Three Fu families were severely punished. Not only was the entire Zhuangzi confiscated, including land, grain, livestock, and population, but also the Fu family's land of the same area was confiscated. The original richest man in the village was reduced to less than fifty acres.
The land is only enough for one middle peasant household.
It didn't take long for Fu Yousan to go crazy - his property was ruined, and the patriarchal authority also collapsed. All the resentment accumulated by the three sons for many years exploded. Now that there is no longer the possibility of inheriting the property,
Fu Yousan's paternalism was ignored. Fu Erzhuang and Sanzhuang simply left Meiyang Village with their wives and children and went to Bairen City to recruit workers. Fu Yizhuang left him alone in the backyard.
I ignored him except for offering some food and drink.
The person who gained the most from this purge was Fu Fuji. The decline of Fu Yousan's family made him the richest man in the village. Not only that, Wang Ruixiang, according to Wu De's instructions, should properly cultivate new vested interest groups in the village.
, as the cornerstone of the new regime. Small rural landowners like Fu Fuji, who are willing to accept new things and have strong enterprising spirit, are suitable targets. Therefore, they expressed great respect for Fu Fuji. Not only did they accept him
At the banquet, he also announced that the county government would send him a plaque with the words "Follow the public and abide by the law", which made Fu Fuji's face turn red with excitement - not to mention that this village does not have this honor, not many people in the whole county enjoy it.
Pass.
In addition to the honor, the more affordable thing is that Wang Ruixiang issued him a charter certificate, exempting him from paying the Tiandihui service fee for one year.
Fu Buer's status in the village immediately improved greatly. The villagers regarded him as the agent of the Australians in the village, so he soon became a man of his word. Of course, he also became the most loyal member of the Time Travel Group.
One of the lackeys.
Next, the work of clearing the nearby villages will be much easier: the incident in Meiyang Village spread quickly: now everyone knows that Australians have "iron birds" that fly in the sky and can see everything.
Clairvoyance”. Many people who concealed their fields when reporting were uneasy.
Wang Ruixiang wasted no time in sending people everywhere to publicize the "surrender" policy. Any banker who concealed his land during the self-declaration stage would be "lenient if he confessed" to the work team in time and "surrendered". If he was found out, he would not only have to confiscate it.
The fields that were concealed will be confiscated twice as much.
As soon as the news spread, there was an endless stream of bankers who came to the work team station to "surrender". Wang Ruixiang was very satisfied with the effect. Now he no longer has to go out and yell and threaten those poor people - it is very energy-consuming, and he still
There is one more thing to do - the census.
What is the population of Lingao County? This is a question that no one in the county can tell clearly. According to the county's yellow book, which was retrieved from the household house, there are 6,231 registered households in the county, including four households.
One thousand, seven hundred and ninety-five, and the others are military households, handyman households, horse station households, and other types of households. They bear different taxes and labor services. The total population is thirty-three thousand two hundred and eighty-two, including men.
Women account for more than two-thirds of the population, with only about 4,000 people.
This number makes it difficult for people on the executive committee to believe that it is a fact that the local population is not densely populated, but judging from what everyone sees on a daily basis, it is definitely not so sparse. Obviously there are a large number of "hidden households" among them.
Wu De specially called Zhou Qi for consultation. Zhou Qi told them that their guess was not wrong. There were indeed many "hidden households" whose purpose was simply to avoid taxes and labor. As for the number of people with registered residence, the county government was basically the same.
What a confusing account, the figures published in this yellow book were compiled in the seventh year of Zhengde's reign.
"Ever since the Wanli period when a whipping method was implemented and the grain and tax officials concluded and Lijia was no longer required to handle it," Zhou Qi explained, "this yellow book has been useless for a long time. It was said to be revised every ten years, and later it was said
It is repaired once a year, but this thing cannot be used to collect taxes or collect corvees, so every year the number of households is copied from the previous ones and revalued. You see-" He flipped through the following books casually.
Showing it to Wu De, there was actually a yellow book from the tenth year of Tianqi. It had obviously been "pre-made" in advance. This style of conduct and philosophy made Wu De burst into laughter. It seemed that many of the shortcomings were really the same.
"So that's it." Wu De nodded, "Now it's better to restore the yellow book."
"Yes, yes," Zhou Qi agreed, wondering in his heart, what is the use of restoring the yellow book? This thing has long been a mere formality.
With Zhou Qi's knowledge, he still cannot understand the importance of the census. Another important system of the Chuang Group, the household registration system, is also based on the census. The household registration system in the Ming Dynasty was once very strict, but it has collapsed by this time.
The results are disastrous. The Time Travel Group plans to transplant the system that was once effective in another time and space here again.
To implement the new household registration system, it will inevitably involve the establishment of a grassroots administrative system. This matter will be protracted and will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. In order to grasp the population situation of the county as soon as possible and implement the next step of population development plan, the Executive Committee decided
For the time being, they will not promote the household registration system throughout the county, but first conduct a census. To this end, they have developed a population card system. Registration is done on an individual basis. Only the name, date of birth, gender, and education level are registered on the card.
, nationality, occupation and place of residence. Each card has a separate 12-digit number, which also provides the basis for the implementation of the ID card system in the future. It was originally planned to put photos on the cards, but it is not yet possible to print them for so many people.
Photos were taken, so fingerprint collection was used instead. Based on the collected cards, villages were used as units to compile and register them into a population register for reference.
The census in Meiyang Village and several nearby villages will be over soon. With the power of the "iron bird" and "clairvoyance", this census went very smoothly. No one dared to evade registration. Everyone is talking about legends
, if you don’t register, you will be arrested and sent to “re-education through labor” if you are seen by clairvoyants.
Clairvoyance actually saw other things - Wang Ruixiang discovered other things on the images during the aerial reconnaissance of the hidden fields in Meiyang Village: there were temporary shacks and small fields scattered in the depths of the hills. He even
In a photo, I saw a ragged, unkempt man looking up in surprise with his mouth wide open.
"Are there any refugees? It's really not easy, living in such a hidden place." Wang Ruixiang said to himself, and drew the distribution map of shacks on the map, and later handed it over to Huang Ande to lead a team to "catch the floating waves".
The so-called "catching Fulang" is another thing in the census. Fulang refers to two types of people in this county. One is the immigrants who live scattered in the mountains and reclaim a small piece of wasteland to make a living. Most of these refugees come from
Along the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong, there are also people from Vietnam. In order to escape the taxes and servitude of the government, they live scattered in the inaccessible hilly areas and mountainous areas, reclaiming a small piece of land and planting a small amount of crops to make a living. They live a life without enough clothing and food to eat.
They lived hand to mouth. When given the chance, they would steal or join gangs to rob in nearby villages.
The other type is the so-called "second-rate" characters that are common in various villages. Such people are found in larger villages. Most of them do not do their job properly and make a living by petty theft. Some people collude with bandits to commit robberies and kidnappings.
"Buying and selling".
The Crossing Group believes that allowing them to continue like this is firstly a waste of labor force, and secondly a source of social instability. Therefore, a unified operation is carried out at the same time as the census to contain and arrest the two types of people. The former is purified according to the procedures for foreign immigrants and then allocated to
commune, and the latter were sent to forced labor camps.
"There are quite a lot of 'black people'." Wang Ruixiang looked at the dotted marks on the map and thought, "I wonder how many such settlements there are? Some settlements have been discovered during the reconnaissance operations of remote exploration teams and special reconnaissance teams, but
There must be a majority who have not been discovered. The number of registered population cards in Meiyang Village is almost 80 more people than the number of households in the county government office. There are hundreds of villages in the county. I don’t know how many more people there will be.
How many such illegal households are there? It seems that the population potential of Lagao is far from being explored.
"We must ensure that we catch everyone without missing a beat." Wang Ruixiang stared at Huang Ande's face, "You only have ten people. When arresting, you can't alert others, otherwise it will be troublesome if you run away and arrest again. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Huang Ande replied loudly. He already had a draft of how to arrest people - surprise tactics. When he was a soldier in the Ming Dynasty army, he heard soldiers from Liaodong say: The first thing you are afraid of is field battles.
The second is that they are afraid that if they don't take it in that night, they will stay on guard at the enemy's platform in the dark, and the Tatars will sneak up on them and attack them without any sound, and they will either be beheaded or captured alive.
In the non-commissioned officer training class, he mastered new weapons and tactics that neither the Ming army nor the Tatars had. Now Huang Ande is preparing to give his skills a try to see how the Australian's surprise tactics are.
After accepting the order, Huang Ande gathered his soldiers. He is now just the squad leader of an infantry squad, and his deputy squad leader is his old partner Qian Duo. Qian Duo's abilities are mediocre, and he is only passing the standard in all aspects. He relies on the benefits of the army's continuous expansion.
The senior also became the deputy squad leader of the corporal.
Holding a pre-battle meeting before action, assigning tasks, discussing details, and boosting morale are the rules of the Australian army. Huang Ande originally thought it was redundant - the soldiers just lined up with swords and guns to charge upwards.
He found that the Australian army particularly promotes the "subjective initiative" of soldiers and junior officers. While emphasizing obeying orders and observing discipline, it also requires having one's own views on how to fight better and the ability to deal with various emergencies.
situation.
Over time, he began to realize the benefits - in any situation, the soldiers would know what they should do, instead of staying dumbfounded or leaving in a hurry.