Chapter 37 Three wives and four concubines

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At that time, a subject country of the Zhou Dynasty------ Xu State, a legendary figure of the world, also married more than a dozen wives of all sizes.

However, although Xu Xian, a legendary figure, has married more or less than a dozen wives and dozens of children, there are only three sons-in-law.

Xu Xian named his three sons Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and Xu Hong.

After Xu Xian lived the life of a noble lord for decades, he went to meet the ancestors of the Xu family.

In the blink of an eye, another few decades have passed.

After several generations of hard work, Xu Guo has finally developed into a country with a population of more than 100,000 people.

Now, there are three major families in the Xu State, which are the royal family of the Xu State------ the Xu family, the ------ Yan family who holds the political power of the Xu State, and the ------- Wu family, who holds the military strength of the Xu State.

However, although there are three major families in the Xu State, these three families are the royal family of the Xu State------ the Xu family, the ------ Yan family who holds the political power of the Xu State, and the ------- Wu family who holds the military strength of the Xu State, but the ancestors of the three families of the Xu State are all legendary Xu Xian.

What's going on here?

As soon as Xu Xian died, Xu Guo had a dispute.

Xu Xian's three sons, Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and Xu Hong, had a dispute over the position of King Xu of Xu State.

Didn't the Zhou Dynasty, the co-ruler of the world at that time, promote the system of the eldest son?

The eldest son: the first son born to the wife (main wife, yuan match, original match, main house, main room, eldest wife).

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou kings implemented a patriarchal system, which distributed political rights according to blood clan relations and maintained political ties. Zhou Tianzi inherited the supreme ruling power from generation to generation as the eldest son, and was the great patriarch of the world. Therefore, the most important feature of the patriarchal system is the inheritance of primogeniture. At this point, the eldest son inherited the throne and officially appeared on the stage of history.

All dynasties after the Western Zhou Dynasty basically implemented the primogeniture inheritance system stipulated by the patriarchal system of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, the eldest son had the right of political inheritance. The second son and the concubine obtained different secondary political status according to their different status levels.

For example, the eldest son of the king of Zhou is the king of Zhou, the second son is the prince, and the concubine is either a prince or a prince or a secretary.

The eldest son has the right of political succession, so the act of choosing a political heir is also called "standing up".

So, why can Xu Xian's three sons Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and Xu Hong have a dispute over the position of King Xu of Xu State?

It really responds to the saying that has been handed down through the ages, and the blood of dogs can no longer be bloody, "no coincidence makes no book".

Xu Xian's three sons Xu Bai, Xu Qing, and Xu Hong's mothers are Xu Xian's three equal wives (actually queens), Xu Bai's mother is called Ji Meili, Xu Qing's mother is called Ji Yanli, and Xu Hong's mother is called Ji Jiaoli.

Xu Xian's three flat wives Ji Meili, Ji Yanli, and Ji Jiaoli all have great backgrounds!

Xu Xian's three equal wives Ji Meili, Ji Yanli, and Ji Jiaoli were all rewarded to Xu Xian as his wife by Zhou Lingwang, the king of the Zhou Dynasty at that time. Xu Xian's three wives, Ji Meili, Ji Yanli, and Ji Jiaoli, were all royal women of the Zhou Dynasty at that time, and Ji Jiji, the king of the Zhou Dynasty at that time, was not the surname Ji Ji? According to later generations, this Xu Xian can also be said to have become the concubine of the Zhou Dynasty, the co-ruler of the world at that time.

At that time, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, why did Ji Jiji, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, give Xu Xian three wives at once?

This, we can't help but say an idiom in my country "three wives and four concubines".

"Three wives and four concubines" means that there are many wives and concubines.

In ancient times, people married three wives and four concubines, and the main purpose was to pass on the ancestry.

In ancient times, the so-called three wives and four concubines mainly referred to a marriage system in the feudal period. It is a persecution of women. The same is widowed, the remarriage of a man is a continuation of the string, and the remarriage of a woman is a bad festival. Men are inferior to women, and women can only be dependent on men, which is the result of the social system, and this result has exacerbated the hierarchical differentiation between men and women, so that there are groups of male wives and concubines, and women can only end up from the same.

There is a clear record in the ancient book, the so-called three wives, refers to the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of Qi got a good story, the legend is that the monarch of Qi was indecided, and even the government and the opposition discussed one after another, and later the monarch jokingly said that the three people after the establishment of the three, and the matter was not completed, and even the historian did not know its meaning, the ancient name of the extremely noble wife did have three: the main palace, the east palace, the west palace this is the three wives; the four concubines refer to: the parents of the family and the three wives of the personal attendant of the maid each one. But later, three wives and four concubines gradually evolved into a form of marriage of "monogamy and multiple concubines".

Although wives and concubines all belong to wives, their treatment varies greatly. The wife of the concubine, into the clan tablet, the children born to them are the concubines, and the sons can be knighted. After the death of the concubine, it is not included in the clan tablet, and the children born are "concubines" and cannot be attacked, but they can share the family property. If you don't have a son-in-law, you can attack the knight.

The appearance of concubines among the three wives and four concubines also has a long history.

It is said that during the period of clan society, there was a "concubine system" in the country, which was a marriage system that only clan leaders were eligible to practice. That is, when a daughter marries, the Yue family must marry a niece with the same surname. The sisters or slave girls who married in the past naturally belong to concubines, and the status of sister concubines is higher than that of slave girls, so there is no need to say more.

After that, there was an official appearance of "concubines". In the family, although concubines bear the obligation to have children, they cannot enjoy the treatment of "wives". The original reason was very simple: a woman who was a wife had a higher family background than a concubine. Concubines generally came from lowly families, or even gifts from the defeated side.

Therefore, the wife is "married", and the concubine is "accepted", and the property sent to the Yue's family when marrying the wife is called the "dowry", and the property given when taking a concubine is called "the capital for buying a concubine".

At that time, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Ling, and Ji Jiji, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, rewarded Xu Xian with three big wives like a flat wife (actually the queen), how about those little wives to have a dozen? This is the origin of Xu Xian's more than a dozen wives.

It is estimated that Ji Jiji, the king of Zhou Ling, gave Xu Xian more than a dozen wives at the beginning, and also hoped that Xu Guo could pass it on, otherwise it was just Xu Xian who was alone (Xu Xian had no brothers and sisters), in case Xu Xian cut off the incense if he was not careful, this was also a big problem for the king of the Zhou Dynasty who was the co-ruler of the world at that time.

Could it be that the king of the Zhou Dynasty, who was the co-ruler of the world at that time, still wanted to abolish the state of Xu and take back the fief of the state of Xu? In that way, how would the other princes under the Zhou Dynasty at that time view the Zhou Dynasty? However, if the Zhou Dynasty, the co-lord of the world at that time, did not abolish the state of Xu, did not take back the fief of the state of Xu, and rewarded the state of Xu to a person who had nothing to do with Xu Xian, wouldn't that make the kings of the Zhou Dynasty who were the co-rulers of the world at that time, Zhou Lingwang Ji Jiji, make a joke in the future?

In order to avoid unnecessary troubles for future generations, Ji Jiji, the king of the Zhou Dynasty who was the co-ruler of the world at that time, had no choice but to be generous and rewarded Xu Xian with more than a dozen wives at once.

Xu Xian also lived up to the high hopes of Zhou Ling, the king of the Zhou Dynasty at that time, and after becoming the king of Xu Kingdom, King Xu, he also sowed seeds desperately, and the survival rate was also good. Later, dozens of children were actually made.

It is said that Xu Xian was particularly excited when he sowed seeds for the first time, and actually entered the cave room of the three flat wives Ji Meili, Ji Yanli, and Ji Jiaoli overnight. Nature is infinitely spring.

As a result, a few months later, something happened that surprised the entire Xu Guoda.

What's that going on?