Spring and Autumn I Am King

Chapter 1010: slavery

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There is no so-called "slave society" in China, but the slave system has existed for a long time, such as the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, and even Qin, who is called "the first feudal dynasty" in textbooks.

The so-called "Shang Yang reform abolishing slavery" has long been proven by massive archaeological materials to be a historical error. The real situation is that "Qin has no way...a city of slaves and servants, and the same column with cattle and horses". Not only did the Shang lord not abolish slavery, but he also set up many clauses to keep prisoners of war and civilians as slaves.

Back then, when Zhao Wuxi knew this fact, he was so surprised that he couldn't believe it, but now he understands that in an era of severe social divisions and intensified wars, the more difficult it is to get rid of this bad habit.

Marx's theory believes that one of the main reasons for slaves is poverty. to engage in material production. The descendants of the nobles such as Luan, Que, Xu, Yuan, Hu, Xu, Qing, Bo and other nobles of the Jin state would descend to Zaoli, not to mention ordinary people.

Zaoli, ministers and concubines are all people who are suppressed at the bottom of the class pyramid, and their lives are very miserable. Zhao Wuxi couldn't forget his concubine, Bo Mi, who became a concubine when he was young, and he couldn't forget the filthy atrocities he saw when he first entered Xinjiangren City: those small prisons, those imprisoned in cages, or The servants and concubines who wore wooden shackles or were tied together by straw ropes had withered heads, and the only little slave with bright eyes stretched out a dirty hand to him, as if begging for rescue... …

At that time, he was naive and secretly clenched his fists and said that he would bury the slave system just like abolishing burial. But it was only when he really took charge of a country that it became clear that productivity and production relations were not transferred by personal will. Even if Zhao Wuxi could greatly promote its progress, he wanted to change quantitatively and lead to qualitative change, and it would not be successful in ten years or a hundred years.

Zhao Wuxi understood one thing in the practice of governing the state of Lu. In this late Spring and Autumn period with low productivity, the world is harmonious, and it is impossible for everyone to be happy. In order to make the policy immediate, in addition to relying on science and technology, the most convenient way is nothing more than relying on the cruel exploitation of a group of people, so that another part of the society can get the benefits of tax reduction and service reduction...

This method has been tried and tested repeatedly in ancient and modern times. Zong Zhou relied on squeezing the Yin people and the indigenous people of various countries to allow the Zhou nobles to live a life of bells and dings. Therefore, the Eastern Yin people complained: "Son of the Eastern people, the job is not available. Son of a Westerner, charming clothes..."

In addition, the Qin State exploited the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and enriched the military aristocrats in Qin; the Yuan Dynasty exploited the Han people in the south to enrich the Mongolian and Semu; the Qing court exploited the Han people and enriched the banner people; modern capitalists exploited black slaves to run plantations for white people; Germany deprived The contradiction of the Jewish wealth transfer war; the massacre of the people under the leadership of the party against the landlords and rich peasants...

This is also what Zhao Wuxi wants to explain with the building block. The history of human beings is the process of squeezing and anti-exploitation between different classes, and the constant flow and solidification of class members, and there is no pure "slave society" or "feudal society" at all. ”, and more commonly, a mixture of multiple institutions coexists.

Now, with the slow growth of total social wealth, Zhao Wuxi has no choice but to use Zaoli to bear the economic pressure brought about by his extensive "benevolent governance".

In the past, the economic relations in the state of Jin and Lu were "gong food tribute, doctors food towns, scholars food fields, common people food power, industrial and commercial food officials, and Zaoli food officials". But now Zhao's situation is different...

The current Zhao clan is an odd group. In name, it is still a feudal state and a state, but the young and weak Jinhou is only in name, and Zhao Wuxi is the biggest feudal lord. But under the Zhao clan, everything was disrupted. Administratively, it was a county system. Although the election of officials was not perfect, it was only a matter of time before the hereditary officials were replaced by salaried bureaucrats. Therefore, the "doctor's food city" basically does not exist, and Zhao Wuxi can directly collect taxes from the county.

The main sources of local taxation in counties and counties are naturally scholars, commoners, and businessmen. On the one hand, Zhao Wuxi encouraged military merit to grant land, divided large clans, created many small peasant families, and increased the number of tax households. He also relaxed restrictions on industry and commerce. In cities such as Yecheng and Chaoge, handicrafts and commerce flourished, driving economic prosperity. Agricultural and industrial and commercial taxes were the bulk of fiscal revenue.

However, after this, there are dark corners that the sun can't reach.

In the face of reality, Zhao Wuxi compromised. The current policies of the Zhao family are very similar to those of the Qin Dynasty in later generations. The huge Zaoli group is an important means for the Zhao family to maintain economic prosperity. Unlike scholars, farmers and businessmen, the value created is completely deprived and returned to the public. Therefore, the use of official slaves to carry out large-scale construction projects, or to engage in heavy physical work such as mining and salt mining, is extremely profitable.

However, what is different from the past and the future is that the Zhao family implements the system of granting land for military merit. The land is owned by the Zhao family, and the land grant is only the right to use, and the land cannot be bought or sold without any reason. The tide has not yet come.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxi largely curbed the tendency of the poor to sell themselves as slaves in Jin and Lu. The source of their slaves was relatively simple, mainly prisoners of war.

The first group of slaves exploited by the Zhao clan were the Qi and Wei people captured in the East in their early years. If they hadn't undertaken a lot of hard labor, the lives of the people of Lu might not have been as good as they are now. The second group consisted of a large number of soldiers from the Qi, Fan, Zhongxing, and Zhi clans who surrendered in the Battle of Liuqing.

The exploitation of slaves is an important means to lighten the burden of ordinary farmers and businesses. But the status of slaves is not static. Zhao's soap slaves are generally three to ten years old. If they have merit and outstanding contributions, they can restore their freedom in advance, so it may be more appropriate to call them "prisoners". Now Xiu said that the earliest group, even the prisoners of war who became slaves after the Battle of Liuqing, if they did not die of exhaustion, they would have already left their slavic status, or joined the Zhao army, or restored their status as commoners.

Therefore, the current Zhao family actually needs a lot of soaps: for the government, the roads, canals, and dams in the counties need to be maintained, the destroyed cities need to be repaired, and more canals need to be dug; The soldiers and soldiers who gained military exploits in this war all hoped to be assigned some soaps, take them home, and work in the fields when they went out to serve...

Therefore, after possessing tens of thousands of prisoners of war all at once, Zhao Wuxi was like a wealthy man sitting on a mountain of gold and silver, and his generals and officials were also jealous. Prisoners and clerks are the most appropriate and most profitable method!

Without further ado, on the third day after the war, Zhao Wuxi ordered the disposal of the prisoners of war...

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On May 2, the Fenglingdu battlefield was almost counted. After the soldiers of the Zhao army were identified, they were transported away in sacks. They would find a geomantic treasure nearby to bury them together. Cremation on the spot, turning it into a handful of dust and burying it on the spot, is also to prevent the corpse from breeding too many diseases.

These jobs are basically done by the prisoners, digging pits and filling soil, which exhausts their physical strength. They can only eat a bowl of gruel every day, and the soldiers are scattered and organized, and they cannot form a group. But everyone was very uneasy, and the uneasy mood spread in the crowd. After all, Luoshui slaughtered prisoners' reputation is too bad, Zhao's will not be able to wash off this stain for a while.

It was not until Zhao Wuxi's official order was issued that the prisoners and the various troops responsible for guarding the prisoners breathed a sigh of relief...

"The Zhao clan has a law, saying: Kou surrendered, he thought he was a servant..."

Not surprisingly, these tens of thousands of prisoners of war will lose their personal freedom, but although they are both slaves, there are also detailed distinctions.

Wei Bing, who was born in Hedong, surrendered. If he is willing to join the Zhao army as a dead soldier and fill in the gully when the army is in battle, he can be released on the spot. If he has made military exploits, he can also be promoted. year.

The soldiers of the Qin people and the Zheng people are a little worse. They are also prisoners, but their service periods range from five to ten years...

This is considering that the Zhao clan can immediately rule Hedong, so long as the Wei soldiers leave their old master behind, they will be the obedient people of the Zhao clan. Qin and Zheng would not be able to be brought under the rule for a while, so instead of letting them return to the country, it is better to be slaves~lightnovelpub.net~ to help Jin make up for the wounds caused by the war...

"The counties will definitely fight over the use of these prisoners." When talking with Xiang Lu, Zhao Wuxi had already foreseen that the prefects of the counties would compete with each other. There are so many strong prisoners, enough for one county to complete one A major project, the icing on the cake for the county governor's political achievements.

However, Zhao Wuxi planned to veto all the pleas of the county guards. Now that Zhao's territory has expanded again, Hedong has fallen into his hands, and Hexi can be seized at any time. Therefore, the most important thing is to build a road connecting the east and west of the Taihang Mountains! Except for some prisoners who will be rewarded to individuals with outstanding military achievements, all of them have to be pulled to build roads and bridges along the Taihang line.

For some prisoners of war, this result is cruel, which means that they will lose their personal freedom for a long time in the future. Death from rocks, landslides, or freezing and starvation.

But for other people, it was a fortune that they were not massacred after the war, and the prison terms ranging from three to ten years gave them hope of regaining their freedom. Moreover, Zhao's law is relatively perfect in this regard. Even the slaves at the bottom of the society have legal status. For example, even if the master who has obtained a slave wants to punish or kill his slave, he must report to the township and pavilion for approval and execution; otherwise , the owner constitutes the crime of "killing without permission" and "punishing without permission", and should bear corresponding criminal responsibility.

So even if it is hard, there is still hope... They hoped so much, they originally planned to fight if they were to be massacred, but now their fists have loosened.

While the ministers were busy subdividing the prisoners of war, Zhao Wuxi held a feast at the Fengling Ferry, waiting for the only remaining Qing Hanhu in Jin except him...

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