In this repair, Liu Bei clearly divided slaves into two types: official slaves and private slaves.

Among them, he stipulated that official slaves could only be obtained from prisoners of war, criminals and their related family groups, and that no relevant official institutions, units and individuals were allowed to use people obtained from other two channels as official slaves.

The identity of each official and slave must be recorded and recorded in case of inquiry.

And the official slaves can only be owned by the imperial court, the imperial court manages and uses, and the local government shall not own, if there is something important, you need to apply to the imperial court, and the imperial court will send some official slaves to cooperate with the local government.

It is equivalent to restricting the ownership of official slaves to the imperial court, and no organization or individual can own slaves in the name of official slaves except for the Luoyang Imperial Court.

Otherwise, it is trespassing, and you will be held accountable.

In terms of private slaves, the regulations of [200 slaves and maids of princes, kings and maids, 100 princes and princesses, and 30 marquis and officials in Guannei] were further subdivided by him, and the main basis was the title and official position.

The kings of the highest ranks below the Son of Heaven could have 200 slaves.

Among the princes, the county marquis could have a hundred servants, the village marquis could have seventy-five servants, the pavilion marquis could have fifty slaves, the capital marquis could have forty slaves, the duting marquis could have thirty slaves, and the guannai marquis could only have twenty slaves.

For those who do not have a title outside of the Marquis of Guannai, the officials of ten thousand stones can have one hundred slaves, the officials of two thousand stones can only have twenty slaves, the officials of one thousand stones can have ten slaves, and the officials below the officials of one thousand stones are not divided, including the officials, they can only have a maximum of five slaves.

And then there's the folk.

The restrictions on the people are also the main starting point of the "slave restriction order" this time.

For the first time, Liu Bei stipulated that if the people did not have official positions and military titles, they could only have a maximum of three slaves, and they needed to be registered with the government, and they should be registered in detail.

The master has the obligation to discipline and educate the slave, and if the slave commits something that affects public safety, the master must be held accountable in addition to the slave.

Then, Liu Bei also clearly stipulated the legal meaning of slaves for the first time in the "Han Law", that is, those who signed a contract of sale recognized by the government with the master's family can only prove that they are slaves with the contract as evidence.

With this contract, the master's family has the right to kill and buy and sell the slaves, and the government will not intervene.

Those who do not have a formal contract of sale issued by the government are not regarded as slaves, have human rights in law, are regarded as private households, and are within the jurisdiction of the government, and must not be beaten and killed at will, and must not be bought and sold at will, otherwise they will be punished as homicide.

This new regulation was officially announced in early May of the second year of Jian'an, and after the announcement, it undoubtedly caused a wave of waves.

Corresponding to this, Liu Bei's "Slave Restriction Order" for Sanfu, Sanhe, Hongnong County and Bingzhou was issued at the same time.

The revision of the "Han Law" and the issuance of the "Slave Restriction Order" made everyone realize that Liu Bei was about to start making trouble again, and with the success of the merger of states, Liu Bei began to leverage the interests of local forces.

However, these two big moves have little impact on the current ruling group.

Because Liu Bei also clearly defined the number of slaves that the ruling group could legally own, and they believed that with their position of power, there was always room for accommodation.

Just like the officials of the ancient literature school, they don't believe that with their relationship with Liu Bei, they must strictly abide by this regulation, and there is nothing more than human favor outside the law, which is the thing that the ancient literature school knows best and is the best at.

Therefore, at the practical level, after the promulgation of these regulations, the people who were really affected the most were the powerful clans at the county and county levels in the locality, and the families with limited influence of those people who could only serve as petty officials and officials in the local area.

They often have a lot of land, houses, property, and a large number of slaves, but their political status is low, they are only commoners, and they do not reach the threshold of the scholar family.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there were many such families in the local area, and they often became gifts for the county guard, assassin history, etc., to flatter the emperor and curry favor as a gift, and were disposed of like slaughtering pigs and sheep, and then divided the benefits with the emperor, hello, hello, hello, everyone.

The emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not have so much authority, and he always consulted with the localities, except for Liu Xiu's Dutian Order, few emperors had such harsh decrees on the localities.

And this first wave of non-negotiable behavior after Liu Xiu was done by Liu Bei.

The occurrence of this incident seems to show that the relationship between the Luoyang court and the local forces has begun to undergo subtle changes, and the speed of this change is still very fast, so that many people have not had time to react.

In order to successfully make the "Slave Restriction Order" continue to be implemented instead of becoming a joke, Liu Bei also made some preparations.

First of all, he ventilated to the officials of his family who came from the land of Sanfu and Three Rivers, and asked them to take the lead in responding to the call of the "Slave Restriction Order", so that their families could play an exemplary role and actively implement the "Slave Restriction Order".

As my subordinate, as my subordinate with a bright future, it is an unwise choice to lose a small one, and he will not be worthy of being my subordinate.

In addition, the families of Sanfu and the Land of Three Rivers, who had become a community of salt interests with Liu Bei, were also notified by Liu Bei.

The general meaning is that everyone has made a lot of money selling salt over the years, and I know that everyone is still very happy to work together, so it is necessary to continue this pleasure.

Actively respond to the "Slave Restriction Order" and take the lead in implementing the "Slave Restriction Order", let me see that you really want to continue to be happy, if I see it, I will satisfy you, if I can't see it, then I'm sorry, there are still many families who want to be happy.

Don't forget, I'm still holding the position of Liangzhou pastor, whether the salt sales can continue is a matter of my words, and I believe you can make the right decision, right?

For these two groups, Liu Bei occupies the absolute initiative, so Liu Bei's requirement for them is to implement the requirements of the "Slave Restriction Order", and not to lose big because of small things.

As for the ancient literature school, Liu Bei held a meeting with Lu Zhi in Lu Zhi's mansion.

The central content of the meeting was the liquidation of the modern literary school before, and everyone got a lot of benefits and made a lot of money, as I know.

And how much of this is my credit, everyone is also clear, so this time I don't ask you to follow it completely, but I hope you can at least do a good job of cooperating with me, and make a noise, so that I can shoot against those who are "ignorant" in the open.

It's best not to make any unpleasant things happen internally, so that outsiders can see the jokes, if we have internal problems, then how can this policy be implemented?

Liu Bei's words were not very polite, but the meaning was like that.

Being able to translate the modern literary school can make the modern literary school history, how much credit I Liu has in it, how much success there is, everyone knows that without Liu's dedication, this day will not come so soon.

The army and power in the hands of someone Liu are not an exaggeration to say that they are the basis of the current ruling of the ancient literature school, and your power is based on my military strength.

Now, it's time for someone Liu to need your cooperation.

You can make it clear to the people below, but all those who are in the land of Sanfu and Sanhe and Hongnong County must cooperate with the government and do what they should do, otherwise, there will be cracks in our friendly and cooperative relations for so long.

(End of chapter)