Chapter 425 Abolition of Slavery
After Feng Quji finished speaking, Ying Zheng said: "After the Imperial Master appeared, the lives of the people of Great Qin became better and better.
The Imperial Master told me last time that the world is very big. Not only is it very big, but many places are currently ownerless.
One of them was a place very close to the Qin Dynasty, with a small population, and the life of primitive people was worse than that of the mountain people in Baiyue.
Do you want to occupy the place you mentioned? "
"Going." A general said first.
"Go." Another general said.
"Go."
"Go."
Immediately afterwards, both military generals and civil servants asked to go and occupy that place.
The place Ying Zheng mentioned was Japan. At this time, the people of Japan were still living in primitive society.
If Xu Fu hadn't arrived in Japan by accident, allowing Japan to possess Great Qin's technology and create a country, I'm afraid it would be a fool's errand for them to catch up with China. Read the book
Even if they had Great Qin's technology, it would still take them two thousand years to catch up with China.
Now that the sea-going ship has been built, Ying Zheng is now 100% sure of transporting troops to Japan.
In this case, the first thing the First Emperor wanted to solve was Japan, which would commit unforgivable crimes against China two thousand years later.
Make them a part of China in advance, and then they will not cause any harm to China two thousand years later.
"good."
Ying Zheng was very relieved and happy to see all the officials working together.
"Meng Wu."
"I'm here." Meng Wu walked out of the team.
Ying Zheng said: "I have obtained the navy's training method from the emperor's master. You can now select 3,000 soldiers with the best water skills from the army and start training the navy.
I give you three months. Can you train a qualified team in three months? "
"Yes, Wei Chen is willing to use the reputation of the Meng family as a guarantee." Meng Wu said.
Everyone gasped, Meng Wu was so awesome, he even used the reputation of the Meng family as a guarantor. This was even more serious when Meng Wu used his own head as a guarantor.
When Meng Wu dies, he dies, but the reputation of the Meng family is gone. Reputation means that he will be despised by the world, which will cause the entire Meng family to be unable to hold its head high.
In ancient times when reputation was greater than life, this was simply more serious than murder.
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "In three months, you will personally take charge and lead a warship to attack Japan. I want you to come back with good news."
"I will never disappoint His Majesty's hope," Meng Wu said.
"Okay." Ying Zheng responded, "You can go down and select soldiers now."
"promise."
After Meng Wu left, Ying Zheng said again: "During Meng Wu's trip, I can clearly tell you that the territory of Great Qin will increase significantly. Therefore, I decided to abolish the slavery system and let the slaves regain their freedom.
Dear friends, do you have any thoughts? "
Ying Zheng's words immediately shocked the officials in the court. The abolition of slavery did not mean that the nobles would lack a lot of labor force.
What would their fields be like without this labor force? There will be no one left to farm.
Although they refused in their hearts, they didn't know what Ying Zheng was thinking, so they didn't dare to act rashly. If they offended the First Emperor, their losses would be greater than that of a few slaves.
But even if they agreed, they couldn't say anything, so the scene was very quiet for a while, very quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
As if he had expected it, Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Since everyone is silent, I will assume that you agree."
"Your Majesty," Feng Quji said, "I agree with your Majesty in abolishing slavery. Originally, these slaves were prisoners of Qi, Chu, Han Yan and other countries or prisoners of the Huns.
Now that the Qin Dynasty has unified the six countries, the slaves of Qi, Chu, Han Yan and other countries have also become
The people of Da Qin should be freed.
But once the Xiongnu prisoners are released, wouldn't it cause trouble in the Qin Dynasty? Even if they harm a common person in the Qin Dynasty, it will not be a good thing for us.
Therefore, Wei Chen agrees that your majesty will return the slaves of the six countries to freedom. As for the people from other countries, it is better to let them continue to be slaves and help the construction of Great Qin.
The Emperor once said that there is a new continent where there are many black-skinned people. They are docile and easy to rule. Some countries like these people the most and capture them as slaves.
This kind of thing seems to have happened for a long time, hundreds of years.
Since Da Qin is so short of population now, we can capture people from other countries and become slaves. "
After hearing this, Fu Zikang and others came out one after another to express their agreement with Feng Quji's statement.
Feng Quji was very proud for a moment.
"Your Majesty," Li Si said, "What Mr. Feng said makes some sense, but it is not entirely correct."
"Prime Minister Li." Fu Zikang said, "You said there is something wrong with Prime Minister Feng, then tell me, what is wrong?"
Li Si said: "After the Six Kingdoms were unified by the Great Qin, the people of the Six Kingdoms became the people of the Great Qin. After Japan was occupied by the Great Qin, the people of Japan will also become the people of the Great Qin.
After the Xiongnu were occupied by the Qin Dynasty, they should also be the Xiongnu people.
Since everyone is a citizen of Da Qin, why do we still have slaves? "
"What about giving people what the gentleman said?" Feng Quji said.
Hearing this, Li Si felt that this matter was indeed troublesome. According to what Qing An said, at some point in the future, black people will indeed be the slaves that all countries are vying to get.
Because black people can be called the gentlest slaves in history, slaves who will not resist no matter how you squeeze them.
Who doesn't like such a slave.
So when Feng Quji talked about black people, Li Si didn't know how to answer for a while.
Li Si said: "Your Majesty, although the imperial master himself said the matter about the black people, none of us know what the final outcome will be. Therefore, we first abolish the slaves of the common people in Da Qin and return them to freedom.
Anyway, there is a lot of wasteland in Da Qin. We can give these wastelands to these free slaves to dig pits, give them grain, farm tools, and at the same time give them some money and houses. "
"Li Xiang, are you crazy?" Fu Zikang couldn't help but exclaimed.
Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "Fu Zikang."
Fu Zikang was shocked and knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he immediately explained: "Your Majesty, I am really shocked.
Even if Li Xiang gave land to slaves, he also gave houses and money. This is something that Wei Chen really can't understand. "
"How can you, who only knows how to grab buckles, know my intentions?" Li Si said, "Your Majesty, I am doing this for the Qin Dynasty, for the imperial court, and for your Majesty."
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Tell me in detail."
"No." Li Si responded, "Your Majesty, after you returned the freedom of the slaves, they had no money, no food, no place to live, and even no clothing.
Under such circumstances, even if they are free, can they live long? "
