Sweep the World

Raising slaves can naturally make amazing profits, but the country’s important ministers will do so under the conditions allowed by the environment. If they are not allowed, they will not care at all about the benefits of slaves. Their greatest interest is their title and official position.

The Han Empire allowed private ownership of slaves, but it was not without restrictions. It was an iron rule that the number of slaves could be owned by a title.

Noble titles can obtain land, houses, and slaves, but they are very different. For example, a servant is one hundred acres of land, a house, and a slave. The land for the servant is allowed to be increased, but the size of the house is fixed, and the upper limit of the slave is only one.

In the Han Empire, if you want to obtain more slaves, and want to live in larger and more brilliant houses, the only way is to upgrade the title. In addition, once the number of slaves outside the quota and the houses exceeding the specifications are increased, it is a violation of the Han law.

Unless it is to hide slaves, that is, under the premise of violating the Han law, otherwise you should have as many slaves as you can. The side shows one thing. Under the constraints of the current system of the Han Empire, in addition to the emperor can have an infinite number of slaves, Everyone has a ceiling for slaves, and the environment for raising slaves is not good.

Therefore, Sang Yu said it very truthfully that these marquis are the group that can raise the most slaves except the emperor, but even the county marquis, the upper limit is only two thousand slaves.

The number of 2,000 slaves seems to be a lot, but this is an illusion that people with unknown circumstances can produce.

To put it simply a few things, the tycoons of the Eastern Han dynasty, even the tycoons of the poor villages, would never have less than a hundred slaves. If you are richer and powerful, it is not unusual for the number of slaves to be raised to exceed 1,000. In terms of the top celebrities at the time, the number of servants raised did not exceed 100,000. Who is ashamed to say that he is a top celebrity?

The person who knows the Three Kingdoms the most envy should be Liu Bei, marrying a concubine (Mi clan), but the concubine carries a considerable amount of wealth, and there are more than 2,000 private military-level householders, so it’s not hard to fight less. Ten years is as simple as it is to lay an extremely thick foundation, and only then have the capital to rise later.

It is not the wealth that should be valued, but the two thousand masters. With 2,000 well-trained soldiers, how many people should be behind them to produce and serve them, so how many slaves does the Mi clan raise? At that time, Mi was only one of the four major merchants.

Another of the four great merchants, Zhen family, Yuan family of the fourth generation and three masters did everything possible to marry Zhen Mi (the Zhen Ji from Luoshen Fu). Why would the Yuan clan, who is so maddening the sky, plot a merchant's home? The answer is that after the Zhen clan was annexed, the Yuan clan’s hundreds of thousands of troops had a ten-year ration, but the source of enlistment suddenly increased by tens of thousands.

The founding time of the Han Empire is still short. The wealthy families of the Eastern Han Dynasty are run by several generations. It seems that there is no comparison, but there is a clear contrast. The answer is that the Eastern Han Dynasty did not limit the upper limit of the number of slaves. The Han Empire has.

It is difficult for the Han Empire to have slave-keeping as its main business, so the profit damage that can be brought about by castration of slaves is not so simple.

"There are more than three million private slaves on the list. This is the difficulty." Lu Yi must first suppress Ran Min's anger, or let Ran Min continue to harass him, he can't say anything clearly: "If it is only in the hands of a few people In the hands, under the premise of not breaking the contract, coercion, profit and temptation are effective."

"Yes." Ji Chang said for Lu Yi's platform: "The Dahan now has more than one million knights. They are the pillars of the country. Can the Marquis of Meiyang agree?"

Ran Min pursed his mouth, no matter how frantically he didn't dare to deny it.

Not to mention that all the nobles were awarded the title by cutting off an enemy's head on the battlefield, but more than ninety-nine of the nobles earned the first-class title only after taking their lives to fight on the battlefield. They dare to go to the battlefield, no matter what the reason is, they use actual actions to defend the country and shed blood for the nation. Who dares to deny the fact that they are the pillars?

These are those who do not use their lives to fight for the title. They have made contributions in other areas, such as improving some tools, developing new tools, or having merit in governance. Can't these things be regarded as credit, and they are not the pillars of the country?

"Hou Meiyang, do you want to turn the pillar of the country into someone who is hostile to the country?" Seeing Ran Min's aura weakened, Ji Chang went on to say, "Ignoring criticism, does Meiyang Hou want to meet? Until the law is in vain?"

Liu Yan was the founder of the country, he was in his prime of life and was strong and physically strong, and he was far away from his death.

According to Zhu Xia, the law established by the first monarch would become the family law of the ancestors.

In general, wanting to destroy an ancestral family law is almost equivalent to denying that the royal family's rule is correct. If it is changed by courtiers, even the emperor will stop it.

Only that kind of people can try to change the ancestral family law under certain circumstances. The need is true when it is necessary to change, and then the incumbent emperor has the prestige and supports the reformers.

In the long period of Zhu Xia, the pre-Qin period in the ancient times was a time of great controversy, and if you wanted to be strong, you had to keep up with the times and even far surpassed the contemporaries. The reform was regarded as a good medicine.

After arriving in the Western Han Dynasty, let alone reforms, whoever wanted to do something inferior and fierce, some conservatives stood up to oppose it, and even went to war to oppose it.

The further the dynasty of Zhu Xia went, the difficulty of the reform would increase. Even if the emperor supported the reform, there would never be a successful case of the reform.

Liu Yan is the founding king. The laws formulated by others cannot be overthrown. However, if he makes improvements, there will be no problems at all. Honest and loyal ministers and workers will not directly object.

If you want Liu Yan to make changes to the law, there is only one prerequisite, and that is that the law is really inappropriate. It can bring turmoil to the present, or it can bury hidden dangers for future generations. Even if he really feels the need to change, unless it is arbitrarily, otherwise, communication is still indispensable, and at least half of the people agree.

There is nothing trivial about law making. As long as it is not necessary to change it, since a law has been made and enacted, it is really not necessary to change it. This is a matter of national credibility!

"What are you trying to say?" Ran Min wasn't impatient. He felt that he was still a reasonable person, but he was a little bit painful because of being circumvented.

Liu Yan knew that they had said so much, not to Ran Min, but to himself.

Of course, governing the country cannot be treated as a trifling matter. No matter what you want to do, you must think clearly about the pros and cons in advance, that is, what harmful things have been done. Once it is about maintaining the country’s credibility, it is the enactment and promulgation of harmful laws. It must be carried out with gritted teeth until the court and the people agree that it is necessary to change, and then come to comply with the call to change.

That is not simply to save face, but to maintain the credibility of the country at an acceptable price, and to ensure that the rule will not be shaken at a deeper level. Compared with the stability of the rule and the credibility of the country, unless it is to subdue the country, there is really no unbearable price.

It sounds ridiculous, but as long as you think that the country loses its credibility and its rule is no longer stable, the country will fall into turmoil and even civil war will occur. You can definitely tell which cost is more serious.

In later generations, it is said that the people of Zhuxia ruled well, how could they endure so much.

Some crooked nuts who can't stand something at all, obviously live a more comfortable life than most people on the earth. After listening to some of the words of the first power, they are blinded by the lighthouse and overthrow their unpleasantness. The ruling class, and then live in a small life worse than the chickens and dogs of the peaceful country.

When the people of Zhuxia face the question of Crooked Nuts, it is basically difficult to say anything more. The answer in their minds is: Madder is mentally retarded, and the unique environment of the Great Heaven 1 Dynasty can be understood by the barbarians!

Thousands of years of history tell the descendants of Zhu Xia that when there is turmoil, there will be wars. It is better to be a peaceful dog than to be a chaotic.

Take a look at the fate of that "big brother", and then take a look at those Middle Eastern countries that have been fooling around with me. Quan Te's brain is broken.

It is true that Zhuxia people rule well. As long as there are tiles on their heads and something to fill their stomachs, they will be submissive to the ruling class. However, if you really cannot survive, countless uprisings recorded in historical books are proof.

In a centrally powerful country, how many responsibilities does the ruling class bear?

Liu Yan had previously told Ran Min that once forced castration was carried out, it would not only cause damage to the interests, but at a certain level also represented the abandonment of those groups that most supported the existing ruling class.

The stupid ruling class will do things that chill the supporters.

The stupid ruling class can do the stupid things that shake the foundation of the ruling.

Liu Yan tapped his fingers on the desktop a few times and scanned around.

Ji Chang, who was speaking, shut up.

All the people first looked at Liu Yan, and then all looked at Lu Yi.

"The minister thinks that forced castration is not desirable." Lu Yi stood up, faced Liu Yan, and paused for a second or two before continuing to say: "The minister thinks that those with nobles are in the same body as the country (interests). , Can be guided by public opinion."

Ran Min subconsciously made such a "ha", but when he wanted to speak, he saw Liu Yan looking over sharply, suppressing his expression dullly and continuing to listen.

"Throughout the past dynasties, there has not been a majesty who has won the country. His majesty's prestige is endless in the hearts of his subjects." Lu Yi saluted Liu Yan, and after facing all his colleagues, facing Liu Yan again, he said: "It is the same body as the country. , Knowing that a strong relationship must follow it."

Liu Yan knows that the power of public opinion, as long as it is properly guided, whether it is good or bad, becomes a trend, and it will die if it is blocked.

The Han Empire has used public opinion to guide the progress of its national policy more than once. For example, when the country’s internal affairs are difficult, it still continues to fight with the outside world. It is the main theme of public opinion that the elimination of foreign races is the main theme. Then there are Han men who marry or accept foreign women as wives and concubines, which will go so smoothly and cannot do without some guidance from public opinion.

"Let your majesty go first, it will inevitably become the trend of acting and inferior." Lu Yi knew that Liu Yan supported the castration of male slaves. It was precisely that the Shaofu had the most slaves in the entire Han Empire, and Shaofu was the private property of the emperor: "It's just that Like this, I am afraid there will still be some complaints."

If you really want to do that, it means that all the pots are carried by the emperor. In the past, only other people were the emperor, so how could the emperor be the emperor?

So it was Liu Yan. If he changed to another emperor, once the courtier dared to make such a suggestion, it was necessary to get angry, and he might even deal with the proposer severely.

The tragic consequences of the Western Jin Dynasty’s wanton use of slaves are not far away. The Han Chinese who have regained their status as the dominant nation of the country are also the most centripetal moment. Lu Yi said that it is indeed a feasible way to conduct public opinion guidance. A national policy has been overthrown.

Liu Yan knew that Lu Yi...or that some ministers and workers worked together to think of many ways, and the one mentioned was just one of them.

"On the premise of not changing the law, compensation is a supplementary policy." Lu Yi is an official book of the Ministry of Rites, and he is just a person who throws this topic: "The minister is just throwing some ideas, and the rest of the colleagues must have other good strategies."

Liu Yan knew it would be like this. After all, not to mention that it was an emperor who had no prestige.

After Lu Yi sat down, Sangyu stood up.

"Your Majesty, fellow colleagues." Sang Yuxian saluted Liu Yan, then saluted everyone present, slowly speaking: "There are more than tens of thousands of big Han slaves, whether it is guidance or coercion, it is definitely not feasible for the time being."

When it comes to this issue, everyone has to admit.

Castration is a sophisticated craft~www.wuxiamtl.com~ After the Han Empire destroyed the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, some people who possessed this craft were acquired, but the Han Empire no longer exists as a group of eunuchs, and those who possess craftsmanship naturally also There would be no positions, and no one cared where they were going before.

It is not difficult to find those people back. After all, the Han Empire had a household registration system and a guide system, so I really wanted to find someone who could find it no matter how powerful the country was.

Castration with the previously mastered technique is not 100% safe, and it needs to be considered if the slave dies, what compensation should be made to the original owner.

Then there was no death after castration. It must take some time to recover from the wounds. What kind of compensation should be made for the damage to the original owner's benefit when the slave is recovering from the wound.

"If you die, you will die. If you give another one, you will get it." Ran Min likes the progress of the discussion topic, and the castration has actually been passed: "Isn't Ah San more than 30 million people? Catch! If it's Ah San Not enough, aren’t there still Persians, Daqin people...some messy aliens? Let’s catch them!"

No one wanted to talk to Ran Min, who was so happy that he was confused. They were either speechless or angrily or stared at Ran Min, and they used their eyes to signal Ran Min to shut up quickly and don't delay doing business.