The rise of the poor

Chapter 2024 Come Out, Household Card Baojia Law

Zhu Ping'an accompanied Li Shu to take care of the baby for a while, then returned to the study and began to study the first task assigned by Zhang Jing, which was to catch those gentry who supported the Japanese pirates and the traitors who colluded with the Japanese pirates, so as to prevent them from disrupting the overall situation of suppressing the Japanese pirates.

Zhu Ping'an would do this task even if Zhang Jing didn't give any instructions, he had no choice but to do it.

In order to wipe out the Japanese pirates, we must find out the gentry and common people who have collusion with the Japanese. In addition, not only the gentry and common people have collusion with the Japanese, but also some officials. There are many officials recorded in history who surrendered to the Japanese, including generals of a thousand households and officials in government offices.

These people must also be found out.

otherwise

If a commoner's family member was a pirate, and the pirates robbed something and shared it with the family, do you think they would not inform the pirates? !

The gentry wanted to profit from the smuggling of the Japanese pirates, or simply secretly supported a group of Japanese pirates. Do you think they could not tip off the Japanese pirates? !

As for those officials who colluded with the Japanese pirates, whether they supported the Japanese pirates, or were bribed by the Japanese pirates with money and sex, or other reasons, as long as they colluded with the Japanese pirates, they were on the road of no return and became grasshoppers in the same boat with the Japanese pirates. How could they not tip off the Japanese pirates? !

If they tipped off the Japanese pirates, then fighting against them would be like being naked, with no secrets at all, and we would be halfway defeated before the battle even began. Therefore, we must find out those gentry, common people, and officials who were in contact with the Japanese pirates.

Once those who colluded with the Japanese pirates are found out, the Japanese pirates will have no eyes and ears among the people and will become blind and deaf. It will then be much easier to wipe out the Japanese pirates.

As for how to catch him, Zhu Ping'an already has an idea.

In times of chaos, severe punishments must be used.

Come out.

Collective responsibility law!

Our Zhejiang Army can be used, and so can the Zhejiang Province. Of course, the primitive collective responsibility system of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty will definitely not work, and it must be modified to keep pace with the times.

Zhu Ping'an has read the Baojia system of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China in modern times, and found that there are many things that can be learned from them.

After preparing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Zhu Ping'an spread out the rice paper and began to draft his first military and political order after taking office as the Governor of Zhejiang.

It was also a cruel military order.

"The Ten-Household Baojia System!"

On the rice paper, several large characters stand out

Early the next morning, Zhu Ping'an handed the drafted "Ten Households Baojia Law" to the clerks in the government office, ordering them to copy it, seal it, and distribute it to all prefectures and counties as soon as possible, with strict orders for its immediate implementation.

Soon, the ten-household baojia system was issued to the village, and the document was posted in front of the village ancestral hall.

The villagers were gathered in front of the ancestral hall by the village chief and village elders, and an old scholar who was literate read out and explained the documents to everyone.

"Listen up, gentlemen. This is the 'Ten Households Baojia Law' formulated by our governor. It says that as soon as the document is posted, we must implement it immediately. Otherwise, everyone will be severely punished."

The old scholar slowly stroked his gray beard, enjoying the attention of everyone, and spoke to everyone word by word.

This was his favorite moment. Everyone in the village had to rely on him because he was the only literate person in the village.

"Old Wen, can you tell us what the 'Ten Households Baojia System' is and what it is for?"

"Who is the governor?"

A group of common people urged the old scholar to quickly explain to everyone what the Ten-Household Baojia System was.

"Okay, okay, stop rushing me. Let me take a breath. I'll tell you all about it after I've calmed down."

The old scholar took a few deep breaths and then stroked his beard to continue his lecture:

"Our governor's name is Zhu Ping'an, he was the top scholar of that year. As for the 'Ten Households Baojia Law', our governor said: I was ordered to inspect Zhejiang, I want to wipe out the Japanese pirates and take care of the people, but my ability is short and my wisdom is not enough, I need the cooperation and assistance of all officials, civilians and gentry. Because I think that the strategy of defending against foreign invaders must be governed by the internal affairs first. However, I have not been in office for a long time, and I am still ignorant of the local customs; I am always confused about how to suppress the Japanese invaders, and I have no idea what to do. I found that many of the families of the military and civilians under my jurisdiction are seeking small profits and staying with people of unknown origin, who are also the Japanese pirates; some even have private communication with the Japanese pirates and pass on information to them; they harbor the Japanese pirates and occupy the country for them; the Japanese pirates are not peaceful, so I promulgate the 'Ten Households Baojia Law'."

After the old scholar finished speaking, the common people shouted that they didn't understand and asked the old scholar to explain in words that they could understand.

"Okay, okay, this is what our governor said. He just arrived in Zhejiang and is unfamiliar with the place. If we want to wipe out the Japanese pirates, we need the cooperation of all our officials and the people. There are bad people among the people. Some have become Japanese pirates, some have colluded with the Japanese pirates, passed on information to them, some have hidden them, and so on. Because of this, our governor promulgated the 'Ten Households Baojia Law'."

The old scholar repeated it to everyone in plain language.

Some of the common people were calm, some looked unhappy, and some gathered together, whispering to each other.

"What is the Ten-Household Baojia System, and how do we implement it?" the common people asked urgently.

"The governor said that in the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction, every household in the city... Well, let me put it in words you can understand. In our village, every household must hang a wooden doorplate. The doorplate will clearly state the name of each person in the household, whether they are male or female, what they do, what they look like, where they are from, whether they are disabled or not, where they are disabled, and how they are disabled. It must be clearly written on the doorplate."

"In our village, every ten neighboring families form a group. Everyone elects a group leader. If no one can be elected, the village chief will designate one. The group leader must supervise the roll call every day at twilight hour. The ten families take turns to send one person to each household to take the roll call, and the group leader must supervise."

"If someone is not at home, the family member must clearly state who is not at home, when they left, where they went, what they did, and when they will be back. The head of the group and the person on duty to call the roll must remember this and inform the rest of the households."

"If there are multiple people at home, the family members should clearly state the name of the person who came to your home, where they came from, what they do, what their relationship is with your family, what they are doing at your home, and when they will leave. The head of the group and the person on duty to call the roll should also remember clearly and inform the other households."

"When calling the roll, every household must report truthfully. No one can conceal anything or make false reports."

"Anyone who sees a strange person, suspicious behavior, suspicious behavior in a family, or a flaw in a family report should report directly to the police."

"If someone in the family is a Japanese pirate, or someone in a family is not at home and cannot explain where he went, or someone suddenly appears in the house and cannot explain where he came from, or is a Japanese pirate, and no one in the family reports it to the authorities, then not only will the family that colluded with the Japanese be punished, but the other nine families will also be implicated and punished."

(End of this chapter)