Quan Yutianxia GL

The farewell banquet, which was supposed to be harmonious, ended up prematurely because of Li Rui's absence, which made the atmosphere a little awkward.

Bai Su and Chu Ning left together, and after Xiao Hongfei and the others walked away, he said displeasedly: "It's really inappropriate for Princess Yingchuan to act like this."

"She did it on purpose, she was asking me for a promise!" Chuning smiled helplessly, and said to Bai Su, "Come with me to her tent."

When the two of them came to Li Rui's tent, they saw Li Ruigao was sitting in the main seat, obviously they had been waiting for a long time.

The waiter stepped back after serving the tea soup, Chuning and Bai Su lifted up their clothes, and the three sat on their knees facing each other.

"Wen He is here, and I want to ask Your Excellency the princess." Although the scene seemed a little cold and awkward, Chuning still opened his mouth to break the stalemate: "In the eyes of the princess, what should be considered fair ?”

"In my opinion, fairness should be balanced, average, and equal." Li Rui said, implying: "Not favoring one party or one person."

Chuning interjected: "Then, according to the meaning of the Princess, it is fair to distribute everything evenly and equally, right?"

Li Rui thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

"Then I have another question." Chu Ning said: "When organizing fishing by the Raoshui River, there was a He Qilang who was born on the coast, so he has quite a lot of fishing experience. An ordinary person can probably catch seven or eight fish a day. , but He Qilang's daily income is as much as two or three people."

Speaking of this, Chuning glanced at Li Rui, and continued: "At that time, according to the principle of equal distribution, no matter how many fish He Qilang handed in every day, he was just like those old and weak people in the camp who had no labor force. You can get enough food to keep you alive."

"Chu Zhaoyi means that what we called 'fairness' at the time was actually very unfair to He Qilang?" Li Rui quickly retorted: "I believe there are many people like He Qilang among the border residents, but at that time The food in their hands is not plentiful. If the income of He Qilang and others is to be increased, many old and weak women and children will inevitably face starvation and death. So, is this fair to the old and weak women and children who have lost their labor force? They don’t want to suffer War and plunder, they don't want to be tortured to the point of disability by the Xianbei, and they don't want to lose their labor force to become a burden."

"So, in the eyes of the princess, it is fair to reduce the income of He Qilang and others, and to subsidize the old and the weak who have no ability to work?" Chuning asked again: "Then, those who launched wars and plundered actively at this moment Is it fair to still live in towers and pavilions, rich in clothes and fine food?"

"It's not because it's unfair that we want to change, isn't it?" Li Rui pursed his lips and continued: "As for He Qilang and others, we can make up for it when we have more money in the future."

"Make up for it? Not everyone needs such a late fairness." Chuning's lips curved slightly, and said: "As early as the fourth day, He Qilang discovered that no matter how many fish he handed in, the food he got When he is like everyone else, he starts to be lazy."

"...Then why didn't you say it then?"

"Even if I said it at the time, what's the point?" Chu Ning said, "One is that the account books and food distribution rights belonged to you at that time; Without the principle of 'fairness' at that time, would there be a second, third, or even countless He Qilangs who would come to me? As you said, what will happen to those old, weak, women and children who have lost their labor force?"

Hearing this, Li Rui smiled wryly and said, "I understand. What you want to express is that in this world, there is only relative fairness, and there is no absolute fairness of balance, average, and equality..."

"Yes, in my opinion, fairness does not mean average and balanced." Chu Ning sighed, "I know that the fairness that Your Excellency is pursuing is not just the fairness of resource distribution, but also the fairness between men and women. fairness and equality... But I must tell you that this did not happen overnight, and I cannot promise you anything, even though I, like you, hope to witness such fairness with my own eyes."

Li Rui looked at Bai Su, then at Chu Ning, lowered his voice, gritted his teeth and said, "Couldn't it be okay to change the day?"

Although she was born in the clan, Li Rui didn't miss this royal honor. Anyway, no matter what the world was like, a girl from the clan like her couldn't get rid of the fate of being traded as an item.

Chuning looked around at the two of them, spread his hands helplessly and said, "I don't think this is just a matter of another day."

"Why?" Bai Su, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "In the early Han Dynasty, the law inherited the Qin system, and the customs followed the Qin regulations. Men can divorce their wives and marry again, and women can divorce and remarry. The first emperor once lived in Mount Tai. The engraved stone said: "Prevent the inside and outside, prohibit adultery, men and women are sincere. Husbands are sent to send, and they are not guilty of killing..."

Chu Ning listened intently, thought over and over carefully, and roughly understood the meaning of the stone inscription of the First Emperor—men and women are different, so they should be isolated and guarded against, and adultery is prohibited. Husband/fornication/person/wife, killing an adulterer is not a crime...

Although he was ignorant and unable to deeply understand the content of the first emperor's stone inscription, Chuning had no choice but to secretly applaud the first emperor in his heart—literally, what the first emperor asked for sincerity was for both men and women.

But I heard Bai Su say again: "Since Emperor Wu of the previous dynasty only respected Confucianism, Emperor Xuan had been a god for four years, but he carried out the act of 'bestowing chaste women and obedient women'. There is also Confucian scholar Liu Xiang, who wrote "Biography of Lie Nu". Although there are strange women such as Yunhou in white clothes, Mrs. Yan, etc., the nobles of the aristocratic family regard "Biography of Women" as their standard. You can marry a wife and take concubines..."

Hearing this, Chuning couldn't help but secretly rejoiced in her heart—fortunately, there is no Eastern Han Dynasty in this world, and there is no Ban Zhao, otherwise she would have written a book called "Women's Commandments", which would be carried forward by Song Confucians along with "Biography of Women" , Since then, he has poisoned the women of heaven/dynasty for more than a thousand years.

Although the Daqing Dynasty did not criticize women too much on the bright side, the changes in the social atmosphere, the oppression and prejudice against women, still made Li Rui, Bai Su and other elites of this era feel it.

"In the past, there was a woman Zhuo Wenjun who died at night and rushed to meet Ru. Her father Zhuo Wangsun was furious and said: "I can't bear to kill her because she is not good enough, and I don't want to pay any money!"

What Chu Ning is most afraid of is chatting with human beings. However, Li Rui suddenly chatted with Bai Su, caught Bai Su's words and continued: "People may be called princes and grandsons, but princes and grandchildren will never listen. It is even more said that Wang Sun said: "There is one man and two women. What is insufficient is not wealth. How can we insult each other like this? Zhuo Wangsun had no choice but to divide Wenjun and children into hundreds of people, with millions of money, and their clothes and property when they got married."

The general idea of ​​this passage is that after Zhuo Wenjun eloped with Sima Xiangru, his father Zhuo Wangsun was angry and decided not to divide the family property with her. The family property was given to Zhuo Wenjun, so Zhuo Wangsun still distributed the family property to Zhuo Wenjun, and the clothes and property were calculated separately when married.

What Bai Su said earlier was the prejudice against women by social customs and culture and education, but what Li Rui said involved women's inheritance rights. What she was most dissatisfied with was that not only could she not inherit the title and property from her father, It should also be regarded as an item and used for marriage and marriage.

Therefore, Li Rui has a strong feeling of hostility towards this kind of unfairness. Today, Chuning's resettlement move, which she thinks is not fair, arouses her inner knot, and she instinctively competes with Chuning for the right to speak, trying to force Chuning acted according to her will.

But Chuning's thoughts are quite different from Li Rui's. She knows that there is no absolute fairness in the world. Therefore, while pursuing relative fairness, she advocates competition.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with pursuing fairness. Therefore, Chuning cannot completely deny Li Rui's ideas, and she will not impose her will on Li Rui, but she will also express her ideas appropriately.

"Before discussing culture, education, customs, and women's rights, I have one more question." Looking at Li Rui and Bai Su, Chuning asked, "We often say that the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled—in your opinion, Which category does a woman fit into?"

"Women are small and weak, so they should belong to the weak." Li Rui blurted out.

"Since women are weak, men are strong." Chuning asked again: "My lord, do you agree that the strong should protect the weak? Men should protect women?"

"Acknowledged." Although Li Rui didn't understand why Chuning asked this, she still nodded in response. After all, based on what she saw and heard, the educational theory she received was like this, although in fact, it was more common for the strong to bully the weak.

"Then, what about Master Bai?" Chuning turned his head, looked at Bai Su and asked, "Do you agree with what the Princess said?"

"I agree with the principle that the strong protect the weak." Bai Su, on the other hand, flatly denied Li Rui, "But I don't agree with the statement that the Princess belongs to the weak."

Hearing this, Li Rui couldn't help being surprised: "Why?"

"Women are small and weak, that's a fact." Bai Su lowered her eyes slightly, and said slowly, "However, if a man can cultivate the fields, so can a woman; if a man can read and write, so can a woman; if a man can practice martial arts, so can he." Hunting, women can do it; men can do business and make money, so can women...Why should women be regarded as weak? They should be protected by men?"

In Bai Su's view, what a man can do, she can do, or even do better. Therefore, she never regards herself as weak, nor does she think that she needs the protection of others.

But Li Rui was obviously startled by Bai Su's words, and searched his brains to find reasons to refute Bai Su's words: "But a man can be a general and a prime minister, can fight bloody battles, seal wolves and live in Xu..."

"Couldn't it be possible for women?" Chuning asked back with an example: "In ancient times, there were women who were good, and they were the wife of King Wu Ding, but they were ordered to fight on the battlefield many times to expand the territory for the Shang Dynasty; Zhaoping and Lumu, the heroines of the country, held high the banner of righteousness and resisted the new tyranny/government; even in this dynasty, there are also white-clothed Yunhou who followed the mother/ancestor to found the country, and there are also female generals like you and me, galloping across the border..."

"But we are only a minority after all." Li Rui looked unwilling, and argued: "Do you think that all women in the world can be like men, holding swords and spears, standing in front of the enemy, fearless?"

Bai Su asked back, "Why not?"

"The battlefield is originally just a man's business. If you win, you will be rewarded for your merits, and you will be promoted to a noble. If you lose, you will die on the battlefield..." Li Rui asked: "If you bring a female soldier to the battlefield, have you ever thought about it? What will happen to the female soldiers after they are defeated? What kind of humiliation will they suffer?"

"Your Excellency, don't you think that your thinking is too pessimistic?" Chuning shook his head and sighed, "Why do you think that female soldiers will definitely be defeated when they go to the battlefield?"

"Your Majesty, if you regard women as weak and should be protected by others, then don't complain that the reality is not fair." Chuning paused for a moment, then straightened his expression, and said seriously: "The status of men and women is different. , the distribution of social resources, the word "fairness" in it has never been related to changing the day, on the contrary, I think that the current emperor has a very broad mind. After all, since he ascended to the throne, there was Mrs. Yan first, and then you I worshiped the general one after another...he gave us a chance, and in some respects, he also gave the women in the world a chance."

"But since ancient times, emperors have ruled the world, they formulate laws, and distribute resources and benefits. As long as they can make decrees, clarify laws, and let the world treat each other fairly, and let men and women treat each other equally, the people of the world will be equal to each other." Who dares not to follow?"

From social customs to inheritance rights, Chuning listened all the way, and had to admit that Li Rui and Bai Su's thinking has surpassed most people in the world. They not only know the importance of the law, but also know how to use the law to strengthen and protect their own rights. rights and interests.

However, after all, they still overestimated the monarchy and underestimated the real gap between men and women.

Although in a sense, the monarchy does represent the right to distribute social resources, but in fact, in the land of heaven/chao, before the braid dynasty, the monarchy is not an absolute right, not to say that the king established The decree declares that all beings are equal, and they are truly equal. After all, monarchy itself is a kind of inequality.

On the other hand, the gap between men and women is not the difference in strength, physical strength, or IQ, but the difference in self-cognition.

Men think that they are strong, so they spontaneously dominate everything; women think that they are weak, and they are engraved with the idea of ​​​​dependence deep in their hearts. Even in real life, they obviously pay more and get more, but they are also used to it. The position of being dominated and dominated - in this case, how can we get equal treatment?

As long as Li Rui can't understand this truth, he won't be able to position himself properly, and he won't be able to get rid of his doomed tragic life.

After bidding farewell to Li Rui, Chu Ning followed Bai Su back to the boat, and lay silently on the bed after washing up, feeling extremely depressed.

Bai Su sat on the edge of the bed, leaned over to look at her, their eyes met each other, and they saw clearly the scars buried deep in each other's eyes.

"Still thinking about Princess Yingchuan?"

"Alas!" Chuning sighed, and said distressedly, "How can I not want to? Seeing her struggling is like seeing her former self. She was conceived by her parents, but after she was born, the problems she faced The circumstances of life are different. Some people have rich clothes and good food, while others have nothing to eat; But, I still want to help her."

"You can't help with the affairs of the emperor's family." Bai Su was silent for a while, and then said: "A woman is never in control of her own marriage, even if she threatens with death, she will only end up in the name of disloyalty and unfilial piety, and will be scolded by the world." , and finally still have to marry and get married.”

"... Evil loyalty and filial piety!" Even cursing could not change the reality, Chuning couldn't help but continued to sigh, then put aside this heavy topic, looked at Bai Su, and asked tentatively: "What about you? Your so-called aunt, also Do you want to tell me about your marriage?"

"She would like to, but I forgive her for not being able to." Bai Su sneered, "Anyway, I've already been notorious, not bad for a name like 'loyalty and filial piety'."

"It's so good!" Chu Ning's eyes lit up, and his heart was so beautiful that he wanted to roll, but he still held back, lying on the bed, and took the initiative to put his neck in front of Bai Su: "I've been riding a horse for a while, and I can't rest at night. My back and my back are so sore, A Su, please rub it for me..."

"You can call people."

He was still moaning and sighing a while ago, turned around and began to order people around. Although he knew that General Chu turned his face as fast as turning a book, Bai Su still couldn't keep up with her emotions. He kneaded her neck and shoulders while pretending to Inadvertently chatting: "After this year, Wenhe seems to be [-] years old, right? I heard from my brother that Mr. Huo is looking for someone to marry you..."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't be until after this year."

Bai Su practiced swordsmanship, his wrists and fingertips were extremely strong, and when kneading, it was just right. Chuning roguely pillowed on Bai Su's lap, closed his eyes and enjoyed it, feeling happy in his heart: "I have someone I like, so I'm too lazy to answer him... Anyway, I told him a long time ago, let him not worry about it."

"Oh? It turns out that Wenhe already has someone he admires."

Chu Ning paused when he heard Bai Su's voice, and asked again: "Do you know someone who is unknown and admired?"

"Huh? It's just..." Suddenly, Chu Ning became alert, swallowed the words that came to his lips, and changed his words: "Of course Wuhui doesn't know... eh! Stop! Neck... 呵... Take it easy... ...Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

The author has something to say: the uprising of Chi Zhaoping and Lu Mu is recorded in real history.

Before the Tang Dynasty, there seemed to be no laws expressly stipulating that women had the right to inherit, only Zhuo Wenjun was taken as an example.

Zhuo Wenjun eloped with Sima Xiangru. If it was placed in the Song Dynasty, I don't know if it will be sunk in the pond, but it probably has nothing to do with the family property.

However, according to the atmosphere of the Han Dynasty at that time, after learning that Zhuo Wenjun had eloped with others, the people around him were still persuading Zhuo Wangsun to give her the family property, and Zhuo Wenjun's final share of the family property was equal to that of men.

Although it is said that this is related to Sima Xiangru's prosperity later, it is not difficult to see that women at that time also had the right to inherit. Of course, it was mostly related to real estate such as child servants or money and things.

"Tang Ling Supplements·Household Order Ninth" records: "Everyone should divide the land, house and property, and the brothers will share equally, and the wealth earned by the wife's family is not limited. If the brother dies, the son inherits the father's share. If the brothers die, then the sons Divide evenly. Those who are not married, don't share the betrothal money, and those whose aunts and sisters are in the house, reduce half of the male betrothal money."

Zainu refers to unmarried daughters. In the Tang Dynasty, Zainu's share of inheritance from the family after the death of her parents should be half of the betrothed wealth of an unmarried man in the family.If the parents die and there are no other male heirs in the family, the property will belong to the virgin.

Although this law is still respected by men, it clarifies the inheritance rights of women. Even married women have a generous dowry. As for the joint property of husband and wife, of course, if, like Zhuo Wenjun, he took the initiative to give it to Sima Xiangru for use, it would definitely be possible.