From the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the middle businessmen were given the monopoly rights of the industry by the government, which gave them the name of "Ya Yu", and they were also called "Ya Xing", and even called "Ya Jin", "Ya Ji", "Yazi", "Ya Shang", "Ya Lang", "Hu Lang", "Yu ", etc.

The trafficking of human beings, those who contract long-term workers and servants for large families are called "human teeth", and female women are called "tooth women", and one of the six women of the "three aunts and six women" has a tooth wife.

Therefore, whether it is for Li Hong or the imperial court, the reasonable and legal existence of slavery also makes it so difficult and arduous for them to want to move this piece of cheese.

But fortunately, after all, the current saint, since the time of the crown prince, has been doing something that violates tradition and exceeds the ancestral system, so when the courtiers have begun to gradually talk about slavery in private in the past two days, the court is calm, and there is not much opposition.

Li Lingyue and Shangguan Wan'er have also been very busy these days, plus Xu Yanbo supervises "The World", and now, according to His Majesty's requirements, they have to vaguely and implicitly reveal the slavery reform in the publication "The World", so for the talented girls Li Lingyue and Shangguan Wan'er, the "The World" to be released on the second day of the court meeting made the two girls think hard.

Word-by-word reasoning and revision, striving to put all the things of slavery reform under the text, at least not visible on the surface, but under the text, people can really feel that the meaning between the lines is that the imperial court is going to start to brake on slaves.

When Yan Lingbin pushed Li Hong out of the door, and then he was busy inside for a while before coming out, Li Hong looked at Yan Lingbin in front of him, but the word "Jiji" appeared in his mind out of place.

Looking at the thin cheeks as white as jade, dressed in the same blue scholar's narrow-sleeved robe as he was, with thin black boots on his feet, a jade pendant hanging from his waist that was not considered precious, a green silk had also disappeared, and a modified hood was worn on the top of his head.

The person in front of him gives people an inexplicable amazing feeling, what is better than Pan An, Song Yu is alive in Li Hong's opinion, but that's it.

"This ...... Why is the chest gone? Are you Yan Lingbin, are you really my imperial concubine? What surprised Li Hong the most was not the face that made him feel strange and familiar, but the chest that was like an airport, which was too flat.

"Nasty." Yan Lingbin looked at Li Hong's stupid appearance, and the vanity in his heart was instantly satisfied, but the man's hand was about to be put on his chest, so she slapped it away unceremoniously.

"In ancient times, there was Yugong to move mountains, and now there is Lingbin Tibetan Mountain. Are you being too yourself? You're not really a man, so there's no need to be so yourself. That one...... You can't really hold it back and then you can't come back, right? Li Hong looked at Yan Lingbin's chest worriedly, he didn't want his imperial concubine, after a woman dressed as a man once, she really became a flat-chested imperial concubine.

I can level the world, but the princess can't be flat-chested.

"Dressed as a man, of course you have to wrap up. I hate it, don't look at it anymore, wait for the concubine to come back with you, and let you see enough. Yan Lingbin was looked at a little unnaturally by Li Hong's eyes, which made her feel unnatural and embarrassed even more than when she faced Li Hong naked.

Maybe a woman is like this, she is willing to let you be amazed by her beauty, and she is willing to let you discover her beauty and sexiness, but she definitely doesn't like to ask you to find out what is going on with her beauty.

After Wang Xiaojie saw Yan Lingbin for the first time, he was first startled, and then glanced at Li Hong with strange eyes, which contained many things that made Li Hong feel dirty.

"What do you want? Am I that kind of person?! Li Hong said viciously by the neck of his courtier.

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't say anything." Wang Xiaojie looked innocent, he felt that he had covered it up well, and he didn't say what he thought in his heart.

But no matter what, Wang Xiaojie has already made up his mind, and after finishing the matter with His Majesty, he will immediately convene all the ministers of the court, and the officials of the three provinces and six ministries will be notified that His Majesty can't go on like this, and the Tang Dynasty is in danger.

The imperial concubine in the harem, which one is not like a flower and a jade, looks like a fairy, why did Your Majesty suddenly ...... It's starting to be a good man, this ...... As a courtier, you must not sit idly by!

Looking at Wang Xiaojie's dodging eyes, and then looking at Li Hong's angry appearance, Yan Lingbin, who was smart and smart, how could he not know why Li Hong suddenly became angry after seeing Wang Xiaojie.

Yan Lingbin, who was holding back his smile, was determined to continue this misunderstanding, lowered his head in a twisted manner, and quietly glanced at Li Hong with his hot eyes from time to time, which made Wang Xiaojie see it in his eyes, but he was heartbroken, Your Majesty can't.

"Let your mother's fart, why do you show Lao Tzu clearly, see who she is?" Li Hong angrily let go of Wang Xiaojie's collar, and then pulled the mischievous Yan Lingbin behind him to the front and said.

"The slave has seen the ...... of Shangshu." Yan Lingbin deliberately suppressed her voice, which is not a difficult thing for her who likes to sing, it is simply easy for her.

"What is this eunuch called?" As a courtier, Wang Xiaojie will never let the eunuchs around him confuse His Majesty or even the court, and there are righteous words in his voice at the moment.

Wang Xiaojie had just finished asking, and before the "eunuch" could answer, he saw His Majesty suddenly slap the "eunuch" on the buttocks, and said in his mouth that the eunuch should get into the carriage first.

The "eunuch" obviously didn't expect that His Majesty would make such a move in front of his courtiers today, and his jade face instantly blushed, and he didn't care about continuing to deepen the misunderstanding, he glanced at Li Hong angrily, and then hurriedly drilled into the carriage in a little panic.

Wang Xiaojie looked anxious, how can this be good! Does Your Majesty favor this "eunuch" too much? even let the "eunuch" get into the carriage before His Majesty!

"Your Majesty, by no means! The minister has something to do today, and as for the matter of going to the tooth, the minister thinks it is ....... Wang Xiaojie suddenly retreated two steps and bowed, and his expression was indescribably serious and painful.

"Are you stupid? That's my Imperial Concubine Yan dressed as a man! What a special eunuch! Li Hong looked at Wang Xiaojie, who stopped in front of him and didn't let him sit in the carriage with Yan Lingbin, rolled his eyes helplessly, and then pointed to the carriage, and after the flush on his cheeks disappeared, Yan Lingbin looked over apologetically and said.

"Huh?" Wang Xiaojie hurriedly turned around, and when he looked at the carriage this time, he felt that this face was no wonder so familiar: "The minister Wang Xiaojie has seen Emperor Yan, and the minister was offended just now, and he hopes that Emperor Yan will forgive him." ”

"Wang Shangshu doesn't have to ask for guilt, it's the playfulness of this palace just now, I hope it doesn't scare Wang Shangshu." Yan Lingbin resumed her original female voice and said lightly.

After Li Hong got into the car, Hua Meng appeared from the other side of the carriage, and then sat on the side of the carriage with Wang Xiaojie on the left and right, and slowly drove out of the palace.

Wang Xiaojie, who is a member of the army, has followed Li Hong to fight in the south and the north over the years, and he has long been accustomed to Li Hong's simple and convenient way of traveling, so since he left the palace, he has not said a word about whether he needs to be guarded.

Instead, he sat on the side of the car, and through the small window behind him, he introduced to Li Hong Chang'an City, the size and scale of each tooth shop, and so on.

The original east and west cities in Chang'an City still retain large-scale tooth shops, but because of the expansion of Chang'an City, like some lowly slave and maid tooth shops, they were moved out by Jingzhao Mansion and changed to trade with people in the north and south cities of the outer city.

The two major tooth shops in the east and west of the inner city have given up low-end transactions and quantity, and have begun to work quality, and the customers they face are naturally either rich or expensive.

And these people have relatively high requirements for slaves and maids, even if they want to buy a maid, for these people with status, when the supply of Silla maids and Kunlun slaves exceeds demand, the local slaves and maids of the Tang Dynasty have become the "goods" they like.

Some people will also buy one or two from the tooth shop as a concubine, or buy it back as a slave for the entertainment of the guests in the house, in short, knowledgeable, good looks, and young urine is a common and rigid standard.

The slaves and maids in the tooth shop, if they are lucky, may be able to keep up with a good master's family, so that they can eat and drink in a big mansion without worrying about their own safety, and more importantly, they can live a conscientious life, and even marry others and have children with the consent of the master's family.

It's just that the children who are born are naturally unable to register with the government, and they can't be registered, and they are born slaves, and the government will not pursue them if they live or die.

And some people who can't keep up with good people, and are quite beautiful, as concubines, even if they can serve the main family comfortably, they can't get rid of the bullying of the main house against her, and it is completely up to her whether she lives or dies.

Even the main family gives her away after getting tired of playing with her, or the main house exchanges concubines with others for their husbands when they don't like it, which is extremely common.

In short, it is like a cargo, just like a cat and a dog, it is a hundred dead and gone, and there is never the right to be independent, not only lacks personality, but also wanders.

The east and west cities are now unable to distinguish between the dazzling array of goods, and no longer deliberately distinguish between the Tang Dynasty and the exotic countries, just like a hodgepodge, you can also buy foreign goods in the East Market, and you can also get Datang items in the West Market.

The carriage walked slowly on the noisy streets of the East Market, the carriages coming and going were crowded, and the pedestrians were also endless, including the Tang people who wore Tang Dynasty costumes but looked like people from foreign countries, and the Tang people who wore foreign costumes and swaggered through the city, and naturally, there were also other foreign merchants of all kinds.

But on the street, it is no longer as it used to be, and you can see the slaves and maids being strung together by a rope, being held in their hands on horseback, and swaggering towards the tooth row, which from time to time arouses the sideways glances of passers-by.

If a wealthy merchant wandering by the roadside takes a fancy to a series of slaves and maids, in case he sees one of them, he will follow the man's tooth, and after entering the tooth shop, he will begin to quote to the slave and maid.

Now this situation has long since disappeared, all the slaves and maids will be sent from the outer city to the east and west of the inner city at night, men and women are divided into two groups, after the opening of the market, waiting for the selection of guests is enough, no longer need to be deliberately connected in a string, walking the streets and alleys to advertise.