I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 20 Household Registration Reform
Inside the imperial study.

Li Tian had just finished practicing his kung fu, and he was writing and drawing something. Wang Fu lightly knocked on the door, pushed him in, and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, the old slave is back."

Looking at his brush writing like a dog crawling, Li Tian couldn't bear to look directly at it, put down the pen and raised his head and said:

"How did Concubine Wu reply to me?"

Wang Fu bowed, took out the silver ticket in his arms and said:
"Concubine Wu gave the old slave 2000 taels of silver, and hoped that the old slave would speak well of her Majesty."

A [-] tael denomination, a total of [-] Daming Tongbao Fa Cai Tong exchange bank notes were placed on the imperial case, and a cold light flashed in Wang Fu's eyes.

Of course the stingy Concubine Wu would not give him 2000 taels of silver notes. Out of the twenty tickets, only five were given by Concubine Wu, and the others were paid for by him. I wish that Concubine Wu would die soon.

Seeing the emperor's gradually frowning eyebrows, Wang Fu secretly rejoiced, and said respectfully again:

"However, Concubine Wu also said that as long as your Majesty goes to Ningfu Palace within three days, she will return the embezzled money to the inner treasury."

After hearing Wang Fu's words and looking at the stack of bank notes on the table, Li Tian was furious.

At this point, he dared to bribe Wang Fu and let him go to Ningfu Palace to ask her for it. This must be eating eight leopard guts a day.

Li Tian immediately went up against the case and said angrily:
"Show Ningfu Palace, I will ask her for it myself."

Seeing this, Wang Fu's heart skipped a beat, and he hurried to Li Tian, ​​and said indignantly:

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This old servant will go to Ningfu Palace right now. If he doesn't get back His Majesty's 8 taels of silver, this old servant will not be a human being."

Since Wang Fuzhen went to dig three packs of wet soil outside the city gate this morning, now Li Tian wanted to laugh when he saw Wang Fu's energy, so he sat down again and said:

"Okay, I'll wait for you again."

Wang Fu went out in a hurry, and Li Tian continued to write and draw.

If people of later generations see what Li Tian is painting now, they will be shocked, the ancient version of the ID card!
That's right, after the six ministries and the Mingjiao incident, Li Tian has already decided to reform the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty.

The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was established by Zhu Yuanzhang, and many places refer to the previous dynasty, such as the continuous seat system of the Qin Dynasty and the township protection system of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that every 110 households should be within a mile, and a respected person elected by everyone would be the head of the 110 households, and the head of the [-] households would be directly responsible to the head of the household department of the county government.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that "agriculturists do not travel within a mile, and go in and out at night. They know each other's work and rest, and they are not allowed to travel far. Wherever they go in and out, their neighbors must know their work and rest. If they go out for a hundred miles, they should check the road immediately."

This sentence means that all farmers who cultivate the land are not allowed to leave their hometown. Even if you go out, your neighbors must know where you are going, what you are doing, and when you will come back. You need a letter from the head of the county, issued by the county.

In the ancient society where 90.00% of the common people made a living by farming, Zhu Yuanzhang's method can be said to completely eliminate the possibility of civil uprising.

But this moment, that moment.

Up to now, although the system that one family breaks the law and the neighbors commit the same crime is still strong, the system of immediate inspection and certification of the people who are hundreds of miles away from their hometown is useless.

And this is also the fundamental reason why dozens of Mingjiao believers were able to sneak into the capital.

Looking at the ancient version of the ID card that had already taken shape on the white paper, Li Tian fell into thinking. This occupation, home address and so on are easy to talk about, but the portrait is not easy to deal with.

Since the Qin Dynasty, the guides of all dynasties have been described in words, such as height, weight, moles on the face, birthmarks on the body, red phoenix eyes or mung bean eyes, eagle hook nose or bulbous nose, although it is relatively accurate. , but in Li Tian's view, it is still not enough.

After pondering for a long time, Li Tian drew a circle on the drawing and had to write down the word "painter".

No way, in this era without cameras, skilled painters are the only alternative.

After making up his mind, Li Tian asked the little eunuch Hou Zai outside the door to pass on the four cabinet scholars.

Naturally, Yang Shiqi and others did not dare to neglect the emperor's biography. After explaining to the Hanlin several times, they hurried to the imperial study.

Yang Shiqi has the right to enter and leave the imperial study room freely, but Huang Zhun, Yang Rong and Ren Jin do not have it. Yang Shiqi had to lead the three of them to stand outside the imperial study room and bowed:
"Your Majesty, the ministers are called to come."

"Come in, dear ladies."

Li Tian said loudly.

The gatekeeper eunuch Xiao Fangzi heard the sound, hurriedly pushed open the door of the imperial study for several senior scholars, and respectfully invited all the gentlemen to enter.

After all the four academicians were seated and finished watching the tea, Li Tian cleared his throat and said in a deep breath:

"I have called all my lovers to come here, and I really have something important to discuss."

With that said, Li Tian handed Yang Shiqi the drawings that had been added, deleted, and modified in his hand, and continued:
"Shun Rongping of the Shuntian Mansion handed over the papers. I think all the ministers have read it. After thinking about it, I deeply feel that the imperial government's decrees are in vain and the people's policies are weak. This time I called you here to hear your opinions. "

Yang Shiqi looked at the pattern drawn on the paper, handed it to Huang Zhun, and said respectfully:
"Your Majesty, the drawing on this paper seems to be a guide?"

Li Tian took a sip of tea, waved his hands and said:

"Don't worry, Shi Qi, let the three of Zhong Chang take a look."

Yang Shiqi bowed his hands, sat down obediently, and prepared to make a draft first.

After the four great scholars looked at it one by one, Li Tian put down the teacup in his hand and said:

"The drawing on the paper is the ID card I designed for the people of the world. Do you think there is something wrong with it?"

ID card?personal I.D?Listening to this new word, everyone understood the meaning after a little thought.

I saw Ren Jin, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, took the lead and said:

"The map constructed by His Majesty includes all aspects of the people's residence, address and identity, as well as the clothes and appearance drawn by the painter. I think it is very feasible."

Of course Ren Jin saw how many years it would take for the painters to paint the faces of the people all over the world, but Ren Jin didn't say anything. He believed that since the emperor could draw this picture, he had already figured out how to deal with it.

In the last small court meeting, Li Tian had learned Huang Zhun's alertness, but this time Li Tian wanted to see if Huang Zhun was still as alert, and said in a deep voice:
"Zhongchang, what do you think?"

Huang Zhun was called to his name, stood up, knelt on the ground respectfully and gave a big gift to Li Tian, ​​and said in a sobbing voice:

"Your Majesty, if this method can be promoted, it will be the merit of His Majesty forever, and the blessing of my Ming Dynasty forever."

Huang Zhun's so many reactions really shocked Li Tian, ​​Yang Shiqi and others.

However, as a qualified emperor, Li Tian hurried down the stairs and helped Huang Zhun up from the ground with his own hands.

"Zhong Chang can just speak up if he has something to say, how can I accept such a great gift."

Huang Zhun shook his head stubbornly, his old eyes were full of brilliance and said:
"If your majesty's law can be implemented, I can assure you that crimes among the market will be greatly reduced, the treasury's autumn grain taxation will be greatly increased, and the census verification by the Ministry of Households will be easy."

(End of this chapter)