Idle courtiers

Chapter 192
This is the awakening of patriarchy, this is the awakening of humanity.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Power cannot wait for other people's charity, power needs to be fought for by yourself.

Oppressed men of the world, unite!
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there was a unique shrewd wife culture. With the further prosperity of the commodity economy, the people became rich.Especially when urban residents marry their daughters, they usually accompany them with a large dowry.

This dowry is the woman's private property, and without her nodding, even the husband cannot use it.

If the woman dies, those who have children can inherit the estate.If there are no children, they must be returned to their natal family.

Marx and Engels have a saying right: the economic base determines the superstructure.

Economic base also determines your family status, regardless of gender.

Therefore, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the buds of women's rights were awakening, and the wife who had mastered the economic power must want to have the right to speak in the whole family, which must have a violent conflict with traditional moral concepts.

This is reflected in Ming Dynasty novels, such as "San Yan", "Er Pai", such as "Awakening the World Marriage", all of which created many strong and independent female images.

Zhou Nan thought about it when he was studying in the past.If the buds of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty were not stifled by the Liaodong Jurchen invasion, but continued to grow and develop.As women continue to participate in social life, it may really subvert the 5000-year-old patriarchal system.

After drinking all night and talking a lot, the two of them went to bed without expressing themselves.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhu Cong was still hungover and felt his head swell.Zhou Nan said to him: "Brother Zhu's head hurts. If you want to hangover, you have to drink a little more. When the blood is unblocked, it doesn't hurt. This is called heavy head wine."

So, another half catty of rice wine was eaten.

The so-called wine is strong and cowardly, under Zhou Nan's enthusiastic encouragement or instigation, our general Zhu Fengguo took the memorial, took a sedan chair and went straight to the Ministry of Rites.

In other words, among the six ministries of the central government of the Ming Dynasty, the official department in charge of personnel power was the head, and other ministries were also convinced.There are three major blocks in the power organization of the civil service system in the Ming Dynasty.They are the cabinet, the department and the Ministry of officials.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is also known as the Heavenly Official, which is a big hill that can compete with the four elders.

However, the Ministry of Rites has always been dissatisfied with the Ministry of Officials, thinking that my dynasty governs the world with loyalty and filial piety.My Ministry of Rites is in charge of ideology, which is the number one among the six departments.

Because among the six ministries, officials in the Ministry of Officials are domineering, while those in the Ministry of Rites are flying high.

Compared with the other five departments, the Ministry of Rites is a noble and leisurely place.

However, recently, Wang Shichuan, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites and Cleaning Department, has been fighting like a fight, and he has not been in a good mood for half a year.

The thing is, since the emperor ordered Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong to clear the imperial property of Gyeonggi, it must have touched the interests of the clan.Especially those collateral royal families who no longer have affection in the palace are the victims of this new policy of the imperial court.

Although these nobles who eat hard-core crops do not have power, they are still from the Zhu family, and most of them have titles again, how can they swallow this breath.They have been wronged, and they are not qualified to see the emperor to complain, what should they do?
As a result, the Ministry of Rites, Rites, and Cleaning Department, which governed the clan, became their natal family and the object of confidance.

In the past six months, whenever Wang Shichuan arrived at the Ministry of Rites every day, he had to meet a son of the clan who came to complain.Although these men live a poor life, many of them live on the meager salary every year, making them worse than dogs.But most of them have titles, and they put on airs. When they saw Mr. Wang, they would scold Mr. Wang for being a treacherous and sycophant when they saw Wang Langzhong.

Wang Shichuan is wronged!This matter is clearly the will of the emperor, if you have the fire to spread fire on the emperor, is it useful to find me?I'm just a fifth-rank official, I don't even have the qualifications to go to the early court, I am wronged!
The Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites and Cleaning Department, Zhi his mother is the most difficult official in the world. Anyone who comes here will have a higher title than you, a bigger style than you, and a very arrogant attitude.

The so-called vicious and vicious refers to the people from the distant old Zhu's family.These bastards, when they come to the Ministry of Rites, they are either wrangling or asking for salary, complaining about hardship or poverty, pestering them from morning to night, even when they go to the latrine, they are followed.

When they got entangled in Sanya, some people even directly robbed the office supplies of the Ministry of Rites, saying that they used them to offset the owed salary, or sold them to buy rice to live on.

Wang Langzhong was robbed of a copper ruyi yesterday by a son of the royal family who came over to argue.

Speaking of this, some people may ask strangely, these days the children of the family are so nonsense, you can report it!The imperial court has its own system, and it is good to punish the perpetrators according to the punishment.

Even if the person who can ask this sentence is not an idiot, his IQ is not online.What is law? Law is a violent machine for one class to suppress another class, and it embodies the will of the ruler.The will of the ruling class will inevitably affect the formulation and implementation of laws, not the other way around.

Moreover, there is a saying in ancient China: the law is nothing but human feelings.

The true report, after all, is the blood of the Tian family, representing the face of the emperor.Not only will the superiors not punish the clan, but they will blame Wang Langzhong for his poor handling of affairs, causing conflicts, and his work of maintaining stability. Do you want to wear his official hat?

Therefore, when encountering this kind of thing, Wang Shichuan couldn't bear it, and he had to bear it any longer.If you want to hit me on the left cheek, well, I will stick out the right cheek.

Relying on humiliation, he managed to stabilize the clan's support.

However, Wang Langzhong had a premonition that this move was just to put out the fire with the salary.

Now those who come to make trouble are all low-grade royal people, and the biggest ones are Zhenguo Lieutenant, Fengguo Lieutenant, Junjun, and County Jun, who can speak softly to appease them.

If you come to a few high-ranking Zhu family members, it will not be easy to dismiss them with a few words.

"God bless, there must be nothing wrong, nothing wrong." Every day before going to the Ministry of Rites, Wang Shichuan would silently pray in his heart, almost suffering from depression.

Probably his daily prayers annoyed God. Wang Shichuan had just arrived at the Ministry of Rites today, and before he sat down to take a sip of hot tea, he saw a madman with a bruised face and a smell of alcohol rushing in.

Wang Shichuan was furious and was about to ask someone to beat him out.After taking a closer look, he recognized this person as Zhu Cong-chim, an old acquaintance who specialized in salary-seeking.

Wang Lang wondered in his heart, how did General Zhu Fengguo do this, and who beat him like this?
Mr. Wang dealt with the emperor's family all day long, and knew that this was a hot job. He had always had a "none of your shit" and "none of my shit" attitude in life, so he naturally wouldn't be curious about how he made it like this.

Zhu Congchen is a general of Fengguo, a high-ranking royal family, and he is not so easy to dismiss.

"Here comes the bill!" Today will be another unlucky day. Wang Shichuan hastily raised his spirits and asked him to sit down. He apologized and said with a smile: "Master Zhu, I have already reported your salary to my superiors. You know, Tian Family The salary is paid by Taicang. There is a fixed amount of silver in Taicang’s salary every year, and it will be paid out early in the morning, so it’s useless for you to twist this official.”

"The winter solstice is coming soon. According to the court system, the expenditures of various ministries in the coming year will be determined before the winter solstice. Do you think this is good? I will appeal to Master Chunguan to see if I can make up some of the salary owed."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is also known as Chunguan.

Among the six ministers, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of personnel affairs and merit examination, and is the head of the six ministers, similar to Zhou Tianguan's magistrate; the household department is in charge of wealth, household registration, mountains, forests, salt and marshes, etc., and is a local official.

The Ministry of Rites mainly sacrifices in spring, so it is called the Spring Official; in the summer slack, troops are often dispatched, so the Ministry of War is the Summer Official; the execution of prisoners is in autumn, spring is born and autumn is killed, so the Ministry of Punishment is the Autumn Official; in winter, there are many projects in the slack, so the Ministry of Industry is the Winter Official. official.

Zhu Congchen: "Mr. Wang, I am not here today to ask for a salary."

Wang Langzhong: "Master Zhu, please tell me."

Zhu Congjian handed over a memorial.

Wang Shichuan took it over and took a look, then stuttered: "This, this, this... You are asking the court to strip away your wife's imperial order, this... is not appropriate, you should think about it again."

"Don't think about it, I want to divorce that shrew! From today on, there will be me without her, and her without me." Zhu Cong said bitterly.

"Divorce!" Wang Langzhong was shocked, isn't this a joke?A majestic general serving the country, the No. 11 rank of patriarchal title, and a food rank of six hundred stones, representing the decency of the Tian family.Your marriage doesn't belong to you, it belongs to the country and the imperial court. How can you say divorce is just a divorce?
Once the marriage is divorced, it is a political event.

"Yes, divorce my wife, please report to the Chunguan as soon as possible, so as to avoid the order of that vicious woman, and return my family a peaceful and prosperous life."

Wang Shichuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Lord Zhu, the imperial edict to confer rewards comes from the imperial decree, it doesn't mean that deprivation can be deprived. Besides, your wife is not wrong, and I can't do anything to forgive you."

"What's right, look at my face, look at my face."

Wang Shichuan: "Master Zhu, what is this?"

"That's right, it was that woman who beat me. I've had enough. I don't want to fight this face today. I will definitely be at odds with her." Zhu Congchi once again uttered the strongest voice of the times: "The king is the leader of the ministers, and the father is the son." Gang, the husband guides the wife, if the rules are reversed, the country will not be the country. If you insist on not accepting this case today, I will go to beat the drum and ask your majesty to make the decision for me. At that time, I will also impeach you for disturbing the rules and bullying The rite doctor of the clan."

"Lord Zhu, this matter is not trivial. I really can't make up my mind. You think about it again. Drink some tea and calm down first." Zhu Cong took off his moral hat, and Wang Shichuan couldn't bear it.Seeing that Comrade Zhu was reeking of alcohol, I decided not to have a conflict with him, but to wait until he sobered up.

At this moment, a book office suddenly rushed in.Probably it was an urgent matter, and regardless of Zhu Congchi's presence, he shouted loudly: "The Eldest Master is not good, there are more than 30 clan and royal relatives gathered outside the ceremony department, and they kept clamoring, saying that the Elder Master should go out to talk, if today If you don’t give a satisfactory answer, you’ll have to knock on the door and write a letter.”

"Ah!" Wang Shichuan broke out in cold sweat when he heard it.

Today's emperor has a strong personality, and it is the most uncommon for courtiers to engage in tricks such as joint letters.According to him, you are forcing the palace and are cronies.

For the so-called mass incidents, Emperor Jiajing was merciless.

During the battle of etiquette, a group of officials wrote a letter and gathered outside the palace gate, intending to attack the palace.The emperor just said "beat!" and killed more than a dozen ministers alive.

He has been in power for 40 years, and the number of ministers who have been killed or maimed cannot be counted.

Also because I know the history of the emperor, in the past ten years, although the court has been turbulent, all the hills are just competing secretly, never daring to gather crowds to cause trouble.

When this incident happened today, it was a huge political incident, and I don't know how many people were unlucky.

At that time, no one else will care about Mr. Wang's affairs, but Mr. Wang will be the first to be decapitated.

"Who is the leader and why?" Wang Shichuan asked hurriedly, his voice changed, sharp and sharp.

Secretary office: "The leader is General Fengguo Zhu Congjian, the housekeeper of Mr. Zhu's family, surnamed Tang. He also brought him here, saying he wanted to seek justice for his master."

Wang Shichuan was furious, and sternly scolded Zhu Congchen: "Lord Zhu, you want to divorce your wife and live on your own. Do you need to make a fuss like this?" Just because you want a divorce, you have threatened so many clans, are you serious?

Zhu Congchi naturally knew the seriousness of this matter, sobered up: "It's not me, I didn't call you here! It must be that tricky slave who made his own decisions, and he will kill him this time."

"Go, go out and have a look." Wang Shichuan ordered loudly: "Call Master, maintain order, don't mess up, don't mess up."

Several people ran out in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)