729, it is easy to govern the country, but it is difficult to govern the family (middle)
Jingwen proposed that he wanted Yuriko to be his wife, but Cheng Lin refuted it again. Because Yuriko is a foreign race, and belongs to a very distant Wa country, this is not very suitable. During this period, the Central Plains civilization was very proud and looked down on foreigners. And Yuriko belongs to that kind of very remote country, and the civilization is very low, which is much worse than that of the Central Plains. And Yuriko is not reliable compared to Ashinayun, because Ashinayun is a Turkic, and the Turks back then can be compared with the Central Plains, they belong to an equal country. Even if the Turks are gone, the tiger is still there, and the Turks are still quite high in the minds of the people of the Tang Dynasty. However, even if the Wa Kingdom is not in the stream, after all, it is a remote country that does not even have much civilization, so it is not very recognized in the minds of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
And Jingwen is not an ordinary person now, and it is not impossible for ordinary people to marry a barbaric woman as a wife. But Jingwen's identity is different, he is a third-grade member of the imperial court, if he goes to a barbaric foreign woman who is not even as good as the Turks as his wife, this is obviously not suitable. After all, Jingwen can be said to be an example for many people, and the Wa State in this era is not the world economic power Japan in later generations, and the Wa State in this era is not as good as the Turks and even Tubo Goguryeo in the minds of the Central Plains people. For the common people, Yuriko, the princess of the Wa Kingdom, is in the minds of many people as the daughter of an ordinary tribal chief. The daughter of the tribal chief wants to be the wife of the Tang Sanpin, which is obviously unworthy for many Central Plains officials! This is actually caused by inconvenient transportation in ancient times, although the Wa country is relatively weak, but it is not similar to a tribe.
But since everyone thinks so, Jingwen can't go against their thoughts. After all, Jingwen has to mix in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, and he can't do anything unsocial. Once everyone thinks that they are unsocial, it is a severance of relations. So, Yuriko is also not suitable.
"So who's the right fit? Dugu Xin? Jingwen asked again.
Cheng Lin replied: "Dugu Xin is okay, but we have another place to consider!" Husband. Then when the time comes, where do you put Sister Cui Ying and Sister Xiao Wei? Don't deny it, don't you know what you think of them as a wife? Now that the Dugu family has declined, and the Cui family and the Xiao family are prosperous families, do you want to set up a woman from a declining family as a flat wife, but you are also unwilling to set up two daughters of a prosperous family as a flat wife? ”
Jingwen was speechless again, this Duguxin was not a good choice, because Jingwen also had other thoughts about Xiao Wei and Cui Ying. Cui Ying is the daughter of the Cui family with seven clans and five surnames, although she can't return home for the time being, the Cui family has not made a clear statement to kick Cui Ying out of the house. Since there is no explicit statement. That means that nominally Cui Ying is still the daughter of the Cui family. And when the time comes, what will Cui Ying's father Cui Tan think? If Jingwen asked Cui Ying to be a concubine, wouldn't that be a slap in the face to Cui Tan?
Of course, although Cui Tan acquiesced in Jingwen's pursuit of his daughter, there was no rule of equal wife before. Now that he has it, doesn't Cui Tan want to fight for a higher status for his daughter? This is obviously impossible! It's one thing to not have a choice before, it's another thing to have a choice now. Therefore, if you continue to let Cui Ying be a concubine, it will be a slap in the face to Cui Tan.
As for Xiao Wei, the same is true. Xiao Wei's father, Xiao Yu, is now retired, but this old guy is also from a big family. The ancestors of the Xiao family have been emperors, and after such generations, they are also a big family. In addition, the Xiao family is now a big family in Datang. It is a wealthy family, so naturally it cannot be taken lightly. When Xiao Wei comes, I'm afraid Xiao Yu won't recognize her daughter as a concubine!
Jingwen knew that he was cocooned and self-bound. He came up with the theory of the so-called legalization of flat wives. On the contrary, his family suffered a lot of conflicts. Now, it's problematic to let anyone be a flat wife, so Jingwen has a headache!
If Jingwen was just an ordinary person. There was no problem with that. But now Jingwen is no longer an ordinary person, and he is also a high-ranking official of the imperial court, so he can't mess around lightly. If Jingwen dares to mess around, the impact will be very huge, and it will be very bad.
"Then I'll let them compete for posts, what do you think?" Jingwen asked.
Jingwen is now in a hurry, and actually put forward the theory of competition for posts. Jingwen then told Cheng Lin to let several women work their own, and then everyone calmed down together to see who contributed more to the family, so that who could get the position of equal wife.
"Husband, your statement is too ......" Cheng Lin had nothing to say.
"How? How about this method? Jingwen asked a little proudly.
Cheng Lin still shook his head and said, "No! If you do this, it will only intensify their fighting! Originally, everyone was working together to please you, and you could also act as an arbitrator. But if they are allowed to work their own, and then evaluate each other, I am afraid that the final result will be to let them fight on their own, and the whole family will not think about peace in the future. If you do this, you will make your hairy belly public, and turn the original literary fight into a martial fight, and the situation will definitely be worse. Because this is a family, it's not about competing for official positions. In the final analysis, this is still a family matter, and family affairs cannot be confused with official affairs! ”
Cheng Lin's statement is also reasonable. Although everyone wants to get this position as a flat wife, in the final analysis, this is still a family matter, not a public matter. If it is an open competition for official positions, then everyone can do business. But now this is a family affair, a warm home, if a family is so business-like, then what family affection is there?
If you really compete for a post as Jingwen just said, then I'm afraid the relationship between several beauties will be completely dissolved. Jingwen is actually deliberately provoking competition and making them fight each other. Once the fight starts, will the family still be as harmonious as it was in the past? Once there is a fight, it is not so easy to reconcile again. It is easy for humans to fight, even for a family, but it is much more difficult to reconcile the two sides of the fight than to provoke a fight.
If Jingwen provokes a fight between several beauties now, then even if one of them wins it in the future, then their relationship will not be so harmonious in the future. When the time comes, Jingwen will have to dig a pit and bury it by himself.
"Really, it's harder to govern a family than to govern a country!" Jingwen sighed. (To be continued......)