After Jingwen finished saying that there was a solution, he immediately said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he has made great contributions to the court, and he also asks the emperor to allow me to marry two more wives, named Pingwife." ”

And after Jingwen finished mentioning this, it immediately caused a lot of discussions. And everyone was very surprised by Jingwen's statement, because they didn't expect Jingwen to say this, and actually mentioned that he wanted to marry two more wives. This was very absurd in ancient times, and it has already somewhat ruined the worldview of these people.

Many people think that polygamy was practiced in ancient China, but in fact it should be monogamous and polygamous. From the emperor to the common people, they can only have one wife from a legal point of view. And the emperor's wife is called the empress, and other women are all concubines from a legal point of view, but they can have a high status compared to many people. Judging from the fact that Li Shimin's concubines are all of "grade", even the imperial concubine is just a servant of the emperor, not the emperor's wife.

Later generations often say that the flat wife, in fact, originated from businessmen. Businessmen often go out to do business, and rarely take their wives with them, because wives often have to take care of their in-laws and children at home. However, men's physiological needs, as well as the need for a woman on the scene, are required as the identity of ushering in, so a concubine will be temporarily used as the identity of this kind of wife. Of course, this is only a temporary role, not a real wife. And the status of this kind of concubine is also very high, and even in the eyes of the male owner, it is not inferior to the main wife. However, although the male owner will be better to them, and the status is higher, and maybe even some of them have the same status as the main wife. However, the most important legal status is only that of concubines.

In other words, the so-called flat wife is not recognized by national law. Flat wife is just a folk name, and it is not recognized in the country's law on marriage. The children born to them are still concubines, not grandchildren. In fact, this situation has lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty, from the pre-Qin period to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the so-called flat wives of ordinary people have not been recognized by official laws, and their legal status is only concubines. It was not until the late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that the existence of equal wives was specifically allowed because of the marriage system, which was also written into the law for the first time to be guaranteed.

So. Before the Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty, the flat wife was just said so by the people themselves, and there was no official law to recognize it, and this status was not protected by the law. Therefore, on the one hand, Jingwen was unwilling to divorce Cheng Lin, so it was naturally impossible to let Princess Changle enter the door as his wife. Because the flat wives of this period were not protected by the law, and they were only concubines. If Princess Changle is allowed to be the so-called equal wife, this is actually still a concubine, because there is no identity as a flat wife in the law. As royal. Naturally, you can't clearly violate the law, so you don't recognize your flat wife.

However, Jingwen actually said that he asked the emperor to give him an order so that he could marry two more wives, and he called it a flat wife. And Jingwen's practice is to let the emperor officially recognize the so-called flat wives of the people. That is, it represents the collapse of the so-called monogamy and polygamy. From now on, some people can justifiably marry three wives, and this example was created by Youjingwen.

Li Shimin didn't expect that Jingwen would have this method. directly asked Jingwen to marry two more wives. In this way, Princess Changle is still a flat wife, and there is no problem. Flat wife, that's also a wife. The status of the representative is no less than that of the main wife. However, this also represents the official recognition of polygamy, which is a little different from the past law!

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? Xuan Ling, what do you think? Li Shimin asked.

Fang Xuanling didn't seem to hear it, and Li Shimin asked again: "Xuanling, what do you think?" ”

Fang Xuanling seemed to be still pretending, as if he hadn't heard Li Shimin's answer.

"Xuan Ling, did you hear that?" Li Shimin asked angrily.

And Fang Xuanling seemed to react at this time, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister has recently been behind his ears, what did the emperor say just now?" ”

"Xuan Ling, I ask you, what do you think of the imperial court's recognition of flat wives? You are one of the Zaifu of Datang, so naturally you have to answer first and set an example! Li Shimin said.

Fang Xuanling plucked his ears again and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers can't hear it, please ask the emperor to invite another master!" ”

And Jingwen saw this scene, and suddenly teased: "Fang Xiang, I'm afraid it's not your ears, but Mrs. Fang's tutor is too strict!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is sick! The minister also asked the minister to retire! Fang Xuanling listened to Jingwen's words, and immediately saluted Li Shimin.

As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he immediately started to run away in a panic regardless of etiquette.

"Hahahaha......" Someone immediately couldn't help but laugh.

Only then did everyone remember that Fang Xuanling was the number one person in Datang who was afraid of his wife! And Fang Xuanling's wife can be said to be the number one jealous woman in the Tang Dynasty, and she is also the number one fierce woman. As early as a few years ago, Li Shimin gave Fang Xuanling a few palace maids as concubines, although Fang Xuanling was very tempted, but they were all blocked back by Mrs. Fang. After that, Li Shimin felt very faceless, and directly told Mrs. Fang to see if he was going to die or live. Li Shimin directly gave Mrs. Fang a cup of "poisonous wine" and let Mrs. Fang choose, either agree to Fang Xuanling's concubine, or drink this cup of "poisonous wine" if she doesn't agree.

As a result, Mrs. Fang didn't say a word, and immediately drank the poisonous wine. As a result, Li Shimin was convinced, and he didn't say anything about giving Fang Xuanling a concubine. And Mrs. Fang did not die, because the so-called poisonous wine was not actually poisonous wine, but just a jar of vinegar. And this is the origin of the allusion to jealousy in later generations, and jealousy also represents jealousy.

Now that everyone is discussing this matter about recognizing his wife, others may dare to participate in the discussion, but Fang Xuanling will definitely not dare to participate in the discussion. If Fang Xuanling participates in the discussion and agrees to this plan, then I am afraid that when I return home, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat, and it will definitely be repaired by Mrs. At that time, wasn't he still going to cry? Therefore, Fang Xuanling will definitely not be able to agree to this plan of equal wives, after all, he only has one wife, if he agrees, isn't it suspected that he wants to have more wives? When the time comes, his wife will never let him have good fruit to eat.

"Okay, since it's inconvenient for Fang Aiqing to discuss this, let's talk about it, should the court recognize the flat wife?" Li Shimin asked again. (To be continued......)