Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1161 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 85

Of course, Big Fat Orange would see things more clearly than Jiang Xinxin, so he made plans in advance. Since the two of them were going to cooperate, he would not hide it. "The implementation of the land tax and the public consumption tax is going smoothly. Now the abolition of slavery is the one that can cause a big stir."

"I intend to abolish the slavery of musicians, beggars, lazy people, boatmen, hereditary servants, and servants, and make them part of the civilian population."

As the names suggest, Jiang Xinxin didn't need to search Yixiu's memory to understand what kind of people these terms referred to. She knew even more clearly how big a stir this move by Big Fat Orange would cause. "Let's not talk about anything else. Just the issue of hereditary servants, can the emperor withstand the pressure from the Baoyi Banner, the royal family, and even the nobles?"

Jiang Xinxin really found it funny, "The Baoyi are the largest group of servants."

During the Song Dynasty, the death-bond system was abolished, and servants were all hired out. But the situation was very different after the Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty today, the death-bond system is the most common type of slavery. That's why Jiang Xinxin found it funny when she heard Big Fat Ju say that he wanted to abolish the slavery of hereditary servants.

Even as Jiang Xinxin said, all the people in the Baoyi Banner were hereditary servants who served the royal family, especially the Baoyi in the upper three banners. They were directly sent to the Imperial Household Department. It was okay for men, as they always had the opportunity to become officials, but it was different for women. Almost all of them had to go through a minor selection to enter the palace to become maids.

Those with better conditions would be allowed to leave the palace and get married at the age of 25, while those with worse conditions would have to wait until they were 30 years old, or even never be able to leave the palace for the rest of their lives. Even so, they still had to devote themselves to being the next generation of girls in the family.

Before Big Fat Ju issued the decree to allow bondservants to enter the harem, bondservants at least still had room to become concubines, leaving princes or princesses with room to strive for a higher rank.

Now Dapangju has stipulated that boys born to bondservant women have no inheritance rights, and even the bondservant women's status is fixed. Their families must also move out of the Imperial Household Department. This eliminates the possibility of bondservant women causing trouble for the royal family, but it also eliminates their future.

The reason why women of bannermen are noble is that they have to go through a selection, no matter it is a small selection or a large selection, there is always a chance for them to marry into a wealthy family and make huge profits for the family. Therefore, unmarried women of bannermen have a high status at home, and the nobility of Manchu aunts also comes from this.

Big Fat Orange is not a person who retreats when faced with difficulties. He will only face the challenges head-on. "The Queen is overthinking. I must abolish slavery. At most, I will take a step back and let these people take the imperial examinations after three generations."

"As for the Baoyi, Baoyi men are free to take the imperial examinations, but the Manchu clans are ultimately not as good as the Han people in terms of innate advantages, so I want to find more things for them to do so that they don't have time to spare and cause trouble."

This idea is correct, and Jiang Xinxin agrees very much. "Right now, I hope that the Dzungar Khan of my beloved is a man of courage and will simply declare war on our Qing Dynasty. In this way, I wonder how many people will be willing to go to the battlefield and make military achievements."

Big Fat Orange also thought so, and even mobilized the Sticking Rod Office to take action all over Junggar. However, for now, there was no news he wanted. However, he believed in the ability of the Sticking Rod Office he trained. It was only a matter of time before Junggar declared war on the Qing Dynasty.

Even the unrest he anticipated in the Jiangnan and Southeast regions and even Vietnam was an important factor in prompting the Dzungars to go to war.

So at this moment, Jiang Xinxin believed that no matter what the real reason was for Da Pangju to abolish slavery, it was enough that he would definitely abolish slavery, so she didn't mind providing more convenience for Da Pangju: "I heard that in addition to our silk, porcelain and tea, Westerners also like our white sugar."

"They love sugar, and it just so happens that many places in Guangxi and even Yunnan are suitable for growing sugarcane."

The look in Big Fat Orange's eyes when he looked at Jiang Xinxin was not only surprising, but also a little suspicious. "The Queen is more informed than I am."

Jiang Xinxin looked up at the sky in silence, sighed in her heart, and said, "Although I went out to sea just to investigate the situation, I also want to make money. How could I not ask more questions in advance?"

The explanation was enough here, and Jiang Xinxin didn't want to say anything more, but it was not so easy to dispel Big Fat Orange's suspicion.

At the beginning, Yixiu was Dapangju's concubine and the confidant who gave birth to his children. Later, Rouze showed up and Yixiu became the first person sacrificed by him, and the child Yixiu and he had was the second. When Rouze died, Yixiu was just a blood relative owed by Rouze and a symbol of the glory of the Ulanara family.

After Jiang Xinxin came, she was first seen as a lunatic who disrupted many of Da Pangju's plans; then she was the person Da Pangju owed her, and a dangerous person who might cause a big trouble if she was not careful, so he needed to comfort her carefully; later, Nian Shilan was completely suppressed, and Da Pangju's mind became clearer and clearer, so Jiang Xinxin gradually walked towards the opposite side where Da Pangju was on guard.

Now, in Big Fat Orange's eyes, Jiang Xinxin has completely become an ally who needs to be won over.

Fortunately, Jiang Xinxin had no children and had no plans to adopt children from the concubines in the harem. She even took the initiative to distance herself from the Ulanara family and acted as if she had a grudge against them. Otherwise, seeing how skillfully she targeted the children in the Fourteenth Prince's mansion, Big Fat Ju Duan would have planned to kill her.

Of course, she had something to say when it came to Jiang Xinxin's methods against the children in the Fourteenth Prince's mansion. It was because the Queen Mother was a coward that she had to use Honghui to threaten her. If she had asked Jiang Fuhai to go out and move Honghui's grave, the Queen Mother's threat would have only remained verbal at the time. She had to take direct action and would not have used such a roundabout method.

After Big Fat Orange came here, he got what he wanted, but he also completely alienated Jiang Xinxin. From then on, the two of them never had a chance to be a harmonious couple. Even their community of interests was built on the basis of Jiang Xinxin's active submission. Now that Jiang Xinxin has decided on the path she will take in the future, she is too lazy to maintain that little bit of face.

Big Fat Orange is an emperor, an emperor who has the final say in a highly centralized society. In the past, he was willing to give in again and again. On the one hand, Jiang Xinxin was always busy in the harem and did not extend her hands outside the palace. On the other hand, Jiang Xinxin's indifferent attitude towards life and death at the beginning aroused his guilt.

The situation is different now. Jiang Xinxin's hands have completely extended beyond the palace, and she has even dominated the changes in the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia. She is an object that Big Fat Orange must be wary of and must win over.