novelraw Chapter 322 The origin of male superiority and female inferiority
Chapter 322 The origin of male superiority and female inferiority
"Your Majesty, please be safe." Emperor Wen said, raising his tone, "Please come to the palace, Princess Regent."
The chief steward stood at a high place and loudly announced the order: "The emperor has a decree. Call the regent and the eldest princess to come to the palace!"
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stood up and lined up on the left and right sides.
There was a moment of silence in the main hall.
The civil and military officials turned to look outside the main hall. A girl in gorgeous clothes walked in from outside the hall, carrying the brilliance of the sky.
She has cool and calm eyebrows, a slender figure, and a naturally beautiful face. What is more eye-catching between her eyebrows is her intimidating air, and her back is naturally straight. There is nothing like that of ordinary women in the Jin Dynasty. Low eyebrows and hunched shoulders.
Seriously, he is stubborn, arrogant, and unruly from the bottom of his heart, with no trace of meekness at all.
It was so quiet in the main hall that you could hear a pin drop.
Until a respectful voice sounded: "Old minister, please visit the palace of the Princess Regent, the palace is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
Prime Minister Ji knelt down and saluted uprightly and respectfully, and his calm and solemn voice broke the silence in the hall.
At that moment, everyone's eyes moved from Yan Li's face to Prime Minister Ji.
Yan Zheng, Yan Chen and Yan Yun all changed their expressions. Although the eyes they stared at Prime Minister Ji were different, they all showed obvious dissatisfaction - dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Ji kneeling down and saluting Yan Li.
In front of the civil and military officials of the dynasty, a high-ranking minister bowed to the princess in such a prostrate manner. Who among the others would dare not to kneel down?
Originally, the four princes could still rely on their status as royal brothers to hold on, but in the main hall, in full view of everyone, Prime Minister Ji showed such a solemn attitude that he could not refuse...
"I see the regent princess." When everyone was silent, General Xuan also knelt down and said, "The princess is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
The other adults turned their heads and glanced at the emperor and queen calmly, only to see Emperor Wen sitting silently without saying anything. Apparently they acquiesced in the actions of Prime Minister Ji and General Xuan.
"I see the Princess Regent." Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please see the Princess Regent." Several officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites also knelt down.
One by one, after the officials who were willing to kneel knelt one by one, other officials who were unwilling to kneel had no choice but to kneel.
Yan Zheng clenched his hands and was hesitating whether to kneel down. Next to him, Yan Jinjin knelt down and said, "I see the Princess Regent."
Yan Zheng, Yan Chen and Yan Yun turned to look at him, their expressions were gloomy, and they knelt down without any struggle.
"Everyone, please get up." Yan Li's tone was calm and showed no emotion. "Starting from today, I will discuss matters in court with you. I am new here and I have little experience. I will ask for your advice in the future."
All the ministers dared not say anything.
What a joke, who dares to give advice to the regent princess?
They were also worried that if she wasn't happy, she would confiscate their homes and exterminate their entire family.
"Your Majesty, the Queen." Yan Li nodded slightly, "Today is the first day of court. I would like to make a suggestion based on what happened yesterday."
Emperor Wen's attitude was extremely gentle: "Li'er, please speak."
"The situation of male superiority to women in Jin State is too serious. It has reached an outrageous stage of rigidity and decadence." Yan Li said in a cold voice, "The reason why men were superior to women in ancient times was because men were stronger and more conducive to fishing and fishing. Hunting, farming and other labor-intensive activities later developed into nations, and gradually there were territorial wars. Men are more energetic and are more suitable for going to the battlefield to protect the elderly and weak women and children, while women are gentle and careful, and are more suitable for taking care of the family. Later, a system in which men were superior to women was gradually formed.”
Emperor Wen nodded: "You are right."
"As a woman, I have never denied that men are more powerful than women. In times of frequent wars, it has become a common convention that men are superior to women. Later, it was established by the king as a rule, and it became something that everyone had to follow. Iron law."
"Even today, I still firmly believe that the superiority of men to women has its rationality, but the rationality of the system can be exaggerated and exploited, and even become a reason for men to be arrogant and arrogant, and they wantonly trample on women's rights."
"Men should stand upright, protect their families and country, and have a mind as big as heaven and a hundred seas, instead of relying on suppressing women to satisfy their pitiful sense of superiority."
"A woman is pregnant in ten months, and her belly can accommodate both men and women. I dare to ask which man in the world would not give birth to a baby from her mother's belly? But men cannot tolerate women in their hearts. They always take pride in suppressing, belittling, and humiliating women, and even Using this as a way to have fun and seek excitement is really despised!”
The woman's voice was cold and hard, and every word was clear and concise, containing an irrefutable strength.
The ministers looked embarrassed, blue and white mixed together.
Although they were very angry and angry, today was a special day and they were faced with a special situation. No one dared to try their own way to refute the eldest princess's remarks.
"The princess's palace is full of truth, every word is precious." Prime Minister Ji spoke slowly, with a majestic and solemn tone, "A man's ability and responsibility should be expressed in his mind and magnanimity, in his political achievements and meritorious deeds, and not through suppression. , belittle and humiliate women, if a man’s ability is only to bully women, then he is not worthy of being a man, he is just a dirty bitch!”
As soon as the Prime Minister opened his mouth, the others did not dare to speak.
And in the court, no matter whether they themselves behave improperly or there are dandies in the family who often take pleasure in humiliating women, they all blush and feel guilty, wishing they could find a hole to hide in.
On his face, the Prime Minister praised the eldest princess's words, but every word he said, he clearly pointed at their noses and called them bitches.
They couldn't refute it yet, so they could only bear it silently.
There was silence in the main hall.
Emperor Wen waited and saw that no one spoke again, then he asked Yan Li: "That's very good. I wonder if you have any suggestions?"
"Revise the laws and regulations." Yan Li replied, "After getting married, high-ranking officials can reconcile and divorce, but cannot divorce their wives; officials of the first rank can take two noble concubines, but they are not allowed to sell them or trample on their dignity. There should be no more than five concubines in the same room. There is a strict contract of selling one's body, regardless of one's wife or concubines, if one dies for no reason, one will be held accountable." m.
"Officials of the third rank and above can have one main wife and two concubines. They are not allowed to sell, humiliate, trample on, or kill at will, otherwise they will be punished with murder. There must be no more than three concubines in the same room, and there must be a strict and formal contract of sale. , regardless of whether he is a wife, a concubine or a concubine, if there is no death, he will be punished as a murder after being found out. "
"Officials of the sixth to third grades can have a house with one wife and two wives...Officials are reduced in rank. How to formulate the specific rules should be discussed in detail by the officials responsible for revising the law."
"I'm afraid that the suggestion of the imperial sister is inappropriate." Yan Yun raised his eyes and said, "The nobles and nobles have great splendor and splendor, and they can only get it through their own efforts. Many people's ultimate wish is to have three wives and four concubines, enjoying the power of others. blessing--"
Yan Li sneered: "Brother Huang said that the ministers of the court are not serving the people or their own ambitions, but just to have more women?"