Yanqi Town has always been a special existence among the four towns in Anxi.
Compared with the other three towns, Yanqi Town has the following most significant characteristics:
First, Yanqi Town is a basin with many oases and lakes. In terms of climate and humidity, it is similar to the Jiangnan water town, so agriculture and fisheries are developed.
Second, there is a Yinglong Hall in Yanqi Town, located in an underground cave. It is a religious holy place worshiped by Yinglong Sect believers. In the 13th year of Tianbao, the Yinglong Sect monk Yis arrived in Yanqi Town, and with the help of donations and support from believers,
With the support of the Chinese government, the ancient Buddhist temple above Yinglong Hall was transformed into Yinglong Yuan, where Yinglong teachings were specially studied and lecture halls were opened.
Third, although there are guardians in Yanqi Town, decisions on all matters big and small in the town are decided in the form of a meeting hall. Earlier, the Yanqi Meeting Hall was divided into four major factions, namely the old people of Yanqi and the Twelve Dragons.
Ministry, Yinmen and Dashi Cult.
Later, due to the influx of a large number of Tang people, the cannibals and Yinmen moved out, and the members of the meeting hall were re-planned according to the population distribution of the town. It was changed into the Yanqi Old People, the Twelve Dragons, and the Yinmen.
Dragon Order and Central Plains immigrants, etc.
Among them, the Yinglong Cult and the immigrants from the Central Plains were both people of the Tang Dynasty who migrated due to natural disasters and military disasters. The difference between the two is that the former arrived in Anxi earlier and were mostly composed of Yinglong Cults; the latter arrived in Anxi
They were later immigrants and had a variety of religious beliefs.
Regarding the third point, all affairs in Yanqi Town are decided by the council. This was formulated when Zhou Jun was in Yanqi Town.
Feng Changqing of Kucha Town did not understand this at first. He once wrote to Zhou Jun asking whether he should dissolve the parliament and appoint a guardian envoy in the name of the Protector?
Zhou Jun replied with a letter, to the effect that Yanqi Town should maintain the status quo. Daily affairs should be handled by the people of Yanqi Town through meetings. If there are really difficult to solve problems, let them ask Qiuci Town for advice.
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One day during Tianbao's sixteenth year, the Yanqi Town Council encountered a very difficult case.
On this day, the Yanqi Town Council held its regular meeting at the town's central government office as usual.
The official in charge of the town's prison placed a file on the desk of the Yanqi Council.
Long Maoyuan, the leader of the Twelve Dragons Tribe, who serves as the chairman of the rotating assembly, opened the file on the desk, took a look at it, closed it again and said: "This is just a small case over private property. You can handle it yourself and hand it in later.
That’s the closing document.”
The jail officer of Yanqi Town, with sweat on his forehead, said to Long Maoyuan and all the council members present: "Although the case is small, it involves a lot... If it is not handled carefully, it may be a huge disaster.
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Long Maoyuan was stunned, reopened the file, and said, "Please tell me carefully."
The official raised his hand and said: "In the newly built south city of Yanqi Town, there is an iron and gold workshop that is responsible for making iron tools. And in this workshop, there is a craftsman who moved into the town with the Yinglong Order a few years ago.
, named Zhu Yang. Because of his superb blacksmithing skills, this man was recruited as a craftsman by the craftsman Hong Taixue in Qiuci Town last year. I heard that this Zhu Yang offered a method to Taixue, saying that he used a method called
White quartz material is mixed into the soil for burning bricks, plus grass ash, charcoal powder and salt blocks, and a very strong refractory brick can be made..."
Long Maoyuan listened to the recommendation officer's ramble, but before he got to the point, he said impatiently: "Tell me about the case."
The official said quickly: "Yes, yes. Zhu Yang dedicated the refractory bricks made of quartz to Jiang Hong Taixue. Taixue's chief craftsman Mao Shun was overjoyed and wrote a letter about the matter,
I reported it to the Protector, saying that this thing was of vital importance. The Protector replied that if any craftsman has an invention that can benefit the public, he can take a portion of the profit from the invention as private property."
When Long Maoyuan heard the official talking about Zhou Jun, he became more energetic. He nodded and said: "The Protectorate attaches great importance to the work of craftsmen. A few years ago, he urged the Governor of Anxi to enact a law. Whenever a craftsman invents something new, as long as it is useful,
, everyone can draw bonuses from the profits, and everyone knows this."
The official hesitated for a moment and then said: "Zhu Yang received a large sum of silk from Jiang Hong Taixue and returned to Yanqi happily. Within a few days, he was sued."
Long Maoyuan was shocked: "Is he accused? Who sued him?"
The official said: "He is a new household who moved to the town recently. His surname is Wang. I heard that he was a merchant from Guanzhong and had quite a fortune. Later, he had no choice but to come to Yanqi to avoid the disaster of war."
Long Maoyuan: "What crime are you suing for?"
The official said: "The merchant surnamed Wang is accusing Zhu Yang of being a lowly householder and concealing his private property."
Hearing this accusation, Long Maoyuan was stunned and couldn't react.
Upon seeing this, the official explained to everyone in the council: "The merchant surnamed Wang said in the petition that Zhu Yang was originally a lowly slave in his clan. Later, he escaped from home privately to avoid disaster and traveled around.
Anxi. Now the master and slave meet each other. As long as the slave contract is not broken, Zhu Yang will be the private slave of the Wang family. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, a slave is a bitch, and the law is better than livestock. Even the children born to a slave should belong to the master, and more
Don’t mention the bonus Zhu Yang received from Taixue.”
Long Maoyuan asked in a deep voice: "Does the merchant surnamed Wang want to take the red money received by Zhu Yang as his own? Moreover, he also wants to restore Zhu Yang's slave status and incorporate him into the Wang family?"
The official bowed and said, "Exactly."
Long Maoyuan said angrily: "Artisans are rewarded for their inventions by drawing red. This is the rule set by the Protector himself! This despicable merchant actually wants to take advantage of the situation to seize wealth, and even wants to make him a slave?!"
Hearing what Long Maoyuan said, some members in the audience quickly advised: "Speaker, that's not what you said... There is indeed a master-servant contract between the merchant surnamed Wang and Zhu Yang. According to Tang law, all Zhu Yang's
Everything should belong to the Wang family, this is the law of the Tang Dynasty."
After Long Maoyuan heard this, he thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more troubled he became.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although this case may seem small, it is actually a conflict between the laws of the Tang Dynasty and the decrees of Anxi.
In order to reward craftsmen for their inventions, Zhou Jun specially awarded red prizes to meritorious craftsmen. However, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, lowly households could not even obtain personal freedom, let alone inherent private property.
Long Maoyuan thought about it and asked the councilors: "Why don't we submit this matter to the Anxi Protectorate?"
The congressmen knew that this matter was a problem and nodded in agreement.
Therefore, Yanqi Town presented Zhu Yang's case to Feng Changqing of the Anxi Protectorate.
After Feng Changqing met with Case Zong, he also had a headache, so he simply kicked the ball to Zhou Jun who was far away in Liangzhou.
Half a month later, Liangzhou used several sea turtles to divide a thick letter into several parts and sent it to the Anxi Protectorate.
Feng Changqing opened it and found that Zhou Jun actually ordered Kong You to write a decree specifically for Zhu Yang's case.
Among them, the first sentence at the beginning is, "Good people are good people, and bad people are criminal slaves. All slaves and maidservants in this world come from good families."
The main idea of the text is as follows:
1. In Anxi, whether it is an official or a private family, the relationship between master and servant is no longer a good and humble relationship, but an employment relationship. That is, the slaves and maids in Anxi no longer sign a life-for-death contract with their masters, but are employed to live and work.
The contract must indicate the period of employment and wages. After expiration, the master-servant relationship will be automatically terminated.
2. In Anxi, all registered households, no matter good or bad, no matter master or servant, their own property belongs to them, and no one else can get involved with it for any reason.
Third, as long as the slaves are no longer included in the household registration of the master's family, they will all be registered independently.
These three laws, under the instruction of Zhou Jun, were revised and improved by the Anxi Protectorate, and finally formed the "Anxi Good and Lowly Order" which was famous all over the world in the future.
It was Zhou Jun's decree that overturned the meaning of the words "good and bad" and completely broke the slavery system that had lasted for thousands of years in all dynasties.