Facing Zhu Bai's reply, Old Zhu was undoubtedly overjoyed.
Now that the Ming Dynasty had just been established, even after 20 years of development, there were still a lot of things to do. The trauma that the entire Mengyuan had caused to China was too serious. It was not only a problem of population, but also problems in various aspects.
For example, farmland.
For example, precious metals.
When Meng Yuan fled north, he had taken away almost half of China's precious metals.
Currently, China was extremely short of precious metals.
Now that Zhu Bai was able to provide it, there was nothing more surprising than this to Old Zhu.
But this is not the end of the story
"Imperial Father, your son still has something to report!”
Zhu Bai's sonorous voice immediately attracted many gazes.
The gazes of the ministers gathered on Zhu Bai, their thoughts fluctuating.
"What do you think?"
Old Zhu seemed very happy at this moment. He directly spoke up to Zhu Bai's words.
"Imperial Father, your son feels that our Great Ming system needs to be changed a little to adapt to the future situation.”
Zhu Bai's vigorous voice resounded throughout the hall.
The moment they got out of the car, everyone's gazes were a little stunned.
"Oh?"
"What kind of system?"
Old Zhu frowned and asked in confusion.
"Imperial Father, our Great Ming has a small population now. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the people to use their strength alone, so I request Imperial Father to allow the people to raise slaves.”
His words were sonorous.
However, this immediately caused an uproar among the officials.
"No!"
"Your Majesty, you must not do this!”
"Your Highness King Qiong's words might shake the foundation of the country.”
Feng Jianzheng quickly said.
"Lord Feng, the slaves I am talking about are not the people of Ming Dynasty, but the barbarians around us. The barbarians invaded China and worked for China. This is a natural and justified time, so why not?”
Looking at the censor in front of him, Zhu Bai frowned.
"Your Highness King Qiong, what you said might be true, but as time passes, the people of my Ming Dynasty will probably fall into this slavery. The rich will have their fields connected, while the poor will have no place to stand, and there will be no peace. This will shake the foundation of the country.”
Feng Jian continued.
"Imperial Father, every dynasty is like this when they reach the end of the world. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of commoners sold their children and even themselves. What is the difference between them and slaves? If Imperial Father can forcefully forbid the sale of people from the Great Ming Kingdom, violators will be severely punished.”
"Imperial Father, everyone, look at my plan before discussing it.”
Faced with Feng Jian's rebuttal, Zhu Bai directly bowed to Old Zhu. As he spoke, he took out a memorial in his hand.
Since he was prepared to open Da Ming's slave trade, he was naturally fully prepared.
He looked at the memorial Zhu Bai took out.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao quickly stepped forward and took the memorial before presenting it.
Old Zhu opened it.
Then, he started reading.
The entire hall fell silent at this moment.
Old Zhu frowned slightly.
Then, his pupils constricted, and a smile appeared.
A moment later, Old Zhu handed the memorial to Zhu Biao.
"Crown Prince, take a look too!"
He spoke.
"Yes, sir!"
Zhu Biao was puzzled as he received Zhu Bai's memorial.
Soon, Zhu Biao couldn't help but raise his head to look at Zhu Bai.
He quickly retracted it.
A moment later.
The crown prince finished reading.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
The memorial then turned to the important minister.
An hour later.
Everyone finished reading it.
Everyone's heart was in turmoil. These officials would occasionally cast their gazes onto Zhu Bai, their expressions even having a strange expression.
"Everyone, you've already finished watching, right?”
"Let's discuss it!"
Old Zhu said.
"Your Majesty, I think this method might work.”
"Now, as King Qiong said, the people are destitute and the barbarians slaves are enough to improve our Ming Dynasty and educate the barbarians.”
Feng Jian glanced at Zhu Bai and spoke first.
"I agree!"
Then, another minister seconded.
And seeing these people's reactions, the corners of Zhu Bai's mouth revealed a smile.
Slave trade was most useful to the gentry and the lords, as well as the princes and ministers.
When he completed the system, most of the existences would not oppose him.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness King Qiong's plan is not feasible.”
"How do we differentiate the commoners of Great Ming from the barbarians? How do we ensure that the commoners of Great Ming will not be enslaved?”
As Zhou Guanzheng spoke, countless people turned their eyes to him with an unfriendly expression.
However, Zhou Guanzheng did not care about this at all.
When the censor heard about this matter, he had offended many people.
"Lord Zhou, you can rest assured. From now on, the people of my Ming Dynasty are not allowed to be slaves. All slaves must be registered as Qi Min, and other than the surrounding barbarians, no more slaves can be added.”
As he spoke, he naturally thought about Zhou Guanzheng's question.
Fortunately, it was Da Ming now.
The current Da Ming had a household registration system.
Moreover, it was the strictest household registration system in history.
Every single person had been registered.
At this moment, he only needed to add a slave.
Looking at Da Ming's strict management of household registration, it was almost impossible for there to be a problem.
In addition, it was enough to set up a system to ensure the interests of the people of Ming Dynasty.
"Your Highness, what if you are now a servant or even a tenant?”
Someone could not help but speak again.
"This is naturally easy to handle. Servants and tenants are no longer master and servant, but contracts.”
"No one is allowed to disobey. Violators will be banished!”
He explained.
The content of his words made everyone shiver.
"It seems that everyone has no objections!”
"How about this, everyone discuss it and give us a complete reply in three days!”
Seeing everyone's reaction, Old Zhu spoke.
"Yes, sir!"
"Yes, sir!"
Voices echoed.
This time, the Grand Court Meeting had also come to an end.
The officials slowly retreated, and everyone couldn't help but glance at Zhu Bai.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao pondered for a moment before walking over.
"Twelfth brother, you are too reckless!”
Crown Prince Zhu Biao spoke with a five-year-old voice. Even he was shocked by the scene just now. If he didn't do it well, his twelfth brother would be in big trouble.
"Thank you for your concern, Big Brother.”
Zhu Bai said with a smile.
Just as he had said, everything before him was within his expectations. There would not be any accidents.
"Hey, you!"
Zhu Biao sighed and said helplessly.
"By the way, Twelfth Brother, how did you obtain so much wealth in Qiongzhou Prefecture?”
As he spoke helplessly, Zhu Biao seemed to have thought of something and asked curiously.
"Big brother, you might not know this, but the sea isn't a completely desolate place. There are countless treasures there, and it depends on whether you can dig them out.”
Zhu Bai explained with a smile.
The two brothers chatted as they walked out of the hall.
And the ministers quickly fell into Zhu Bai's discussion.
Slaves.
Slaves had always existed in China since ancient times.
However, after entering Great Qin, the nominal slaves had disappeared.
In theory, there were no slaves.
Although it still existed in reality, the concept of slavery was now being presented once again in name. Even if Zhu Bai had a complete strategy, they had no choice but to be cautious.
As for denying it.
Almost no one present wanted to deny it.
Everyone present was a landlord.
There was no doubt about the usefulness of slaves.
Tenants, servants, if they were killed, or if it was too serious, they had to be responsible.
But slaves didn't need it.
One could imagine its value.
What they needed to do now was to see if there were any other problems with Zhu Bai's strategy.
And it was naturally impossible to say that Zhu Bai's strategy was completely flawless.
In fact, there were still many problems, but for the current Great Ming Dynasty, there were no problems. This was because this was almost a copy of the slave trade in the Great Voyage Era. The only difference was that it added protection for the people of the country.
Time slowly passed.
Three days later, the court meeting was held as scheduled.
As the ministers discussed.
With Zhu Bai's perfection, this policy was completely formed.
The slave recovered once again.
However, Chinese citizens were not allowed to become slaves. If they did, they would be fined or banished.
At the same time, all slaves, who are currently free Japanese, will be registered as slaves.
Moreover, foreign barbarians can be incorporated into the slave register.
Slave registration required the approval of the governor at the prefecture level.
If there is any mistake, the administrative commissioner will be responsible.
This was an extremely strict law. This was also the main reason why Old Zhu wanted to prevent people from turning the people of Ming Dynasty into slaves.
Both Old Zhu and the officials were extremely cautious about this.
It was the beginning of the founding of the country. Even though most of these ministers would fight for their own interests, they still had the heart to serve the world.
He should be considered more cautious.
At this moment.
Zhu Bai's arrival in the capital had temporarily completed all his plans.
Next, it was time to prepare for the return trip.
As for the currency system, it was not the time to discuss it with Old Zhu.
Zhu Bai was prepared to wait for another two years, when the precious metals in Great Ming's territory had reached a certain level, then it would truly be perfect.
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