The Shaowu New Deal is a summary of a series of political measures taken by the emperor from the six ministries of the cabinet. As executors and participants, they must shout slogans to unite people's hearts.
Politically, we will continue to implement the policy of strong cadres and weak branches.
For example, merge and split provinces, make the governor the head of a province, levy commercial taxes on a large scale, decentralize the commercial tax department, reduce miscellaneous taxes, share tax revenue, establish a new general judgment to divide the judiciary, etc.
Militarily, guard posts were abolished, military households were liberated, patrol battalions were organized and trained locally, and border troops were rectified.
As for the clan, the salary and salary were greatly reduced, and the hereditary sequence was adopted to reduce the pressure on the court as much as possible.
This series of measures can be described as earth-shaking compared to the ancestral system.
If the cabinet were not still there, the official system was still there, and the emperor's surname was still Zhu, they would seem to have arrived in a new dynasty.
"We must continue to organize households and improve people's well-being."
Zhao Shu frowned: "Now Sichuan is moved to Henan, and Hunan is moved to Hubei. These two migrations are still continuing, and will be followed by migrations to Shaanxi, Gansu, Suiyuan and other provinces, especially Liaodong. At least one million people will be moved from Shandong.
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"If we can't control their household registration, how can migration be so convenient?"
"The person who made the Yellow Book?" Zhang Shenyan asked.
"They must be able to read and write, and not be afraid of hardships. A province needs tens of thousands of people..."
"Just stick to the old story." Zhao Shu said calmly.
Yan Chongxin added with a smile: "In the past in Huguang, the shogunate recruited monks and Taoists to go to various prefectures and counties."
"And the county government sent people to investigate near various temples and Taoist temples. It was extremely turbulent at the time. Within half a year, the household registrations of all the prefectures in Hubei were clear."
Zhang Shenyan suddenly realized that this happened before he went to the shogunate.
"In those days, Taizu used the Imperial Academy to educate tens of thousands of people, and it spread all over the world for several years before compiling the Yellow Book. It not only benefited the country, but also trained talents."
"It just so happens that we can attack two birds with one stone by taking a two-pronged approach."
Zhang Shenyan suggested.
"Yes, there are more than a hundred thousand people in the world. I think a million is also possible."
Lu Daqi was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Looking at it this way, it only takes three to five years to register households across the country."
"Although Bodhisattvas don't talk about money, monks still want it."
Yan Chongxin sighed: "We still have to guide him, otherwise he won't do his best."
"Profits? Where do you get so many benefits?" Lu Daqi said unhappily: "In my opinion, just canonize more mages, and it will be a benefit at no cost."
As the chief assistant, Zhao Shu fell into deep thought.
Without benefits, people will not be dedicated, and there is no point in driving them.
No matter what you do, you still have to be oppressed!
Registering households and integrating the people has always been a big project.
Even in later generations, when information consultation was extremely developed, it would take the country's manpower and material resources to concentrate, and millions of people would be busy for more than half a year before it could be sorted out.
In today's era, censuses in the true sense were only conducted in the early Ming Dynasty. The "household posts" of the Ming Dynasty are considered by Western statistical historians to be the earliest census in the world.
Since we have been busy fighting wars in these years, we have naturally fallen behind in establishing households and integrating the people, and we have no energy to do it.
Besides, this time, that time.
After the Shaowu regime was established, the emperor directly abolished the Ding tax, which was the population tax.
Since there is no need to collect taxes, the statistics of the population are naturally useless. If it is not necessary to perform corvee service, the local officials really have no idea about the population.
The abolition of the Ding tax directly liberated the population, and a large number of hidden mountain residents came in an endless stream. The mountain residents became private households.
Similarly, the abolition of untouchable households has also given many people a new lease of life and been included in the registered households.
In addition, a large number of miscellaneous taxes and showdowns have been abolished. In rural areas, land tax has become the only tax. I don’t know how much pressure has been relieved on the people.
After all, from ancient times to the present, regular taxes have always been the lowest, but apportionment and miscellaneous taxes are the most crushing.
And why does the emperor like to collect business taxes?
That's because the cost is low. Either set up checkpoints or go door-to-door in the county. Just relying on the government officials is enough.
Let’s go back to the previous chapter. Although the process of establishing households to equalize the people is very costly, it cannot be ignored. The temporary stagnation is only a temporary measure.
Monks and Taoist priests must be driven.
Zhao Shu hurriedly asked to see the emperor.
After waiting for a long time, I saw the emperor walking slowly: "What's the matter, Qing Zhao?"
"What I want to think about is the issue of household registration."
Zhao Shu quickly mentioned the discussion just now, especially the reuse of monks and Imperial College students. These cheap labor forces should not be used in vain.
"Oh? Did you forget?"
Zhu Yixi suddenly thought of something and said directly: "I also built a martial arts hall in Yuquan Mountain. Hundreds of people train and study there. They can also join it."
"Although Liaodong is under military control now, it won't last long."
"Tell those supervisors that if they work well, they can be awarded the position of county magistrate, but don't tell them that they are in Liaodong."
Zhao Shu was stunned, the emperor was still evil-hearted.
On the front line in Liaodong, no one goes to confer officers. You are here to make people work hard, and at the same time you are looking for officials for Liaodong.
Kill two birds with one stone.
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhao Shu praised him and said what he thought:
"Although monks are outsiders, they cannot live without the secular world, and they must be lured."
"The imperial court can send troops and horses to directly survey the temple fields. A large number of temple fields will inevitably appear. If they want to preserve the temple properties, they will definitely use all their strength..."
Zhu Yixi was shocked: "Thank you, Chief Minister."
If you want to talk about blackness, it has to be you!
I managed to get a county magistrate hanging in front of me, but it would be better for you to threaten them directly with their things, and you still have to obey.
"The veteran just feels that these temple properties are just people taking shelter under the temple to avoid excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Over time, they have become temple property."
Zhao Shu had no expression on his face and continued: "In addition, in the past, during the war and chaos, countless thieves and bandits hid in the temple, but they were still happy and carefree."
"Finally, since the Slave Rebellion, local laws have been weakened. Many monks and Taoist priests have taken in many disciples and children indiscriminately, and there are many people who do not have the right to pay ultimatums."
"The imperial court can first search the temples to arrest people and round up unscrupulous people, and then look for land deeds and temple properties. Under heavy pressure, they will inevitably give in and be used by the imperial court. They will do their best to atone for their previous sins."
Under the triple pressure, which temple dares not to yield?
Not to mention 100%, at least 99% of the temples cannot avoid it and can only be driven by others.
"For those temples that harbor too much filth and evil, there is no need to drive them away. Just pull them out."
The emperor suddenly said, with an angry tone: "They do not do corvee service, do not pay taxes, and violate laws and disciplines. Such people are not worthy of being monks."
"The money is returned to the court and the land is distributed to the people. This is very good."
"Your Majesty is wise."
"Then, let's start from Hebei Province! It is necessary to expand its defense of Beijing."
The emperor thought to himself that he could compile households while checking the officialdom, so he could do both without delay.