Chapter 455

The Son of Heaven can also be a palace maid or buy a folk woman to give courtiers as concubines, such as when Song Zhenzong, Wang Dan was frugal and had no concubines at the beginning. As a good emperor who was sympathetic to his subordinates, Song Zhenzong took a look.

Ouch, my minister didn't even have a concubine, which was too undeserved, so I sent a eunuch to buy a concubine and give it to Wang Dan.

Then, Song Qi, the capital of Song Zhijing at the time of Renzong, was also very trusted by Renzong, and also felt that the reward alone was not enough to express his loyalty to his subordinates, so he also took the palace maid as a concubine.

In addition, if they are slaves and maids, they are not even qualified to marry them as concubines, because slaves and maids belong to the lowly stream, belong to private property and exist, and do not have any autonomy.

But there are also that kind of contract servants, so the law of the Song Dynasty stipulates that concubines have a length of service. The law also stipulates that this length of service must be counted consecutively, up to a maximum of three years.

That is to say, if you buy a woman as a concubine and resell it after a year, all you resell is the "right to use", and she works with the new owner for another two years, and after three years of work, the "ownership" returns to her own hands, and she is free.

At the end of her service, if the concubine feels that she has "a high salary and good benefits, and has the potential for appreciation" from her master, so she is reluctant to leave, then she will face a "job change", and one way is to be promoted to "lady", but the procedures are complicated and troublesome; If you retreat to the next best, you will become a servant.

The Song Penal Code stipulated that the maximum length of service for a servant girl was ten years. After becoming a servant, she can continue to serve for seven years, if there is still no hope of promotion, and she is unwilling to leave, the Song people also have a way to take advantage of the legal loopholes, that is, to become an "adopted daughter", and the adopted daughter has no service period.

As for the children born to the master and the "adopted daughter", how to count the generation...... That is a confused account of the Song people.

In the Song Dynasty, the word "concubine" was used consecutively, and girls who specialized in labor were called "female envoys", which means "maids".

In a sense: being a concubine is actually a way of working for women in the Song Dynasty, and the concubines and maids of the Song Dynasty are a group of "Song Dynasty working girls", who earn dowries by renting themselves, so there is "the women of the two Zhejiang provinces are dressed in clothes and mouths, and they are ashamed to make a living", "although the poor women of Pengmen are also one or two brocade clothes and skirts, and a few headdresses." ”

If a working girl has a relationship with her boss, she will continue to work. There is no emotion - either looking for a new master, or taking the money to marry a greedy man as a "wife". This is the life of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty.

"Master, do you mean that you want the master to be a concubine for three years and then a maid for seven years, and then recognize you as a godfather?" Master Li blinked, turned his head, looked at Wang Yang, and said in a charming and greasy voice.

The godfather's cry was crispy and soft, Wang Yang was so numb that he almost fell directly under the desk, and quickly subconsciously raised his head to look at Liu Yiyi, fortunately, this beauty was focusing on learning the marriage law of the Great Song Dynasty and didn't notice herself.

Wang Yang couldn't help but glared at Master Li, an underage female goblin who was smiling like a fox spirit stealing chickens. "Hugh is talking nonsense, how can a righteous gentleman like me, master, be such a person."

"Why does the master think you like to listen to it?" Master Li arched to Wang Yang's side again, and his posture, which was already showing delicate curves, was soft and soft, gently rubbing against Wang Yang's arm, while whispering in Wang Yang's ear.

"Hmm...... Ahem, the old man is a righteous man and a gentleman, let's talk about this later, let's still talk about some more positive things? Wang Yang smashed his lips, and finally recovered his upright gentleman's face and said.

"However, fortunately, I was caught by Wang Mou and found a loophole, that is, between his wife and his concubine, and his wife." Wang Yang cocked an index finger.

"What the hell is me?" Liu Yiyi, who was studying law with relish, raised her head, looked at the unobtrusive prince angrily and funny and asked.

"In my Great Song Dynasty, there is also a stipulation, but all those who are officials of the fifth rank or above, except for the main wife, their concubines are concubines, and they are regarded as eight grades...... If it is a second grade, eight people will be regarded as seven products, and if it is the heir, the king of the county and the first product, ten people will be regarded as six products......"

And if it is because of her husband's merits, she is the concubine of a noble person who is titled Ruren, Anren, Yiren, Gongren, etc., and also enjoys the same right to wear fish as officials.

You must know that the Song Dynasty had officials to wear fish, and from this direction, at least compared to the Tang Dynasty, it is a great progress.

"Master, then you are only seven grades now, it's not enough." Master Li couldn't help but purse his lips and said angrily.

"Silly girl, did you forget? Your master is now the founding viscount, and he happens to be the title of Zhengwupin. Liu Yiyi looked at Wang Yang angrily, gritting her teeth with a smile. It's really rare, it is worthy of the lord Wang who wants to take advantage of the loopholes in the law, and the slave family has really gained a lot of knowledge. ”

"That's nature, huh...... What are you doing with this little girl? Don't be rude to me. Wang Yang touched his face that was kissed by Master Li, and was speechless, this kind of thing is only appropriate if the pure masters take the initiative, you are an underage girl who does this, it is easy to tempt people to commit crimes.

Master Li was stunned for a moment, then squeezed to Liu Yiyi's side with a red face and a smile. "You're so cute, master."

"In this way, the slave family and the senior sister can finally rest assured......" Liu Yiyi smiled, raised her hand, and gently stroked the hair of Master Li and whispered.

Without waiting for Wang Yang to speak, Liu Yiyi took the initiative to sit beside Wang Yang again, gently snuggled in his arms, felt the warm and firm embrace, and whispered. "Please also ask the husband to promise the slave family one thing."

"Please also ask your husband to make a decision early and marry Qingzhao's sister." Liu Yiyi saw Wang Yang open his mouth to speak, and his soft hand was already blocking Wang Yang's mouth.

"Although my Great Song Dynasty seems to be indistinguishable from good and low, it is actually no different from the previous dynasty, if the husband and you take the slave family as a concubine, people will only regard it as a good story, saying that the husband is not grateful after you are rich and noble."

"But if you marry a slave, you will be impeached...... Would you like to ask your husband to listen to the slave family? ”

Wang Yang, who had already removed Liu Yiyi's slender hand and was about to speak, looked at Liu Yiyi's reddish eyes, and could only sigh lightly and nodded heavily.

"Husband, you have the talent of the world, you should be the plan of the world's society, since you became an official, all you think and think is to hope that my Great Song Dynasty can become more and more prosperous, every time you chat with me, every time you talk about the past, I hope that my Great Song Dynasty can return to the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the past......"

"Maybe you don't know, husband, the slave's father's surname is Liu, and he was originally a martial artist, and he agreed with my mother that if he can get military merits and return, when the time comes, he will definitely marry my mother."

“…… When my mother was pregnant, she only received bad news from my father, who was brought back by my father's comrades-in-arms, and my mother was worried that she would eventually die in childbirth. Speaking of this, Liu Yiyi was already in tears and couldn't cry.