Compared with the benefits brought by the slaves, a little extra cost is added, as long as this cost is within a controllable range, Li Chao believes that in the end, these people are still willing to accept it.
Besides, Li Chao didn't plan to be too ruthless as soon as he came.
"The court can give some compensation to these slave owners, for example, for every slave who enters the good world, the court will give their original owner a compensation."
Li Shimin was not happy when he heard it, after these slaves entered the good world, the imperial court had to give them land and land, and now why should they be compensated for their original owners Although I am an emperor, I am also a poor emperor.
"Your Majesty, there is an old saying that the wool still comes from the sheep, so don't worry."
"Tell me about it."
Li Shimin stopped screaming.
"That's right, after the slaves themselves have saved enough money for redemption, they pay money to the slave owners to redeem their free bodies under the witness of the government, and then the government registers them as good people.
After this procedure was completed, the government paid a sum of money to the slave owners. ” Li Shimin opened his mouth, but finally held back, he wanted to hear how Li Chao was round.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, although this compensation is issued by the government, it can be regarded as an advance at most.
In the end, the slaves themselves had to pay for the money. ” The prince couldn't help it.
"How can slaves be rich" "Slaves really don't have money, so ah, the imperial court, we have to settle these slaves.
Or, send it to various mining workshops to earn wages.
They had to pay a part of the wages they earned to the court every month, and the money they paid was used to offset the compensation they had advanced. ” "But why should the slaves pay this compensation, they have already paid the ransom money?"
Li Chao sighed.
This thing seems to be unfair to slaves, but there is no absolutely fair thing in the world, slave owners have to pay the minimum wage to slaves, and they have to accept that slaves have money to redeem themselves and leave, they must have losses.
Giving the slave owners a sum of compensation can be regarded as appeasing them, and it is not enough to rely on the pressure of the imperial court alone.
But this compensation can't be made by the imperial court.
Then, of course, in the end, it was transferred to the slaves.
But the slaves had no money.
Therefore, the imperial court will pay it in advance first, and then slowly recover it in installments later.
"After the slaves were ransomed, they were free to choose whether to go to the workshop, to the mines, or to the frontier farms.
The imperial court can also lend them a settling-in fee first, so that they can settle down after they come out. ” Li Chao still hoped that these freed slaves would go to the frontier to reclaim the wasteland, and first work in the collective farms set up by the imperial court, and be regarded as workers and receive wages.
However, they had to withhold the settling-in expenses they borrowed from the imperial court and the compensation they gave to the slave owners.
When they pay off the money, then the court can give them land in the frontier, after all, at this time, these former slaves have also adapted to the new life.
Later, they became yeoman farmers in the frontier of the imperial court, farming fields and collecting grain, and even serving Yao and miscellaneous servants for the imperial court, etc., and the imperial court had more strength.
"Would the slaves be willing?"
asked Cheng Qian.
Will the slaves be unwillingLi Chao asked rhetorically.
Although it seems that they are quite at a loss, they have to bear a debt if they get freedom, and they don't have much freedom, so they have to emigrate.
But in any case, compared to being a slave in the past, Li Chao believes that they will definitely be more willing to accept this new life.
Even if you come out with debts, you can work in the workshops, mines, and farms of the imperial court for a few years, and you will almost be able to pay them off.
For the rest of their lives, they will be truly free people, and they will have the fields distributed to them by the imperial court Not only will they become free people, but they will also become yeoman farmers with property and land, they can marry good women, and when they have children, they can study, they can become government soldiers, and they can even participate in the imperial examination and enter the official career.
For a slave, such a life is simply a dream, and it is too late to be happy.
And for the imperial court, it doesn't hurt either.
There are more people who reclaim the barren land in the frontier, and there are more people who pay taxes and grain, and the treasury is more abundant.
Even the compensation paid in advance and the settling-in allowance borrowed in advance were eventually recovered with interest.
Even earn some interest money.
The only people who might be unhappy were the slave owners.
"A ransom and a compensation payment alone may not appease them."
"Then give them some benefits, such as exemption from import duties for slaves purchased from abroad, and at the same time give them a slave import subsidy, how about it?"
Li Shimin's eyes rolled, "Will this subsidy be counted on the slaves in the future?"
"If Your Majesty is willing to pay for them, then it will be the same."
"Then it's better to count them on, freedom, it's not without a price."
Li Shimin said.
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Li Chao nodded, the emperor's words are very reasonable, freedom has to be fought for by yourself, freedom is precious.
Whether it is Li Shimin or Li Chao, they will not give these slaves freedom for no reason, and they have to pay the price.
Li Shimin admits that Li Chao has a unique charm, and he always has a reason to convince others.
He has now been persuaded by Li Chao that this slave freedom law is indeed beneficial to the imperial court, and he can even reap the name of mercy.
Slaves are free, so it is nothing to give the untouchables a chance to spend money to improve their status.
As long as you have money, you can be good at it, regardless of whether you are a prostitute or a happy household, a soap clerk, a merchant, or something.
"After being good, he is not allowed to participate in the government soldiers, participate in the imperial examination, or be an official, but his descendants are no longer restricted."
After Li Shimin thought about it, he still added a restriction.
In ancient times, most of the people who were born into the lowly nationality were hereditary.
And the earliest are often criminals.
No matter what kind of big crime is committed, it is not easy to make a family member a lowly member.
Becoming a lowly person and starting a lowly business is something that cannot be changed from generation to generation.
Now Li Chao persuaded him that the hereditary restriction of lowly status and lowly karma was not beneficial to the imperial court.
In that case, why do you still want to be obsessed with change?
Give these people a chance to change, and the court can collect some money by the way.
The general direction has been set.
As for the minimum wage for slaves, the amount of redemption and compensation, the cost of import subsidies for slaves, the amount of settlement fees for slaves, and the fees for the improvement of untouchable status, these are all details.
The specifics are just left to the following to discuss, and there is no need for Li Chao and the emperor and the prince to sit here and talk about everything in detail.
"Wen Yuan, let's see if there is any way to open up some financial resources for the imperial court and increase some financial revenue."
Li Shimin still remembers this matter.
"Your Majesty, it's not that there is no way, but it may not be a good solution."
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