Xiong Huai secretly sighed that if this kind of decree is promoted, then ordinary people, in addition to normal work, the next most important work is probably childbirth.

Qu Yuan continued: "As for the punishment system, Fang Cai's tax increase is one of them, and in addition, all unmarried men and women who have reached adulthood can be taxed, those who have not been married for one year are forced to collect unmarried tax, those who have been unmarried for two years have a tax increase, and those who have been unmarried for three years can be helped by the state to designate marriages. ”

Taxation and designated marriages are much softer than the laws of the unmarried men and women of the Yue King Goujian, whose parents are guilty, and as for the arranged marriages of the state, they have been implemented in various countries for a long time, and the people have adapted to them.

Xiong Huai looked at Qu Yuan in a daze, the current trend of Qu Yuan moving closer to Shang Ying.

Perhaps in the future, the state of Chu will lose a great romantic poet who worries about the country and the people, and has an additional harsh representative of Legalism.

This situation must be good for Xiong Huai himself, but for Qu Yuan, maybe he is willing to do it.

Seeing that the King of Chu was distracted, Qu Yuan hurriedly asked, "King, can what Weichen said wrong?" ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "What Xianqing said is very right, is there still a means of punishment?" ”

"Yes." Qu Yuan nodded and continued: "Vigorously promote the Mid-Spring Meeting in various places, and those who fail to do so without reason will be punished for thirteen women and seventeen men. ”

The so-called meeting of Zhongchun is also a method to speed up the marriage of men and women, that is, a large-scale free blind date meeting for unmarried men and women held by the state.

In the past, Zheng Guo was known as the best country, not only held a conference in mid-spring, but also held after autumn.

The Yunmeng of the Chu State and the Mulberry Forest of the Song State are all famous romantic places.

However, with the popularity of simple and crude designated marriages in the country, countries have paid less and less attention to this kind of large-scale blind date.

Moreover, the various drawbacks of arranged marriages in the state have led to the increasing popularity of arranged marriages in advance by parents, and in the future, the etiquette system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and free love has gradually become taboo.

For the state's arranged marriage, Xiong Huai is... What to say... So be it.

Xiong Huai nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Qu Yuan continued: "As for encouraging marriage, please start with the king. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, his cheap prince was about to get married, how could he encourage marriage?

Is this an encouragement to the widow to recruit beauties?

A smile appeared on the corner of Xiong Huai's mouth and nodded.

Qu Yuan is really a loyal minister, and even this has not forgotten the widow.

Qu Yuan saw that the king of Chu smiled and nodded, and saluted: "There are many beauties in the palace, and the king is often only a few people. ”

Xiong Huai's smile froze on his face.

It turns out that I think too much, not to recruit beauties, but to release beauties?

Qu Yuan continued: "If the king puts himself first, calls on the nobles to return to the back room, and marries the people, he will definitely be able to increase the population. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he felt a little reluctant, it seems that there are three thousand beauties in the harem of the three palaces and six courtyards, and they are destined to be far away from the widow.

Xiong Huai gathered his thoughts and said, "Yes." In the widow's harem, except for the female officials in the palace who can freely choose whether to leave the palace, other women over the age of 20 can be given property and released to the people. ”

"The king is wise." Qu Yuan saluted and said: "King, we can also publicize among the people that if we cannot pass on the life to the future and cut off the sacrifice of our ancestors, this is a great mistake." ”

Xiong Huai blurted out: "There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great." ”

Qu Yuan said when he heard this: "The king is wise and concise, and this is exactly the case. ”

Xiong Huai was slightly stunned, this seems to have been said by Mencius, as for whether he said this now, I don't know. But even the well-informed Qu Yuan has never heard of it, so let's count it as a famous saying.

Could it be that Mencius still dared to come over and grab the copyright!

Xiong Huai nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, we should publicize it like this, and use the power of the state alone to force the people to get married, and all the misfortunes caused will inevitably be blamed on the country, and the fault will be attributed to the widow." It would be much better if the hearts of parents all over the world were mobilized and the people were called on to get married and have children as soon as possible. ”

Qu Yuan was thoughtful.

Xiong Huai remembered the second half of this sentence, and continued: "The widow thinks that we can also use the story of Xiangjun in the Xiangshui area that has been circulated for a long time to admonish all the people. ”

"Xiangjun?"

Qu Yuan thought of Emperor Shun.

Xiong Huai made up the language and said: "In the past, Shun's father did not marry Shun, but the ancient sage Emperor Shun was worried that he had no offspring, and he was unfilial to his ancestors, so he married his wife privately. ”

Marrying without telling you is a step that violates the etiquette of the parents' orders and the words of the matchmaker, which is a big rudeness.

In the Book of Poetry: If I am not moving, there is no good matchmaker, what I say is a violation of the words of the matchmaker, which leads to the postponement of the marriage.

Xiong Huai is speeding up the speed of marriage, and Xiong Huai has no psychological pressure on this.

If it weren't for the fear that the elopement would run outside the Chu State, Xiong Huai would even publicize the elopement.

Nowadays, wars are frequent, and more people are the last word, as long as the people are willing to get married, it doesn't matter what way he is.

As long as you get married in the state of Chu, have children in the state of Chu, and pay taxes in the state of Chu, it is enough.

Qu Yuan was stunned when he heard this, the legend... Didn't Di Shun marry because Di Yao personally gave him a marriage? How did you get involved with marrying without telling you?

However, the ancient legends are long and not seen in history, and they all rely on word of mouth, since the king of Chu said so, and it does not violate the national conditions of Chu, it is not a big deal.

As long as it is beneficial to oneself and conforms to the mainstream view, there is nothing to do, and it cannot be said.

Qu Yuan responded: "King, this matter is easy, the matter of Xiangjun and Mrs. Xiang is very popular in Chu State, as long as it is guided, the matter of marrying without telling can easily spread in Chu State." ”

Next, Xiong Huai and Qu Yuan finalized the details of the change.

When the sun was in the west, it was dinner time, Xiong Huai said to Qu Yuan: "Xianqing, it's dinner time, let's eat with the widow." ”

The king of Chu gave him food, and Qu Yuan naturally did not shirk it, and thanked him: "Thank you for the king." ”

Xiong Huai immediately asked Li Qiu to arrange dinner.

Eat and drink to your heart's content.

Xiong Huai asked casually: "Xianqing, the country is people-oriented, the people take food as the sky, and Cang Liao is full of etiquette." Now that I can eat and drink enough every day, I wonder if the people of my Chu country can eat enough now? ”

Although the King of Chu just asked casually, but when it came to such a major issue as people's livelihood, Qu Yuan did not dare to be sloppy, and immediately said with a straight face: "The king is benevolent and righteous, pushing himself and others, and the minister deeply feels the inner world." ”

"The territory of our Chu State is vast, the Huaishui River, Hanyunmeng Dongting are all fertile areas, rich in products, there is no war in good years and ordinary years, and the people of our Chu State will not be short of food."

Xiong Huai heard the meaning of Qu Yuan's words, if there is a hunger year or a long war breaks out, then some people will lack food, causing the people to flee.