No matter in ancient times or in modern times, human trafficking is a big crime, especially for women and children, which will be severely punished. Trafficking in human beings is not only rampant now, but actually began in ancient times. Since the state of Qin, there has been a business of buying and selling people. At that time, some women and children who were handmaiden. It can be bought and sold by rich people at will, and we can often see buying maids from TV. But since the Song Dynasty. This system of slaves' cheap mouths has been broken, and it is illegal to buy and sell people at will. Although it has been explicitly forbidden to continue to do so, it is still rampant among the people.
Since the Song Dynasty, handmaiden is not the private property of the owner's family. It can be said that there was no such thing as handmaiden at that time, only maids or human resources. Generally speaking, as now, they are independent people who enjoy legal protection. The relationship between the owner and the family also belongs to the employment relationship in economic interests. They will sign a contract, that is, a contract, clearly stating the salary and employment period. Once the contract expires, the relationship between master and servant needs to be dissolved immediately. In order to prevent this lifelong behavior, the court
The Song Dynasty also severely cracked down on this kind of human trafficking. Those who sold their children as maids were sentenced to hang. If children are abducted for child labor, they will be exiled for three thousand miles. If children are sold to others as children, this behavior will be sentenced to three years' imprisonment. If it causes personal injury, it is the death penalty.