Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

In December of the fifteenth year of Yongzheng's reign, the previous dynasty decided on the new emperor's reign title, which would be announced to the world in the early spring of the following year. It was Zhaotai.

Three months later, Emperor Zhaotai, who had lived in peace for half a year, changed his previous obedience and ignited his own "three fires".

At the end of February, Emperor Zhaotai Honghui issued an edict allowing widows in the common people to remarry on their own. Neither their natal family nor their husband's family could force them to remain chaste. After remarrying, all their dowries should be taken back, and the husband's family property should be left in the name of their children. The sons would inherit the ancestral property, and the daughters would get the dowry. Neither their ancestors nor their uncles were allowed to touch it!

If the husband's family has no son, his daughter can marry into the family or adopt a son after marriage to inherit the remaining property; if there are no sons or daughters, a son can be adopted from the relatives to inherit all the property.

This was the "first fire", and it was also the "fire" that caused the most criticism and complaints from the public. In the previous dynasty alone, 90% of the people openly opposed it, and the remaining 10% were neutral and abstained. This made Honghui feel what it meant to be faced with many obstacles.

However, he was not discouraged. Instead, he used words to comfort the emperor who had rushed over after hearing the news and was hesitant to speak. "Don't worry. Since your son has issued an edict, how could he not consider the subsequent developments? You should know that this is only the first time I have taken action. How can I let it end in vain?"

Yinzhen paused, and asked curiously, "What do you think? Let's not talk about a widow remarrying. It's even harder to inherit the family business. Everything hits the soft spot of the world. I'm afraid it won't end well in the long run."

"My son is afraid that his thinking is not thorough enough, so he issued an edict first to let the subjects of the world be mentally prepared. In the future, the Qing Dynasty laws will definitely be revised."

Honghui served a cup of tea to his father, and then said, "My son thinks that a woman who beats her husband should be punished as severely as a man who beats his wife. In addition, the inheritance of property, the seven reasons for divorce, and the punishment of the family should be changed. Even if it is not changed now, it will be changed sooner or later in the future."

Yinzhen stared straight into his eldest son's eyes and said in a calm tone, "You are quite thoughtful!"

"Are you angry?"

"No! Since I have chosen you, I will not regret it. Compared to me, you can see the sufferings of the world more clearly. So, tell me, what methods do you have to make the world stand behind you?"

Honghui waved his robe and knelt down solemnly to petition: "My son begs to abolish the order to shave the head and change clothes..."

"What? You really dare to think about it? The Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchus. You and I are both real Manchus. The order to shave the hair and change clothes is the foundation for the Han people to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty. How can it be abolished? How dare you abolish it?" He was not angry because he knew that his eldest son was fair-minded!

"After shaving their heads and changing their clothes, did the Han people become loyal to the Qing Dynasty? It turns out that we were afraid of killing them, so we were not in harmony with them for a few years! If it weren't for the Emperor Mafa and your decades of consistent efforts to win them over and benevolent rule, the Qing Dynasty would have fallen apart long ago. How could it be so prosperous today?"

Yinzhen kept silent, and only listened to his eldest son continue: "Father, you must believe in yourself, and also believe in the law and your son. The three of us, the grandparents and grandchildren, have already made half of the people in the world sincerely submit to the Qing Dynasty. If we remove the order to shave the hair and change clothes that has constrained the Han people for a hundred years, there is no need to worry that the people in the world will not be loyal to the Qing Dynasty!"

"Then is this world still ruled by the Manchus?"

Honghui shook his head: "The world belongs to all people. Manchus, Han, Mongolians, Miao, Hui, and Tibetans are all people of you and your son. You are no longer the emperor of the Manchus, but the ruler of all people in the world!

The Yuan Dynasty was able to conquer and conquer the most extensive territory in history, but did the Central Plains recognize this dynasty? No, they did not! With this precedent, if we do not want to repeat history, we cannot stick to one family, but must look to the world and the future! "

Yinzhen could not accept this statement, but he had nothing to refute for a while. After thinking for a long time, he said in a deep voice, "How could the Qing Dynasty, which was so powerful, fall to the point where it is not recognized by history?"

"A thousand-mile embankment can be destroyed by an ant hole. Who knows, some unfilial descendant in the future may not only bring disaster to the Qing Dynasty and make it unacknowledged by history, but also nail it to the pillar of shame and make it a laughing stock for thousands of years!"

Seeing that his words seemed to shock people, Honghui quickly laughed and softened his tone, "Of course, this is just a joke from my son. I'm sorry to make you laugh."

Yinzhen opened his mouth hesitantly: "The Qing Dynasty shouldn't be so corrupt, right? I don't treat the Han people that badly, do I?" The eldest son's words were so sincere and heartfelt that they directly put him in his shoes, making him almost think that if he didn't change, the Qing Dynasty would really fall into such a situation in the future!

"You are joking. You are the king of this country. It is the most suitable thing for you! The equalization of land tax, the joint service and tax payment of gentry, the abolition of foot binding, and so on, not only the Han people, but also the people of the world are very grateful to you! If you don't believe it, you can ask the sticking office everywhere, and you will know that your reputation among the people is almost as high as that of the emperor!"

"But if this continues, the conflicts between the Han and Manchu people will surely intensify and become irreconcilable, right?" He was a man of foresight.

Honghui nodded without any surprise: "The Manchus have too many privileges, their status far exceeds that of the Han people, but their population is far lower than that of the Han people. If they are forced to the point where they can't survive, the uprising that has never stopped in history will be the future of the Qing Dynasty!

Although my son is the Manchu emperor, he is also a descendant of the Aixinjueluo clan. Not to mention that my Aixinjueluo clan was originally a Jin clan, and the Manchus were changed later, so why should we be so obsessed with the title of Manchus?"

Only then did Yinzhen really take these words to heart. After all, what his eldest son said was true. The Aisin-Gioro clan was not originally Manchu, and only later changed its name to Manchu when they were striving for the Central Plains. So it was hard to say whether this should be changed or not, and it was absolutely not possible!

"The order to shave the hair and change clothes can be abolished, but the privileges of the Manchus cannot be reduced. Otherwise, if the Manchus mutinied, the Qing Dynasty would be in chaos!"

"My son thinks so too. I am speaking frankly in front of you today. After all, the Qing Dynasty will not fall apart in one or two generations, but it is hard to say in one or two hundred years. There are incompetent emperors in every dynasty. But I don't need to worry about future generations."

Yinzhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at his eldest son who was still talking non-stop and showing his confidence and courage, he couldn't help but kick him empty-handed and scolded him with a smile: "You just want to scare me. You said something about shaving your head and changing your clothes, but it spread to hundreds of years later. I thought you were going to start a war and force the Manchus to turn away from the Qing Dynasty and the Aisin-Gioro family!"

Honghui did not dodge, and let the emperor kick his robe without any strength, and smiled apologetically, "My son said something wrong, please don't bother with him, then I will issue a few more decrees, and then I will just give him a slap in the face and give him a sweet date to abolish it?"

"It's up to you. Now that you've figured it out, can I stop you? Humph!!"

"Don't be angry. How about you hit your son a few times to calm down?"

Yinzhen chuckled: "Okay, okay, if you don't tell me your ideas, I can't advise you, but I can discuss with you! So, come on~~"