This Cui family courtyard, soon under the leadership of Qian Niuwei, also let many scribes in. Those private troops of the Cui family didn't dare to stop them, because they were now "guilty bodies", because they attacked Qianniuwei. If this crime is strictly counted, it is enough to deduct one charge of treason. Rebellion is to punish the nine clans, and no one can bear this charge. As for the next, Chen Fei and these scribes soon entered this courtyard, and then counted these slaves one by one. These slaves will discern carefully, and then they will choose those who have not really sold themselves, and they will become free people. These freedmen will be the main taxpayers of the future nation, and these people will be very important.

"Which of you signed a deed of sale with the Cui family, and who didn't? Those who did not sign the deed of sale are now free. In the future, you don't have to worry about the Cui family, you can have your own land and your own freedom. In the future, you can cultivate your own land without worrying about anyone collecting your taxes. Chen Fei said.

Immediately someone asked, "Really?" ”

"It's true, those who haven't signed a deed of sale with the Cui family can go! Then our government will look for the unowned land nearby, and then we will settle you. You can own your own land, so that you can also live a life with a wife and children. Chen Fei said.

"Hooray! Long live the emperor, long live Chen joining the army! ”

And the people shouted because they would be free from now on. These people were forcibly left at home by the Cui family, and they were not able to go out freely.

"Even a small Cui family courtyard also hides thousands of people, which is really appalling!" Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei didn't expect that in the Cui family's courtyard in Bozhou, there were thousands of so-called serfs working. These serfs of the Cui family are neither slaves, but some black households. These black households did not have a hukou, and many of them were from the troubled times at that time to escape the troubled times. and then took refuge in the Cui family. Of course, the Cui family can protect them in troubled times, which can be regarded as a kindness to them. But after so many years of hard work, almost all of which are unpaid labor, can't it be regarded as repaying the kindness?

But now that the world is at peace, they should be able to regain their freedom and have their own land to produce. But they did not gain freedom, and they were forcibly left behind by the Cui family and continued to be serfs with low incomes. This is actually very appalling, if there are thousands of people in a courtyard. Then in Bozhou, there are two or three Cui families. If there are thousands of people in these two or three separate courtyards, it is true that the population hiding in Bozhou alone has almost tens of thousands.

"No wonder the population has decreased so much in troubled times. It turned out that these families were hiding the population, and then these people not only did not have to pay taxes, but could only take a meager income to work for these families. Originally, their scholars were able to help the people in troubled times, which can actually be praised. But they had their own agenda, in order to get a large number of people who were free and did not have to pay taxes. And also able to expand their own power. And after the world is peaceful, they are unwilling to give these people freedom again, which is really sad and lamentable! Chen Fei said.

And then, Ma Zhou said: "For his own interests." It is really too black to prevent tens of thousands of people from regaining their freedom. Fortunately, they met Chen Shenjun, otherwise they might have to work for the scholars for generations, and then they would all become slaves. ”

"But. Why didn't they sign a deed of sale for all of them? If we sign a deed of sale, we can't give them freedom. Someone asked.

Chen Fei immediately explained; "When you sign a deed of sale, you are of course becoming a lawful slave. But once tens of thousands of slaves belonged to a certain family. Then I'm afraid that in the end, I will tear my face with the court. ”

If a family has hundreds of thousands of slaves, then where can this reassure the country? After all, in this era, it is no longer the kind of slave society. In this era, even if they are slaves, their interests can be guaranteed to a certain extent, at least the master must obtain the consent of the government when the time comes. And if the deed of sale is signed on a large scale, it is to turn these people into slaves, so what is the difference between this and the restoration of a slave society?

History is constantly moving forward, although these families dare to enslave these people in fact, but they dare not sign a large-scale deed of sale. Once the deed of sale is signed on a large scale, then these slaves will also rebel, and the country will also attack the hundreds of thousands of families who keep such slaves. After all, a family with hundreds of thousands of slaves is really terrifying.

Therefore, these slaves and black households did not have a deed of sale, and Chen Fei seized this opportunity to restore the freedom of these slaves here, and then the Cui family could only be dumb and couldn't say anything about the hardships of Coptis chinensis. And Chen Fei of course knew that the Cui family would not give in so easily, and they definitely wanted to play Li Shimin, and then find a way to masturbate themselves. However, Chen Fei is sure that Li Shimin will definitely support himself, after all, the Cui family has gone too far this time. A Cui family courtyard has a population of thousands, and there are many such courtyards in Shandong, so it is absolutely impossible for the Cui family to have only these thousands of people. Maybe there are more than 100,000 of them, such a terrifying number, it really makes Li Shimin turn his face.

If we can liberate all the people in these big families, I don't know how much benefit it will be. In fact, the country's registered population will increase by 10 percent, and these people have not been able to be registered before, so Li Shimin will definitely not let it go. Such a large population is enough to increase the country's fiscal revenue a lot, plus the labor output of these people, it is enough to support many armies and the needs of many imperial courts. Even if it is military service, it is possible to find the corresponding population.

"General Zhang Lang, hurry up with a flying pigeon to pass the book and send the news to the emperor. This thing has to be fast, not slow. If the slowness makes those big families prepared, then I'm afraid I'll be unlucky. Chen Fei said.

"Yes!" Zhang Lang immediately gave an affirmative answer, after all, this is related to hundreds of thousands of hidden people across the country, and he has to pay attention to it! (To be continued......)