Chapter 30: Slavery
Looking at the Karasuma people who knelt all over the place, Yuan Yun suddenly felt a kind of dissatisfaction in his heart, but he couldn't control such a thing, the Luoyang policy of not kneeling back then could only be maintained within the scope of Luoyang, and even this policy in Luoyang was deviated in the end, that is, the Han people could see the officials without kneeling, but the Hu people couldn't at all.
Now in Yecheng, the policy of not kneeling before is even more useless, Yuan Yun came to the Cao palace early in the morning, and found that the door was full of Karasuma people, these people were escorted to Yecheng as sinners, and then they would become slaves, and then they would be divided up by the major nobles, and finally become the money-making tools of these nobles.
The reappearance of slavery is because of the improvement of Luoyang technology, which led to the acceleration of material production, which made manpower begin to be scarce, and when the mechanical force was not too developed, manpower was still the main resource of productivity, so it led to some nobles began to use these Karasuma people in large quantities.
After listening to Xiao Liu's introduction, Yuan Yun probably understood the origin of these Karasuma people, and it had a lot to do with Cao Zhang and Zhao Yun, after they cleared out some of the emerging hostile tribes in Karasuma, the remaining population of these tribes became resources that could be deployed at will, that is, these so-called slaves at the moment.
Sima Yi was naturally the dominant faction in such a policy arrangement, and under the lure of many benefits, a large number of powerful nobles soon agreed to such an arrangement, and Cao Ang also felt that this law was very necessary for development, so a stroke of the pen became a fait accompli.
"It's a step backwards." Yuan Yun muttered a secret sigh before entering the palace gate.
"I'm afraid Yuan Hou is too worried, why not use foreign clans to increase labor without harming the interests of his own clan?" It was Hua Xin who spoke, and he didn't know when he had appeared behind Yuan Yun.
Yuan Yun was startled when he suddenly heard Hua Xin's words, suppressed his panic a little, and then said with a smile: "I can nag a few words casually for a while, and I can't take it seriously." ”
Hua Xin didn't let Yuan Yun simply escape this topic, so he pulled Yuan Yun's sleeve slightly, and then continued to ask: "Yuan Hou has never been a casual person, since you think this method is inappropriate, then there must be something inappropriate, the old man wants to know what is wrong, so as not to buy a big mess in the future." ”
When Hua Xin spoke, Jia Xu also walked over from behind, and naturally heard the conversation between the two clearly, so he also nodded and agreed: "Ziyu is reasonable, Yuan Hou has never been a person without a target, since he said that he was regressive, then we have to study it carefully." ”
If there was only Hua Xin, Yuan Yun would have wanted to prevaricate, but at this moment, Jia Xu also jumped out, so he could only smile bitterly and said: "The biggest reason why the slavery system was banned by the times is low productivity, just ask the same group of people, some are free employers, in order to earn more money, they will naturally serve their lives, while others are slaves, doing more and less is the same result, who will take it seriously?" However, the resources occupied by these two groups are the same, so in contrast, the free hired will naturally produce more and will not waste more resources, which is a benign development, and slavery seems to be cheap, but it does more harm than good. ”
Hua Xin heard Yuan Yun say this, but remained silent, even if he agreed with this statement in his heart, he still chose to give more consideration before answering, which is also where he is old.
After hearing Yuan Yun's explanation, Jia Xu immediately nodded with a smile and said: "What Yuan Hou said coincides with the old man, but now that the policy has been promulgated, it will be very troublesome to revise it." ”
Yuan Yun smiled, then shrugged his shoulders and said: "I'm just talking, but I don't plan to change anything, the two old gentlemen are important ministers above the court, so it's not my turn to talk nonsense." ”
Yuan Yun only listened to Jia Xu's words, and immediately became vigilant in his heart, because it was obvious that the other party was planning to let him come forward to discuss with Cao Ang, this kind of thing that was not good for a tired person would definitely not be able to take it, so he immediately pushed it back tactfully.
Jia Xu listened to Yuan Yun's answer simply, his brows couldn't help frowning, and finally he could only smile bitterly, which was considered to be a given up, after all, Yuan Yun had not participated in anything serious in the past few years, and almost became the role of a staff member by Cao Ang's side, only when Cao Ang was very embarrassed, he would ask him, and most of the people who executed it were basically Sima Yi doing it for him, and he did it perfectly, which also led to Cao Ang inevitably asking Yuan Yun when he was undecided, but when there was something important to handle, he would choose Sima Yi to execute.
Today's Luoyang is such a system, so after Cao Ang inherited Cao Cao's position, he must still follow this charter, and now Yuan Yun is unwilling to come forward, so he really won't come out, and it is superfluous to persuade again.
The three of them chatted for a while, and they had come to the main hall of the palace, Cao Ang had now officially succeeded to the throne as king, and was still the master of the place, and he had to hold a great court meeting every month.
Entering the main hall, Yuan Yun was still standing behind Jia Xu, while Hua Xin was in the first row, and Sima Yi was standing in the sixth place on the right, although the position was behind, no one dared to underestimate him, after all, his ability was very valued by Cao Ang.
When Yuan Yun was already sitting on the futon, all the people in the hall had arrived, and everyone was waiting for Cao Ang to come out so that he could start today's meeting, and the first court meeting of Cao Cao's death must be very important, so everyone held their breath.
When the bell rang, Cao Ang finally stepped into the court, the appearance of the dragon and the tiger looked very majestic, and domineering, even Yuan Yun had to feel that Cao Ang was no longer the gentle and elegant big brother back then, but the emperor who took imperial power as the starting point everywhere.
After Cao Ang sat down, he immediately read out the edict against Cao Cao, and when the edict was read aloud, he immediately cut to the point, that is, to continue to implement some of the policies formulated by Cao Cao, of course, there were also some things that needed to be modified, including the issue of Karasuma slaves.
When this question was put on the table, Hua Xin immediately took a step forward, and his opening turned out to be a word of opposition, which seemed to make Sima Yi on the right very puzzled, after all, Hua Xin did not oppose this policy before, and even cooperated very much, but now that the policy is basically set, he suddenly objected.
After Hua Xin finished speaking, Jia Xu also stood up, naturally it was also a set of opposing remarks, but he was more cunning than Hua Xin, and after saying the opposing opinions, he also pulled out Yuan Yun by the way, only saying that most of the disadvantages of slavery came from Yuan Yun's mouth.
After Yuan Yun listened to Jia Xu's words, the corners of his mouth twitched constantly, he didn't want to participate in this troubled water at all, although slavery was backward and despised, but after all, it was a slaved foreigner, so he didn't care at all, but now he was framed by Jia Xu, which was not fun.
Cao Ang saw that the two old ministers who trusted him very much were opposing, and when he heard that it was Yuan Yun's suggestion, he immediately became cautious, and at first he felt that there was no problem with slavery, but at this moment he made a big discount in his heart, because he trusted Yuan Yun's judgment very much.
After hearing Yuan Yun's name, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty began to worry about the correctness of slavery, just like Cao Ang, and the reason why they immediately changed their minds was entirely because Yuan Yun never made mistakes, which was the consensus of everyone.
The only difference is that everyone's starting point is different, Cao Angchu is in power, everything is safe, and it is very taboo to be inferior to his father Cao Cao in governance, so he asks for a careful care in everything.
And those worried aristocratic officials are worried that slavery will lead to the loss of their family, Yuan Yun's identity is no longer a kid who can be doubted casually back then, now he is the most shrewd businessman in the world, he said that things that can make money will definitely make money, on the contrary, if he thinks that there is something wrong with this matter, then it will definitely not be much better, this has been proven countless times by countless facts, and no one will doubt it anymore.
Of course, there is always an accident in everything, so even if everyone present thinks that there is a problem with slavery, they still don't believe it, such as Chen Lin, who is walking out at the moment.
"Everyone is really amazed by the ability of Yuan Hou's unpredictable prophet, but this old man of slavery really can't see any mistakes." After Chen Lin finished speaking, he immediately bowed his hand slightly to Yuan Yun to show that he was right about things, not people.
The seventh son of Jian'an, who scolded Cao Cao back then, not only was not punished, but became a figure that Cao Cao admired very much, causing their family to grow a lot over the years, almost monopolizing all the production of non-staple food around Yecheng.
Because of this industry, the Chen family has become the largest family to buy slaves, because the growing production line represents the increasing investment in manpower, the Han people have to pay salaries, so the cost of employment is definitely an astronomical amount, and there are slaves who don't need money available at the moment, how can he let go of the opportunity? With only Yuan Yun's words, it was naturally impossible for Chen Lin to give up his thoughts.
Yuan Yun glanced at Chen Lin and sighed secretly in his heart, the reason why he hated these big families was because of their greed, as long as they could make the family strong, they wouldn't care about the country, or even the nation.
Just as Yuan Yun was sighing in his heart, another unwilling person also jumped out, it was the Taishou Wei Chong of Hanoi County, who had betrayed Cao Cao once and was finally captured alive, but Cao Cao ignored his previous suspicions and exonerated him. Later, he took refuge in Cao Ren, and did not deal with Luoyang, and when Cao Ren went to the field for the first time, he finally saw the form clearly, so he resolutely chose to take refuge in Cao Ang, and now he is still appointed as the Taishou of Hanoi.
Looking at the two people in front of him, Yuan Yun's idea of not wanting to participate in this matter suddenly changed, because he really hated the insatiable greed of these two people, and another obscure reason was that when Deng Ai was collecting information about officials from all over the world, he specially added a line of remarks under the names of these two people, naming that once something happened, these two people could use their interests to win over, and the success rate was very high.
Although Yuan Yun never had any idea of rebellion, Deng Ai didn't think so, in the eyes of this apprentice, the master was the biggest, and as for the imperial court or something, it was not a status at all, so no matter what he did, he was in the interests of Yuan Yun, and it was for this purpose to investigate the officials of the whole country.
When thinking of this, Yuan Yun smiled bitterly for this apprentice again, but he was also very pleased with Deng Ai's filial piety.
"Yuan Hou, since slavery has drawbacks, let everyone know about it today." When Yuan Yun was on a fugue, Cao Ang finally couldn't sit still, so he sent a message to urge.
Yuan Yun nodded when he heard Cao Ang say this, and then slowly walked to the middle of the lobby, and he had already made up his mind that he would teach Chen Lin and Wei Chong a lesson today. ()
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