female concubine

In the early years of Qian and Yuan Dynasties, the servant of the Ministry of Industry recruited 26 people to dredge the longitudinal canals left by the previous dynasties at the beginning of the country, and dug a longitudinal grand canal centered on Youzhou and heading south to Hangzhou.

At the beginning of the fourth year of Qianyuan, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple submitted the Qianyuan Criminal Law revised according to the emperor's wishes.

Dozens of new criminal laws were revised into a thick book, "According to the "Xing Tong" stipulated by Tai Zu, four new articles were added on the basis of the original twelve revisions." The meaning of the emperor has been invited many times, and most of the four new articles are also hinted by the emperor.

"According to the "Xing Tong" to determine the law of husband and wife, first, if the husband and wife are not in harmony, if the relationship between husband and wife is not harmonious and they reconcile and divorce, they will not sit down; if the Qianyuan law is revised, those who are at fault of the husband can only reconcile and divorce, and they cannot be in the name of divorcing their wives. , It is also not allowed to force the woman to stay at home. The dowry brought by the woman at the time of marriage shall be taken back by the woman. In the old system, if the husband is at fault, the husband's family shall contribute capital to compensate. This system has not changed, only one new one is added. Those who do so shall be enforced by the government.”

"The latter is the original old system of the criminal system, but the text of the criminal law only gives an ambiguous attitude, that is, a woman needs to obtain the consent of her ex-husband if she wants to get her dowry back. Part of the dowry was taken as a dowry to compensate the husband’s family, because the dowry prepared by the mother’s family was much higher than the dowry when the women of the country were married.”

"Secondly, the old system: three years of non-marriage, those who are engaged to be married for three years without reason, should be listened to and divorced," said Liu Quan, the servant of the Criminal Ministry, comparing the old criminal law with the new criminal law, "listening to divorce is also an ambiguous attitude. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, a marriage letter is stipulated, and the marriage is completed when the dowry is accepted. Marrying a husband is different from marrying a wife. According to the new law, if the woman does not marry for three years and returns the dowry at the request, the marriage will be automatically terminated and the two families will have nothing to do with each other. "

"Thirdly and fourthly, the old legal system has not been changed. Fifthly, the husband resells his wife. If he sells his wife as a maidservant, the original love will be divorced. If the husband marries himself, he will be divorced according to the law; if he sells his wife as a slave, More in line with this article."

"The new law stipulates that all wives are equal, and the position of the main wife in the family should be the same as that of the lord. If you are greedy for money and sell the main wife at a low price, please sit down."

"In the old law, a wife sued her husband, regardless of the reason or the fact, no matter what the fault, the wife would be imprisoned for three years. The minister thought it was unreasonable, so the new law was revised. Depending on the reason of the matter, if it is not a false accusation but a fact, she will no longer be imprisoned. , that is, to make peace."

"In addition to the laws of husband and wife, the laws of court officials and state officials are also revised. Those who are officials must first understand the law. Those who know the law and break the law will be charged with the original crime. If the parents and officials of the state and county break the law, there will be people who beat the Dengwen drum and verify it. , sentenced to unpardonable death."

"Repeal all the laws that torture prisoners in prison."

"The old law of "Xingtong": The twelve articles of the property of the household have been slightly changed."

"Those who have graduated from the fifth service will no longer sit together, and the place of origin has also been slightly modified. The descendants of those who have entered the humble nationality will never be able to participate in the imperial examination, and it will be changed to three generations. In addition, there is another matter for the minister. Dali Temple is revising laws and regulations, so I submitted suggestions to the department.”

The emperor opened his eyes immediately after listening to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment explaining the newly revised law, "What's the matter?"

"Yuezhou Tongjuan believes that the regulations on humble nationality in the past dynasties are too harsh. If a person earns a living by legitimate means, does not steal or rob, does not endanger the country, and has not done such things, he will never be like an ordinary person if he is crowned with humble nationality. Is it unfair?"

"The humble family is hereditary, the good and the poor are not allowed to intermarry, and their status will never change. Even if the ancestors had it, the future generations are so innocent. Can the express restrictions on those who enter the lowly family be properly relaxed, or can the lowly family be eliminated, at least A large part of legitimate industries can be eliminated.”

"There are lazy people in Yuezhou. After being the sinners left by the Tai. Unbearable, extremely humiliating, the official family was born in Tokyo and grew up in Tokyo, it is the most prosperous place in the country, I have never seen it, and I can't understand it, these are the original words of Wang Tongpan."

"Why didn't he submit the memorial directly to me if he has something to do?" The emperor suddenly thought of something, and sighed: "The state officials need to be approved by the prime minister when they enter the emperor's speech... Liu Qing thinks Wang Jiezhi's proposal, what should I do?"

"The minister thinks the words are reasonable and can be implemented."

"Then Liu Shilang means the same thing as Wang Jiezhi, to open up these hereditary children of lowly status to the people?"

"Yes."

"Here we only mention beggar status, so what about brothel girls?"

Liu Quan was taken aback, and had also heard the anecdote about the emperor in Liuxiang when he was still a prince and unmarried, "The redeemer also gets rid of his humble status, and can intermarry with ordinary people."

"One more thing, no longer restricting heirs to participate in the imperial examination."

"Yes."

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In the fourth year of Qianyuan, the revision of "Qianyuan Criminal Law System" was completed, and the emperor ordered the minister of the Ministry of Punishment to copy the new law to Dali Temple and promulgate it to the world.

At the end of the fourth year of Qianyuan, the emperor ordered the elimination of lowly status and made them register as households for the people. Under the order, the people who used to be lowly in various places kneeled in front of Xuande Building, crying with tears of gratitude to the emperor.

At the beginning of the fifth year of Qianyuan, imperial medical officials were ordered to lead Hanlin medical officials to compile medical books, set up medical schools to recruit students, promote medicine, set up academies in various districts, expand the number of bachelors from the three houses of Guozijian, and remove restrictions. They are recommended by professors of Zhuzhou colleges and state officials. Those who are excellent in character and learning can enter the foreign house, and pay equal attention to law, martial arts and Taixue. In November, Lu Wei, the founding father of Qinghe County, was appointed as a scholar of Zhaowenguan University to Kaifeng Yitong Sansi and Chen Guogong.

In the sixth year of Qianyuan and Shangyuan, the emperor bestowed the name on his eldest daughter, Ruhua, and named her Princess Fuqing. Officials were selected by the Ministry, and Wang Wenfu, the general judge of Yuezhou, had outstanding political achievements, changed his official edict to return, entered the pavilion with the Beijing test, led the History Museum to compile and write, and bestowed Fei.

In July of the same year, the Youzhou-Hangzhou Canal was completed, and a dam was built in Youzhou to block the river water as a reserve water source for the smooth flow of the canal.

In the seventh year of Qianyuan, Liu Shubai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, returned to Beijing to participate in political affairs with his political achievements. He also became a special scholar of Jixian Temple.

In the seventh year of Changxia, Wei Zhen and Ji, the eldest daughters of Princess Wu, were granted the title of Lord of Yichun County.

On a long banner hanging outside a rice shop, a big Liu character was written in flying white, and scholars and commoners rushed to buy rice.

"Don't worry, there's a lot of rice in the warehouse. It's all high-quality rice shipped from Hangzhou." Since the opening of the canal, the price of rice in the capital has dropped. Although the price is cheap, there are more people buying rice. Less, rice merchants also have small profits to make.

On the canal from Gyeonggi-do to Jiangnan, there are cargo ships coming and going. The westerly wind blows the sails and sails down the river. Young people stand on the bow of the ships, their clothes are blown tightly by the wind.

"My father's official career is smooth, and my husband has transformed from a merchant to a government official. Why don't you also go to get a job, and the title of Marquis and Prime Minister is just around the corner."

"Because of meeting monks in the bamboo courtyard, I have to spend half a day free." Liu Huaijin took a deep breath and felt the breeze blowing from the river, "Fame and fortune are vain things, and the only thing that can make people feel happy in the world is freedom. , I don’t want to be like my father, who is always looking for his knees every day.”

"The yamen is free and easy."

"It would be great if I was really free and easy. The name is vain, and so is the profit, but there is no businessman who does not value profit."

"The introduction of rice from the south by Yameni reduced the price of rice in the capital by half, and even lowered prices in various places. This move has saved countless poor people, and it is a great good for them."

The book boy came out of the cabin with a crane cloak, and lightly draped it on Liu Huaijin's shoulders, "Today, the fifteenth minister went to court in Da Nei, and the gentleman didn't say hello to him when he was away, so don't look at it." The posts of marriage proposals piled up like a mountain, so I was so scared that I wanted to run away."

Liu Huaijin immediately smiled and bent over, "Don't bury me, I came out to do business."

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A carriage turned into Anzhou Lane and stopped at the entrance of Liu's house, Zipao stepped into the house with his hem lifted.

The family boy in the mansion came to take the Futou.

Immediately, a servant approached with a stack of posts, "Patriarch, these are the new draft posts sent by the matchmaker today. They are all high-end matchmakers in purple clothes. I am afraid that they are all officials' families like the previous few days. There are both men and women."

Liu Shubo stopped and glanced sideways, "Where is Er Niang?"

"The second girl is in the backyard."

Liu Shubo looked around, "Where's Da Lang?"

"Lang Jun went to Hangzhou."

"He's afraid that I'll let him go to Qingjing in Hangzhou."

"Lang Jun said...to check the market conditions in the coastal areas."

"Forget it, let Er Niang come to the study."

"Yes."

After Liu Shubo changed into casual clothes, he sat at the desk and carefully sifted through the draft posts sent by various families.

"Daddy, did you call me?"

"Come on, look at these, there are many young officials from the Qing Dynasty..."

"Daddy, didn't my daughter say that she would never remarry in this life, and my elder brother is still unmarried."

"I can't take care of your brother. I used to be in the Ministry of Industry and I was busy with the canal, so I didn't have time to take care of you..."

"Daddy's words don't mean anything, let's return these things, my daughter won't marry, and my daughter doesn't want to spend her whole life depressed in the back house like her mother."

"But you can't really live your life alone like this?"

"What's wrong with a person, you don't need to look at his face, you don't need to worry about others, and no one points fingers."

"Daddy doesn't want to force you," Liu Shubo clutched a post, "Yushi Zhongcheng told me before..."

"Censor Zhongcheng?" Mrs. Liu raised her brows, "I heard that soon after Zhongcheng got married, Jun Junzhang gave birth to a son for him. What did he say to Dad?"

"Are you interested in the official family?"

Mrs. Liu was stunned, and then laughed and said, "When Yushi Zhongcheng got married, the two families were both high-ranking families. How many women were envious of Mrs. Jiang's ostentation at that time. Mrs. Zhang gave birth to a son a year later. Everyone knows about Full Moon Wine, but now I feel chills for her."

"My daughter also heard that it was Mrs. Zhang who came to the door of Yushi Zhongcheng to ask Jixian to marry him. This Mrs. Zhang is also the younger sister of the upstart in the court." Mrs. Liu took out a grass post from Zhang's family, on which was written the woman's year order , said with a smile: "The tree of Prime Minister Jixian is really flourishing. Not only has it penetrated into every corner of the court, but there are also a bunch of noble daughters-in-law and son-in-law, even more powerful than Prime Minister Zhao Wen."

The author has something to say: the name is Fei, Ruhua is taken from the Book of Songs (QAQ, I can’t think of a better name for the surname Wei.)

Yuezhou is Shaoxing, and so is Shanyin, both are nicknames.The reason why Shanyin Bo, the official's grandfather, sealed Shanyin was the place name of his ancestral home.

Tips, Note: The low-ranking system is related to slavery, and it was abolished during the Yongzheng period in ancient China (but not completely, and it is still left behind)

It’s superficial, and only takes the Northern Song Dynasty as the main background (I didn’t say that all the articles must be based on the Song Dynasty, and a small part of it also refers to Tang Ming’s system.)

There is also the canal (the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal of Emperor Sui Yang is a horizontal canal, which did not exist before him, so it took seven years to be considered very, very fast, and of course it was a waste of money for the people). The official one is only dredging on the original basis, and A few vertical sections were added.

One of the greatest achievements of Ming Chengzu is the vertical canal to Hangzhou after moving the capital, "Seven points to the emperor, three points to the south of the Yangtze River."

The plot needs to shorten the time (whether the actual canal is dredged or built, the project is very large, and the death rate is also high.)

Three-phase sequence, Zhaowen Museum, History Museum, and Jixian Hall (Courtyard) were relocated from low to high.

In fact, everyone thinks that Tang Feng is open, but in fact she only targets the upper class, and there are great differences in levels. The servants of the lower class (it can be said that slavery still exists) can be bought and sold. The law pays attention to human rights, and directly excludes this kind of law. The labor contract of the servants is signed with the master for at most ten years, especially at the bottom. When I wrote this chapter, I compared the laws of the two dynasties. (This is a scumbag’s speech. Those who study history, please don’t criticize me. I still like Datang very much. It’s comfortable to look at the territory, huh~)

阶级划分哪个朝代都有，只是我感觉清朝一下就又倒退回了奴隶制，因为古代边境地区本来就相对要落后一些…（QAQ，别喷我。）感谢在2020-06-0918:30:33~2020-06-1006:24:19期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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