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"What a shame!"

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In fact, the Qian family has long disliked Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi for a long time.The arrival of Li Xiangjun is just the fuse to speed up.An old man living with two famous brothel women at the same time offended not only the Qian family members, but also many men who wanted to be romantic.

"Nizi, he's your aunt...cough." Qian Qianyi finally arrived at the scene, and the scene in front of him almost shocked him.

"She's younger than me. She's not my aunt. She's just Daddy's concubine. She's just a whore!" Qian Qianyi's son humiliated Liu Rushi in public.

"Shut up. Anyway, she gave birth to a little sister for you..." Qian Qianyi tried his best to defend Liu Rushi at this stall. (This is historical data. It is recorded that Liu Rushi cuckolded Qian Qianyi, but Qian Qianyi spoke for Liu Rushi instead.)

"Who knows where the bastard came from, and Dad didn't have a son with her. If Dad wants a grandson, he can let his son do it for him." Qian Qianyi's son became more and more obscene.

"You..." Qian Qianyi and Li Xiangjun couldn't listen anymore, this kind of humiliation was nothing more than a lifelong enemy.

The matter has become a big mess, and according to the traditional practice, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end this matter.Qian Qianyi only hoped to take Liu Rushi away from the scene as soon as possible. He walked tremblingly to the side of the woman, wanting to use his old body to cover up Liu Rushi's embarrassment.

With a "hiss", Qian Qianyi's clothes were also torn off by the Qian family on the spot. This time, two men and one woman were all exposed on the spot.The crowd of onlookers booed together, dignified Tanhualang, and this was the end.

"Get out of the way, the imperial concubine is here." Just as everyone was watching as a joke, a group of men in tights pushed away the crowd, surrounded by a dozen luxuriously dressed women and came to the scene.

"Sister Gu, Sister Bian..." Li Xiangjun recognized it at a glance, and the first to squeeze in were Gu Hengbo and Bian Yujing.

Chen Yuanyuan was plainly dressed and stood far away, but her style was enough to make everyone awed.It is not suitable for her to be present at such a scene, but other people have already rushed over to rescue Liu Rushi.

"It's not up to outsiders to take care of my Qian's family affairs." Qian Qianyi's son felt the pressure, but he still wanted to resist.

"Which law of Ming Dynasty allows you to set up a private court?" Gu Hengbo glared at Qian Qianyi's son, which scared him away.

Liu Rushi was wearing a blanket to conceal her shame, and she had no more tears. She was originally a woman who did not submit to the world, so she would not show weakness to any opponent.In the official history, after Qian Qianyi's death, she hanged herself in front of Qian's family, and she still did not fight against the shackles of the world until she died.But this time, she was rescued, and it was Chen Yuanyuan who saved her.

The society of Daming itself has undergone changes, and Chen Yuanyuan, who originally only wanted to spend the rest of her life in peace, could not remain indifferent.Originally, she just came to Suzhou to look for Bian Yujing, but she met Gu Hengbo and planned to visit Liu Rushi along the way, but she pretended to be today's affairs.

"Sister Xiangjun is here?!" Chen Yuanyuan glanced at Li Xiangjun, without any other expression.Maybe Chen Yuanyuan already knew about Li Xiangjun.

"I have seen the imperial concubine." Li Xiangjun saluted, but there was no other expression on his face.The grievances between her and the royal family will not be resolved in a short while.

"I'm here this time to discuss with you. We should unite with the women in Jiangnan to give the Emperor a piece of advice and ask to protect us poor women." Chen Yuanyuan explained the purpose of coming, and everyone seemed very surprised, only Gu Hengbo nodded .

"Nanjing has long had some women's associations, and the emperor has repeatedly suggested that the status of women in Ming Dynasty is relatively low, so legislation should be raised. In my opinion, this is feasible." Gu Hengbo, who is at the top, has a better sense of smell, maybe she is actually a feminist The leader of the organization.What's more, if Chen Yuanyuan is involved in this matter, the chance of success is still very high.

Half a month later, Zhu Youjian received several letters from Chen Yuanyuan, some of which were personal and some were business.Chen Yuanyuan's meaning was very clear, she wanted to ask Zhu Youjian to speak for the woman, and this was the only mundane thing she could do.

After Zhu Youjian fell into thinking, although Daming has abolished the bad habit of women's footbinding, it is still popular in many places, and this kind of thing has reached the point where it must be solved by legal means.Secondly, Ming Dynasty encouraged men to take concubines, but the law on property inheritance did not keep up.For example, there was an example in the Northeast Boyer Army. When a certain Boyer Army died, his wife from the Japanese country inherited his property.In Zhu Youjian's view, this will have sequelae.

How to solve this problem?That is to strengthen the social status of Daming women.Emphasize that as long as they are local women in Ming Dynasty, they have legal inheritance rights, strengthen the social status of local women, and give legal support.Zhu Youjian believed that with the example of the Northeast, the ministers in the court could pass this resolution.

This trick is called fighting cattle across mountains, using visible problems to achieve invisible goals.It cannot be said that the laws and policies of Ming Dynasty only take into account the men of Ming Dynasty, and the women of Ming Dynasty should also get a share of it.

In addition, Zhu Youjian believes that the rise of appropriate feminism is a good thing, which can promote social progress. For example, at present, due to the development of the textile industry in Ming Dynasty, more female workers are needed to go out to work.Men are indeed not suitable for working in the textile industry.

Chapter 6 Sixty: Overkill

The first five-year plan of the Ming Dynasty has finally reached the stage of acceptance. Not only the emperor Zhu Youjian, but also the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are all looking forward to seeing what great achievements have been made in the past five years.

It is clear that the bottom layer of society is changing, but the top layer seems to have no outstanding achievements to be proud of except for the expanded territory.According to the practice of the previous dynasty, some iconic indicators of national strength have never appeared.For example, Qin Huang Han Wu, Tang Zong Song Zu, and Cheng Zu Zhu Lv.In the current Ming Dynasty, there is no imperial palace, no Great Wall, and no decent landmark buildings.

The failure to build representative buildings does not mean that the construction technology industry has not developed in the past five years. On the contrary, the private infrastructure is much better than before, and the technological innovation of the entire construction industry has been continuously advancing. Further verification is required.

Another rigid indicator to reflect the event is the population. The population growth in the five years of the Ming Dynasty far exceeded the previous events.According to the data released by the cabinet, the registered population of Daming has reached 3000 million, that is to say, an increase of 5000 million within five years.Moreover, the population is growing faster and faster. This data surprised the ruling and opposition parties, but Zhu Youjian still looked sad.

What Zhu Youjian was worried about was not that Daming couldn't support so many people, but that the population was very polarized.Encouraging births is good, but decades of wars have reduced the labor force population, which has led to a labor shortage in Ming Dynasty. The old are old, the young are small, and the burden on the middle class is heavy.The most direct reaction is that Ming now only dares to disarm the army, but does not dare to expand it. The number of young men around the age of 20 is too small, which is also a typical sequelae of the war.This group of people, five to ten years ago, were half-age boys, and children during the war. At that time, because of the war and hunger, many people did not survive.

In other words, if Da Ming wants to truly possess the strength to dominate, he can only wait more than ten years.These seem to be nothing to other traversers, but Zhu Youjian can't use genes to create people.Population growth is a fixed value, and machines cannot be used for assembly line production. If it takes less than 20 years, they will not be able to become talents.

"What is the population situation of the surrounding vassal states and European countries?" Zhu Youjian thought for a while, and his eyes could not just stare at the country.

"According to the information from the Tiandihui, the North Korean and Nanyang countries have thought that the population of Ming Dynasty has seldom increased because of the large number of young women exported to Ming Dynasty. The population of the Japanese country has been decreasing due to the war and the export of women; the two countries of England and the Netherlands The second war in China has taken place, and the population is still decreasing; the population of Europa has increased slightly."

Another statistic is that the quality of life of the people is not improving fast, because the net population growth is a drag on wealth accumulation.In other words, the living standards of the people of Ming Dynasty did not improve much after five years and five years ago, but the variety of low-end consumer goods has diversified.The demographic dividend is not yet the harvest season, and Daming has not benefited from it.

"Your Majesty, we can't continue giving birth like this. Many common people's families have seven or eight children, and some even have more than a dozen children in a few years. Two or three families together can run an elementary school class." Gu Yanwu himself is an example. It's great when you marry a concubine, but when it's your turn to raise a child, it's miserable.

"Who made you greedy and marry so many concubines? Look at me, I didn't marry a concubine." Huang Zongxi stood up and said proudly.

"You really want to marry Xiao, but do you dare?" Gu Yanwu glared at Huang Zongxi and said contemptuously.Huang Zongxi wanted to marry, but facing a wife like Fang Yi, lend him ten guts.

"Wives and concubines are a big problem. If we don't interfere, many men may have to marry feudal maids in the future." Chen Zilong also said worriedly.

The problem he said is also very practical. Now in some wealthy places in Daming, when a man marries a bunch of wives and concubines, that means he is rich.But which woman doesn't want to live a good life?This led to a large number of Ming women going to rich families, while the poor could only marry women sold by the vassal state.Population will of course involve social issues such as property division and in-law relationship.If Zhu Youjian does not want to have too much involvement with neighboring vassal states in the future, he must be restrained institutionally.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Zhu Youjian laughed in his heart, but his face was serious.

"I suggest that the excessive concubine system be abolished. Ming women can only be regular wives, not concubines." Li Yan stood up and said.

"Then, what about those people in the Northeast?" Zhu Youjian was a little worried about the child army. There were at least [-] Japanese women there who had become Ming's wives, which meant that there might be a bunch of descendants with Japanese blood in the future.That's the problem.

"All these women's household registrations will be assigned to Hokkaido, and they will be cut off from the main island of the Wa Kingdom. And I, Ming Dynasty, will make a final plan for the policy of the Wa Kingdom." Li Yan looked at Zhu Youjian and said very seriously.

"It will be handled according to the opinion of Lord Shoufu. From now on, all women of my household registration in Daming are not allowed to be concubines, but only wives, and the Northeast will deal with it separately. For each household, anyone who inherits property, the son of the regular wife is the orthodox one. Those who come from concubines can be regarded as their own after two generations. From now on: those who take concubines, pay heavy taxes, start with me!" Zhu Youjian has no good solution, but he realizes that this method can balance men and women in the future equality issue.

This policy is the same as before, it is tantamount to improving the social status of Daming women, and giving women with Daming household registration a proud identity.In other words, just like later generations, the household registration of the child is determined by the woman, and the identity of the woman determines the birth of the child.If the mother eats commercial grain, the child has an urban hukou; on the contrary, even if the father eats commercial grain, if the mother does not, the child has a rural hukou.At the beginning, this was almost a rigid target. I don’t know how many people asked to transfer their accounts.It also makes women with rural household registrations worthless.

Of course, the current policy given by Zhu Youjian is to make the status of overseas women very low, and at the same time correct the balance between men and women in Daming.Even if some women wanted to be concubines, she had to consider the social status of her child as a concubine.Zhu Youjian believes that we should not be too used to the small thoughts of some people who have no dignity in their bones.In this way, if rich people want to take concubines, they must either pay more costs, or find outsiders to play, and if they want to play, they have to pay a price.

If Daming only focuses on the male labor force and does not liberate women, even if the population base is large, there is still no way to release the productivity of the entire society.Improving the status of women, at least half of the labor market, if not as much as later generations.This is a shot in the arm for Daming, who is about to embark on industrialization reform.

The 661 chapter: the ruthless urgency

When it comes to the Northeast issue of Ming Dynasty, we cannot stop mentioning the country of Wa and the Zheng family in Hokkaido.

In fact, the Wa country in 1659 has been officially nominated as Japan.In this time and space, the Wa country has been fighting a civil war for three years, and the state of war between the Wa country and the Zheng family has not changed.The cause was the assassination of the emperor.As a result, the royal family officially broke with the shogunate and proposed the title of Japan.The Japanese imperial family understood very well that Ming Dynasty came to dismember Japan. If they did not resist, they would be wiped out slowly. Then the imperial family that had existed for thousands of years would perish, and they had no choice but to rise up and resist.

And the shogunate can also see clearly that if the shogunate stands up to fight against Daming, the end will be the same, and the shogunate will be finished by itself.Because the Wa Kingdom itself was divided into two forces, the shogunate and the royal family.If the shogunate did not fight against Ming Dynasty, he might still maintain his current dominance. Once he confronted Ming Dynasty, Japan would be surrounded by enemies.

The shogunate in this period is not Japan in the period of rising national power.In line with the principle of keeping the inside safe while fighting against the outside world, the shogunate could only choose to suppress the power of the imperial family first, but it could not completely eliminate the imperial family.The shogunate only wanted the imperial family to surrender and return to the previous puppet state, but the imperial family refused, so the war continued for three years.

Conversely, for Daming, the army hadn't fought any wars for five years, and sporadic battles would not serve the purpose of training troops.In the past five years, except for the officers, all the soldiers who participated in the war to regain the lost land have been discharged one after another. They received generous treatment from the court, got married and had children.However, the newly recruited soldiers have been weakened in a large scale, both in terms of number and combat effectiveness.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the weapons and equipment are more sophisticated, the training is stricter, and the command is more professional.However, the Zheng family has been looking forward to such an army for several years, but they have not moved a single step, while the pressure on Hokkaido is increasing day by day.

Today's Sapporo is a living military base. Apart from a very small number of residents, most of them are soldiers and laborers serving the army.This place did not become a place of prosperous trade, nor did it become a big city with a strong population, as the Zheng family imagined.This is a city of the dead, because every day hurts and dies.

Zheng Zhilong has aged a lot, with a haggard face, walking on the streets of Sapporo with a walking stick.Accompanying Zheng Zhilong was Jiro Tagawa, the current ruler of Hokkaido.

"Father, there are more and more wandering warriors smuggling here. These people are hiding everywhere and wreaking havoc everywhere. We have been unable to deal with it. However, the eldest brother still hasn't received permission from the imperial court to send troops. What should we do? ?” Jiro Tagawa also looked sad, thin and out of shape.

"I thought [-] mercenaries could control the situation, but I didn't expect that there are coastal defenses everywhere in Hokkaido. These vicious Japanese pirates are used to smuggling, so it's hard to guard against!" Zheng Zhilong sighed.