Hearing Yin Changying's point of view, Yin Cheng was very unconvinced: "In the past few years, I have traveled all over Yongzhou and seen that among the countryside, women are extremely hardworking, farming and mowing grass, feeding chickens and pigs, cooking and laundry, raising silkworms and weaving. The sun rises and the sun sets. They work no less than men, if not more. ”

The laws of Zhaoguo have a very strange feature - partly in favor of men, partly in favor of women.

For example, the law stipulates that women's private property, known as dowry, is protected.

This was originally good news, but the problem was that the extravagant thing of "dowry" only existed in families above the level of small landlords, and the vast majority of the people did not have this concept in their homes.

Even if there is, a civilian woman can get a quilt as a dowry, it is already a very luxurious thing, what kind of pressure box money, copper jewelry, etc., don't even think about it.

They had neither money nor land of their own, and when they got married, they not only had to take care of all the household chores, but they also had to risk their lives to have children (and sons), spin and weave, sew clothes, weave straw sandals, and when they were busy farming, they had to go to the fields with the men to farm.

Yin Ji has carefully observed that the daily labor volume of folk women is definitely not lighter than that of men.

But men can get paid for their work, and they have a harvest for farming, while women are busy with everything else, but they still have nothing - they themselves belong to their husbands, how can they talk about assets?

For example, the law says that parents can buy and sell their children, but husbands can't sell their wives, which sounds like protecting women, right?

But the law also stipulates that a wife wants a divorce unless her husband agrees; If the husband wants to divorce, he only needs to be guilty of any of the five rules of "jealousy, jealousy, tongue-in-law, childlessness, and illness".

Of course, the evidence must be conclusive, and if the accusation is made casually, the husband is flouting the law and will be punished heavily.

This leads to the fact that if a woman marries a scumbag and is beaten every day, but as long as her husband does not agree, she cannot be divorced.

Some people with bad intentions, in order to make quick money, will rent out their wives, give birth to other people's families, or force their wives to do a leather and meat business.

If you are unfortunate enough to marry into this kind of family, and your mother's family does not help you get ahead, in addition to swallowing your anger, the only way for a woman to resist is to run.

But escaping is not such a simple thing, someone must assist, it's okay to meet a good person, it's not uncommon to meet a bad person, and it's not uncommon to be sold and killed.

Even if the situation was worse than when she was in her husband's house, the woman who ran away did not dare to resist. Because once they are caught, the fate will be even worse.

Yin Cheng wanted to find a time to tell Yin Changying about the situation in the countryside, but she happened to mention it today, so she decided to say her thoughts together: "...... In the wilderness of the hometown, giving birth to a boy is a joy, and giving birth to a girl is a worry. Female infanticide and drowning abound. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than that women's labor is not recognized. ”

This is the crux of the matter.

Why does the countryside like to have boys? Because one more man means one more laborer. In the future, he can still go to the battlefield to fight, in case he can cut off a head and get a knighthood, it will be even more glorious.

Aren't women considered labor?

Of course not!

For the common people, only the land and military exploits can be seen and touched, and these basically have to be realized by men.

Women are born with little strength, farming is not as efficient as men, chopping wood and hunting are not as efficient as men, having children is considered duty, and housework is considered light.

This social environment determines that no matter how much they do, they often do not get recognition, because they cannot be exchanged for income.

Who cares about you if you don't have money, right?

In particular, in order to force women to give birth, Zhao Guo did everything he could, and the number of unmarried women and widows was directly related to the performance of local officials.

As a result, except for the top nobility, the concept of widow did not exist in the rest of the Zhao Kingdom, unless the woman was too old.

Otherwise, even if the family wants to keep their daughters and daughters-in-law widowed, the local officials will directly bring wine to the door to protect a big match, so that you are good, I am good, everyone is good.

But in Yin's view, this is a vicious circle.

A woman cannot marry or even be widowed, so there is almost no concept of a female household, because the head of the family is always a man.

In marriage, they are the one who is exploited, and more than ninety percent of women have no private property.

The problem is that public opinion also believes that women take advantage. For the same crimes, men are often sentenced to death, but women never die.

Isn't that ridiculous?

Yin Changying listened quietly and glanced at Zheng Gao.

Zheng Gao immediately stood up and explained: "Lord Huiguo, these laws you cited are all specially formulated by the Legalists to maintain order. ”

Yin Cheng said solemnly: "I would like to hear the details." ”

Zheng Gao is good at criminal law and calligraphy, if it were not for the restrictions of his spare time, he would have been famous all over the world as a great sage of legalism.

For the laws of Zhaoguo, Yang Yuan may not be as familiar as Zheng Gao, so he said in detail: "Lord Guowu believes that the first injustice of the law to women is because of the inequality of divorce between men and women. ”

Yin Cheng agrees with this point of view: "Not bad. ”

If the divorce between men and women can be like in later generations, as long as one party is determined to divorce, there is always a way to divorce, even if the marriage law is not enough to protect the woman, the situation will not be so bad.

Zheng Gao knew that Yin Ji was not an ordinary lady, and he was not afraid of dirty things staining her ears, so he pointed to the key in one sentence: "If a woman can divorce without her husband's consent." Zhaoguo men, I am afraid that many will be deceived and bankrupt, and there will be frequent private fights in the countryside, how can there be peace today? ”

Yin Cheng was stunned.

This is not without reason.

Although women have almost no dowry in commoners' homes, men still have to have a dowry. And the poorer the place, the more the dowry is required, so much so that it almost consumes the entire savings of a generation.

As for the bride price received by the woman's family, what did she do with it?

It is not a woman's right to marry a son's daughter-in-law, or to buy weapons and livestock for the family.

If women's divorce is not restricted, there will definitely be many people who are hungry for profit, and frequently let women get married and divorced, just to collect a few more dowries.

As for whether a man goes bankrupt in order to marry a wife, who cares?

Zheng Gao saw that Yin Hui's expression was relaxed, and he knew that this entry point was the right one.

If someone else explores this issue, Zheng Gao's two sentences can go back - will women go to the battlefield? Don't talk if you don't go to the battlefield, men fight on the front line with their lives, and you women chirp crookedly in the rear!

But in the face of Lord Guowu, he can't be so barocent.

First, the identities of the two are different;

The second is that Zheng Gao has already seen that the king ordered him to explain it to the Lord Guowu, and he also listened to the debate and discussion between the two of them, so as to consider whether the law still has something to be perfected.