Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 913

After the situation of the women in the brothel is resolved, the next thing to be solved is the problem of some wealthy businessmen and dignitaries buying and selling some people.

This kind of problem is impossible to completely prohibit, and it cannot be prohibited.

In many cases, some parents who really can't afford to support their children sell their children to some wealthy families, which is beneficial to both parties.

When the child comes to a rich family, although it is a bit hard, at least he can survive, right?

But if you boil it without selling it, you may starve to death.

Rich families sometimes treat these servants fairly well.

For this kind of situation, Qin Tian will not stop them, but if he stops them, he will cut off the way of life of others.

He originally wanted to make a living for others, but in the end he cut off the livelihood of others, which is a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

What he really wants to do is those people who didn't want to sell themselves to rich people, but were sold to rich businessmen and dignitaries by human traffickers, or some cruel parents.

These people include both men and women.

After Qin Tian roughly got some ideas, he went to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

At this time, the Ministry of Household Affairs has already investigated and collected some information about Chang'an City.

"Master Qin, in Chang'an City, there are thousands of people who sell themselves to rich families because of human traffickers, and hundreds of people who sell themselves to rich families because of their parents. Besides, there are those who voluntarily sold themselves into slavery, or who really couldn't support them. Wait for the reason."

Thousands of people were sold to wealthy families by human traffickers. This number does not sound like a lot, but in Chang'an City, where there are only a few hundred thousand people, thousands of people are really not too small.

Moreover, this is the official statistics.

There are many things that are not officially recorded, I'm afraid there are still.

Of course, the human traffickers here are not the kind of human traffickers who steal children and then sell them. They are purely in the business of human trafficking, and the sources of these people are relatively complicated.

But the means are all on the edge of legality and illegality.

Some of these trafficked people may be willing, but some may be forced.

After Qin Tian listened to the narration of the officials of the household department, he pondered for a while, and then ordered: "Issuing an order, but those who are sold by human traffickers or parents have the right to redeem themselves. They work for the master. There must be remuneration, and it must be paid according to the market price, and when they earn enough money to buy them, they can choose to leave."

Although it was sold by traffickers or parents, the buyer spent money after all. If Qin Tian used methods like those in the brothel, he was afraid that it would arouse the indignation and dissatisfaction of these officials and dignitaries.

These people are stronger than brothels, Qin Tian doesn't need to irritate them completely.

Therefore, it is a big prerequisite to let them not suffer.

And what he gave these trafficked people was a hope.

In the past, as long as the deed of sale was in the hands of the buyer, no matter how much money you paid for the redemption, as long as the buyer did not agree, you would not have the chance to be free, but now, Qin Tian gave them this opportunity.

As long as they have the same money as when they were bought, they can be free.

Of course, this situation only applies to those who have been cruelly sold by human traffickers or parents, and do not want to be slaves in their hearts. If some people sell themselves voluntarily from the beginning, they are not under the protection of Qin Tian's rules.

After all, what does it have to do with Qin Tian if a person does it voluntarily?
After Qin Tian finished speaking, the officials of the household department immediately started to deal with it.

The news spread among the rich and powerful businessmen, and after it spread, although the interests of those rich and powerful businessmen were affected to a certain extent, they did not particularly object.

Because Qin Tian's policy and methods are very gentle, and they didn't hurt their roots at all.

For them, if the people they bought were really redeemed, they would not suffer a loss. After all, these people also brought them benefits. It was nothing more than that this policy made them earn a little less.

The news spread, and everyone obeyed.

As long as there are such servants who are willing to redeem themselves, they can go to the household department to tell the situation, and as long as they say so, the rich and powerful will not be able to stop them, and whoever stops them will be punished, and this punishment is not just about money. punishment, as well as prison punishment.

Anyone who stops them will be fined several times the money they paid for the servants, and they will also be locked up in prison for a few days.

For these wealthy businessmen and dignitaries, it is just for a servant, and there is really no need for them to fight with the court.

After all, there are many poor people in this world. As long as they pay, there are many people who are willing to sell themselves as slaves. As for these, Qin Tian doesn't care, after all, this is the need between the two parties.

Qin Tian's measures were effectively carried out. Early this morning, Qin Tian told Li Shimin about the situation. Li Shimin saw that Qin Tian handled the matter very rationally and not too aggressively. He also dealt with the brothel vigorously and resolutely, which was very good. .

Therefore, he is also very satisfied with Qin Tian's methods.

"Qin Aiqing did a good job, so after the Tang Dynasty, I will lose many people who can't help themselves. You are their benefactor."

Qin Tian said with a smile: "My sage praises it, this is all his kindness, if it is not for the sage to make a decision, even if the subjects have ideas, what is the use, the sage is their benefactor."

Li Shimin actually didn't do anything, he just agreed to one thing, but Qin Tian still wanted to flatter Li Shimin, and after he said that, Li Shimin was really excited.

Although he didn't say anything more, in his heart, he really felt that this was due to himself.

In the early court, although many dignitaries disliked this a bit, they did not jump out to object, because Li Shimin obviously liked it very much, and they didn't need to offend Li Shimin because of a not very serious problem.

Otherwise, Qin Tian will try to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys again, and whoever jumps out first will be unlucky.

The morning court ended like this. When the court retreated, the weather was still abnormally cold. It had already entered the end of the twelfth lunar month, and there were only a few days before the New Year.

As soon as Qin Tian left the palace, Cheng Yaojin caught up with him.

"You boy, you are impressive. I thought you were just using iron and blood methods like those in the brothel to deal with the powerful. I didn't expect you to be much more rational and mature than I imagined."

For Qin Tian's response, Cheng Yaojin was obviously a little surprised. Different groups of people were treated differently, and it just solved the problem. Being able to do this shows that Qin Tian is not the kind of person who goes all the way to the dark.

"Lu Guogong praised it. If Lu Guogong hadn't reminded me before, how could I be like this? After all, Lu Guogong has helped a lot."

(End of this chapter)