Chen Xi thought about other household registration systems, but after deliberation, his final focus fell on the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty. After all, this system can be regarded as the most complete system since ancient times. Although there are many discordant places, but it is undeniable that the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty has great benefits for taxation, population management, and corvee!
Regardless of whether it is a household system equivalent to a household system in the 21st century, or the fact that the method of dividing and managing household registration is too advanced.
First of all, this household registration not only indicates the name and place of origin of a family member but also indicates the property. The property written on the household registration is recognized by the government and protected by law. If it is not in the system, then sorry, there is no way to prove it. So this thing is still very useful.
Another part of the household registration is to mainly divide the civil, military, and craftsmanship parts. They are managed by the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry respectively. The ministry they are in does not affect their official status. As long as you have the ability, you can be an official. This household registration is mainly used in ancient times for the children to generally inherited their father's inheritance. Therefore, this kind of binding household registration has little effect. At most, a group of idealist guys can face the reality decisively. And according to this era, where the children inherit the father's business, most of the elders are very happy with this kind of household registration system...
Next is the corvee system that comes with the civil registration system, which comes from the one hundred ten households in one li. The ten households who are best at farming are the heads of the squad and the remaining 100 households are divided among the ten squads.
In this way, when a corvee is needed every year, a squad with its head and ten households from a Li is to bear it.
Each squad is responsible for one year, and everyone is in a queue. It is called "Service Year". In this way, 90% of the people every year need not be disturbed anymore, which protects the rural agricultural production and normal daily life.
Of course, it is more important because the squad is scheduled to be discharged every year. So ordinary people will spontaneously stare among themselves. Then if you have not served in corvee and wants to escape, then you have to ask those people, who served in the corvee before, if they agreed.
After ten years, you can re-compile it, take a census, and calculate the population structure again if you are in the mood. When necessary, the ratio of men to women in various places can be adjusted. In short, apart from tying all the civilians to the place of residence, everything else is pretty good.
As for what to do with the household registration system when it becomes prosperous in the future, Chen Xi can only say oh well. When the time comes, who knows what household registration system should be used when relocating people everywhere. If you can achieve no tax for the farmer, it doesn't matter if you rely on this bound household registration to collect agricultural taxes.
After giving a long talk to Lu Su and Liu Ye, and seeing the bright light in the eyes of the two of them that show that they were not confused, he was overjoyed. As expected, the minister who has been recorded in history can understand this system that far surpassed the level of this era.
"Basically that's it. You can see if there are any loopholes. If not, I will leave it to you. If so, you can find a way to solve it. This is not a big problem for you." Chen Xi took a sip of tea and said. After that, he barely stopped feeling dry in his mouth.
"I can't see the problem in a short time. This system is almost complete. I think Chen Xi has also spent a lot of effort." Lu Su asked without raising his head. Obviously, there was no sincerity at all. Whether Chen Xi is tired or not, he didn't take it seriously at all. As long as Chen Xi could play around, it means that the foundation has not been hurt.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you to operate it. I'm really tired. What do you plan to do with the land? And for other parts of Qingzhou, have you figured out a way? No matter how prestigious we are in Qingzhou, we can't just wait around. Fame and benevolence cannot be eaten by the Yellow Turban, just like Zang Ba. In a few months, Zang Ba will go to the Qingzhou Army Camp. Except for the generals who followed him all the way to the end, no one else will know that Zang Ba is the Wise Martial Leader." Chen Xi didn't bother to talk about the household system and directly talked about other topics.
"Liu Ye, thought of a solution. There were still some problems, but after your household registration came out, it will have a basis for implementation." Lu Su said while writing.
"Liu Ye, tell me about your land plan. Let me refer to it. By the way, since you already have a land plan, how to deal with the agricultural tax?" Chen Xi asked Liu Ye, as the designer of the plan, Liu Ye must have his own opinion. As for Lu Su, don't waste other people's time.
"I plan to grant the fields directly. There is no real aristocratic family in Qingzhou and Taishan. The Yellow Turbans looting will directly wipe out Qingzhou. This kind of place is very suitable for dividing the fields, so the easiest way is to divide the fields. But I don't recommend doing that according to households or dividing the land individually." Liu Ye said without even thinking about it.
"Originally, this method had huge loopholes, but Chen Xi's household registration system can fill in this problem. I plan to divide the fields according to household registration system. I don't know how many fields are divided in each li. According to different places, the granting of land varies. Each li will be different. For example, it will be distributed to each head, and then the head will distribute it to each household." Liu Ye said calmly.
"This kind of plan..." Chen Xi knew that it was good for the immediate future but not in the long term. But he has to admit that this kind of plan directly spreads the contradictions, and will no longer directly points to the central government because of the land issue.
"As for how to be fair, that has nothing to do with me. What I guarantee is fairness at the top level. The state and county guarantee fairness at the middle level. What the city guarantees is fairness at the bottom. There may be problems, but compared to the present, I think this system is much better." Liu Ye said proudly.
Chen Xi frowned. He had already noticed what Liu Ye's system was most putting importance into. It was not for the people to have land, but for the stability of the world and the spread of the contradictions. Even if the problem broke out, it will not rise up. Even if it rises up, it will not be attached everywhere, which is of great benefit to the stability of the Liu family.
"It's okay. I almost guessed what your taxation is about. It probably should be directly transferred to each li." Although Chen Xi was a little dissatisfied with Liu Ye's importance, the stability of the world is also extremely beneficial to the people. So there is nothing to say, after all, people have selfish motives.
"Well, I really intend to collect taxes according to each li, and take the average value of the grain produced in each state and county every year. Then calculate the average output, and collect taxes on the basis of that output." Liu Ye nodded and said. It looked very good. After all, this kind of thing is not something ordinary people can think of, and Liu Ye is confident that his tax law is much better than the current agricultural tax.
Chen Xi smiled bitterly. Liu Ye's focus was on how to maintain the rule of the Han Dynasty. He didn't even think about what would happen if some people wants to please the upper echelons. They only need to change a number, and the entire state and county may suffer disaster.