69novels Chapter 257
Chapter 257
Su Chen smiled slightly.
Princess Changle can change, so Li Tai should be able to do it too.
"Try it yourself, hold the card and imagine what you want to show."
Li Tai nodded, took his ID card, and planned to try it according to what Su Chen said.
"Using this, only the blank state can achieve the effect.
In other words, once there is a pattern or text on the card, it can no longer be changed!"
Li Tai nodded.
It is precisely because of this feature that Su Chen thought of using this card as an ID card.
If it can change all the time, it will be useless.
It can't even be used to play Landlord.
"It's done! How to make this kind of paper?"
Su Chen waved his hand.
"No need to make it. It is inexhaustible and can be used endlessly!"
Li Tai was overjoyed when he heard this and asked:
"Su Chen, do you know about fish charms and photo stickers?"
Su Chen shook his head.
"I know about the fish token, which is only used by officials of the Tang Dynasty to prove their identity.
Are the photo cards used by ordinary people?"
Li Tai nodded, "That's right, the photo cards originated from Shang Jun and have been used until now.
But there are many disadvantages, and it is impossible to really identify people."
Su Chen suddenly thought, why didn't he have a photo card?
"Why don't I have a photo card?"
Li Tai was speechless, "How do I know why you don't have one? Have you paid taxes to the court?"
Su Chen got angry when he heard this:
"I almost starved to death, I have no land, what taxes should I pay?"
Li Tai's mouth twitched slightly.
"Not only do you not have a photo ID, a large part of the people in the Tang Dynasty do not have a photo ID.
It is only registered by the government to facilitate the collection of taxes.
However, many times, there are people and land on the government's household register, but they cannot be found.
And your card can present a person's portrait, with a name and a portrait, so no one can fake it!
This card can replace the photo ID."
Li Tai said a lot, which is equivalent to explaining the role of the ID card.
This made Su Chen speechless. It was said that this is an ID card, and you have to explain it again.
"You are right, this is the ID card.
Identity proof, do you understand?"
Li Tai thought for a while, and after reacting, he thought that the term "ID card" seemed to be more vivid than the photo ID.
"Yes, it is the ID card. When will you report to your father?"
Su Chen thought about it and replied, "Some things need to be implemented before this is implemented."
The administrative regions of each state in the Tang Dynasty were numbered and distinguished in the mode of provinces, cities and counties.
"Su Chen, have you ever thought about this?
Many people don't know when they were born, how to deal with this?"
Su Chen thought about it, it seems to be true.
In ancient times, due to wars, displacement, escape, and other uncertain factors, many people may not know where they are from.
"Miss, son-in-law, lunch is ready!"
At this time, Jin'er shouted outside the study.
Found that Li Tai was also in the study, bowed and greeted him.
Su Chen touched his stomach and seemed to be really hungry.
Standing up and said: "Let's go eat first, and talk about the rest later!"
Princess Changle collected all the cards on the desk.
"Jin'er! I've had lunch."
Princess Changle didn't plan to go to lunch, and handed the big glass bowl to Jin'er.
"Okay, Miss!"
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Not long after lunch started, the others hadn't left yet.
Li Tai put down his bowl and chopsticks, bowed and said, "Everyone, enjoy your meal!"
He glanced at Su Chen, picked up a piece of watermelon after dinner and walked towards the study.
Su Chen was eating slowly and didn't see Li Tai's greeting.
Li Ke and Xue Rengui put down their chopsticks one after another, ready to say hello and leave.
Su Chen had just finished his meal.
"Li Ke, what are you two usually busy with?" Seeing that the two were about to leave, Su Chen asked casually.
The two looked at each other, and Li Ke replied:
"It's the same as before, just tell me what you want."
Since they came back from Hua County last time, the two of them have been a little bored recently.
From Su Chen's tone, it seems that there is another task for them.
Su Chen nodded, smiled slightly and asked, "Do you want to lead a team to suppress bandits?"
"That's exactly what I want. Is this method feasible?" Li Ke looked a little excited.
Su Chen thought for a moment and answered.
"It should be no problem. You are not the guard with the manor. You can go back to the palace and explain the whole story to His Majesty.
Let His Majesty send someone to you. I recommend a route for you.
Start from Chang'an and go all the way to Rengui's hometown. It is best to follow the route of the construction team."
Li Ke immediately replied: "Okay, Rengui and I will go to the palace immediately and beg my father!"
He did it as soon as he said it. Li Ke didn't want to wait for a moment.
"Not now, wait two or three days. If His Majesty agrees, I have another thing that needs youComplete it while suppressing the bandits."
Su Chen immediately stopped him.
"Okay, just wait two or three days!"
Li Ke didn't ask what else was going on, presumably Su Chen hadn't decided yet.
"That's it, I'll go to the study to discuss some things with Li Tai, you guys go ahead!"
Su Chen got up and left, and before going to the study, he asked Wang Xi to go to the paper mill and tell the papermakers to get a dozen extra-large sheets of paper.
Two newspapers spread out so big, Su Chen was going to use them to draw maps.
"Hahaha, Rengui, we finally have a chance to fight with real swords and guns."
Li Ke patted Xue Rengui on the shoulder and laughed.
"Will His Majesty agree?" Xue Rengui asked.
"You can rest assured about this matter, when the time comes, just say that it was Su Chen's proposal, and the emperor will definitely agree."
Li Ke said to Xue Rengui with confidence, and the latter nodded.
"Let's go, brothers, practice!"
"Okay! "
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Princess Changle left shortly after Li Tai returned to the study
Li Tai was holding a card in a daze, wondering what he was thinking.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking that with this ID card, the court can play an unexpected key role in controlling the flow of population."
Su Chen nodded, "Of course, as long as people are arranged to check ID cards at the gate of each county."
"But why do we need to control the flow of population? What's the purpose?"
Li Tai thought for a while, "Well, it's mainly related to taxes."
Su Chen didn't understand what Li Tai said.
"I don't know about this. I thought about the people's date of birth mentioned before lunch. That's not important.
If you really don't know the date of birth, let the people make one up themselves.
As long as the portrait and name match, it's fine."
"This ID card is a personal identity certificate. Can we design a household registration certificate for household registration? "
This is the question Li Tai had been thinking about before.
The Tang Dynasty now also has a household registration system, which is undoubtedly as useless as a photo sticker.
The main reason is that it is easy to forge and the name cannot be matched with the person.
Su Chen understood, isn't that the household registration book?
"Yes, the household registration book is what you said, and all family members are registered in one book.
With this ID card with a portrait, it cannot be forged."
Li Tai immediately said: "Household registration book? Can you make it now?"
"Sure, I'll draw it, you find a carving master to make two carvings, and let the workers in the printing house print it."
"The household registration book is also presented in a table form, which is very simple."
The household registration book has only two layouts, one is the household homepage, and the others are family members.
"Okay, after you draw it, I will arrange the others! "
Su Chen nodded and began to draw the household registration form.
"It will take at least two or three years to replace the household registration book and ID card."
Although the population of the Tang Dynasty is only more than 10 million, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the transportation and information transmission are slow!
In less than ten minutes, the household registration form was drawn.
"The size should be like this, with a dividing line in the middle, and it will be folded in half after printing.
The household page and member page are printed in a ratio of 1 to 10, and the paper should be thicker."
Considering that people with status have many wives and concubines, Su Chen simply made a few more pages of the household registration book.
Su Chen handed the drawn form to Li Tai.
"If there is nothing else, I will leave first to find someone to carve the plate."
Putting away the household registration form, Li Tai left the study.
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