Ashina Yang Huan wanted to discuss another major matter with Li Po.
She first tested Li Po's attitude. The word slave trade had not been invented yet, but people had been doing it for a long time.
Both the Central Plains dynasty and the Hu regime in the north had an open attitude towards the sale of slaves.
The Turks were somewhat backward, so they never got rid of some typical characteristics of slave society. On the grasslands, slavery was a common and commonplace behavior, and no one would even question this barbaric behavior.
In contrast, the feudal dynasties of the Central Plains, which had long since broken away from slave society, had increasingly strict regulations on this. In the traditional sense, buying and selling people was an illegal act prohibited by the government in the Central Plains.
Although there is no ban on this type of trade, nor can it be completely prohibited, but after the civilization of the Central Plains has progressed to a certain level, slaves without any right to survive will not exist.
The slaves of the Central Plains have also enjoyed certain legal protections. Needless to say, there is no need to take it seriously in the time of war, and there is no need to take it seriously in the time of Wuhu chaos. As long as the Central Plains is restored to unity, no one can arbitrarily deprive others of their lives. This is clearly stipulated in the Tang Dynasty.
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It was also common in the pre-Sui Dynasty. The privileges of the nobles were restricted to a certain extent. This was not absolute, but it was to the point where there were laws to follow.
In particular, the use of slaves for burials and sacrifices, which have obvious characteristics of slave society, is no longer common in the Central Plains. Only after the death of emperors or some great nobles, burial ceremonies will occur sporadically. As for the use of slaves for sacrifices,
Completely banned.
If anyone else is killed in the mansion, even if it is a private slave, as long as the government knows about it, they will be held accountable.
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But in the series of wars on the East China Sea, the Tang Dynasty was very barbaric. After the war, both the Japanese and Goguryeo aristocrats were wiped out.
There is no scene where you can be forgiven by kowtowing to express your surrender. The Tang Dynasty followed the rule of subjugation and genocide. The noble elites were devastated, while the lower class people were brought to the Tang Dynasty to do hard labor, and they were actually slaves.
When Ashina Yang Huan heard the news in the Turkic Royal Court, he was not very touched. He even understood it. Too many people died in the war in the late Sui Dynasty, which caused the population in the south to drop sharply. It was a good idea to use war to capture the population.
idea.
But she wasn't quite sure how far this nephew could go, so she tried it out today, and now that she was sure, she talked to Li Po about the slave trade.
Slavery is common among the Turks. In the past two years, many "northern savages" have been captured in the north. The Turkic nobles are very happy. But what is annoying is that the prisoners of war from the north are not docile and always want to escape or kill.
To avenge their master's death.
So someone suggested that it would be better to sell these prisoners of war to the Tang Dynasty. Anyway, the Turks were going to invade the Western Regions, and slaves from the Western Regions were always liked by the Turks. It was better to make a deal with the Tang Dynasty and get some benefits.
Ashina Yang Huan discussed with others and wanted to exchange this with Datang for some benefits.
What kind of things are urgently needed by the Turks now? No need to ask, weapons, armor, or even food, etc. can be traded.
Ashina Yang Huan only said it roughly, just like when discussing business later, the boss always just shows his intention. If he is willing to cooperate, the rest will be left to the people below to do it.
Li Po was suddenly stunned and thought to himself that you have made a lot of twists and turns, and you are not Turkic at all. He thought you wanted to use the benevolent and virtuous as an example, but that would be too awkward.
Who everyone is, how they started their business, and their current status are all clearly stated. There is no need to make superficial remarks between them. Whoever speaks empty-mindedly will definitely be despised by the other party.
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Li Po just thought about it for a moment and felt that this was a good deal.
The Turkic people had a large territory, and the nobles did not regard them as human beings at all. Each of them had many servants to serve them, which was really a huge waste of human resources.
Nowadays, the workers of the Tang Dynasty were all snatched and had no intention of being used by the nobles. They were working everywhere. On the one hand, it increased the pressure on the Tang treasury, but on the other hand, it saved a lot of resources.
The people of the Tang Dynasty no longer had the pain of corvee work and could concentrate on farming. Grain production increased year by year. People's lives became better and their families gradually had a surplus. Industry and commerce would rise accordingly, and society would tend to be stable and prosperous.
In today's situation, there are not too many migrant workers.
The only thing that is a bit difficult is that what the Turks need are weapons and armor and other things. If these are opened to trade, it will definitely be an act of subsidizing the enemy.
In fact, the Turks are also very skilled in forging skills. They were originally the forging slaves of the Rouran people.
It's just that the Turkic people's production scale cannot be compared with that of the Central Plains. Their carefully forged ordnance can only equip hundreds of people every year.
Others still used crude iron products, and the craftsmanship had stagnated for so many years. It was not until the war in the Central Plains that there was an opportunity to recruit some craftsmen who had fled from the Central Plains to the Turks, but it did not have much effect.
, almost all of them were raised by nobles.
Therefore, for this Western Expedition, Ashina Yang Huan was really worried. He even thought about exchanging slaves for military products of the Tang Dynasty. It was really not easy.
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"I won't lie to the Khan. The Tang Dynasty needs people...Neither the Khan nor I are businessmen who are willing to spend money. If there are few people, we can send them over. The Khan wants to conquer the Western Regions. This is a big deal. I will send some military supplies to them."
Khan, it is appropriate to support Khan's momentum.
But if it is a transaction, just let the ministers sit down and discuss it, then it should not be a matter of 10,000 or 20,000 people, and Datang also needs cattle and horses...
Khan, why don't you think about it carefully, it's a transaction, everyone gets what he needs, we are a family, but there is a saying that brothers settle accounts clearly, no one can suffer in it, right?"
This sentence made Ashina Yang Huan laugh, and he and Li Po had another drink. By now, the wine was on their faces, and they spoke much louder, "What are these things that the Supreme said, but they seem to make sense...
The north is covered with ice and snow for more than half of the year, so how can there be so many people? In the past two years of fighting, thousands of people have been captured. According to you, it is not a deal, it can only be a gift. "
Li Po also laughed, "There are a few people, but there should be a lot of Sui people who fled to the Turks in the past few years, right? It's useless for the Khan to keep them, why not send them back home?"
Ashina Yang Huan frowned for a moment, then smiled after a long time and said: "Those people are indeed of little use. There is no place for them to farm on the grassland. Many people can only herd horses and sheep...
The Supreme Being is a good emperor, and he still remembers them today. The word benevolence should account for half of it... Let's discuss it later."
