Chapter 872 - 114: Crossing the World, Arriving in Jiangnan_3
"Isn’t this mercy?"
"They actually want to abandon us and take their own land, ridiculous, ridiculous."
"Now, intercepting him carries risk, and not intercepting him and letting him pass, if Your Majesty pursues the lack of civilian population, that would also be a serious crime, unless..." Liang Yunxiu hesitated, then said: "Unless you mobilize the major noble families in the city, and your own family."
"Bring out those people who are not registered as civilians, yet are within the families."
"Then fill in the numbers of the lost population for the state, getting registered."
"Perhaps Marquis Qin Wu can be allowed to leave without being blamed by Your Majesty."
Shao Junlie’s face changed dramatically, he asserted: "To have us noble families do such a thing."
"That is absolutely impossible!"
Noble family clans rely on the [recommendation system] of the court, controlling official positions, then annexing a large amount of land and gaining ’tax exemption’ and ’conscription exemption’ privileges, and using the annexed land and privileges to absorb a large amount of extra population.
This population is not recorded in the state household register, but directly controlled by the noble families.
This is the foundation, the base of the families.
These people do not obey the state’s conscription, but must follow the family’s arrangements, striking without crime.