In the 14th year of Jing'an, on the third day of July, Concubine Qi gave birth to a daughter. In the 15th year of Jing'an, on the eighth day of April, Concubine An gave birth to a daughter. In the 15th year of Jing'an, Concubine Wan gave birth to a daughter on the 20th of July. In the seventeenth year of An, on the second day of the first lunar month, the queen gave birth to a daughter. In the twentieth year of Jing'an, on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Yungui gave birth to a daughter. At that time, Emperor Jing'an had a total of seven princesses.
In the twenty-first year of Jing'an, it was the thirteenth day of the first month.
Hundreds of officials asked Emperor Jing'an to establish an heir.
There is no way, Emperor Jing'an is not young anymore, he is forty years old. In this era when emperors generally have short life spans, there are not many emperors who can live to be over forty years old, and even fewer who live to be sixty years old. , the heir must not be chosen to be an adult, but a child who is just born or one or two years old, or three or four years old. When the child is raised to be able to take charge of his own affairs, he can succeed to the throne as the crown prince.
Emperor Jing'an was almost sixty years old.
To put it bluntly, the average life span of the four former emperors did not reach sixty years. If his brother, the deposed emperor, was added, the average life span would not even reach fifty years.
Therefore, all officials naturally felt that Emperor Jing'an, who was still childless at the age of forty, must have an heir.
It's too late if you don't stop immediately.
They don't want to go back and have troubles such as electing an emperor, or having a young emperor ascend the throne, or the emperor and the queen mother become regents.
Of course Emperor Jing'an himself was unwilling. Firstly, he felt that he was not old enough and could still work harder. The seventh princess had come out, and the next one should be his son. Secondly, of course, he was unwilling to lose the throne. , I have worked so hard for so many years, not only did the succession to the throne be recognized by the four late emperors, but also the world has long-term peace and stability, and there are signs of prosperity, but in the end, I have to be picked off by the side royal family.
How could he be reconciled to this?
He was so unwilling to accept it, so unwilling that he regretted that he had worked so hard over the years.
Since the family property will ultimately be given to others.
So why should he try so hard?
Then, the tug-of-war between Emperor Jing'an and his ministers began. Many vassal princes who felt that their bloodline was closer to that of Emperor Jing'an and who had a high chance of becoming heirs also began to work hard. If they could not become emperor, their descendants would It's not bad to be in charge, because the court, which was already very clear and stable, began to become chaotic because of this.
Court battles affect the stability of the country.
It couldn't be more normal.
In the end, Emperor Jing'an even had no choice but to ask Qu Jie, but Qu Jie refused because he did not have the ability to give birth to a son. At the same time, Qu Jie also reminded him that there are actually many families who have no children to inherit the family business and set up a daughter-in-law to recruit a son-in-law.
As long as you have the ability to suppress clan discussions.
As long as my daughter can stand on her own feet.
Although Qu Jie just mentioned it casually, her casual mention was enough to plant a seed deep in Emperor Jing'an's heart. After a few more years of tossing, she gave birth to two daughters again, and the officials asked for heirs. After the sound became louder and louder, it finally began to take root.
However, he did not dare to make one of his daughters the crown princess immediately. Instead, he began a long-term plan and fought a tug-of-war with officials, insisting not to establish an heir.
The long-term plan mainly includes cultivating his own daughters, raising them like men, and teaching them imperial skills such as governing the country. After all, even if he passes the throne to his daughter, he must choose a capable one. If he chooses an incompetent love brain, , don’t turn around and give up the throne to the emperor’s husband or something like that, wouldn’t that be a sin!
In addition, of course, he secretly guides public opinion. In this regard, he cannot openly support the establishment of female households, divorce and remarriage of women, because if he does this, all officials, as long as they are not stupid, can detect his Intention, I will definitely try my best to stop it when the time comes.
So he could only borrow Qu Jie to make a raft.
While promoting Qu Jie's white jade Xuanwu, Emperor Zhenwu's belief, he also mixed some private goods into it, such as the fact that although Emperor Zhenwu was a woman, he also defeated demons and slayed demons, no less than the other great emperors, and like Before Emperor Zhenwu became a god, he once ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the Kingdom of Jingle as a woman and a princess.
It is worthy of the Kingdom of Jing Le to usher in a century of prosperity.
Of course, he did not dare to publicize these private goods on a large scale. He just ordered people to publicize them among the people.
It is spread secretly in places where officials don't pay much attention.
In addition, he also ordered people to secretly investigate some cases of female households and extermination of households among the people, and then provide support and help. Although he did not dare to do these things openly and only secretly helped, but he was the emperor after all, and he had With his support and help, the pressure on those people was immediately reduced, which was enough to have a certain impact within a few dozen miles of the local area and indirectly encourage some people with similar ideas to do the same.
Under such a subtle influence, some folk customs will naturally change slightly. Many women with ideas have also emboldened the courage to set up female households, or those with only daughters and no sons in the family have also begun to refuse the adoption requirements of the clan. I want to raise my daughter.
Although many people think that a son is more important than blood relationship, and even if you adopt someone who has no blood relationship, it is still a legacy, but there are also many people who think that blood relationship is more important than a son or not.
The family property is inherited by the daughter.
It's better than giving it to a stepson who is not related by blood.
During this process, Emperor Jing'an secretly sent someone to the capital to file a complaint against a mother and daughter who had been exterminated. Then based on this, he used the topic as a basis and became furious, demanding severe punishment and changes in the law. The law includes the act of depriving the entire family into the law.
Expressly prohibited.
If local officials fail to handle the matter after investigation or complaint, or handle it improperly, they shall be deemed to be guilty of the same crime.
The officials privately felt that Emperor Jing'an felt the same way and was afraid that after his death, his queen, concubines, and daughter would be bullied. In addition, extermination was an act that could be done in private but could not be supported openly, so they also There was no such thing as rejection.
This was passed quickly.
With the passing of this law, of course, with the encouragement of Emperor Jing'an, many people began to complain. Then many local officials continued to violate it, and Emperor Jing'an wanted to send imperial envoys to inspect.
But no one took over such unclear housework.
However, these all played into the hands of Emperor Jing'an, because he quickly stated in the morning that since no official was willing to seek justice for these women, he would send his own daughter out, and then he sent his eldest daughter, who is now a teenager this year, out. The princess and the second princess were sent out.
Tour the north and south respectively to supervise similar cases.
Redress the grievances of women and so on.
Baiguan himself had just rejected the matter, and now he couldn't say yes anymore. He could only stop it with various ancestral precepts and other random remarks, and said that it might be dangerous for the princess to do this.
However, Emperor Jing'an was fearless and directly stated that his daughter would be fine under the protection of Emperor Zhenwu.
You don't have to worry about it.
Then he carried it out with strong force.
Next, of course, are the two princesses, who, under the protection of Qu Jie, seek justice for all the common people in the world who have been wronged, especially women.
It can be said that the reputation among the people is rising rapidly.
At this point, the officials were vaguely aware of Emperor Jing'an's thoughts, and knew that he most likely wanted his daughter to ascend the throne, and then of course he would go even crazier and ask for an heir.
And he wrote countless memorials, made insinuations, and even made up stories to tell history, saying that this was wrong.
Women are in charge of politics, and the hen is in charge of the morning affairs, and the world is in chaos.
However, the current fact is that as the two princesses patrolled the north and south, the number of unjust cases in the world was immediately reduced by 80%. The people cheered and cheered. Countless officials who committed evil in the local area and even thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away were dismissed. Even the law popularization work was stopped. After achieving certain results, many people know that local clans are not qualified to judge villagers, and lynching is considered a death sentence.
Some people who were forced to rebel by officials even tied themselves up and went down the mountain to plead guilty, kneeling down to ask the two princesses to seek justice.
For a time, the two princesses became famous among the people.
Almost as good as Bao Qingtian.
