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"how is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible, and it is completely in line with the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

You know, slaves are divided into official slaves and private slaves. The source of official slaves is battlefield captives, corrupt officials who committed crimes, ransacked their families, and exterminated their families. If they were caught, they would all serve as official slaves. For the countries that have been killed, it has a huge weight, because at the end of the Sui Dynasty, all the heroes rose together, known as the Eighteenth Route Rebels and the Thirty-sixth Route Yanchen, all of them are our enemies.

Therefore, most of the current sources of slaves in Datang are official slaves.

The hundreds of thousands of savages we brought back from the grasslands to work in mines are not counted. Those are official slaves that the Tang court does not sell down.

Normal official slaves can be bought and sold in the slave market. They have documents and are protected by the law of the Tang Dynasty. These official slaves can be bought not only by nobles, but also by wealthy commoners to be nurses or servants. See you You can tell from the way you look, you must have never been to the slave market.

Lantian Hou Renyi is famous all over the world, and there is not a single servant girl in the family. Everyone knows, even the eight hundred Wu Yingwei who protect the family, you have to give them their own homes. Going to watch the door for you is the same as we come to the court to work , if we say where the people most want to work as errands?

I'm afraid that half of the people will answer that they will go to the imperial court to be an official, and half of them will answer that they will go to the Lantian Hou's Mansion as an errand, which shows how generous the treatment you give.

In addition to the official slaves mentioned above, there are also private slaves. These are the ones who sold their sons and daughters in disasters or troubled times, or sold themselves, and there are also a small number of human traffickers. In order to survive, they can only sell As a slave, there is no freedom and human rights, and life and death are in the hands of the master from now on.

This is the slave!

What I said today does not mean contempt. As the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Tang Dynasty, I feel sad for the class of slaves in the Tang Dynasty. Don’t say that [-]% of the people are slaves. It means that there is a slave in the Tang Dynasty. All ashamed.

In my eyes, they are all a group of Tang people who are struggling to survive. It is my incompetence as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be unable to save them from being reborn.

Back then, you alone protected all the women in brothels in the world. Your arrogance is admirable. What I envy, Lao Du, is your courage to stand up. Don't dare to stand up and shout a big word for the slaves who have no freedom in the world, a certain Du Ruhui is incompetent! "

Du Ruhui's words were full of anger, his face was full of remorse, and there were faint tears in his eyes. Bai Fan looked at it and found that Lao Du's temperament seemed to be different at this time. The difference between Confucian grandeur and righteousness is that Lao Du's righteousness is more vast, or more tolerant. This is not only a change in his mentality of compassion for the world, but also a responsibility of being the prime minister of a country to care for the people of the world.

Du Ruhui, with today's words, is worthy of the name of the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty!

"Well said, I'm not as good as Keming!

If you talk about responsibility, I am the Son of Heaven, and these people are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty. The first person who should be ashamed is not you, Keming, but me, the Emperor, the Son of Heaven, and the parents of the people.

I also promised Jian Zhi that we will build a peerless Tang Dynasty where everyone has clothes, food, and education, but if [-]% of the people are missing on the road to prosperity, it will be my dereliction of duty.

If Jane dares to stand up and be a talisman for the hard-working brothel girls, then I, the emperor, will be the amulet for the slave class of the Tang Dynasty. "

The people present were all convinced by Du Ruhui's righteousness, and they all nodded in praise, but everyone still had different opinions. Everyone has selfishness. Is there anyone who is completely impartial?Yes, but how many dynasties can there be?So Li Er, Bai Fan and others praised him virtuously, and even made up his mind to say that he would change, but these Li Er's confidantes, civil and military, still not many people came out to express their views, and no one was willing to be the leader.

Today's Chapter 2, please support.There is more compensation at night.

Chapter 6 There is a decision in the Palace of Political Affairs

"Ahem, Your Majesty, let's go too far. Now we are talking about the land issue in Hedong and Luoyang." Bai Fan looked at Li Er, who was distracted by Du Ruhui, and reminded him. Quite attractive, this leader is not called for nothing.

Li Er was a little embarrassed by Bai Fan's words, and he finally brewed his emotions, so he was swayed away in an understatement. Why did you get all the attention when you were a hero, but when I wanted to be a hero, you were silent?Is it short of a 40-meter sword?Li Er had a heart-to-heart discussion.

If Bai Fan heard this, he would definitely burst out laughing. His Majesty Li Er is still very cute, but you have to choose a partner and a time when you are a hero. How many people do I need to cover the girls in the brothel?How many people do you cover the slave class?Can it be covered?Not to mention you as an emperor, I am afraid that even the Supreme Emperor and the Li family will not be able to cover you.

Du Ruhui went on to say: "Actually, [-]% of the land in the hands of the nobles can't be planted just by buying slaves, and a large source of labor is tenants, long-term workers and the like.

Many civilians choose to become tenants because they have too few acres of land to grow and eat. They rent and plant the land of landlords or nobles.

The same goes for long-term workers, even worse than tenants. They belong to those who have no land in their hands and have been hired by the master’s family to farm for a long time. Individual freedom, although the class status is not good, but it is still a commoner.

In addition, there are part-time workers, that is, to help wealthy households who are too busy to earn remuneration during the busy farming season.

These, plus some of the nobles' own servants, can really take care of the [-]% of the land. "

"Didn't the imperial court encourage wasteland reclamation? If you have the energy to rent other people's fields, why don't you spend your energy to open up wasteland yourself? It may be difficult for two or three years, and your own land will increase, so you don't have to be exploited by others." Bai Fan asked road.

"It can't be calculated like this. There is no harvest for three years of land reclamation and farming, and many people can't take care of food and clothing. How can they persist for three years?

The reason why tenants, long-term workers, and short-term workers choose to farm for the nobles is actually a kind of self-protection. From the perspective of the court, it is because individuals are unable to survive the famine, so they choose to rely on others, or in other words, everyone works together to survive the famine. famine.

For example, for each family, you give them hundreds of acres of good land, but they only have a few laborers, and even no cattle. Seeing that the fields are barren and can’t be planted, how can they be rich?

Relying on the nobles is different. The nobles are rich and have sufficient purchases of cattle and farm tools, which greatly increases the intensity of farming. This is also the reason why they farm for others.

Because the aristocrats acted as the organizers of concentrated labor at this time, everyone worked together to plant [-]% of the land in the hands of the aristocrats, regardless of exploitation, at least the ability of everyone to fight disasters in groups has been greatly enhanced, which is why the common people see that the land is extremely uneven There is also no reason for objection. As long as the nobles occupy a large area of ​​land, as long as the source is legal, it is different from the ordinary people who steal fish and meat by stealth, and it is not all bad.

It's just that the nobles have been cultivating the land to collect food and collect money, instead of paying taxes, the disadvantage is that it will increase the burden on the court. "

Hearing this, Bai Fan understood, and laughed at himself, "It seems that the 98 people in our Baijiazhuang would rather go hungry and cold than be slaves to others, isn't it a little silly?"

Li Jing sighed: "It's not stupid, it's very stupid. Your father is a stubborn donkey. He doesn't want to live anymore, and he's not afraid of starving his son to death? Send someone a message and you won't almost freeze to death."

"Uncle, my father is gone, so please be merciful."

Li Er opened his mouth and said: "Most of the Baijiazhuang are members of the military, so the arrogance and iron bones are not forgotten. The status of scholars, peasants, businessmen, and common people is not low, so who would bend down to be a slave until life and death?

Now that Keming has explained it thoroughly, how about you kid, do you understand?Can there be countermeasures? "

Bai Fan gave Li Er a blank look, you are an emperor, you have a lot of talents, there are ten or twenty people here, you ask me the countermeasure?

"Your Majesty, I just understood it, and I haven't thought about it yet. You should ask the elders here for countermeasures."

Li Er smiled and said: "Them? Look at them, don't say there is no countermeasure, even if there is a countermeasure, who would dare to stand up and say it? Whoever is the first bird is the public enemy of the world's nobles, whether it is a new noble or an old noble, there is no one. His shelter is gone, this is a job that offends the whole world.

So, apart from me, only you can handle this matter, maybe even I can't handle it. "

When Du Ruhui heard this, he was about to speak again, but Li Er waved his hand to stop him: "Keming, you've tried your best to be honest and straightforward. I know that you and Jian Zhi have a life-threatening friendship. Are there few people here who have a life-threatening friendship with him? You have tried your best Alright, let's leave it to the two of us.

All of you present here are my old brothers. I don’t want you to sacrifice yourselves, but I beg you to support me and Jian Zhi. If the Tang Dynasty wants to achieve unprecedented glory, we must all work together. "

"I am willing to die for Datang and His Majesty!"

Bai Fan has been lost in thought for a long time without saying a word. He has never been afraid of the danger of a thousand blades or an enemy of the whole world. He was not afraid when he was alone in the past, but now he is still not afraid of dragging his family with him. He is more confident than Li Er. It's not because Bai Fan has a gang of beggars, but Bai Fan can abandon everything, but Li Er has to rely on the imperial power. The only thing Li Er can't abandon is the throne, so Li Er said that it is most appropriate for Bai Fan to come forward.

After pondering for a long time, Bai Fan finally spoke up: "Since our ultimate goal is to let the nobles pay grain taxes like the common people, then what method to use is a matter of implementation. The first thing is the promulgation of government orders. There is only an agrarian revolution in the Tang Dynasty. .”

"What is Land Revolution?" Everyone was puzzled.

But Li Jiancheng, who has read a lot of books at Bai Fan's place, understood it, and said in a low voice, "My son-in-law, reforms in ancient times are a struggle of blood and fire. Regardless of success or failure, 'reformers will die from the law' is an eternal confession, you... ..."

Bai Fan smiled and comforted, "Father-in-law is worrying too much. I'm just talking about changing the decree of the land. It's not a large-scale reform. As long as the means are used well, four taels can make a difference."

Li Er laughed and said, "Okay, it's a good deal, I'd like to hear about it."

"The court nobles are divided into two groups, the old and the new. At the same time, the small nobles know that they have no right to speak, and they have always followed the big nobles.

The new aristocrats are headed by everyone here, and the old aristocrats are headed by the five surnames, seven families and many big families. The small and medium-sized nobles at the lower level wanted to be dissatisfied and make noise, but they couldn't make a scene. Whoever dared to gather a crowd to stand out at that time would be treason. "

Bai Fan's outline was eloquent, and everyone thought about it carefully after listening to it. This is indeed the case. The fear of land changes is to cause civil unrest. After the civil unrest is resolved, the land policy can be boldly implemented.

"However, how can we get rid of these big nobles who can be the leaders? We can't still use the sword to kill people." Hou Junji frowned. Last time, he slaughtered the Li family in Longxi because of him, and the Hou family often provoked them in the future. Trouble, overtly and secretly, Lao Hou suffered a lot, so he was afraid once.

"That's right, of course you can't use a knife to kill people. Besides, besides the old nobles, there are upstarts. We are all the leaders of the upstarts. Can we kill each other?" Bai Fan laughed.