Cao Yue had no choice but to stand up.

When he stood up, Zheng Han smiled at him, as if he believed that he could make an unusual judgment.

Cao Yue smiled at Zheng Han, and then nodded to Lou Shuguang on the podium.

At this time, many people took out their mobile phones and prepared to film Cao Yue's discussion.

Everyone thinks that Cao Yue will still bring you a wonderful discussion of views today.

"Now many people say that the marriage system in ancient China is polygamy, in fact, this is not accurate, ancient China has always been monogamous," Cao Yue took the lead and said a different point of view, and then helplessly said to those students who were preparing to take the camera: "I hope that the students will not upload the video to the Internet again, I am really afraid that my opinion will be problematic and will be scolded, okay?"

Those students who were ready to take pictures could only agree and did not dare to shoot videos blatantly.

"I will continue to state my opinion," Cao Yue said in a loud voice: "In ancient times, a man could only have one wife, and no matter how many concubines he had, he could not change this fact, and concubines could not be counted as his wives. The emperor is the same, only the empress is his orthodox wife, the woman who is married by the Ming media. The other concubines are equivalent to the concubines of ordinary people. Although there have been times in history when two queens coexisted, it was a special exception. In my opinion, if one were to conclude the ancient institution of marriage in one sentence, it would be monogamous and polygamous, and if the information I have checked is correct, three wives and four concubines have never occurred. ”

"I don't agree with the ancient polyandry system, and I also think that this is a deformed system that devalues women's social status," Cao Yue said frankly for fear that others would misunderstand him, and then the topic immediately began to turn, "But this kind of system has existed for thousands of years." A system that can last for thousands of years naturally has a rationality for its existence. ”

Of course, some people say that it is the ancient tradition of male superiority and inferiority, and that women are vassals of men, so it is reasonable for a man to have more than one woman, and a woman can only hang herself from a tree. In the laughter of the students in the class, Cao Yue expressed his opinion, "I think the greatest rationality of its existence is that the long-term gender ratio imbalance in ancient China." ”

"Ancient wars were frequent, and everyone knows that the casualty rate of ancient wars was very high, and the people involved in the wars were all men, and when the dynasties changed, the wars were even more frequent, even lasting for decades or hundreds of years, and the population died very much due to wars and famine and plague caused by wars. This point has been introduced in detail in the class taught by Mr. Lou just now. ”

Cao Yue swallowed his saliva and moistened his throat, and continued: "Now let's assume that if the population ratio was balanced before the war, then during and after the war, the population ratio must be unbalanced, and the female population must be much larger than the male population. Has anyone questioned my view? If so, please speak up. ”

"No" Wu Weiliang and Yang Zhongping shouted, and the others also echoed, and no one stood up against Cao Yue's hypothesis.

This is a fact, not to mention ancient times, but in modern Vietnam, after several wars, the gender ratio of men and women is unbalanced, the female population is much more than that of men, and many Vietnamese women cannot get married. There is also the prevalence of some men in China who can't marry a wife and spend money to go to Vietnam to find a wife.

"Let me give you another example, and use this example to state my opinion," Cao Yue said calmly, "At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population of China was nearly 9 million households, more than 50 million people. In the early Tang Dynasty, the registered population was only more than 2 million households, more than 10 million people. There may be some of these people who are not registered for various reasons, but the number is unlikely to be very large. In other words, at least 20 to 30 million people died in the wars of the late Sui Dynasty and the famine and plague caused by the wars. Among them, the largest number of deaths must be men, and they are young and middle-aged men, and the number of deaths among women is far less than that of men. ”

"Although no one has accurately counted the ratio of male to female population in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, we can imagine that the ratio of male to female population in the early Tang Dynasty must have been very unbalanced, and it is possible that men are more than women by one to two, one to three, or even higher. Speaking of this, Cao Yue smiled, "I just want to ask a question, if when the old and new dynasties are converted, the number of men is greatly reduced, the number of men is declining like a cliff, and the proportion of men and women is extremely unbalanced, at this time, if monogamy is required, men can only have one woman, is it that at least half or even more women can only be leftover women for a lifetime?"

Cao Yue's question once again caused laughter in the middle hall.

Some people are quietly talking about this, at this time, it is really a man's paradise, and anyone can sit on more than one woman.

"When the new regime is established, the first thing that the rulers think about is to recuperate, resume production, and develop the economy, and the recovery of the population is the most important thing. If, at this time, monogamy is still required, and a man can only have one woman, so that many women have no men to marry, then the recovery of the population must be very slow. For the sake of rapid population recovery, it is only natural that a man should have more than one woman. ”

"Everyone knows that the population caused by the war died out very quickly, just look at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, tens of millions of people disappeared in more than ten years. But if the population is to recover from more than 10 million to more than 50 million, it will take at least 100 years or more. It only takes a split second to kill a person, but a person has the ability to have children from birth to adulthood, at least for a dozen years. Moreover, the abnormal mortality rate of newborns and the total population in ancient times was very high, and the rate of population recovery was still slow even if there were births. ”

"For this reason, many new regimes have formulated various policies to increase the birth rate and increase the rate of population growth at the beginning of their establishment. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the law clearly stipulated that if a woman did not marry at the age of eighteen, her family would be punished. At that time, a woman could marry at the age of fifteen, and a man could marry at the age of eighteen. There are also regulations on how many concubines can be accepted by people at the sample level, and I think that one of the reasons for the introduction of such rules can be said to be the helpless measures taken by the rulers in order to restore the population. ”

"As you know, in ancient China, wars were very frequent, and the time of peace in the world of each dynasty would not be long. The Han, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties that were still strong and ruled for a long time were like this, and the war was almost throughout. In other eras, such as the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasties, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Wars, they occurred more frequently. Can I come to the conclusion that in ancient China, the sex ratio between men and women has always been unbalanced, and the system of monogamy and polygamy was logically pushed out because of this situation, and finally maintained for thousands of years, and the ruling class has allowed it to exist for the sake of population recovery and to prevent women from being leftover women for a lifetime. ”

Therefore, I think that in ancient times, when wars were frequent, the system of monogamy and polygamy was probably a strategy formulated by the ruler in order to solve the actual situation of the population and allow the population to recover and develop as soon as possible. According to the actual situation at that time, this was not a system that destroyed people, but a helpless measure, a remedy after a large decline in population. That's my point, thank you. ”

After Cao Yue finished speaking, he also sat down.

After a while, the classroom sounded and immediately became enthusiastic, Zheng Han, who was sitting next to Cao Yue, was also applauding, and stretched out a thumbs up to Cao Yue.