Chapter 155: Selling Property
"The minion thinks that the proposal of riding the wind is inappropriate."
The person who spoke was not young, his name was Procedure, he was nearly sixty years old, his hair was a little gray, the average life expectancy in ancient times was about forty, and he was indeed not small when he was almost sixty.
This person has a lot of qualifications, and the reason why he came with him this time is because his hometown is Jinan, and the first emperor respected this person when he was alive, so Yinzhen did not refuse.
This person is a Han man, and he admires Zhu Cheng's science very much, thinking that a woman should not go out of the door and obey her husband in everything.
"A woman's duty is to teach her husband and children at home, if a woman is allowed to do so, wouldn't it be a woman to show her face, the slave thinks it's not appropriate, the woman will marry in the future, and the woman who shows up, how can anyone want to marry."
Chengfeng heard this and immediately retorted: "There is something wrong with what Lord Cheng said, since he is planning to set up a female household, he naturally made up his mind and prepared in his heart, some people are willing to join the family, Lord Cheng can not represent the men in this world, besides, the female household did not say that he must show up, but in order to protect the rights and interests of women, women are already in a weak position, just like the Chen family, if it were not for the kindness of the emperor and the queen, wouldn't it be an unjust case, Lord Cheng, as an official, naturally have the dawn of the people in their hearts, This man is a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, and this woman is naturally too, Lord Cheng doesn't want to say that you don't treat your own mother as a Qing person, if Lord Cheng thinks it's not right, why don't you go home one day and ask your wife, let her get the dowry back to her daughter, and give it to her son, what do you think? ”
Naturally not how.
Lord Cheng's wife has only one son, and the rest are a bunch of concubines, and her daughter got married at that time, and she gave her dowry to her daughter almost unchanged, and she subsidized some from the public.
If Master Cheng really dared to go home and do this, his wife would probably be hanged in front of his mansion.
The program's face turned red: "You are strong." ”
Chengfeng said with a blank face: "It is impossible for Lord Cheng to wronged people, the lowly position is just telling the truth, besides, what the lowly position said is all harmed by women, and it is said that good men are ambitious in all directions, and capable men will naturally not covet the slightest star of their daughter's family, Lord Cheng said that this is not the case." ”
Chengfeng is indeed eloquent, and the program is blocked by him and he can't speak.
Seeing this, Yin Zhen said: "I think Chengfeng's proposal is good, this matter has been decided, and I will host it for Chengfeng for the time being." ”
This matter was originally decided in private, and Chengfeng was naturally happy to accept it.
"The slave receives the order, and the slave will live up to the emperor's trust."
Yin Zhen smiled and said, "Well, okay, this matter is settled, I will let the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites cooperate with you." ”
"Slave Xie Emperor."
"Let's all go down!"
What had been laid out was now just a regression, so within a few days the law came out.
In addition to what Chengfeng said at the beginning, there is also the fact that the dowry of the wife in the family must be truthfully kept in the yamen, and only the children of the wife have the right to inherit this dowry.
If anyone wants to fight the idea of this dowry, they need to go to prison for one year and be banned from the examination for three years.
It is not insignificant, and the law clearly stipulates that the dowry of the wife is determined by herself, and the husband has no right to interfere.
If the wife dies and has no children, the dowry may designate an heir, but this designation must be done in person at the yamen, and must be done in public, and if there is no inheritance document from the yamen, the dowry must be confiscated.
There were also bits and pieces of more detailed things, which were quickly sent to the capital as soon as possible, and then all the existing newspapers were reporting on them.
As the place where the incident occurred, Jinan was naturally the first to get the news. sweet potato
The huge Chen Mansion is naturally not inferior to the newspaper order, plus Chen Yingjiao and her mother had the habit of reading newspapers before her death, which caused Chen Yingjiao to also develop this habit.
So seeing the explanation of this part of the law in the newspaper, Chen Yingjiao immediately cried with joy, not to mention anything else, with this guarantee, no matter whether she takes the Chen family's property as a dowry or sets up a female household by herself, at least her life will not be as helpless as her mother.
Immediately, Chen Yingjiao said: "The emperor is sage! ”
The impact of this incident is indeed not small, and it is said that concubines are not allowed to be on the stage, but most of the concubines of rich and noble families are more favored than their wives, and sometimes if their mother's family is weaker, there are really those who take the dowry of their wives to raise concubines and raise children.
For this kind of thing, the wife can only watch and try to prevent it, and now that there is a law, those of them who are wives can at least give their children a guarantee.
So recently, the yamen has begun to get busy, all of them are the wives of various prefectures to leave a dowry list, and their ideas are also simple, especially now that the world is like this, who knows when the back house will be gone, and if there is no one to leave a child at that time, at least there is silver, and they can get by.
And because of this, many people have gone to conflict, to be honest, some families even if they don't want their wives' dowry, they feel that their wives are insulting to themselves by doing this, but they can't stop it no matter how much they do.
You can't suppress your wife because of this, if this spreads, maybe others will think that she is a person who wants to covet his wife's dowry!
Because of this matter, Yinzhen's status among women is much higher, there is a good saying, it is better to be a poor wife than a rich concubine, most women still want to be a wife, so this law that protects the wife and the interests of women is naturally highly respected by women.
After Chen Yingjiao got such news, her uncle also sent someone over and wanted to take her to the capital, but now she has no close people in Jinan.
Chen Yingjiao finally thought about it, made a decision, went to the yamen to register her family property, and then set up a female household.
Speaking of which, although the Chen family's property is not very much, there are a lot of good land shops, although Chen Yingjiao is capable, she also knows that she is alone in Jinan, and if there is really anything, there is no one to call the shots.
So in the end, she decided to sell most of the family property and keep some property, after all, her memories with her mother are here, and she still left some property, and she will have a place to live when she comes back in the future.
Then with the family property plans to follow the people sent by her uncle to the capital, she plans to buy a house in the capital, and then buy some Zhuangzi shops, she is also some interested in taking care of the business, there is a female household, if you meet the right person in the future to take the family property as a dowry, if you don't meet the right person, then recruit a son-in-law.
Chen Yingjiao planned well, while selling her property, she went to the small courtyard where she lived when she was rescued, she planned to send some things, thank you.
But when she went this time, the courtyard was no longer guarded by guards like the last time she lived, and there was only a middle-aged couple in the courtyard, who lived in the gatehouse, and it was said that they were guarding the yard.
Chen Yingjiao asked: "Uncle and aunt, what about the people who originally lived here?" ”
The uncle glanced at Chen Yingjiao and said, "The main family doesn't live here permanently, and I saved it after a few days, does the girl have anything?" ”
Chen Yingjiao had to say what she meant, she was going to leave the capital soon, and it would be difficult to meet in the future, and I don't know if I could repay the kindness I owed.
"The old lady who originally lived here saved my life, and I will leave Jinan soon, so I would like to thank my benefactor."
When the uncle and aunt heard this, they seemed to remember something, and the aunt said, "You are Miss Chen!" ”
Chen Yingjiao was pleasantly surprised: "Do you know me? ”
The aunt then said: "I am a gatekeeper, where will I know the young lady, but when the main family left, I sent someone to instruct me, if there is a Miss Chen who comes to the door, I will say that your thanks to the main family have received, and I hope you will live a good life in the future." ”
In the end, Chen Yingjiao left in a daze, and did not see her benefactor, so it is estimated that this can only be the case in this life.
Chen Yingjiao didn't associate Yinzhen with the emperor, she was a little smart, but she couldn't do it like a god.