Hearing Zhao Ji's words, everyone couldn't help but focus on Liu Xing's body again. The reason why everyone focused on Liu Xing was to see how this Taifu responded to Zhao Ji's "uncontroversial" rebuttal.

What is the biggest reason why the saying "three wives and four concubines" can only be regarded as a cloud in the world for so many years, and no one dares to use it for itself? That's because of the origin of this sentence, which is clearly recorded in ancient books, and the origin of the so-called three wives and four concubines refers to a faint talk and joke of a certain monarch of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Legend has it that after the establishment of the monarchy of Qi State, there was no decision, and even the government and the opposition discussed a lot, and later the monarch jokingly called the three of them, but before it was done, he died first.

The monarch died, but the historian did not know what he meant, so he could only say that there were indeed three extremely noble wives: the main palace, the east palace, and the west palace were three wives; The four concubines refer to the parents in the family and the three wives who serve each of the maids.

It was the first initiative of the faint monarch of the Spring and Autumn Period, who had no time to really make three wives stand side by side, and it was just an idea that was considered by most people in the world to be seriously unruly and extremely absurd. Who would dare to set up a third wife? Whoever makes him king is a fool and a patriarch is regarded as immoral......

Liu Xing, who is well aware of these reasons, of course, also knows very well that if the three wives stand together, the biggest problem is actually due to the constraints of etiquette. The reason why Zhao Ji wants to refute himself and openly refute his words is that he actually wants the so-called "ancestral etiquette" that has been passed down from generation to generation to dig a big hole for himself.

It's a pity, it's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, Zhao Ji underestimated Liu Xing too much. Liu Xing, who even dared to be imprisoned, would there be anything he didn't dare to do?

Under the attention of everyone, Liu Xing quickly smiled coldly and said loudly: "The etiquette is determined by people, and since it is determined by people, there is nothing that cannot be changed." I am not a king, nor am I a patriarch. All along, King Kang's group of people have scolded me for being a traitor and an unvirtuous person. ”

At this point, Liu Xing's face changed to a murderous look, and he continued to say loudly: "In this case, what if I have done what the king of Qi has not done?" What if I decree that the law of propriety be abolished, that not only may I have three wives standing side by side, but that all men in the world should be like me? ”

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

There is a cloud in "The Biography of Gu Liang": "Don't be a concubine as a wife".

That is to say, concubines are not qualified to be wives, and men with concubines and no wives are still unmarried "diamond kings". And if the wife dies, the husband can only be a widower without a wife even if he has a full concubine, and if he wants to set up a wife again, he can only find another good family to marry a wife.

The identity of the concubine has become a foregone conclusion so far, and it has become an iron law since the Tang Dynasty. The "Tang Law Discussion" clearly stipulates: "concubines are cheap", "concubines are bought and sold", and "concubines and guest girls are wives for one and a half years." ”

If the concubine is promoted to a wife, it is a violation of the criminal law, and once the incident occurs, the two of them will serve a year and a half in prison together, and they will still have to divorce after serving the sentence. Under such a law, the woman who is a concubine is no longer human, and it has naturally become common for her husband or wife to abuse her concubine.

"Huiyuan" cloud: "Concubine, pick up, you have to meet a gentleman and not a couple." "It turns out that concubines are only used for the transfer of men and women, and they can only be intimate with their husbands, but they are not qualified to be called husband and wife.

"The Book of Rites" says: "Concubines and buyers are also cheaply related to public property." "She also shared the same bed with her husband and gave birth to children for her husband, but the identity of a concubine was nothing more than a purchased item.

In addition, for thousands of years, the Central Plains has always been an absolute class society and a patriarchal society, and the marriage of children must be decided by their parents. Perhaps in order to fundamentally put an end to the free love between young men and women, especially between different classes, the law must strictly stipulate the distinction between wives and concubines.

In the "Book of Rites", it is also said: "The runner is a concubine, and the parents and countrymen are cheap", "the good and the lowly do not marry". That is to say, if the children are prevented from falling in love freely and eloping with each other, the woman is not qualified to be a wife, and both families only consider her to be a concubine.

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Hearing Zhao Ji's words, everyone couldn't help but focus on Liu Xing's body again. The reason why everyone focused on Liu Xing was to see how this Taifu responded to Zhao Ji's "uncontroversial" rebuttal.

Seeing everyone's eyes, and then looking at Zhao Ji's expression, especially after hearing his heart, Liu Xing was also slightly helpless.

Why are you helpless? That has to start from the current feudal society, and even from the rules that define wives and concubines in the marriage tradition of the Central Plains thousands of years ago.

The world says "polygamy". In fact, that is wrong, if anyone dares to say this sentence seriously, they will definitely be regarded as a person who does not abide by the law.

Because in the current era, it is still monogamy, and concubines cannot be counted as legal spouses. If you have to give a precise definition, it can only be "monogamy and polygamy".

This basic definition of etiquette is even embodied in the punishment of felonies, such as those ordered by the emperor.

The wife's family and the husband's family are a kind of in-law relationship, and marrying a wife is a family behavior, so marrying a wife should be decided by the family.

And the concubine is basically decided by the husband's personal likes and dislikes, which is a personal behavior, so the family will not be responsible for this, and most of the time will not agree with the concubine's family to have any connection.

Therefore, in the past thousands of years, the system of continuous sitting and seating has never included concubines, so the husband's family does not recognize the concubine family as a relative.

Why is there such a big difference between two women or several women marrying a man at the same time? The origins of this rule are very long, long back to the period of clan society.

During the period of clan society, there was a "concubine system", 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 female slaves who married in the past naturally belong to concubines, and the status of sister concubines is higher than that of female slaves, so there is no need to say more.

After that, "concubines" officially appeared. In the family, although concubines bear the obligation to have children, they cannot enjoy the treatment of "wives".

Why? The original reason was very simple, the family background of the wife of the woman was higher than that of the concubine. Concubines generally came from lowly families, or even gifts from the defeated side.

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