With the passage of time, the news of Empress Changsun's serious illness has spread more and more widely, and has even spread to the people, which can't help but cast a shadow on the Spring Festival of Zhenguan's ten years.

The hundred officials were originally full of righteous indignation, and were ready to wait for the first court meeting to impeach the Mo family's prenuptial agreement, which caused the people's resentment, but suddenly got the instruction of Fang Xuanling, the head of the hundred officials, and asked for the instructions of the upper court to amnesty the world and save people to enter the Tao.

"Pray for the Queen! And it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who took the lead. When the officials heard this, they were enthusiastic, how could they miss such a politically correct event.

At present, all the officials are fighting at night, writing hard, and all of them are ready to show their skills at the first court meeting.

Soon, the tenth day of the first month of the first month arrived as scheduled, and the first great court meeting officially began.

"See Your Majesty!"

In the Taiji Palace, hundreds of officials gathered!

"All the ministers are flat!" Li Shimin said tiredly, even if Empress Changsun is seriously ill, but as an emperor, Li Shimin also can't choose, after all, state affairs are the most important.

"The plan of the year lies in the spring, and now at the beginning of the Tang New Year, the three provinces and six ministries must work di..................ligently," Li Shimin said loudly, arranging the government in an orderly manner.

The officials of the three provinces and six ministries received the orders one by one, and everyone could see that Li Shimin was a little absent-minded, and everyone obviously accelerated their speed, and soon arranged the government properly.

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!" Seeing this, Pound hurriedly screamed.

"The minister has his own music!" Yu Zhining immediately stepped out of the queue.

"Accurate!" Li Shimin waved his hand.

"The minister wants to impeach the Mo family for corrupting customs and advocating a prenuptial agreement that leads to civil chaos, but in ten days, there are countless people who regret their marriage, and it is a great crime for the Mo family to cause trouble among the people." Yu Zhining accused.

Li Shimin was naturally mentally prepared, he had already reminded Merton that there would be such a catastrophe, and immediately said loudly: "Merton, what do you have to say?" ”

"Lord Yu said for a long time, and Mo didn't understand, this prenuptial agreement was implemented by Mo in Mojia Village, and it was an internal affair of the Mo family, could it be that Lord Yu interfered." Merton reluctantly stepped out and asked in a loud voice.

Yu Zhining snorted coldly: "The old man will naturally not interfere in the internal affairs of the Mo family, but if there is social turmoil caused by your Mo family, the old man will have to take care of it." The old man asked His Majesty to order the abolition of the prenuptial agreement. ”

Merton said loudly: "Dare to be my lord, this prenuptial agreement may have violated that law. ”

Yu Zhining couldn't help but hesitate, and then argued forcefully: "Although the prenuptial agreement did not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it violated customs and led to the destruction of countless marriages, shouldn't this kind of crime be counted on the head of your Mo family." ”

"However, in just ten days, thousands of marriages in Chang'an City will be destroyed, and if it continues to spread, more marriage contracts will be destroyed in your hands across the country." One of the royal historians said angrily that he had done his homework, and the more he understood how powerful the prenuptial agreement mentioned by Merton was.

"Yes, what's more, there are many men who have ruined their marriages three times in a row, all because of you." An official said angrily that his son was one of the victims, and naturally gritted his teeth at Merton.

The Manchu officials couldn't help but be in an uproar, they naturally knew the reason why Merton ruined the marriage three times, but they didn't expect that there were so many unlucky people, which couldn't help but make people laugh.

Merton was also a little stunned, and couldn't help but face the shame and said: "For this matter, Xia Guan is deeply ashamed, but he will never regret it, everything he does is beneficial to the world." ”

Whether it is against consanguineous marriage or against buying and selling marriages, Merton is justified in including this prenuptial agreement, and it is absolutely just to maintain absolute monogamy.

"It's ridiculous to benefit the world!" Yu Zhining snorted coldly.

"In the last years of the previous dynasty, there was a great chaos, the people were not able to make a living, the men and children died in the war, leaving a large number of women and children without anyone to take care of, if everyone insisted on absolute monogamy, how could those women and children who were powerless survive, and if concubines were forbidden, how could the population of the court recover."

Yu Zhining sneered in his heart, don't you Mo Jiazi like to refute with facts, today he will truthfully reveal the current situation of Datang, and see what else you Mo Jiazi can say.

After Yu Zhining finished speaking, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty echoed one after another, this is indeed the status quo of the Tang Dynasty, if the Tang Dynasty wants to quickly recover the population, it is impossible to prohibit concubines, and in the people, weak women and children alone cannot survive independently, they can only be attached to men.

Merton sneered: "This is the status quo of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, now the Tang Dynasty has been founded for nearly 20 years, the so-called war-damaged men have left behind women and children have all been old, the new generation of men and women no longer exist in this situation, after the official built a women's and children's hospital for the princess, has delivered thousands of children for women and children in Chang'an, according to statistics, the ratio of men and women is five or five points, that is to say, a boy is born, there will be a girl born, if someone has three wives and four concubines, it will cause six boys to become singles, if everyone follows the example of three wives and four concubines, According to statistics, there are tens of thousands of men around Chang'an alone who can't marry a daughter-in-law, and so on there are at least a million singles in the country. ”

Yu Zhining refuted with facts, and Merton also refuted with facts, the singles problem is not only in the market, in the era of polygamy, the singles problem of the Tang Dynasty should not be underestimated, and the previous Mojia Village is the best example.

"However, among the cases that have always been adjudicated in the Tang Dynasty, the proportion of singles committing crimes is indeed very high, especially the most vicious criminals, most of whom are alone." Li Daozong, the secretary of the criminal department on the side, sighed.

"No, whether or not to commit a crime is a matter of the morality of the offender, not whether to marry a wife or not, and the two are not to be confused or therefore characterized, and what we are talking about today is a matter of prenuptial agreements." Yu Zhining refuted.

Although Ning Ning's words are reasonable, everyone knows that with family ties, if they go to crime, they will definitely think twice before acting, which is inevitable.

Merton said solemnly: "The prenuptial agreement is made to protect the monogamy of the Mo family, whether it is monogamy, or three wives and four concubines, it is my own choice, and others even parents cannot interfere." ”

However, the prenuptial agreement signed by Mojia Village has led countless men and women in Chang'an City to follow suit and destroy countless marriage contracts! The people's grievances are monstrous, this is the will of the people! The will of the people cannot be violated! Yu Zhining held the court hostage with public opinion and reprimanded angrily.

Morton smiled and said: "Then these marriage contracts were torn up by Mo, it must be that the man wants three wives and four concubines, the woman wants monogamy, and women in the world do not want three wives and four concubines, this is also the will of the people, and the will of the people cannot be violated!" ”

Yu Zhining used public opinion to coerce, and Merton also refuted with public opinion, and the two of them can be said to be at the tip of the needle, not giving in at all.

Besides, why a man can marry many women is a big sin, and women have many men, so only monogamy is the ultimate way, both morally and emotionally. I believe that one day, monogamy will prevail in this land. Merton snapped.

Yu Zhining snorted coldly: "It's ridiculous, you have ever seen a teapot with four teacups, have you ever seen a teacup with four teapots?" ”

Merton couldn't help but be stunned, he actually heard the famous teapot theory in the Tang Dynasty.

"How can the teapot be compared with people, it is just a pretext for a man to do his own desires, just ask the world, that father is willing to let his daughter become someone else's concubine, living a precarious life, without a name and no point, and even the children born have no inheritance rights." Merton asked rhetorically, looking around.

Baiguan couldn't help but bow his head weakly, with their status, their daughter will be a wife at the most when she marries, if it is passed on as a concubine, I am afraid that she will not be able to raise her head in front of Baiguan, but even if her daughter is a wife, she does not want her son-in-law to have three wives and four concubines.

"This is indeed the same social problem!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice. He spoke out not to support Merton, but to prepare for the promotion of the second tuien in the future, which allowed the children to divide the family property equally, and naturally took into account the children of the concubine.

"Your Majesty, the prenuptial agreement has not existed since ancient times, all because the Mo family was born, if it is not stopped, it will definitely mess up the marriage of the Tang Dynasty, and I ask Your Majesty to order the abolition of the prenuptial agreement." Yu Zhining shouted loudly.

"However, if Lord Fang has not signed a prenuptial agreement, he is not still with Mrs. Fang for a lifetime, whether he has one wife and one concubine or three wives and four concubines is all based on personal ethics, and how can there be a paper contract to bind it, it is a big joke." A royal history said proudly.

In an instant, everyone focused their eyes on Fang Xuanling, and everyone realized that there was an outlier among them, that is, Fang Xuanling, even if he was a high authority, he still kept his wife for the rest of his life.

"Fang Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?" Li Shimin turned his mind and said loudly.

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to burn the fire on his body, and said in a deep voice: "Whether it is monogamy or three wives and four concubines, it is a private matter and a personal choice of the people. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned, and then suddenly realized, it is true, if most men support three wives and four concubines, and women are in favor of monogamy, it is not appropriate for the court to support either side, and the best result is not to interfere.

And as Merton said, the Tang Dynasty has passed the era of imbalance between men and women, and the ratio of men and women in the new generation has tended to be balanced, and monogamy is not impossible to be popular at this time, as for wanting three wives and four concubines, the court neither opposes nor supports it, it depends on the man's ability.

"The prenuptial agreement is a private civil contract, signed voluntarily by both men and women, one party is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, this matter does not need to be discussed!" Li Shimin waved his hand.

If monogamy really prevails, it can solve the problem of singles in the Tang Dynasty, which is also beneficial to the rule of the imperial court, and Li Shimin is naturally happy to see it.

"Obey Your Majesty's orders!" Although Yu Zhining was dissatisfied, he did not entangle, after all, they had more important things to do today.