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Chapter 914 The Law of Holy Marriage

Luo Juncheng left Princess Changle's Mansion and went to the East Palace for duty. Because of his marriage to Princess Changle, he now wears the title of Duke, but basically, most people call him "consort" when mentioning him. Sometimes I will add the phrase "Changle Prince Consort".

The wedding of Luo Juncheng and Princess Changle, even though a long time has passed, is still the most talked about event in Chang'an City, not only because of the generous dowry, known as "Ten Miles of Red Makeup", but also because of Luo's A generous betrothal gift, but a marriage that had never happened before.

That is "Holy Marriage".

Before the normal wedding process, such as worshiping in the church, one must first chant the saint and then pray for King Su's blessing on the marriage. The people of Chang'an learned for the first time that when cousins ​​get married, they must accept King Su's blessing.

Everyone in the world knows that marriage is not allowed between people of the same clan, but the Luo family was the first to break this habit. Luo Jingcheng, the king of Gusu County, and Luo Xuanjing, the wife of Chu State, are from the same clan. Not to mention that Luo family had countless marriages during the Han Dynasty. Marriage of the same clan, in fact, among the people, this kind of marriage that cannot be done by the same clan has been broken long ago.

Especially after hundreds of years of chaos, who still remembers who they are from the same clan?

Luo Shi has told everyone with facts that marriage outside the fifth server is not a big deal, and now Luo Shi tells everyone again that cousins ​​and clan relatives are the same.

Instead of getting married, you will get sick, and the children you give birth to will die young, and there will be all kinds of strange diseases. Only by accepting the blessing of King Su before marriage can you eliminate the ills that may occur in the future. .

This is a typical example of Ji Zhao using magic to change the rules of the world.

Luo Juncheng walked into the East Palace, and almost everyone saluted him kindly. His status in the East Palace was very unusual. In terms of official position, it was not high, but no one would underestimate him. At that time, all the assistants in the Qin Palace, None of them were of high rank, but as King Qin became the emperor, many of them jumped up and became the prime ministers and assistants of the third rank.

Everyone firmly believes that the present of Zhou Junwang Luo Xuanye is the future of Luo Juncheng!

After all, the father and son are so similar. They both got to know each other when they were young, and Luo Juncheng and the prince met earlier. They are both married to sisters, and they are both in charge of military equipment. Everyone will have an inexplicable sense of contempt. feel.

When Luo Juncheng arrived in the palace, he saw Li Chengqian's face was a little anxious. When he saw Luo Juncheng coming, he immediately waved and said: "Juncheng, come quickly."

After Luo Juncheng sat down, before he could ask, Li Chengqian said rather eagerly: "After you and Changle got married, the court has been planning to promulgate a new marriage law, which stipulates that without the blessing of King Su, no marriage will be allowed. Cousins ​​within three generations of each other are getting married. Now that the news has spread, it has caused a big mess. Just this morning, memorials have been piled up on my father's desk. They are all voices of opposition, and almost all of them are high-ranking officials. And people everywhere are opposed to it.”

Luo Juncheng only thought about it briefly and knew why. Kissing each other has become a tradition over the years.

Not only did Li Shimin do this, but also for high-ranking officials, marriage is an important means of surviving the family and the most critical point in forming an alliance of interests. Among them, marriage between cousins ​​is a very important part of maintaining family relationships.

If these families are not allowed to marry, it will be to cut off their arms. Not only Shandong Gaomen, Guanlong and Jiangnan, no one is willing, but also ordinary people. Cousins ​​are an important source of their marriages, and the court directly cuts them off. , opposition is inevitable.

This matter is difficult to handle.

In the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin sat at the top with a frown on his face. He did not expect that the law had not been promulgated yet, but it had already caused an uproar just by spreading it out.

Li Shimin has never seen such a unanimous voice of opposition. Not only the powerful, but also the common people do not support it. When the resistance has reached this level, he is ready to follow the good and accept the voice of the people.

The prime ministers were lined up on both sides, with their heads lowered and silent. Li Shimin looked at the prime ministers. He suspected that there was someone leaking the secrets, but he felt that it was impossible and it should not be possible.

"Let's talk about what to do about this matter. Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, you two are quick-thinking. You go first."

As usual, Li Shimin named Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng first.

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I have been thinking about this issue. Nowadays, the noble families in the world are mainly Guanlong, Shandong and Jiangnan. The nobles of Guanlong are crowned, the nobles of Jiangnan are noble, and the nobles of Shandong are noble. Mariya.

Your Majesty has discussed it before and believes that the culture of the Shandong gentry is not good. It has obviously fallen into decline. There are no outstanding figures in the clan, but they are still respected by the world. And using marriage to extort large sums of money and collect large amounts of property is simply ridiculous. Therefore, it is forbidden to marry each other among Shandong nobles. "

When Fang Xuanling said this, Wei Zheng was already a little uneasy, because he respected the Shandong gentry, and what he wanted most was to marry a woman from a high-ranking Shandong family.

Wei Zheng didn't think there was anything wrong. He was not the only one in this world. When Li Xuanba, the king of Qi, was in charge of Qizhou, he wanted to marry a woman from the Lu family for his son. Even though the Lu family in Qizhou does not have any prominent family members now, and the most prominent family members have all followed the Luo family, Li Xuanba is still willing to use the Lu family's name.

Li Shimin sighed with emotion when he heard what Fang Xuanling said: "Yes, in this world, we all rely on the blessings of our ancestors, and we cannot strive for self-improvement. Many families are like this, and they still rely on these to hinder the government's governance."

When we first discussed this, Luo Xuanye finally stopped us because his views were different from those of Li Shimin and others. In Luo Xuanye's view, "The imperial power is supreme. If we use the imperial power to ban the marriages of these people, wouldn't it be more serious for these people?" Plated with sacred gold, the name of a marriage-forbidden family will allow these families to sell their daughters at a higher price in the future. "

When Li Shimin heard this, he was immediately disgusted. Now that these families were really noble because of him, that would be more uncomfortable than killing him, so he didn't mention it again.

Wei Zheng did have a vicious vision, and he quickly realized that the key to this was, "What your Majesty is really worried about is that the people are opposed to this matter."

This sentence immediately spoke to Li Shimin's heart. He rubbed the handle of the chair with his hand and said in a deep voice: "I have walked through the bloody storm of the battlefield. I am not afraid of any enemy. In the end, I am just fighting to the death, but only the common people." , I love it deeply, I deeply fear it.

I often say that water can carry a boat or overturn it. I deeply understand that the power of the people is enough to overturn anyone. The people may seem docile on the surface, but that is just because they are not pushed hard enough. Everyone is patient. , when you can't bear it anymore, you will explode.

Therefore, my first priority in governing is to reduce the pressure on the people. I actually know that as long as I give an order, the people will obey obediently. But three feet of ice does not last in a day, and the snow that crushes the branches does not last in one day. snowflake.

Every inappropriate decree I issue is equivalent to placing an extra snowflake on a branch. It seems fine on weekdays, but when I issue a decree that is obviously not a big deal, the branch will break. , the people couldn’t bear it.

I asked the ministers to tell me about my fault, which is to try not to let any more snowflakes on the fragile branches.

This is the current ban on marriage. If the people think it is wrong, then I can only cancel it. "

Even if this thing is originally right.

This is what Li Shimin did not say, and it is wrong if it is inappropriate.

Li Shimin's story was recognized by all the prime ministers. Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, what if the temples blessed by King Su were built in every county?

Empty Buddhist and Taoist temples, or conduct them in Buddhist and Taoist temples. "

Luo Xuanye shook his head directly and said: "It's not that simple. The current steps of holy marriage were proposed by the Imperial Master. There are so many states and counties in the Tang Dynasty. Where can we find so many people who can take on this work? If we take it If someone in this job does something, the consequences will be disastrous.

And even if it is built in the county, most of the people live in the village, so it cannot be found in every village. Even if the treasury is drained, there will not be that much money. "

If it could really be spread across the country, the Luo family would have done it long ago, but there were too many practical problems. For Luo Su, the most important thing was the re-enfranchisement of Zhu Xia, not a small legal issue.

Wei Zhenglue pondered and then said: "Your Majesty, if we only limit the scope of forbidden marriage to those who can afford it, and set up holy marriage blessing temples in big cities like Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou and Suzhou, it will only be a few If it’s a big city, Luo should have enough manpower.”

This method is good. After Wei Zheng said it, everyone in the palace felt that the method he said was good and could take care of all aspects. It could not only take care of the court's face, but also take care of the people's emotions. There was no one-size-fits-all approach that prevented people from getting married.

Luo Xuanchen suddenly answered: "Your Majesty, the nobles' opposition may be because they are worried that the court will use the blessing to manipulate their marriage, causing the marriage to be unable to be independent."

As soon as Luo Xuanchen's words came out from this strange angle, everyone suddenly realized why the nobles were so opposed. It wasn't that they couldn't afford the travel expenses to Chang'an. It turned out that they were worried about this.

Li Shimin stood up and said with emotion: "I don't care about them judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart. The three provinces issued an edict and promulgated the laws. I will not interfere with marriage blessings. You can go to the temple by yourself, but you will not pass by Blessed cousin marriages will not be recognized."

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The law, known as the "Holy Marriage Law" by people at the time, was the first law in the world to restrict the marriage of close relatives. Even though this law was limited by practical factors and retained a lot of remnants, it was still a progress of civilization. ——"History of the Development of Marriage Law"

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