Hearing Li Shimin ask again, this question of a flat wife, everyone was also very strange in their hearts. Because in the folk, the so-called habit of "merging heirs" has already begun. Many wealthy people, and even a large number of officials, have the habit of marrying two wives. And although she has a legal status as a concubine, in fact, her status in the family is the same as that of a wife, and there is no difference between them. This is also the so-called "merger" habit of the folk. Even, the official has acquiesced to this habit.

Although the laws of the Tang Dynasty clearly stated that it was not possible to marry two wives, if the man married two wives, it would be a year and a half of exile for the foreign enemy, and the woman would also be exiled. However, there are policies and countermeasures, and many wealthy business officials actually give some nominal concubines the same family treatment as their wives, so this is also a civil merger. And there was once a wife who won the title of "Mrs. Guo", but later added the title of Mrs. Guo to another so-called concubine, which is actually an official indirect acquiescence to the courtier's marrying two wives.

However, this title is only derived from a temporary edict of a certain emperor, just like a certain red-headed text of the government, and it is not really written into the law. But Jingwen now directly asks the emperor to give him two more wives, which is called a flat wife. And if there are two equal wives in this official recognition, then the real three wives and four concubines can also be officially recognized. And sometimes, something starts, and it's impossible to plug it back again.

Now Jingwen can ask the emperor to give him two more wives, and next time everyone else can do the same. Even, this so-called policy is beneficial to those officials. In fact, there are many officials in their families who are also "concurrent", that is, in fact, there are two women who can enjoy the treatment of a wife. Now if this so-called flat wife comes out, can those women not want to? I was able to enjoy the treatment of a wife before, and that was because of my husband's favor. However, the law does not recognize it, and their status must be in fact inferior to that of the main wife. If there is such a flat wife, then their status is enough to be legally protected. That's what most people want. If you have been treated so unjustly, then I am afraid that everyone is afraid that they will be taken away, and this is the sense of crisis brought about by the unjustifiable name.

And now Jingwen has directly pierced this layer of window paper, so that everyone has the opportunity to marry two more wives justifiably, which is beneficial to both himself and those big families. Because if you are qualified to marry two more wives, it means that you can marry two more people. In the past, there was only one wife's position, which was equivalent to being able to marry only one family, after all, most of the families who married were equal, and it was impossible to let other people's daughters be concubines. But now there are two more wives in the name. That means that there can be two more objects of marriage, so that there is more network for marriage.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" Someone immediately agreed.

And Li Shimin looked at this guy, this guy is an official from a big family, can Li Shimin not know what it means? Because this policy is helpful to the marriage of the family, this time the family did not object to Jingwen proposing this policy. After all, this one is good for them, why should they oppose it?

But. Li Shimin is worthy of being a scheming guy, and immediately said: "Well, in this case, I approve of the flat wife in principle." But. Nor can it be overflowing, because why should ordinary people also enjoy it? Therefore, I think that it is necessary to have an official with a practical position above the fifth rank in the court to be able to have two equal wives? Look, everybody. Can? If ordinary people can have equal wives, what is the difference between officials and ordinary people? So, such preferential treatment. It can only be used for scholars, not for all people. ”

And the people present are all human spirits, of course they know Li Shimin's intentions. Li Shimin's meaning is very simple, that is, to limit the qualifications of those who can have the qualifications of equal wives to those who are officials in the imperial court. And it must also be a person with an official position of five grades or above, so that it can effectively control the number of people who can have a flat wife. In this way, the family may not be able to enjoy this benefit, because not all the people of the family will be officials in the imperial court, so the benefits that the family can enjoy are limited.

As for Jingwen, he can also enjoy it, because his actual official position is a free cavalry permanent attendant, and his status is equivalent to Li Shimin's senior staff officer, but he manages the Political Research Office.

"The son-in-law has thanked the emperor for his grace!" Jingwen said.

"The ministers seconded it!" The ministers agreed.

This plan of equal wives is good for their interests, so naturally there is no reason to oppose it. Although many people say that ancient people were pedantic, the vast majority of them are not really pedantic, but have no interests that really motivate them. Everyone has his own interests, and it depends on whether he can get benefits from them. Although he is known as the most pedantic Kong Yingda, once it comes to the promotion of Confucius, then he is afraid that he will raise his hands and feet in favor, so it depends on whether the interests of those people are touched.

And now this plan of flat wives is beneficial to the officials of the imperial court, especially those high-ranking officials, and it is of great benefit. In this way, they can set up two more wives quotas, which can be said to be two more opportunities for officials. And even the women of those officials are afraid that they will agree, because there are two more places, isn't that just two people who can be corrected? As for the only one that is not beneficial, that is, ordinary people, because where do ordinary people have enough economic conditions to marry wives and concubines? I'm afraid that it is difficult for ordinary people to raise one wife, where can they have any qualifications to marry multiple wives!

"Then this matter is over, and if there is nothing to do, everyone will go back and enjoy the holiday!" Li Shimin said.

Now that the status of the equal wife has been clarified, Princess Changle is also the equal wife who can be Jingwen. Although a flat wife is still inferior to a regular wife in the eyes of most people, she is still a wife, not a concubine. Wei Zheng can't say anything, because if he opposes it, it is against the policy of equal wives, and it is difficult to get along with the female dependents of many officials. If Wei Zheng has the courage to get along with the female dependents of those officials, then I am afraid that the wind of a pillow can "blow" him to death. (To be continued......)