Chapter 207: Mercenary Replaces Slavery
"Since it is a good thing, there is no reason not to do it because of difficulties, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all talents who help the world and govern the country, and they will take advantage of the court meeting to take a charter out today......
How should the law be amended, and how should the household register be handled.
How to get the local county conscription?
How to free the slaves as much as possible without destroying the private interests of each family......" Zhao Si said.
The ministers' eyes were almost black when they heard the voice......
It's a good thing to release slaves, and once the tone is set, it will not be easy to overturn the case.
What His Royal Highness Taisun said is clear, since it is a good thing, it has to be done.
In addition to feeling a headache, I'm afraid it's familiar, yes...... Familiar......
"Your Highness...... I'm afraid this is not a good deed......" Some courtiers made a final struggle for it.
"Alas, you can't talk nonsense, there is resistance, there is resistance, there are difficulties, but the score is clear...... "Zhao Si said seriously.
He doesn't have much to do today, just give it a good thing to release the slaves, and then urge the ministers to come up with a plan.
Qian Gong's prompt also opened Zhao Si's mind.
He is a monarch, a superior person, a ruler, and many times what he has to do is not how to do things well, but to characterize things.
There are two sides to the story, and there are also opponents and supporters.
When things are qualitative, many problems become easier accordingly.
In the same way, we can also start with this in the next public opinion propaganda, instead of striving for perfection.
You just say it's a good thing!
It's a good thing, then it doesn't matter how difficult it is, if there are difficulties, find a way to overcome them, if you can't overcome them, you should reflect on your own problems, for so many years, have you done your best to be loyal to the country, and you are not worthy of what you take.
Fortunately...... The Great Dynasty Meeting was mainly aimed at officials in Xianyang, and local county officials were no longer in the ranks of the Great Dynasty Society.
In the same way, the influence of private slaves such as the nobles and wealthy families on the court meeting is not so great, although there is a proletariat present who is not considered a serious child, and more or less also owns slaves, but this is not a place for selfishness, coupled with the suddenness of the incident, the urine nature of the big nobles determines that it is difficult for them to reach an agreement in such a hasty situation.
Not to mention, there are also some people who are selfless and are really willing to do things for the country.
It turns out that this world is a huge grass platform.
Zhao Si grasped the tone of the matter and refuted one question after another, the ministers were almost helpless, and Zhao Si's identity determined that he was invincible.
In short, Zhao Si faced all kinds of questions, and only used one reply throughout the article.
There are difficulties, and you overcome them.
This is a good thing, and it can be done alone.
So after nearly an hour of questioning and raising all kinds of follow-up hidden dangers that could not shake the plan of His Royal Highness the Grand Sun, the ministers were finally forced to start discussing the feasibility of freeing slaves in a decent manner.
Well, the counties that suffered the most were no longer in the ranks of the Great Pilgrimage, so the resistance was not as great as it might have been.
Most of the Manchu ministers were just talking, but once the slaves were released, the local counties were really going to cut the meat, and for local officials, it was obvious that this was a high degree of weakening of rights and property.
Facts have proved that when the ministers set their minds to do things, the efficiency is still considerable......
For example, some people have raised questions about the issue of the release of slaves.
Will Great Qin want to ban slavery in the future?
The reply given by Zhao Si was that only the Qin people were forbidden, and the feudal people were not forbidden.
Well, that is to say, Great Qin will not completely reject the existence of slavery for the time being, but the Central Plains people, as the main nation, no longer allow the emergence of private slaves.
Secondly, it is still a relatively heavy question, most of these slaves are guilty, especially official slaves, how should the culpability be calculated against them?
Zhao Si waved his hand, according to the previous decree of amnesty to the world, these slaves should also be among the ranks of the forgiveness of crimes.
Of course, in order to punish them, these slaves were distributed to areas where there was a great need for manpower.
The newly expanded land in Lingnan and Longxi just happened to be short of people, and one million people were filled in first.
The next question is, how to revise the punishment of being degraded as a slave in the Great Qin Decree?
Zhao Si waved his hand, and in the future, he would not allow the countrymen to appear slaves, so he thoughtfully exchanged the punishment of being degraded as a slave for exile.
It just so happened that there was a shortage of people in the remote areas of Daqin, and since everyone was reluctant to go, it would be better to replace it with punishment.
Don't make a mistake, if you make a mistake, your family will move to the big development......
Then there is the next problem, the local counties lack their own disposal of labor, so basically everyone who wants to do something must launch conscription, it is bound to relax the right of conscription and conscription for local counties, and at the same time, the corresponding dynamic review system for mobilizing conscription also needs to be reformulated.
Zhao Si threw the question to Li Si with a big wave of his hand again, and asked Li Si to draw up a charter as much as possible.
After all, most of the official slaves were concentrated in the localities, which were the private property of the counties and counties, and to put it mildly, there was no difference between the existence of official slaves and the number of officials in the central government.
On the contrary, after the abolition of official slaves, the mobilization capacity of local governments has further declined, and the central government has the control to launch conscription, and its power has further increased.
What else can you do, don't feel distressed when the cub sells Yetian.
Anyway, the official slaves are Daqin's own property, and on the other hand, the local officials are no longer in the ranks of the Great Dynasty Meeting, which will have no channel to speak at all, so the Manchu Dynasty Ministers who participated in the Great Dynasty Meeting in Xianyang helped them plan everything very intimately.
On the premise that personal interests are not involved, the ability of this group of officials to do things is actually quite impressive.
After the issue of official slaves is clarified, it will be the issue of private slaves.
This question has been going on for quite a long time......
Mainly because the ministers present were really private slaves in their families.
The number of slaves raised by some of them is even more impressive, and they must be 10,000 unhappy to expect them to be released for nothing.
Loyalty to the country is a slogan, but it is not okay to donate money.
Secondly, all the princes present are all decent people, and there will be no slaves in the future, so how can they live a decent life? You can't do everything yourself, can you?
If you want to say that all the slaves are replaced by feudal people, it is legal and compliant, but the problem is that there are so many feudal people?
All in all, when it comes to personal interests, the question of the old man comes.
One, the old men don't want to donate money.
Second, the old man needs to be decent.
Because the personal interests of everyone present were involved, the subjective initiative of the courtiers was visibly reduced.
Except for some people who sincerely serve the country, most of them began to fish and complain......
They really don't mind abolishing official slaves, but they really don't want to abolish private slaves.
If you are not enthusiastic enough to work, or even resist the mood of rottenness, the work efficiency can be imagined.
Zhao Si was also unambiguous, and made a public metamorphosis in response to these two key issues.
"The official slave is domestic, and since the eldest father has let the lonely prison country, the lonely can still be the master.
After all, this private slave is private property, and it is really not good for Lone to be the master of the princes...... Although all the princes have the heart of loyalty to the monarch and the country, it is not good to let the princes suffer alone, right? Zhao Si smiled and spoke.
The ministers naturally didn't even dare to say it, and said that everyone was willing to share worries for the country, mainly because this matter was too much resistance in the world, we were sensible, but not everyone was sensible.
Seeing through it or not, Zhao Si didn't mind the prince's rhetoric, but seriously said his proposal.
"Lone has never liked to go around and around, Lone doesn't need to guess too much when he says, and what he says is what he says, today he might as well make it clear to Zhuqing that the matter of releasing slaves is something Lone must do, and Lone must also do it.
As for the two questions raised by Zhu Qing, there is a suggestion that Zhu Qing may wish to listen to.
First, after all, private slaves are the private property of each family, if the people of the world are allowed to hand over their property for no reason, then the people of the world will definitely not be willing to move, such behavior, it is indeed inappropriate.
It's better than this...... Private slaves are calculated according to the market price, and Zhu Qing will discuss it today, how much is a slave worth? How much is an old slave worth? How much is a slave girl worth?
And when it is set, let the slaves redeem themselves......
Of course, the premise is to register first, distribute the land, as for the money will be owed first, private slaves levy an extra tax, five years, ten years, in short, after the release of private slaves, how much more taxes are charged, how many years are overcharged, the big guys also negotiate a charter, then the government will pay to each family uniformly, so that the money and goods are paid, although each family still suffers some losses, but the loss is not very big, this is a state ......affair It is understandable that the princes are loyal to the country. Zhao Si said.
To put it bluntly, private slavery can be seen as redemption.
said that it was self-redemption, but in fact, it was purchased from them by the Great Qin Government.
The debt relationship is that the self-redeeming slave - the Great Qin government - the private slave owner.
Free slaves were taxed in addition, for example, the rest of the people were taxed eleven, but they were taxed fifteen, and it was calculated how many years they would have to collect it, and how many years after which they would return to the normal level of taxation.
They have all the rights and status and duties enjoyed by yeoman farmers, except for the additional taxation.
As for the government, it took on the debt relationship of private slave owners, and used the excess taxes to pay for the losses of subsidizing private slave owners.
said that it was self-redemption, but in fact, it was actually the initiative of the Great Qin government to buy it, and there was an extra middleman.
It looks like a hassle, but it's actually simple.
It is impossible for Zhao Si to make this group of freed slaves and private slave owners directly establish a debt relationship with his ass.
How can the debts of big dogs be so easy to bear?
Again, once these debts fall on the individual, a lot of problems become troublesome.
Because the release of private slaves will eventually divide the land, and if they do not divide the land, they will not become yeoman farmers, and if they cannot become yeoman farmers, it will not make much sense to release them......
The reason for the release of slaves was to establish an individual unit based on individual families, and at the same time, the lower-class groups were more fragmented and more convenient to control, and at the same time, they made the best use of things, and carried out in-depth development of the Great Qin, which had just been unified and expanded its territory.
Being in debt means that they are not free, and it means that they are not pure enough as a group of yeoman farmers.
Even if Daqin wants to recruit people to reclaim the famine, he will also fall into trouble.
It's true that they are not slaves anymore, but they owe money, and you have relocated them, where do you ask for money?
Therefore, it is better to have an additional middleman.
Let this group of private slaves not owe money to this group of big dogs, only money to the Great Qin government.
Anyway, the tax is collected uniformly, and it is just an extra copy for them.
They have the rights of all natural persons, except for additional taxes.
In the same way, after the Great Qin government took on the debt, the private slave owners, as a vulnerable group, were not qualified to interfere with the new yeoman farmers.
Zhao Si's solution was from the perspective of this group of private slaves and the Great Qin government, and correspondingly, it naturally harmed certain rights of private slave owners.
Such as...... The money is paid in installments.
For example, in this transaction, the private slave owner, as the creditor, is actually in a weak position, if the Great Qin government really does not pay the debt, what can they do?
Besides, this money can be lent to others for profit, and it will be returned to the top of nine, do they dare to play this game with the Great Qin government?
Secondly, whether the Daqin government gives this money or not, even if it is really not given to them, what can it do? Sue the Great Qin government? Who in the court sued the officer?
To put it bluntly, Zhao Si is really determined to repay the debt, and they have no way at all.
Such an unequal behavior naturally aroused doubts, but Zhao Si ignored it, and continued to talk about the solution to the second problem.
"As for the release of slaves, it is understandable that there are indeed many things that need to be helped, and one person can't do it, Nuoda's house needs to be cleaned and cleaned, and the extra fields need to be cultivated.
However, in this regard, you can sign a contract to hire people, and the corresponding Daqin must also introduce corresponding laws and regulations to ensure the legitimacy of the contract, so that both parties can reasonably agree on the content of the contract, and everyone can achieve a win-win situation! Zhao Si said seriously.
Actually...... After the abolition of slavery, a large part of the people still did the work of slaves.
It sounds like they have a noble right to freedom of choice and human rights.
But in fact, due to various pressures, most people are actually not qualified to choose.
Filled with righteous indignation, the blood is surging, and the last choice that can be made is probably to change places and be slaves with the boss.
Well...... From this point of view, it is indeed more liberal than before.
But Zhao Si didn't care about this, as a ruler, what he cared about was that Great Qin had a reasonable and legal strong interference in personal relations.
In the era of slave private property, slaves were regarded as private property, and they did not enjoy human rights in law.
As a result, government interference with slaves was almost nil.
Now, after changing from a slave relationship to an employment relationship, they have changed from slaves to nationals who enjoy a series of rights and obligations.
Then the government will have strong interference in this part of the population, and the corresponding families and nobles will further weaken their rights.
This was the key point for Zhao Si to persuade the First Emperor.
(End of chapter)
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