Chapter 467

Soon, Merton's problem of secular marriage had been solved, and only the last one was parental interference in marriage.

Quan Wanji showed a trace of self-confidence. Maybe several other Mohists could find loopholes, but the last one, Quan Wanji had long been prepared and would certainly hit Merton head-on.

"Lord Mo took the Peacock Flying Southeast as an example and also wrote two words. Chang'an city was singing all over the street. It was earth moving, but I didn't know that Jiao's mother did nothing wrong." Quan Wanji said proudly.

"Nothing wrong?" Merton raised his voice involuntarily and said strangely.

Now, Chang'an city is lamenting the sad and beautiful love between Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi. In the eyes of Quan Wanji, Jiao's mother is not wrong.

"As I said in the Chaohu marriage law, the woman committed" seven crimes ". The husband can divorce his wife, which should be known by Lord Mo!" Quan Wanji said coldly looking at Merton.

Merton nodded and said, "I naturally know."

According to the book of rites Ben Ming, "there are seven ways for a woman to go: disobedience to her parents, childlessness, adultery, jealousy, evil diseases, talkativeness and theft. Disobedience to her parents is against her virtue; childlessness is unique; adultery is against her family; jealousy is against her family; evil diseases are against her prosperity; talkativeness is against her parents; theft is against her righteousness."

This seven go, that is, seven out. If a woman has any of the above, a man can divorce his wife. When Merton studied law in the Imperial College, he naturally remembered it by heart.

Quan Wanji said, "although Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi died in love, the reason why Jiao's mother asked Jiao Zhongqing to divorce his wife is that one of the seven children has no children!"

"When the bride first came, her sister-in-law began to help her bed. Today she was expelled, and her sister-in-law is like me." from her growth, we can see that Lanzhi has been married to the Jiao family for many years. Before Liu Lanzhi was sent home, she said goodbye to her husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law, but did not say goodbye to her children. It can be seen that the real reason why Liu Lanzhi was divorced is that she had no children for many years.

In the traditional concept, Liu Lanzhi has been married for many years without children, which is already one of the seven. I'm afraid it is the root cause of the love tragedy between Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi.

"I don't know what excuse Lord Mo has!" Quan Wanji pressed step by step.

Merton snorted coldly: "tell the emperor, Wei minister has no doubt about the other items of the seven, but he has some doubts about the one without children."

"Speak frankly!" Li Shimin rolled his eyes slightly and knew that Merton began to toss again, but he was very interested in how Merton would refute.

Merton bowed his hand to Quan Wanji and asked for advice seriously: "I dare to ask you, Lord Quan, whether the divorce without children includes the woman only having daughters, no sons, or the woman will not have children, or both."

Quan Wanji nodded and said, "nature has both! Mencius said," there are three unfilial ways, and no offspring is great ". He married a wife to inherit the family. If the wife can't have a son and let the husband's family die, he can naturally divorce his wife and marry again."

In the patriarchal family, the purpose of marriage is "to serve the ancestral temple at the top and to inherit future generations"; marriage is to have offspring; according to the pedigree principle of paternal inheritance, only sons can be regarded as the descendants of incense. Therefore, women have to bear the "crime" of "no son". According to the system, they can only marry one wife, so they need to abandon the wife without children and marry a new wife to have children.

Cao Zhi wrote in the poem of abandoned women: "Angelica sinensis without children is better (retired)... Having children menstruates for days, having no children is like a meteor; the meteor has no essence at the beginning of the day and the moon." it means that childless women are like meteors in their husband's house for a short time; only wives who have sons can stand in their husband's house like the sun and the moon. It can be seen that divorcing wives due to childlessness is common in the Han Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, more attention was paid to the position of "childless" in the "seven out". The law of the Tang Dynasty put "childless" in the first place, which continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Whether in the imperial palace or among the people, it can be said that mothers and children are expensive everywhere.

Let alone in the Tang Dynasty, even in the 1970s and 1980s, if there were no sons at home, they would also be called the empress. They couldn't lift their heads in the village. Don't you see why those super born guerrillas wanted to have more children? No, I'm afraid their purpose was to have one.

It was not until the 21st century that this idea gradually disappeared with the opening of the concept, but in some backward places, the concept of having a son is still difficult to eradicate.

Many ministers nodded again and again. No matter how skillful Merton was, he was in vain in front of the "seven out".

However, Merton did not flinch. Instead, he threw a fist at the ministers and said, "the boy should consult with your ministers."

Quan Wanji looked at Merton with a sneer. It can be said that his occupation of the great cause is a sure victory. Naturally, he was happy to see Merton jump.

Merton took out a Kaiyuan Tongbao from his arms, nodded to the crowd and said, "this is a Kaiyuan Tongbao."

Merton flexed his fingers and made a buzzing sound. Kaiyuan Tongbao rotated and flew into the air. After doing its best, it fell down. Merton slapped it and covered it on the back of his hand.

"Can you guess whether this Kaiyuan Tongbao is the back or the reverse?" Merton asked around.

The important officials of the Manchu Dynasty were immediately covered with black lines. They stared at Merton one by one, and guessed that the children's play, such as the front and back, had been brought to the court by the Mohists.

"Mo family, this is the important place of the court, not your place of mischief." Quan Wanji angrily scolded.

Li Shimin is also not good at staring at Merton. Merton usually performs well, that is, he always makes some strange things when people don't care.

Merton laughed and said, "don't worry, Lord Quan. If we compare the positive and negative sides of this money to boys and girls? If the positive side represents boys and the negative side represents girls, does Lord Quan still think it's a children's play?"

Quan Wan Gideon was stunned. There are only positive and negative sides of coins, and people are only divided into men and women. It is appropriate to make an analogy in turn.

Many ministers' eyes lit up and vaguely guessed Merton's intention.

Merton opened his hand and revealed the opposite side of Kaiyuan Tongbao. He regretted: "it seems that it's a girl this time."

"What does this mean?" Cheng Yaojin asked curiously.

"What I want to ask is whether the reverse is because the boy played with his right hand or because the boy took it with his left hand." Merton asked.

"Er!" Cheng Yaojin thought for a moment and said, "this should be none of them."

Merton looked at the ministers with a sneer and said, "the solitary Yin is not long, and the only Yang is not born. Childbirth is a common thing between men and women. What about the world's failure to blame the woman's belly for giving birth to a daughter but not a son?"

The important Minister of the Manchu Dynasty immediately took a breath, looked at Merton strangely, played coins and had a child. No one knew gender before birth. However, after giving birth to a boy, the whole family cheered. After giving birth to a girl, they pointed to the woman's belly.

"This is the consensus of the world," Quan Wanji argued.

Merton stepped forward and said, "Lord Quan, I don't know if there is any basis in the world to prove that giving birth to a boy or a girl is the reason for the mother."

Quan wanjiton looked pale and staggered back a few steps. All the people in the dynasty were knowledgeable people. How could he make something out of nothing? He had to say bitterly, "there is no evidence in this world."

Merton continued: "in other words, this is a secular guess. Can the boy guess whether he has boys and girls? It may also be the reason of men or the common reason of both sides."

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned and thought deeply. It was not possible, but very possible. They never reflected on the man's responsibility and blindly accused the woman of being disheartened.

Merton said passionately, "who has no mother? How cruel it is for a mother to bear the criticism imposed by the world when she is pregnant in October."

All the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were silent.

"Since it's not a woman's fault to have a daughter, why should a woman be dismissed for this seven out crime? Please see if this policy is biased." Merton bowed to Li Shimin.

Although it has been proved in later generations that the decisive gene for giving birth to men and women is in men, there is no way to achieve this condition at the moment. Merton can only convince people in this way.

Li Shimin glanced at Merton with satisfaction. Merton's words are well-organized, and he is interested in women. If he stands above patriarchy, he naturally doesn't like it. However, as a father, Li Shimin actually has the feeling that seeing his son-in-law more and more pleasing to the eye.

"Merton's words are reasonable, and this article is indeed biased." Li Shimin coughed. At the moment, he not only stood on the position of his daughter, but also had a huge harem to appease, and his position should naturally be firm.

The important officials of the Manchu Dynasty were silent one by one. Otherwise, when they came home, they would be restless at home. They didn't see Prime Minister Fang Xuanling standing there without saying a word.

"It's natural to have a daughter, but if you have a woman in succession, how can you inherit the incense?" Quan Wanji argued.

Merton smiled, moved his hand and made a buzzing sound. Kaiyuan Tongbao flew into the air again, clapped his hands and said, "this is the wonder of this problem. Can you guess whether it is positive or negative this time?"

Quan wanjiton opened his glasses and looked at Merton sweating. He seemed to have guessed Merton's plan.

Merton said proudly, "there is a unique scientific name of Mohism called probability. Therefore, Mohist sages have thrown tens of thousands of coins continuously, and got a very interesting result. That is, the more coins thrown, the closer the probability of positive and negative sides is to half. At the same time, the gender of newborns in a county is counted, and the number of boys and girls is almost equal."

"What does this mean?" Cheng Yaojin didn't understand.

Dai Zhou, the Minister of household, sighed and said, "the probability of positive and negative sides of each coin toss is half, so is having a child."

Cheng Yaojin suddenly opened his eyes and said, "that is to say, half of every child is probably a girl."

"That's right!" Merton said. "Every time a woman has a daughter, the probability is half. In terms of probability, some lucky mothers will always have boys, and unlucky mothers may have girls all their life."

"Give birth to a girl all your life!" even Li Shimin said in a startled voice with a jump in his eyebrow.

Merton nodded: "of course, this is a very special case, which is almost impossible. However, in the coin tossing experiment of Mohist sages, there have been 20 consecutive negative examples, and more than 10 consecutive negative examples can be found everywhere."

The Manchu courtiers nodded. There are ten or eight girls in a folk family. What's more, there will be examples that even if they marry many wives and concubines, they are still the last.

"Since it's not a woman's fault to have a boy or a girl, it's a matter of probability. Why let a woman bear the blame of people all over the world and be positioned as a crime of seven." Merton suddenly turned around and said with sharp eyes.

For a moment, no one dared to look directly at Merton. Everyone knew that women all over the world really suffered too much criticism. They used to enjoy it at ease, but now they are just poked open the window paper by Merton.

Quan Wanji was even more pale, dying and struggling: "what if a woman can't have children at all?"

Merton sniffed: "infertility is a disease. You can find a doctor to recuperate. Besides, it's not certain whether it's a man's problem or a woman's problem. If you leave as soon as possible, the woman may be able to find another good marriage."

Quan Wanji's speech suddenly stumbled, and all the ministers couldn't help looking at Quan Wanji with a sigh. This time, Quan Wanji lost the whole game and lost.

"Please make a decision." Merton looked at Quan Wanji contemptuously and immediately restrained his momentum and became a clever boy.

Li Shimin pondered for a long time, got up from the Dragon chair and said, "Zhu Qing still has objections."

The Manchu civil and military shook their heads one after another. The lesson of Quan Wanji was right in front of them. Naturally, they would not be boring.

"In that case, in the future, among the seven kingdoms of women in the Tang Dynasty, if a woman has no children, she is not among the seven kingdoms. However, a husband can take a concubine to have children, and a wife over 50 years old has no children, so it is easy to make a concubine." Li Shimin is worthy of being an emperor's means, and the balance method can be used skillfully, which not only protects the woman, but also allows the family to inherit. If a woman cannot have children, it is seven kingdoms, The man can take a concubine or divorce his wife. "

"Your Majesty is holy!" Quan Wanji breathed a sigh of relief.

"As for the Han family daughter!" Li Shimin said in a cold voice, "Han, Hu and Zhu matchmaker were handed over to Chang'an County for trial. The Han family daughter was buried by the imperial court and the wedding letter was newly made and engraved on the tombstone to warn people all over the world."

"Your Majesty is holy and bright. I will thank you for your grace on behalf of the Korean women!" Merton said sincerely. This is the broad-minded Li Shimin in power. If you change the emperor, Merton's move today will not be so smooth.

Li Shimin looked at Merton with complicated eyes and said, "Merton, I'm very pleased that you ask for orders for men and women all over the world today. I hope you can abide by today's ambition. If you have duplicity and inconsistent words and deeds, I will not spare you."

Merton was startled. He felt that Li Shimin had something to say. However, it was not the time to think. He promised: "please rest assured, your majesty. Merton's words today can be supervised by people all over the world. If it is violated, it will be pointed out by thousands of people."

Li Shimin's face slowed down a little, nodded with satisfaction, turned and left.

"Step back!" pointed pound.

"Your majesty!" the ministers bowed.

Soon, the news in the Imperial Palace spread all over the world. Merton beat Wendeng drum in public to ask for orders for the Han family's daughter. Countless people had long looked forward to it. When he learned that the news of the war of words with the imperial censor on the chaotang Hall of the Mohist family spread, the whole city immediately burst into an uproar.

"The Mexican family is simply immoral." the old stubborn scolded bitterly, especially in the family of dolls and child brides, many of them gnash their teeth at Merton.

"Mozi is worthy of Mozi!" countless young people ran and shouted.

However, in the hearts of the young generation, Merton's behavior was very gratifying. Merton did what they never dared to think. For a moment, countless young people immediately regarded Merton as an idol and were passively manipulated like a puppet. Even parents can't accept such things. Today, Merton brings them a glimmer of hope for freedom.

At the same time, Merton's theory that boys and girls are not women has been approved by all mothers in Chang'an city. Women all over the world bear too much criticism, and they can't wash themselves by jumping into the Yellow River.

At the moment, all the women in the world envy the mysterious woman. If anyone marries the Mexican family, he will certainly become the happiest woman in the world.