In China, slaves and servants are two different concepts. Later generations called slaves only refer to "slaves" at this time, but instead, servants still have a certain "organization of public institutions".

From historical records to Zhu Cixuan's time, it has never been eradicated. It can only be said that since the Song Dynasty, Confucianism has developed unprecedentedly, and the populist status of the people-oriented populist has risen, which has led to the protection of slaves.

However, this process was quickly interrupted by the Mongols who believed in slavery. Because the Mongols built a vast territory that was rare in world history, they brought slaves of all kinds to China. In the noble family of Dadu of Yuan, if there were no black servants, the sticks were running, the Korean female slaves were sleeping, and the Southern female singers played... Then this family would be ridiculed by the entire powerful class.

The State Administration of China inherited the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Although it was determined to restore the Song system, it is undeniable that the 97th year of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty was like a dot of ink on white silk. It could only be washed by time, and it may not be washed thoroughly. This means that the State Administration of China still had a strong Mongolian atmosphere in many systems, such as slavery.

As a nationalist, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang abandoned the "province" and used it instead, but used the three departments, which also put a lot of restrictions on the issue of slaughtering slaves.

First of all, in terms of qualifications to accumulate slaves, common people are not allowed to accumulate slaves. This is because the power of slaves at many legal levels is actually consistent with "mortals", so the dividing line between common people and slaves is not large.

Secondly, there are also regulations on the number of slaves and servants who are qualified to hold slaves and officials. The family of the Duke and Hou can not exceed twenty people, the first-rank officials are only twelve, the second-rank officials are only ten, and the third-rank ones are only eight.

Under the high-pressure iron fist of Emperor Taizu, a large number of slaves were liberated and became free people, providing a human foundation for the rest and recuperation at the beginning of the country. Emperor Taizu's expectations for the "Da Ming Law" were "a law that will never be changed forever", in order to avoid the resurgence of the trend of slaughter storage. There are also clauses in the Da Ming Law of "forbidden slaves and servants' sales" and "forbidden to force good people to be slaves".

I would like to take Huang Shiren and Yang Bailao as examples, but Huang Shiren committed three crimes: "a commoner's slavery", "a charity slave" and "forcing good people to be slaves". If Yang Bailao sued the government, Huang Shiren might be punished between "a hundred sticks" and "a thousand miles of wandering", and Xier still has to be repaid.

Zhu Cilang knew that the current situation was caused by two hundred years of ups and downs. It was the result of the abolition of laws and regulations, and it could not be changed overnight. And as far as he knew, there were serfs and labourers among slaves.

Especially slave labor has become a trend in Jiangnan. Xu Jie, who had mixed reputations and criticisms, raised thousands of female slaves in his home, woven for them, and then sold them. Abolition of slaves with one size fits all. Not only can it not solve the problem of resettlement of abolition servants, it may also destroy some existing emerging industries.

Although no one has made it publicly, Zhu Cixuan's ability to obtain huge batches of cheap cotton from Jiangnan has become an economic dependence.

"I recruit soldiers from the south. Anyone with slaves who have sex will be good at getting rid of slaves once they join the army. The original intention is to be afraid of slavery and change. However, they still cannot be avoided." Zhu Cilang has always been self-centered and firmly believed that his actions were right, but he was prescient in the issue of slavery but no solution, which was obviously a heavy blow to him.

Lu Suyao stepped forward and advised, "Your Highness's original intention is of course good, but the local area is too much. Those slave-holding families refused to let go, and the government actually used the inspection department and the police to prevent the slaves from escaping and joining the army. Although Your Highness opened a hole, the lower part blocked the hole. It was really hateful!"

Some people also think that joining the army is better than becoming a slave. However, Lu Suyao will not talk about this, otherwise she would not be able to chat. She is just a secretary, but she is not a field recruiter. She only seeks truth and not comprehensiveness.

Zhu Cilang was also so angry that his teeth were itchy. When he realized that he had negative emotions, he immediately took a deep breath, controlled his emotions firmly, and said: "First let the Ministry of Justice issue a letter to report to the police departments, bureaus and offices across the country, all police forces shall not be used to pursue fugitive slaves. From the date of receiving the letter, anyone who arrests fugitive slaves with any excuses to hand over the old masters will be verified and will be considered as a lowly crime; then order the headquarters of the Grand Governor's Office to send people to the local governments and work with relevant officials of the Commander and Commander Department to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the prefectures and counties in the inspection department!"

The Inspection Department is equivalent to the armed police force in later generations. It is a military force in the left-behind places. It mainly suppresses riots and eliminates bandits. Although this team cannot be compared with the six main combat troops, many of them are even eliminated auxiliary soldiers, being mobilized by grassroots officials without authorization is a major problem in the national system.

The inspection departments of various inspection departments may still have the inertial thinking that martial arts are worse than literary. When they see the county government publishing documents, they dare not remain unmoved. Most of the county magistrates did not deeply realize the meaning of their transfer to the commander commander. They still thought that they were the second-rank officer of the magistrate, but only the magistrate was the order of the magistrate.

This situation will only happen in the south where the power of the Eastern Palace cannot shine. No official in the north would do such a stupid thing!

"Finally, let the cabinet discuss and draft a sage edict. The general meaning is that no matter whether it is good or bad, it is my great Ming people. The sage emperor does not want to see the people tragic. Anyone who wants to leave the origin but the master's family refuses to give him a contract can declare himself a sack of his own and treat him as a good person. Do not impose atrocities on the part of the former master, otherwise he will be treated as a law of Euyi."

In the Ming Dynasty, the slave Ou Da master wanted to add Ou mortals to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cilang took a misdemeanor and cooperated with the previous "seeing as a good citizen".

This sage's decree seems to be hitting fifty boards on both sides, but in fact he prefers to be robbed of slaves.

As for the master, I guess they are not happy to see this sage. But they have violated the law, either they should not be slaves or oversubsidized. These are all crimes and punishments of "a hundred rods" and may be beaten to death. As long as they are clear-headed, most people will not go against the wind.

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"The lowly slaves are in chaos, and the country does not want to destroy them, so they actually tolerate them! Where is the rule of law?"

In front of Qian Qianyi's Jiangyun Tower, several gentry visited the celebrity together, hoping that he could come forward to stop this rebellious act.

Qian Qianyi was wearing a commoner, but he looked at them for no reason and got bored.

Although he did not agree with this practice of disturbing the customs of a century, the sage is a sage, and as a minister, he could not disobey the emperor. At the beginning, it was possible that the rebel crown prince had held the emperor hostage, but now the crown prince went south, and the emperor still issued such an edict in Beijing, and there was no reason to question the authenticity.

Because of this reason, after learning the imperial edict, Qian Qianyi changed his contract with his servants and servants in his family according to the popular "hiring" system in Jiangnan. Any dead contract, whether long or short, was changed to a living contract. In order to avoid trouble, the words "slave" on the contract were also changed to "hiring workers", which stated that "when you have a good value, you are allowed to leave."

After the correction, Qian Qianyi felt that there was no change. The family still did things step by step, which made him lose a heart disease.

"In the context of the rules, there is no such thing as a master and servant." Qian Qianyi said lightly and turned back.

The passionate person just now stopped, suppressed his anger, and said indignantly: "Those bad slaves don't even pay back their value. I have been using it for many years. Now I'm leaving my post again, how is that true?"

Qian Qianyi shook his head, looked up at him, and said, "What can you do if the national law is like this?"

"I heard that the crown prince has arrived in Nanjing. We are going to see the crown prince and make the truth!" someone shouted.

Qian Qianyi sneered: The crown prince is quite similar to Taizu, and he has never seen him tell the truth. Wouldn't you seek death?

"I am getting worse and worse than ever before, so I have to wait for you here." After Qian Qianyi said that, he picked up the teacup and the servant beside him quickly shouted to see him off.

These gentry were bored and had to say goodbye.

After these people left, Liu Rushi came out of the house and said, "Why don't the master persuade these people?"

"What are you persuading? These people are already wise and confused. Can they persuade them?" Qian Qianyi sighed again and said, "If you set up the detention tripod today, the Ming Dynasty will change color."

Liu Rushi was still devoted to Qian Qianyi. When he heard this, he thought to himself: If the people become safe, it would be a good thing. All the slaves who have passed down from generation to generation have been liberated, but I don’t know when the slander girl in the Jiaofang will be able to see the sun...

"But I think this crown prince can still listen to others' advice, and it may not be helpless." Qian Qianyi said.

"Is this because the crown prince received the "Letter of Advising the King of Loyalty"?" Liu Rushi asked.

Qian Qianyi looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and stroked his beard and his head: "I originally said that he had recovered the capital and was determined to do spiritual martial arts. Now it seems that he has received good advice and finally did not do such unfaithful and unfilial things, which shows that he still has a conscience in his heart."

Liu Rushi nodded: "The crown prince is only seventeen years old. He was mistaken for a while by a slut, and it may not be that he really destroyed his conscience."

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "Look at it again. If I were really just mistaken by the treacherous and slander, I would never leave the mountain to support the country."

Liu Rushi was suddenly in a state of excitement. When he looked at Qian Qianyi again, he saw the heroic spirit under the old man's skin and secretly admired him: It was indeed a strange man in the world! A real man!

"Recently, the Shilin Daily may also respond to the "Notice". Some people have done too much." Qian Qianyi said with disdain on his face: "I heard that the Zhang family in Xixi steamed dumplings. Because the slaves could not steam glutinous rice, the head of the family planned the number of dumplings and beat his hands. The scene was really unbearable."

In the folk customs of Jiangnan, whenever the seasons are festive, white rice is ground, glutinous rice is turned into powder, and steamed in a steamer to make glutinous rice, called dumplings. There are about fifty or sixty pieces in a cage, each time steamed three or four cages, or six or seven cages. There are as few as hundreds or fifty pieces, and there are as many as four hundred pieces. In terms of this number, which flesh and blood can withstand it.

Liu Rushi remembered that when he was young, he was beaten and scolded at all times. He was in the same heart and said angrily: "I have read the books of sages in vain, and I have never felt any compassion!"

"If you do evil, you will die." Qian Qianyi held his hands and raised his chest: "I'll enter the bibliography. By the way, the court appointed Zhang Zongzi to take charge of the big library. For such a grand event of articles, my family cannot be behind others. You can choose some rare books and send them to him."

Liu Rushi's blessing was blessed and left with his promise.
Chapter completed!