Chapter 951, is the king's official on the shore of the soil
In the study room of the Palace of Qianqing, Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao, Zhong Zhong and others each held an iron piece in their hands, and at the same time, they also handed over a copy of the citizen hierarchy drawn up by Liu Jin and looked at it carefully. With.
"This is my Ming citizenship badge from now on?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the identity tag in his hand with great interest. Liu Jin asked Miyun Iron Factory to send over the samples made by him for a first look.
The identity card is divided into two sides: the front and back. The name, gender, date of birth and age are written on the front (because the AD calendar has not yet been implemented, the date of birth is the year and month of Hongzhi. If it is the father of Emperor Hongzhi, Time then becomes a certain year, a certain month and a certain day. It is not easy to calculate the age, so it is also a famous age.)
There is also information such as tribe/ethnicity, place of origin, identity number and the most important level of citizenship, which is clearly written on the identity card in the hand of Emperor Hongzhi.
Name Zhang San, male, date of birth on the first day of the first lunar month of the first year of Hongzhi, age 15, tribe/ethnicity, Han nationality, native place Zhangjia Village, Anding Town, Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili, identity number 100103000101012345, citizen level, First class citizen.
After looking at the front, Emperor Hongzhi turned it over and looked at the north side. On the north side was the seal of the Emperor of Heaven engraved with the words.
The citizen identity card of the Ming Empire was based on the census system of the 15th year of Hongzhi. It also contained a very domineering line of words: The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers!
Well, the last sentence was also added by Liu Jinrang, which means that the world belongs to the Emperor of Heaven, and everyone in the world is the subject of the Emperor.
On the one hand, it also shows the power and domineering power of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it also means treating everyone equally, which means that no matter you are a first-class citizen or a fourth-class citizen, you are all subjects of the Emperor and are protected by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
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"Not bad, not bad, very good~"
Emperor Hongzhi read it carefully and immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly.
This ID card is fine, and the workmanship is fine. The key is that a lot of information is clearly written in detail. After the household registration system is abolished, the population will flow. In the future, the government can specifically check this ID card, which is conducive to the management and flow of the population.
Of course, what satisfied Emperor Hongzhi the most was actually the opposite sentence. Could it be that the whole world was the land of the king, and that the shore of the land was the ministers of the king? This sentence made Emperor Hongzhi like it very much.
"It is indeed quite good, but I don't know how much it costs. You must know that this is iron. Although it is only such a thin piece, judging from the current population census, the population of Ming Dynasty may exceed 10 million. This requires a lot of iron pieces."
Ji Zhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, thought for a while and was the first to stand up and said.
Although he, the housekeeper of the empire, is much better off than Zhou Jing was when he was the Minister of Household Affairs, he still has to save what should be saved. Is it too extravagant to use iron sheets to make this identity tag?
"The cost is very low. This iron sheet is very thin, just like paper. It is made using a steam stamping machine. The cost of such an iron sheet is less than five cents. In total, it only costs With less than one million taels of silver, you can create identity cards for everyone in Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said.
Now the Ming Dynasty's steel production has also increased. There is the Miyun Iron Works here in Beijing, the Songhu Iron Works here in the south, and the Qiongzhou Iron Works further south. They are all industries under Liu Jin's command and use blast furnaces.
Iron-making technology has high output and prices are constantly falling.
"One million taels of silver just for such a status tag, isn't it too extravagant?"
Liu Jian thought for a while and shook his head and said, that is to say, Ming Dynasty is rich now. In the past, let alone one million taels of silver, even one hundred thousand taels of silver would have been difficult to come up with from the national treasury, let alone use it for such a toss.
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"It is indeed a bit luxurious, but this identity card is also for the convenience of the imperial court to manage the population, so the money should be spent."
Li Dongyang thought for a while and said, he is more supportive. As for the money, the court now has a lot of money. Last year, it saved tens of millions of taels of silver and did not spend it.
"This ID badge is quite good. Let's get it according to this standard."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at it and said grandly, "Well, once you have money, your speech will be different."
In the past, Emperor Hongzhi was actually quite stingy.
"Yes~"
Everyone also nodded quickly.
Then everyone looked at the system of citizen hierarchy in their hands again.
"Liu Jin, your classification of classes is too rough. I think this first-class citizen should be the scholar among us Han people. Those who have not studied and are illiterate should be reduced to second-class citizens."
Xie Qian looked at it, thought about it and asked.
"Hmm~ That makes sense."
When the others heard this, they immediately nodded their heads. They were inferior in everything but educated. The identity and status of these scholars were naturally different from those of ordinary people. How could they all be first-class citizens?
"I also support Mr. Xie's views."
"A more detailed classification should be made. It should be divided into six classes. The first class is scholars, the second class is ordinary Han people, and then push down."
Liu Jian thought for a while and said.
The identity and status of scholars must be guaranteed and displayed everywhere, and they must not be mixed with ordinary people.
Emperor Hongzhi also nodded slightly after hearing this. Order of hierarchy and rank is still very important. This is the most important thing to maintain imperial power. Without these things, if the imperial power can be maintained?
"Your Majesty, the reason why I established this civil hierarchy is not to distinguish the nobility among us Han people, but to promote the integration of those foreign races and tribes in our territory of the Ming Dynasty into us."
"For each level, if you want to be promoted to a higher level, there are corresponding conditions, and these conditions basically require them to change their Chinese surnames, take Chinese names, learn Ming Dynasty Mandarin, learn Chinese characters, respect Confucianism and Taoism, etc.
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"The purpose of classifying classes is to differentiate them so that they have the motivation and pressure to learn our Han culture and continuously integrate into the main body of the Ming Dynasty."
"As long as we stick to this system for a long time, I believe that after several decades or hundreds of years, these tribes in our Ming Dynasty may not be Han Chinese by blood, but they will no longer be different from us in culture and ideology.
No difference."
"In this way, there will no longer be distinctions between borders, and there will definitely be no chieftain rebellion, because everyone will eventually become Han Chinese."
Liu Jin thought for a while and explained his purpose of formulating this system.
"It's well said. If the barbarians and the Di people come to our country, the Ming Dynasty will be conquered. If the Ming Dynasty comes to the barbarians and the Di people, the barbarians will be conquered!"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he was immediately amazed.
After all, since ancient times, how to distinguish whether a person is Chinese or not does not depend on blood, but on the person's ideas, culture and education.
This point has already been proposed in the Spring and Autumn Period.
"Well, that makes sense!"
Others nodded after hearing this, and after thinking about it carefully, the role of this system is really like this. It mainly gives some pressure and motivation to non-Han people in the Ming Dynasty, allowing them to learn Chinese characters, learn Han culture, and eventually integrate in.
And this is what Liu Jin mentioned before. The Ming Dynasty wanted to rule such a vast territory for a long time and stabilize all the tribes in the territory. The best way was to turn them into a family.
They share a common language, common culture, common thoughts and concepts, and there is no big gap between them. Only in this way can we truly integrate together and achieve long-term unity.
"I think we can actually add some more content to this. For example, if the emperor offers amnesty to the whole world, it should only be limited to first-class citizens and second-class citizens."
"Also, in terms of marriage, we should add the phenomenon of marrying into the family. If the marriage reaches a high level, it can be upgraded to a higher level, and the children born can also be treated as high-level citizens."
"In terms of military recruitment, it should be stipulated that the court can only recruit first-class citizens as soldiers. Second-class citizens and below cannot serve as soldiers and do not need to perform military service."
Li Dongyang thought for a while and put forward a few additional points of his own.
"I have a few things to add. When there is a conflict between high-level citizens and low-level citizens, the government should first maintain the high-level citizens."
"If low-level citizens commit crimes, they should be punished more severely, especially those in the fourth category who are not even willing to change their Chinese surnames and names. The punishments should be increased even more to achieve the purpose of putting pressure on them."
"In addition, religious beliefs should be included in it. All third-class citizens, second-class citizens and first-class citizens are only allowed to believe in Buddhism, Taoism or no religion. They are not allowed to believe in any foreign religion."
Liu Jian thought about it and put forward a few additional points. Since the purpose is to promote integration and promote the integration of the tribes in the Ming Dynasty into the main body, more and more detailed additions must be made.
Others also fell into thinking one after another, and began to make additions.
"About slaves, I think something is wrong. This slave is the property of the slave owner. It is still too difficult for the slave owner to take the initiative to grant freedom. Therefore, I think that if the slave can work hard for more than thirty years, or his age
If you are over 50 years old, you should be released from slavery by the local government and given the status of a fourth-class citizen."
"I also think that this should be the case. Fifty has already known the destiny of heaven. Slaves should be given freedom and citizenship at the same time. It can be regarded as a reward for their hard work."
"As for the descendants of slaves, I believe that if they have been slaves for three generations without any bad behavior, the fourth generation should be given freedom and the status of fourth-class citizens."
"Is four generations too many? Is three generations enough?"
"It would be good to be able to give them freedom. Logically speaking, this slave should not have descendants."