Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Change household marriage laws!"

"Change the current situation of blind marriage in the Song Dynasty!"

As soon as this news came out, both the government and the public were shocked.

Among the people, it is applauded, especially among the younger generation, who highly praise it and no one else! Just because getting married in this era is like opening a blind box. No matter you are tall, short, fat, thin, black, white, beautiful or ugly, as long as you enter the bridal chamber, you will spend your whole life.

In particular, there are marriage contracts such as baby kisses, fingertip marriages, child brides, tragic kisses, and other marriage contracts that are destined from birth, which makes people have no choice.

The traditional marriage contract is almost spoiled by parents and elders using various tricks. It is simply done in any rough way, making men and women all over the world miserable.

So when the news about Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao's passionate love affair spread, there was an uproar all over the world, causing uproar and accusations in Kaifeng City.

You must know that even the emperor cannot control his marriage contract. If he had not met the evil doctor Fan Zheng, another person would not be able to escape the tragic ending.

It is precisely for this reason that the perfect love between the evil doctor Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao, the most talented woman in the Song Dynasty, is the envy of the younger generation of the Song Dynasty.

"Before marriage, men and women must meet like Master Fan and Li Cainv. Although it is impossible for the two to fall in love at first sight, at least they can have a general understanding." Zhang Dun solemnly said.

Wang Di nodded and said: "There are six rituals in traditional weddings: the first is to accept the gift, the second is to ask for the name, the third is to accept the auspiciousness, the fourth is to accept the invitation, the fifth is to ask for the date, and the sixth is to welcome the bride. I believe that at least during the first five rituals, both men and women You need to be present in person, so that you can solve the problem of blind marriage."

"This strategy is feasible!" Zhang Dun nodded happily.

Wang Di couldn't help but show a hint of pride, and turned to Fan Zheng who was standing aside: "Fan Taicheng is a model for men and women to get married in the Song Dynasty. What do you think of Wang's plan?"

Zhao Xu appointed the New Party and the Medical Party to jointly reform household marriage laws. In addition, Fan Zheng's wedding was used as a template to formulate the wedding of men and women. Naturally, Fan Zheng's opinion was sought, which gave Wang Di the idea of ​​​​comparison.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Master Wang, allowing men and women to meet and understand each other in the first five of the six wedding rites can indeed greatly alleviate the current situation of blind marriage between men and women, who do not know the old customs of baby kissing, finger pulp wedding, child bride, etc. How should Mr. Wang solve it?"

"Uh!"

Wang Di was stunned for a moment. The multiple meetings he mentioned between the man and woman before the engagement were only for ordinary wedding situations. However, in these situations, the marriage contract has already been finalized. Even if the child bride meets every day, it may be difficult to change it. status quo.

"In these cases, the marriage contract has been finalized. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the marriage contract has indeed taken effect. Moreover, these are only a few cases and do not affect the overall situation." Wang Di waved his hand.

Fan Zheng shook his head slightly. The new party was too hasty in doing things, only caring about the overall situation and ignoring the interests of a few people. This was mostly the reason for the failure of the new law, but the new party has not learned the lesson yet.

"Fan believes that the key to solving the problem of blind marriage in the Song Dynasty is not the meeting between men and women before marriage, but the marriage contract!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Marriage certificate?"

Everyone in the New Party couldn't help but be stunned and looked at Fan Zheng in confusion.

Fan Zheng waved his hand, took out a big red wedding certificate, and placed it in front of everyone.

"Look at what's wrong with this marriage contract?" Fan Zheng asked everyone in the New Party.

After everyone circulated it, they saw that this marriage document contained the names and birth dates of the man and woman, as well as the names of the matchmaker, the officiant, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. It was an extremely traditional marriage document, without any details. any problem.

"This marriage document is a traditional marriage document, and there is nothing wrong with it." Wang Di shook his head and said, this is a legal marriage document, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Fan Zheng sneered: "From Fan's perspective, this marriage document has many problems!"

Zhang Dun frowned and looked at Fan Zheng in confusion.

"Not to mention whether this marriage document is a blind marriage, just based on the paper of this marriage document, it is just an ordinary piece of rice paper! Handwritten marriage documents are extremely easy to forge." Fan Zheng pointed to the marriage document. of paper.

Everyone disagreed. In their opinion, Fan Zheng was making too much fuss over the marriage certificate.

"Moreover, although the names of both men and women are on the marriage certificate, there is no signature from both men and women. The harm of blind marriage is so great because the man and woman have no right to refuse and can only passively accept the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker. If they continue Only with the signatures of both men and women can the marriage document take effect, giving both men and women the right to refuse, thus avoiding blind marriages to the greatest extent." Fan Zheng said proudly.

"call!"

Everyone in the New Party couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng in disbelief. They didn't expect that Fan Zheng actually found the flaw hidden in the marriage contract.

Now that the Song Dynasty has a fingerprint method, if a man and a woman can voluntarily sign and sign for marriage, there will naturally be no complaints about what happens after the marriage.

"This method is feasible!" Zhang Dun praised.

As the prime minister, he did not care about the blind marriage between the man and the woman, but let the man and woman have no objections. Moreover, the marriage certificate between the official family and Queen Meng did not have the signature of both parties personally, which may be used as one of the conditions for the abolition.

Fan Zheng continued: "Moreover, Fan believes that the usefulness of marriage books goes beyond that. Weddings and funerals are related to people's lives. The court can print marriage books uniformly and bind them to household registration. In the future, whether a wife enters her husband's family or a couple The children born to both parties must have a marriage certificate as proof before they can be naturalized. This will make the hidden households of the Song Dynasty invisible."

"Great!" Zhang Dun immediately exclaimed.

The most important function of the new law is to collect taxes. How to collect taxes, and cracking down on hidden households is naturally a top priority. However, every time we check the hidden households, it is thankless and even more difficult.

However, no man or woman in the world can escape from marriage. Binding the marriage certificate to the household registration will allow the hidden household to declare household registration without any effort.

Zhang Dun couldn't help but glance at Fan Zheng and Wang Di. They were both the third generation of the reform family. In comparison, Fan Zheng was much better than Wang Di.

Fan Zheng continued: "After we finish the marriage contract, we will talk about the method of reconciliation later!"

"Heli!"

Everyone couldn't help but have weird expressions. Fan Zheng's first evil plan was to reconcile a couple! I didn't expect that now that the household marriage law is being changed, I still want to divorce.

Fan Zheng's face remained unchanged and said: "Since there is a big wedding, it is reasonable. Think about it, Empress Dowager Liu married Zhenzong after reconciliation, and finally she was honored as the queen. Empress Cao of Renzong also married after reconciliation. Enter the palace."

The Northern Song Dynasty was very tolerant of Heli and allowed Heli to exist. Even the two queens were both daughters of Heli.

"First, if there is no marriage contract or the marriage contract does not comply with household marriage laws, they can be divorced. In this way, the harm of child marriage, finger-tip marriage, and child bride can be greatly reduced."

"Secondly, people who are not suitable for marriage according to medical regulations can get divorced!"

“Thirdly, there are couples who are at odds with each other, and cheating, domestic violence, etc. all become reasons for divorce.

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These things were not copied by Fan Zheng based on the marriage laws of later generations, but the Northern Song Dynasty was extremely tolerant of women and divorce. Divorce and remarriage were common among the people, and there was no discrimination by later generations. It can even be described in one word - and from freedom.

This is also the reason why countless later generations highly admire the Song Dynasty. If there is an era that is most similar to later generations, it must be the Northern Song Dynasty.