Chapter 214: Abolition of Slavery
With a sigh, Li Chengji knew what they were looking for him. But he also felt guilty about concealing the dispatch of troops. Bento took up the turtle with a shrunken head and avoided it.
Zhu Qing knew what he meant, so he came to the outside of the hall and lied that Li Chengji had fallen asleep.
When I came to the apse, the wooden barrel filled with clear water was steaming a little.
"Huh? Didn't I ask for cold water? Li Chengji saw a bucket full of hot water, a little strange.
"Governor!" , Aziz and the two male attendants who filled the water respectfully performed a Muslim salute and explained loudly: "Sister Zhu said that the governor has just returned from outside, and he is in the heat of the day. If you bathe in cold water again, you can't say that you can't alternate between hot and cold, and your body will be lost. ”。
knew that Zhu Qing was the first old man to serve Li Chengji, and the attendants of the Governor's Mansion also looked at him differently. Even Rose, who has been serving in front of Li Chengji, called Sister Zhu in front of Zhu Qing.
It's like in the governor's palace, and he has become the head of the people.
When Li Chengji heard this, he didn't say much. Aziz and the two male attendants watched, and immediately untied Li Chengji's wide clothes with a clear mind.
Because he has attended important occasions recently, the clothes worn by Li Chengji are also more cumbersome. Although it is not a serious Hanfu, it also inherits the mantle of Hanfu. It's just that in appearance, Li Chengji has tampered with it a little.
And borrowed from the aristocratic costumes of the Persians, and incorporated some Hu style. that the people may watch and not be alienated.
When I put it on, it took a lot of work. If you want to take it off now, you have to have someone to help you out.
When there were no more strands of the whole body, Aziz and the others retreated to the side very obediently.
It was also after Lee Seung-ji settled in the Governor's Mansion that he abandoned Sadr's old style. There is no obvious interest in the good of broken sleeves. Therefore, Aziz and they also know to abide by their duty.
Although Li Chengji instinctively rejected the male waiter of castration and circumcision in his heart. But I have to say that the work of serving people is really not good without men. Like those rough and heavy jobs, ordinary maids really can't do it.
These 'fake men' just have a place to use.
What's more, the Sadr Palace originally had more than 100 male attendants. All of them are of good character and belong to the Aryan race. There has been a long period of immersion in the service of others. Not only the physical work, but also some work outside the physical body, which is done quite well.
Li Chengji lived in the Governor's Mansion for some days, and gradually realized the unique advantages and benefits of male attendants in certain affairs. For example, in the supervision of various dignitaries and dignitaries by the Department of Affairs, many of them are male attendants with special status.
Their boldness, their opinions, and their marginalized identities tend to perceive something more secretive. In the hands of the affairs department, there are also some weaknesses or handles of dignitaries.
In fact, to be honest, Li Chengji is not prejudiced against these male waiters.
In the end, castration and muttering are not considered voluntary by them. But if there is a way to live or other choices, they should also be willing to be a real man. Where is willing to cut off his own life and roots, and live forever to be ridiculed by others.
And many of them are bought slaves, and their lives are not their own. Whether or not to accept castration or circumcision is also the master's business. They just need to obey orders.
Therefore, what Li Chengji resists is this stereotypical and bad habit of castrating and cutting people. Although in the court, the existence of men will indeed make the wives and concubines of those in high positions unable to endure people's seven emotions and six desires, so they will have sex with them.
But the real mistake is the superiors who marry those wives and concubines into the door. If you control your selfish desires a little, or in terms of conduct, don't be so promiscuous. Then the wife and concubine who marry into the door will not cheat on others because of loneliness.
Moreover, if the wife and concubine have the heart to do it, which castration and circumcision can prevent trouble.
Therefore, after Li Chengji settled in the Governor's Palace, he deliberately promulgated a ban. It is strictly forbidden to castrate or cut any boy or man in the land of the three counties under his control. If there are lawbreakers, they will be stoned.
This decree made many male waiters who were driven by others couldn't help but shed tears. Because if there had been this decree, they would not be in such a situation now.
At present, in the Governor's Palace, the male attendants are grateful to Li Chengji.
Especially the male attendants who experienced the Sanjar Rebellion and survived by luck, they are even more grateful to Li Chengji. Because at the beginning of the troubled times in Sanjar, many rebel commanders wantonly slaughtered or ravaged them.
Those who die for a while are still protected by Allah. Those who are ravaged and ravaged are simply worse than life and death. In order to make himself happy, he tried his best to humiliate them. Many die of excessive blood loss in pain. When Li Chengji learned later, he was also extremely indignant. and ordered people to take care of those male attendants who were injured in the lower body, which was considered to be a good job.
It is this kindness that makes those male attendants constantly talk about Li Chengji's kindness.
In the end, their situation is too marginalized. In this era, no matter where you go, you are looked down upon by others. Even in the later generations of civilized society, most people do not have such an awareness.
What's more, the doctrine of Islam was originally forbidden to be male.
Although ordinary people can't criticize and make a big deal against those who are in high positions, they are not afraid of these 'fake men'. Generally, the powerless and powerless male attendants were killed and died in vain. No one takes pity on these people, and no one pities their lives.
Therefore, even if Sanjar and other rebel commanders wantonly insulted and insulted them, the male attendants still made compromises and stayed in the palace.
When Li Chengji takes control of Puhua, they can only wait like lambs, waiting for Li Chengji to control their fate.
Fortunately, it is different from other superiors! As a descendant, Lee Seung-ji did not have this habit of discriminating against the weak. Therefore, after learning about the inhumane treatment they had suffered, he specially invited a doctor to treat their wounds and diseases.
After the decree prohibiting the castration and mutilation of boys and men, the Red Turbans of the Inspectorate were involved. The deeds of sale of the men and women in the land of the three counties were recovered and destroyed by way of redemption. And give a certain period of time to urge the master's family and the male slaves to dissolve the master-slave relationship.
If you are willing to stay at the master's house, you can continue to keep it. However, it is necessary to sign an employment agreement, stipulate the number of years, and pay wages. And in matters of life and death, the master's family cannot be the master. Even if you beat and scold, you can't cross the line.
Otherwise, it will be sued to the Supervision and Inspection Department, and the master's family will not be able to eat and walk around.
This applies not only to these male attendants, but also to all subordinates or guards who have been removed from slavery and dissolved from the master-slave relationship.
If they are not willing to stay in the original master's house, the male attendants can take refuge in the governor's palace. Then, under the arrangement and screening of the Attendant Division, some of them entered the Inspectorate Division. Don't want them to work, just monitor the workshops and don't dare to cut corners, and be greedy for ink.
However, they only have the power to supervise, not to judge. Once you find something wrong, you can only report it to the attendants. After the facts are ascertained, they will be handed over to the Supervision and Inspection Department to arrest and take the dirty.
In the land of the three counties of Khorasan, the prestige of the Supervision and Inspection Department has been beaten out by the Red Turban Army. Those rich families also hate and fear the Red Turban Army.