What household registration system was implemented in the Yuan Dynasty?

In 1206, Genghis Khan established Mongolia. At the same time, in order to meet the needs of long-term conquests, he created a household registration system that was closely integrated with the thousand-household system. The people were divided into tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousand, and were strictly limited Within the ninety-five thousand households, they were always at the mercy of the nobles' conscription and dispatch. This household registration system existed in some places until the fall of the Yuan Dynasty.

In their continuous conquest and expansion to the south, the Mongolian rulers conducted several large-scale population surveys of the conquered areas (Central Plains and Jiangnan). In the 27th year of Emperor Shizu's reign (1290), they finally Eventually the household registration system of the Yuan Dynasty in Han areas was formed.

The biggest feature of the household registration system of the Yuan Dynasty is the implementation of various household plans. The so-called various household plans are to distinguish people who engage in different occupations in their household registrations according to their different occupations, and thereby fix the obligations they should bear. There are many types of household registrations, the main ones are: 1. Minhu, which is the most basic and largest household registration in the Yuan Dynasty, and bears the general taxes and servitude of the country. 2. Military households, responsible for the country’s military service. 3. Craftsmen, engaged in government-run handicrafts. 4. Station households are responsible for the construction, maintenance and operation of stations set up by the state. 5. Kitchen households, engaged in government-run salt production. People with different household registrations are not allowed to change their household registration without authorization. Generally speaking, household registration is inherited from generation to generation.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the household level system was implemented, that is, each household was divided into upper, middle and lower grades according to its wealth and poverty status, and each grade was further divided into upper, middle and lower grades, one to nine etc., as the basis for apportioning taxes and collecting corvees.