Nowadays, the population of a village ranges from a dozen to several hundred households. If you are involved, you will almost die.
At the rate of killing hundreds or thousands a day, hundreds of thousands or millions will soon accumulate.
Over the years, this work will come to an end sooner or later!
The Demon Suppression Division quickly reported the matter. The imperial court realized the seriousness and quickly summoned capable ministers and officials to discuss countermeasures. The cabinet also summoned officials from the Ministry of Revenue to inquire about the relevant situation.
The result was not good, because someone got the yellow book from the Ministry of Household Affairs and found that the number of people who fit the pattern of involvement was far greater than expected.
"How could this happen? I have great prosperity and prosperity, and the world is at peace. How come there are so many older men who are unmarried?"
"It should be that in recent years, looms have become popular in the south and the cloth industry has flourished, recruiting many female workers, which has led to a large number of daughters delaying their marriage.
In addition, wealthy businessmen spend huge sums of money and enjoy a luxurious life. More and more villagers are moving to the city to work. Seeing the prosperity, they are naturally touched. "
"Yes, no matter how difficult it is for those who have seen prosperity to live in poverty, they will naturally not be willing to settle for a pastoral life with a wife and children on the hot bed.
In today's situation, men, women, old and young all value profit over separation. What's more, they still work long-term at the master's house during the holidays, making it even harder to calm down and settle down and start a family.
If a rural man has the opportunity to marry a maid released by a wealthy family, he can get a larger dowry, and if a rural woman has the opportunity to enter a wealthy family and become a concubine, even if she is just an actress, she is considered proud of her life.
From this point of view, the young men and women who were supposed to get married and have children now despised each other. "
"Like this, the man is alone and the woman is alone, full of resentment!"
Unknowingly, the situation in Daqian's marriage turned out to be a bit grim.
Everyone finally figured out why such weird things happened in a place like Hujiazhuang.
When Li Fan learned this, he thought of something.
"Heaven sees me and the people see me, God hears me and the people listen..."
Human beings are the spirits of all things, possessing the greatest mystery of emotion, will, and even wisdom.
Human spiritual power can guide the power of strangeness.
The power of treachery pursues people.
All these factors will cause the strangeness scattered between heaven and earth to be attracted by the will of all living beings.
It’s no wonder that since ancient times, there have been sayings that resentment turns into ghosts, and greed, anger, and ignorance turn into demons.
Now that you know this, you need to deal with it.
The court quickly took action.
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"Daqian Law, every woman who is over ten years old and a man who is over twenty-two years old must get married. Those who are in their prime and widowed should marry again..."
At the city gates, vegetable markets, and various public gathering places, officials posted new notices, attracting large numbers of people to gather.
The literate person shook his head while reading the words on the list, and suddenly discovered to his surprise that this was actually an order from the imperial court to strictly urge marriage.
"How could such a thing happen? The imperial court actually takes care of the marriages of ordinary people."
"Brother, what you said is wrong. This matter has existed since ancient times. Even my Daqian Law has express provisions. It's just that I have always treated it leniently and not strictly implemented it."
"Yes, "Zhou Li" records that the marriage age for women is twenty years old. During the Spring and Autumn War, in order to compete for hegemony, they had to marry early and have children. The age of marriage for women ranged from fourteen to fifteen. What's more, the age of marriage for women ranged from fourteen to fifteen. When you reach a certain height, you have to marry, otherwise you will be taxed. If you are not a wealthy family, you cannot afford to delay.”…
"Yes, our government also stipulated that the age of marriage is fourteen. If you do not marry after fifteen, you will be fined."
"There is such a rule? We have never heard of it."
"Brother, you must be ignorant. In the past, it was even said that those whose parents were over 17 and refused to marry would have to ask local officials to force a matchmaker. Then you won't be able to pick and choose, no matter how tall, short, fat or thin, rich or poor, old or young. , everyone must obey."
"What does this mean? In the Song Dynasty, there were still women who refused to marry at the age of fifteen, and their families were sitting on it. This would directly lead to breaking the law and going to jail."
You can read between the lines of these people's words
I mean, the court wants to change its policy and force the marriage to happen, or even force the marriage.
Sure enough, after the official list was posted, everyone continued to read and found that the government had issued the most stringent policies to crack down on lawlessness.
Generally speaking, fines start at the age of fifteen, and the poll tax doubles every year.
This also means that if there is a girl in a certain family who is still unmarried at the age of twenty, she will start from double the head tax when she is fifteen, triple it when she is sixteen, four times when she is seventeen, and so on. .
At the age of twenty, one of the parents will be arrested and imprisoned until they get married.
If you are still unmarried after one year, another relative will be imprisoned and serve hard labor.
The same goes for men.
When everyone saw this, they shook their heads and said, "It is a good thing that the court is so enthusiastic, but if these methods are used, I am afraid it will be counterproductive."
…
Under the decree, as expected, in the Holy Capital City, gongs and drums started beating loudly one after another, and weddings were carried out quickly.
This has an immediate effect, and many over-age marryers have quickly settled the matter to avoid paying extra money, or even being arrested and jailed.
[In view of the general environment, Li Fan went to Beiya to get married early in the morning, and unexpectedly encountered several wedding teams setting off. He couldn't help but sigh, the imperial court still had a strong control over the Holy Capital.
Many dignitaries and dignitaries live here, and they are working hard to eliminate hidden dangers, lest the treacherous realm of Hujiazhuang descend on the Holy Capital and involve everyone in the city.
It would really be a disaster if millions of people from the Holy City were to crowd into Hujiazhuang for a meal.
Even the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion was affected by this policy, and several servants and maids were assigned to get married by the mistress Xiao Qingyue.
"These were originally planned. I originally planned to do it after the year or a few years later, but I didn't expect the court to rush it, so I might as well hurry up."
In this regard, Xiao Qingyue is also indispensable.
However, the good times did not last long, and within a few days, both the people in the city and the prince's mansion returned to their old state.
Li Ao inquired with his colleagues in the Demon Suppression Department and learned that it would be difficult to continue this policy if it was only half implemented, because there were so many dignitaries in the Holy City, and there were so many maids and maids at home, and there were many wives and concubines.
These people have to serve in the master's house, how can they be easily married off?
At best, it's just sending some maids and the like to the servants at home, so that they can become monks and have children as slaves.
But how can those who have been used by young masters, nobles and officials, or even loved closely, be released?
Li Fan asked himself, but he wouldn't do it if it were him.
The other maids and maids can be said to be fine. I have used maids such as Yue, Yingying, Meishu, Pingting, and my concubine Huang Ying. Although they are not so much as a thorn in their side, they are at least possessive and determined not to let them get into trouble. Let go.
It's not like we can't afford to support such a big Marquis Mansion.
Their parents also expected them to contribute to the Hou Mansion, so there was no need to beat the couple.
As for the officials in the office, they have no control over the Hou Mansion, and they dare not...
Don’t ask the common people, ask ghosts and gods
