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Lijia System

Type Object Region China Time 1381–1644

Grassroots tax-labor and household registration system promulgated in 1381: 110 households formed a li, ten a jia, with headmen compiling the Yellow …

Timeline

  1. 1368–1380Provinces of the Ming dynasty · Ming dynastyThe early Ming conducted large-scale household registration and land surveying, laying the foundation for compiling the Yellow Register and fish-scale registers, gradually assembling the population and land data needed for the lijia organization.
  2. 1381Nationwide in the Ming dynasty · Ming dynastyIn the 14th year of Hongwu the lijia system was established: 110 households formed a li with a ten-year rotation of service, and li headmen and jia heads were responsible for collecting money and grain and conscripting able-bodied men, implemented alongside the Yellow Register system.
  3. 1382–1390Provinces of the Ming dynasty · Ming dynastyAfter the lijia system was promulgated, localities used lijia to collect land tax, conscript labor service and maintain public security, becoming the practical operating units of Ming grassroots control and fiscal collection.

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