Chapter five hundred and fiftieth eight unhappy things
There are too many things in this world that cannot be scrutinized. Even the imperial court is unable to supervise every corner. Moreover, ordinary people do not dare to report to the official. Unlike the convenience of justice in later generations, people in this era do not dare to approach the county at all.
Unless you have a desperate intention to die.
The so-called yamen gate opens to the south. If you have reason or no money, don't come in. No matter what the injustice is, kill the powerful first, and the killing stick will be like a mountain of corpses...
Conflicts and disputes between ordinary people are usually resolved by the clan leader or the village elders to mediate and pronounce judgments. For more serious cases, the magistrates and officials are responsible for investigating the case. The county magistrate will let it go after seeing it and deeming it acceptable.
Only serious cases involving court etiquette that could not be covered up were brought to trial by the county magistrate in person.
Both Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao are determined to change this situation, but it is not easy to change the inherent institutional concepts. The court laws are easy to handle, but it is difficult to say whether the decrees can be implemented in place.
Not only are the local clans and gentry obstructing and resisting, but the people are also the same. In their eyes, the imperial court is superior. As long as someone misinterprets it a little, the people will resist together. Based on the knowledge of the people, they can't help but believe in the highly respected people in front of them.
Just be like the old country squire and trust outsiders.
Moreover, the starting point of some government decrees is good, but they are not in line with the people's ideas. For example, since the first year of Wu Dynasty, the court has been issuing orders to encourage childbirth. Basically, all methods have been used, but there is no way to solve the problem.
There is no shortage of people in all walks of life. The Ming Dynasty was so huge that nothing could be done with a small population.
The results have been remarkable in the past five years, but the problem that has arisen is that the killing of female infants has become a common practice among the people. It can even be described as widespread. The more difficult the conditions are, the more families are eager for men who can contribute to the labor force, rather than getting married sooner or later.
Daughter going out.
A county magistrate of De'an Prefecture once reported: One family was flooded with more than ten girls in a row, and every village was flooded with dozens of girls in one year. Newborn girls were often immersed in cold water, and their parents couldn't bear it, so they often closed their doors.
Behind his eyes, he pressed his hands into the water basin, and there was a murmuring sound for a long time. He died in the village and witnessed it. It was so miserable that it was unspeakable...
There were countless such reports, and Zhu Biao couldn't bear it and had nothing to do. Most of the people who did this were poor families in barren villages, but it was not that wealthy families doted on their daughters. It was not that they were unable to raise several baby girls, but that they were unwilling to do so.
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Zhu Biao has seen many records from the local chronicles of the Song Dynasty. Not only the poor, but also those who are not poor are also flooded. Even if the family is slightly rich, there is a risk of being remarried in the future. The trend of doting on girls probably stems from stinginess with money.
force.
In such a situation, the court is powerless and cannot stop it despite repeated orders. Babies are so delicate that it is often a question of whether they can be raised with careful care. What's more, if you are dissatisfied and someone doesn't want to raise you, how can you resist drowning a baby and still press her to breastfeed?
Last year, Ningbo officials reported that a family accumulated salary in an open space, placed a baby girl on top of it, and burned it. It started croaking, then squirmed, and over time the skin and bones were scorched, and she no longer looked like a human.
Throwing a stone into the river, hundreds of people watched and sighed.
The reason turned out to be that two baby girls had drowned in this family, and the wife gave birth to a baby girl again. Her husband thought it was a ghost baby and was obsessed with it, so he burned it with fire so that he would not dare to reincarnate again...
The human heart is like a ghost with a smiling face, what can we do?
This is just one kind of thing. The imperial court also prohibited people from offering sacrifices to snakes, fairies, ghosts, and evil spirits, and strictly prohibited human sacrifices to gods. But so far, countless innocent people have been killed by ignorance in remote areas.
In an era without surveillance and absolute grassroots control, anything can happen, and the court cannot get involved. It can only turn a blind eye. Even if it does not care about the law and does not punish the public, how can ignorance be cured?
We are not afraid of people being stupid, but we are afraid that they are stupid and stubborn. They will not understand the truth and only recognize the truth they insist on. This is the most troublesome. That is why Zhu Biao let Mu Ying Lanyu take the opportunity to suppress the bandits last year.
Sweep away the sacrifices of cows, ghosts and evil spirits, and those who act as the acolytes of tigers and pretend to be gods and ghosts will all be punished as bandits and bandits.
This also brought a lot of trouble to Zhu Biao. After all, such actions are bound to irritate those foolish men and women. The county magistrates of the local prefectures where Mu Ying Lanyu went to all the time impeached them for indulging in human life.
Naturally, Shi Tai would not let it go.
Fortunately, Lan Yu had a good reputation. Although there were calls for Lan Yu to be killed every day for three or four months, Zhu Biao tried to suppress it through the governor's office and the Ministry of War. However, Lan Yu, the scapegoat, had been suppressed in the past two years.
Don't even think about returning to Beijing. By this time, you should have already taken hundreds of elites to the sea to Japan.
Although Mu Ying was doing better, his reputation was also bad. Zhu Biao simply sent him to Tanghe. There were still many opportunities for Guizhou to make contributions to Yunnan's Weiping Southwest, but Mu Ying's qualifications were still not good enough. Zhu Biao had to do it for him.
Make some preparations for the future.
Zhu Biao looked at the getting darker and darker outside and felt a little depressed. It could be said that he had reached the point where he had regained the power of the world and was drunk and lying on the lap of a beautiful woman. However, there were still many things in the world that even he could not do anything about, and nine out of ten things were not as expected.
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However, this is also a characteristic of the times. Other countries are not much better. Various social problems are far worse than those in China. The Black Death in Europe has only passed ten or twenty years ago. After the great plague, there will inevitably be a great famine, and it will not
I don’t know what the specific situation is, but I can also make some rough guesses.
This is also the reason why Zhu Biao wants Wu Liang to go to sea as soon as possible. The critical period for the West to break free from the Dark Middle Ages has arrived. It is necessary for Ming Dynasty to participate and truly start to influence the process of the world.
Zhu Biao walked out of the Wenhua Palace and returned to the Chengqian Palace surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs. Chang Luohua came out to greet him with his child in his arms. Zhu Biao reached out to help his wife and glanced at her arms. Although the two children looked alike,
It's almost the same, but after all, it's the biological father, and you can still tell that this is the younger one.
Zhu Biao casually took the swaddling clothes and said, "Has Yang'er fallen asleep?"
Chang Luohua breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his arms and said, "Yang'er slept soundly, but Liang'er was naughty and cried for a hug."
Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Only children who can cry will get milk."
Chang Luohua stretched out his hand and touched a white and tender little foot that leaked out of the swaddling clothes and said: "Who dares to starve him without crying? I will definitely be naughty in the future."
Zhu Biao's eyes lit up and he began to tell his princess about the education plan he had prepared. Chang Luohua was quite serious at first, but then his face turned pale when he heard that no matter what was wrong, he would be beaten once every three days and once every five days.
Something changed, and he quickly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will discipline my concubine well, and Yang'er Liang'er will be well-behaved."
Zhu Biao frowned and glared at her with dissatisfaction: "The kindness of a woman... Do you know what it means to be born in a palace and grow up in the hands of a woman... I will be in the future..."
After explaining a lot of truth, Zhu Biao walked towards the inner hall with his child in high spirits, leaving Chang Luohua with a confused look on his face. How could I become the loving mother who often loses her children?
Zhu Biao, who was walking in front, had a smile in his eyes. He lowered his head and kissed his son's milky little face, making his toothless mouth drool. He waved his little fat hands as white and tender as lotus roots, making inexplicable noises from time to time.
baby talk.
Zhu Biao couldn't understand it either, which shows that baby talk is not a universal language. Otherwise, he had been speaking baby talk for several months back then, so he shouldn't not be able to understand it.
There was a sleeping baby lying on the bed in the inner hall. Three broad-minded women were looking after him. Seeing the crown prince coming in, they hurriedly knelt down and saluted. Zhu Biao held the baby on the bed and reached out to touch his eldest son's faint smile.
He raised his eyebrows, then looked at the nannies on the ground and said, "Excuse me. You have worked hard during this time."
"The servants dare not take the credit. The two emperors and grandsons are Tianhuang nobles. The servants have the honor to serve them because they are grateful for God's grace. What's more, the crown prince is always rewarded."
Zhu Biao said softly: "Every merit must be rewarded and a fault must be punished. This is the rule of the East Palace. Although the Crown Princess has already been rewarded, I will not be stingy. This year, when the rain silk brocade tribute from Shu comes, each will be rewarded with two pieces, and we will continue from now on."
If you serve me wholeheartedly, you will be rewarded."
The best rain silk brocade is worth as much as gold, let alone a tribute to the royal family. It has always been priceless, and only the duke's legitimate wife and mother can have such a thing. This is a real reward. Three women plus
The woman who followed Chang Luohua in quickly bowed excitedly and thanked her, and couldn't stop mumbling words of loyalty.