Because the more children you have, the higher your royal life will be, so many women are treated as a cash cow by their husbands' families, who keep asking them to give birth to children to earn their royal life.
Start with nine children and so on.
Nine children are seventh-rank Ruren, ten children are sixth-rank Anren, eleven children are fifth-rank Yiren, twelve children are fourth-rank Gongren, and thirteen children are third-rank Shuren.
Fourteen children are a second-grade wife. If you give birth to fifteen children, you can be named a first-grade wife.
Those who earn a title by giving birth to children enjoy the same level of salary as those who gain a title because of their husband and children. Although they have no real power, they have real benefits and are a symbol of honor.
This was a reward from the imperial court for their meritorious service in giving birth, which meant that the imperial court remembered their meritorious service.
This can be considered a good thing, to reward these women who work hard to give birth to children.
But then there was a trend of comparison, just like the Chastity Arch, where some people sacrificed many lives for that piece of arch.
People's hearts are sinister, and their greed cannot be satisfied. Having children has changed the taste. Later, they only pursue quantity, regardless of whether they survive or not, and just have children.
They don't care what happens to a woman's body, as long as she can have children, she is good.
If men themselves are not capable of fighting in the officialdom, they rely on women to give birth to children.
However, they themselves still take it for granted. They have always instilled this idea in women, that it is a matter of pride to have children and not to be ashamed of them.
The more I say it, the more I believe it to be the truth.
But I never thought that having too many children, especially if there is not enough rest in between, would definitely affect the life span of the body, so the average life span of women in Qi is not long.
Inversely proportional to the shocking number of children given birth is their average life span.
The average life expectancy in ancient times was not high, but the life expectancy of women in Daqi was especially low. The average life expectancy was only seventeen years old.
Many women gave birth to children and died when they were thirteen or fourteen years old. Some women persisted until they were in their thirties and finally gave birth to children and died.
In Qi State, a woman who is forty years old has a long life, and a woman who is fifty or sixty years old is even rarer.
There are many old people in their sixties or seventies in Dachu, but there are basically none in Qi.
However, Qi State's population did not suffer a sharp decline by sucking the blood of these women.
The sinister nature of the upper echelons and men of Qi State can be seen from these shocking data, which makes Chu Xingchen frightened.
"The stipulation of giving birth to a child and obtaining a royal wife, regardless of whether it is controversial or not, must be invalidated."
Although the ratio of men to women is still imbalanced today, it cannot be like this.
Many people in the captured Qi city were happy after receiving this order.
If you want to get ahead in the future, you can work hard on your own.
However, there are still many women who are dissatisfied. They don't know how to read, and they can't take the imperial examination. They don't like Chu Xingchen's order to give birth to a child and fight for his life.
"Anyway, women want to have children. As long as they give birth to children, they can be consecrated. Why should we cancel it? What will we do if it is cancelled?"
"Don't they all say how nice the Queen of Chu is? She is also a woman, why does she treat us like this?"
"If it's cancelled, how can we fight for our lives in the future? Isn't it becoming more and more hopeless to survive?"
Dachu officials patiently explained to them.
"The Queen is also doing it for your own good. If you cancel it, no one will force you to keep having children. You can rest after giving birth, and you will not risk your life by having too many children."
"Becoming a Dachu person, women also have their own status and can stand out."
Unfortunately, everyone was dissatisfied with his explanation.
"You are talking about taking the imperial examination, but we are both illiterate, so that is something only men can do."
"And as long as you give birth to a child, you can get a royal title, so why do you need to take the imperial examination?"
To them, this means taking away their benefits.
In the short term, it has indeed reduced their welfare. No wonder they react so strongly.
Zhong Shengwan also encountered a major challenge in his career.
Wu State had not encountered these problems before, but when they came to Qi State and saw these poor women, they wanted to help and rescue them, but they didn't like them at all and didn't feel they were needed.
The deep-rooted thoughts cannot be changed easily, and they even began to miss the former Qi State.
Chu Xingchen insisted on going his own way, and they even scolded Chu Xingchen in private.
"She doesn't want to give birth, so why should we cancel our imperial welfare? I have nothing now."
Chu Xingchen also didn't expect that her biggest reputation would come from Qi State.
There are those superior men from Qi State, and there are also female compatriots.
All kinds of insults continued, and many scolding wars were triggered.
But no matter how much he scolded him, Chu Xingchen never compromised.
Although the current situation is not good and may cause a greater backlash from Qi, it is best to compromise first.
But if she compromises now, it will be even harder to change and abolish it in the future.
Since it has been included in Dachu, it cannot leave such a unified land and have such weird regulations.
Only by abolishing this weird regulation can we completely change it. Everyone in this generation is dissatisfied, but it is always good for the next generation.
If you are scolded, just scold him. It's okay to bear some infamy.
Of course, not all of them were scolding, there were also a large number of people who were grateful to Chu Xingchen.
When Qi State was scolding Chu Xingchen the most, big news came from Wu State.
The Queen of Wu died, and the Kingdom of Wu was completely gone.
The Kingdom of Wu was finally won by Zhou Buyan.
It took him two years, at the cost of not being able to return to Feng'an City and not seeing Chu Xingchen and Xiao Bingcube for more than two years, to finally completely capture the Wu Kingdom.
The process of completely conquering the Kingdom of Wu was very difficult.
When the Empress of Wu State laid a dragnet in Tianshui City, Zhou Buyan could only use psychological tactics and fight hard again and again. He spent a year trying every method, but he still couldn't win it.
This is the largest line of defense for the Kingdom of Wu, and it is also the last line of defense.
Zhou Buyan has no other choice but to fight to the death.
Fortunately, Tianshui City is not invincible. Although the Empress of Wu State has made preparations and has shipped all the supplies and troops that can be transported long ago, there are also supplies from the rear that have been shipped in the early stage.
But Zhou Buyan kept shrinking the encirclement, and finally turned Tianshui City into an isolated island.
An isolated island means that you are isolated and have no supplies, and you will eventually be unable to survive after a long time.
The Queen of Wu's mentality has indeed collapsed, especially after being besieged for half a year. Although the supplies are temporarily sufficient, she has had enough.
After discovering that Zhou Buyan refused to kill ordinary people, the anxious Empress Wu finally forced the people of Tianshui City to go out and kill the enemy as her troops became increasingly dwindling.
"Anyway, keeping them is a waste of food. I'm in trouble. As common people, they should make some contribution and protect me."
"The soldiers can't die anymore." No one will protect her if she dies.
The people of Wu State did not expect that they would be treated like this by the Queen.
In the end, they did not die in the hands of the Chu people, but in the hands of their own queen.
Da Chu did not take advantage of them, but was taken advantage of by the Queen of Wu.
Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, they were all driven to the battlefield, and they were also infected with poisonous insects. They could only kill the enemy with all their strength, unable to control themselves, and they could only rush when they were injured.
They were controlled, but their senses were still there, and they were in so much pain that they couldn't stop until they died. They couldn't be completely relieved until they died.
The shrill screams and moans made people's hair stand on end.