I want to be a grandson

Chapter 264

Yan Zhitui of the Southern and Northern Dynasties once recorded that he had a distant relative who married many concubines. Whenever they were about to give birth, they would send people to wait outside the delivery room door. If they gave birth to a girl, they would take it out and kill it. Take into account the pain and crying of the mother!
Su Shi of the Song Dynasty also said in "With Zhu Ezhou": "Between Yue and Hubei, the field villains will raise two men and one woman, and they will kill them immediately. Especially the adopted daughters are often killed in cold water. Their parents can't bear it. , always close your eyes and put your hands in the basin of water, babbling for a long time and you will die."

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, "Zheng's Standards" said: "There are often so many daughters in the world that they drown."

"Many", "Sheng", and "Chengxi" often become common words to describe drowned women.

"Compared to households, there is no household that does not drown", "Families of drowned women are often four to five", and "there are many fools in the village who are drowned, and they are thousands of years old..."

Such similar historical records can be said to be countless,

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was still a situation of "many daughters are not raised", and "abandoned daughters carry the Tao".

And one of the reasons for the prevalence of drowning girls is that they want to get a boy!

Because they believe that "if a first-born girl does not drown, she will have a daughter in succession, and it will be late to have a child. Therefore, if you get a boy immediately after marriage, you must throw yourself into the water if you have a daughter."

In history, the Jiang family of Zeng Guofan's mother, if the husband of the family was a girl, she would be killed.

The tradition of washing women in the Jiang family lasted for six generations, and 28 boys were born, but none of the girls survived.

It is said that Zeng Guofan's grandfather, Jiang Peilin, threw him on the ground when his eldest daughter was born, trying to let him freeze to death and starve to death, but when he went to watch in the middle of the night, he found that his daughter was still alive.

At this moment, he wanted to throw a stone at her to death, but he accidentally hit his foot with the stone, and he suddenly felt that this was a warning from heaven.

I also felt that this child was too pitiful, so I adopted her and gave her a nickname called Lianmeizi. When she grew up, she went to the Zeng family and gave birth to Zeng Guofan brothers.

And these are all for the purpose of giving birth to a boy and inheriting the incense!
"Come on! Take him down immediately!" Zhu Yunxi ordered while suppressing his anger.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! I didn't violate the laws of Ming Dynasty, I burned my own child to death, what are you doing! I will go to Yingtian Mansion to sue the officials!"

Member Wai was still struggling, but was quickly taken down and tied up by the guards brought by Zhu Yunxie, and a ball of rags was stuffed into his mouth.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the surrounding people and said angrily, "You are all fathers and mothers! They are all raised by parents who were born by parents! You are so indifferent when you see this thief picking up your own children!"

"No one came out to dissuade him! It's hard-hearted! Don't you guys like to watch the excitement? Go to Xishi to watch it at noon tomorrow! At that time, he will be burned to death in public! From now on, anyone who dares to drown a baby will be dealt with severely and will not be tolerated!"

Qu Tao took two steps forward, and shouted loudly: "Let Ying Tian Fu Yin arrest the relevant people immediately! Those who have nothing to do with it leave quickly!"

The people looked at Zhu Yunxi and dared not speak. Even though they didn't know his identity, guards with knives and fierce eyes around him told everyone that this person was something they couldn't afford to provoke!

Therefore, under Qu Tao's order, the people did not dare to speak up, and immediately scattered away, lest they would be involved in the matter.

Looking at the departing people, Zhu Yunxi shook his head, each of them cleared the snow in front of the door, not caring about the frost on others' roofs.

Among the onlookers, there must be some who couldn't bear it, but no one came out to stop it.

Looking at the baby in Xu Miaojin's arms, the baby girl may not have been born for two or three days, and may not have opened her eyes to see the world...

But the other person who was born with her has already turned into a handful of ashes...

There was still an unpleasant smell of burnt flesh in the air...

Zhu Yunxi really wanted to throw this member into the fire immediately and burn him to death!Let him also taste the feeling of being burned by the fire!
But reason still prevailed.

The common people are used to seeing this kind of behavior by this member, so what will happen in various parts of Daming?

I was bumped into by myself unintentionally today, how many people didn't bump into it?

How many babies are drowned each year?
Zhu Yunxi believes that such numbers are definitely not rare!
I can clean up a member to vent my anger, and punish all the people who are watching, but what can I do?

After all, one person is limited, and it is impossible to manage every state capital and county.

Therefore, only by enacting strict laws can we effectively reduce infant drowning incidents!

Zhu Yunxie ordered: "Go to the Ministry of Punishment immediately, and invite the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple to come! And the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs!"

"Yes! This subordinate obeys the order!" Qu Tao said in command.

Turning to Xu Miaojin, looked at the baby in her arms, and said softly: "Give it to me, I'll find someone to take care of it."

Xu Miaojin did not hand it to him, but said: "His Royal Highness, the little girl will also take care of the baby, and there is a nanny at home, and she will be able to take care of her. Please rest assured, Your Highness."

As a girl, Xu Miaojin was born in the Duke's mansion, and she was able to enjoy fine clothes and fine food since she was a child, but as a woman, she felt very sympathetic to these baby girls who were drowned and burned to death.

So she was also very angry in her heart, so she was very willing to save one or two babies and do her part.

After hearing this, Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "Then I'll have to work."

In fact, Zhu Yunxi couldn't find a suitable person to take care of the baby girl for a while, because not only had to feed her milk, but also take care of her, so that she couldn't die young.

"Your Highness is very polite, the little girl is very honored." Xu Miaojin replied with a nod.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the concubine outside the staff, and then ordered: "Let her follow you to feed the child."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Xu Miaojin knew that Zhu Yunxi was caring for her difficulties.

After all, no matter what, Xu Miaojin is a woman who has not left the cabinet. Even though there are not so many rules in the noble family, she can't take a baby home.

This will be criticized!
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In the Department of Commerce and Trade, Tie Xuan couldn't help stretching his sore waist and rubbing his stiff neck after finishing his day's work.

There are more and more things in charge of the Department of Commerce, not only the brewing and sales of gold and jade liquor, but also the rectification of all official stores.

His Highness has issued a strict order, if the official store still can't make the profit it deserves, everyone will be rectified and removed.

People can be dismissed or never hired, but the official store cannot be closed.

Therefore, Tie Xuan must find some suitable people as a reserve, and if there is a need to rectify something, there will be someone who can make up for it immediately.

Although the matter is not very big, it is extremely cumbersome.

Besides, His Highness is very optimistic about the prospects of the Department of Commerce and Trade, so I must not let His Highness down!

So when Wang Zhong came to the Department of Commerce and Trade, the lights in Tie Xuan's business room were still on.

"Master Tie, it turns out that you haven't gone back yet, but let the slaves find it easier..."

Seeing that it was Wang Zhong who came, Tie Xuan hurriedly asked, "Could it be that His Highness has something to do with me?"

Wang Zhong immediately replied: "Master Tie, hurry up, don't make His Highness wait! His Highness is waiting for you in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment..."

Tie Xuan was taken aback for a moment, and said in bewilderment: "What is Your Highness doing in the Ministry of Punishment?"

Wang Zhong led him out, and said: "This servant dare not say anything, you will know when you get there, but you have to be careful, His Highness is very depressed, you can't provoke His Highness to be angry anymore..."

(End of this chapter)