The situation of Gao Jianwen, the lord of Goguryeo, at this time was much better than that of Yuangai Suwen, who was already dead, and all thoughts were discouraged and he had lost his spirit.

Gao Jianwen was forced to be a puppet for a few years, although he was not free, but Yuangai Suwen was not abused, and he was fat and fat for nothing.

By the time the dust had settled in the entire city of Pyongyang, it was already two hours later in the afternoon.

On the square in the palace, Wei Chi Gong neatly lined up the powerful people in the Goguryeo palace who were waiting to kill their heads, and sent people to invite the main generals Cheng Yanjin and Hou Junji to watch the results.

Hou Junji heard it, what did he do? Lao Hei wants to kill the king of Goguryeo? Is this too much of a killing, and you have even forgotten the old precedent of destroying the country? So he didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly rushed to the palace.

"Old Hei, come slowly, you can't kill."

Unexpectedly, just when Hou Junji had just driven his horse into the palace to shout to Yu Chigong, Cheng Yanjin also came quickly and spoke from afar.

The three of them gathered, and Wei Chigong insisted: "Lao Cheng, don't persuade me, I'm here to help you share the pressure, you killed a river of blood in that area, and the responsibility is heavy enough, so leave these to me." ”

Although Cheng Yanjin was moved when he heard this, he covered his face and said: "Wrong, those should be killed, these should not be killed, they are our trophies." ”

Hou Junji explained: "The previous dynasties and the current dynasties generally do not uproot the royal family of the previous dynasty, most of them in order to inherit the luck of the previous dynasty, they are the lord of the former dynasty and a peaceful prince to spend his old age in peace, how can you even forget this." ”

"Didn't you say that the leaders of Goguryeo were going to kill them all?" Wei Chigong said depressedly, it turned out that he had done bad things with good intentions.

Cheng Yanjin patted Wei Chi Gong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Actually, I would like you to kill these people and confess the crime with me, but this Goguryeo lord is guaranteed by Lao Dutuo and me, and it is a personal relationship." ”

"Lao Du? Dukemin? Could it be that there are still Goguryeo relatives in this house? Hou Junji was puzzled.

"You really guessed it, monkey, in the summer, Lao Du broke into Goguryeo in order to rescue his son and the king of Chu, and made a big fuss, and at the same time robbed a Goguryeo princess as a daughter-in-law, then Gao Jianwen, the lord of Goguryeo, is now Lao Du's in-laws, isn't it a relative." Cheng Yanjin explained with a smile.

Wei Chigong waved his hand again and again, "Forget it, Lao Du's relatives, I don't dare to touch my hands, since he abandoned literature and martial arts, no one in the entire military department has beaten him, I don't want Lao Du to find me to compete." ”

"Lao Cheng, is the matter done?" Hou Junji asked in a low voice.

The three of them all knew that they were asking if they had killed enough.

Every family has wiped out the three clans, Cheng Yanjin nodded and whispered, he has killed a river of blood, and every family has not let go, if this is not enough, then it is necessary to really slaughter the city.

In fact, the situation of the extermination of the three clans of the Tang Dynasty is not quite the same as the extermination of the nine clans in later generations, and in later generations, we often hear that the guilty is to be sentenced to exterminate the nine clans, or to be beheaded all over the house, especially the text prison of the Braided Dynasty, these are basically the kind where the whole family kills all men, women, and children, and even the nine clans do not let go of relatives, friends, maids, and servants.

But the Tang Dynasty is not, the Tang Dynasty is actually a period of obedience to the supremacy of men, the crime of killing the whole family is actually to kill the men of the whole family, so that it is enough to cut off the incense, and the daughter-in-law and daughter of the family are not killed, at most they are exiled from punishment.

And the extermination of the three clans is more extensive than killing the whole family, and it is necessary to kill some relatives and friends, such as people of the same clan, of course, it also refers to men, and women do not kill.

In this case, I am afraid that some people will question that leaving the woman is not a grass and eradication?

There is some truth in this, but not necessarily, because the general environment of the world is like this, ancient men are inferior to women, in fact, in the consciousness of the general Tang people, women are not important, not much stronger than goods, it is a fertility tool to say that it is difficult to hear, even if the history records that the Tang Dynasty is open, and women's clothing and so on are different from the set of Cheng Zhu Lixue in later generations, but this is only one aspect of the atmosphere, and the lack of status of women in the general environment is fundamental.

For example, the simplest rule, the ancient Qinglou brothel was legal and indispensable, and the women in the people's families did not eat at the table, and the women had no names and no words, etc., not to mention any personal rights, in history, Wu Zetian really dared to stand up and publicly give women the right to enter politics.

Datang also stood up for Bai Fan, an outlier, and said that women should have human rights, should pursue love, etc., but he can only do it here, and he has still not been able to fundamentally improve the status of women in the past few years.

The Tang Dynasty in history in terms of criminal law, is a special treatment for women, can be said to be the most respectful of women in the past dynasties, from the book "Tang Law Discussion" can see this change, but this is only the punishment of women, not that the status of women has come up, and there are other reasons for the leniency of women.

And what is the reason for this environment? This is the historical reason, it can be said that history has accumulated, one is the inheritance of historical customs and habits, and the other is because there are few people in the world.

According to historical records, in the early years of the Three Kingdoms, there were 60 million people in the entire Han Dynasty, and when the Three Kingdoms ended and were classified as the Jin Dynasty, there were 20 million left, and then the Jin Dynasty recovered.

Today's Tang Dynasty is only 20 million people, only restored to the scene of the last years of the Three Kingdoms, so the population is very valued in the Tang Dynasty, can not kill or not kill, in the history of Zhenguan years, there was a year when the whole country sentenced to death only twenty or thirty people, so it was included in the history books, said to be the merits of the emperor Li Shimin, every death row prisoner must be cautious of rebellion.

There is a shortage of people in the country, if you kill indiscriminately, I don't know when we will be able to resume production, in fact, not killing women at this time is to leave the national strength and manpower behind, and partly because women can give birth, which is a fertility tool for the imperial court, and killing is a loss.

Although this statement is difficult to accept, this is the social reality at that time, heaven and earth are chess for all living beings, and it is not easy to live in the hearts of most of the people who are struggling with food and clothing.

Bai Fan proposed that in order to reduce the mortality rate of the people's childbirth, the implementation of childcare and pregnancy measures throughout the country was strongly supported by the imperial court, because this could increase the population.

At this time, after these are slaughtered, will there be hidden dangers if only the women of each family survive, will there be any women who will rebel and take revenge in the future, etc., in fact, it is generally not, even if there is, it is only a very few people, this is not empty talk, but true.

is still the same sentence, in the Tang Dynasty that has just passed the troubled times, the rank and status of women are not high, and even many women themselves do not regard themselves as the same thing, thinking that they have no status at all, how can they want to use their own ability to take revenge? In the hearts of ordinary women, women are only three from four virtues is a lifetime, I have heard of a woman training her son to avenge the family from generation to generation, I have not heard of a woman training her daughter to take revenge from generation to generation, this is the truth.

When the war report was sent to Li Jing's desk, the old commander who had been a little worried recently was a little surprised, and then after reading the battle report, he was very relieved, and after looking at the military advisor, he sent someone to invite the people of the Boling Choi clan to come to the camp, and at the same time the herald prepared to go to all parts of the army to deliver the order.

Today's fourth chapter makes up for yesterday's arrears, thank you for your support.

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