The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 100 Difficult to travel?
Ergou walked with the Han family all the way, and just now he realized how unreliable it was for him to go to Bianliang recklessly before.

Other things are fine, the biggest problem is that Ergou doesn't have a passport.

It should be noted that in an era when the dynasty control was relatively sound, such as the Song Dynasty, no matter who wanted to travel far, he must have a passport.

The ID card is a document and keepsake similar to an ID card or a letter of introduction used by ancient people. The ID card is a talisman and the ID card is a document.

Without a certificate of identity, even if Er Gou is rich, he can't enter a big city, can't live in a decent official inn, and can only find shelter in the unscrupulous huts in the countryside, or sleep in the wilderness.

It's just that most of those wild shops are used to be black shops to harm people, and if they are not careful, they will be beaten and killed as cattle and sheep.

This was the trouble Ergou faced when he went into battle lightly. Now Ergou has a cart of refined salt that he wants to sell to Bianliang, but it is even more problematic.He had no tax papers, but he had to be checked. Not only would his goods be confiscated, but he himself would also have to go to jail, where he would be beaten and punished.

Some people may ask, in this case, why didn't Ergou buy a set of ID card when he left his hometown?
It's not that he doesn't want to do it, but that he doesn't have the qualifications.

In the Great Song Dynasty, not everyone was qualified to buy a badge, at least ordinary people would not have such a thing.

The body certificates of the Song Dynasty are mainly divided into three categories:

The first type is for people with a certain identity and status, such as scholars, officials or military generals with a good reputation, who are qualified to possess standing certificates.

But with such a certificate of identity, the holder can enjoy some official benefits, such as staying in an official post hotel when going out. Of course, you have to spend a little money to live comfortably, but there are also officials and eunuchs who take advantage of it. Eat and drink for nothing.

Another advantage of this kind of identity certificate is that you can go to Jiaosifang to relax, and to put it bluntly, it is to go to the brothel to play big health care.In Ergou's previous life, some people often delusionally thought that if they went to ancient times, they would go to the brothel to be the daughter of Zheng Qianjin.

It can only be said that people with this kind of thinking only want to eat shit. Without a real identity certificate, you can't even enter the brothel. You really think that money is everything!
Then someone said, aren't there scenes in costume dramas where rich people go to brothels?

You also know that it is a costume drama, not reality.

Most of the brothels in the Song Dynasty were basically run by the government, and there was no need to go in without any status.It should be noted that scholar-bureaucrats are very arrogant, and mud-legged and copper-smelling merchants are also matched in to work with us, so what's so good? !
Some people may ask, it’s nothing more than a farmer’s muddy legs, can’t we businessmen have a lot of furniture, can’t we enjoy it?

of course can.

There are two ways, one is to go to the private prostitutes and dark warblers to have fun; the other is to find a familiar scholar (at least a scholar) and ask him to take you into the brothel together for money. You see, generally you have a great chance to get a money-loving sister to have fun.

It's far away.

When some civilians are recruited by the government, such as going to a certain place to join the army or serve in corvee, they will get a collective card.This kind of ultimatum is relatively restricted and can only be used in specific places.

The last is the merchant's customs clearance tax certificate (no identity card), which is the most necessary identity certificate for merchants to sell goods.If the merchant does not have this certificate, he will be arrested, the goods he is carrying will be confiscated, and the owner of the goods will have to face a lawsuit.

Well, as mentioned above, this businessman’s certificate cannot enter high-end places such as Jiaosifang, brothels, etc., and he cannot live in official houses, but he can live in inns and post stations, but it costs more money, which is more expensive than a serious certificate of identity. More flowers.

Then someone asked, is it impossible to travel far without a passport?
This is really the case in the Ming Dynasty 300 years later. The identity certificate of the Ming Dynasty has evolved into a combination of a household registration book and a letter of introduction. If they arrive, they will be directly treated as refugees (hard labor).

However, the control in the Song Dynasty was a little looser, and people were even prevented from migrating, and they could travel without ID cards, but they couldn't get official benefits.

If you travel like a dog, you can sneak into the big city without carrying any goods, but with the soldiers guarding the city gates and bribes with some money. However, you must have a place to stay, otherwise you will be in trouble.

For example, most of the down-and-out heroes in "Water Margin" live in poorly governed towns, and rarely live in big cities and towns because they don't have serious ID cards, and they don't have two other people. This kind of identity document is difficult to get by in big cities.

Another example is the Kansai part of the boxing town under Lu Ti's jurisdiction. Jin Cuilian's father and daughter's family went to Weizhou to seek refuge with relatives.It's a pity that the relatives he waited for went to Yingtian Mansion, so the whole family would be doomed.

Then his mother died of illness, and the father and daughter were deceived by Zheng Tu and had nowhere to defend themselves, even if they sued the government.

Just as Jin Cuilian and her daughter complained to Ruda, although Ruda was an official, he never thought of relying on official power to deliver justice, because he also knew very well that the government could not handle this matter, and would even favor Zheng Tu.

And this is the reality, it's easy to talk about having a decent household registration status, but if you are a black household without a status, you can only suffer from being bullied by others.

Of course, if your fist is hard enough, that's another story.

There is no doubt that Ergou's fists are very hard. At least ordinary bandits can't do anything to him. He is only afraid of official trouble.

Now that Han Zhi and Han Cunbao of the Han family are company, this official trouble is gone.

Han Zhimeng's father's shadow has a No. 20 fifth rank, a civil official from the eighth rank, called Chengwu Lang, counted as a civil official, and has a serious identity certificate.Han Cunbao was also under the shadows, and got a real job in Hezhou as the military and horse capital supervisor, and he also had a serious certificate of identity.

In this way, the two dogs mixed with him and the others, so they didn't have to worry about official patrols coming to make trouble.

Only this way, starting from Anyang, passing through Tangyin County, and entering the Anli Army via Wuren Mountain, the journey was safe.I only ran into a group of bandits blocking the road in Wuren Mountain, and got my family name by eating Han Cunbao, and then they broke up after riding a horse.

To be honest, this situation really made Ergou feel awkward. Nima Xiangzhou was full of bandits, but the world was peaceful when he left Xiangzhou. Is this abnormal in Song Dynasty or in Xiangzhou?

Ergou kept these words in his heart and didn't say anything else.

Han Zhi didn't notice it, but Han Cunbao felt the change in Ergou's mind, because after a long time the [Evil Karma Skull Bead] hissed him slightly to warn him.

Han Cunbao couldn't hide anything in his heart, so he took an opportunity to ask Ergou to ask him directly.

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