Chapter 7
Yin Changying's words surprised everyone present.
When the head of the family died, how to deal with the concubines he left behind, the way to deal with them is different in different countries and families.
Generally speaking, the family will order these concubines to be martyred, and there are also families who are so poor that they don't want to save face will sell them or give them away as favors; In the palace, they will be asked to guard the mausoleum, or raise them in the palace until they die; If the Queen Mother is jealous of her former rivals, she will also let them be martyred; or cast them out and live in the streets, or give them to their courtiers to do the deeds of these poor women.
For example, Empress Dowager Jing's mother, Xiang Ji, was a concubine who was kicked out of the palace, and later married a person surnamed Liang and gave birth to Liang Ran, the marquis.
There are very few examples of marrying his father's concubine, so few that once this kind of thing is done, it will definitely be recorded in the history books, and an allusion called "knotweed" is derived.
But Jiang Zhong, Meng Fu and the others turned the corner and immediately understood that this was a good thing!
Whether these palace people go out of the palace and go home, or are married by the queen mother, in the final analysis, they have to marry in the end.
According to the laws of Zhaoguo, if a woman is not married at the age of eighteen, the local officials are derelict in their duties and will lose their black yarn hats! If a widow refuses to remarry, the magistrate will even appear on the scene to match the matchmaker.
Second, third or even fourth marriages will not be discriminated against in Zhaoguo.
The laws of Zhaoguo also allow women to start a household - don't want to remarry? Is that a trick? As long as you have more children and increase production to serve the country, we allow women to be the heads of households!
That is to say, once King Zhao returns home with a large number of palace people, there will immediately be a large number of school-age women in the marriage market.
At the same time, Zhao Guo pays attention to the first-level meritorious service, that is, although the Zhao army was defeated, there are still many people who fight bravely and fight hard to kill the enemy. And these people are to be rewarded, conferred, and knighted.
With a field, status, money and a house, there is naturally a lack of a fine gentleman (wife).
The beauties who were favored by the first king, of course, it was not the turn of these people to marry, and they had already been divided by the powerful. But the people and women of the Zhaogong Palace, who are not looked down upon by the big shots, are of very good quality.
First of all, all of these people are from good families and have innocent family backgrounds; The facial features are also upright, otherwise they can't be selected into the palace on their backs; After all, you have to work every day in the palace, and once you make a mistake, it is not impossible to be executed.
Isn't it enough for ordinary people to marry a gentleman with good looks and quick work? has worked in Zhao Palace, this is even more bragging capital, and there is light on his face!
In war, some people will inevitably suffer, and it is necessary to encourage the common people to have more children, so that they can continue to reclaim the famine and fight wars.
Now that the Zhao army has lost the battle, it is even more time to improve morale. If King Zhao can release the beauties in the palace so that the soldiers can marry the fine king, who is not grateful?
It's May, and three months later it's autumn. At that time, the people had harvested the grain, and they just had a little money in their hands, and the time was just right.
After thinking about this, all the courtiers thought that this was Yin Chu's explanation to his son before his death, so that the young Zhaowang City would be favored in the army, and no one objected.
Only Ah Yu knew that the first king didn't explain these things to Yin Changying at all, he thought of it himself!
Is he sympathetic to those women who will have to stay in the deep palace from now on, so the net is open? Not necessarily.
Ah Yu didn't think that Yin Changying would care about those palace people with low status.
In fact, it is exactly what it is.
Yin Changying suddenly had an idea after hearing that Mrs. Feng had committed suicide.
From Yin Chu's breath to Mrs. Feng's suicide, there was no more than one pillar of incense before and after. This means that although Madam Feng is not qualified to come to King Zhao's bedroom, she is very well-informed and can react so quickly.
This made Yin Changying very unhappy.
He couldn't help but wonder how long Mrs. Feng had been operating in the palace, and her ears and eyes were so dexterous. How many hidden forces do the Empress Dowager Shouyang, as well as Yin Changying's uncles and uncles, and even the sons of the grandfathers, as well as the mothers, wives, and children of these people, have in the palace?
Aside from the filial piety period, his grandfather King Wen officially reigned for less than a year, and his father Yin Chu reigned for only four years, and the forces in the harem are intertwined, and the friendship is likely to last for decades.
Yin Changying has no time or energy at all, and he doesn't bother to deal with and distinguish the loyalty and traitors of these palace people.
But he couldn't learn from his father, and he couldn't distinguish the attitude of the minister, so he brought Jiang Zhong up and used Jiang Zhong to suppress the ministers.
The court can play like this, but the harem cannot.
Therefore, Yin Changying instinctively made the best decision - to release all these people.
He also has the right to deal with it in this way, because the people in the palace are theoretically his slaves and maids, and they are under his control, and only three queen mothers are qualified to oppose this kind of thing.
It's just that they can't say a "no", because this is a virtuous policy, and if they don't agree, they are not merciful enough, and they will be hated by the palace people.
A person trapped in the palace, in order to get better, can only cling, form a party, and even do a lot of things against his will. But what if they can get out of the palace, have a broader world, and a better way to live?
Are they still willing to die for the "nobles"?
For Akigu, this is also advantageous. Too many women stay in the palace and spend their years, but many men among the people can't marry fine monarchs, which is not conducive to the development and stability of the Zhao Kingdom.
A large number of palace people can be released, one can be kind to the families of these women, the second can make the army grateful, the third can rudely and simply demolish most of the forces of the harem, and the fourth can get the name of benevolence, which can be described as a lot of success.
As for the lack of manpower in the palace...... When it really comes, it will be another levy, so why is it difficult?
Given that the entire palace of King Zhao was within the range of Ah Yu's perception, she could clearly perceive that although the palace people present were still sad about Yin Chu's death on the surface, they were actually very excited, excited, and excited.
If there is a choice, no one wants to be a slave or a maid and do the work of serving. Many people enter the palace, first, because they can't disobey the royal order, and secondly, they want to gamble on the chance of ascending to the sky.
But now that the previous king is gone, and the new king is young, they are too old, and their chances of ascending to the throne are very slim.
In this case, why not go out of the palace to marry and live an ordinary and stable life? It's better than staying in the Zhao Palace, and you will have to worry about your life at every turn.
And the attendants were all envious, but they had already been punished, and they could only stay in the court, with nowhere to go.
Wait, there seem to be exceptions!
Yin Chu suddenly discovered that among the palace people, there was a person with a completely different mood.
She subconsciously looked over and was shocked to find that the "person" who was kneeling in the shadow of the corner of the wall with the palace people, with low eyebrows, had blue skin and was covered with layers of scales, and his whole body was constantly dripping dark green, which made people feel disgusting at first glance!
Ah Yu couldn't help but wipe his eyes, and looked over again, but found that the "person" was still like this, but the other palace people around him didn't notice it at all, as if the one kneeling there was the same "person" as them!
What the hell is this!