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The same-sex marriage decree will be promulgated in the first month of the fourth year of Zhaowu.All the people of Dayu who have a household registration of Dayu can get married, but same-sex marriages need to pay a high "marriage tax".

The official promulgation of every important decree of Dayu needs to be first proposed by the Tingwei Office, and after being written in the memorial at the Shangshutai, it will be discussed in the early court, and finally the emperor will decide whether to implement it and who will implement it.

Although the emperor has the final decision-making power, if the decree cannot be approved by the Sangong Jiuqing, the emperor insists on implementing it, and he will only get a bad name of being arrogant and unwilling to accept advice.Whether the decree can be truly implemented, the most important thing is the consciousness of the entire center.

Therefore, starting from the drafting of the same-sex marriage law, Li Yanyi did not rush to implement it quickly.One is because the first same-sex couple she chose to marry has not yet gained much fame in the entire Da Yu area. Influence is also limited.Second, at the moment when we want to encourage births to increase the population and garrison troops frantically, the promulgation of the Same-Sex Marriage Law will definitely disrupt Situ's livelihood plan and encounter more opposition.

Over the years, Li Yanyi has understood too well that whether it is the central government or the people, everyone doesn't care who is fighting at the top, or even who is the emperor. What they care about most is whether their own one-acre three-point land will be affected.It doesn't matter whether the mountains and rivers are strong or broken, but if someone steps into their house and tramples down a few seedlings, they will rush up with their heads sharpened and kill the intruder even if they don't have a good weapon.

As an emperor, Li Yanyi doesn't need to be sharp or cruel to stabilize the country. She just needs to show inviolable majesty and at the same time balance the rights of all parties so that everyone can eat the meat in their own pots and eat happily.

This is easier said than done.

Especially sitting in the position of the Son of Heaven, there are too many and complicated forces from all parties, and someone's finger may be cut off by mistake if he is not careful.

The Geng family has just been appeased, at least on the surface they are no longer making trouble, Li Yanyi doesn't want to make trouble again.

This time before the same-sex marriage law was finalized, Li Yanyi had a long talk with Guan Xun, Wei Lun, Changsun Yao and other veterans.She also specially called Wei Tingxu and Zhen Wenjun, and wanted to hear their opinions.

In fact, all the new rules are not as scary as imagined. At the beginning, people didn't like them just because they didn't get used to them. As long as they weighed the interests of nobles, families and civilians, and drew a circle to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes, it was half the battle.

The same-sex marriage law stipulates that if the married couple is of the same sex, they need to pay high basic taxes such as poll tax and land tax, which is double the tax that ordinary heterosexual couples have to pay.

In this way, Li Yanyi's goal of gaining same-sex support has been achieved. Her title of promoting equal rights as an empress still exists, and she can effectively curb the scope of same-sex marriage and control the rate of population decline.

It is very strange that the promulgation of this decree will make same-sex marriage a "noble" thing, something that only rich and powerful people will do.Same-sex marriages must be surrounded by Li Yanyi, and in Da Yu, who crazily yearns for and imitates every move of the aristocrats, Li Yanyi is sure that same-sex marriage will become a new round of trend.

The more same-sex marriages, the more Li Yanyi's supporters, and the higher the tax.

The enactment of the same-sex marriage law was accompanied by a decree to encourage childbearing.All Dayu people with agricultural registration will be rewarded with two acres of land for each child born, and the land tax and head tax will be reduced by [-]% for each acre of land.The more children you have, the more land you get.These lands belong to them for life.If you have more than ten children, if you want to have more children, the land will still be given to you, but the poll tax and land tax will start to increase, and the more you have, the heavier the burden will be.

Some people who want to become landlords through childbirth may be disappointed. The birth of a new and huge family cannot be accomplished by simple childbirth. This will win over the hearts of the family a little bit.

Farming, childbirth, taxation, and more importantly, people's hearts, all fell into Li Yan's pocket.

It's not that no one in the early court objected, but this decree couldn't find a suitable loophole to refute it for a while, and the Nabo veterans who opposed it for the sake of objecting couldn't give a reasonable reason for objecting. Yao and Wei Tingxu's eloquence was refuted back.

Same-sex marriage needs the first promoters. Wei Tingxu, the pioneer of Wanxiang Road, and Zhong Lang, the young hero who has contributed to the escort, were pushed to the public by Li Yanyi.

The eighth day of February in the fourth year of Zhaowu was a good day for the two of them to get married.

Accidents will happen.

Not long after the emperor selected a date for their marriage, Wei Lun fell at home, fell into a coma, and died.

Madam Wei accompanied Wei Lun in the house, and all the rest of Wei's family gathered at the door of his ward, waiting for him to wake up and going to see him one by one.

No one dared to speak, but they knew in their hearts that this side might be the last side.

Wei Lun's serious illness alarmed Li Yanyi, Li Yanyi led the imperial doctor to the Wei Mansion immediately after hearing the news, and ordered the imperial doctor to keep Wei Lun:

"If Wei Situ's life cannot be saved, all of you will be buried with him!" Li Yanyi shouted angrily in the courtyard of Wei's house, and all the imperial doctors turned pale, and quickly entered the house to help Wei Lun diagnose and treat him.

Seeing Li Yanyi coming, Wei Tingxu walked up to her with the support of Zhen Wenjun and bowed down to her.

Li Yanyi didn't want Wei Lun to die, this thought came from the bottom of his heart - at least Wei Lun must not die before Wei Tingxu and Zhen Wenjun got married.

According to Da Yu's laws and customs, once Wei Lun died, Wei Tingxu would have to go home to Ding You for three years. During these three years, she had to concentrate on keeping her filial piety, and it was difficult for her to leave her family, let alone get married.Although the center also has the right to use "special reasons" to recall Ding You's officials to "defeat", but once it does so, Wei Tingxu's image among the people will plummet again. After all, "filial piety" is the first of all virtues.

Li Yanyi didn't want the good reputation she had just gained through Wanxianglu's achievements to fall short, and she didn't want the risk of stillbirth before the same-sex marriage law was successfully implemented.

The best time has come, Li Yanyi doesn't want to have long nights and dreams.

"Zizhuo, get up quickly." Li Yanyi said, "Wei Situ is a veteran of the three dynasties, and he has made great contributions to Da Yu. How can I have the heart to see him resign?" Not feeling well, she lost weight visibly to the naked eye, Li Yanyi was about to say some words of advice, but Wei Tingxu's body limp and collapsed.Fortunately, Zhen Wenjun never let go of his supporting hand, otherwise, this fall would be a bad one.

"Your Majesty, I'm so rude." Zhen Wenjun straightened up and hugged Wei Tingxu into his arms, "Since the minister was imprisoned and Wei Gong was seriously ill, Zizhuo has been taking care of her left and right, worrying about her. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Li Yanyi let out a "hey": "Wei Gong and Zi Zhuo are both my left assistants and right ministers. I only hope that they will recover soon. Wenjun, you don't need to say more. Take Zi Zhuo down to rest quickly. I will let Yu The doctor also went to see her and prescribe some medicine to take care of her body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhen Wenjun took Wei Tingxu back to the house where she lived since she was a child, and guarded her, and when the imperial doctor came to see her, someone had to cook the medicine and deliver it, and Wei Tingxu would wake up.

"My father..." Wei Tingxu was very worried about Wei Lun's condition when he woke up, and wanted to get up, but was stopped by Zhen Wenjun.Zhen Wenjun held her hand and persuaded her to go back to bed again:

"The imperial doctor has stabilized Mr. Wei's condition, and there is no danger for the time being. But you, the imperial doctor said that you are out of breath, clear of your orifices, and need to be recuperated. You see." Zhen Wenjun wrote a whole volume of densely packed cloth Spread it out for her to see, "These are all recipes tailored for you by me and the imperial doctor, and you will have to eat according to this recipe for the next two months, so don't worry about it anymore, you understand?"

Wei Tingxu just looked at her without saying a word, and Zhen Wenjun said "Huh?"

"I like it when you explain me that way."

Zhen Wenjun smiled: "Zizhuo is very smart about other things, why is he so casual when it comes to his own affairs? Get well soon, and don't let your family worry."

Wei Tingxu held her hand: "Aren't you in a hurry?"

Zhen Wenjun stared at her for a moment and then smiled, "I am also your family."

Wei Tingxu obediently listened to Zhen Wenjun's words and recuperated steadily. The care of Wei Lun at home was entrusted to her second elder brother Wei Jingan and third elder brother Wei Jingtai. Zhen Wenjun discussed with sister Aran about the wedding together, and Li Yanyi The young prisoner specially sent to help, she doesn't need to worry about everything.

Of course Ah Liao would come to congratulate such a lively and happy event, and visit his old friends by the way.

A Liao came, and A He and A Xu followed her around.When he entered the door, Zhen Wenjun was talking about the wedding with the young prisoner, and Ah Liao's hearty laughter interrupted their conversation.

"Sister Wenjun, congratulations!" Ah Liao was wearing a beaming red dress, a rare woman's long skirt, put on makeup, and replaced the fan in his hand with a small bamboo fan. He didn't dare to see Zhen Wenjun again. Taking advantage, he honestly moved away from her to congratulate her, "From the first time I saw Wen Jun, I knew that Wen Jun was attractive, but I didn't expect that it would end up in Ting Xu's hands. Speaking of which, I also looked at my sister." She grew up and was also Ting Xu's best friend, now I have mixed feelings..."

A Liao sighed here for a long time, Wei Tingxu was not here, Zhen Wenjun thought that she would accompany her here for an awkward chat, but unexpectedly A Liao asked the two accompanying ladies to help, she asked Zhen Wenjun to go to the courtyard to find Wei Ting Xu went.

Once in the room, A Liao looked out a few times, closed the door and took out a wooden box riddled with holes, and put it on the table.If it weren't for the strange shape, Zhen Wenjun might not have recognized the wooden box at the first time as the box that they brought back from Changge Country, containing the "mystery of giving birth to girls".

"Still not open?" Wei Tingxu was tired after lying on the bed for a long time, and when A Liao came, he got out of bed and walked around.

Ah Liao shook his head behind the table: "This thing looks simple, but I have exhausted all methods and failed. You haven't seen me these days, it's not because I'm lazy. In order to get rid of this To break things, I went to the various sects in the rivers and lakes, just to borrow a weapon that can open up the world!"

"What's the result?" Zhen Wenjun asked her while drinking tea with a smile.

"In the end, you saw it too, but you couldn't open it. I even went to the century-old knife forging workshop with first-class smelting skills. Disgrace the reputation of forging knives. When I left, I gave me hundreds of refined swords and knives. I was asked not to pass them on. I picked the best one and gave it to you on the day of your wedding. Sister Wenjun, as a general, you must have a handy and decent weapon."

Zhen Wenjun: "Then thank Mr. Liao first."

Hearing what she said, Wei Tingxu became more and more interested: "Actually, I don't care about whether there is a childbirth secret technique in it now. Anyway, the emperor has already adopted the prince, and Da Yu has someone who will succeed him. I just want to see what's inside. What exactly is it, and what treasure has been left behind by Changge Kingdom that needs to be protected like this."

Zhen Wenjun looked at the box upside down in his hand, tapped it on the table, then took a knife and tried to pry it into the flat slit, but he couldn't even reach it.

"Put this box here." Wei Tingxu said to A Liao, "It's enough for you to toss these days, and Wen Jun and I will figure out the rest."

When Ah Liao left, he also reminded him ten thousand times: "Be sure to open it! All the ladies in my Qingluan are waiting to give birth to me!"

"A blatant disciple." Zhen Wenjun didn't bother to send Ah Liao off, and continued to play with the wooden box.

People seem to have a natural enthusiasm for things beyond their control.Zhen Wenjun took a candlestick and shined it into the gap, but he couldn't see anything, and then hooked it with a wire, but nothing could be caught.There seems to be something in it and there seems to be nothing in it. After all, the weight of the wooden box itself cannot be considered carefully.When shaking, I can't hear the sound inside. Could it be that the treasure is fixed?

Wei Tingxu and her studied together for a while, then drank medicine and fell asleep. Zhen Wenjun's wedding was about to be given a holiday by the center, so he continued to study in the rare leisure time.

What kind of key should be used to open this thin gap?

When Zhen Wenjun is thinking, she likes to move her fingers quickly. This is a fault left by her practicing the Golden Chandao since she was a child.Recently, due to my position, I have practiced more knife skills, but the habit is always hard to change.

When she noticed that her fingers began to flick from top to bottom in the order from left to right again, an idea popped into her mind.

Looking back at Wei Tingxu, Wei Tingxu was sleeping peacefully with his back to her.

She carefully and silently pulled the Golden Chandao out of her belt, and slowly pointed it at the gap in the wooden box.

"Boom boom boom!"

The impetuous knock on the door startled Zhen Wenjun, who was concentrating on it, and almost cut his fingers.Wei Tingxu turned around in a daze and looked over. Zhen Wenjun put away the golden cicada knife, put the wooden box away, and opened the door.

"Xiaoxiao?"

Xiao Xiao stood at the door, staring at Zhen Wenjun with a pair of big eyes, like a falcon.

"Come with me." She couldn't help but pull Zhen Wenjun away, and Zhen Wenjun had nothing to do, so he had to follow.

Xiao Xiao took her to the unoccupied bathing pool and asked her, "Mother, what does it mean to be married?"

Seeing her solemn expression, Zhen Wenjun thought she was about to say something, but unexpectedly asked this...

"Getting married means that the two of you will live together forever in the future."

"You and Wei Tingxu?"

"Don't call the elders by their names directly, in Dayu you need..."

"She's plotting against you." Xiao Xiao interrupted Zhen Wenjun, and used a very sharp word to Wei Tingxu, "Mum, you can't marry her."

Xiao Xiao's Da Yu speech has improved rapidly, not only being able to express his meaning correctly, but even distinguishing between emotions.

Zhen Wenjun raised his hand and rubbed her head: "Don't worry about adults' affairs, children. It's late, what you should do now is go to sleep."

"Mother." Xiao Xiao grabbed Zhen Wenjun's sleeves with both hands, and almost stuck to her body, "I saw it."

Zhen Wenjun frowned: "What did you see?"

"That day my paper kite flew to the roof, and I went to pick it. From the roof, I saw Wei Tingxu in the study, and she was whispering with A Juan."

"Whispering with Ajuan?" Zhen Wenjun smiled, "Ajuan is a dumb girl and can't speak. Xiao Xiao, don't talk nonsense."

This Ajuan Zhen Wenjun is not very familiar with her, but she also knows that she is one of the maidservants who followed Wei Tingxu from Wei Mansion to Zhuo Jun Mansion. Because she is a dumb girl, it is inconvenient to communicate with her every day, so she has always been asked to work in the kitchen and washroom. work.She was usually very quiet, and never approached Tingxu and her side, so Zhen Wenjun knew that there was such a person, but basically he hadn't communicated with her much.

"No!" Xiao Xiao denied it very firmly, "Ajuan can talk! I really saw it! They stopped talking when Aunt came back, and they stopped talking when they saw you from the window. Let Ah Juan hide! She is cheating on Grandma, I dare not tell Grandma, because I can't protect Grandma, Grandma don't want to marry her! She has been cheating on Grandma!"

Xiao Xiao has said a lot of lies, but Zhen Wenjun can still tell the truth from the lies.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao's anxious appearance was not lying.

Someone walked by, Zhen Wenjun covered Xiaoxiao's mouth, and whispered in her ear: "You can't tell anyone about this, understand? You go back to Zhuojun's mansion first."

"But……"

"I'll see you again in a few days."

After sending Xiao Xiao away, Zhen Wenjun stood under the corridor until late at night.

Almost as soon as Xiao Xiao said it, Zhen Wenjun connected the Ajuan who was pretending to be a dumb girl with the maidservant who was sending messages for the master in the Hanhe Lonely Boat Hanging Tent.

Zhen Wenjun had thought before that if Wei Tingxu was the one who built on a lonely boat, then the maid who spoke for her must be a trusted aide.The voice of the person who sent the message was neither Xiaohua nor Lingbi. Zhen Wenjun had never seen such a person following Wei Tingxu around. It is impossible to use it once and then stop using it. This is unreasonable.

Unexpectedly, this knot was also untied.

The truth was right in front of his eyes, but Zhen Wenjun regarded it as a scourge and hesitated whether to step forward.

Tossing and turning anxious.

One morning, five days before the wedding day, Zhen Wenjun received the news of Bu Jie's death.