my relatives are a bit much

Chapter 1224
In serious history, the first emperor Yingzheng was the one who abolished slavery. After unifying the Central Plains, he changed slavery to feudalism and centralized power at the same time.

In The Romance of the Gods, King Zhou of Shang also had the idea of ​​centralizing power. Unfortunately, he was charmed by Daji and did many inhumane things, but failed in anything.

But one thing is certain, King Zhou of Shang had no idea of ​​abolishing slavery.

This is a big killer move.

On the day Yun Haodong abolished slavery, the luck of the Great Merchant Imperial Court soared five times out of thin air.

Think about it too, how many nobles are there?

Slaves and ordinary people are the group with the largest population base. The abolition of slavery only harms the interests of the nobles, and it is a great charity for the people of the whole world.

Because, they no longer have to worry about being defeated in military service and being demoted to slavery, and they don’t have to worry about being eliminated as civilians and being reduced to slaves if they make some mistakes.

Even some corrupt officials think this is a good thing.

If too many corrupt officials are discovered, the entire family will often be implicated, and all men, women, and children in the family will be demoted as slaves!

On the night when the decree was promulgated, a group of court ministers came to Wen Taishi's home overnight...

"Master Wen, Your Majesty's rash abolition of slavery has caused an uproar. If we don't handle it well, the nobles in Chaoge and the princes may riot at any time!"

Shang Rong, Minister of Rites and Music, said worriedly.

He did not have the idea of ​​being reluctant to be a master and take charge of slaves. On the contrary, he believed that the decree issued by His Majesty would benefit the world, but he took too many steps and easily caused riots.

Many nobles are nobles because they control many slaves and fields. They only need to give them a bite to eat, and they can grow and sell food and accumulate wealth.

But now that His Majesty has just come to power and wants them to release the slaves, who will plant the tens of thousands of acres of land in the family?
Hire someone?
How much does this cost!

The dissatisfaction of the nobles and businessmen was entirely related to interests.

"Now that His Majesty's decree has been issued, there is no way to take it back. Those of us who are ministers can only find ways to quell the riots and restore peace to the world."

Wen Taishi, as the Jiejiao Immortal, inherited the concept of the equality of all living beings from the Master Tongtian, and from the very beginning, he could not understand the slavery system, but the abolition of slavery cannot be decided by a minister.

Even if he is in a high position, it is difficult to facilitate this matter.

Now that His Majesty has personally issued a government order, Wen Zhong will naturally not go against it. What he wants to do most now is to pick out a few thorns, so that those who oppose the benevolent government can see some of Wen's methods.

"Wen Taishi, although we have a lot of troops, the eight hundred princes and the nobles of various countries also have a lot of troops. Your Majesty's abolition of slavery is to cut off their roots. Maybe we just put out the fire, and there is another It's on fire."

Zishou's uncle and cousin Fei Zhong persuaded him: "Taishi, I think this decree should not directly affect the eight hundred vassal states, but carry out reforms in Chaoge, deal with it here, and spread the decree outward. Introduce sweeping reform the way frogs are boiled in boiling water."

Wen Zhong shook his head and said: "Although this plan is good, your Majesty cannot wait, otherwise he would not announce the abolition of slavery with great fanfare."

"This……"

Bigan, who has a seven-orifice and exquisite heart, can naturally see that His Majesty, without the patience of Xu Xu, directly announces the abolition of slavery, and wants to prescribe strong medicine for a serious illness.

Shang Rong, Fei Zhong and other ministers pondered for a while, but they couldn't come up with a complete solution.

Without any choice.

They can only follow Grand Master Wen's idea, try their best to put out the fire for His Majesty, and deal with those thorns that are singled out to incite the nobles to rebel.

Actually.

After killing a few thorns and thoroughly implementing the policy of abolishing slavery, it became more difficult for the nobles to raise troops to start trouble. It became more and more difficult day by day.

Because the soldiers of the nobles are also members of the general public, the abolition of slavery is also beneficial to them. They followed the master's family to oppose the decree before, but they did not see the decree implemented.

However, when the decree was implemented, seeing the slaves with their own eyes, restoring their status as civilians, obtaining a piece of wasteland and improved seeds, as well as agricultural tools such as hoes and hatchets, and even daily necessities such as food and cloth, no one would follow suit to rebel.

Rebellion is about to be beheaded!
On Chaoge's side, calm soon returned.

When the news that the slaves here were living a good life spread to the eight hundred princely states, those princes and nobles realized firsthand what suffering was.

Rebel!
Your Majesty is a humane emperor, who has proved the existence of sanctification. No matter how many people they gather, it is impossible to overthrow Yun Haodong's rule, and it will only bring about the disaster of extermination.

If there is no rebellion and the loss of cheap slaves, the property of nobles and princes will shrink severely in the future.

After weighing the pros and cons.

The leader of the eight hundred princes, Jiang Hengchu took the initiative to accept the decree and chose to surrender...

Then, Chonghou Hu, E Chongyu and other princes chose to submit, but Ji Chang, who is good at divination and wins people's hearts with benevolent government, never announced the liberation of slaves. Instead, he collected slaves wantonly and gained freedom. Food, how much money do you have to build a house and buy clothes, starve to death, freeze to death in thatched huts?

The examples here are both true and false. It has to be said that it is a drawback.

But Ji Chang deliberately ignored that the vast majority of slaves were freed and lived a good life.

……

Chaoge, Imperial Palace.

After finishing the government affairs, Yun Haodong lay down on the chair for a while.

The gentle and virtuous Empress Jiang held a cup of hot tea and handed it to the man. Then she walked behind her and patted the man's back: "Your Majesty, are you still worried about Xiqi?"

"Ji Chang shouldn't be so short-sighted. He can't see the benefits of abolishing slavery. I suspect that he is going against his tune. Maybe someone is forcing him behind his back." The internal conflicts of the Holy Court of Humanity created by Yun Haodong have not yet been resolved, and the eight hundred princes are doing their own thing. However, the great unification has not been completely formed. Once someone is secretly playing tricks, if you want to unify, you have to wait until after the conferred gods.

He was in no hurry.

It's just that knowing that there is a sage secretly playing tricks, but still pretending not to see it, causing Fengshen to explode completely, I feel a little uncomfortable.

It's just that Yun Haodong's main purpose in doing this is to let the gods return to their place, eliminate the catastrophe between heaven and earth, and let Taiqing, Yuanshi and other saints stop staring at the world, so that they can continue to develop the great business and expand the territory.

Fighting with Xiqi is purely internal friction.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Hou may not be able to help himself."

Empress Jiang has been Yun Haodong's bedside person for many years. She is beautiful and intelligent, and she has heard many things Yun Haodong said, so she can guess some of them.

"do not care."

Yun Haodong put down his teacup, stood up and faced Queen Jiang, and said with a smirk, "Queen, who do you want to serve the King with tonight?"

Empress Jiang blushed and said coquettishly, "Your Majesty, you are always so unreasonable, so I don't want to serve you with my two younger sisters."

Yun Haodong grabbed Empress Jiang's jade hand and said with a smile: "Well, let Huang Fei and Yang Fei come together tonight, and the three of you will serve me together."

"Your Majesty~~"

Queen Jiang stomped her feet angrily.

He clearly said he didn't want to, but His Majesty still wants the two younger sisters to come together, which is ridiculous.

(End of this chapter)