Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Aren't the two princesses in front married? Once you marry His Highness, the two princesses below will not be able to get married!"

Bao felt that she was getting more and more worried every day, all because of her little daughter.

"Ah, how does it have anything to do with me?"

Zhang Xin was surprised.

"When things are going well, it has nothing to do with you. But when things are going badly, you are the only outsider in the family, so who else can I blame but you!"

Bao lowered her voice again and poked Zhang Xin on the forehead with a finger.

"Mother really thought of everything."

Zhang Xin really didn't expect this answer, and her heart softened.

"If you see it too much, this worry will be like a weed, growing in a mess."

Bao sighed and stroked Zhang Xin's hair.

"It's okay. My parents-in-law are not that kind of people. Let me be honest with you. My mother-in-law did this on purpose."

Zhang Xin felt like crying.

Once you become a mother, you are a mother for life, and everything you think about is your children.

Xu was the same as Bao, but as a queen, she was thinking about all the girls in the world.

There are too many dregs left over from the previous Yuan Dynasty.

During the hundred years of Yuan Dynasty's rule, it was no exaggeration to say that women were just objects in the eyes of men.

Even if the late emperor said that he had deep feelings for the late empress, to be frank, it was just that. When he was nothing back then, there were other women in his backyard.

After becoming emperor, he expanded his harem even more.

Women paid a lot of money and gave birth to a lot of children.

After the death of the previous queen, he did not appoint another queen, which was considered a very good man.

But not having a queen did not prevent the late emperor from sleeping with concubines in the harem.

The late emperor also said that the world was shared by him and the late empress, but in reality, if a cup or a bowl was broken in the harem, the emperor had to sign for confirmation.

The Queen's management of the harem is just a figurehead.

What works first and what works next.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, women had no status at all.

After Xu entered the imperial palace, she shared the real management rights of the harem with Zhu Di.

Whether it was money, personnel appointments or dismissals, including the promotion of concubines in the harem, Xu had the final say.

Now we are waiting for the marriage of the two princesses.

Wait until those scholars who can't find wives can't stand it anymore and turn the table over, and then take the opportunity to promulgate new laws on marriage.

Especially regarding the ownership of the dowry.

It has been more than two years since their family came to Beijing in the first year of the Yongle reign.

The girls' school has been open for more than two years.

That's not just about teaching reading and writing.

What is taught more are some unspoken rules of how to behave and live better in this world.

Let these educated girls better understand how to fight for their own rights.

Zhu Gaochi raised various debate topics in the Imperial College, which was also an implicit way to improve women's rights by making men reflect on what kind of wife would be more beneficial to them.

It has always been a highly recognized good match for a wealthy family to marry off a successful candidate in the imperial examination.

Everyone knows that there were many Jinshi scholars in the Ming Dynasty who waited for thirty years but still received the lowest salary.

Even if you have a successful career and climb up the career ladder, the higher the position, the greater the expenses.

More than 80% of officials, no matter how high or low, rely on their wives and families to support their livelihoods and arrange for their promotions.

Even so, they may not necessarily be able to give their wives the corresponding respect.

Once you become successful, your original wife will die, which is a standard operation.

In the end, in the best case scenario, such a marriage will be used to demonstrate the so-called "a wife who has shared the hardships of life will not be divorced."

In fact, he can keep his old wife in front of others because he can have countless beautiful maids and concubines behind his back.

Most of these beautiful maids and concubines were bought with the wife's dowry.

There are many girls from such families in girls' schools.

They have been through it.

Their mothers and fathers themselves set the worst example for them.

Their family affairs were passed on to Xu's ears through Zhu Anle and Zhu Zhiming.

Families who could send their girls to school were at least knowledgeable people. Their experiences were nothing compared to those in the girls' workshops.

There are many poor people who pawn their wives and sell their children.

Xu decided to do something big.

First of all, the girls in these two girls' schools and girls' workshops were reminded that if they were engaged, the dowry must be signed in advance.

No matter what the Ming Dynasty laws and regulations stipulate regarding marriage.

By signing a contract before marriage, you can see in advance what the bottom line of the man’s family’s character is.

For example, the man’s family cannot use the woman’s dowry. Once it is used without permission, it will be regarded as theft. Would the man dare to sign?

For example, in the case of divorce, divorce, or the death of the wife, the dowry must be returned intact to the woman's family. Would the man dare to sign such a contract?

Naturally, no one signed.

Even if a girl is literate and can earn money, no one dares to marry her because they have to sign a contract in advance.

In order to let everyone withstand the pressure.

Xu asked Zhu Anle and Zhu Zhiming to tell all the girls.

If there is still one of you who is unmarried, these two will stay with you forever.

In fact, both of them were older than the girls in the school and workshop, and they were already of marriageable age when they were arranging it.

The princess was willing to take the risk to accompany the boys, and although the girls were moved, very few of them decided to get married.

The scale of the girls' school and the girls' workshop is neither big nor small.

All together there are nearly three thousand people.

If three thousand girls do not sign the contract or get engaged, it means that three thousand boys will not be able to find wives.

Moreover, after the prenuptial contract that Xu helped to draft was copied and circulated by everyone, many families used it as a reference.

The richer the family, the more they worry that their daughters will be murdered for money, or that they will raise ungrateful people.

The contract of Xu's family was further developed by adding the prerequisite of taking a concubine, and even requiring the dowry to be paid in installments.

Therefore, over the past year or so, the marriage rate in the capital has been depressed to a certain extent.

Xu was just waiting for the situation to bottom out and then she would include the ownership of the dowry in the Ming Dynasty laws and regulations.

"My queen, my queen is really not an ordinary queen."

After listening to Zhang Xin tell her the whole story, Bao took the handkerchief from her arms and wiped her eyes.

"That's excellent."

Zhang Xin is very proud.

"What about the two princesses? The flowering season has passed in the blink of an eye. When will the Ming Dynasty's laws be changed?"

Bao had previously thought that the royal princess was too wild and didn't want to get married, but now that she knew it was for all the girls in the world, she started to worry again.

Men may not have felt much about the changes in the city in the past two years, but women can definitely feel that life is much better than before.

Women can go shopping on the street and go to restaurants for tea and meals.

Girls can go to school, learn things, and then make a living with what they have learned.

Bao felt that the world today was good enough for women.

Old Man Zhang also said that if things continued to develop in this way, men and women in the Ming Dynasty would become better and better, and the country would become more and more prosperous.

I didn't expect that the Queen wanted to take action from the root and change it once and for all.