly.

"Hey!" The steward sighed, and then ran downstairs.

After the abolishment of the humble status, the common people of the humble status will not be private property, nor will they be bound by the low status.

The steward ran to a room in the backyard. This room was relatively large, and it was where these dancers rehearsed.

The dancer from before was sitting on the floor of the room, holding a money bag in her arms, looking around vigilantly.

"Hehe, do you know who that is? That is the Chief Soldier of Xuanzhen Town. He is the future emperor. Although Dengzhou is obviously owned by the imperial court, it has been in his hands many years ago.

We are just lowly people, we dare to act presumptuously in front of the commander-in-chief without even knowing how much it is.Even if we are killed, no one will sympathize with us.If it is because of you, the commander-in-chief wants to kill us, even if I am a ghost, I will not let you go! "

A musician holding a pipa looked at the dancer who was kneeling in front of Zhao Wen before, and said with a cold face.

At this moment, the steward opened the door with a few followers.

"grown ups!"

The dancers and musicians in the room looked at the steward who appeared in the room, and hurriedly stood in front of the steward respectfully.

The steward's eyes swept over these people one by one.

"The Commander-in-Chief has an order to revoke your lowly status and convert you to civilian status!" The steward looked at these people and said.

Everyone in the room looked at the steward with disbelief on their faces.

"My lord, is this true?" A dancer looked at the steward and said tremblingly.

To these people, the cancellation of low status is something they can't even imagine.

These people never thought that they could be deprived of their low status. Since their birth, they have been labeled with low status.

Their parents also educated them from an early age, letting them obey their identities and not have extravagant thoughts.

They have been submissive since they were young, and they have become accustomed to their own status. They really dare not imagine that one day, they will be revoked from their low status.

"That's right, I think you should know who that person was just now. He said that if you cancel your lowly registration, your lowly registration will be cancelled. Not only you, but all the lowly registrations in Dengzhou will be cancelled.

From today onwards, you are free.Those who sell their bodies, I will return the deeds to you later, and those who are sent, I will also return the deeds to you. As for how you deal with these things, you can decide for yourself.All in all, from now on, you are all free bodies, you can do whatever you want, go wherever you want, and you can also be like normal people, without being restricted by low status. "The steward's voice kept echoing in the room.

The bodies of these people in the room kept shaking, and some of them even cried directly.

"My lord, is what you said true? Is all this true?" A musician in his thirties looked at the steward and asked in disbelief.

This musician has memorized his humble status for decades. Originally, he thought that this would be like this for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect to be revoked today.

"Really, what the Chief Soldier told me personally just now, it probably won't take long for the news to spread. Alright, don't just stand here, and quickly bow your head in the direction of the Chief Soldier Thank you." The steward pointed to the direction where Zhao Wen lived, and looked at these people.

"Slave and maid thank you sir!" The dancer and musician in the room knelt down in the direction of Zhao Wen's residence and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Wait here for a while, I'll get your deeds for you." After saying that, the steward walked outside.

After a while, the steward appeared in front of these people holding a wooden box.

This box is filled with the deeds of sale and the deeds of residence of these people.

The steward took out all the deeds of sale and deeds of residence, and handed them over to these people.

"As for your household registration, I will give you one day. Tomorrow afternoon, I will wait for you here. When the time comes, you will bring your family members and revise your household registration.

After the household registration is revised, you will be free people.As for your original lowly status, I will also send someone to the governor's office to destroy all your lowly status.Remember, this is the grace given to you by the Chief Soldier. The steward looked at these people and said in detail, "Except for you, after you go back, please notify all the humble people in the city to let them come together tomorrow!" "

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" The dancers and musicians kowtowed non-stop, and kept saying thank you, Commander-in-Chief.

After these people left, the steward sent someone to the Governor's Yamen in Dengzhou to take out all the yellow books recording the low status and destroy them at the same time.

In addition, the steward also asked people to post a notice in the city to declare the matter, and at the same time inform the people of Dengzhou that Dengzhou had been taken over by Zhao Wen.

This matter was released after the steward consulted Zhao Wen.

Now that Zhao Wen has solved Jiannu, he has completely freed his hands, and now the remaining thing is to conquer the world, so Zhao Wen doesn't have to hide anything, and he doesn't want to hide any more.

For a while, the cancellation of the humble household registration was rumored in the city.

At this moment, the people in Dengzhou City knew that Dengzhou had changed.

The people in the city didn't feel anything about Dengzhou being taken over by Zhao Wen.

In their view, as long as they have enough food and clothing, they don't care who rules Dengzhou.

As for the gentry in the city, they didn't react too much.

The gentry in the city had known for a long time that Dengzhou had become Zhao Wen's possession, so they were not surprised by the news.

As Yang Sichang was captured by Zhao Wen, the governor's yamen was also taken over by the steward, so it was easy to destroy these humble household registrations.

Early the next morning, the outside of the restaurant was full of humble people.

While the steward was handling this matter, Zhao Wen rode a horse and led the troops towards Xuanzhen.

In addition to Zhao Wen's personal guard battalion, there is also a team of Bu He and others.

This group of people is mighty, walking on the official road.

Seeing the sudden appearance of people, the county towns along the way all closed their gates and shrank in the city.

Zhao Wengui's heart was like an arrow, and he did not attack these cities, but directly crossed these cities.

……

As the distance from Xuanzhen got closer, Zhao Wen felt indescribably relaxed.

"Notice, speed up!" Zhao Wen rode on the horse, looked at Li Xiaosan, shouted, then waved the whip in his hand, and galloped forward.

When Zhao Wen came to a place ten miles outside Xuanzhen, he saw Liu Wenzhong and others who had been waiting here for a long time.

Zhao Wen pulled the reins of the horse in his hand, and stopped in front of Liu Wenzhong and others.

Liu Wenzhong hurriedly led his men to meet him.

"My lord, you have worked hard all the way!" Liu Wenzhong saluted Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen rode on the horse and looked at Liu Wenzhong, "It doesn't matter if you work hard or not. Let's advance to the city and wait until we enter the city. You can arrange for the soldiers under Buhe and others. These people will follow me all the way. A lot of credit has been made!"

Zhao Wen pointed to Bu He and others who were following behind him.

Liu Wenzhong said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely arrange them properly."

Zhao Wen nodded, then flicked the whip in his hand, and headed towards Xuanzhen.

Buhe and other grassland tribe Khan handed over the troops in his hands to Liu Wenzhong, and then took his personal guards to chase Zhao Wen ahead.

When Zhao Wen came to Xuan Town, whoever spread the news that Zhao Wen returned to the city today, the streets were full of people welcoming Zhao Wen.

The people looked at Zhao Wen on the horse and cheered loudly.

"Long live the general soldier, long live the general soldier!"

At this time, these people didn't care about any taboos, and they directly shouted long live.

In the eyes of these common people, the person who can fill their stomachs and wear warm clothes is long live.

Zhao Wen controlled the horse and slowed down. He looked at the people on both sides of the road and kept waving his hands.

Seeing Zhao Wen like this, the common people became even more excited.

The people on both sides of the street were crowded, and if it wasn't for the soldiers to maintain order, these people would have rushed to Zhao Wen's side long ago.

The distance from the gate of the city to the General Military Mansion is not too far. If you ride a horse, it will take less than a stick of incense.

But now, it took Zhao Wen half an hour to arrive at the gate of the General Military Mansion.

As soon as he came to the gate of the General Military Mansion, Zhao Wen saw Li Xiaoying, Hai Lanzhu and his children standing at the gate.

(End of this chapter)