"I don't know -" Wan Lihui wondered if that fifteen or sixteen-year-old rural girl has fallen in love with me? What if Fu Buer proposes to marry his daughter to him? Should he agree or not? Speaking of which, the executive committee seems to have no idea.
There are regulations on whether you can marry an indigenous woman. Speaking of it, the appearance of this golden talisman is not bad, but it is a black spot, but in this time and space, she must be a virgin...
"What are you thinking about?" Fu Xi's voice interrupted Wan Lihui's divergent thinking, "Sister Yijin just said that you work very hard and teach everyone a lot, so you are not a liar."
"That's right." Wan Lihui felt a little disappointed, but this shows that his strategy is quite successful, and now everyone in the Fu family has a good degree of trust in him.
So he increasingly wooed the boys and children of the Fu family. Knowing that they didn't eat well on weekdays, he kept the remaining rice from every meal and ate it for a long time. After waiting for a long time, he found a person and asked: "Who is in charge of political and ideological work?
"
So he came to the "Political Office". Wei Aiwen was talking to several recruits in the office, and Wan Lihui had to sit at the door for a while. Although the door was closed, he actually heard the faint cry of a man inside.
What is this guy doing? Is he corporally punishing soldiers, or doing something else...
While I was thinking wildly, the door opened and two young men wearing the rank of education soldier came out. Although their eyes were red, there was a relaxed look on their faces.
Wan Lihui walked into the political office. Before he could stand still, he heard someone shouting:
"Which team is from it? Why did you come in without signing the registration report? Do you have any discipline?"
The speaker was a half-year-old child, wearing an army uniform, looking at him with a serious face, and making firm gestures to ask him to go out.
"What?!" Wan Lihui almost turned his nose with anger - I am composting on the farm, fishing for river mud in the countryside despite the risk of encountering bandits, and planting rice in the fields. You are all pampering yourself in the office and making trouble.
It’s the stuff of the privileged class.
"Hey, hey, this is the chief——" Although Wei Aiwen didn't know Wan Lihui, he knew that this person was from the Traveling Group. Seeing that he looked unkind, he hurried over to smooth things over.
"Not even the chief. You are not allowed to enter the Political Department's office without invitation, and you must register if you want to see him..." This kid is very brave and doesn't take Wan Lihui seriously at all.
"This person has made an appointment with me. You can go out first." Wei Aiwen quickly pushed the meticulous young officer out of the door, closed the door, and then turned around and asked:
"you are?"
When Wan Lihui saw the man in front of him who was only in his mid-twenties, he was wearing a 19th-century army uniform, which was very neatly ironed. He was wearing a German officer's armed belt, and his leather boots were polished. He suddenly felt disgusted:
"Your place is an important military location. It would be better for me to go out and register first."
"Nothing!" Wei Aiwen said quickly, "I am Wei Aiwen, and you are -"
"I'm Wan Lihui from the Committee of Agriculture." He sat down on the chair as he spoke, "I have something to do. I originally wanted to talk to the governor, but if he's not here, I'll just talk to you - it's about political work anyway.
matter."
"There should be a soldier in the army named Fu Fu..." As he spoke, he explained the situation of the Fu family, and also mentioned Fu Buer's desire for military pay. He hoped that the Political Department could coordinate with Fu Fu to
Get a little military pay to go home every month.
"It doesn't have to be much, just a few hundred dollars is enough..."
"This thing makes no sense." Wei Aiwen disagreed, "Fu Fu is his master, not his father - not even his adoptive father, it is simply a master-slave relationship. Now that Fu Fu is our warrior, he is no longer
His slave, his demand for part of the military pay is simply untenable."
"That's true. But Fu Fu'er feels very disadvantaged now, because Fu Fu was raised by him, and now he is serving as a soldier here. It doesn't count that he has lost a labor force, and he still doesn't get any benefits. In this way
I’m afraid it’s not very suitable.”
"When I joined the army, I should have been given 200 kilograms of rice as settlement allowance. This landowner is so greedy!" Wei Aiwen expressed contempt for this.
"Greedy is for sure, but I think we should satisfy him." Wan Lihui said, "Being able to gain the other person's favor is very useful for Tiandihui's promotion plan."
"No, no." Wei Aiwen shook his head, "A soldier has a personal freedom whether to remit military pay to his family or not. We have no right to interfere."
"That's why I ask you to do political and ideological work. Aren't you in the political department..."
Wei Aiwen was very disgusted with this matter, and suddenly he became suspicious: This Wan Lihui was so vigorously fighting for the interests of the landlord Fu Buer. Could it be that he had received some bribes when he went to the countryside? But this landlord Fu continued to work every month
I have to think hard about the military pay of one tael of silver, but I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with any money, that is -
The word "sexual bribery" suddenly popped into his mind. Yes, it must be like this. Women had no status in ancient society, so they must use their daughters as gifts to build relationships... Wei Aiwen's imagination immediately started to run: Wan Lihui in the lobby of the landlord's house
There was a lot of eating and drinking, and the landlord’s daughter came out to persuade them to drink, and then...
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but harden his tone: "The ideological and political work of speaking for slave owners is not the job of our political office."
"You!" Wan Lihui almost jumped up to look, but when he thought that Wei Aiwen's words were reasonable, he couldn't help but slow down and pleaded: "This is indeed unreasonable, but it will be helpful to our work."
"I don't see what's the use -" Wei Aiwen replied firmly.
"You don't understand the problem here!"
"Isn't he just a greedy landlord?"
"It's not that simple!"
The voices of the two people talking to each other became louder involuntarily, and the cadets outside the door quickly opened the door and came in.
"Get out, no need to come in!" Wei Aiwen was afraid that the sergeant would do something outrageous in a hurry, and he would be blamed for it.
"Everyone, please be nice and stop arguing." Wu De's voice came from outside the door.
Wud came to the War Department to coordinate labor deployment. The military is currently the most commonly used organized workforce for the labor allocation department Wud oversees.
"You're here just in time to comment." Wei Aiwen quickly pulled him in and explained the cause and effect of the matter.
Wan Lihui also explained the Fu family's situation and his thoughts.
Wu De smiled: "Xiao Wan, you are very enthusiastic. But this matter is indeed difficult."
"What's so troublesome? It shouldn't be bothered at all." Wei Aiwen said angrily, "In order to win the so-called 'favor' of a landlord, forcing soldiers to remit military pay to slave owners? Who have we become? The bastards of the landlord's family?
"
"Okay, okay, don't go on the line." Wu De pressed his hand downwards, "This matter is not big or small. We may encounter a lot of similar things in the future."
The Ming Dynasty was not a slave society, but the slave system was widespread. The deeper they went into this society and the wider the group of people they came into contact with, the more they could not avoid this problem.
"As far as I'm concerned, just don't recognize this slave system at all..."
"Of course it is easiest not to admit it. But don't forget that immigrants are all indentured servants who cross the group - we are slave owners. Since we want to use this slave system to serve ourselves, we must treat everyone equally. We cannot just be allowed to prevent fires.
No one is allowed to light a lamp."
"Okay," Wei Aiwen slowed down, "You can tell me what to do, but I don't agree with this approach."
"Since we want to recognize the slave system, then Fu Buer's request is reasonable - Fu Fu is his domestic slave. Let him serve as a soldier, exploit his military salary as income, and let Fu Fu be free of charge
It's one thing to work for him and exploit his labor."
"This can't be the same thing. Being a soldier has high risks. If you don't do it well, you will be disabled or die. This is not the same thing as farming and doing odd jobs."
"This is probably a high-risk, high-reward approach. But the reward was taken away by his owner, and he was reduced to a status like an animal tool. Now that Fu Fu is unwilling to remit his military pay, it shows that he has resisted
Self-awareness is no longer something to be resigned to."
"How do we deal with this?"
"If we ignore it, of course there's nothing we can do about Fu Fu'er - even though he's dissatisfied with this, it may not necessarily affect the promotion of Tiandihui..."
Wan Lihui was about to raise an objection, but Wu De stopped him:
"Xiao Wan, your starting point is good, but this matter is the icing on the cake, not a help in times of need. If you can help Fu Fuji get Fu Fu's military salary, he will naturally be more convinced of you, and it will be easier to do work in the future; if you ignore it at all
He, he may not necessarily be disgusted with us because of this, and it will affect the promotion of Tiandihui - he can still distinguish between the big and small interests."
"There was a lot of opposition in the village, and there were a lot of rumors..."
"Even if you help him get Fu Fu's military salary, you can't eliminate the rumors, right? You want to use this matter to test Fu Fu'er's trust in you - the idea is good, but you have to think more comprehensively,"
Wu De lit up a cigarette, "Of course it makes sense for the Political Department to come forward to do Fu Fu's work. But what will Fu Fu think? He will definitely think that we are biased towards the rich - after all, we are bleeding and sweating.
It was him, not Fu Fuji. Besides, their relationship was between the master and the slave. Fu Fuji felt that he was kind to Fu Fu in raising him, and Fu Fu might have felt that he had been abused and exploited since he was a child.
Full of hatred."
"Ah, right -" Wan Lihui thought that he had never thought about this.
"As the saying goes, you will speak for whomever you sit on. Now we have to win over landlords like Fu Buer, while poor people like Fu Fu are our basic strength."
"You mean you can't offend both sides..."
"Haha, what I mean is that you don't need to pay attention to Fu Fuji at all." Wu De smiled, "I have already said the reason before - Fu Fuji's benefits from us are far greater than the little military salary, so you just pretend not to
Listen. As for how to deal with it in the future, we will come up with another plan."
"I understand." Wan Lihui nodded and left.
This incident also reminded Wu De that there will probably be more and more similar problems in the future. Since they have chosen to carry this historical baggage for the time being, they must find a reasonable solution.
"Xiao Wei, please do some research: How many soldiers are slaves in the army, what are their circumstances, are they runaway slaves or are they sent by their masters? I see that among the strong men sent by each village, there are people like Fu Fu.
I’m afraid there are quite a few people.”
"This has a political review form. I will ask the computer center to make statistics immediately." - In order to save the service life of computer accessories, the number of computers equipped in each department has been greatly reduced. Except for some departments and offices with a few people, each department has adopted
The department has its own computer center to centrally handle all matters.
The computer center quickly responded with a reply. According to the registration on the political review form, there were more than thirty soldiers registered as slaves of a certain family in Lingao. There were even more registered as escaped slaves, numbering three to four hundred.
"The information on the political review form may not fully reflect the situation. Someone may be hiding the history. It would be better for you to ask the squad leaders to investigate carefully - don't scare people by making it too formal."
After giving instructions, he went to find Ma Qianzhu and discussed the problem with him, hoping to find a solution to similar problems.
"Ade, you really need to think about this matter," Ma Qianxu said. "In the future, we will have more and more interactions with the natives of this time and space. There must be a formal document to regulate behavior. In addition to the slave issue you mentioned,
There are also adoptions and apprenticeships, and someone also came to the executive committee and asked about the procedures for marrying an indigenous wife."
In fact, some people have asked if they can buy a slave to serve as slaves - the deeds of Chang Shide from Leizhou have spread throughout both sides of the Wenlan River, arousing the envy of otakus. Since you can't wait for welfare to be distributed to women, you can buy it yourself.
One is always good, right? Suddenly buying maids has become a hot topic among everyone recently.
Wu De's face turned slightly red. Chu Yu in his family is still "concubine whose identity is not yet clear" and continues to hold the title of "communal secretary".
"Let's just formulate a law - the "Law on Relations with Aboriginals"? It will fix the various relationships with the Aboriginals, rights and obligations, and how to deal with disputes when they arise. It can be done by contacting the judicial office.
"
"Just leave it to Ma Jia. Doesn't he like to deal with legal clauses? Law Club, tsk tsk."
"There is no ready-made book to copy this law. We can draft a guiding document first."
How to guide him? The relationship between Ma Qianxu and the indigenous people is complicated and involves many aspects. It is not easy to figure it out at once. He asked someone to invite Ma Jia to consult him for advice -
―He has been spending most of his time recently in the farm café, which is used as office space by the lawyers of the Law Club.
After listening to their briefing, Ma Jia said: "It is difficult to establish a statutory law immediately. I think it is better to adopt examples for the time being. Examples are flexible to use and can be modified, added or deleted at any time."
Make a list of the various negotiation incidents that the Crossing Group has encountered so far when dealing with indigenous people, and then write down the specific handling methods and reference opinions one by one, and then write down the guidance of the executive committee.
.In this way, you only need to look up examples. It is simpler and clearer than obscure legal provisions.
"Let's talk about the current issue of slaves in the army." Wu De told him what happened today. "This kind of thing is very typical: the family owner sends the slaves to serve as soldiers and gets their military pay. We should stand on the side of
Which side is it? After some research, there are more than thirty people in the army who are local slaves. The head of the family who thinks so is not necessarily an exception."