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    The prohibition of human trafficking is seen as a shocking thing by everyone in Jianchang, especially women. If there are no sons, the ownership of the widow will fall into the hands of the clan. At that time, it will be completely legal for the clan to sell her to passing traders;  As for parents selling their children, and masters selling their slaves, it is perfectly natural.  Therefore, after hearing He Daoning's words, people in Jianchang showed doubts on their faces. This not only violated customary law, but even violated morality.

    "Of course a person with a good reputation cannot be sold. Just like a scholar who has passed the examination as a scholar, can his parents sell him? Now the Sichuan People's Congress has the same reputation as a scholar, the same scholar, or the same power as a scholar." He Daoning  I know why Feng Shuangli doesn't believe it.  Before he implemented Deng Ming's plan, he would have thought that this kind of law was ridiculous, but the resistance around the ban on human trafficking was not very great around Chengdu Prefecture.  According to traditional customs, the ownership of all captives and immigrants belonged to Deng Ming. Since the Sichuan Admiral firmly gave up his rights, there was no need for others to object.

    As for the auxiliary troops obtained from the Qingcheng faction such as Liu Yao and Yang Youcai, Deng Ming's consistent method was to redeem them, which was also the case later in the transaction with Jianchang; starting two years ago, if any of Yuan Zongdi's combat troops or auxiliary troops fled,  In Chengdu, the imperial government no longer repatriated, but also provided compensation. On this issue, He Daoning's method was a redemption mixed with a "fortress policy": as long as one Wanxian person fled to the border of Syria  Within a short period of time, the imperial government would compensate Yuan Zongdi for 30 shi of grain, purchase the right to hunt this person from Wanxian County, and then let the escaped slave pay the ransom fee in installments to gain the title of fellow scholar; and as long as he did not escape,  Even if he is only one step away from entering Xuzhou and is captured and severely punished by the Wanxian army in front of the imperial sentries, the imperial soldiers will never help him.  The area from Wanxian to Xuzhou was a gray area, where Yuan Zongdi's men could pursue deserters without interference.

    The redemption eased the conflict between the fugitives Wanxian and the imperial government. The imperial government and the Imperial Council passed this decree to recognize Yuan Zongdi's ownership of Wanxian's military garrison, and also provided Wanxian's rights on the border of Xuzhou Prefecture.  Set up outposts to help.  But if a military slave could hide on a ship, escape Yuan Zongdi's inspection, avoid the pursuit of his army, and successfully sneak into Xuzhou, it would obviously be Yuan's army's dereliction of duty, and Xichuan does not bear the main responsibility.

    Therefore, the biggest difficulty still lies with the children. This bill could not be passed after many discussions in the House of Representatives, because most members feel that this is a serious infringement of parents¡¯ property rights, which makes all law-abiding citizens with children and property very dissatisfied.

    ¡°The law prohibiting the sale of children and infant drowning within the empire may be passed in two years, and the trial may begin in the capital this year.¡± He Daoning told the people in Jianchang.  In the end, the principle of the law is still redemption. The trial draft stipulates that for every baby born in Chengdu Prefecture in the future, regardless of male or female, the imperial government will pay a compensation to his parents, indicating that he has purchased part of the person's ownership in one go.  Military service is part of the repayment.  Since the imperial government has become a shareholder of this baby, of course any act of selling or harming that person infringes upon the government's rights and constitutes a crime due to breach of contract.

    Although it sounds incredible, through He Daoning's explanation, Feng Shuangli also realized that the imperial government was trying to eliminate all personal dependence relationships - it did not even tolerate the dependence of children on their parents, so how could it tolerate the relationship between a lord and a servant?  It sounds like this is also a continuation of Deng's prohibition on renting and tenancy relationships. Here, everyone's chain of loyalty is directly linked to the country, not to a specific person.

    "In this case, Feng Shuangli also thought about selling the auxiliary troops to the Imperial Parliament and the government, so as to avoid being toasted and fined.  But Feng Shuangli had a very large number of privates. For example, in the first agreement signed between Deng Ming and Feng Shuangli, 20,000 Jianchang soldiers were assigned to Feng Shuangli. Although some of them were distributed to his subordinates by Feng Shuangli, he also received some.  The new military households now have more than 13,000 men, and together with their families, there are tens of thousands of people.

    "Although it hasn't been counted yet, the number of men and able-bodied women will not be less than 20,000, right? If each person is compensated with 5,000 yuan, he will need to pay King Qingyang 100 million yuan." He Daoning is not responsible for the specific negotiation and compensation work.  , but he is very clear about the legal provisions, so he can give Feng Shuangli some advice: "In addition, there are also the land, ponds, mines, and weapons workshops of the military camps. Will the Land Court mind if King Qingyang keeps these workshops? King Qingyang will keep them."  You are free to continue the business or sell it. However, if you choose to run the business, you must hire workers and not slave labor. It is illegal to enslave fellow talents. Of course, these laws are only temporary because the emperor went hunting in the south and the Ming Law became invalid.  .¡±

    Although theoretically speaking, Feng Shuangli could legally own domestic slaves after Yongli returned to China, but Feng Shuangli did not intend to put his treasure on it.  First of all, he does not think that Yongli's return to China will be able to revive the Ming Law, and if the Ming Law is revivedThen the legality of the agreement between him and Deng Ming to divide the auxiliary troops also became a problem.

    "I'm afraid it would be too much to ask the Council to come up with so much money all at once, but the Council might be willing to use Jianchang's land to compensate the king." He Daoning also has the same problem. He also has a lot of military slaves, and he has to give up this time.  The ruling power and judicial power of Jianchang, and these councils have to compensate him - Feng Shuangli is theoretically still the leader of the Xiying Qin and Shu system generals who moved to Xiangyang. If they transfer the ruling power of that territory and the judicial power of Jianchang in the future,  When judicial power was transferred to the imperial government, if Feng Shuangli still had influence, he would be able to receive part of the compensation, just like He Zhen's subordinates could also receive part of the compensation, instead of letting He Daoning monopolize all the compensation for Jianchang's governance.

    During the negotiations between He Daoning and the Yuanhui, the two parties initially agreed to privately own the land in Jianchang and compensate He Daoning and He Zhen's generals. After hearing about it, Feng Shuangli asked He Daoning about the details.

    "Besides Juntun, there are still many undeveloped uninhabited areas. There may be gold and silver in the mountains. No one is digging it now, and there may not be the manpower to mine it in the future. The Institute is willing to sell the unowned land in Sichuan Xingdu Division at a low price.  The mountains, forests and lakes are compensated to us and are our private lands." He Daoning replied.  Of course, in these lands, he and his father's generals also forever lost the right to enforce family law.

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    At the end of July, Deng Ming arrived in Xuzhou.

    "Did the Duke come back alive?" After meeting the admiral who helped the Qing Dynasty destroy the Ming army, Yuan Xiang, the prefect of Xuzhou, joked with a smile: "Did the admiral not get up from his nap when he passed by Fengjie?"

    "Why didn't you get up?" Deng Ming replied with a wry smile: "The supervisor's body has become stronger and stronger. The crutch placed next to the desk this time seems to me to be the imperial staff used by Jin Yiwei.  The green bricks on the ground were banging, and they must have been filled with mercury! Fortunately, I was prepared. I entered Kuizhou Fucheng wearing two layers of heavy armor, and also wore an iron mask, with only my eyes exposed. The supervisor was holding a cane while cursing  They circled around me twice and finally had no choice but to let me take care of myself."

    "Has the Duke met General Di and the others?" Not long ago, Jianchang's Xiying passed by Xuzhou by boat, singing loudly and heading towards Kuimen, preparing to go to the Han River Basin to earn glory and wealth for themselves.

    "We met." Deng Ming nodded.  Not only did he have a gathering with the Jianchang generals, he also received documents from Chengdu regarding the redemption of Sichuan Xingdu Division from the He Daoning Group.  The hundreds of thousands of men and women owned by the military camps of Sichuan Xingdusi will become ordinary people. The He Daoning Group will also give up all judicial and administrative rights in Sichuan Xingdusi, and the imperial government will need to pay billions in redemption fees.

    "He Daoning, this kid, will never be able to spend all his money in ten lifetimes." Deng Ming commented.  Because it cannot pay so much money, the court will provide a large area of ??land to compensate He Daoning Group. Among them, He Daoning himself received a large area of ????mountain forests around Jianchang. Deng Ming estimated that there will be rich mineral resources - some mountains will almost certainly contain gold.  Mine, that is, because Sichuan is currently short of manpower, it has no energy to explore and mine.

    Yuan Xiang smiled slightly after hearing this. After hearing about the redemption agreement, he actually envied He Daoning.  Yuan Zongdi has a son. Although they are still very young, Yuan Xiang will definitely not be the heir to the Wanxian Group. Therefore, even if the imperial government redeems Yuan Zongdi's political power in the future, Yuan Xiang will not get much of it.

    "It just cost too much." This was the first time that the imperial government had redeemed all the political power of an allied warlord group. Although Deng Ming felt that the cost was too staggering, he also knew that everything was difficult at the beginning. It would be easy to get things done this time.  It was not easy, so I didn¡¯t haggle over the price but agreed happily: ¡°I hope I can save some money in the future.¡±

    "I'm afraid" After hearing Deng Ming's emotion, Yuan Xiang frowned and did not finish his words.

    Now if Yuan Zongdi is willing to give up his independence, Xuzhou can use his own strength to eat up the Wanxian Group one by one and turn Yuan Zongdi Group into a group of wealthy people in a few years.  If we concentrate the power of all Sichuan and spend ten years of work, we can probably use this model to digest all the warlords in Kuidong as part of the empire.

    But if Deng Ming planned to extend the laws of the empire to every corner of his ruling area, for example, if Deng Ming planned to implement the same laws in the two lakes as those in Sichuan after occupying Huguang, the price he would have to pay would be unimaginably huge.  However, the benefits of eliminating feudal privileges in the territory are also obvious. The mobilization power of Xuzhou may even be higher than that of the southeastern province.  For example, a prefect under Zhao Guozuo would be anxious about how to mobilize thousands of green battalions. Once they were annihilated, it would be difficult to rebuild for several months. This level of military mobilization was simply a piece of cake for Yuan Xiang.

    "One day, the hospital will no longer need to spend money to redeem it, but before that, I will naturally do what I can." Deng Ming comforted Yuan Xiang after hearing him talk about his worries.

    In most casesUntil the day when intellectuals believe that human trafficking and clan rights are unreasonable, there is no need to expect that all feudal power will be abolished with a single order. It will be nothing more than a piece of waste paper.  If huge wealth can be obtained from overseas, it can be used to redeem the rights of compatriots and speed up the modernization process. Otherwise, it can only slowly popularize national education. If he takes the latter path, Deng Ming doubts that he will see that day.

    "Even if you can't cooperate with the British to rob the Spanish gold and silver, the day will come when you don't have to spend money. But then you have to think about preventive measures, lest before that day finally comes, domestic ideas will be in conflict.  A large-scale civil war broke out between the two factions." This worry flashed through Deng Ming's mind.
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