The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 167

Wei Wangcheng shed tears as he spoke. He looked at Li An and said miserably: "Brother-in-law, hurry up and save my sister. Now my sister is locked up at home without food or drink. People called my sister a little whore and forced my sister to marry Wei Rentu.

Wei Rentu said that if my sister didn't marry him, he would kill me and make my life worse than death. Because Wei Rentu said he wanted to kill me, my sister had no choice but to marry Wei Rentu. She kept crying. keep crying.

And I am a useless brother. I cannot protect my sister and am useless at all.

I am the useless brother, the useless brother. "

As he spoke, Wei Wangcheng slapped his cheek with his hand.

"Hey, Old Wei, what are you doing?" Li Duoduo shouted in surprise, and then went to stop Wei Wangcheng's hand. After being held by Li Duoduo, Wei Wangcheng was already crying like a man in tears. , looked at Li Duoduo and said: "Duoduo, Lao Wei is not a good brother. Lao Wei is a fool who cannot protect his sister."

Following Li An, he saw Li Duoduo also crying "Wow". Listening to Wei Wangcheng and Li Duoduo crying together, Li An also sighed helplessly.

Here, Li An was just about to speak, when Liu Yiyi walked in from the outside: "What's wrong with Mr. Lang. Why are Miss and Mr. Cheng crying so sadly?"

"I don't know, Yiyi, go up and get some chocolate to coax them, don't make them cry." Li An shook his head bitterly.

"No!" Liu Yiyi smiled, and then Liu Yiyi said: "Langjun, my uncle and the others are waiting outside. It seems they want to say something to you?"

"Uncle Liu, why are you looking for me so late?" Li An was confused.

Liu Yiyi shook her head ignorantly, and then went upstairs to get the chocolates. The two cried so sadly.

Li An got up and walked out of the house. When he came outside, he saw a group of old people gathered outside. These people were all around 56 years old. When they saw Li An, they all saluted respectfully.

The old people are grateful to Li An. They know who gave them their lives, so now they have to fight for a better life for their descendants. Although Li Duoduo is loved by all the people in the village, Li Duo Duoduo has a fatal flaw, that is, Duoduo is a girl.

In ancient times, girls could never have legitimate inheritance rights, and girls were not given the respect they deserved. At that time, in order to solve the population problem, Liu Bang came up with a policy to encourage women to marry early and have children. The maximum age for marriage for all women was You must be 15 years old, otherwise you need to pay a tax of 120 yuan to the country. This policy caused the population to grow rapidly and the national strength to significantly increase. However, because of this, the idea of ​​​​preferring sons over daughters at that time also fell behind.

Generally speaking, if the family conditions are relatively good, even if a girl is born, she will be loved and loved. After all, she is her own flesh and blood. However, if the family conditions are not good, the daughter born will be more miserable.

Such a cruel practice is popular in Jinhua Mansion. When a boy is born, the locals spend all their money to raise it. Once a girl is born, the girl is likely to face a cruel practice from her biological parents, which is to raise the newborn baby. Not long after, baby girls were thrown into water tanks, streams, fish ponds, etc., and drowned alive. Such things were so common in the local area that the local county magistrate couldn't stand it and punished the parents of the drowned baby girls. Punishment is nothing more than a small fine and a few slaps on the head. Compared with the drowned baby girl, this is inevitably a manifestation of son preference.

There is really no way to change this. Even if Ang Lee knows that this is wrong, some people's thoughts have been deeply ingrained. Just like some novels, you are obviously in the Tang Dynasty or Song Dynasty, but you want everyone to be equal. This is inappropriate.

So when Li An came out and saw these old people, the old people headed by Liu Xiatian all expressed their thoughts, that is, begging Li An to save Wei Wangning of the Wei family who was pregnant with Li An's flesh and blood, because Wei Wangning was very It is possible that she is pregnant with a boy. If a boy is really born in Lijiacun, then everyone in Lijiacun will have a young man. This young man is not served by them, but is their son and grandson. Serving.

This is like an emperor establishing a prince.There was an emperor in the Ming Dynasty who was always urged by the ministers to establish a prince. This emperor was the Wanli Emperor. The Wanli Emperor was very miserable. He inherited the throne at a young age, but the first ten years of his succession were very sad. Yes, because of one person Zhang Juzheng.

Wanli was eight years old when he succeeded to the throne. He was still too young to read all the small characters, so he had to let his mother, Empress Dowager Li, assist the government. Before his death, his father found a helper for Empress Dowager Li, who was Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

This Mr. Zhang Ge is handsome, well-read, powerful and capable, and has the support of Emperor Longqing (Wanli's father). He is quite serious and responsible, and often "knocks" him out. Wanli, who studies hard, scolds Wanli loudly every time he makes a typo, which makes Wanli tremble with fright.

Can scare the emperor trembling, Zhang Juzheng is indeed the only one in history, Wanli was wronged several times, went to his mother, Empress Dowager Li, and cried, but unexpectedly got this answer: "How dare you complain? Listen to Mr. Zhang carefully, If you don’t learn from me, I will beat you with him!"

This kind of day lasted for ten years in Wanli.Hehe, the author wants to say that if it were me, I would have run away from home long ago, otherwise I would definitely have a psychological shadow!But Wanli can't do that. He is the emperor and can only stay in the palace.

In the tenth year of Wanli, everything changed because Zhang Juzheng passed away.Emperor Wanli finally had no one to care for him, and he really began to let himself go. After Wanli took charge, the first thing he did was seek revenge. He immediately ordered people to dig up Zhang Gelao's grave, and then sent his descendants into the army to free himself. Ten years of hatred.

Then he began to handle political affairs on his own. To be honest, what Zhang Juzheng taught him was quite useful. Starting from the tenth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty had a downward trend, slowing down and coming back to life. However, by the 14th year of Wanli, Wanli, who was just in his 20s, began to Full of boredom with government affairs.

In the 15th year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, who was already impatient with government affairs, completely exploded. The reason was that the ministers wanted to take care of his family affairs and establish a prince.

The matter of establishing a prince has been a taboo that ministers cannot touch since ancient times. If it sounds good, it will lead to prosperity and wealth, but if it sounds bad, it will be a serious crime of removal from office and beheading. Therefore, in general dynasties, ministers discuss this matter with the emperor in private and raise it in public. But the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were different.

The ministers of the Ming Dynasty were definitely the most upright people I have known since I was a student. They did not say a single word of good things but only picked out the bad ones. Their biggest characteristic was that they were nosy.

No, in the 15th year of Wanli's reign, the ministers said to Wanli in the court: Your Majesty, the princes are no longer young, it's time for you to establish a prince!
Wanli smiled: It's still early, don't be in a hurry...

Who would have thought that the ministers would not give in? How could we not be anxious?You see, there are many benefits to establishing a prince early, such as (omitting [-] words here). Therefore, based on my observation, I think the eldest son is better.

Wanli disagreed: I don’t think so, I still like the third son (born to Concubine Zheng)
The minister was displeased: According to the etiquette and law, a leader should be established. If you don't establish a leader, our ministers will play to the end together!
Wanli was even more unhappy: Am I afraid of you?Come if you can!
Ever since, the most controversial and least innovative debate in the Wanli Dynasty, the dispute over national origin, began.

Li An looked at these old men who were respectful to him. In fact, they were doing it for their own good. They were not wrong. If they were wrong, it was not their fault. It was the fault of this era. It was Confucianism that harmed people and poisoned them. Thoughts, they just want a better life for themselves and their descendants.

Li An thought about Wei Wangcheng's sad crying again, and finally looked at the old man in front of him and nodded slightly: "I know. I will personally take people to the Wei family tomorrow to ask for someone, and I will definitely rescue Wei Wangning."

"The husband is wise." All the old people showed happy expressions.

　Three updates today.!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)