Liu Yi frowned slightly, then sneered: "You have good intentions, but doing these things requires money and food. The current income from the national treasury is not enough to sustain your good intentions, not only these orphans in the war,
You conquer Nanyan and pacify the demon thieves. Behind these wars, a large number of people will be displaced, a large number of war orphans will be produced, and many places will be in ruins and need to be rebuilt. There will also be investment in recruiting troops. After the war,
How can it be so easy to settle down after returning from the army?"
"In addition, the great families have made sacrifices and investments in the war. You also said that they must be repaid in return. Even if you let Xie Hun go home to fight, you will temporarily use the interests of the Yu family as a lure.
and exchange, I thought you would have figured it out by now, but I didn’t expect that you still haven’t completely turned the corner.”
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "The exchange of interests cannot be for people's freedom and future. We cannot protect the people and let them lose their lives in the war. This is our dereliction of duty as soldiers. How can we take away their children again?"
Sell it and become a slave? I can discuss other things, but this is absolutely not an option."
Liu Yi's eyes narrowed slightly: "Okay, let's put aside the moral aspect and just talk about the practical aspects. The aristocratic families contributed their efforts in the war and recruited troops. These troops sent to the battlefield are theirs.
Bankers and tenants, regardless of victory or defeat, after this battle is over, it will be difficult for these young men to come back. So if you are the head of a noble family, how can you make up for these losses?"
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "I know what you mean. What you want to say is that when a wealthy family provides money, food, and people during the war, there must be something in return. But for this return, I can increase the number of officials, titles, or even land titles.
Give them more land to operate, but you can never say that you sell orphans to them like slaves. In return, this not only breaks the bottom line of my conscience, but is also incompatible with national law."
Liu Yi curled his lips: "But manpower always needs to be replenished. If you don't use orphans to make up for it, who else can you use? Are you going to use the captured demon thieves and soldiers to farm in the manors of these aristocratic families to atone for their sins?"
Liu Yu's heart moved and he said: "I am prepared to punish only the culprits of the captured demon thieves and never ask for threats. After the thieves are defeated, all the demon thieves who have possessed evil will be sent back to their place of origin. If there is no place of origin, such as those in Lingnan
The barbarians can be replenished in the family's manor and become a new group of villagers and tenants, what do you think?"
Liu Yi nodded: "This is a good method. Threats are never asked, and the crime of rebellion can be spared, but there is no need to give them another place to live. They are sinners. If they are like innocent people, it will be difficult to convince the public. You
In this way, there should be hundreds of thousands of monster thieves who can be assigned to the family's manor as tenants. However, this still does not mean that you can solve the problem of these war orphans."
Having said this, Liu Yi paused: "The wealthy family will not give up if they get these prisoners of war to supplement their dealers, because these people have fought in wars and have military experience. It is a pity to use them as dealers. In the end,
The best thing is for the servants who are not involved in production to form their own army, but you still have to think about how to stop this."
"Also, even if the monster thieves can be pacified, the big families will definitely ask for the tax reduction policies after the victory over Nanyan after the war. If you don't pay taxes and services for a few years, you will have no fiscal revenue by then. How will you plan for these wars?
Where are the orphans and refugees?”
Liu Yu sighed: "So, what you mean is to continue to sell these war orphans to the wealthy families as before. You will get military expenses, they will also get tens of thousands of years of labor, and those captives will become the new private armies of the wealthy families.
,Is it right?"
Liu Yi curled his lips: "I can't think of any better solution. This time my entire army was wiped out. The Yuzhou Legion that has been operating for many years is gone, and the military supplies that have been stored for many years are gone. I need to re-establish a new army."
In the army, I will not and do not want to compete or challenge your status, but you cannot let me just disband and return to the fields and become a farm shepherd."
Liu Yu shook his head: "No, if you can pull up a team of nearly 20,000 people at once, if you have contributed to the defense of the city this time, I will not deny you a chance. But, should I let you
I haven't thought about going to Jingzhou yet, and even if I let you go to Jingzhou, I have a condition, that is, you must not become the second Huan family and turn Jingzhou into your hereditary private property of Liu Yi."
Liu Yi's face changed slightly, and he turned to smile: "How is this possible? I have no foundation in Jingzhou. I only want to go there because I don't want to compete with the noble families in the land of Sanwu, let alone go there.
Jiangbei, go to Qilu to influence your Northern Expedition, so..."
When he said this, he found that Liu Yu's eyes were as cold as lightning as he looked at him. He felt a hair in his heart and stopped his mouth.
Liu Yu said coldly: "Xile, this is my bottom line, and it is also the bottom line of the Jin Dynasty. I will give you the wealth, the territory you want, the army you want, and give you the opportunity to make another northern expedition and establish your achievements.
Opportunities, but the final bottom line is that you cannot divide the country, and you cannot use Jingzhou as your private property inherited from generation to generation. The Jin Dynasty will never be able to produce a second Huan family. The Jingyang dispute must never happen again. If this line is crossed,
Then all our friendship will cease to exist and we will have to fight each other."
Liu Yi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "I remember it, but you'd better think clearly first about how to solve the problem you were worried about just now."
Liu Yu said calmly: "I can let these war orphans work in the manor of a noble family for a few years. The boys can learn how to deal with farm work, and they can also learn martial arts and military training. The girls can learn how to weave and run the house. When they reach adulthood,
, then leave these aristocratic family manors and allocate them new land and houses so that they can support themselves. Men farm the land and join the army, and pay higher taxes than ordinary households. Women can arrange to marry meritorious soldiers who have returned home from the army.
Solve the problem of starting a family for these soldiers. As for the aristocratic families who adopt them, I can make some concessions on tax and continue to allow them to be tax-free for a few years, or, based on the number of orphans they adopt, give them a certain amount of official titles as compensation. But
Don’t even think about the benefits of keeping these orphans as slaves for generations. As long as I am still in this position, I will not allow good people to be slaves or to be forced into prostitution!”
Speaking of this, Liu Yu looked at Liu Yi with a cold look in his eyes: "I will no longer pursue the past matters, but in the future, if you, Liu Xile, engage in this kind of human trafficking business again, I will punish you according to the laws of the country.
Sin, don’t say that I didn’t predict what I said!”
This chapter has been completed!