Four hundred and fiftieth chapters dissatisfaction
This New Year, Han Laoshan is both satisfied and filled with great "dissatisfaction".
Because in the new year, he is no longer a "Han family member".
Han Qian returned to Xuzhou, and everything remained as usual throughout the first month, except for the provincial governor's order.
The full text of the governor's order is more than 100 words: "Han Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, wrote an order on the day when slaves and maidservants are abrogated, and they are treated as livestock. The slaves are the same as cattle, horses, and foals. There are various laws on production and rest. The slaves and maidservants who are worthless will be released as good. The Lord
The family hires manpower, female envoys, and commissions must be negotiated and settled. If they fail, they will be separated. They are not allowed to be detained and forced to be slaves, and they are not allowed to adopt..."
The new governor's order is equivalent to directly abolishing the old system of slaves and maidservants in the entire territory of Xuzhou and forcibly removing the old personal dependence relationship. However, in order to avoid the impact of this order being too strong, slaves and maidservants can be converted into manpower, female servants, hired by the master's family.
There are currently no mandatory standards for money, and people are allowed to negotiate on their own, but it is strictly prohibited to trade or mistreat them as livestock.
Because the four surnames Feng, Yang, Xi, and Xiang had a large number of village slaves in the past, in fact, before the full-scale feudal war broke out, most of them had forcibly terminated their personal attachments to the four surnames.
During the resettlement process of more than two years, these people were uniformly classified as good households and granted certain grain ration fields, which removed the biggest resistance to the abolition of slavery in Xuzhou.
At present, Han Qian himself can be said to be the only remaining big slave owner and big landowner in Xuzhou.
Counting the clan soldiers who were first brought to Xuzhou from Jinling, the Yangtan Water Village who surrendered with Yang Qin and others and were naturalized under the name of the Han family, the clans who were successively recruited after the Jingxiang War, and the slaves who were rewarded
, as well as a large number of slaves who were rewarded at one time after the vassal war, Han Qian and his father owned a total of more than 600 households and slaves in Xuzhou, with more than 4,000 people, accounting for more than 2% of the total population of Xuzhou.
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Counting the 2,600 Xi clan members who were redeemed and bought back to Xuzhou, the number of soldiers and slaves owned by the Han family under their household registration reached more than 1,000 households with nearly 7,000 people, accounting for 10% of the total population of Xuzhou.
Thirty-five thousandths.
After issuing the governor's order, Han Qian directly terminated the master-servant relationship with these tribes and small families, and classified them as good households.
In addition, the more than 4,000 slaves and maidservants who were moved westward by the Feng family were officially relieved of their personal dependence on the Feng family at one time - these slaves had actually been resettled during the development process of Longya (Linjiang) County.
In fact, it is already a household belonging to Longya County, and this time it is only officially recognized in legal documents.
From now on, Xuzhou's household registration will not only cancel the distinction between host and guest, but also completely cancel the distinction between good and bad.
In other words, in the new year, Han Laoshan, the general manager of the Han government, will no longer be a "Han family member".
Han Laoshan was not just kicked out of the "Han family".
Han Qian established two weaving institutes, two shipyards, three plantations, foundries, two coal and iron mines, a weapons and armor workshop, and a fine parts foundry that were owned by the Han family in Xuzhou during these years.
The factories and others were merged into the Industrial and Construction Bureau, with a total of one million shares worth one ten cent each. An additional 200,000 shares were raised, each worth one ten cent of capital, to form the Xuzhou Official Money Bureau.
Han Qian kicked Han Laoshan out of the "Han family". In addition to giving away a house in Jimingzhai for retirement, he also gave away one thousand shares of the capital of the Industrial and Construction Bureau and one hundred shares of the capital of the Xuzhou Official Money Bureau.
Although he had no money for his retirement, Han Laoshan was still dissatisfied.
The first batch of about 500 people, including Feng Liao, Gao Shao, and Feng Xuan, crossed Xuefeng Mountain on horseback and arrived in Xuzhou on February 6. At this time, Yang Qin and Feng Yi also led the fleet, carrying
More than 2,000 people, old and young, have entered Chenzhou, and more than 4,000 people are crossing the Luoxiao Mountains and passing through Yuanzhou. It will take at least a month to reach Xuzhou.
They are not well-trained elite soldiers. Even if the elderly and children are excluded, a team of four thousand people, even if they can purchase supplies along the way, can cover more than a thousand miles of land in a month, which is already quite good.
The first batch of people arriving in Xuzhou mainly entered Qianyang City to rest for a period of time. Feng Liao, Gao Shao, Feng Xuan, Zhou Chu, Lin Haizheng, Chen Jitang, Ji Xiyao, Zhao Qi, Lin Zongjing, Xi Faer and others arrived directly.
Jimingzhai meets Han Qian.
Han Laoshan caught Feng Liao's men, and without waiting for him to take a breath, he pulled him into a corner and complained: "Did Mr. Feng know about the governor's order issued by the young master? Think about me, Han Laoshan, who has worked so hard as the boss.
I have served you all my life, and now I am half buried in the earth. My eyes are dim and my brain is not clear. I am of no use anymore. I cannot help the young master, and I have no energy to take care of the young master. But at least it is next to the grave of the old master.
Leave me a small space, won't you? Young Master, if you give me a good household now, what's the use? Is it possible that I, Han Laoshan, am 80 years old, can I still be a scholar or go to the battlefield to fight for military achievements and become an official? "
Due to the heavy exploitation of poor people in the world, in order to avoid exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, many landless poor people were even willing to join large households as slaves. At least they did not have to bear the servitude and could barely make a living.
As for the good and the bad not intermarrying, their children and grandchildren will always be of the low class and will not be allowed to serve as officials. For the poor people who are struggling to survive and have to fight for food, how can they care so much?
Han Laoshan adopted his nephew Han Dong into his lap, and now he has an heir who will take care of him until his death. However, there is no real loss in being Han Qian's "slave". He can still share the affairs in Xuzhou. Whether the old system is abolished or not,
There's really no difference.
In addition to severing ties with the Han family, Han Laoshan was emotionally reluctant to part with him, and more importantly, he did not want to see Han Qian dismantle the Han family's huge family business.
This is simply "prodigal"!
Feng Liao couldn't help but smile. No matter how eloquent he was, it would be difficult to explain the twists and turns to Han Laoshan, who was full of old ideas.
During his lifetime, the elder Han Daoxun first implemented new policies such as the land reform system and the unified registration of natives and guests in Xuzhou. These were only the beginning of new policies. However, when Han Qian went to Jinling to recruit slaves to join the army and promised to grant land, he had actually embarked on this path with the aristocratic family.
The door valve completely isolates the point of no return.
Returning to Xuzhou is an inevitable choice to continue all this and completely abolish the old slave system.
On the one hand, Han Qian has to continue to carry the banner he has erected.
On the other hand, without abolishing the old system, a large number of old troops who followed Han Qian and made great contributions still loyally gave up the military rewards they would receive after capturing Jinling and followed Han Qian back to Xuzhou. Han Qian rewarded them with fields.
, or reward slaves and soldiers so that they can grow into emerging aristocratic families in Xuzhou?
If this is really the case, with such a shortage of population resources, where can Xuzhou obtain the large amount of labor needed to develop its manufacturing industry?
In order to ensure that there is enough labor force that can be freely hired, Xuzhou will not only abolish the old system, but also further protect the rights and interests of women on the basis of the current relatively open social atmosphere; after all, 90% of the cotton textile manufacturing that currently creates the largest profits for Xuzhou
All the above workers are female workers.
Once the old system is followed and a large number of elite soldiers become private soldiers of emerging families, how can Xuzhou continue to implement the recruitment system to solve the remaining problems of the private military system?
The old system of slaves and maidservants was completely abolished, and Han Qian returned thousands of slaves and maidservants under his own name to their freedom. However, Han Qian's authority in Xuzhou would not be weakened, and could even be further strengthened.
Although the direct personal attachments to the tribes loyal to Han Qian have been lifted, most of the elites are either incorporated into Xuzhou's military and political system, or into the Industrial and Construction Bureau and the Official Money Bureau, and will continue to serve through these two systems.
Han Qian.
More importantly, these elites, who have made outstanding contributions, want to transform themselves into good people and give them official status. What's more, doing so will also make Han Qian more efficient and thorough in exercising power in Xuzhou.
As for the rewards for old meritorious officials, apart from granting positions within the two systems, Han Qian also allocated capital from the Industrial and Construction Bureau and the Official Money Bureau. He no longer rewarded money, silk or land as in the traditional way.
Not to mention rewarding slaves.
The current total arable land in Xuzhou is only two million acres.
Although in the early days, each person was only given a symbolic reward of three to five hundred acres of farmland, which would not account for a large amount of the total cultivated land in Xuzhou, once the fields became the standard and symbol of the status and identity of the new rich, Han Qian also
We cannot stop everyone’s impulse and pursuit to buy land.
Han Laoshan did not understand these principles, but felt that Han Qian was too wasteful to dissolve such a large family business.
Of course, there are also many old people who don't understand, but the vast majority of the old people are newly rising to the bottom. Even Lin Haizheng, Gao Shao, Tian Cheng and others have not had good days for a long time. Basically, they have benefited from this new deal.
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Apart from the strong emotional reluctance to "cut off" the relationship with the Han family, the vast majority of people do not have any other resistance.
If it were delayed for three to five years, until new aristocratic families emerged in Xuzhou, and then such a new system was implemented, it might have more or less unpredictable negative effects.
On his way back to Xuzhou, Feng Liao already knew the content of Han Qian's newly issued governor's order. Although it only had more than a hundred words, it could be said that all aspects involved touched every corner of Xuzhou.
Feng Liao, Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng, Zhou Chu, Feng Xuan, Chen Jitang, Ji Xiyao, Zhao Qi and others also fully discussed the new decree on the way.
Of course, whether what they were thinking was consistent with Han Qian's original intention, as well as how to further promote the New Deal in the future, and how to make new adjustments to the military and political system in Xuzhou, we will only know after meeting with Han Qian.
Feng Liao also listened patiently to Han Laoshan's complaints. After Han Laoshan calmed down and left quite satisfied, he rushed over to see Han Qian.
