Hu Changan smiled slightly, held up his hands and said: "Master Feng, although your question is well raised, there is still a solution."
When everyone heard this, they immediately became interested.
Hu Changan's mind was spinning too fast. They were still thinking about the problem, but this guy immediately figured out a way to break the situation?
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Hu Changan cleared his throat and replied calmly: "The government can sort the 100 households according to the amount of food."
"The top ten wealthy households can take turns to serve as the head of the village according to their ranking. Each household's term is one year, with one round every ten years."
"Ten years later, the government can re-rank the people of these 100 households based on the amount of food in each household, and re-select candidates for the district chief for the next ten years."
"This can not only ensure that power is evenly distributed to each household, but also ensure that the selected households will always be rich households, preventing the original rich households from returning to poverty due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and unable to take on the important task of village chief."
"As for the choice of the leader, the logic is similar."
"The rich households ranked from the 11th to the 20th can serve as the chiefs, and each household is in charge of nine households. Among these nine households, there are also those who are not on duty."
"Similar to the head of the village, the term of the head of the A is also one year. After expiration, he will be rotated by the people in the A, which is also once every ten years."
After everyone heard this, their hearts lit up.
This method sounds very feasible!
The fair ranking according to the degree of wealth avoids disputes and does not give the squires room to take advantage of loopholes. It is simply wonderful!
However, this strategy sounds like a good one, but everyone still doesn't quite understand it.
Why should we sort according to the degree of wealth?
Isn’t it possible to sort by other criteria?
The outspoken minister was the first to ask: "Master Hu, I wonder why you choose the wealth of the people to rank?"
Hu Changan smiled mysteriously and said: "If the people under the jurisdiction of the li chief cannot pay taxes, the li chief must bear the responsibility. Isn't it right to help pay some taxes or something?"
After everyone heard this, they took a deep breath.
Good boy, this move is simply too cruel.
It is estimated that these rich people are still feeling complacent when they become village chiefs. It is impossible to imagine that they have been secretly tricked.
Looking at Hu Changan's smile, there is an air of treachery no matter how you look at it.
Even Zhu Biao, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but sigh secretly.
I don’t know what kind of medicine Hu Changan took, but he was so smart that he was a bit too smart.
These various strategies are so intertwined that it is difficult to find fault.
Just as everyone was sighing, some smart ministers discovered something in Hu Changan's words: "Wait a minute, according to Mr. Hu's intention, can the armor system here be combined with tax collection?"
"Of course that's the case. Not only that, the armor system here can also be combined with corvee service!" Hu Changan smiled lightly.
Unexpectedly, these ministers reacted very quickly. They deserved to be able to participate in the deliberations of the Prince's Palace, but it was different.
After everyone listened, huge question marks appeared on their foreheads.
How can the armor system here be combined with the corvée service? It’s a bit amazing.
The corvee system is also a fundamental law in ancient times. The emergence of the corvee system can even be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
Throughout the dynasties, the common people had to bear some light or heavy corvee duties.
After all, in ancient times, it was necessary to build a city wall or a dam from time to time, and this required hard work.
The government and the army don't have that many manpower, so they naturally have to mobilize ordinary people to help.
At present, the Ming Dynasty has just been established, and it still implements a frivolous corvee policy. There are few places where farmers are required to build roads and bridges.
But no matter what, there will always be a time when the empire mobilizes people's power. At that time, the specific form in which people will be used to serve as corvees is also a question worth discussing.
As important ministers in the court, they also participated in several discussions on corvee.
However, after many discussions, everyone was still unable to come up with a plan that satisfied Zhu Yuanzhang, so the issue was temporarily shelved.
Now that Hu Changan suddenly mentioned corvée again, everyone was naturally extremely curious. Everyone stared at Hu Changan with burning eyes, eager to know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.
Hu Changan did not try to be mysterious, and after bowing, he said openly: "According to the current method, a village chief has to take charge of ten heads, and a chief has to take charge of nine households. And the corvee, of course, requires everyone to do it."
Equal Opportunity."
"We can rank these ten families in order, and designate one family every year, led by the leader of A, to serve in the government."
"After ten years of this, every household will have a chance to serve as corvee. It can be said to be very fair."
“As for the land belonging to the people who serve, the government can ask people who have not been assigned to the corvee to plant it on their behalf.”
“This way, families doing corvee work can harvest food with peace of mind and avoid going bankrupt.”
After listening to Hu Changan's words, everyone couldn't help but nodded.
Hu Changan's thinking was indeed quite thorough.
In this way, it can be said that the rain and dew are evenly distributed, everyone has a share in the corvee, and no one can escape.
If the government appoints people to serve as corvees, there must be something fishy in them.
Serving as a corvee was hard work, so naturally everyone ran away whenever they could.
Some relatively wealthy families will inevitably have some small ideas and secretly bribe government servants.
After receiving the money, these officers naturally turned a blind eye and casually made up weird excuses on the documents to allow these wealthy households to escape from the corvée.
As a result, corvee service naturally fell on the poor.
As the saying goes, hemp ropes are cut at the thinnest points, and bad luck only seeks out the poor. Not only do these poor people have no money at home, but they also have to bear heavy servitude. Naturally, their families are getting poorer and poorer.
You must know that this burden of corvee means that the strong labor force in the family will be gone for a year. The farm work in the family can only be fully undertaken by women, children and children. The efficiency will definitely not be as good as that of other normal families.
As time goes by, it is not surprising that the poor will naturally become poorer and poorer, and eventually become bankrupt and become beggars.
Although the imperial court can take care of these things, the Ming Dynasty is too big, and if you want to take care of them all, it is really hard to do it.
And Hu Changan's actions directly eliminated the space for local police officers and wealthy households to practice favoritism and malpractice from the source.
As long as you are incorporated into the Lijia system, you will be assigned to the corvee service no matter what within ten years, and you will not be able to escape no matter what methods you use.
Everyone couldn't help but be shocked by Hu Changan's wisdom again.
I don’t know what this kid grew up on, but he is just full of thoughts!