There were also people under Chen Li who could read and write, but they all had their own jobs, and most of them were accountants, doctors, and onmyoji masters.
Regarding the management of the territory, they copied the methods of pirate dens, and Chen Li himself had no political experience.
Neither did Huang Liang. You can't ask too much of Tong Sheng.
But when Huang Liang learned that he was going to Yinzhou, he bought a few books before leaving, such as "Official Proverbs", "Records of Practical Administration", "Biography of the Orders of the Past", etc., which were all must-haves for Ming officials in politics.
Read books. Laws, litigation, prisons, disaster management, agricultural administration, anti-theft...the content is all-encompassing, not to mention governing the country, governing a state or a county is enough.
The ninth month of the lunar calendar is the end of the rainy season in Shengzhou. It rains every three to five, sometimes even several times a day.
Huang Liang first learned about the local conditions, then selected literate people to compile the yellow book of Shengzhou household registration together.
He compiled Han immigrants, Han wives and concubines, and Han children into the main household register. He also compiled the Spaniards and local indigenous people into the supplementary household register. Then he compiled all slaves, regardless of gender, old and young, into the remaining household registers.
According to the final statistics, there are one city, one town and eight villages in Shengzhou.
The main city is Shengzhou City, which is located in the estuary delta of Dasheng Bay and is mainly engaged in agriculture and supply trade.
The town is quite far away, namely Sugototo Town, which was burned down by Chen Li. It is now renamed Xiangsong Town because it is rich in fragrant gum pine, and the special rosin was very valuable when sold to the Ming Dynasty.
The eight villages are all indigenous, with populations ranging from a few hundred to two or three thousand, and they are all tribes willing to submit to the Han people.
Including non-Han people who immigrated from the three kingdoms of Champa, as well as indigenous women who married Han people, the total registered population of the state is 12,746 (of which 2,194 are children). The total number of indigenous and Spanish people who have surrendered to the Han people is 8,719.
.The remaining population of the indigenous people who were captured as slaves in the state totaled 6,553.
At the end of the rainy season, Chen Li set off and met Huang Liang halfway in Xiangsong Town.
"After running around for days, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Tongming." Chen Li said, cupping his fists.
Chen Li held three household registration books in his arms and presented them: "Thank you for your honor. Commander Chen, please take a look."
Chen Li first opened the main book. This book is based on families. How many people are there in each family, how many men, how many women, how many children, and even a brief description of their appearance. The situation of each family is clear at a glance in the main book.
The content of the supplementary register is similar to that of the remaining register, but the slaves on the remaining register indicate which family they are assigned to.
Chen Li said happily: "Sir, you are a great talent. With these three volumes, Shengzhou will be at your fingertips."
"Commander Chen is ridiculous. Even the Chinese officials in the county know how to govern the people." Huang Liang was extremely ashamed. He actually didn't know that he should register his household first. He only understood it after sailing in the Pacific for three months and reading those political books.
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"Sir, there is no need to be modest," Chen Li said. "My subordinates are all rough people. From now on, I will rely more on you for civil affairs in Shengzhou."
Huang Liang said: "I have a suggestion, I don't know whether I should make it or not."
Chen Li raised his hand and said, "Sir, please come in."
Huang Liang said: "I was in Hangzhou and listened to Mr. Fengyi's lectures. Mr. Fengyi said that the chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty was household registration. The artificial separation of subordinate households, happy households and other low-level registrations not only restricted manpower, but also created conflicts. That's why.
This is Mr. Fengyi, who is also from Lehu. He is very talented but failed to pass the imperial examination."
Chen Li nodded and said, "That's true."
Huang Liang said: "There are more than 6,000 slaves in Shengzhou, and there may be more in the future. Of course, there is nothing to fear now, but what about a hundred years from now? If there are 100,000 slaves by then, they will all learn to speak Chinese, and it will no longer be like this
With their ignorant appearance, will they want to rebel? Even if they cannot rebel successfully, it will be enough to give people a headache."
"What suggestions do you have, sir?" Chen Li asked.
Huang Liang said: "We should set up a system of rewards and punishments. If the slaves fight bravely or farm for the Han people for many years, we can return them to freedom. Move their household registration from the remaining register to the supplementary register. If the slaves fight bravely, they can
, or if they have been naturalized for many years, their household registration can be moved from the supplementary register to the main register. In the future, if taxes are to be levied on the people in the main register, the taxes will be light, and the taxes on the people in the supplementary register will be heavy, then everyone will want to be in the main register. In this way
, the people of the deputy register, and the slaves of the remaining registers are all willing to die for Commander Chen."
Chen Li thought carefully for a while and said: "This is a good method, so it is called the 'Book Transfer Method'."
The slaves assigned to Han immigrants were essentially owned by Chen Li, and the slaves could be transferred to the register.
From now on, there will be three classes of people in Shengzhou: one is Han people, the other is free people, and the third is slave people.
Slaves at the bottom will automatically become freedmen after serving for a few years. Freedmen will automatically become Han Chinese after being naturalized for a few years. If they have made great achievements, they can break through the fixed number of years and be promoted directly to the rank due to their merits.
The household registration level of the wife and children is promoted together with the husband or father.
On the day the army was stationed in Xiangsong Town, Chen Li announced the relocation law. On the spot, the two tribes that submitted first, a total of more than 2,000 free indigenous people, were collectively transferred to the official register as Han citizens. All treatment was the same as that of Han immigrants.
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The whole army was shocked and their morale was skyrocketing!
Han citizens can enjoy tax exemption for five years, after which the tax will be increased year by year until it reaches the normal level.
The surrendered indigenous tribes have to pay tribute every year, which is a disguised form of tax collection. These two tribes have become Han people, which means they will not have to pay tribute for the next five years, so they are naturally dancing with joy.
The other six tribes are all ready to take action and want to make contributions in the next war.
The same is true for slave soldiers, and they are more motivated. If they achieve military exploits, they can directly become freedmen, and maybe even get a wife.
"Death for Commander Chen!"
More than a hundred Spaniards were kneeling on the ground. They were prisoners of war a few years ago, and now they are all free soldiers.
They also want to be Han citizens.
The reason is very simple. The scale of Han immigrants is too scary, growing at an average rate of 1,200 people per year. On the other hand, the Spanish colonists, the number of immigrants is increasing very slowly. If this continues, Spain will be completely driven out of Yinzhou!
After becoming familiar with the situation on both sides, these Spanish prisoners of war were naturally willing to side with the Han people.
Country? Nation?
Sorry, they don't have this concept. Anyway, whoever is good will follow.
In order to prevent the psychological imbalance of Han soldiers, Chen Li also made regulations. During this expedition, Han people could share the spoils, but free people and slaves were not allowed to share the spoils. Moreover, the spoils must be distributed uniformly by the superiors, and private possession was strictly prohibited!
As a result, the Han soldiers also became happy and cheered to go to fight with the Spaniards.
Seeing the motley army, Chen Li was very excited and fully recognized Huang Liang's talent.
The idea that Huang Liang came up with was not a small plan, but a "national policy" for Shengzhou.
The transfer method later even spread to the entire Yinzhou and was adopted and implemented by leaders in various places.
The immigrants along the Shanjin River and Liujin River don't care about this. They are bandits from Shandong who were packed up and exiled. They continue to invade the indigenous tribes, farm, produce, fight, kill, and capture people. Each leader has a large number of people under his name.
slaves, and then train domestic servants and private soldiers from slaves. In order to verify the loyalty of the indigenous private soldiers, they also like to make surrender certificates and let the indigenous private soldiers kill indigenous people.
They did not take the initiative to immigrate from the Ming Dynasty, and their descendants were almost all mixed-race and pure-bred natives. In the end, the number of pure-bred natives even exceeded the mixed-race descendants.
Their only role was to spread Chinese in Northern Yinzhou, and the natives they conquered were all forced to speak Chinese.