Regarding how to restrict the slave and maid system, in fact, Han Yi has been doing it all the time, but gradually, he will cut a little bit when he has the opportunity, and restrict it when he has the opportunity, but it can also be seen that he has been thinking about this matter in his heart, and he must abolish the slave and maid system.

But this is not to say that he has the heart of a virgin, to shine on the world, he has seen more cruel things in later generations, this weak and strong food, but the law of human existence, can not be completely changed, but in a different way. And the reason why he wants to restrict the slave and maid system is because the slave and maid system will hinder the development of commerce, this slave and maid can be obtained through power, and the merchant is to hire workers to do things, and they have to pay wages, but if the powerful people do business, they use slaves and maids, and the cost will be much lower, and it will be difficult for people to compete.

Again, cheap labor will also hinder the development of science and technology, this manpower does not need money, what to take people to pile up, what else needs to be invented, only when manpower is very expensive, everyone will think of improving equipment, a lot of wisdom is forced out, not scientists out of thin air, it can also be said that the times create science and technology.

Although Han Yi plans to use the war to obtain slaves, this is limited and dominated by the imperial court, and secondly, this is also to give money, which is certainly not very cheap, and Han Yi intends to use slaves for those difficult jobs, such as building roads, repairing rivers, and so on. Those workshops still have to be handed over to their own people.

This road must be repaired, in ancient times, road construction was a very hard thing, if all the domestic labor is used, then if it is not exploited, the cost will be very expensive, no one can afford it, but if you exploit it, it may break the business rules customized by Han Yi himself.

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And Xu Jingzong over there was very depressed, the more he thought about it, the more he felt wronged, and finally he couldn't help it, and ran to Wu Meiniang to complain, the baby was bitter!

"Queen, the old minister just said a word, but His Majesty reprimanded the old minister like this, which makes the old minister lose face!"

Xu Jingzong was extremely aggrieved, he had done this before, but Li Zhi had never done this to him.

Wu Meiniang said bitterly: "Xu Shizhong, you are now the prime minister, your status is extraordinary, everything has to be carefully considered, you look at the Taiwei, Sikong them, who is like you, who takes the lead in everything, you don't want to think about it, you stand up directly, how do you ask Your Majesty to put it?" You have to be calm and calm in this situation, this is what a prime minister should look like. In addition, I don't know much about this matter, but since Your Majesty has taken the initiative to do this, there must be Your Majesty's reasons, you should support Your Majesty, how can you oppose it? ”

Xu Jingzong said aggrievedly: "The old minister doesn't want to object, it's just that this happened too suddenly, and the old minister was too impulsive for a while, so he ......." ”

Wu Meiniang nodded with a smile and said, "I'll ask Your Majesty later to see what's going on." But you have to remember, don't play any small moves down there, I think Your Majesty has made up his mind about this. ”

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "The old minister understands. ”

After Xu Jingzong left, Wu Meiniang went to find Li Zhi, with her current status, she had to ask about such a big matter.

"Your Majesty, do you know who is looking for the concubine?" Wu Meiniang said with a smile.

Li Zhiwei groaned and said, "Xu Jingzong? ”

Wu Meiniang nodded and sighed softly: "He is not young anymore, and he has a handful of tears and snot, and the concubines can't bear to see it." ”

Li Zhi asked, "What did he say?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "What else can he say, I hope to borrow the mouth of the concubine to ask Your Majesty for your guilt." His Majesty frightened him in the main hall. ”

Saying this, Xu Jingzong obviously came to complain, but she said that she was asking for sin.

Li Zhi smiled when he heard this, and said: "I never intended to blame him, but at that time, I had to say that. ”

Wu Meiniang asked casually: "Why is this?" Just before Xu Jingzong cried like that, he said it unclearly, as if it was about slaves and maids. ”

Li Zhi nodded, and told Wu Meiniang the reason for the incident.

"I see!" After Wu Meiniang heard this, she said: "Since it is Han Yi's idea, the concubine should be feasible." ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "I can only believe him, now that the country is developing very well, if you send troops at this time, those civil servants will definitely stop it, and the people will also have the same about it, in case this battle affects the development of the country, they will not give up, if you want not to hinder the development of the country, and be able to send troops to Goguryeo, you can only rely on Han Yi's strategy." ”

Wu Meiniang listened to his words, and she trusted Han Yi very much, and her heart was mixed, and she said: "In this way, Your Majesty is determined to send troops to Goguryeo?" ”

Li Zhi nodded, his gaze firm, and said, "I think the time is ripe. ”

Wu Meiniang saw that Li Zhi was so resolute, and she also knew that it was unchangeable, in fact, she didn't want to fight for the time being, because she also wanted to use the case of Changsun Wuji's rebellion to continue to consolidate her power in the outer court, erect her authority, and fight Goguryeo was only beneficial to Li Zhi, because no one would take the credit for this battle on Wu Meiniang's head, and once the war started, domestic attention would turn to Goguryeo, and then Li Zhi would be the only center, and she couldn't intervene in this matter.

Of course, she won't think much about this, it is too important to fight Goguryeo, and the only thing she can do is to fully support Li Zhi, everything has to stand aside, which is a very important thing.

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Households.

"Han Shangshu, what's going on?"

Zhang Daxiang was also confused, the news came too suddenly, and there was no warning.

Han Yi shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, I'm afraid only Your Majesty knows, but I think Your Majesty has made up his mind, so we have to go all out, and we can't make any mistakes." ”

Zhang Daxiang was curious: "Then what should we do?" ”

"Your Majesty has already consulted with me before." Han Yi said: "First of all, the introduction of a slave contract formulated by the imperial court, which is the same as the original official prostitute, within two or three years, there is no slave or maid who comes to the imperial court to register, then the contract between the slave and the master will not be subject to any legal guarantee, and the imperial court will treat all unregistered slaves and maids as good people, that is, if the master beats an unregistered slave without authorization, it will be regarded as a crime."

Secondly, the tax on slaves and maids is levied on the employer's unit, and slaves and maids can also generate value, and the value of slaves and maids, including the production of slaves and maids, belongs to their owners, so the tax should also be borne by them. Moreover, the greater the number of slaves and maids owned, the higher the tax paid, for example, ten slaves and maids only collect 30% of the tax of the common people, but 30 must collect 50%, and 50% of 50 must be collected.

Finally, it is the conversion of a lover into a slave and a maid, which also requires a certain transfer tax, and this tax must be high, so as to effectively restrict. ”

Zhang Daxiang heard it, felt that this trick is also poisonous, this first article requires those slave owners must let their slaves and maids to register, if you do not register, then the court will treat those slaves and maids as good people, and according to the system of the Tang Dynasty, the hierarchy system is very strict, slaves and maids, as long as the slave owner goes to explain to the government, the slaves and maids can be slaughtered privately, not to mention beatings and abuses, it is not a matter, the law clearly stipulates that "slaves and maids are analogous to livestock", the two are the same thing. But if you are a good person, you can't do it, that is the treatment of citizens, but if you register, then you will definitely not be able to escape this tax. Said: "This may cause dissatisfaction among those landlords and squires, and if you don't get it right, there will be chaos." ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "Your Majesty has been very thoughtful and will give them a certain amount of leeway." Therefore, His Majesty decided that all this is only for the people whose ancestral homes are in the Central Plains, and the old Turkic lands are not included in them, not to mention the Silla maids, Kunlun slaves, and Tubo slaves, these imperial courts don't care about them, even if you have 10,000 Silla maids, the imperial court will not levy a penny from you, but if your ancestral home is in the Central Plains, you must do so. In addition, the imperial court will also introduce a lifetime contract. ”

Zhang Daxiang was surprised: "Lifetime contract? ”

Han Yi nodded and said: "The lifelong contract, as the name suggests, is to sign your life to a certain person, or a certain group, but in terms of contract type, this is an employment contract, and this first has to return the slave and maid to good, but if the landlord is willing to convert the slave and maid into a lifelong contract, the court will not only not tax them, but will allow them to give these people treatment lower than the labor bill." ”

Zhang Daxiang thought for a while, and said: "I'm afraid that this is also very difficult, if the lifelong contract is considered an employment contract, this is compared to the slave contract, but the difference between heaven and earth, how can those people be willing to do this." ”

Han Yi smiled: "That's why we're sitting here. Speaking, he paused, and said: "First of all, we only pay the tax ratio, just an analogy, of course it will not be so perfunctory, the purpose of this tax is to split these slave owners, in the Central Plains, there are many landlords who have slaves and maids, but there are very few slaves and maids, as long as we set the tax well, stabilize the group of people who have a small number of slaves and maids, so that they can accept this tax, then we really face only those who have a large number of slaves and maids.

And according to human nature, most people can't see the good of others, don't underestimate this jealousy, those small landlords are usually suppressed by the big landlords, and now this tax is harmful to them, but the harm is also worlds apart, they will not necessarily object, maybe they will support the court, because in this way, the gap between them will be lowered, so that the wealth can be balanced.

In addition, the people who really have a large number of slaves and maids are officials, the officials are in Chang'an, His Majesty is watching from above, they can only obey their orders, this part of the force can be ignored, so calculated, we are not facing many enemies.

Of course, first of all, we have to publicize it in place, and in this regard, Your Majesty has given us a good reason, this is out of Your Majesty's benevolent government, and the slaves and maids are also His Majesty's people, so that the people can be clear and clearly know, as for those slave and maid owners, we should ask them, why are you raising so many slaves and maids, do you want to rebel? ”

As soon as Zhang Daxiang heard the rebellion, he shivered first.

Han Yi smiled: "What are you afraid of?" ”

Zhang Daxiang sneered: "Don't rebel at every turn, it's too scary." ”

Han Yi said: "If you don't scare him, will they give in?" Another point is to explain clearly to those small landlords, the stakes, although they pay a little more taxes, but this is beneficial to them, because it can balance the gap between them and the big landlords, do not let them panic, must deal with them separately, if they let the landlords in the world are united, then we will have a headache, this matter must be publicized in place. ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "What about the merchant? But they also have slaves and maidservants. ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "Merchants are making so much money now, and they haven't collected their business taxes yet, they should know how to be satisfied." You tell them the truth, this is Your Majesty's order, we are just doing things according to the rules, it is useless to look for me about this matter, I have been very busy recently, I don't have time to see them, you can go and communicate with them about this. ”

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