"Xia He, Dong Mei, Fu Quan, Fu Wang, you are all here..."
Zhu Jingyuan looked at the four people in front of him and felt that his head was a little big.
Xia He and Dongmei are the maids in their mother's room, and Fuquan and Fuwang are the male servants in their own home:
"Does my father and mother concubine want to set an example and confiscate their own servants and send them to emigrate?"
Fuquan and Fuwang didn't dare to talk nonsense. Liang Yunying's two maids were very familiar with Zhu Jingyuan. Dongmei smiled and nodded and said:
"Your Majesty, that's what Your Majesty and Your Majesty meant. Your Majesty also said that anyway, the two of us brought our maids here to serve as His Majesty's servants, so it's not a loss at all."
Zhu Jingyuan was speechless. His parents felt that it was not a loss, and the maids like Dongmei must also feel that it was not a loss.
As a young maid in the mistress's room, the best outcome is not to serve the mistress for the rest of her life.
Instead, she becomes a concubine after the master takes over the house, or gives it to the young master in the family to be a maid in the house, and finally becomes the young master's concubine...
If the relationship between the master and the young master is not very good, or the young master is not very favored, then it is definitely better to follow the master.
But Zhu Jingyuan was his parents' pet peeve, so it would definitely be better to follow this younger young master.
What's more, the identity of the young master Zhu Jingyuan is so special. He is now the richest vassal prince and prince in the Ming Dynasty.
If, like Chunxiang and Qiuyue, you can be taken over by His Highness in the future, you will have accumulated good deeds in your previous life.
She will soon become the richest talented person in the Dashi vassal state, a noble lady like Jieyu, and she will have the opportunity to become a talented person in the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Chunxiang and Qiuyue in Zhu Jingyuan's room originally entered the house together with Xia He and Dongmei.
After the four people received education and training, Xia He and Dong Mei stayed with Liang Yunying.
Chunxiang and Qiuyue entered Zhu Jingyuan's room directly.
Xia He and Dong Mei have actually always felt regretful, but they just didn't dare to show it.
Now, inexplicably, they were suddenly given to Zhu Jingyuan together. For the two maids, it was simply a blessing from heaven.
The two brothers Fuwang and Fuquan were slightly different in mood from Xia He, but they were both very lucky.
As male servants, the two of them were unable to follow Zhu Jianyan into the "imperial palace" after he moved into the palace.
The final result is basically given to the adult prince, or to the emperor to take care of the palace before he ascends the throne.
Although the treatment and conditions should be good, relatively speaking, following Zhu Jingyuan is obviously the best result.
The reason is simple: Zhu Jingyuan is the most favored, the richest, and the most powerful.
"You go and rest first, Xia He and Dongmei. You follow Chunxiang, Fuquan and you two brothers to find Guanzhen Mansion. I will talk to you in detail tomorrow."
Zhu Jingyuan ordered the two servants who reported the report to go to rest, and he opened the autographed letter from his parents that they brought.
Then Zhu Jingyuan’s head got even bigger.
Didn't my parents send two maids, Xia He and Dongmei, and two male servants, Fuquan and Fuwang?
Instead, he sent a large group of similar people.
Zhu Jingyuan knew that his father had sent most of the servants at home.
Fuquan and Fuwang were responsible for delivering the message. Xia He and Dongmei were familiar with him and would definitely help his mother deliver the message.
Others are not qualified to come directly to see you.
Only my brothers were kept there, and a very few who were serving their brothers were taken away from their houses and used as concubines.
Most of the other male and female servants were sent over.
And they're still not all.
They were only sent by their own parents, and there were also people sent by others.
Most of the slave immigrants in this first ship were officials who took the initiative to set an example. The princes and nobles were forced by the emperor to set an example and were slaves confiscated from their respective homes.
The situation was the same as at home. Except for a very small number of women who were urgently taken in as concubines, the others were all sent in batches.
In order to get them to cooperate, his father also instructed the Ministry of Household Affairs to specially impose regulations.
As an example, those who voluntarily surrender their slaves and use them as hired laborers will have extra concubines for their children.
The more you pay, the more concubines you can take.
Of course, this quota can first be selected by your own slaves.
But they can only be Korean maids, Japanese maids, South Vietnamese, Siamese, and Burmese.
If you do not have any slaves from these five tribes, but you have paid a large number of slaves from other tribes, you can apply to the court to assign girls from other tribes from other tribes as concubines.
Children born to women from the five tribes can directly obtain the status of Ming people, but are not eligible to inherit the family title.
This is obviously a huge exception.
Handing over slaves in exchange for a concubine quota is a huge attraction for many people who are not qualified to take concubines.
It is also obvious that a batch of newborns with Ming identity will be directly added.
In Zhu Jingyuan's opinion, this is completely treating these servants as objects, and they can be fucking replaced.
This was taken for granted by the indigenous powerful.
What his father did... In Zhu Jingyuan's opinion, it was just a comment, which was too simple and crude.
But the effect is also obvious.
As long as his policy can be truly and completely implemented, it will be more stable than the abolition of slavery that he supports.
The fundamental purpose of supporting the abolition of slavery is certainly not out of pity for slaves and the desire to grant freedom.
I just took pictures of America's racial problems in my previous life, and tried every means to eliminate the foundation of this problem in advance.
All the land in the cultural circle of the Ming Dynasty will be completely included in the Ming Dynasty as the core territory of the country.
Zhu Jingyuan has the experience of later generations and knows that with the continuous advancement of industrialization, the level of civilization and enlightenment of ordinary people in society will continue to increase, and their moral standards will also continue to increase.
In addition, industrial development requires workers, and people with interests may rely on or even actively promote this trend, which in turn forces the court to abolish slavery from the bottom up and turn the local slaves of the Ming Dynasty into free people.
But by that time, the liberated slaves of various ethnic groups may have formed their own ethnic identity, and at the same time they also brought with them the common memory of ethnic groups that they were once slaves, and even their ancestors were sold as slaves into the Ming Dynasty.
Coupled with the moral level of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, after entering civilized society, they may feel pity or even guilt for their former slaves, and then accommodate the descendants of liberated slaves in society and policy.
In this way, these slaves and their descendants will always retain their own ethnic identity, constantly seek benefits and refuse to fully integrate into the Ming Dynasty, and in turn will become a source of instability and a burden for the development of the Ming Dynasty.
The life of a Korean maid is also a life, and the life of a Japanese maid is also a life...
These are the results that Zhu Jingyuan has shown in his previous life in the United States. Of course, he must find ways to prevent them.
Zhu Jingyuan's plan was to abolish the slaves before the moral level of ordinary people entered civilized society, before the slaves' self-ethnic identity was established and their memories were formed, and to completely absorb their entire ethnic group into the scope of the Ming Dynasty people, thereby avoiding this outcome.
And his father's choice was to drive these people out directly and move to Mozhou and Yinzhou.
According to other sources, his father is promoting a complete change of cages and birds around the Ming Dynasty.
Completely remove all the indigenous people born to the Ho tribe, Koreans, South Vietnamese, Siamese, and Burmese.
At the same time, he has to melt them in Mozhou and Yinzhou to become another mixed Ming cultural group.
This is a civilized version of what the Angsa gang did in Beiyinzhou, integrated with what he plans to do.
The final result should be more thorough, and there is a high probability that it will not leave too many consequences.
It’s just that the amount and difficulty of the project are relatively high.
After Zhu Jingyuan read the letter and considered the differences between his father's plans and his own, he began to worry about the placement of these people.
Many of these slaves once had a very high standard of living, and their original status was not comparable to that of ordinary people.
Especially some of them are close relatives of the royal family and even servants of the royal family.
It is impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to accept everyone as his slaves. Most of them will definitely be sent to factories as workers.
Can these people work honestly?
It’s time for me to go to Yinzhou after the Chinese New Year, so I’ll do this for myself now.
"Wait, uh... Yinzhou's situation may be more complicated. There may be Yinzhous in Mozhou..."
After worrying for a while, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly realized:
"Even if I go to Mo Continent, I still have to deal with similar things. Because of their reputation as abolitionists, these people don't dare to bring their slaves to Mo Continent, so they can only go to Yin Continent to use them."
Zhu Jingyuan also knew that there were actually many kinds of slaves.
Dongmei and Fuquan are servants who serve people at home.
There are also slave workers working in factories and serfs working on farms.
There were also slaves for the entertainment of the rich and wealthy.
At the same time, among all types of slaves, there may be people engaged in slave reproduction.
South Carolina and North Carolina in Yinzhou were originally a colony.
However, the internal composition of the north and the south is completely different. The north is a slave farm that is officially operated.
The south is a slave manor used by British nobles for entertainment and vacation. The slaves here are for entertainment.
Entertainment on every level.
The current king of England, the third son of George III, and later William IV, set up a slave manor in Yinzhou.
In the eyes of North Carolinians, the aristocrats of South Carolina were a complete waste of the means of production.
The two parties couldn't get along at all, so they separated later.
The Americans in Yinzhou were doing this kind of thing, and the businessmen in Ming Dynasty were also doing it.
At the same time, the bandit suppression in Nanyinzhou continued, and the Napoleonic War also reached a critical juncture.
Exploration in Panama also continued, as did large-scale official settlement construction.
The situation on Mozhou's side is relatively simple, while Yinzhou's situation is truly a chaotic dance of demons.
Compared with the complicated situation in Yinzhou, the Ming Dynasty and the Western and Western countries in Mozhou each took charge of their own affairs. The process of exploring and conquering the indigenous people and building colonies from the east and west sides inward can even be called harmony.
Even though I am in Mozhou now, I am actually separated from the colonies of various countries in Europe and America by an entire continent, so it is basically impossible to have direct contact with them.
There is only the Atlantic Ocean, which is not particularly wide, between Yinzhou and the colonies of other countries in the west of Mozhou.
There are mature traditional routes between the two sides, and trade and exchanges between the two sides have never been interrupted and are quite close.
So after I arrived in Yinzhou, I had to deal with the colonies of various countries in Thailand and Spain in Mozhou.
Zhu Jingyuan put down the letters from his parents, and after thinking about it for a long time, he asked two staff members, Lin Zexu and Niu Jian, to be called.
Zhu Jingyuan briefly talked about the situation of this boat of immigrants, and then continued to explain his thoughts:
"We are all leaving here after the new year, and we cannot leave a mess here, so we must come up with an arrangement plan.
“My current idea is to deal with it in different categories.
“The resettlement solutions we can provide are divided into several relatively clear categories.
“Workers, farmers, soldiers, wives and concubines, actresses.
“They were allowed to make their own choices and then dispersed to various factory areas.
"We haven't considered many details yet. The two gentlemen can go over the details together."
After hearing this, Lin Zexu said with some uncertainty:
"Your Highness, do you mean to give them all their freedom?"
Zhu Jingyuan nodded directly:
"Yes."
Lin Zexu immediately asked:
"Many of these people come from wealthy families, and most of them will not be satisfied with the five identities.
"If they are resentful, they may deliberately disobey discipline and even sabotage production, so we have to guard against it."
Zhu Jingyuan said directly:
“Those who disobey discipline can be dealt with according to regulations.
"But one can do one, two cannot do three. If you disobey discipline three times, you will be confiscated and become a slave.
“Those who destroy production tools and materials will be directly confiscated and made into slaves.
“The men were converted into forced slave labor, most of the women were also converted into forced slave labor, and a small number were transferred to the Jiaofang Department.
"Forced slave laborers are under the direct jurisdiction of the royal palace. Those who disobey and disrupt are subject to military corporal punishment, and severe cases may be executed."
Lin Zexu began to think, and Niu Jian said hesitantly:
"Your Highness, according to your own opinion, your plan is a bit... simple and crude?"
Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly and said:
"Yes, it's a bit simple and crude, but in this case, it has to be a little more simple and crude.
“I think the vast majority of slaves should be willing to live a normal life here after gaining freedom.
“The living conditions here are actually very good, and the future is promising.
"Under such circumstances, there should be only a very small number of people who still harbor resentment and dissatisfaction.
“And some of these people may be more stubborn, and some may choose to endure the destruction.
“Our officials, scribes, shopkeepers, and managers cannot waste too much time on them.
"If they really want to die, let them go back to being the lowest slaves and use them to their death.
"It's best to deal with this kind of thing a few times before we leave to set a precedent for subsequent successors."
Niu Jian and Lin Zexu felt that Zhu Jingyuan had considered it more thoroughly, and they both agreed with Zhu Jingyuan's plan.
So the three of them continued to discuss the details, and Zhu Jingyuan made his ideas as clear as possible.
Then let the two people sort it out and form a standard, and at the same time arrange people to implement it as soon as possible.
