Household registration system in Ming dynasty

Legal analysis: The household registration system in Ming Dynasty divided the national household registration into civilian households, military households, craftsmen households and other ethnic groups according to the occupation. Civilian families are engaged in agriculture and pay agricultural taxes and labor to the state. The obligation of military households is to serve soldiers, and craftsmen must serve the imperial court, government and government-run handicrafts.

All kinds of household registration are hereditary occupations and cannot be changed. The children of farmers have been farming for generations, the children of craftsmen have been working for generations, and the children of military households have been in the army for generations. This specialized household system inherited the "multi-color household plan" of the Yuan Dynasty. The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that "farmers are not allowed to go out for a mile, and they go out at dusk, knowing each other's ways to work and rest." Anyone who leaves his hometown for a hundred miles must have a "road guide", which is actually a proof of leaving his hometown.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the Regulations on Household Registration in People's Republic of China (PRC) is the responsibility of public security organs at all levels.

In towns with police stations, the jurisdiction of the police station shall be the domicile; Townships and towns without public security police stations shall be under the jurisdiction of townships and towns as household registration. Township and town people's committees and public security police stations are household registration organs.

The accounts that live in organs, organizations, schools, enterprises, institutions and public dormitories shall be designated by each unit to assist the household registration authority in household registration; Decentralized residence accounts are directly registered by the household registration authority at the place where the accounts are located.

The accounts of non-active servicemen living in military organs and military dormitories shall be designated by each unit to assist the household registration authority registered permanent residence.