Chapter 947, complaining for a long time (supplement)
"Sell newspapers~ sell newspapers~"
"The imperial court issued a recent decree requiring all states in the Ming Dynasty to conduct a comprehensive and systematic census. Everyone, regardless of status, high or low, must accept the census."
A few days later, in the streets and alleys of the capital, newsboys waved newspapers in their hands and kept shouting. Suddenly, a large number of people buying newspapers quickly gathered around them.
Reading newspapers has become a daily habit for people in Ming Dynasty. Getting up every morning, drinking tea and reading newspapers has almost become a normal life for people with status and status in Ming Dynasty.
With the launch of the Tomorrow Morning Post, young and old men throughout the Beijing-Tianjin area began to discuss it enthusiastically again.
"Why does this fine court conduct a census?"
"Oh, of course it's for tax purposes."
"What kind of tax? Didn't the emperor exempt the population tax and corvee not long ago? What's more, didn't the newspaper say that last year, the tax revenue of the imperial treasury exceeded 90 million taels, and the savings were more than 100,000 taels.
Twenty million taels of silver."
"Now, the imperial court no longer looks down upon us common people's capitation tax."
"That's right, did you see what the newspaper said?"
"This census is also to find out the population situation of each state capital. Only by knowing the population clearly can we better formulate relevant policies."
"For example, in terms of immigration, of course, priority will be given to immigrating from state capitals with large populations to outside the customs and overseas. Also, the newspaper also said that the court encourages childbirth. If someone cannot marry a wife, the court may provide it for free.
I’ll give you a wife.”
"Is there such a good thing?"
"Of course, but this daughter-in-law is most likely not a Han, but a foreigner. I heard that in the Western Regions, in order to encourage childbirth, all those who immigrated to the Western Regions, as long as they do not have a daughter-in-law,
Anyone can go buy a daughter-in-law. You only need to pay one-tenth of the price, and the rest will be paid by the Chief Envoy of the Western Regions."
"I've also heard about this. An old brother of mine immigrated to the Western Regions. Some time ago, he bought two Western Region women. Although they are not as good-looking as our Ming Dynasty women, they are tall, have big butts, are easy to give birth to, and have the strength to do things.
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"The imperial court will not lie. It just sends out women. There are many women outside the Ming Dynasty. Once our Ming Dynasty army arrives, it will sweep across all directions and capture hundreds of thousands of slaves every time."
"In the last war in Central Asia, our Ming soldiers captured hundreds of thousands of women. Now among the brothels in Beijing and Tianjin, who doesn't have some dancing girls from the Western Regions?"
"Yes, yes, and here in Tianzhu, the slave trade is very popular now."
"It's such a good thing, but it's a pity that I'm already married to my mother-in-law."
"What a pity. I heard someone said that the emperor intends to encourage childbirth. At that time, he may issue an imperial edict requiring Ming men to take foreign concubines in addition to marrying their first wives. Then you can legitimately take concubines.
No need to be afraid of the tigress at home anymore.”
"real?"
"Of course it's true. I heard that it was brought up by Mr. Liu of the Jin Dynasty. He said that the current territory of the Ming Dynasty is vaster than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It rules more people and tribes than any other country in history."
"With such a huge territory and so many tribes, the top priority is naturally us Han people. The more Han people we have, the more stable we will be. So it is natural to encourage births. This encouragement of births naturally encourages us to have more concubines.
Already."
"That's it, that's it. As long as there are enough women, one person can reproduce a whole ethnic group."
"Haha, look at how happy you are. Be careful if the tigress in your house finds out. When the time comes, you will go home and kneel on the washboard."
"Am I afraid of her? It offended me, so I divorced her all the time."
"Haha, do you dare?"
"That's right, forget about bragging~"
"..."
Young and old men in the Beijing and Tianjin areas were the first to know the news, and immediately fell into heated discussions.
The officials in various parts of the Ming Dynasty also received an order from the Ming Dynasty court in the shortest possible time, requiring the state offices in various parts of the Ming Dynasty to complete this census, and this census will also be included in this year's examination results.
middle.
Tian Muming, the county magistrate of Jinshan County in the Beiting Prefecture of the Western Regions, could not help but frown while holding the latest imperial edict. He had only been here as a magistrate in Jinshan County for only a few months, and he was still familiar with Jinshan County.
process, but the imperial court came up with a difficult matter.
Tian Muming is the new Jinshi in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi this year. Of course, he participated in the newly established Dongbang. Everyone knows that the Dongbang is the worst among the three rankings. Tian Muming was able to win the Jinshi not because he really
He is very powerful and can write exquisite articles.
The main reason was that he was a native of Nanyang Province. In order to show its blessings to these places, the imperial court gave some preferential treatment to some local natives of Nanyang to take part in the imperial examination and became officials.
Tian Muming came to the Ming Dynasty from Nanyang, and then was sent to the Western Regions to serve as an official. Tian Muming is a legend.
"Sir, I wonder why you frown?"
Beside Tian Muming, Ouyang Yun, the county magistrate of Jinshan County, looked at Tian Muming's appearance and asked curiously.
Ouyang Yun was not selected as a Jinshi, but was just a candidate. However, the current situation in the Ming Dynasty was that officials were needed everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, so there were officials to do the promotion, so he was sent to Jinshan County to become the county magistrate.
"Look~"
"The imperial court has issued a decree requiring our various state capitals to complete the census within two months of receiving the decree. We have just arrived in Jinshan County not long ago and are not familiar with anything here.
, it is not easy to complete this census."
"And it's also related to this year's exam results."
Tian Muming showed Ouyang Yun the order from his superiors and said helplessly.
He is a native of Nanyang, and Ouyang Yun is a serious Ming Han native, so even though he is the county magistrate and Ouyang Yun is the county magistrate, he will basically discuss everything with Ouyang Yun and negotiate with each other.
Also pleasant.
"Census?"
When Ouyang Yun heard this, he immediately looked at it quickly and soon frowned.
"If we just count the population of our Jinshan County, it is not difficult."
"Our Jinshan County is located on Tianshan South Road. Although it has a relatively large jurisdiction and many tribes, the total population is not large. It can still be completed by sending out the county government officials and officials."
"But now it's not just about counting numbers, but more importantly, it's also about counting gender, age, tribe, property, beliefs and many other information. This is a huge workload."
"What's more important is that the situation here is different from that in Guan Nei. In Guan Nei, all farmers are farming and living in the same way. It's not difficult to count."
“And here in Jinshan County, we not only have Uighurs and Hui people who cultivate agriculture, but also nomadic Turks, Uzbeks, Mongolians, Wusun people, etc. They are all nomadic everywhere, and they don’t know where they are.
That grassland is ready for winter, and it is very scattered, so it is difficult to conduct a census, not to mention that it can be completed within two months."
Ouyang Yun also said with a sad face, this job is really difficult.
It is already October of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, and it has already snowed here in the Western Regions. The farming tribes who live in designated areas are okay, but this nomadic tribe, you want them to search all over the grassland?
"If it is difficult, you must do it. There is no other way. The imperial decree is related to passing the exam. No matter how difficult it is, you must complete it."
Tian Muming sighed helplessly and said.
"Now we can only worry about the leaders and chiefs of each tribe, discuss this matter with them, and let them help complete it. Otherwise, if we are close to the dozens of yamen servants in our yamen, we may not be able to complete the task at all."
Ouyang Yun thought for a while and suggested.
"That's all we can do. If we ask these tribal leaders and leaders to help, will they truthfully report the population of their respective tribes?"
"Although the imperial court has now exempted people from taxes and corvees, these tribes have just been under the rule of the Ming Dynasty not long ago, so they may not be able to fully trust the imperial court."
Tian Muming thought for a while and then said: "The decree above is very clear, requiring us to be accurate and complete. The yellow list will be drawn up and people will be sent to spot-check it. At the same time, the counted population will be unified by the imperial court.
Issue proof of identity.”
"Many policies of the future imperial court will be formulated and implemented based on this demographic figure."
"Well, this is a big problem."
"It has not been long since the Western Regions have been under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. At present, everything is still unstable. People's hearts are floating and anxious. There may indeed be situations where the population is concealed."
Ouyang Yun thought for a while and nodded solemnly.
As a native of Jiangnan, it was only after he came to the Western Regions to serve as an official that he saw a different world. The Western Regions were a completely different world from Jiangnan.
"First, rule the leaders of each tribe. The chiefs come to our county government and ask them to help. The final statistics will still depend on our county government officials."
"In addition, we can also formulate some policies to punish the tribes who conceal and fail to report. I think they should not dare to say no to our government now."
The two pondered for a long time, and after thinking about it Ouyang Yun also said confidently.
Although the Western Region has just been under the rule of the Ming Dynasty not long ago, the Ming Dynasty's dominance here is unprecedentedly strong. Governments in various places have appointed officials to manage it. At the same time, there are Ming troops stationed everywhere, and they have been constantly attacking.
Disobedient tribes, crack down on bandits, thieves and the like.
Tribes of all sizes in the entire Western Region are now quite in awe of the Ming Dynasty.