Chapter 1545, cancel the household registration restrictions
“Now let’s talk about the complete abolition of household registration restrictions.”
Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone had nothing to do and continued to bring up another thing Liu Jin mentioned.
Eliminate household registration restrictions and promote urbanization development.
The reason Liu Jin gave for this matter was to combat local clan forces, but in fact this was only one aspect. The more important reason was to promote the development of capitalism.
The development of capitalism and the rise of a large number of factories and workshops required a large amount of labor. Overseas in the Ming Dynasty, a large number of slaves could be used to meet the demand. However, the existence of slaves was not allowed in the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of labor forces were distributed in rural areas.
If these labor forces are not brought to the city, where will factories, workshops, businesses, etc. find so many workers?
Historically, Britain launched a sheep-cannibalism movement for this matter, and arbitrarily occupied land to raise sheep. On the one hand, it met the huge demand for wool from textile mills, and on the other hand, it removed a large amount of labor from rural areas.
Rushed into the city.
In cities, these laborers have lost the land they depend on for survival, and have no assets or houses of their own. Naturally, they need to rely on factories for everything and must sell their cheap labor to obtain the materials they need for life.
Moreover, because they were driven into the city, they lost everything they had and had to buy new belongings. Invisibly, more expenditures and expenditures were incurred, which expanded domestic demand and found a market for capitalism.
The situation in the Ming Dynasty is actually similar now. On the one hand, cities require a large amount of labor. Factories, workshops, businesses, and construction sites all require a lot of labor.
On the other hand, Ming Dynasty needs to expand its domestic demand. This person has always stayed in the countryside and has his own fields and vegetable fields. He is under a small-scale peasant economy and it is difficult to stimulate domestic demand.
Therefore, it is necessary to gradually and slowly migrate the rural population to the city so that they can transform from farmers into workers. Once they arrive in the city, the small-scale peasant economy model will no longer be able to continue.
When you enter the city, do you want to buy a house?
After buying, you need to renovate, and after renovating, you still need to live in it. You need to buy all kinds of furniture, household supplies, etc., and you need to buy all kinds of things needed for life. Domestic demand will naturally expand.
Already.
In fact, the situation in the Ming Dynasty was countless times better than that in Britain in history.
At least, Ming Dynasty did not need to take coercive measures to move the population from rural areas to cities, because Ming Dynasty's own market size was large enough, and there was a global market to help here.
Secondly, the labor force in the Ming Dynasty is not cheap, it can even be said to be very expensive. Even if they enter the city, the people of the Ming Dynasty can still live a good life.
As long as you work in a factory, you basically have food and accommodation included. The expenses are very small and the wages are high. If a couple works together for a year, they can easily build a nice new house when they return home and do a few more jobs.
In this year, it was easy to buy a house in the city.
All these show that the Ming Dynasty, which has a strong foundation and can plunder global wealth and markets, will inevitably follow a much smoother path, and the people of Ming Dynasty will not have to experience the many hardships on the road of capital development.
The only issue before everyone now is the issue of household registration restrictions.
In the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people were not allowed to go out easily. If they wanted to go out, they had to have a road guide set up by the government. If there was no road guide, the government might arrest them and treat them as bandits, bandits and the like.
Therefore, in ancient times, the only people who were able to go out and enjoy the scenery at will were basically scholars. Scholars had a good reputation and could basically travel around at will. And those who could study basically had good family conditions.
Outings and outings are supported if conditions permit.
As for ordinary people, the vast majority of them may have never even left their own county in their entire lives.
Of course, the court's control over this aspect has been very loose in recent years, and local governments have not cared about this matter, because factories require a large amount of labor. If you take care of it, who will come to work?
In addition, a large number of immigrants were needed overseas, and the imperial court encouraged immigrants to go overseas, and the control in this area was completely relaxed at once.
However, household registration restrictions still exist, and officials in some places even use this to extort people who come to work in the city.
In addition, the restrictions of the household registration system not only restricted the flow of the population, but also restricted occupations. Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang had wishful thinking and set an identity for everyone.
Households that boil salt, craftsmen who work as craftsmen, military households that defend their homes and country, etc., are all included in the household registration system. Households who cook salt are households who are households for generations, and households who are military are households who are military for generations.
You can't do anything else.
Later, Liu Jin carried out military reforms and completely abolished the military household system, but some other related systems were still implemented, which affected the development of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that it is indeed necessary to cancel household registration restrictions and introduce a new household registration system to ensure that migrant workers in cities can also enjoy their due rights."
Zhang Mao was the first to stand up and express his support.
He is a big capitalist, with many factories under his control and many workers. The benefits of abolishing household registration restrictions are obvious, and there is no reason why he should not support it.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed necessary to lift household registration restrictions, allow the free flow of the population, and at the same time allow migrant workers to settle in the city and allow their children to study nearby."
Li Dongyang also expressed support.
The Beijing-Tianjin area is developing rapidly, and now some problems that have appeared in the urbanization development process of later generations have emerged.
For example, due to the large influx of population, it is difficult to study, and a large number of people who buy real estate in the city are unable to settle in the city.
These problems may seem small, but they are related to the vital interests of a large number of people.
Just like in later generations, it is not easy to settle in a city, especially in places like the Imperial Capital and the Magic City, it is even more difficult.
Urban development is inseparable from the vast number of workers who come to cities to work, but they do not enjoy the many dividends brought by urban development.
This in itself is extremely unfair.
Especially in education, in the process of urban development, the educational supporting facilities are obviously fundamental, and the difficulty of studying has become a hot topic of the times.
Then many strange images evolved, such as those who only marry local aborigines in the city, who are required to have their identity number start with something, and their parents are required to do the same, and others who look down on outsiders, etc. It is really too much.
too much.
In the final analysis, it is actually an extension and inertia of the household registration system. It has been extended into the 21st century and it is still difficult to solve this problem.
However, the situation in later generations was still very different.
In later generations, China had more people, less land, and scarce resources. A large number of people poured into the cities, which brought a large amount of cheap labor, but it also brought a lot of problems.
To survive and develop in the cracks, one can only sacrifice the happiness of one or two generations in exchange for rise.
The situation in Ming Dynasty is different now.
The Ming Dynasty was able to do this with ease, but in fact, more of it hoped to bring people from the countryside to the city, so that they could become the city's labor force and consumers of products, and promote the development of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that people in the Ming Dynasty don't seem to like coming to the city very much.
On the one hand, there has always been the concept that it is difficult to leave one's hometown. Everyone still likes to live their own small life in their hometown.
Another aspect is that you can still live a good life in rural areas. A large number of people have moved outside the customs and overseas, and the competition in rural areas has suddenly become much smaller.
In many places, even a large amount of land is uncultivated. You can live a good life casually in the countryside. There is no need to go to the city to endure hardships.
Furthermore, you can also immigrate to other parts of the country and overseas. Many preferential policies are still attracting a large number of people to migrate out.
This city needs to attract people, and it will definitely not work without introducing some preferential policies.
"Your Majesty, it is necessary to introduce many policies that are conducive to urban settlement and life, and to cancel many of the original restrictions."
"In Nanjing today, because of what happened at the end of last year, people who originally went to Nanjing to work are unwilling to go to Nanjing. Millions of people have been lost. As a result, Nanjing's shutters are withering, factories are shut down, and development is stagnant."
"On the one hand, this shows that our Ming Dynasty is prosperous. People in our Ming Dynasty have many choices and can live a good life casually. On the other hand, it also shows that if cities want to attract a large number of people and labor, they must introduce
Many favorable policies are used to attract people to migrate to cities."
Liu Jin gave an example of what happened in Nanjing.
Nowadays, the people of Ming Dynasty have many choices and live a good life. However, the development of capitalism requires labor and the market. Coercion cannot be used, so we can only introduce some policies to attract them.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that all household registration restrictions should be abolished, free movement should be allowed, and people should be allowed to settle in cities. At the same time, relevant legal systems should be introduced to stipulate and protect their rights and interests."
Liu Jian thought for a while and expressed his support.
Several large factories have been opened in my home, and recruiting workers is a headache. If more people can come to the city, the problem of recruiting workers for the factories will no longer be a headache.
"Well, let's do it this way: cancel many restrictions that are not conducive to population mobility, completely cancel the road guide system, allow migrant workers to settle in the city, and allow their children to study nearby."
Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone had no objections, so he made the decision.
"Your Majesty's Holy Might~"
Everyone stood up quickly and shouted in unison.
"The Ming Dynasty is better now. The people live a comfortable life. In future generations, when there are more people, less land, and scarce resources, people will be the least valuable cheap labor force!"
