Cheng Yaojin put the wooden box with the cigar and the lighter in his pocket without hesitation.
In fact, the others also wanted to, but they were not as thick-skinned as Cheng Yaojin.
Hence, they looked at each other.
Li Shimin was amused, so he waved his hand and said,"Don't stand on ceremony, everyone take one."”
Hearing Li Shiming's words, everyone's movements were not slow, and they directly put their own into their pockets.
"How is it? Shouldn't everyone thank Old Cheng? How could His Majesty be stingy?" Cheng Yaojin said proudly.
Heh…Black lines appeared on everyone's forehead. F * ck, this guy's skin was too thick.
" Get lost, get lost!" Li Shi Min scolded with a smile.
" Ha, ha…" Cheng Yaojin didn't care about Li Shiming's attitude at all and swaggered out.
Li Shiming was in a good mood, and anyone could see it.
"Second brother, why are you so happy today?”Empress Zhangsun asked Li Shimin as he came to the Hall of Political Affairs.
"Guess."
"…" Empress Zhangsun was speechless and shook her head." I can't guess."”
"Haha…Guanyin Maid, after discussing with Wuji and Xuan Ling today, we have decided to abolish slavery. The Great Tang will ban the trade of human beings from now on.”Li Shi Min was very proud of himself.
Empress Zhangsun was shocked when she heard that.
Li Shimin saw Empress Zhangsun like this and was even more proud. Aren't you shocked?"
Empress Zhangsun nodded numbly. She couldn't accept it at the moment, although she knew Li Shiming's thoughts very well as the person who slept beside her.
However, it was still difficult for her to believe that it could be done after she really abolished her slavery status.
"It is indeed hard to imagine why they would agree.”
Li Shiming squinted his eyes," Of course they will agree, because they will have greater benefits, but it's hard to say for others."”
"Others?"
"Yes, the reason why these ministers agreed today is because Zhen has decided to let their family's caravan go to Dunhuang.”
"Even if they lose their own Yongye Field, the caravan can make up for it.”
As for the others, would Li Shi Min be afraid?
Of course, Li Shi Min wasn't afraid, but he was having a headache. He didn't care about the aristocratic families, but those officials with titles were a bit difficult to deal with.
After all, they had also contributed to the war back then.
Fortunately, those who had truly contributed would have their own fiefdoms, so it wasn't a big problem.
However, those orphans and widows really needed to be taken care of. The father of the man had already died in battle, and the removal of his slavery status would affect his future life. That was indeed disappointing.
Fortunately, there weren't too many of them. When the time came, he would ask the Royal Industries Company to help take care of them.
Empress Zhangsun also knew that the situation here was not so easy to resolve." Second Brother, how will their fields be farmed after the servants become free people?”
"I don't know." Li Shi Min shrugged.
Empress Zhangsun suddenly sat up straight and widened her eyes in surprise." You don't know? This…"
Empress Zhangsun didn't understand. Although she didn't know how to solve it, since Li Shimin had removed his slave status, there should be a solution.
"Guanyin maidservant, I really don't know. This contradiction cannot be reconciled.”
"Think about it. In the past, after deducting the necessary expenses of the servants and the taxes they paid, they could probably keep about 45%.”
"How many do you think are suitable for them to stay? If it was like before, those who had been released from slavery would go to open up their own wasteland. This would be tax-free for three years.”
"Do you think they would be willing to stay if there were less? Thus, they can only depend on themselves. I don't know what they will choose.”
"If that's the case, will something happen?”Empress Zhangsun was very worried. After all, this was cutting off a person's source of income.
Li Shiming's aura turned cold." What's the situation? What could happen? Before issuing the decree, arrange the army in place. I want to see what can happen.”
It was the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, and the only people who had servants were the big landowners and officials.
There was no need to worry about the officials. They could just use the assessment. If they did not support the new policy, they could just dismiss them. In the end, they still had to implement the new policy.
"Actually, the first thing we should do is deal with those women in the brothels and the Education Department.”
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