Chapter 328: Polygamy Tax
In the office, Fang Nan was still busy, the four provinces newly occupied by the People's Army last year were already on track, Fang Nan should be more relaxed, but Fang Nan did not let himself relax, and continued to be busy for the future.
It is almost predictable that when the deadline for the armistice between the People's Army and the Ming Court is reached, one million People's Army will go north, destroy the Ming Court, unify the land of China, and establish a new country.
Of course, what Fang Nan wrote was mainly a framework, as well as a small part of the core content, and most of the other content was filled in by the officials of the People's Army government, and even referred to the laws and regulations of the Ming Court and the laws and regulations of the previous dynasty, and finally came up with a piece of laws and regulations belonging to the People's Army.
After formulating the laws and regulations of the People's Army, it is necessary to revise them in accordance with the actual situation, and it is simply impossible to directly formulate perfect laws and regulations.
At this time, Fang Nan happened to write about the "Marriage Law".
"Da Ming Law, Household Law III, Marriage" stipulates: At the beginning of the engagement of a man and a woman, if there is a sick or disabled old or young, a concubine, a housekeeper, or a beggar, the two families must be clearly notified, each according to his wishes, write a marriage letter, and marry according to the ceremony; If the bride has declared a marriage certificate and has a private contract, or if she has accepted the bride money but has accepted the marriage without a marriage certificate, she will be punished with 50 lashes.
In addition, a fugitive female prisoner must not be taken in as a wife or concubine, a wife or daughter of a good family may not be forcibly taken as a wife or concubine, a prefectural or county magistrate may not marry a woman from a subordinate during his term of office, and a prison officer may not marry a wife or concubine of a person acting as a wife or concubine, and violators shall be punished according to law.
In terms of the title and the inheritance of the ancestors, the Ming law still implements the primogeniture inheritance system, if there is no son-in-law, the eldest grandson can be established, or the eldest son of the concubine, and the offender shall be punished, and the Ming law stipulates that if the son of the law is violated, the rod 80; Whoever establishes a righteous son with a different surname, with a chaotic sect, a rod 60.
In terms of property inheritance, the equal division system of all sons is still implemented, and the clear law stipulates that the sons and daughters of the concubines are not asked about the birth of wives and concubines, but only the number of children; For the property of the household, if there is no successor of the same clan, it shall be borne by the daughter born; If there are no daughters, the property is in the official, the wife is the heir in a special order, and if the widow has a child, the widow is in charge of the family property, and there is no problem of property separation; If there is no child to keep the will, the widow shall choose the same clan as the patriarch to succeed the deceased husband; If there is no child and a son-in-law is recruited, another heir must be appointed for the deceased, and the family property must be divided equally.
If you don't know the Great Ming Law, I'm afraid it's hard to imagine that the Great Ming Law has been stipulated to such an extent, and many of the contents are close to modern laws.
However, in the actual implementation process, Da Ming Law did not play as big a role as imagined, at most it was to sue the official because of the relevant incident, as the standard for the government's judgment, but more often than not, to sue the official, to solve it by himself.
For example, in the family of the powerful, a certain powerful person preempts the wife and daughter of a good family as his wife and concubine, who dares to care.
For the low-level people who occupy the vast majority of the world, they don't know a single word, they don't understand the law at all, they are afraid of the government, and in most cases they will not go to the officials and find a way to solve it themselves.
Fang Nan believes that if the Ming court governs the country with the Ming law, and the Ming Dynasty abides by the Ming law up and down, the Ming Dynasty will be able to maintain peace and stability for a long time, but it is a pity that the officials of the Ming court take the lead in not abiding by the Ming law, and the people at the bottom do not understand the Ming law, and cannot use the law to regulate people's behavior.
Minglu has some value, but Fang Nan is a human being in two lifetimes, and some contents still have great conflicts, the most important point is the status of men and women, in this era, "the daughter who marries out is the water that is spilled", Fang Nan is more accustomed to equality between men and women.
Fang Nan wants to force equality between men and women, this is too difficult, Fang Nan dares to do it, he has to be prepared to face opposition within the People's Army, Fang Nan's students, students' students will not stand up and speak right, but most of the low-level soldiers, officials, and men in the People's Army's ruling areas may oppose it, and women dare not stand up to support Fang Nan, which is a tradition of male superiority and inferiority that has been formed over a long period of time.
For this tradition, Fang Nan can't be tough, but "boiled frogs in warm water", change little by little, and there is no need to go to equality between men and women for the sake of equality between men and women, it is impossible to really want complete equality between men and women, as long as women are not discriminated against and not bullied, women are also an important labor force in the industrial age.
For example, Hu Xiaoya and Qiao's sisters serve as principals and teachers in girls' schools, and there are other women who serve as principals in girls' schools, which is a good start.
Fang Nan also wrote in the "Marriage Law" that no one was allowed to take his citizens as concubines, only as wives.
Even when the newspaper appeared in the future and literacy education was carried out on a large scale, Fang Nan planned to let the people know some information through the newspaper, such as the probability of a couple having a boy and a girl is the same, if some people marry more wives, the other part of the people will not be able to marry a wife, and the ratio of men and women will be deformed for a long time, which will affect social stability.
When the public understands this information and starts to discuss it, Fang Nan can amend the "Marriage Law", which cannot be a one-step direct monogamy, but can restrict men from marrying more wives.
It is normal for a man to marry his first wife, and when he marries his second wife, he has to pay a "polygamy tax", half of which is used for the construction of public facilities and half of the money for charity, and when he marries a third wife, the amount of the "polygamy tax" is greatly increased, and the money is also used for the construction of public facilities and charity.
There is no need for even explicit monogamy, as long as the amount of "polygamy tax" is gradually increased, and in the case of monogamy, rich people can also raise women outside without marrying wives.
In addition, the age of marriage needs to be limited, men and women are 16 years old for adulthood, and marriage is allowed at the age of 18, and marriage before the age of 18 is not registered.
Originally, the common people married their wives and did not need to register with the people's military government at all, but the people's military government divided the land according to the head of the people, and suddenly there was an extra child, and the household registration book said that he was not married, and the child had no identity, so he would not divide the land at all.
Fang Nan wrote down everything he could think of, and determined which of these contents could be released immediately after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and which content would be published a few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The important content of the "Marriage Law" has been written down by Fang Nan, and then it can be handed over to the officials to fill in, and the laws of the Ming Dynasty or other dynasties can be used as a reference, and after the officials have written a "Marriage Law", Fang Nan has to read it several times in person to find out if there are any major problems in it to be modified.
Even if Fang Nan teaches some students to come out, these students still have many limitations of the times, and they can only rely on Fang Nan to guide them forward.