Soon, Ye Xun walked into the hall.

"Yin Ye of Chendeng County visits the king!"

"No courtesy." Xiong Huai responded with a smile, and then bowed his hand to Ye Xun, and said very sincerely: "Just outside the county government, the widow suddenly heard the ballad of Deng Di, and mistakenly thought that Xianqing treated the people harshly, so that the widow misunderstood and despised Xianqing.

Now after a preliminary investigation, the widow learned that the song outside the county government just now was Xianqing warning the widow, not the people complaining to the widow. If you don't notice something, you misunderstand Xianqing, this is the fault of the widow, and I ask Xianqing to forgive the widow's reckless negligence. ”

At this time, Ye Xun saw that the king of Chu personally apologized to him, and his heart was suddenly full of emotion, and the misunderstanding and snubbing of Fang Cai and the worries of the past few days were all swept away, and he hurriedly avoided the table and said: "The king is ashamed of the minister, the minister is the county Yin of Deng County, he must be loyal to the king, and he must be responsible for the people under his rule. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, then looked at Ye Xun and asked: "Xianqing, although the widow already knows the approximation, but he still knows very little about this matter, since Xianqing has already discovered this matter and warned the widow, I don't know what Xianqing thinks should be solved for those who plan to marry a wife and swallow the land." ”

After speaking, Xiong Huai suddenly showed an expectant and encouraging look.

Being able to see the amazing crisis hidden behind an ordinary thing requires extraordinary vision and insight. It takes courage to see the problem and to be able to expose it. With these two points, that is the merit of the country.

But this is not enough, Xiong Huai is now looking forward to the fact that after Ye Xun finds out the problem and raises the problem, there will be a way to solve the problem, so that there will be another virtuous minister in the Chu State.

For the virtuous ministers, Xiong Huai has always hoped that the more they appear, the better.

On the other side, Ye Xun heard King Chu's inquiry, and his heart perked slightly. As early as when he found out about the problem and planned to advise the king of Chu, he was already thinking about a solution, and after a few days, he also came up with a solution.

So, Ye Xun immediately bowed his hand and said: "My lord, in the humble opinion of the ministers, this time we not only have to deal with those who seek to seize the land of wives and concubines, but also stop the behavior of doctors and nobles and even county sergeants and nobles from marrying widows, and deduce as much as possible that the countrymen should marry and marry women." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, today, after the death of the husband, if the wife is in her prime, she will generally choose to remarry, and in order to gain more population, countries also encourage the remarriage of women. Now Ye Xun opposes widows remarrying, which is contrary to the mainstream of the world.

However, Xiong Huai knew that Ye Xun studied under Taifu Huanyuan and believed in Taoist doctrine, not the rotten Confucianism of later generations, and there must be a reason for him to say so.

"Xianqing is against marrying a widow, why is that?"

"The King." Ye Xun's face was heavy and said: "A man marries a widow, and a widow remarries, although there are all kinds of benefits. For example, a widowed man can get a wife, a widowed woman can get a husband and support again, and even some young children can be saved from starvation.

Moreover, the state does not have to pay anything, it solves the problem of lonely men, widows, widows, husbands, and some children without dependence, and can also get more people, which is of great benefit to the country.

Although the matter of a widow's remarriage has so many benefits, which are good for most people and good for the country, it is not good for the dead and bad for the abandoned young son. ”

"Not good for the dead!" Xiong Huai muttered, and his heart was really shocked.

The widow abandons the young son and remarries, which is not good for the young son, Xiong Huai can also understand this matter, but the only thing that is not good for the deceased is that he did not think of it, and he has never heard anyone bring it up.

No, it's not that he didn't think of it, but he ignored it, and it's not that no one brought it up, it's just that dead people don't speak.

Because the dead do not speak, all the people ignore them.

But do dead people really not speak?

No!

Xiong Huai's heart sank, and he secretly warned himself: The dead can speak, at least the dying will hear the voice of the dead.

At this time, after Ye Xun paused slightly, he arched his hand again: "King, in this battle of Hanbei, almost all the men in each county suffered more than half of the casualties, so that a large number of widows appeared.

If all the widows remarry, then those who abandon their young sons and marry are warriors who died fighting for their country, and after they die in battle, they not only lose their wives, but also let their young sons lose their mothers, so that they do not know whether they will be able to grow up.

If they remarry with their young son, will they still be able to remember their father who died in battle when they were young? If you forget, then don't the warriors who die fighting for the country lose their wives and children after they die in battle?

The end of the warriors who died in the battle was so miserable, which made the people who were still alive think what to think. If there is another situation in the future where the county or the whole county is defended, how can we ensure that the people will fight for the country with all their might? ”

Saying that, Ye Xun bowed solemnly and said: "The minister risked death to hear about it, please stop encouraging widows to remarry, and increase the rewards for widows and orphans, so as to prevent widows from remarrying others in pursuit of a better life." ”

Xiong Huai frowned deeply when he heard this, and did not respond for a long time.

After Ye Xun's story, he has realized the far-reaching impact of his widow's remarriage.

There were also many widows of soldiers who died in battle who remarried, but that was a small number, and the other was widely distributed, and it was not obvious when it fell in one place, and the widows remarried and remarried, and it was nothing.

But this time it was different, the whole county of Hanbei County suffered, there were so many people killed in the battle, and the distribution was so concentrated, it instantly became the focus of the whole country and even the whole world.

It would be anachronistic and unpalatable to continue to encourage widows to remarry now.

If the people of the country saw the tragedy of the people of Hanbei, and the rabbit died and the fox was sad, all because they were worried that they would have nothing after their death, then what would the people fight for?

Could it be for him, the king of Chu? He Xiong Huai is not so narcissistic.

The people all don't know why they are fighting, so how can they fight to the death after they go into battle?

It's just that there are many problems with stopping the encouragement of widows to remarry, such as the expenditure of taxes, the decrease in the population, the reduction of the source of taxes, the desire of infatuated men and women, and so on.

Ye Xun waited for a while, and when he saw that the king of Chu did not respond, he bowed again: "King, please think twice!" ”

Xiong Huai was still silent when he heard this.

At this time, Chen Zhen on one side reacted from Ye Xun's astonishing remarks, and saw that the King of Chu had been silent, while Ye Xun was still bowing and admonishing.

Seeing this, he understood what the concerns of the king of Chu were, and at the same time, he also knew that the king of Chu had realized the crisis of his widow's remarriage.

After thinking about it, Chen Zhen arched his hand and said: "The king, the minister thinks that what Deng County Yin said is indeed reasonable, the people of Hanbei County went to battle for the king and fought for the Chu country, but after the war, the warriors who died in the war lost their wives and children and lost everything, which is indeed too unreasonable." At this time, it is really not the work of Mingjun to continue to encourage widows to remarry.

However, the saint was lustful for men and women, so he married to satisfy the desires of the people. Confucius Ziyun: Eating and drinking, men and women, people's great desires. Xue Ziyun: Food color, sex also.

It can be seen from this that whether it is the ancient sages, the sages, or the people of the time, they all believe that the desires of the people can be guided but not forcibly suppressed.

Besides, as the king of a country, how can the king do such a thing that angers the heavens and the people on behalf of the herdsmen.

Yes, the minister means that the king of Deng County Yin cannot forcibly oppose the matter of the people marrying wives and widows. However, for the widows of warriors in Hanbuk County, those widows who have children but do not remarry, the rewards need to be increased, and the counties are required to give additional rewards every month to encourage the widows to raise their children alone.

In this way, when the people in the country see it, they will inevitably say: Fighting for the country, why not care about yourself, look at Hanbei County, even if he dies fighting for the country, the king will support his wife and children.

If this is the case, then the king is not worried about the state of Chu, and why is he worried about the failure of the king's business.

Of course, the king also needs to explain in advance, if the widow remarries, and is already the wife of someone else, and is no longer the widow of the warrior, the monthly bonus will be cancelled. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Zhen saw that the King of Chu nodded again and again, but still did not respond, so he continued: "At the same time, the king also wants to explain that this additional monthly reward is limited to the warriors who died in the battle of Hanbei this time.

For the warriors of the rest of the kingdom have been recruited by the state normally, and the king has already rewarded them. The people of Hanbei County are recruited to kill the enemy after being recruited normally, so their widows also need to have additional rewards. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately nodded and responded: "Yes, the rewards and punishments are clear, this is the treasure of the widow." Since the people of Hanbei County have extra pay, they deserve the extra reward.

Now, many people in Hanbei County died on the battlefield for widows, so their wives and children will be raised by widows, even if they empty Taifu, they will not hesitate. ”