Chapter 673: Jingwei Southwest - Slaves and Slaves and Buddhism
Let the envoys of Ahong State retreat, and Zhu Yang left them behind. For him, the two countries on the other side of the mountain and the other side of the sea were not of much concern, and he might as well discuss the policy towards Bago with his subordinates.
Of course, the most important thing is the affairs of the domain. The real Chinese people have always known that their fathers and mothers are not as good as their own, as long as they do a good job in domestic affairs, Huaxia will naturally be a strong country, not like some bananas dressed in Zhang Huaxia's skin, and will only recognize foreign fathers all day long.
Although Zhu Yang now rules a small country, who made him the prince of a big country, he still has this kind of thinking of a big country.
Therefore, after the envoys of the two countries retreated, he immediately said to Zhuo Jing and He Fu: "Gu will not take the two of you to the capital, you stay in Ava, preside over the land allocated to the soldiers, you must be impartial, all the soldiers get the same land; If the land is insufficient, the generals will be slightly aggrieved, but each will be rewarded with a house in the city, and a few slaves. ”
"This slave?" Zhuo Jing said with some doubts: "Your Highness, the "Da Ming Law" prohibits the possession of slaves, although it is difficult to completely prohibit it, but it is still not appropriate for His Highness to reward it. ”
"From today onwards, this article will be abolished in the Min Domain!" Zhu Yang said categorically: "Although the Min Fan is the feudal domain of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty has handed over most of the power to Gu and the two of you, and it is not forbidden to revise the "Ming Law" according to the actual situation, so Gu wants to abolish this article." ”
"How does Your Highness want to change it?" Zhuo Jing did not argue whether it could be revised, but asked for more constructive opinions.
"It is strictly forbidden to keep Han slaves and maids, and you can keep local people as slaves, but it is strictly forbidden to go against your will, you must be yourself, or your parents are willing to let her be slaves."
"And the deed of death must be signed, and henceforth this man and his original family will be strangers without the permission of the owner."
"However, the provisions on slave crimes in the "Da Ming Law" are basically the same."
According to the provisions of the "Da Ming Law", a slave is not equivalent to goods, but a low-level person, only the master's family kills the slave is not a crime, and the other people kill the slave of another family is also a crime, but it is reduced by one degree compared with ordinary people's crimes: the sentence of beheading is reduced to hanging, and the sentence of hanging is reduced to exile.
If the slaves kill each other, the slaves themselves are criminally responsible, and they should be hanged and hanged. Of course, under normal circumstances, the slaves of large families and their own families fight with each other, and when they die, they are dealt with internally.
"At the same time, following the example of the Han Dynasty, a slave tax was levied, and the slaves who were kept in the family needed to pay taxes according to the capitation."
"Large families were encouraged to hire servants in a manner similar to that of the Song Dynasty, rather than using slaves and maids entirely. Hired servants are not subject to slave tax. ”
"Yes, Your Highness." Zhuo Jing and He Fu said. They don't think there's anything unreasonable about Zhu Yang's order, and if these measures can be resolutely implemented, they are actually better than the provisions of the "Da Ming Law".
"But Your Highness, where did the slaves who were rewarded to civil and military officials come from?" Zhuo Jing asked.
"This time Gu did not come back from Bago captive many children, and these children were rewarded to them. and a few more women. ”
"As for most of the women who came back from captivity, aren't there still many soldiers in the army who have not married? A soldier who is not married can be rewarded as long as he is willing to marry a barbarian woman. Zhu Yang said.
"Yes, Your Highness. However, it is better for His Highness to announce such a thing personally and the soldiers. He Fu said.
"Then you prepare, call all the soldiers of the three guards, and talk to them in the afternoon." Zhu Yang said.
After lunch in the afternoon, the soldiers of the three guards were driven to the open space outside the city, and some of the soldiers of the Yongchang guards also joined in the fun. Zhu Yang stood on the high platform that had accepted the surrender of Mingisvatiu a few days ago, and announced to them the exchange of land and the reward of women.
The soldiers of the three guards were all excited, they were worried about the land of Yongchang, and Zhu Yang announced that the exchange of land near Ava City had relieved them of their worries; Not to mention that singles can also divide women.
Suddenly, the audience was cheering for 'Chitose', and some people automatically increased Zhu Yang's age and shouted 'Nine Thousand Years Old'. But it was immediately stopped by the hundred and thousand households who led them.
But the Yongchang guards who came to join in the fun were not happy. Since the separation of the military and the people, even when the military generals of the rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty were very high, ordinary people were reluctant to marry their daughters to ordinary soldiers, Yunnan was a place of exile for prisoners, and many of the soldiers of Yongchang Zhuwei did not have wives.
They also shouted loudly and said, "Your Highness can't be partial, we are all soldiers of Your Highness, and we must also divide women!" "Hundreds of households, thousands of households can't be suppressed. Zhu Yang could only announce that all soldiers who had not yet married a wife could sign up to receive barbarian women.
But after returning to the palace, they found that there were not enough barbarian women captured this time, and everyone hurriedly thought of a way. In the end, Li Guan said: "Your Highness, you can send someone to buy a woman from the monarch of Bago." When they put down the Burmese rebellion, there would have been many Burmese women who had been taken prisoner, so they bought them and distributed them among the soldiers. ”
"It's not good." Zhuo Jing said.
"What's so bad about that? Even according to Confucian theory, it is better for these women to belong to us Han people. The Bago people are still very savage, and the Burmese women are worse off than death if they fall into their hands, and we bought them from the Bago people to rescue them from the barbaric Bago people. Chu Jie, who participated in the war to eliminate the Burmese in Bago, said without changing his face.
Of course, Zhuo Jing would not agree. Although he felt that it was indeed better for these women to be wives for Han soldiers than in the hands of barbarians, he would not support Li Guan and Chu Jie's words.
But He Fu supported this matter, although Zhu Yang did not make a clear statement, but Zhuo Jing understood that Zhu Yang only cared about his reputation and did not speak, and actually supported it, so he opposed it to invalidity, and the palace meeting passed the decision to buy women from Bago.
After that, Zhu Yang met with the original officials in Ava City, who were retained. It was impossible for Han Chinese officials to take over such a city of 50,000 or 60,000 people immediately, and the lack of numbers and unfamiliarity would put the city in chaos. Zhu Yang retained about sixty percent of the officials, and the lower-level officials only fired a few people who were very disgusted by the people in the city, and all the rest were retained.
Zhu Yang lectured these people, mainly to let them work for the Min clan with peace of mind and not to have any ideological worries, and at the same time warned them that they must not continue their previous bad habits, and if they violated the law, they would be dealt with, and so on.
Of course, these retained officials immediately said: "Your Highness, the ministers will serve Your Highness loyally, and will never have any worries,......, and will definitely obey the laws and regulations of the Min Domain,......。 ”
Zhu Yang also said kind words to the people with the biggest official positions among the officials retained, and let them go down.
Next is to summon the senior monks of the local temple. The senior monks led by the abbot of Ava Monastery, Venerable Viladu, walked into the palace to meet Zhu Yang.
The treatment of these people is completely different from the treatment of the officials just now. Most of them were courtesy, and Zhu Yang was very approachable and used Han Buddhist etiquette to return the salute to them.
Veradon frowned. He once sent his disciples to the Ming Dynasty, so when the other monks were still inexplicable about Zhu Ying's movements, he had already seen that this was the etiquette of Han Buddhism.
But they are Ava Theravada Buddhism, which is different from Chinese Buddhism. Since Zhu Yang can think of using the etiquette of Han Buddhism, of course, he will also know that the etiquette of Han Buddhism and the upper seat Buddhism are different.
So, 'Is he going to promote Chinese Buddhism in Ava?' Veradhu thought.
Of course, Zhu Yang didn't know a few of his movements, so Veradhu guessed his future moves, and warmly invited them to sit down and chatted.
Zhu Yang had studied Buddhist scriptures, and at this time he picked up the Buddhist scriptures that were said to have been transmitted from India rather than produced in China, "The Sutra of the Forty-two Chapters", "The Sutra of the Ten Lands of Breaking the Knot", "The Sutra of the Sea of Fahai", "The Sutra of the Buddha's Birth", "The Sutra of the Buddha's Practice" and chatted with Viladu and others.
As a result, Vilatu was even more certain that Zhu Yang wanted to promote Chinese Buddhism in Ava. Although Zhu Yang only knows about these classics, and basically they are teaching Zhu Yang a lesson, it can be seen that he pays great attention to Buddhism, so it is even more impossible for him to use the etiquette of Han Buddhism just now.
Therefore, the preoccupied Veradour did not speak much, and spent most of his time bowing his head in contemplation; However, the other monks would not let go of such an opportunity to meet Zhu Yang face to face, and kept 'discussing the scriptures' with him, and Zhu Yang did not notice Villadu's silence.
Soon it was time to accompany the evening, Zhu Yang said with a smile: "You also know that Lone is going to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to meet, and the time is very urgent, so I will not leave you monks to talk at night." ”
These eminent monks immediately got up, said a few humble words to Zhu Yang, and left the palace.
As soon as they left the palace, Virathu said to his disciple Bala, "If you were to convert to another lineage of Buddhism in the future, would you be willing?" ”
"What's the matter, senior brother, how do you ask this question?" His junior brother Barra asked very inexplicably.
Viladu didn't speak again, but Bara wasn't stupid either, and immediately asked, "Could it be that the new monarch wants to promote Chinese Buddhism in Ava?" ”
"Be quiet!" Villadhu said to him. Then he whispered: "I just guessed from some of his details, I can't guarantee it." He said the details he saw.
"Senior brother, this doesn't mean anything." Barra didn't think it was proof.
"Because I'm not sure, I'm just talking to you, not everyone. But I think it's better for us to think about what we would do if the monarch really wanted to promote Chinese Buddhism. Veradhu said.
"This," Barra couldn't figure out what to do for a moment.
"Alas," Villadu sighed, "why is the Ming Dynasty not in the Central Plains, like the previous dynasties?" ”
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