Qingji actually wants to issue a decree prohibiting slave hunting?

As soon as they heard this, the ministers of the old clan in the court immediately began to discuss.

Compared with the initiative of Qingji Shicai, encourage the people of all countries to settle in Wu, and those who go to Wu will be given a house by head, three acres of land, a horse of cloth, a set of farm tools, and rent a ploughing ox to cultivate, and the rest should be treated, which is equivalent to the people!

And in Wu's savages, the treatment is the same as that of outsiders.

In fact, it seems that it is not unacceptable for Qingji to promulgate a decree prohibiting slave hunting.

Guy They don't even have a target to catch slaves, so how can they catch slaves?

Therefore, although the ministers had a lot of complaints in their hearts about Qingji's proposition, they didn't dare to vent it in front of Qingji.

The servant Shen Xi couldn't help but ask: "Great King, if it is forbidden to hunt slaves, and if the savages are given household registration and let them cultivate and make a living in the country of Wu, can the tooth shop exist?" In my country of Wu, are there still slaves? ”

"That's a good question."

Qingji smiled slightly and said: "The intention of the widow, the people's tooth line must not exist, and it should be banned by the government." From now on, the tooth shop will be banned, and all slaves in the tooth shop will be purchased by the government at a reasonable price and turned into official slaves! ”

"From now on, anyone who wants to buy slaves must do so from the government. If there is a private tooth shop among the people, the slave trader will be severely punished by the buyer and seller, and the whole family will be reduced to slavery. ”

In addition, slaves should also be registered. However, unlike the household registration of Chinese people, slaves are slaves! ”

Hearing this, the ministers of the old clan such as Shen Xi and the Divorced were quite dissatisfied in their hearts.

But they also know that it is impossible for Qingji to change his mind easily about what he decides.

Besides, if there is no slave catcher, how can the tooth shop be maintained?

"King!"

Shen Xi couldn't help but sigh and said: "The slave system has existed since ancient times, and it must not be abolished." Today's Wu Kingdom, from the princes and nobles to the private merchants, all have slaves! ”

"Once the king's decree is introduced, slaves are equal to countrymen, and the ministers are afraid that the country will not be a country!"

"The servant is not right."

Qingji waved his hand and said, "The widow has not said that he wants to abolish the slavery system. If a Chinese wants to buy slaves, they can purchase them from the government and report them, so how can there be any suspicion that the country will not be a country? ”

"This ...... Lord, with all due respect! ”

Shen Xi said earnestly: "Savages are outsiders, and the country has no such thing as catching them and becoming slaves. So, where do slaves come from? The widowhood of officials and slaves can no longer meet the needs of the people, so why not abolish it? ”

Shen Xi's words reminded Qing Ji.

What is Slavery?

Slavery is a system in which slave owners own slaves.

Labour activities must be predominantly slave-based, unpaid, and without personal freedom. Slaves were generally derived from prisoners of war, indigenous people of occupied territories, debtors and criminals.

Slavery arose from a system of ownership and control of what was then considered legal by one person over another under conditions of a social economy that produced surplus products.

In a typical slave society, the law recognizes slaves as the private property of slave owners, who have the power to kill and kill them, and can enslave, buy, sell, and kill them at will.

Slaves have no independent personality, no freedom and no rights, and the descendants of slaves are slaves for generations!

The early slaves were mainly from prisoners of war.

It is customary to prohibit members of their tribe from enslaving other members. Later, after the establishment of the system of slavery members who could serve as slaves, sometimes some members of the tribe were used as slaves, but often as a punishment, such as debtors who were unable to pay their debts and sentenced to prison.

It is undeniable that slavery brought mankind into the age of civilization and promoted the development of productive forces to a certain extent.

But, at the same time, slavery is a very barbaric institution!

Slavery in China began with the Shang Dynasty, and after the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period, and the slavery system gradually disappeared during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, slaves were mostly born in war, and they were captured from the enemy's surrounding tribes and became slaves, especially the slaves of the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, probably the vast majority of whom came from these people.

Both the Shang and Zhou dynasties, as well as their rival tribes, sought to capture prisoners of war and plunder each other's populations during military operations.

The Shang Dynasty nobles obtained a large number of Qiang and Yi captives, some of which were used as human sacrifice sacrifices, and some of them were reduced to slaves.

There are also those who have been reduced to slavery for crimes, and there are officials and slaves and private dependents!

What Qingji should do is not to abolish slavery, but to curb the barbaric growth of slavery to a great extent, so that the state can regulate the slave trading market in order to balance all parties.

He is jealous, he is the largest slave owner in Wu State, and the government has become the largest and only slave trading market!

There's nothing wrong with that.

Even if Qingji wanted to abolish slavery, he couldn't do such a thing.

A country needs a process from slavery to feudalism, it is a transition period, a long transition period.

Until modern times, slavery still existed and was never completely abolished.

Therefore, Qingji can't abolish slavery, otherwise, even if he now has a very high prestige in Wu State, he can do everything he wants, so that everyone can respect him.

It is inevitable that the abolition of slavery will make a group of nobles resist him, which will lead to a series of rebellions!

Slavery, not to say that existence is reasonable, at least at this stage, Wu still needs to coexist with slavery.

"Servant, that's not something you need to worry about."

Qingji treated it indifferently and said: "The source of official slaves can be criminals and prisoners of war, the number is indeed not large, but the widow is licensed. If a person is forced to make a living, he can become a slave voluntarily, but he cannot buy or sell it by force, and the slave trade must also be reported and registered as a slave. ”

"The king is wise!"

Qingji's proposition was finally recognized by the ministers.

The number of criminals and prisoners of war was indeed small, and Qingji did not necessarily reduce these people to slavery.

However, if a desperate person voluntarily sells his personal freedom and becomes a slave, Qingji cannot be controlled.

After all, such a thing as a deed of sale still exists more than 2,000 years later!

"Right Prime Minister."

"The minister is here!"

As the right prime minister, Ji Ran immediately stood up.

"You'll be solely responsible for the matter."

"Minister, obey the king's orders!"

Qing Ji suddenly said: "In addition, the widow wants to coordinate the fixed assets owned by the countrymen, mainly in each household, whether it is a minister or a doctor, or a peddler or pawn. ”

"The government should verify all its fixed assets one by one, including slaves, land, fiefdoms, houses, and shops, and allow individuals to report them, and then the government will verify them, and if there are any discrepancies, they will be severely punished!"

"Right Prime Minister, at this time, it is still in your sole responsibility."

"Yui!"

Ji Ran could only agree with a bitter face.

The errands that Qingji gave him to deal with were very offensive!

As we all know, greedy ministers and doctors often encroach on other people's original farmland or shops by forcible seizure on weekdays, and even some places that do not belong to themselves dare to encroach and count them as their own fiefdoms!

This will undoubtedly harm the interests of the country and the interests of ordinary people!

Therefore, for this kind of thing, Qingji must meddle in it!

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