Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 374 Eight Strategies for Founding a Country
"Sixth, Ming Xing Zhengdian - "Chu Code" establishes clear text, revised and circulated throughout the world, starting from oneself, eight sins are irredeemable, abolishing involvement, torture, and lynching, setting up criminal divisions in counties, and opening execution halls in counties , the people of Chu have grievances that cannot be redressed in the punishment hall, and they blame a county, but they cannot be redressed in the punishment department, and they have to blame a county, and they cannot be redressed in the punishment department, and the King of Chu is being betrayed!"

Liu Xie, who was far away in Chang'an, was already numb. Sure enough, this was the same strategy as the eight strategies he had given him.

The abolition of implicated cases and the abolition of torture can be regarded as clearing away the chronic illness. In addition to the restrictions on interrogation, some officials under the Ministry of Punishment secretly scolded their mothers, but no one else would object. After all...at this time, no one wants to have a neat family.

However, the abolition of lynching means usurping the power of the clan, and it is clearly written in the imperial newspaper. Even if the master punishes the servants, it is within this restriction, and the government must accept it.

As for the long-standing "redemption", Bai Tu still does not have a one-size-fits-all approach. Just like the previous rules of the General's Mansion, redemption is restricted for several serious crimes, and some lighter crimes will be let go first, and then it will be taken slowly.

In addition, Bai Tu also took this opportunity to clarify the existence significance of the Criminal Division and the Criminal Hall.

Previously, because the Six Ministries were nominally staff subordinates to the General's Mansion, naturally the Criminal Division and the Criminal Hall were also subordinate to the General's Mansion, and were not theoretically local government offices.

However, from now on, the responsibilities of the Criminal Division and the Criminal Hall will be clearer. On the one hand, it emphasizes the vertical management system based on the six ministries, and on the other hand, it also clarifies the rights and responsibilities - "The king of Chu was tart" has been said, and the prefect and county magistrate have ...it's all up to you.

As someone who once shouted "Killing one person is like killing my father", it is still very credible to say this now. At least this determination has been recognized by the people.

Wang Lang below was also increasingly encouraged - Bai Tu had publicly supported the reform of the Ministry of Justice for countless times.

"Seventh, there are people but no slaves - from the palace of the King of Chu to the existence of Chu, there was no slave registration in the land of Chu. The "Laws of Chu" prove that those who hire or sell themselves are subject to a ten-year contract as the upper limit, and those who lynch domestic servants, It is the same crime as breaking into a house and hurting people!"

Although Liu Xie had expected it long ago, when he heard this sentence, he was still a little embarrassed.

After all, the old Liu family is not rich now, and Liu Xie still understands the truth in this regard. After coming to Chang'an, he suppressed Dong Cheng's palace repairs and other matters, saving as much as possible and avoiding them as much as possible.

Today he was even praised by the ministers for saying that the number of eunuchs and maids in the palace was the fewest in history, even fewer than when Li Jue and Guo Si were there!
However, now Bai Tu has abolished the eunuch system and the palace system...

However, the people who were most affected by this were the wealthy families with a large number of domestic slaves. They felt at a loss again. Although... after checking the notes in the Di newspaper, they calmed down a little, but they still started to feel uneasy.

From today on, Bai Tu will officially say goodbye to the remnants of slavery. Previously, the General's Office only did not recognize the legality of the sale contract, but now it is officially announcing that Chu State... There is no such thing as slaves, they are all Chu people!

There are also families who have sold themselves to the government, please go to the local government to exchange for a ten-year contract within the specified time, otherwise...not only the escape of the slaves has nothing to do with the government, but also once discovered, they will be arrested with abusive lynchings.

Of course, although it went a step further than the previous abolition order of the General Mansion, it still left a hole, that is, "servant".

Conceptually, Chu State separated "servants" and "servants". "Servants" must be abolished, but "servants" can continue to exist. The difference is that "servants" do not count as employment and do not need to be paid, but the upper limit is still ten years. It's equivalent to a buyout.

Lynching is also prohibited, and board and lodging needs to be guaranteed. If the host family does not violate the rules, in addition to the remuneration, the difference from normal employment is that if the "servant" wants to terminate the contract, he must pay the host family compensation based on the buyout price , that is, the need for redemption, unlike ordinary employment contracts that have more constraints on the owner.

The most important thing is that in the new tax system, Baitu not only significantly reduced the agricultural tax, but also abolished the head tax and only added a new industrial and commercial tax.

The reason why wealthy families have so many slaves is that they compete with the imperial court for people, and these people are not included in the imperial household registration list.

However, the poll tax has been cancelled, which means... at this time, you can go to the government and exchange your hidden population, that is, slaves, for ten-year deeds and be ordered to create a register. You do not need to bear additional taxes for this.

Otherwise, those wealthy families with so many servants might really become red-eyed...

As for the loss of the head tax, Bai Tu didn't care much, as long as the industrial and commercial tax was fixed - these people entering the workshop will naturally generate industrial value and naturally provide tax revenue.

Bai Tu really doesn't believe that those families with tens of thousands of servants will see the labor cost increase day by day, and they will have dozens of people to take care of each meal without letting these servants enter the workshop...

If he really has such a temper, Bai Tu can do without his child tax. Anyway, this kind of old stubborn who goes against the trend will not be able to maintain his dignity for long in the wave of industrialization.

In fact, it can be regarded as leaving enough room for "exploitation", but starting from the essence, abolishing slavery, there is a lot of compromise in the details.

For example, in the Ministry of Industry, many people's contracts are close to "servants". They are not allowed to terminate the contract in advance, but their status and remuneration are higher.

If there are still people who can't accept it, then Bai Tu can only consider "destruction by benevolence".

"Eighth, all the people will treat them equally - the people of Chu, regardless of whether they are princes or nobles, widowers, widowers, old or weak, men or women, sick or disabled, scholars, farmers, merchants or merchants, all the above policies will be treated equally..."

With the previous foreshadowing, this "treating each other as equals" seems logical.

That is to say, everything is "equal" in terms of schooling, imperial examinations, criminal law, etc., which even provides a theoretical basis for the previously criticized female official system, but... maybe she is numb?On the contrary, it did not trigger too strong a response!
In short, at this time, ordinary people in Chudi are already cheering, even if they don't understand other things, you understand the fifteen tax one, right?

As for the wealthy families...

The Yangzhou people who have adapted to the general's mansion model are now preparing to seize Jingzhou's share. Some of the wealthy families in Jingzhou have begun to react and actively "prepare for war." Those who have not reacted are relieved to see the cancellation of the poll tax.

Thinking about the thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless domestic slaves, although the deeds have to be exchanged, it shouldn't be a big problem, at least it won't hurt enough to require a fight.

You can’t commit suicide even if you abolish the system of involvement!
The most important thing is that people with a little sentimentality can only be convinced by Bai Tu now.

Which one, didn't Baitu start from himself, from the "King of Chu" to restrict?
There are by no means a few scholars who have sentiments at this time. They can fully trigger their sentiments, and there is no life-and-death conflict with the interests of the family. Counting the number of scholars who want to join Bai Tu at this moment, there are more people who hate him. There are even more nobles.

And even if they "hate", most of them don't "hate" enough to risk their lives. At most, they curse a few words behind their backs. If they should go to the government to exchange the deed tomorrow, they still have to exchange it...

Whether it is an aristocratic family or a wealthy family, the core point of survival-according to the people and resisting the imperial court.

It doesn't matter if the court hates him, but he can't lose the support of his fellow villagers. Now that the Chu State has won a bit, it can only give in first...

After Ba Ce was announced, Bai Tu felt that Chu's fortune was already surging, and his whole body was shrouded in golden light, as if a street lamp had been placed on a high platform.

Finally, Bai Tu announced with all his strength: "May God bless all the people, may all the people bless our great Chu - the Kingdom of Chu, is established!"

(End of this chapter)