Villager of Daming

Chapter 1264 Slaves Replaced the Reserves

"Oh my! It feels so good to be home! I can finally have a peaceful meal!"

There were singing and dancing performances in the evening. The palace maids and eunuchs worked very hard as there were many officials being entertained today.

Zhu Chong drank beer with a comfortable look on his face, his eyes sweeping over several first-rank officials nearby.

The person he was looking at had a trace of trepidation on his face. Nahachu called out all the generals in the city, and these officials without real power followed.

When I came here, I was moved...

When they were almost there, some of them actually wanted to run away because they saw the Ming army. However, they were too far away from the city, and it was obvious that they could not run faster on two legs than on four.

Compared with the officials, the generals were very calm. They had discovered long ago that something was not right. If the governor could not do anything even with 80,000 troops, what else could they do?
Gegehaji smiled. She liked hearing Zhu Chong talk about the "feeling of home".

"Your Highness, we have become accustomed to serfs, labor slaves, herdsmen, etc. If we hand them over, how will we live?"

Gegehaji deliberately asked loudly, helping others to ask, no matter whether the officials had real power or not, they did have slaves.

The exact number of slaves is unclear. The master is responsible for managing the slaves. Slaves are not naturalized and have no human rights. The master can kill them whenever he wants, just by finding any reason.

For example, if you accuse a slave of stealing and kill him, the slave is already dead and naturally won't make any sound.

This is the case when the slaves have families who are not slaves. Otherwise, who would care why one of your slaves is missing?
If a slave died and had non-slave family members, the family members would report to the authorities, and the officials would send someone to investigate, depending on the power of the owner.

If the master is an ordinary family, you need to be more strict. Before you kill the slave, you have to accuse him of a crime and inform the government.

If the master is a noble or an official, he will go through the process and come back to tell the slave's family what happened to your family member. If you continue to make trouble, you will also be punished. Hurry up and reconcile, otherwise there are a hundred ways to arrest you.

Slaves were the tools of production for officials and nobles. If they were taken away, they could not buy slaves even if they were given money.

The Ming Dynasty did not allow slaves at the moment, and anyone found would be bought, including captured Han people from the Jurchens.

It is not compulsory. If you are willing to sell, you can sell. If you don’t want to sell, we will not force you. If you want to buy and sell things from the trade market, this... must follow market behavior.

In fact, Gegehaji already knew how to arrange it, but she still asked loudly.

Zhu Chong answered loudly: "Our Ming Dynasty emphasizes the employment system and completely abolishes slavery. Slaves are no longer allowed to exist.

Someone may say that our slaves are also hired, like some farmers in the Song Dynasty worked as tenants for others, or put their land under the name of other people.

What's the difference? It's not all that way!
It's different! Slaves are different from slaves. The slaves who drive the slaves have no place of origin. They can't get wages and can only eat.

The other type of slaves who could receive wages were not given fair protection by the government, and even if their numbers were small, their lives were still in danger.

The Ming Dynasty had a true employment relationship, and employers were not allowed to beat people, let alone kill them.

If they don't do their job well, you can terminate their employment and not pay them. They will think that you are bullying them on purpose, and after you sue them, you will have to prove that they did not do their job well.

Therefore, there is no shortage of people to do the work, the only thing that has changed is that you can’t just beat or kill people at will, that’s wrong!”

After Zhu Chong finished speaking, he nodded twice to emphasize his point.

The eunuchs spread his words to other people. There were too many people, thousands of officials without real power, referring to those who were of higher rank.

Some of the first-rank officials nearby showed contemptuous expressions but quickly restrained them. They really did despise it.

A prince is here talking to me about not killing people at will. If you, a prince, kill people in your own mansion, will anyone care?

You clearly restrict us with your laws, and then you are above the laws, huh! Huh! The officials thought about it, but no one dared to speak out to criticize, unless they were tired of living.

There's no point in saying it out loud. When you get punished, people will say: Don't make rumors, don't believe rumors, and don't spread rumors.

The generals with military power drank carefully and could not get drunk, especially those who usually pretended to obey Nahachu but actually disobeyed him.

They understood that now was the best time to deal with people, and they had to be more honest. The men they brought with them had been disarmed and arranged to eat elsewhere.

Some generals even took off their leather armor, looking like they were at the mercy of others.

They understood that if someone wanted to kill them, they had a good reason.

Like the palace maids performing at this moment, they are beautiful, should we watch it or not?

Look, I can say that you have behaved disrespectfully in front of the king and should be beheaded!
If you don't watch it, you can say that you are dissatisfied with the prince's arrangement and behead him!

It's better to act weaker! I'm convinced! Please let me go!
They didn't know that the governor they feared had no intention of dealing with them because it was meaningless.

Nahachu was watching the performance of the palace maids and eunuchs. At this moment, the palace maids were singing and dancing, "No matter how cold the wind is, I don't want to escape. No matter how beautiful the flowers are, I don't want them..."

I have never watched this program before. It is full of Tang poetry, Song lyrics and Yuan opera. The palace maids are not dedicated enough and lack passion!
Now that everything is peaceful, the palace maids don't care about etiquette and just sing and dance whatever they want.

Otherwise, this kind of occasion requires a special piece of music, the kind that will cost you your head if you get it wrong, and you won’t be able to survive even if you sew it back together.

Nahachu felt satisfied, and the diners were also satisfied with the food, mainly because they saw a lot of light bulbs.

The electrical wires are ready-made, but the light bulbs are not. Light bulbs are inconvenient to carry, break easily, and take up a lot of space, so the team only brought a portion of them.

However, there are special small furnaces that can be used to blow the bulbs when needed, and there are also vacuum extraction equipment, which makes it easy for craftsmen to operate.

The team carried glass balls and used them to blow out light bulbs. This is not a toy for children.

Historically, glass balls were first used to blow light bulbs, and then to move them around when producing cloth or paper.

The next piece of equipment was the ball sealing, and finally someone brought out the glass balls for the children to play with, and began producing glass balls specifically for children to play with.

The children buy the glass balls individually, while the merchants purchase them by pound.

Nowadays, glass balls are used to blow light bulbs and make paper. The paper for making treasure notes requires glass balls, but cloth has not been used yet.

Many officials and generals of the Northern Yuan Dynasty had never seen a light bulb and had no channels to access it, so they now found it magical.

"Your Highness, Prince Qin, I have something to ask you. Can we use this lamp in the future?"

A first-rank official fell in love with the light bulb. The "flame" inside was not afraid of wind and was more useful than a wind lamp. He wanted to own it.

“This lamp…”

"Report! The people sent by Qiqili said that they will lure the Ming army on the northern riverbank the day after tomorrow. Are we ready?"

Just as Zhu Chong was about to talk about the lights, someone from Xiaqiu Village came over and shouted loudly.

Deliberately, to let others understand the problem of where they stand.

"Ready!" Xu Da responded.

(End of this chapter)