Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1544, cancellation of household registration restrictions

"Next, let's talk about the complete cancellation of household registration restrictions."

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with everyone, Emperor Hongzhi continued to mention another matter mentioned by Liu Jin.

Cancel the household registration restrictions and promote the development of urbanization.

The reason Liu Jin gave for this matter was to attack local clan forces, but in fact this is only one aspect, and more importantly, it is to promote the development of capitalism.

The development of capitalism and the rise of a large number of factories and workshops require a large amount of labor. Outside Daming, slaves can be used in large quantities to meet the demand. However, slaves are not allowed in Daming, and a large number of labor is distributed in rural areas.

If these labor forces are not brought to the city, where will factories, workshops, commercial firms, etc. find so many workers.

For this matter in history, the United Kingdom insisted on creating a sheep-eating movement, wantonly occupying land for raising sheep, on the one hand to meet the huge demand for wool from textile mills, and on the other hand to transfer a large amount of labor from rural areas rushed to the city.

In the city, these laborers lost the land on which they lived, and did not have their own assets and houses, etc. Naturally, everything needed to rely on factories, and they had to sell their cheap labor to obtain the materials needed for life.

Moreover, because they were driven into the city, they lost everything they had before, and had to rebuild their household possessions. Invisibly, more expenses and expenditures were added, which expanded domestic demand and found a market for capitalism.

The situation in Daming is actually similar now. On the one hand, cities require a lot of labor, and factories, workshops, commercial firms, and construction sites all require a lot of labor.

On the other hand, Daming needs to expand its domestic demand. This person has been staying in the countryside. If he has his own fields and vegetable fields, he is under the small-scale peasant economy, and it is difficult to stimulate domestic demand.

Therefore, the rural population needs to be gradually and slowly migrated to the cities, turning them from farmers into workers. Once they arrive in the cities, the small-scale peasant economy model cannot continue.

After entering the city, do you want to buy a house?
After buying, you need to decorate. After the decoration, you need to live in. You need to buy all kinds of furniture, household items, etc., and you need to buy all kinds of things you need for life. Domestic demand will naturally expand. up.

In fact, the situation of Ming Dynasty is many times better than that of Britain in history.

At least, Ming Dynasty doesn't need to adopt coercive measures to move the population from the countryside to the city, because the market size of Ming Dynasty itself is large enough, and the global market is here to help.

The second is that the labor force of Daming is not cheap, it can even be said to be very expensive. Even if they enter the city, the people of Daming can still live well.

As long as you work in the factory, you are basically provided with food and housing. The expenses are small and the wages are high. If two couples work together, they can work for a year, and then they can easily build a nice new house when they return home. In this year, buying a house in the city is also an easy thing.

All this shows that Daming, which has a solid background and can plunder global wealth and markets, must take a much smoother path, and the people of Daming will not have to experience many hardships on the road of capital development.

The only problem that is before everyone's eyes is the issue of household registration restrictions.

In Daming, ordinary people are not allowed to go out easily. If they want to go out, they must have a guide set up by the government. If there is no guide, the government may arrest them and treat them as rogues or bandits.

Therefore, in ancient times, the only people who were able to go out and play in the mountains and rivers at will were basically scholars. Scholars had fame and fame, and they could basically play around at will, and those who were able to study basically had good family conditions. Conditional support for outings.

As for ordinary people, the vast majority of them may have never even been out of their own county in their entire lives.

Of course, the imperial court has been very loose in controlling this aspect in recent years, and the local governments don't care about it, because factories need a lot of labor. If you take care of it, who will come to work?
In addition, a large number of immigrants are needed overseas, and the imperial court encourages immigrants to go overseas, and the control on this aspect is also completely relaxed at once.

However, the household registration restriction still exists, and officials in some places even use it specifically to extort people who go to work in cities.

In addition, the limitation of the household registration system is not only to restrict the movement of the population, but also to restrict the occupation. Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang wishful thinking set the status for everyone.

The households who cook salt, the craftsmen who are craftsmen, the military households who defend the country, etc., are also included in the household registration system. account and cannot do other things.

Later, Liu Jin carried out military reforms and completely abolished the military household system, but other related systems were still in effect, which affected the development of capitalism in Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I also believe that it is necessary to cancel the household registration restrictions and introduce a new household registration system to ensure that migrant workers can also enjoy their due rights."

Zhang Mao was the first to stand up and express his support.

He is a big capitalist with many factories under his command and many workers. The benefits of removing the household registration restrictions are obvious, so there is no reason why he should not support it.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed necessary to cancel the household registration restrictions, allow the free movement of the population, and at the same time allow migrant workers to settle in the city and allow their children to study nearby."

Li Dongyang also expressed his support.

The Beijing-Tianjin area is developing rapidly, and now there are some problems that occurred in the process of urbanization in later generations.

For example, due to the large influx of population, it is difficult to study, and a large number of people who buy real estate in the city cannot settle in the city.

These problems seem small, but they are related to the vital interests of a large number of people.

Just like the later generations, it is not easy to settle in the city, especially in places like the imperial capital and the magical capital, it is even more difficult.

Urban development is inseparable from the large number of laborers who come to the city to work, but they cannot enjoy the many dividends brought about by urban development.

This in itself is extremely unfair.

Especially in terms of education, in the process of urban development, the education facilities are obviously fundamental, and the difficulty of reading has also become a focal topic of the times.

And then there are many strange images, such as marrying people who only marry local aborigines in the city, asking for the beginning of the ID number, and asking the parents to do the same, and such things as extremely looking down on foreigners, etc., which is really too much. too much.

In the final analysis, it is actually an extension and inertia of the household registration system. It has been extended to the 21st century and it is still difficult to solve this problem.

However, the situation in later generations is still very different.

In later generations, China had more people and less land, and resources were scarce. A large number of people flooded into the cities, which brought a lot of cheap labor, but also brought a lot of problems.

To survive and develop in the cracks, we can only sacrifice the happiness of one or two generations in exchange for rising.

The situation in Daming is different now.

Daming can do a job with ease in this regard, but in fact, it is more hoped that people can be brought from the countryside to the city, so that they can become urban labor force, consumers of products, and promote the development of capitalism in Daming.

It's just that people in Daming don't seem to like coming to the city very much.

On the one hand, there has always been the concept that it is difficult to leave the homeland, and everyone still likes to live their little days in their hometown.

Another aspect is that people can also live a good life in the countryside. A large number of people have migrated outside the customs and overseas, and the competition in the countryside has suddenly become much smaller.

In many places, even a large amount of land is uncultivated, so you can live a good life casually in the countryside, and there is no need to go to the city to suffer.

In addition, you can also immigrate to outside the customs and overseas, and many preferential policies are still attracting a large number of people to migrate out.

This city needs to attract people, and it will definitely not work without introducing some preferential policies.

"Your Majesty, it is necessary to introduce many policies that are conducive to urban settlement and life, and to cancel many of the original restrictions."

"Today's Nanjing, because of what happened at the end of last year, the people who originally went to work in Nanjing are not willing to go to Nanjing, and millions of people have lost their population. As a result, Nanjing's shutters are now withered, factories are closed, and development is stagnant."

"On the one hand, it shows that our Ming Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous. Our people in Ming Dynasty have many choices, and they can live a good life casually. On the other hand, it also shows that if a city wants to attract a large number of people and labor, it must introduce There are many favorable policies to attract people to migrate to the city.”

Liu Jin took the incident in Nanjing as an example.

Now the people of Ming Dynasty have a lot of choices, and they live a good life, but the development of capitalism requires labor force and market, so they cannot use coercive methods, so they can only introduce some policies to attract them.

"Your Majesty, I also think that all restrictions on household registration should be abolished, free movement and settlement in cities should be allowed. At the same time, relevant legal systems should be introduced to regulate and protect their rights and interests."

Liu Jian thought about it and expressed his support.

There are several new large factories in the family, and recruitment is always a headache. If more people can come to the city, the problem of factory recruitment will not be a headache.

"Well, let's do it according to this, cancel many restrictions that are not conducive to population mobility, completely cancel the guide system, allow migrant workers to settle in cities, and allow their children to study nearby."

Emperor Hongzhi saw that no one had any opinions, so he also made a decision.

"Your Majesty Shengming~"

Everyone stood up quickly and shouted in unison.

"It's better to be in the current Ming Dynasty. The common people live comfortably. In future generations, when there are many people and few lands, and resources are scarce, people are the most worthless cheap labor!"

Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

(End of this chapter)