Bai Fan's face turned red, not knowing whether it was because of embarrassment or being angry by this proportion, and murmured: "What, why? The court doesn't care? What does it mean to be a slave? Don't you know?"

Perhaps most of the people present were from aristocratic origins, and only Du Ruhui and Yuchi Gong were grassroots. Although Du Ruhui's ancestors also served as officials, Old Du suffered and hungry in Dujiazhuang when he was young.

People from aristocratic origin, not to mention whether they have the awareness of opposing slaves, the identity position alone makes them unable to stand up and oppose it. At this time, Lao Du came out to speak up for justice because he had a long time with Bai Fan and explained it in detail. Under normal circumstances, no one would publicly promote this matter, after all, it was not a glorious thing.

"Jianzhi, are the slaves you know still people like Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties that are no different from livestock?

If it is that kind, then there is basically no Tang Dynasty today, at least I dare not have it on the surface.

What I call slaves is called slaves in the Tang Dynasty!”

Bai Fan suddenly woke up, "Slave? Could it be the so-called slave of the maid and slave Qu?"

Yes! It must be this. I should have thought of it long ago. Uncle Seven suggested that he buy some slaves and come to see his home. He also told him about some maids and slaves. He didn't care much. He always thought that he was just poor and had no choice but to sell his children and daughters. Now it seems that it is far from that simple. Bai Fan was secretly annoyed.

Du Ruhui smiled bitterly and said, "The Maid Worker's Slave Song, what a Maid Worker's Slave Song."

"Yes, you might think that putting slaves on the same position as these three has improved their identity.

Haha, in fact, this statement is not so incisive, but it is a secret sarcasm that these four identities are all slaves.

The maids point to maids and maids in public, but how many maids and maids have entered the mansion with work status? How can maids with work status make the master completely relieved? In fact, they refer to maids who sell themselves as slaves.

Workers are not the great craftsmen in your academy, but referring to the private craftsmen that each family has, called slave laborers. Most of these people are forced to make a living and sold as slaves.

Slave is a general term for slaves and servants.

Qu refers to the division, which implies private soldiers and even retainers.

All four types have been labeled as slaves. Why? No matter why these people have fallen to this point, they now have no personal freedom and all rights. Everything is firmly controlled by the master. In essence, what is different from slaves? It’s just that the aristocrats’ methods of enslaving them are more hidden, or they are covered with a layer of human nature. Alas…”

Speaking of this, Du Ruhui sighed, could this be that society is progressing and human nature is falling?

Li Er coughed lightly and said, "Keming, I'm talking about the source of these people."

Du Ruhui looked up and smiled slightly. He already understood that he had indeed gone too far, but so what? Since he had to say it, then it would be better to explain it thoroughly at once.

Bai Fan knew it clearly and snorted coldly, saying that if the largest noble and largest slave owner of the Tang Dynasty were probably the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how many eunuchs were there in the palace maids and eunuchs? A rough calculation was 20,000, not to mention the serfs who were farming for the emperor outside.

Lao Du is really good. In order to solve his own doubts, he dared to face and expose the emperor's scandal. This is Lao Du, and he will never worry about His Majesty's small book.

"You just said that the court knew this and why didn't it interfere?

That's because 80% of their origins are from the court."

"How is that possible?"

"Nothing is impossible, and it is completely in line with the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

You should know that slaves are divided into official slaves and private slaves. The source of official slaves is the battlefield captives, corrupt officials commit crimes and confiscate homes and exterminate family members, etc. If they are caught, they will be regarded as official slaves. This number accounts for a huge part of the Tang Dynasty, a country that just broke out from the troubled times. Because the heroes emerged at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they were known as the 18th rebels and thirty-sixth smoke and dust, and everyone is our enemy.

Therefore, the current source of slaves in the Tang Dynasty is 80% of them all official slaves.

The hundreds of thousands of barbarians who worked in mining from the grassland were not included, but were official slaves who did not sell them to the Tang Dynasty.

Normal officials and slaves can be bought and sold in slave markets, with documents and protected by the Tang Dynasty. These officials and slaves can not only be bought by nobles, but also wealthier civilians can buy them as guards or servants. You can tell from your appearance that you must have never been to slave markets.

The name of Marquis Renyi in Lantian is everywhere, and there is no maid or servant in the family. Even Wu Yingwei, who protects the family, can set up their own homes and go to watch the door for you, just like we come to the court to work. If the people want to work the most, where do they want to work?

I'm afraid half of the people will answer to go to the court to be an official, and half of them will answer to go to the Lantian Marquis Mansion to serve, which shows how generous the treatment you give is.

In addition to the official slaves mentioned above, there are also private slaves. These are all caused by major disasters or troubled times, or by themselves. There are also a small number of human traffickers who can only be sold as slaves in order to survive. Not to mention the freedom of human rights, life and death will be controlled by the master's family from now on.

This is a slave!

My words today do not mean to be despised. As the Minister of the Civil Affairs Department of the Tang Dynasty, I feel sad for the fact that there are slaves in the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention that 10% of the people are slaves now, even if a slave appears in the Tang Dynasty, I feel ashamed.

In my eyes, they are all a group of people in the Tang Dynasty who struggled to survive. It is the incompetence of me, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who is unable to save them and get reborn.

Back then, you protected all the women who sold their brothels in the world alone. Such a heroic spirit is admirable. Lao Du, I even envied you even more. You thought in my heart that even if I have the ability of you, I am afraid I would not dare to stand up and shout a bold statement to the enslaved person who has no freedom in the world. Du Ruhui, a certain family, is incompetent!"

Du Ruhui said that he was angry, and the regret on his face was beyond words. Tears flashed in his eyes. Bai Fan looked and found that Lao Du's temperament seemed to be different at this time, and a strong sense of righteousness was lingering in his body. Unlike the Confucian righteousness, Lao Du's righteousness was even more vast, or more tolerant. This was not only a change in his mentality of compassion for the world, but also a responsibility for the people of the world as a country.

Du Ruhui, who has what he says today, is worthy of the reputation of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty!

"Well said it, I am not as good as Keming!

If you talk about responsibility, I am the emperor, and these people are all the people of the Tang Dynasty. The first person who should be ashamed of is not Keming you, but me, the emperor, the emperor, and the people's parents of food and clothing.

I also promised Jian Zhi that I would build a peerless Tang Dynasty where everyone has clothes, food, and learning, but if there is less than this total of the people on the road to prosperity, it would be my dereliction of duty.

If Jian Yiren dares to stand up and be the amulet for the women of the miserable brothel, then I, the emperor, will be the amulet for the slave class of the Tang Dynasty."

Everyone present was convinced by Du Ruhui's righteousness and nodded in praise, but everyone still had different ideas. People were selfish. Are there completely selfless people? Yes, but how many people can there be in a dynasty? So Li Erbaifan and others praised him and even decided to make a change. However, not many of these Li Er's confidant civil and military officials came out to express their opinions, and no one was willing to make a first choice.

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