Chapter 5 Better to be a dog of peace than to be a person in troubled times!
Leave the house.
Ying Zheng's expression remained normal. After walking a few steps, he stopped and said, "彰(yi)".
Around him, a figure walked past like a ghost.
Ying Zheng said indifferently: "Go and check Qin Luoheng's life experience, check it carefully, check it seriously, and give me the news before the big search is over."
"Follow orders."
Ying Zheng looked back at the small courtyard, feeling mixed emotions in his heart.
He was actually somewhat certain in his heart, but on such a major matter, he had to make a thorough investigation before making a judgment.
Although he is the emperor, he dare not make any hasty conclusions.
If he admits it like this, the impact on the court will be huge.
even......
It will directly change the original order of the court.
He must be cautious.
Watching Chief Qin go away, Qin Luoheng stood there for a while, then returned to the house, picked up the bamboo slips, and looked through them, but he couldn't see anything.
"Household registration..."
"The household registration system in the Great Qin Dynasty is very strict. Once established, it is difficult to change. Now that the world is at peace, the way to change social status through obtaining military honors is basically blocked. I finally got the qualification to re-register, so I must think about it carefully."
According to Qin Luoheng's understanding, Daqin has two household registration classification methods.
The government uses different standards to distinguish people, and sets different tax standards accordingly. It also reflects social class differences through different household registration classifications.
The first category is based on the natural conditions of the people.
That is, according to the classification of adults and minors, adults are divided into large and minors are divided into small.
Adults are further subdivided into 'elderly' and 'longlong' [disabled people]. These people can be exempted from labor or reduced from labor.
Among minors, they are divided into "employed" and "unemployed" according to whether they can bear lighter labor.
This category is divided according to whether they can bear the labor force.
The second category is divided according to the social status of the people.
It is mainly divided into ordinary civilian household registration, servitude registration, apprentice registration, private slave registration, municipal registration, disciple registration, high title registration, clan registration, etc.
Qin Luoheng actually didn't have many choices.
In addition to the apprenticeship and private slave registrations for criminals serving sentences, there are ordinary civilian household registrations, labor registrations and municipal registrations, and of course there is also a chance of discipleship registration.
but.
Qin Luoheng didn't consider his disciple status at all.
In layman's terms, disciple registration refers to the "civil servant establishment" during the Qin Dynasty. This is the household registration of those "officials" who study in the school and may become legal officials in the future.
Only those with a title in the family can enter.
But among the remaining three household registrations, it was difficult for him to make a decision.
To him.
All three are not very good.
Ordinary people's household registration, that is, the registration of "registering households to equalize the people", includes workers and peasants. People are organized into groups according to the law and will be subject to the constraints of the joint sitting system.
and......
These people are the subjects of corvee taxes.
It was these people who were the first to die in Great Qin.
After falling into this household registration, Qin Luoheng could basically imagine his miserable life in the future. The imperial court sent people to collect taxes from time to time, and from time to time he was arrested for corvee service.
This is not something that ordinary people can resist.
Think about it.
Qin Luoheng still gave up.
If you do not choose ordinary civilian household registration, you can only choose service registration and municipal registration.
The so-called service status, that is, the "military status", is equivalent to the "military status" of later generations. This group of people are the main subjects recruited by the imperial court to fight, and they are also the people who are most likely to obtain military merit.
but.
At this time, soldiers fought at their own expense.
When fighting, you need to bring your own dry food, and prepare your own clothes, armor and other items.
During the Taiping years, this household registration was very popular and would be Qin Luoheng's best choice. However, it is now the thirty-first year of the Qin Dynasty. The Qin State has not yet conquered the Xiongnu in the north and has not conquered Baiyue. Now that it has entered the service registration, there is no doubt that
He was there to be cannon fodder.
The Xiongnu and Baiyue were not kind people.
Although he has good strength, he has no vision on the battlefield, and no one can predict what will happen. For a person who grew up in peacetime, entering the battlefield is really difficult.
Then only city registration is left.
Municipal registration, that is, the household registration of a merchant.
During the Qin Dynasty, the status of merchants was very low, no different from that of apprentices, and they were all prioritized for servitude. This group of people was hated by the public, and the court had many controls on commercial activities, and taxes were extremely high. Unless they were big businessmen, they could not
Just barely make ends meet.
Municipal registration is the lowest level in normal household registration.
Thinking about these three options, Qin Luoheng also scratched his head.
I really can't choose.
He felt that these three household registrations were all points of no return. He would either be squeezed to death by the imperial court, or he would be drafted into the army to fight against the Xiongnu Baiyue and drink blood on the battlefield, or he would become a pioneer in labor and become a builder of the Great Wall and Straight Road.
Main force.
No one can survive.
"It's better to be a peace dog than a person in troubled times."
"I cannot deceive the ancients sincerely."
"In times of peace, although life may not be satisfactory, there is always a way to survive. But in times of trouble, human life is like a piece of grass. If you are not careful, you will become a withered bone in the grave."
“Sometimes hindsight may not be a blessing.”
Qin Luoheng sighed lightly.
He knew why he was so anxious, mainly because he knew the progress of history, and he also knew the future direction very well. It was precisely based on his understanding of the future that he was so difficult to choose household registration and it was so difficult to decide.
He doesn't want to become a grain of sand in the times.
Nor do I want to become a victim of the rolling wheels of history.
He wants to live.
Live a safe and healthy life.
He sat in the room, meditated for a long time, gritted his teeth and said: "It's hard as hell, it's better than going directly to the battlefield and dying."
"And I also have a household registration in Guanzhong, so my household registration book is pretty solid."
"At worst, when troubled times come, I will continue to find a place to hide in the mountains and wild forests. As long as I can hide from these troubled times, what I have learned will be useful."
"I'm going to plow the fields!"
"Although ordinary people's household registration has to face heavy labor and taxes, it is still better than the other two. Before the world is completely in chaos, these two will be the first targets of the imperial court."
"Although farming is hard, it is still somewhat lower in the ranking, leaving me more time to react and make choices."
"It's decided, farmland!!!"
Qin Luoheng gritted his teeth and confirmed his household registration.
He knew that choosing to cultivate land at this time was never a wise choice, or even that it had not been a wise choice in all dynasties, but he had no other choice.
This is Da Qin!
An empire that grew out of farming wars.
In this country, there are only two ways to survive.
Either plow the land or fight.
He doesn't know how to fight and has never been on a battlefield, so he actually has no choice. He can only choose farming.
"Zhuangzi said: 'If you do nothing, you will have enough for the world; if you do something, you will have enough for the world.'"
"I already have an understanding of the future direction. It was supposed to make my journey smooth in the future, but now it has made me tired. After ten years of practicing Taoism, I still fell behind."
Qin Luoheng sighed softly, and his mind returned to calm. He continued to pick up the bamboo slips and read them carefully.