Everyone has their own thoughts on Zhu Wenkui's suggestion.
Everyone in the Purple Horde Khanate was actually very interested, but they couldn't directly tell whether the loopholes in it could be accepted by Europeans. For example, this age of marriage and childbirth seems strange to the Purple Horde Khanate.
The minimum age for marriage under Roman law was 14 years old for men and 12 years old for women. After the collapse of ancient Rome, the church continued to use this rule. However, like many other canons prohibiting forced marriage and marriage between close relatives, this rule remains on paper most of the time.
The theory of the Purple Horde Khanate was directly copied from the Zhou rites by Guo Gai, Patriarch Zhang and others, which required men to be 20 years old and women to be 15 years old. But this rule also faces the same dilemma as the church - even with the control capabilities of the Purple Horde Khanate, it cannot restrict folk customs.
But even so, getting married at the age of six is outrageous. I don’t know how to make it rounder.
Princess Jeanne doesn't seem very positive about this topic either. Therefore, we can only end the discussion in this regard for the time being. After all, this is just a preliminary meeting to exchange views, and specific matters will have to be discussed slowly in the future.
So, Bansai Khan looked at the others and told Princess Jeanne the next thing: "The princess helped us call for the Crusade before, and we are very grateful. However, our scholars discovered that some regulations in France did not exist for the Romans. A lot of prejudice. The princess has a close relationship with us, so we want to talk to you first."
"Prejudice?" Princess Jeanne was a little surprised.
"We found that in some of your country's ancient laws, there are laws that clearly discriminate against and even insult the Romans." Lu Shangshu said:
"In the Salic Code, it is clearly written that killing a Frank or a barbarian protected by law requires compensation of 200 sous, but killing a Roman only requires half. If it is a vassal Roman who wants to pay tribute to the king , the compensation should be lower. Isn’t this obvious discrimination and prejudice?”
"These regulations are from a long time ago, and we logically don't need to pursue them. However, the current situation shows that this code is still valid, and some people will quote part of it from time to time. You should also know these things Bar."
Princess Jeanna thought for a while and seemed to understand something. She didn't express her position, but nodded, indicating that she did know.
"If it were just your country's internal laws, there is no need for us to intervene. But now that the relationship between the two countries is getting closer and people-to-people exchanges are becoming more frequent, the situation is very different from what it was back then. In this case, there should be no need to continue to maintain it. "Lu Shangshu continued.
"However, some parts of the Salic Code are still frequently quoted today. And it is not a folk custom, but a state behavior led by the royal family." He emphasized: "So we think that our concerns are not difficult to understand. ——Since part of it is still applicable, does it mean that other parts are also applicable?”
Princess Jeanne thought about it carefully and found that logically speaking, this concern did make sense. So she nodded again and asked, "Do you hope that this part of the potential problem can be solved?"
"Yes." Baisai Khan replied: "We hope that our allies can understand our difficulties. We can no longer struggle with the contradictions and conflicts in the past, but now there are so many tourists and business travelers coming and going. If anyone really thinks of the ancient times, What can we do if we persecute our citizens on the basis of the law?”
"So, our choice is also forced. We hope that your country can abandon this old code and re-edit the necessary parts. If this is not possible, we can also publicly declare which parts should be retained and which parts should be abandoned. In this way, we Only then can I feel more at ease.”
Speaking of which, everyone already understands it.
The Salic Code is the reason why the French royal family maintains paternity and excludes female members of the royal family and descendants from inheritance. Whether it was the Valois branch competing for the throne with the Capetian line or their current rejection of the King of England's claim, they all relied on this hand.
Therefore, this thing is related to the legitimacy discourse of the royal family. So you can play tricks and you can have double standards, but you can't live without them.
Normally, legitimacy itself is an axiomatic consensus. The customs of the Frankish tribes stipulate that the throne can only be passed to male descendants, so it must be passed to men. Various questions about this, such as what kind of logic this is based on and whether it is unfair to female members, are meaningless. Because the tribal tradition itself is the default "truth" and cannot be discussed.
The Purple Horde Khanate did not directly question this tradition itself. Because it involves political issues, its authenticity itself—for example, whether it is a real “tradition” or a fabrication made up by later generations—can no longer be verified. Moreover, there is no in-law relationship between the Purple Horde Khanate and France, and there is no direct competition for inheritance rights. There is little point in getting entangled in these places, and it is easy to offend people, so it is better to just avoid it.
Therefore, the Purple Horde simply used the parts of this code that were unfavorable to Rome to question the rationality of the entire code.
It would certainly be better if the royal family listened to their suggestions and made changes directly. However, unless they have been beaten to the brink of national subjugation, this ideal situation is unlikely.
But even if they settle for the second best, the French royal family still needs to deal with it seriously. In other words, it needs to negotiate and discuss with them the rationality of the entire code. In this way, an issue that he could not discuss was brought to the negotiating table.
At this point, it is tantamount to openly announcing that he will help Princess Jeanne and her descendants fight for the throne.
However, Princess Jeanne still responded tactfully to their kindness.
"I will help inform the palace and the regency committee." She said, "However, some nobles may not be able to accept it."
"Those nobles? It doesn't matter." Prime Minister Wang smiled and said: "You can tell them, we think that if the palace nobles do not agree, the Duke of Normandy will also agree."
Hearing this, Princess Jeanne smiled bitterly and nodded.
As the people in the purple tent said just now, the English will definitely not recognize this code. The king of England shared their goal of recognizing the inheritance rights of female royals. Therefore, the relationship between the three parties is obviously not that simple.
However, this kind of thing really cannot be finalized on the spot. So, after informing her, this simple meeting ended.
Bai Saihan's family also invited King Wu's family to stay and attend the banquet in the evening. But Princess Ma said that she would take little Jeanne home to rest. I had played for several days before and was too tired, so I didn’t attend.
After hearing what she said, Zhu Wenkui also said that he would go back together. Anyway, the serious matters to be discussed are all related to Princess Jeanne. Just let her communicate and discuss with the relevant people.
In this way, only Princess Jeanne herself is left.
She was obviously unwilling, but Princess Ma had a good reason. Even Tuo Huan and others felt that at little Jeanne's age, it would be better to go home and sleep. Therefore, she had no choice but to agree.
Afterwards, Bai Saihan and others got up and left the tent, heading outside the temporary camp, chatting along the way. Tuo Huan, Zhu Wenkui and Theodora left alone to relax near the sea.
When they were farther away, Theodora complained softly.
"Old Wang is too cunning." She shook her head and said, "In the beginning, he was the one to remind Princess Jeanne, but in the end, my mother had to step in. Why are you so timid when facing outsiders?"
"That's understandable. Let alone him, I don't know if the princess is considered an outsider." Tuohuan shrugged: "Wenkuanda, what do you think?"
"I actually don't know." Zhu Wenkui lowered his voice: "When I need to stay with her now, I have to find a way to avoid suspicion as much as possible."
"Actually, there's no need to be so exaggerated." Tuohuan had no choice but to comfort him.
"I'm fine myself, but I have to take my family's reputation into consideration." Zhu Wenkui said, and sighed helplessly: "I don't know why my father is so persistent, eh..."
"Anyway, now, I will take good care of my sister first and let her grow up well. For the rest, I can only do my best." He waved his hand and said.
Seeing that it was not easy for everyone, I had no choice but to sigh.
"I don't know what's going on with Brother Kang." He muttered, "If he were here, he might be able to persuade me."
"What did he do?" Zhu Wenkui still didn't know what happened before.
"Caught the thief." Theodora said: "Cao Jian gave him a group of Russian recruits, but the quality of those people was too low, and they were mixed with people from street gangs. He found it difficult to accept, so he prepared to arrest This person who has too many bad deeds should be used as a role model, and we should improve the atmosphere."
"Be it Cao Jian or him, why are you so anxious?" Tuohuan shook his head and commented: "This kind of thing can't be handled normally."
"There is a fight within the Cao family. This time, the Cao family as a whole supports brother Kang's plan, but it is uncertain who will be responsible for this matter. If the plan is successfully passed, there will be many new The authority came into being. Of course they would not miss this opportunity." Theodora took this for granted:
"Whoever strikes first, arranges his own people, and creates a fait accompli, the advantage will get bigger and bigger like a snowball. Cao Jian is already weak, so of course he is anxious."
"As for Brother Kang... he is too much like an ideal knight." Theodora shook her head: "He usually keeps quiet and goes to places like churches and monasteries every day, like a priest. Everyone. Apart from seeing him often doing strange things, I think he is smarter and I don't think he is very special. But in fact, his sense of justice is astonishingly high."
"He is anxious. I suspect it is not for power, nor for the reputation of his family and himself, but simply because he can't stand it. But Master Wang also knows this and has sent a prosecutor to investigate the whole situation."
"That's normal. He's not in a hurry." Zhu Wenkui obviously understands Guo Kang's temper very well: "I go to the slums from time to time. Judging from the environment there, he would probably be so angry that he would go and kill people himself... "
"Yes. He can really do it." Theodora hesitated: "I don't know if it is safe for him to be so reckless. Otherwise, I won't attend the reception tonight. I'll go see where he is. The situation."
"In the evening we have to entertain veterans whose families are not nearby, so they can't go home to visit relatives." Tuohuan reminded her: "Although according to custom, only my father and I need to show up, it is better for our whole family to show up. If there is something wrong, it is better That’s fine, but it’s actually not that important…”
"It just so happens that I'm sending my mother and concubine back. Let me drop by and ask about it." Zhu Wenkui said proactively.
"Actually, you don't have to worry. You also said that they are just some thieves in the city." He said to Theodora: "Although everyone subconsciously thinks that Brother Kang is more like a master or a bachelor, he is still a master after all. The general's son has been practicing martial arts for many years. There is no risk in dealing with such a bad boy from the slums."
"Yes." Tuo Huan also nodded: "I have always felt that he is also a war commander. Let's not underestimate him too much."
"Actually, if he hadn't taken the initiative to propose the strategy of going south, I would have waited until this time, after the legion was rotated and repaired, to invite him to fight against Alemanni." He said: "We in Rome, The first battle for the children of the Zhu Kingdom is also an important ceremony. To discuss business with the Egyptian military chiefs would be a sign of humiliation for him."
"If you ask me, even if it is personal force, he is enough." Tuohuan seemed to have not boasted enough, and added: "Unfortunately, the Alemanni have always been timid and did not dare to fight against generals. Otherwise, let Xiji I think it is completely feasible for Simmond to come out and challenge him one-on-one to determine the outcome of the two countries."
"Sigismund must be almost fifty years old." Theodora muttered: "Fight with him..."
"You're not too old. Anyway, you just know what it means." Tuo Huan had no choice but to prevaricate.
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