Li Shimin is very satisfied today. Although Li Ke's proposal seems to have little relevance, from Li Shimin's perspective, he certainly knows that this is a great restriction on the family. As we all know, although Shang is at the top of the social class, At the bottom, but the aristocratic families control most of the business.
There are really not many merchant families that are completely independent. To a certain extent, if all wealthy families are like Wei Zheng, and the poor rely on Li Shimin's rewards to maintain the expenses of their mansions, their influence will be reduced. Is it as big as it is today?
Of course, we may face another problem by then, and that is corruption, but to be honest, corruption is easier to solve than the current situation.
Because corruption is illegal, if the court wants to investigate or the emperor wants to kill him, there will always be an excuse. But what about the current wealthy families? It is true that there is no corruption, but why the hell do people need to be corrupt if they are making money openly?
And with more money, a wealthy family can naturally influence many people.
Therefore, Li Ke's approach can be regarded as weakening the power of the powerful family in disguise.
"You said it." Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.
"For the record, my father, the hidden social dangers mentioned by my son just now are only one of them, there is also another one." Li Ke said seriously.
"Is it related to this too?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked.
"It can be said to be related. The second issue is the issue of unregistered households." Li Ke said.
Unregistered household? Everyone was startled. Your Highness the King of Shu is just...not going to court. He will cause trouble as soon as he goes to court!
"Throughout the ages, all ministers should know that China is not the only country that is so big. There are also many countries in other places. In addition to the large-scale slaves in our country during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the slavery system has been abolished for many years. But in fact In our Tang Dynasty, some people are still equivalent to slaves."
“And this group of people, I believe everyone knows, is unregistered households.”
"Although the official name of the Tang Dynasty is Unregistered Households, to some extent they are all slaves. However, I feel that as an accomplished monarch, as a talented person, and aspiring to become the common master of the world, Khan, you should try to avoid making your subjects slaves."
"Of course, changing the existence of a system cannot be accomplished in a short time, but I think that in the name of law, we can prohibit the birth of certain non-registered households, such as those who sell their bodies or their children. . Because it’s easy to breed too much crime here.”
"For example, situations like forcing good girls into prostitution, robbing common people's daughters without success, setting traps for the people, using money to make the people unable to survive, and having to sell their children and daughters, were common in the Tang Dynasty and common in the previous dynasties. If the father is willing to let people go Check, there are a large number of similar cases."
"And if there are too many of these people, it will inevitably affect the stability of the Tang Dynasty."
"In Erchen's expectation, there should be only two types of non-registered households in the Tang Dynasty. One is the Kunlun slaves sold to the Tang Dynasty by Hu merchants, slaves from the Western Regions, Hu Ji, Silla maids, Bodhisattvas, and the official There are two types of unregistered households that are condemned, and the people of the Tang Dynasty should not fall into this abyss."
"Throughout the ages, countless slaves have been abused to death by their masters in all dynasties and generations. Many of these slaves were sold since childhood, and they had no choice. What did they do wrong?"
"Although there are relevant legal provisions in the Law of the Tang Dynasty, the master cannot execute these slaves at will, but the restrictions are too loose, and it is too easy for a master to find an excuse."
"Therefore, I feel that as a prosperous Tang Dynasty with thousands of nations coming to court and awe-inspiring in the world, it should not be so demanding on its own people!" Li Ke said loudly.
Li Shimin's expression froze. He was so happy just now, but this time he was so confused. If you want to completely solve the problem of non-registered households... the scope of involvement will be even greater! Not just wealthy families, but which wealthy family in the world doesn’t have a few servants? Of course, the two types of non-registered households that Li Ke said are allowed to exist are still a minority in Datang.
Most of the slaves came from the common people of the Tang Dynasty.
Kunlun slaves are black people, but most of the Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty are not from Africa, but from Indonesian and Indian native black people in later generations. The caste system in India was created after the white Aryans invaded India. The top class The Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas are the Aryans.
As untouchables, Putharas are the indigenous residents of India. Among these four major classes, there is also a kind of Dalit, that is, untouchables. Untouchables are not considered human beings at all in the current Harsha Dynasty. These people are the natives of the Indian continent. A kind of indigenous black man. His skin is almost the same as that of a black man, but he is shorter and smaller.
This population also exists in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian archipelagos. After being discovered by Hu merchants in the Middle East, they began to sell them to Datang.
At present, the place where most Kunlun slaves exist is Guangzhou. Of course, some Kunlun slaves come from Africa. There is a good difference between those from Africa and those from India. Black people from Africa are generally tall and very popular in the Tang Dynasty, because Africa in this era It is difficult for black people to survive. It is still a primitive society. Although working for the master in the Tang Dynasty was tiring, it was much better than the primitive tribes.
Therefore, black Africans at this time in the Tang Dynasty were very hard-working types.
On the contrary, black people from Southeast Asia and India have poor health and are very lazy.
The slaves from the Western Regions came from the defeated Turks and the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, and the Silla maids came from the Silla Kingdom on the Korean Peninsula. As a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, Silla had too many women who could not survive or wanted to come to the Tang Dynasty and become Residents of the Kingdom of Heaven came to the Tang Dynasty to work as slaves.
In the eyes of the Silla people, it was better to be a slave in the Tang Dynasty than in Silla. After the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, women from Goguryeo were also called Silla maids in the Tang Dynasty.
The source of Orchid is similar to that of slaves from the Western Regions, but the singers mainly come from Middle Eastern countries such as Persia and Dashi. They were paid tribute by Hu merchants and are also very popular.
The last kind of Bodhisattva Man, Bodhisattva Man was later the name of the word brand, but the source of Bodhisattva Man is the Tang Dynasty. Its inspiration is the female barbarian country, a small country in the western region of the Tang Dynasty. Li Ke always thought that the female barbarian country was a legend in later generations, but in fact It proves that some things are not groundless. The Female Barbarian Kingdom really existed in the Tang Dynasty. It was not big and was still in the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions further west.
And... they are indeed beauties.
The envoys from the Numan Kingdom who visited the Tang Dynasty were all very beautiful women. They felt different from Hu Ji. From Li Ke's point of view, they looked more like the beauties from Ukraine in later generations, and their styles were very similar to those of today. The shape of Bodhisattva in Buddhism that flourished in the Tang Dynasty was understandable by everyone, so we got the name Bodhisattva Man.
Anyway, Li Ke thought it was pretty good-looking. Everyone was at the level of Nazhareba, and the Bodhisattva Man was also very famous in the Tang Dynasty.
The official slave will not go into details. Li Ke's suggestion made all the officials silent for a moment.
You know, even a relatively honest minister like Wei Zheng has servants at home.
"Your Highness, King of Shu, I have a question." Fang Xuanling suddenly stood up.
