Study on the Ebianyin of Lichai Under the Junyao Law of the Ming Dynasty
In the design of Junyao Law,the key to distributing corvee was to rank the burden of each corvee.The Junyao Law was implemented after"Suicongzaoli"were converted into silver.In this context,the burden of corvee had to be measured uniformly in silver.At the beginning of Emperor Chenghua's reign,the implementation of the system of collecting silver from"surplus households"indicated that a unified budget system for measuring the burden of corvee with silver had already been established.With the construction of the two major systems of corvee——levying silver and using labor since the reign of Chenghua and Hongzhi,the price measured by silver for corvee burden gradually became known as"Ebianyin".In the budget phase,Ebianyin of"Yinchai"and"Lichai"were both budgetary prices,so there was no difference in their nature or expression.However,in the specific implementation phase,there was an essential difference between the two types of Ebianyin.Ebianyin of Yinchai was the basis for the government to levy silver,while the basic characteristic of Lichai was"using silver for pricing rather than levying silver",so Ebianyin of Lichai was only a price indicator.Under the influence of the dual nature of Lichai's Ebianyin,the"difference between Ebianyin and the actual cost"replaced the amount of Ebianyin as a new standard for sorting Lichai's burden.Ebianyin of Lichai could be divided into two types.For the first type,the actual cost far exceeded Ebianyin,and for the second type,the actual cost was lower than Ebianyin.These two types reflected the characteristics of Lichai's Ebianyin,such as"unworthy of the name"and"unreliable".
Ming DynastyJunyao LawYinchaiEbianyinStandard for Heavy CorveeTypes of Lichai
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