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Chapter 1759, liberating the serfs

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    Chapter 1759, emancipation of serfs

    In a village around Moscow, Tarasov got up early as usual to prepare firewood for the winter. The winter here is long and cold.

    As a serf, it is natural to prepare firewood for the winter early, otherwise you will be frozen to death in the cold winter.

    I heard that things have changed recently, and my master went to war. It is said that the same Oriental people who went to war more than two hundred years ago have not come back yet.

    "I also heard that the Easterners had a great victory, and all the nobles and the like were defeated and killed many, many. I don't know if their masters were also killed.

    If so, that is naturally the best.

    He hated his master Grishev. He was an out-and-out devil, and he had no aristocratic spirit towards serfs like them.

    Not only were they required to hand over most of the grain, but all the serfs were also required to build castles for their master on a regular basis. The only beautiful castle within dozens of miles was the castle of their master Grishev.

    But this still did not make Tarasov hate him the most. Tarasov's two daughters were successively occupied by Grishev. He even sold them to his own house in Moscow.  The nobleman has not been heard from yet.

    Although he was full of resentment towards the serf owners, he was helpless because in this land, the serfdom system was stipulated by law.

    The nobles are the sky and the earth here, and they serfs are just the private property of the nobles.

    There are three days a week to work for the serf owners. In addition, the land cultivated by these serfs must bear high taxes, and more than half of the grain needs to be handed over.

    Serf owners often took possession of their wives and daughters, forcibly taking their families away and trading them as property.

    Therefore, a large number of serfs escape every year. As long as they escape to the ownerless land, they can become free people. However, the Grand Duke of Moscow, especially the former Ivan III, often used this method to win the hearts of the people and gain the support of the nobles.  A large number of free people were given to the nobility and became serfs.

    Everything about the serfs was gloomy. They had no land of their own, no production materials of their own, and they did not even have their own personal freedom.

    They are not allowed to leave their own land, are not allowed to wander around, and are not allowed to own their own wealth. They are just like the cattle and horses in the nobles' homes, they are the private property of the nobles, they are just talking cattle and horses.

    Even everything in this land has nothing to do with them.

    ¡°Whether it was the Tatars coming to plunder, or the nobles changing over and over again, these had nothing to do with serfs like them.

    Because even if there is a war, serfs like them are often not qualified to participate. War is a matter for the nobles, and the victory or defeat has nothing to do with them. All they need to do is to farm land and serve the nobles silently like cattle and horses.

    Sometimes, many people even petitioned to be captured by the Tatars so that they could be sold as slaves to the Ming Dynasty. I heard that being a slave to the Ming Dynasty would at least provide you with food to eat and not starve you.

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    This time z.com Zhang Si.  The status of serfs was even inferior to that of nobles' cattle and horses, because cattle and horses were extremely valuable assets, and they often had their own horse pens to live in.

    In addition, serfs often need to be branded with the label of serf. With this label, if you leave your serf owner's territory at will, you will be killed directly.

    It is precisely because of such a cruel serfdom system that the nobles of the Principality of Moscow firmly control all the serfs and enjoy the fruits of the serfs' labor, but they do not need to do anything.

    ¡°Tap tap~ tap tap~¡±

    Just when Tarasov was working hard to chop firewood and prepare firewood for the winter.

    A group of Ming army cavalry came here on tall horses with several nobles. Their arrival immediately broke the tranquility here and attracted the attention of countless people.

    There is a huge difference between the clothes, appearance and appearance of these Ming people and the Slavs. They have dark eyes and black hair, and look at their clothes.

    ¡°Uniform military uniforms, unified helmets and armors, as well as unified muskets, sabers, bows and arrows, this is simply armed to the teeth.

    They are all tall and strong, and the key is that even the horses they ride on are very tall. When they came over, serfs like Tarasov could only look up at these Ming people.

    &nbspJust let a large number of people die here, coupled with the annual plundering of the Tatars, it can be said that this place is vast and sparsely populated, which is very suitable for the development of mechanized agriculture.

    Krolev also translated Ma Ting's words with a tin trumpet. Many serfs listened, and they were all dumbfounded. They looked at each other in disbelief.

    It¡¯s hard to believe that I can actually gain freedom and my own land, and from now on, all I have to do is hand over one-tenth of the grain to that great emperor?

    In disbelief, they all looked at Krolev eagerly, hoping to get confirmation from him.

    Under the order of Ma Ting, Krolev had to once again promote the policy of the Ming Dynasty's Black Soil Province. All serfs will be free from now on, but the land still belongs to the Ming court.

    If they want to obtain land, they must learn from the Ming people. The first thing they have to do is cut off their long hair and shave off their thick and long beards.

    After learning that he could gain freedom and land, Tarasov was the first to stand up and express his willingness to shave his hair and hang up his beard. He even knelt down beside Ma Ting, kissed Ma Ting's boots, and expressed his willingness to cut off his hair and hang up his beard.  Expressing his highest respect, when others saw it, they immediately followed suit, then rushed to tell each other and celebrated grandly.  Zhida z.com Zhixiao

    They are free and can get their own land!

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