In the study room, candlelight flickered.
Li Xuan raised his head and glanced at Yu Ze, his eyes flashed, and he said softly: "Today's colleagues, there are too many Tubo people. There are too many Tubo people here who are dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty and are always ready to rebel. This is very detrimental to our colleagues in governance. .
Therefore, the ethnic hierarchy of Tubo should still be maintained, but it should be changed to Han people first, Qiang people second, Tuyuhun people third, Tubo people fourth, and slaves fifth. "
Li Xuan decided to preserve the slavery system.
Today's colleagues are all starting from scratch, Li Xuan doesn't need many real slaves, but he needs to have this knife hanging over everyone's head at all times.
Yu Ze nodded in agreement without arguing.
In today's Tang Dynasty, it is not that there are no slaves, they are just people who have officially signed slave contracts with the government.
Without signing a slave contract, he forced himself to be a slave. According to Tang law, he was guilty of the crime of selling people into slavery and was sentenced to death by hanging.
Some people are unlucky enough to take people into slavery and forget to sign the slave contract for a while. If they are bitten by the slaves, they may immediately be wrongly accused and sentenced.
Prisoners on the battlefield, wives, daughters and family members of criminal officials, and refugees without household registration will all become official slaves.
Not to mention, there are many people who can't survive and take the initiative to sell themselves and become slaves of others.
Li Xuan doesn't like slaves, but now in Tongren, a borderland, the existence of slaves is still necessary.
Those city guards who did not deserve to die, and the local Tubo and Tuyuhun people who opposed the government would all be demoted as slaves.
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"Uncle Yu, do you still remember the Tianyin Sect?" After Li Xuan finished speaking, Yu Ze was slightly surprised, then nodded and said, "Why don't you remember?"
"Then do you still remember how we asked the local people to draw a clear line between the Tianyin Sect?" Li Xuan's voice was very soft.
Yu Ze frowned immediately, and then said: "Can this method also be used on the Tubo people?"
You must know that they used the method of blaspheming the Tianyin Goddess to force those Tianyin believers to cut off the connection with the Tianyin Sect themselves.
After all, the vast majority of Tianyin believers are just superficial believers, so they can easily cut off contact, but now the Tubo people do not believe in Tianyin religion.
They either believe in Bon or Buddhism.
You can't let them blaspheme the Bon gods and Buddhist Buddhas.
Li Xuan saw through what Yu Ze was thinking at a glance, he waved his hand and said: "The relationship between Tianyin Sect and Tianyin followers is one of belief and disbelief.
Tubo, an enemy country, was not a religious country. It was a powerful country composed of upper-class nobles, middle-class nobles, lower-class nobles, civilians, and slaves. "
Speaking of this, Li Xuan said softly: "Uncle Yu, what would happen if a good man killed a seventh-grade Lord in the Tang Dynasty with one sword?"
"The government will catch him, interrogate him about the reason for the murder, and then make a judgment and submit it to the Ministry of Punishment. Finally, His Majesty will hand over the sentence." Yu Ze's face looked a little ugly. He didn't like Li Xuan's example very much.
Li Xuan followed up and said: "What if he is a bad person, coerced, killed, or even Ling Chi, how will the government deal with him?"
"Sentenced to exile for three thousand miles, set off immediately and die halfway." Yu Ze sighed softly.
If he is a good family member, he still has half a chance of survival.
At the very least, it would take several months from the time of judgment to submission to the Ministry of Punishments and finally to the final decision by the emperor himself.
If you are lucky and meet a detective like Di Renjie in Dali Temple, you will have a greater chance of surviving.
But if you are a bad person, even if you are sentenced to death for treason, your family will ask the government not to impose a sentence.
They may even have the government reduce him by one rank and sentence him to exile for three thousand miles.
In the end, he might not even be able to walk three hundred miles, and his family members would snatch him from passers-by and then brutally kill him.
Although the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, it was still cruel.
Li Xuan raised her eyes to look at Yu Ze and said softly: "If a Tubo person is coerced into killing a noble..."
"He will die miserably." Yu Ze sighed. In the Tang Dynasty, only if you have a certain status, you can at least get a relatively fair trial.
But in Tubo, it was a huge taboo for inferior people to kill superior people.
So no matter what the reason is, as long as the inferior people kill the superior people, then there is only death.
After a slight hesitation, Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan worriedly and said, "Your Majesty, if such behavior is known to the court, it will inevitably be impeached."
"Therefore, we do not force, but voluntarily, those who are willing to do it will be granted land and houses; those who are unwilling to do it will be imprisoned and given one meal a day, six cents full, and half the water. I believe he will soon take the initiative to make his own I made a choice." Li Xuan's voice became softer. He had already figured out how to deal with it. It was nothing more than a choice.
"If you don't want to admit that you belong to the people of the Tang Dynasty, then the laws of the Tang Dynasty will naturally not apply to them." Yu Ze thought for a while and filled in the last gap for Li Xuan.
If you are not registered in the Tang Dynasty and are not a Tang person, the laws will naturally be different.
Li Xuan smiled, then shook his head and sighed: "The vast majority of herdsmen are just at the bottom, just following what everyone else says. After a few hungry meals, they wrote a document willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and hung it on the street. Naturally, they were trembling and did not dare to take it easy. Betrayed the Tang Dynasty.
The remaining ones who are unwilling to surrender to the Tang Dynasty are the die-hard elements.
For these people, letting the lower class be stained with the blood of the upper class is enough to break their hearts; if they still don't want to, they will be beheaded. "
Seeing Li Xuan take a step back, Yu Ze cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you are kind."
Li Xuan looked solemn and then said: "Today, there are 30,000 acres of arable land in Tongren, but there are only 600 Han households suitable for arable land.
In total, each household has 20 acres of Yongye farmland and 30 acres of farmland divided into households. However, we cannot divide it completely like this. We need to leave enough room.
Each household has 20 acres of permanent land and 20 acres of farmland divided into households. This leaves more than 6,000 acres, so that if there are people in the future, they can still divide it into 150 households. "
"It still needs to be developed." Yu Ze took a breath and sighed: "My colleagues' cultivated land is not just that. Many of them have been occupied by grassland for many years. Now as long as we continue to develop, there will naturally be more and more cultivated land."
"But you have to be moderate." Li Xuan said with a hint of seriousness on her face: "Now the other ethnic groups of Tongren will also be the people of the Tang Dynasty. They must also ensure that they have enough pasture, cattle and sheep, and taxes. It has to be calculated.”
Yu Ze pondered and said: "Your Majesty, do you think those aristocratic families will not let real refugees come over?"
"As soon as the official document of recruiting people comes out, they will definitely do something." Li Xuan sneered, looked to the southeast, and said softly: "Those of them are naturally predatory. If they see any benefit, they will pounce directly. But they are unwilling to make efforts on their own. How could they not do this, which allows disguised refugees to come in and steal a large amount of land easily?"
"They are not necessarily disguised refugees. They borrow a large amount of money in advance, wait until the refugees get the land, and then use the IOU to take away the land. This is the most difficult thing to prevent, and it is very difficult to trace." Yu Ze's face revealed. A trace of embarrassment.
Today's colleagues rely on people like Yu Ze and He Zhizhang to support them.
Where are the county magistrates, county captains and registrars appointed by the imperial court?
How to conduct inventory if there is insufficient manpower.
"First of all, in the name of the Marshal's Mansion, we issued an official document that Tongren's land will not be bought or sold within ten years. Those aristocratic families and fake refugees will definitely not be able to stay in this way." Li Xuan pondered briefly, and then said: "Every time I come to Tongren, When a common man is granted land, he is asked to sign an oath that all his debts shall not exceed five guan. If there is any falsehood, or if he defrauds officials and private persons to obtain property, he will be considered as a thief, and all property will be confiscated for one year."
Yu Ze pondered every word Li Xuan used, and finally nodded and said: "This method can not only be used on the fields, but can also be used in many other places. In this way, it will be much easier to manage colleagues. ”
"With cattle, sheep and green grass in spring and summer, highland barley and grains in autumn and winter, and irrigated by the Longwu River, the common people can support themselves in one year, tax in two years to supply the needs of the front line, and in three years they can feed the local area. In this way, Uncle Yu can You've been promoted." Li Xuan couldn't help but smile, the scene of spring blossoms spreading out before his eyes.
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"Five years." Yu Ze suddenly looked at Li Xuan worriedly and whispered: "Within five years, can the prince lay a solid foundation for his colleagues?"
Li Xuan nodded gently. As the governor of Xinzhou, it would be difficult for him to change places.
Some people in the royal family of the Tang Dynasty will be transferred to other places immediately after serving as governor; some people, even if they serve four or five terms as governor in a certain place, no one will care about them, such as King Huo and Li Yuan According to regulations, it is already the fourth term to guard Dingzhou.
Li Xuan's future as the governor of Xinzhou will be like this if nothing unexpected happens.
But will there really be no accidents?
A glint flashed in Li Xuan's eyes. Five years, five years from now, Li Zhi should still be in office, but after five years, it's hard to say.
"Also, the Yuan family is here today, so other families will probably send people here soon." Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan worriedly.
Li Xuan waved her hand directly and said: "My colleagues are still on the front line now. Outsiders come empty-handed, and they have to be more than ten people at a time. Other business travelers are not restricted from coming and going, but bulk goods are allowed in but not out.
As for the official position, let brother Jizhen be responsible for the examination, and only those who are successful can stay with the colleagues.
In addition, a letter was sent to Lintao asking the Li family to send talented concubine children who were willing to work as colleagues. They might as well give more posts in the county. "
County government affairs, county magistrates, county lieutenants and other positions need to be assigned by the official department, and various departments need to be appointed by the state government. However, the county magistrate can arrange the middle and lower-level officials in the county.
Although the Li family belongs to the clan, nowadays, unless they are closely related to the royal family, the imperial court would rather support the descendants of the Li family in Lintao's ancestral land than give them any positions, and the vast majority of them are also willing to be treated like this by the imperial court. Only a few young people, sons of common people, who are willing to give it a try will come out.
There won't be many people, but it can be used. The key is that it can show an example and an attitude to other aristocratic families.
The most important thing is that once Empress Wu rebels against the Tang Dynasty, these people will immediately become the most loyal people around Li Xuan.
Yu Ze understood clearly that Li Xuan was using the Li family to bet on the future of other aristocratic families. Anyone who wanted to interfere with Tongren would have to work harder.
Those who are unwilling to contribute and want to reap benefits can just get out.
"Okay, that's it." Yu Ze nodded seriously.
After everything was done, Yu Ze finally raised his head and looked at Li Xuan: "What's going on with Yuan Jiuniang? The Yuan family has deep roots in Hezhou now, and now its tentacles have reached Kuozhou. Since they are interested, why don't they just be lenient? .”
Li Xuan waved her hands impatiently and said, "Let's put it aside for now. The Qingdong incident is just the beginning, and it's far from time to worry about it. In addition, Sanniang is already nine and a half months pregnant. I am pregnant in the past few days, how can I have the mind to think about these messy things now."
Yu Ze was choked back by Li Xuan's words.
After Yuan Jiuniang conspired with her father to assassinate Li Xuan last time, she was directly detained by Li Xuan.
After all, with Yuan Jiuniang here, Li Xuan had evidence that the Yuan family was colluding with Tubo, so the Yuan family worked very hard on the transportation of grain and grass in Kuozhou.
After Tongren captured it, Li Xuan didn't need the Yuan family to do much, so he sent someone to send Yuan Jiuniang back.
But unexpectedly, the Yuan family not only refused, but also gave Yuan Jiuniang to Li Xuan.
Now he is being raised in the deputy general manager's mansion in Hezhou City. Yuan Wei came here with the intention of deepening his relationship with Li Xuan.
But Li Xuan couldn't think of that now. Sanniang was about to give birth, and he couldn't return to Chang'an. He was so upset that he couldn't think of dealing with these things.
I can only leave it alone first.
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Yu Ze left the county government office and finally met Yuan Wei again in a teahouse on the east side of the county government office.
Yuan Wei immediately handed over his hand: "Sir, what about that?"
Yu Ze smiled and said: "The princess is about to give birth, and the prince has no time to worry about it now. Let's wait for this period before we talk about it. The prince will have his own mansion in Tongren, and the princess is unlikely to come. Then it will naturally be an opportunity... However, Kuo Kuo Regarding state matters, the Yuan family still needs to work harder."
"Don't worry, sir." Yuan Wei looked solemn and said with cupped hands: "The Yuan family will fully support the prince."
(End of chapter)
