Xuande

Chapter 634 Promulgation of the "Slave Restriction Order"

In this renovation, Liu Bei clearly divided slaves into official slaves and private slaves.

Among them, he stipulates that official slaves can only be obtained from prisoners of war, criminals and their related family members, and any official related institutions and individuals are not allowed to use people obtained through the above two channels as official slaves.

The identity of each official slave must be recorded and recorded in the case for inquiries at any time.

Moreover, official slaves can only be owned by the imperial court, managed and used by the imperial court, and not owned by the local government. If there is an important matter, it is necessary to apply to the imperial court, and the imperial court will send some official slaves to cooperate with the local government.

It is equivalent to restricting the ownership of official slaves to the imperial court. Except for the Luoyang court, no organization or individual can own slaves in the name of official slaves.

Otherwise, it is arrogance, and you will be charged with guilt.

In terms of private slaves, he further subdivided the regulations of [200 servants and maidservants of princes and kings, 30 princes and princesses, and [-] Guanneihou and officials), and the main basis was based on titles and official positions.

The kings at the highest level below the Son of Heaven can have 200 servants.

Among the princes, county princes can have 100 servants, township princes can have 75 servants, Tinghou can have 50 servants, Duxianghou can have 40 servants, and Dutinghou can have 30 servants , and Guanneihou can only have 20 servants.

For those who have no titles other than Marquis of Guannei, officials with ten thousand stones can have one hundred servants, officials with two thousand stones can only have twenty servants, and officials with thousand stones can have ten servants. Including officials, there can be no more than five servants.

Then there is the public.

The restriction on the people is also the main starting point of the "Slavery Restriction Order" this time.

For the first time, Liu Bei stipulated that people who do not have official positions and military merit titles can only have three servants at most, and they need to register with the government and register in detail. In the future, if this servant commits a crime, the government can directly pursue the master responsibility.

The master has the obligation to discipline and educate the slave. If the slave commits something that affects public safety, the master must be held accountable besides the slave.

Then, for the first time, Liu Bei clearly stipulated the legal meaning of slaves in the "Han Law", that is, those who clearly signed a government-approved contract of sale with the master's family can prove that they are slaves with the contract as evidence.

With this contract, the master's family has the power of life and death over the slaves and the right to buy and sell, and the government will not interfere.

Those who do not have a formal sale contract issued by the government are not regarded as slaves. They have human rights in law and are regarded as private households. Punishment for homicide.

This new regulation was officially announced in the first ten days of May of the second year of Jian'an. After the announcement, it undoubtedly caused a wave of waves.

Corresponding to this is the "Slave Restriction Order" issued by Liu Bei for Sanfu, Sanhe, Hongnong County and Bingzhou at the same time.

The revision of the "Han Law" and the release of the "Slave Restriction Order" made everyone realize that Liu Bei was about to start trouble again. With the success of the Battle of Bingzhou, Liu Bei began to leverage the basic interests of local forces.

But speaking of it, these two major actions have little impact on the current ruling group.

Because Liu Bei also clearly stipulated the number of slaves that the ruling group can legally own, and they believe that with their powerful status, there is always room for accommodation.

Just like the officials of the ancient literature school, they don't believe that they must strictly abide by this regulation based on their relationship with Liu Bei.

Therefore, on a practical level, after the promulgation of these regulations, the people who are really affected the most are the powerful and powerful families at the county and county levels at the local level, and those families with limited influence who can only serve as small officials in the local area. .

They often have a lot of land, houses, property, and a large number of servants, but their political status is low, they are just commoners, and they cannot reach the threshold of a scholar family.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there were many such families in the localities, and they often became county guards, governors, etc. to flatter the emperor as a gift of merit, and they were disposed of like pigs and sheep, and then the benefits gained were shared with the emperor. ,good for everyone.

The emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not have that much authority, and they always discussed with the local authorities. Except for Liu Xiu's order to save the land, few emperors had such harsh decrees on the localities.

And the first wave of behavior that Liu Xiu didn't discuss so much after Liu Xiu was done by Liu Bei.

The occurrence of this incident seems to indicate that the relationship between the Luoyang court and local forces has begun to undergo subtle changes, and the speed of this change is so fast that many people have not had time to react.

In order to successfully implement the "Slave Restriction Order" instead of becoming a joke, Liu Bei also made some preparations.

First of all, he ventilated the officials of his family from Sanfu Sanhe, asking them to take the lead in responding to the call of the "Slavery Restriction Order", let their families play a leading role in actively implementing the "Slave Restriction Order".

As my subordinate, as my subordinate with a bright future, it is an unwise choice to make a big loss because of a small one, and you will not be worthy of being my subordinate.

In addition, the family of Sansuke and Sanhe Land, which became a community of salt interests with Liu Bei, was also notified by Liu Bei.

The general meaning is that you have made a lot of money selling salt over the years. I know that you are still very happy to cooperate, so it is necessary to continue this kind of happiness.

Actively respond to the "Slavery Restriction Order" and take the lead in implementing the "Slave Restriction Order". Let me see that you really want to continue to be happy. If I see it, I will satisfy you. If I can't see it, then I'm sorry, I want There are many families who want to be happy.

Don't forget, I also hold the post of Liangzhou Shepherd. Whether the salt sales can continue is all up to me. I believe you can make the right decision, right?
For these two groups, Liu Bei has the absolute initiative, so Liu Bei's request to them is to implement the requirements of the "Slave Restriction Order", and not to lose the big because of small things.

As for the school of ancient literature, Liu Bei had a meeting with Lu Zhi at Lu Zhi's residence.

The central content of the meeting was the previous liquidation of the Jinwen School. Everyone got a lot of benefits and made a lot of money. I know it all.

And how much of this is my credit, everyone is also clear, so this time I don’t ask everyone to follow it completely, but I hope that everyone can at least act like a model and cooperate with me to build up momentum so that I can deal with those people in a fair and fair manner. "Unreasonable" people shot.

It is best not to make any unpleasant incidents within ourselves, and let outsiders see the jokes. If we have problems internally, how can this policy continue to be implemented?
Liu Bei's words were not very polite, but that was what he meant.

I am able to turn the Jinwen School and make the Jinwen School into history. Everyone knows how much I, Liu, contributed to it, and how much of it. Without the contribution of Liu, this day would not be so fast arrival.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the army and power in the hands of Mr. Liu are the foundation of the current ancient literature school's ruling. Your power is based on my military power. Since I have paid so much, do you have to pay some? To cooperate with me?

Now, it's time for Mr. Liu to need your cooperation.

You can make it clear to the people below, as long as anyone whose family is in the land of Sanfu Sanhe and Hongnong County should cooperate with the government and do what should be done, otherwise, cracks will appear in our long-term friendly and cooperative relationship .

(End of this chapter)