Alexey scratched his head, because he had never thought about these issues. Whether it was his father or he, they all had the same view on the liberation of the serfs, that is, it would be over after liberation. As for what would happen after liberation?
Anyway, I really didn’t think much about it.
Their templates and formulas for this matter are fixed, and they have never thought that people are not boring data. It is impossible to follow your template for everything. The redemption fee may be 100 rubles for noble gentlemen.
Not many, but for serfs who could only rely on the sky for food and whose production technology and production conditions were simple and backward, it was difficult for them to reach the sky.
There will be natural disasters and man-made disasters, and even people who eat whole grains will not get sick. A disease can destroy a family. What's more, the seemingly reasonable redemption fee standard of 100 rubles, in Li Xiao's opinion, is
Nonsense!
It is 100 rubles for young adults in their twenties and thirties, and it is also 100 rubles for teenagers and old men in their seventies and eighties.
After talking about people, let’s talk about land. Some land is fertile and some is barren. The serf owners will definitely not be willing to give up the most fertile land. In this way, the land allocated to the serfs may not be optimistic. One year
After all the hard work, it is probably just food and clothing. What can people pay for it?
The most ridiculous thing is that Alexei and others have never thought about what to do if the serfs cannot be exchanged. Is deprivation of freedom a serfship or some other punishment?
If freedom is deprived, then the serfdom system will not be eliminated, but will only continue to exist in another form and method. And according to the cunning thoughts of the serf owners, with this excuse, there are a hundred ways to turn the peasants into serfs again.
, what is the meaning of this?
This series of questions made Alexey dizzy. He found that he really thought too little and was too simple. He couldn't solve the two questions that Li Xiao asked casually. For a moment, he was very frustrated and depressed.
"So what I said about the redemption policy to liberate the serfs is nonsense. There shouldn't be too many pitfalls and problems in it. The most important thing is that the serfs simply can't afford so much money! If you want to solve the problem of serfs, you can't use this method.
!”
Alexei asked humbly: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Li Xiao replied: "There must be problems with my method. Let's discuss it together! I think that in order to fundamentally eliminate the serfdom system, we must first restore the serfs' freedom for free. There is no need to redeem their freedom. Everyone's life
And freedom! This is especially crucial!”
Alexei opened his mouth and said: "I can understand it, but those serf owners will definitely not do it. They think it is robbing their private property!"
Li Xiao replied seriously: "This is robbing their private property! In my opinion, people are born free and will never be slaves! Even if we don't mention this, those serfs have served them for generations and have already paid their dues.
The cost of ransom! These iron roosters still want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, where can such a good thing come from!"
Alexei thought about it and agreed with Li Xiao's idea, but he always felt that there would be great resistance to such an approach and that the serf owners would rebel.
Li Xiao laughed and said: "That's why I asked you to do it in Wallachia first! As long as there is a dishonest serf owner here? We have a hundred ways to deal with him!"
Alexey suddenly felt dumbfounded. He didn't know whether to praise someone for his foresight or to complain about someone's bullying and shyness.
But he still had objections: "Even so? But if the serf owners of Wallachia resist too fiercely? Your Majesty won't be happy if you know about it, right?"
In fact, the "bar" can be completely removed. With Nicholas I's face-saving personality, he will definitely not be happy, but Li Xiao's "bullying the weak and fearing the strong" is also strategic? He replied with a smile: "That's why I let you give up the benefits.
To those stubborn elements in the country? With them helping to say good things, you don’t need to worry about this problem at all!”
Alexey became more and more confused and asked directly: "How do you operate this so-called profit transfer?"
Li Xiao did not answer this question directly? Instead, he asked: "Don't worry? Let me ask you first, who controls the land in Wallachia?"
Alexey probably understood what Li Xiao wanted to say, but he was not entirely sure. He could only answer honestly: "In addition to half of it being controlled by the nobles and landlords, the other third is in the hands of the church? In addition,
The rest is basically in the hands of wealthy businessmen and ordinary landowners..."
Li Xiao nodded, because Alexei's answer was similar to what he knew? He said slowly: "That means about 90% of the land is monopolized by the church and the nobility, right?"
Without waiting for Alexei to answer? Li Xiao said to himself: "If you want to liberate the serfs, you must use the knife on the class that controls most of the land... But there is also something to be learned about how to use the knife!
"
Alexei immediately opened his eyes and pricked up his ears to listen? And Li Xiao did not continue to lie: "The church occupies about one-third of the land? These fake monks cannot move for the time being? So we can only let them go first!"
"
Alexei also understands the reason for not moving to the church, because Nicholas I and his family are all fanatical believers. They always regard themselves as the guardians of the Orthodox Church. For the sake of their faith, they are not willing to directly fall out with France in Jerusalem. If you come up, you will directly
To confiscate the church's property is to slap him directly in the face, and the tyrant will kill you if you backhand him, without hesitation at all.
So even though Li Xiao couldn't stand these fake monks who were not born, he didn't have the courage to stroke their tiger beards. This tiger's butt was really untouchable.
Excluding about 30% of the land owned by the church, there are still about 70% of the country's land that can be messed with. But it doesn't mean that it can be messed with as much as it wants.
Li Xiao analyzed slowly: "Of the 70% of the land, about 50% can be attacked at will, because this group of people all sided with the Revolutionary Party in the last rebellion, and it is only natural that they be liquidated!
So we start with this 50%!"
To be honest, Alexey was a little disappointed, because Li Xiao removed half of the land in just a few words. It was really not enough to distribute such a small amount of land to the serfs who accounted for 90% of the country's population!
Who would have thought that Li Xiao poured cold water on him again: "Who told you that the remaining 50% can be distributed to ordinary serfs?"
Alexey was stunned, very confused, and blurted out directly: "Do you want to share it with others? There is no reason for this!"