Chapter 18
Chapter 17: After The Founding Of The Yuan Dynasty, It Became Obsolete 17
Although the child’s life was saved, Yinglan is only a mortal now, and he has no ability to renew his broken limbs. He will lose his fertility in this life.
What’s more painful is that his bodily functions have been seriously damaged, and he will suffer from pain for the rest of his life. He will also experience urinary incontinence, and the wound is very susceptible to infection. There may even be inflammation and foul-smelling fluids.
Ying Lan thinks she is not a merciful fairy, but seeing such a child wither at the beginning of her life, and will suffer all her life, still arouses her pity Heart. Especially after learning about the eunuch’s life experience from entering the palace to death, she felt that she had to do something.
Even if he hears something more daring, he will not refute it immediately, but will first consider whether it is feasible, just like now. “The affairs in the palace are complicated, some heavy work will inevitably require men, and the blood of the royal family cannot be mixed. How can we prevent this?”
, why does the **** exist? Isn’t it easier to prevent from the root cause because those in power occupy too many women and are too busy to do so, for fear of being cuckolded?
“Are you talking about what a mother should say?” Nie Yongnian said, “If you have more wives, you will have more children, and if you have more children, you will be blessed.”
“Then why did my father only marry my mother?” Ying Lan retorted.
Nie Yongnian was choked, and it is not good to use a daughter as an analogy, so as not to hurt her and her mother’s heart, she just bluffed: “I love your mother, naturally You are willing, but you can’t force the emperor.”
Ying Lan thought about it for a while and felt that her father had some truth in it: “The palace will only use women first, and there are many women with natural strength in this world. As for what happens in the future, it depends on Huaer. What it means.” But he thought to himself, education starts from a baby, and the cheap son’s thinking has not yet been finalized, anyway, she has nothing to do for the time being, it is better to teach her how to respect women.
“I can discuss this matter with the ministers.” Nie Yongnian said with a frown. What he said was not an excuse. After returning from the palace, he convened all his aides to discuss it. As he expected, he got basically unanimous opposition.
The **** at this time is actually a profession. For ordinary people, especially some families who have too many children to support, sending a child to the palace can not only reduce the burden of the family , and can be exchanged for some home, and it is not a chance for children to get ahead. There are even adults who choose to **** themselves in order to avoid debt, or ambitious people in order to stand out.
, it is possible to have one cut off, but it must be reported to the official record. If someone is found to be castrated without permission, the person who performs the operation will be sentenced to death, and the person who has been cut will also be sentenced to death, and the whole family will be sent to the frontier to join the army. If the neighbors know the truth and do not report it, they will be punished together!
So what is very painful for the people of the future generations is quite common to the people of today. Of course, whether the children who were sent to the palace by their families also think the same way, as a sidekick It is unknown, after all, only those who have experienced it know the ups and downs.
“The subordinates think that the empress dowager has a long-term vision, and what she does is to benefit the country and the people.” Amidst the voices of opposition, someone suddenly exclaimed, instantly turning everyone’s attention All attracted.
Nie Yongnian recognized this person as Li Anzhi. He recommended himself to him a few months ago. “What does An Zhi say?” The daughter of her own family knew that there really wasn’t any long-term plan, and she always thought that one would come out one after another, to make trouble for his old father.
It’s about the little grandson marrying less wives in the future.
Li Anzhi changed his usual taciturnity, and spoke eloquently about his research experience over the years: First of all, polygamy, especially the royal family’s polygamy, has been too expensive in many periods, and even affected the country of stability.
Marry, be single for life. If you can’t marry a wife, naturally you can’t have children, how can the population increase?
Moreover, according to his statistics, polygamy may not necessarily have many children. For example, the famous emperor of the previous dynasty had a harem of 5,000 people, but only eight children were born in total. A wife’s is about the same.
With such eloquent remarks, some of the staff thought he was exaggerating at first, but Li Anzhi has obviously put in a lot of effort, and his words are not aimless, but justified , is irrefutable. He also praised the empress dowager, praising her with ravines in her chest and keeping the people in her heart. It is definitely a great blessing for the country to have this empress dowager in the Yan Dynasty.
Nie Yongnian was stunned for a moment, and even wondered if her daughter suddenly proposed to abolish the **** system had a deep meaning, could she have seen the drawbacks of multiple wives and multiple concubines, and this was the reason why she planned Start from the royal family and change the bad atmosphere?
If Ying Lan heard his heart, she would definitely tell him that she thought too much, she just felt a little pity. However, the policy she wanted to implement was approved, and she was also given a gift, which made her happy.
In fact, this era was still a patriarchal society. Restricting wives and concubines was equivalent to standing on the opposite side of men. After stabilization, a lot of land was deserted and people were sparsely populated. This decree happened to be related to the population issue and was relatively easy to accept. If after decades of development, the country is prosperous and prosperous, it is almost impossible to implement it again.
But even so, when the new policy was introduced, it was still frying. It has been like this for thousands of years. Suddenly the imperial court did not allow concubines. , is not a one-off, but has to pay taxes every year, and the tax is quite high, basically the cost of taking a concubine is about the same as raising a child.
If you lose, you will gain. As an advocate of the New Deal, Yinglan has caused dissatisfaction among many men, but more than half of the upper class ladies have become her supporters.
The impact of the war is huge. Now that the population is losing a lot, the status of women is actually relatively high. Civilian female widows will not be discriminated against when they remarry, and there are even county magistrates in many places to persuade them. The woman remarried with her ex-husband’s children.
The ideological oppression of the young ladies of the official family and the noble women of the aristocratic family was not as severe as later. They are talented and even ambitious, and they think they are not inferior to men, but the world does not give them a channel to show . Yinglan has a distinguished status, but she can do practical things for the people at ease, and has a high reputation among the people. Her appearance is like a beacon to guide them.
The posts of the visit came like snowflakes, Ying Lan was a little strange at first, but after learning the reason, she couldn’t help but think. Now that she can’t practice, she still has at least a few decades to live in this small world. If she finds something to do for herself, it’s actually pretty good. And she also wanted to see how far these women could go if they were given a chance.
There are so many people asking to meet, if they meet one by one, they don’t know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
This is the first time that Yinglan has held a banquet since she became the queen mother, especially since she has been acting frequently recently. One can imagine the sensation caused by monogamy. Since the news of holding the garden party came out, the wives and daughters of each family were proud to be able to attend the party. The clothing and jewelry in Beijing were in short supply. The ladies and ladies gathered to talk about the prospect of the garden party.
The banquet hosted by Ying Lan was indeed very successful. She changed the style of reciting poems and writing lyrics at the meeting in the past, but compared the real talents of the girls, astronomy, geography, Military history, political agriculture, commercial water conservancy, etc. are all included.
This is also the first time that everyone really realizes how knowledgeable and versatile this young queen mother is. No matter what it is, she can make a fair evaluation of the respondent, that is, Said she must know all these things.
If they don’t seize the opportunity to do something, they have a hunch that they will regret it for the rest of their lives.
This whimsical garden party was even officially recorded in the annals of history by historians. Several women who have made outstanding contributions in various aspects of later generations have emerged in this party, and this banquet is well-known As the starting point for the germination of feminism, the time it was held became a festival for women, and the venue was later converted into a women’s college, becoming a holy place in the hearts of future women.