Chapter 466

"The Mohist school is nothing but alarmist. Now doctors are just two hospitals in Chang'an and Luoyang. How can we take care of the whole people of the Tang Dynasty?" Quan Wanji attacked by seizing the loophole of Merton.

Morton shook his head and said, "although there are only two Mohist hospitals now, five years later, it will be able to open all over the ten Daofu of the Tang Dynasty. Ten years later, it will be just around the corner in all counties and even all counties. This day will not be too late."

The people in the hall were also silent and were persuaded by Merton. After all, Merton listed detailed data to let them see a grim future.

People thought it was just a homicide. Who could have thought it would become a discussion about the pattern of the Tang Dynasty in the next hundred years.

Quan Wanji wants to argue, but he has no way to talk about it. With the momentum of Mo hospital, the day Merton said will surely come. At that time, the population of Datang will surely increase explosively.

"That will be a hundred years later, and at the moment, I really need population in Datang." Quan Wanji had to argue.

Li Shimin nodded slowly and said, "early marriage is very harmful, and our Datang really needs a population at present, not if it is set at the age of 18 for men and 16 for women."

Li Shimin is not like to let his daughter risk dystocia to have children and achieve a compromise age. Moreover, the population surge will be a hundred years later, and it is not too late to think about it in the future.

"Your Majesty's kindness is indeed the blessing of the children in the world!" the ministers complimented.

Merton nodded. The result is much better than at present. If the population of Datang increases sharply in the future, it may be possible for Datang to set the marriage age at 22 men and 20 women.

"As for the engagement of baby kiss, child bride and so on, all will be invalid." Li Shimin got up and looked at the ministers.

Quan Wan Gideon sighed in his heart and immediately knew that he had lost another city.

However, he had expected this for a long time. After all, in the ink magazine, the harm of doll affinity to child brides has been made very clear. It is indeed too risky to engage in a marriage since childhood.

Quan Wanji contended: "your majesty! Although baby relatives and child brides are like children's plays, after all, some baby relatives are also equal and agree with each other. I'm afraid it's inappropriate if they are all invalid!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "then let them wait for their children to grow up and order another marriage certificate. From today on, all marriage certificates will be invalid before both men and women are 14 years old."

At the age of 14, both men and women have a basic understanding of marriage, so they don't passively accept fate as they were when they were young. Two years is enough to get engaged at the age of 14 and get married at the age of 16.

As soon as this strategy was put forward, the marriage contract of Datang would be destroyed countless times, and Merton took the title of marriage demolition expert.

"Your Majesty is wise, but I have one more thing to propose. Can this marriage letter be signed by both men and women?" Merton said solemnly.

Quan Wan Gideon said coldly and sarcastically, "I'm afraid Mr. Mo doesn't know when he's unmarried. Since it's a marriage letter, it will naturally write the names of both men and women."

After Quan Wanji finished, many ministers immediately laughed at his birth and looked at Merton playfully.

Merton was not angry, but solemnly said, "it is because I am unmarried that I want to find a person who agrees with me to spend my life together. I think men and women all over the world have the same mind as boys. However, men and women don't see one side and talk about how they agree with each other, especially buying and selling marriage. Children are controlled by their parents and have no choice."

Li Shimin's heart softened when he heard the speech, and his eyes looked at Merton gently.

"What the boy means is that this marriage letter can only come into effect if both men and women sign it voluntarily." Merton suddenly looked up and said with sharp eyes.

At this moment, he shouted out what they wanted to say but dared not say and had nowhere to say.

The ministers were suddenly surprised and stared at Merton. Merton finally revisited his proposition of voluntary men and women in Ink magazine. If the betrothed men and women signed the pledge in person, it would be a great challenge to the authority of parents.

"It's impossible. There are three cardinal principles and five principles. If parents can't even manage their children's marriage, why should they be loyal to you?" Quan Wanji flatly objected.

The three cardinal principles and five permanent principles are the ethical foundation of Confucianism. Merton's proposal that men and women sign marriage documents voluntarily before they can take effect is a blatant challenge to the principle that the father is the son.

"Whether the shoes fit or not, we know that it is us who are married. Should we let two inappropriate people spend their lives together?" Merton said bluntly.

"Love grows over time. After marriage, when they live together, they will naturally have feelings!" Quan Wanji angrily said.

"This is the best result. If there is no emotion, it will destroy two people." Merton protested.

"As a son, if you openly violate the good intentions of your parents, it will be very unfilial!"

"This filial piety is foolish filial piety. How can we exchange it for a lifetime of happiness."

One old and one young, they were like a stubborn father and a rebellious son.

Many people showed their courtiers' hearts and sighed. Mohist was still very young. I'm afraid this quarrel was centered on Quan Wanji's plan. If Mohist's two sides were willing, I'm afraid this situation would appear in thousands of families in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin constantly struggled in his heart and constantly changed between his father and the emperor. As an emperor, he naturally wanted to maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty. As a father, he also wanted his children to marry better.

Obviously, the balance soon shifted towards the identity of the emperor. As an emperor, he naturally focused on the stability of the country.

Merton took a breath, stared at Quan Wanji and said, "does Quan think Han's daughter is filial or unfilial?"

Quan Wan Gideon was as speechless as a duck caught by the neck.

The Han family's female corpse lies on the street, and no one converges. It is the victim of the father as the son. It's obviously impossible for Han's daughter to marry a fool. Otherwise, she won't choose such a dead end. If she adheres to the principle of father as son, I'm afraid the examples of Han's daughter will continue to be staged in the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Li Shimin's hard heart collapsed in an instant.

"Wei Chen's intention is not to provoke the contradiction between father and son, or for his own personal interests. His purpose is to prohibit things like Han family women in the future. Even if there are things like Han family women in the future, he will not be on the dead end." Merton said sadly.

All the officials were silent.

"Yes, it's a skill for a group of Lords to force a woman to death. If my boy doesn't want to get married, it's not a big deal to look for it again." Cheng Yaojin suddenly said carelessly, which immediately broke the deadlock in chaotang.

Yes! If it's not appropriate to look for a big deal, why force it? The ministers nodded one after another, and the wind in the middle suddenly deviated towards Merton.

Although Quan Wanji was angry, the precedent of forcing a woman to die was right in front of him. No matter how much truth he had, it was no more than human life.

Li Shimin solemnly said: "when signing the marriage certificate in the future, parents, matchmakers and men and women must be present at the same time, and the joint signature and pledge shall prevail. It is also just for men and women to meet openly, so as to save the first meeting in the marriage room. It will be too late to regret at that time."

Quan Wanji's face turned black. In this case, it's not Merton's idea of parents' order, matchmaker's words and mutual voluntariness. He lost this game completely.

"Thank you for your help." Captain Merton breathed a sigh of relief and took the opportunity to make suggestions: "I think it's better to sign the marriage letter in the county government. First, it's convenient for the government to pay attention to it. Second, it's also convenient for the county government to count the population. Third, if you force people to buy and sell marriage, you can also ask the county master to make decisions in public to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy of the Korean women."

The ministers looked at Merton in surprise. They didn't expect Merton to come prepared and even think about it.

"Yes!" Li Shimin pushed the boat along the river.

Li Shimin's move is not to support the Mexican family. Since Princess Changle has made a private decision with the Mexican family for life, if she doesn't support the policy of voluntary meeting before marriage in the imperial court, if something happens in the east window in the future, wouldn't she beat her face.