jdhmnovel Chapter 943 is so outdated, I don't even know how to complain about it.
Chapter 943 is so outdated, I don't even know how to complain about it.
Li Shanchang blinked, looking completely bewildered.
As expected, it has to be His Highness the Black Sesame Dumpling who's ruthless.
Using the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty to lure those laborers?
Which worker could resist such temptation?
Yes, the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was nothing in the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and no one would think that the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was a very precious thing.
However, for the Koreans, shortys, and monkeys working in Liaodong and Dengzhou, the value of a Ming Dynasty household registration far exceeded that of their lives.
Having a household registration in the Ming Dynasty meant being able to receive land, seeds and farming tools, and houses. It also meant receiving a daily wage of sixty coins, allowing their children to study for the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty, and ensuring that officials of vassal states would no longer dare to oppress them.
This is similar to how many gentry changed their names to Mongolian, spoke Mongolian, and tried to become Mongolians.
Just as Li Shanchang was mentally ranting, Yang Shaofeng chuckled and added, "This household registration still needs to be carefully verified, lest all sorts of random things pop up."
Li Shanchang glanced at Yang Shaofeng and said sarcastically, "By the time the Prince Consort remembers this, the Ming Dynasty will probably be rife with stench."
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, and looked at Li Shanchang, asking, "What do you mean?"
Li Shanchang snorted coldly and said, "What do you mean? It means that all that nonsense the Prince Consort was talking about has already come out!"
Before Yang Shaofeng could press for further questions, Li Shanchang immediately began to explain.
"At the end of the sixth year of Hongwu, the population statistics submitted by various prefectures were clearly incorrect."
“Especially in the southeast and southwest regions, there are over a million more households. When asked, they all say that their ancestors fled to the deep mountains and forests for refuge, or fled to Siam, Myanmar, and Annam for safety.”
“If you want evidence, these people can even produce their family tree.”
Li Shanchang couldn't help but complain wildly: "Damn it, the Cui family of Qinghe somehow ended up in the Korean country, and the Zheng family of Xingyang somehow ended up in Annam."
"They all look so dark and ugly. If Duke Huan of Zheng were to see his descendants grow up to look like monkeys, he would probably jump out of his grave and beat them to death."
"And Jiang Ziya, if he saw his descendants looking like sticks, he'd probably regret not killing Ji Zi."
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Seeing Li Shanchang's frantic吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments), Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but join in the吐槽: "Is Prime Minister Li deliberately trying to amuse everyone? The stick has nothing to do with Jizi, let alone Jiang Ziya, right?"
Li Shanchang glanced at Yang Shaofeng and mocked again, "Haven't you heard that some people on the Korean side are trying to claim their ancestry? And you're supposed to be the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"
As Li Shanchang finished speaking, Xia Yu's face darkened immediately, and he said in a deep voice, "I wonder where Prime Minister Li heard this news? This humble official has never heard of this news before."
The dog Li Shanchang!
I, the commander, did nothing wrong to you, yet you dared to sow discord between me and the prince consort!
Damn it, you're saying that some people on the Korean side are trying every means to claim their ancestry, but the Prince Consort, as the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, hasn't received any news. So, are you saying that the Prince Consort doesn't care about the Embroidered Uniform Guard, or that the Embroidered Uniform Guard deliberately kept the news from the Prince Consort?
If it weren't for the fact that you, Li Shanchang, are already a decrepit old man in your sixties, this commander would definitely teach you a lesson today!
Xia Yu was internally ranting, but Li Shanchang just snorted and said, "I heard it as a joke from the steward of the Duke of Han's mansion."
Li Shanchang still remembers the look of shock on his steward's face at that time.
"The steward of the Korean Duke's mansion said that during a casual conversation, Li Laoshi, who delivered vegetables to the mansion, mentioned that his neighbor had taken a Silla maid as a concubine. Then, the Silla maid said that her family's ancestors were from the Cheonghae Choi clan..."
Zhu Biao was shocked.
Hu Weiyong and Xia Yu were also shocked.
Even Yang Shaofeng, who already knew what kind of people the Koreans were, was shocked.
What terrible things did the Cui family of Qinghe do to produce a group of Korean descendants?
Also, just how incompetent was Huang Chao that he could still create such a mess even with a family genealogy?
Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but want to complain about Lao Deng again.
Old Deng is also someone who likes to leave projects unfinished.
To be precise, the Zhu family all likes to undertake unfinished projects.
When Lao Deng dealt with the Pu family, he forgot that there was a place called Tiaojin Hutong in Henan, where there were many members of the Pu clan. It was a typical unfinished project.
Emperor Xianzong Zhu Jianshen initiated the Chenghua Plowing Court project, but it wasn't completely cleaned up; it was yet another typical unfinished project.
Later, Emperor Wanli, Zhu Yijun, helped South Korea fight against Japanese pirates, but it turned out to be an unfinished project.
Even the fourth prince, who personally led five expeditions, failed to completely resolve the issue in the northern desert region; it could barely be considered an unfinished project.
In conclusion, these oddballs in the Zhu family are all experts at creating unfinished projects.
While inwardly cursing, Yang Shaofeng looked at Li Shanchang and asked, "What does Prime Minister Li intend to do about those who use family genealogies to impersonate others?"
Li Shanchang said with a dark face, "Deal with it? There's simply no way to deal with it."
"Let me put it this way, Your Highness, those who are now producing family trees are not just some Koreans and monkeys."
"Including our Great Ming Dynasty, many people from the chieftain families also produced family genealogies from who knows how many years ago, each of them trying to prove that they are Han Chinese."
At this point, Li Shanchang couldn't help but sigh again and said, "Except for those Semu people who are too conspicuous for the local government to change their household registration, the rest are basically changed if they can, and registered if they can."
"After all, this population growth rate is linked to their performance evaluation."
"If you try to stop the barbarians from impersonating others, you're essentially blocking the officials' path to promotion."
"If you can stop one or two, how can you stop them all?"
"Fortunately, with the Censorate, the Censorate, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard keeping an eye on things, the officials ultimately didn't dare to go too far."
"Those who can successfully impersonate others at least have a decent appearance, can speak fluent Mandarin, and can write a few Chinese characters."
"We wouldn't just take in any random barbarian."
"Otherwise, I doubt any barbarian would be willing to go to Dengzhou Prefecture and Liaodong to work as a laborer."
Yang Shaofeng was completely numb.
To be honest, the current version of Ming Dynasty always gives people a sense of confusion, as if it's too advanced and they don't know how to criticize it.
Although Asia's number one general's greatest wish before his death was to become a minor official in the Ming Dynasty, who the hell could have imagined that such a despicable thing as smuggling and settling down would have already spread everywhere by the sixth year of Hongwu's reign?