Chapter 36: Corrupt Service
"We have been living outside the border for a long time and are in good health." Yu Wenshe photographed his chest and was obviously very confident in his physical fitness.
"Okay, that's good, I won't worry!" Sima Ji, who was smiling, was so hypocritical. Now he was healthy, it would not mean that he was healthy in the future. It was a matter of time. As soon as he changed his subject, he asked these Xianbei nobles, "The slaves he bought have nothing to do with it."
"Don't worry, Your Highness!" Duan Wuchen lowered his voice, reached out and gestured for a cut gesture, and said in a sinister manner, "We lead our troops north to kill all the chiefs and nobles of the Gobi tribes. All those who are gray-haired and unable to work are killed, leaving only the middle-aged men and women and children. These are the slaves His Highness needs, and there will be no future troubles."
These Xianbei people speak so badly. What is slave? It is called slaves. Can this king buy tenants and slaves? It is simply a disgrace to have a gentleman, and it is called exchange of high-quality property. Sima Ji directly forgot the saying that there is no harm without buying or selling.
But after talking about these Xianbei people, they don’t understand. What can they do if they understand?
To be honest, are these horses and oxen sold to Youzhou really produced by these four Xianbei tribes and hard-working herding? Maybe it is the property of these slaughtered small tribe herders.
Although he, the King of Yan, is a very heinous crime, but are the nobles of the four Xianbei tribes, all the executioners with blood stained with their hands? Sima Ji wanted to expand the number of households to reclaim wasteland and expand production. The four Xianbei tribes needed food, tea, salt and cloth, so no one could say, they were all two ends of a chain of interests.
"Remember Yan! Record Tong Jiang. After the market is over, they will send these new slaves to the new villages and towns." Sima Ji ordered the two officials who followed. The subtle meaning was to stuff the new tenants in the same batch when the Baojia system broke up the original villages, and the two things were implemented at the same time. "By the way, those who dare to slaughter oxen privately will have two years of labor service. Only when oxen dies can they be treated as meat!"
In agricultural society, oxen plowing is much more important than humans. In all dynasties, cattle are more important than humans. China is still light. If it is in the territory of San Ge, it is possible to kill it on the spot.
Yan Yan and Tong Jiang bowed and stepped down with a deep understanding. The King of Yan remembered what he wanted at any time and then decided to be a labor service. Both of them were used to it. It was not surprising at all. As for the thing called belts of His Royal Highness, the ones, were made of yellow leather, they all regarded it as if they had not seen it.
Sima Ji touched a scalper. This group of animals living on the Mongolian Plateau was good, and they all endured hardships.
The mutual market was a joyful thing. Sima Ji got oxen tenants, horses, furs, and the Xianbei people got salt, grain, cloth, etc. In his opinion, this was much more fairer than the trade of the Silk Road, because the exchanges between the two sides were consumables. Unlike the Silk Road, Rome in the west and China in the east did not make any profit, and they raised fat and strong states in the middle.
Consumables mean that they can be made infinitely, such as silk as consumables. The porcelain developed by the development is also considered. Unfortunately, the porcelain of the Jin Dynasty is not as bright and beautiful as later generations. Otherwise, how could he think about the fist products for a long time, and what he finally thought of was the Five Stones that made Sima Ji die.
He has not studied porcelain, but he can slowly experiment on how to fire it in the future. If there are too many failures, he can always find the rules. He will make porcelain a charming appearance in later generations, but at this stage, he still needs to internationalize Wushisan.
"A animal like a cow is just eating grass. Is there a great burden? As long as the tenants work harder, the ownership will belong to the tenants when they have a calf. But there is another point. No matter who owns the ownership, the oxen who slaughtered the oxen will be labor service. This will not change. Whoever dares to kill a cow, I am very fair. The oxen who slaughtered the oxen will do the work of oxen."
"Your Highness, agriculture is related to the foundation of the country, and the subordinates agree with your highness. But is this corvee labor? Is there a little more recent punishment for corvee labor?" Feng Ji, the chief clerk, wanted to speak, but stopped, "The country was enthroned as His Highness's private territory, but this is always the case, which may cause criticism."
"However, I believe I hope two heroes will come out. When I come to the restaurant, I will open my mouth and have two kilograms of roasted beef." Sima Ji sneered, "The cell in Jicheng is a bit small. This time, the corvee service is also an important purpose, which is to rebuild a large area and the conditions must be better than the original cell. After all, I treat all the people equally. The original cell conditions are too poor. I will die for a long time. I don't want the prisoners who have not committed serious crimes to be physically damaged. They want to live, working while waiting for one day to regain their freedom."
The purpose of punishment is not to lock people up to death. Even if you have to die, you will finish your work before you die.
"Your Highness really loves the people as much as his son, and is so tolerant to prisoners." Feng Ji nodded and bowed back, as if he remembered something again, "But this also requires a righteous person to supervise the punishment, the court guard."
"I really need a cool... well, a good lieutenant." Sima Ji held back the word "正" and said deeply, "But we can look for it slowly. Haste is not enough? Now I don't lack time."
Being promoted from a county lieutenant, no matter who you are looking for, you can't find aristocrats. Sima Ji doesn't really believe in the great talents who were evaluated by the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system.
"In this trade, there were more than 1,300 oxen, more than 1,750 slaves, and other horses, furs, and medicinal materials. Your Highness, among which the unmarried women were already selected by Miss Qiaoxi, and the young and beautiful people entered the Yan Prince's Mansion. The rest were divided into one household according to the relationship between husband and wife, and all were broken up and resettled in each county." After Feng Ji left, Yan Yan suddenly appeared like a ghost and reported in detail.
He sent him to the Prince of Yan's Mansion again? Sima Ji grinned secretly. He now felt that the Prince of Yan's Mansion was strong enough and the yang was weak. He should find a way to clear the female relatives of the Prince of Yan's Mansion. These female relatives could not fight, so it would be better to let them go and have children. However, I would like to wait until the corvee service is issued before talking about it. His Highness of Yan still has a lot of things.
After a year of autumn harvest, the people of Yan State could finally breathe a sigh of relief and liberate their tired bodies and live a good life. Of course, Sima Ji, who had left a mile from the city, did not know that after the trade, the Xianbei nobles left for a few days, and in the past few days, they returned the benefits from the trade to some shops in Jicheng, and then left with satisfaction.
Sima Ji kept waving to the Xianbei nobles who were walking farther and farther away, his eyes full of melancholy and reluctance, like a brothel looking at the moon on his door. Where can I find such a good deal? Until the team disappeared from my eyes, a generation of wise king completed the performance and turned around and said coldly, "Let the slaves and tenants rest for a few days first, and a week later, and the corvee service is levied. Let the governor Xu come to his mansion for a trip. I will discuss with him."
Chapter completed!