The emperor is embarrassed

Speaking.

Such a common word later formed a sign, when Ming Zhan had to face an unpleasant event, he was extra polite.

This also marks that he is going to talk to you as an emperor.

It was not the first day that Ming Zhan ascended the throne, and it was not the first day that the courtiers dealt with Ming Zhan.

Ming Zhan is usually easy-going and doesn't pay too much attention to rules.In fact, as far as the courtiers themselves are concerned, they certainly like the kind attitude of the emperor.

But now, they would rather not have the emperor's attitude towards the people, and hope that the emperor will abide by the ancient laws and regulations.

Ouyang Ke can be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is familiar with all kinds of books and regulations, from the "three obediences" in "Yi Li Funeral Clothes-Zi Xia Biography" to the "Zhou Li · Tian Guan · Nine Concubines" Four Virtues", extending all the way to the honor and inferiority of concubine, concubine and concubine.

Ming Zhan thought to himself, judging by the lung capacity of this old guy, it is absolutely no problem to live another ten years.

However, the more Ouyang Ke talked, the more confused Ming Zhan became. He had to interrupt Ouyang Ke and said, "Ouyang, I already knew what you said. I didn't say that there are three obediences and four virtues. It is wrong for a wife to respect a concubine. No, I understand better than anyone else. What are you going to teach me?"

Ouyang Ke seemed to have something stuck in his throat, he swallowed and asked directly, "If the emperor understands, why would he say that women are not humble!"

"Women are not humble? Could it be that women can stand shoulder to shoulder with men? Forgive me for not agreeing with your Majesty's words." Ouyang Ke wrote the book today in the spirit of "remonstrance from the dead". Empress Dowager Wei gave an example and said, "Even if the empress dowager's status is noble now, you can trace the origin of it. The empress dowager's status is due to your majesty's ninety-five-year-old body, so your majesty favors the empress dowager, and the queen dowager is honorable. Status comes from being attached to a man, even the queen mother is like this, let alone a mortal woman!"

Ming Zhan finally understood the anger of the ministers. Ming Zhan was always quick-witted, and he quickly thought of a way to deal with it.Ming Zhan immediately said, "I repeat, I have never denied the importance of three obediences and four virtues, wives, concubines, and concubines. This is a social ethics, and even I will abide by it!"

"I said that women are not inferior, because compared to the law, men and women are the same." Ming Zhan gave an example without rushing, "For example, murderers die. The content of murderers includes both men and women. .Whether a man kills a man or a woman kills a man, he must die with his life. Are men and women the same in this respect?"

"Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the country has been ruled by law." Ming Zhan said, "The laws of the country are aimed at everyone, the royal family, the clan, the nobles, and the common people. The prince who breaks the law is the same as the common people. This means that before the law, Even princes have the same standards as ordinary people. Could there be different sentencing because of which one is noble and which is low?"

"I say this, women are not humble, is there something wrong?"

Ming Zhan has never dreamed of directly overturning the feudal society. He just hopes to make this society change a little bit. Whether it succeeds or not, this is his wish.

What Ming Zhan said surprised the officials even more.They twisted against Ming Zhan like this, because they were afraid that the emperor who proposed that "women are not inferior" would subvert the ethics of this world.

Men work hard to support the family outside, and women rely on men to take care of the house. It is reasonable to be gentle and virtuous.If it's like Ming Zhan said in some royal magazine, women are not humble...

Women are not humble?

Do we want women to have the same status as men?Or a bigger disaster is to come, women are not humble, if all women are the same, then what rules are there for wives and concubines in the family?The confusion of wives and concubines is followed by the indiscrimination of the concubine and the concubines.

Concubine is Datong!

Orthodoxy is orthodoxy!

Following this line of thinking, the world will be in chaos!

Therefore, the courtiers uphold loyalty, knowing that Ming Zhan has a bad temper, but they also want to offend Longyan and enter into loyalty and admonition.

Today, I suddenly heard that the emperor explained the saying "women are not inferior" in another way. What made the officials even more gratified was that the emperor personally recognized the importance of "three obediences and four virtues" and the necessity of "wives, concubines and concubines".

The emperor is so sensible, what else can they say?

The speed at which the ministers changed their faces was definitely not slow. Mr. Ouyang Ke was still looking desperate just now, but in a blink of an eye he smiled like an old chrysanthemum, and humbly apologized again and again, "Your Majesty is wise, but the old minister misunderstood the emperor. The old minister I also have a merciless request, the emperor allows the veterans to compile the hadith into a document and print it in the royal newspaper, so that the whole world can listen to the hadith!"

Look, this is the power of the old fox.Not only did he want Ming Zhan's verbal guarantee, but he also wanted it to be published and distributed throughout the world, so that everyone in the world would know the ethics of men and women.

The ministers thought that Ming Zhan might not be happy, but Ming Zhan readily agreed, "What's the difficulty? You don't need Ouyang to write, how about I write the newspaper myself?"

Ouyang Ke thanked you again and again.

Ouyang Ke is also very grateful for the restoration of a harmonious and harmonious scene in the court. Otherwise, if he makes such an admonition, his official position will be difficult to protect and his life will be in danger.

Then someone brought up the matter of "Chastity Archway" to Mrs. Yu again.

Having resolved the biggest conflict between the monarch and his ministers, Ming Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "I said to be cautious about the chastity archway, and there is naturally a reason for me."

"There are lovers in the world, one is dead, and the other is willing to observe the festival, and it lasts for 30 years, which is indeed admirable." Ming Zhan sighed, "Madam Yu has had a very difficult time these years, and I also admire Madam Yu affection for her husband."

"I know that chastity memorial archways have existed since ancient times. For example, when a husband dies and martyrs, for example, a widow observes the festival, and there are some watchmen and widows. Once they guard the widows, they will live their lives." Ming Zhan said directly, "In the royal family, Aunt Xiangyi also lived on her own. I never remarried after my death. I admire these women. However, I am a soft-hearted person. I often think that if I have a daughter, I will suffer the same misfortune as these women. I am absolutely reluctant to let my daughter spend half my life like this. The heart is comparable to the hearts of parents in the world. Therefore, even though I know about Mrs. Yu's festival, I don't support this move."

"Once the imperial court awards the chastity memorial archway, it not only commends Mrs. Yu's conduct, but also represents the imperial court's inclination. As long as there is this archway, it means that the imperial court supports women's observance of chastity." Ming Zhan said with a saintly expression, "I'm the emperor, and I don't want my people to live like this, so I won't award this chastity memorial archway."

People say that emperors are ruthless, but Ming Zhan is very good at touching people with emotion.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, he always talks about "people" one by one, and his words are nasty. What do you mean by "I don't want my people to live like this"?

Li Pingzhou, who has served the emperors of three dynasties and is currently serving the emperor of the fourth dynasties, was given goosebumps all over his body by the Feng family for the first time.

It is said that Li Pingzhou and Ming Zhan had a tacit understanding between monarchs and ministers. Ming Zhan looked at Li Pingzhou with a smile and said, "I heard that Li Xiang's eldest daughter first married the Wen family son, and after the Wen family son passed away, she remarried to the Wu family son. Is there such a thing?"

Li Pingzhou was tense in embarrassment, and Ming Zhan said again, "It's Ouyang, the six daughters of your family first married Yan Shenggong's Kong family, and then the Kong family's son died early, and the six daughters also talked about the Du family, but is it true?"

"There is also Yan Shenggong." Ming Zhan pointed to the descendants of Kong Sheng, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Lingde, who only had a schedule and no errands, "I heard that Kong Qing's sister was married back then, and the groom died of illness on the day of worship. Ling sister remarried Uncle Nanfeng , is the current Mrs. Nanfeng, right?"

"Uncle Nanfeng, your parents and daughters originally settled in the Lu family in Jizhou, but after hearing that the Lu family had concealed the illness of their eldest son, your wife directly entered the Lu family and resigned." He also picked up the famous and respectable points in the court, and seeing half of the courtiers withered, he said with a smile, "If you talk about marriage loyalty, the female family members of your families are no match for me. The marriage between me and Queen Zhenyuan is known all over the world. Now I swear If you don’t become an empress, you will be honoring the Empress Zhenyuan, do you want to award me a chastity memorial arch?”

"The heart of parents in the world. What does it mean to love the people like children, and to share a little bit of love for the children with the people, that is a good official." Ming Zhan leaned on the dragon chair leisurely, feeling extremely comfortable, and said warmly, "There is another word, Do not do to others what you do not want yourself to do to yourself.”

"Okay, that's all for today's morning."

Ming Zhan went down to court and drank two pots of tea to quench his thirst.

Ruan Hongfei heard He Yuling speak vividly about the situation in the court, and said with a smile, "It's a good thing you didn't have a single muscle to compete with these ministers."

Ming Zhan had lingering fears, "I often say that if a scholar rebels, he will fail in ten years. This time, he almost suffered a big loss from them."

"You and the Empress Dowager treat Wu Wan gracefully." Ruan Hongfei said, "As for the Empress Dowager, there is still an excuse, they are both women, and Wu Wan is indeed a little pitiful. You are surprised, the one with the handle is always the same It's really weird to stand up for a woman."

Ming Zhan said, "Don't you think women are very pitiful?"

"What are you pitiful for?" Ruan Hongfei is a normal man. Although he is very talented, it is difficult to understand Ming Zhan's sympathy for women. "Men fight for fame, status, and family property. Naturally, women should obey the three virtues and four virtues. How pitiful?"

Ming Zhan said loudly, "Feifei, according to you, women have to be raised by men? Although men are working hard outside, can't women just eat, drink and have fun at home? They are not allowed to have children, take care of housework, and have to let their husbands be left behind. The goblin dragged the trouble into the house, isn't it hard? Isn't it pitiful?"

"Aren't all women like this?" Ruan Hongfei didn't feel wrong at all, "Then you say, women are not in the inner house, and you ask them to come out, what can they do? There are very few women like the Queen Mother and Wu Wan."

Ruan Hongfei lowered his voice and said, "Take the Empress Dowager as an example, she doesn't follow the three rules and four virtues, what can she do?"

"I didn't say that three obediences and four virtues are not good?" Ming Zhan still used the same old saying, "I just think that women's status can be improved a little bit, for example, in terms of property inheritance. Like Wu Wan, she has only one daughter in the family. Her parents passed away. Afterwards, the uncle's family can take her family property? There is no such reason in the world. I think that if there is no son, the daughter should also have an equal inheritance right, instead of leaving the family property to the family or brothers."

"You think about it too simply." Ruan Hongfei shook his head and looked at Mingzhan with a smile, "There is no one woman in the world like Wu Wan. Think about it, these days, it is already a long time for a girl to get married at seventeen or eighteen. Late, there are many people who get married in the fifteenth or sixteenth year. For example, a teenage girl who usually only takes care of the house, does some needlework, and reads some female commandments, suddenly her parents Shuangde, according to what you said, all the wealth belongs to this girl. She got the money, but the key point is that she only goes around the inner house on weekdays. Can she keep the property? Not to mention the clansmen, just a few black-hearted slaves can fool her out!"

"As now, the family property may be taken back by the tribe or inherited by the close uncles and brothers, but at any rate, the person who inherits her family property has a distant or close blood relationship with her, and will find a marriage for her to marry. Regardless of the merits of this marriage, at least I will accompany her with a dowry." Ruan Hongfei asked Ming Zhan, "You said, is it better to do it than you said? Or is the current way better?"

Ming Zhan listened carefully, and agreed that what Ruan Hongfei said had some truth, "You can take your time."

Seeing that Ming Zhan was still not convinced, Ruan Hongfei asked with a smile, "Why take your time?"

"It can always be judged according to the person."

"No. Since you want to make another bill, the simpler and clearer the bill, the better." Ruan Hongfei took the tea from Ming Zhan, took a sip from Ming Zhan's little white hand, and said, "You If you want to change something, you can’t just rely on words or legislation. Because legislation must also conform to the world’s conditions, otherwise, even if the law is enacted, it will be as if it is empty.”

"You have to compare, what is the difference between Wu Wan and other women." Ruan Hongfei nodded to Ming Zhan.

Ming Zhan suddenly realized, "Haha, I understand!" He danced and ran to the room, and after a while, it was blown out again like a whirlwind, and he slapped a book on the table, pointing triumphantly, "Just rely on it !"

The corners of Ruan Hongfei's lips twitched and he asked Ming Zhan, "Depend on it?"

"That's right." Ming Zhan flaunted his chest and belly, proudly like a peacock spreading its tail, "Haven't you heard that knowledge can change destiny!"

"This kind of knowledge?" Ruan Hongfei slapped the book directly on Ming Zhan's face, "Death!" He walked away, quite a sense of "the lack of knowledge and conspiracy".

Ming Zhan caught it in a hurry, opened it for a look, and there was a black thread on his forehead, he put the book in his arms, chased after him and shouted, "Feifei, I didn't see it clearly! Please know it's a erotic palace! I took it wrong !"