Qiming 1158

Chapter 1070 The unspoken rule of not taking concubines

Although the feudal scholar-bureaucrats practiced the system of polygamy and multiple concubines, they knew that legislation would protect the interests of the regular wives being married to the Ming media.

Unless the "seven out" faults are committed, the husband cannot divorce his wife, nor can he straighten his concubine.

If one commits the act of favoring a concubine and destroying his wife, and divorces his wife without a legitimate reason, once it is known to the government, it will inevitably lead to the government's intervention.

At that time, the government will enforce the disposal in accordance with the relevant laws, safeguard the interests of the wife, and impose a certain degree of punishment on the husband and concubines to set an example.

Even for people with a certain status, it is not easy to do this. If you force it, there is a risk of social death.

They were still able to do this, but when it was the turn of the Ming Dynasty, they became worse than them?
Just do nothing?

Su Yonglin must not turn a blind eye to this matter, and will never admit the occurrence of such a thing.

The central meeting of the Revival Association was held in a hurry and in a hurry. Many members did not know what happened and rushed to the meeting place to attend the meeting.

When they arrived at the meeting place, they saw Su Yonglin with a dark face, and they suddenly froze, wondering if someone was going to be unlucky.

Indeed, someone is going to be out of luck.

But Su Yonglin was the first to conduct self-reflection and admit his mistakes.

"When the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" was promulgated, due to various reasons, many laws and regulations were too late to be revised properly, so a considerable part of the laws of the Ming Dynasty were originally converted from the laws of the Jin Kingdom. know things.

Among them are the laws related to marriage, including the legal provisions on marriage and divorce, but in terms of actual implementation, it is one thing for the people, and it is another thing for the revival society. The rules of the revival society Marriage and divorce must be reported to the Civil Affairs Department of the Ministry of General Affairs.

My original intention is written in the general constitution of our Renaissance Society, but all the marriages of Renaissance members must be reported to the organization, and only after the approval of the organization can be carried out. This is written in black and white, and it is written clearly.

You can look through the manual of general regulations in front of you to see if the sixth paragraph No.20 and seven articles are like this. This was revised in the third year of Hongwu, and there is no temporary addition. You can see for yourself whether this is the case. "

Su Yonglin got straight to the point, and everyone in the meeting basically understood the problem here.

Of course, they knew about the stipulations in the constitution of the Revival Association regarding marriage and marriage, and they have been doing this for a while.

They didn't know why Su Yonglin was angry because of this.

But when they whispered to each other, it was widely speculated that someone had taken a concubine, and then Su Yonglin found out, which made Su Yonglin very angry.

The current regulations on marriage in the "Ming Law" still apply the system of polygamy and multiple concubines, just like those in the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. They were not changed due to various considerations during the revision.

But at the actual execution level, Su Yonglin himself has only one queen and no other concubines. Someone suggested that he choose a concubine, but he also refused.

After such news spread, everyone believed that Su Yonglin and the queen were deeply in love and did not want to take concubines. Therefore, in order to make a political gesture of following Su Yonglin's footsteps closely, quite a number of Fuxing members did not take concubines.

As the trend of not taking concubines among the Fuxing members spread, non-Fuxing members in the court seemed to have also noticed this trend, and privately speculated that Su Yonglin didn't like officials taking concubines, and that officials who took concubines disliked them very much.

At the actual political level, for such reasons, Su Yonglin may be more willing to promote officials who do not accept concubines than officials who do not accept concubines.

The so-called top is good, and the bottom is more important. For their own political future and political interests, the decisions made by officials are more wise.

Some officials who have already taken concubines choose to send the concubines back to their hometowns, leaving only their wives by their side, and some even send the concubines back to their parents’ homes directly and give a sum of money to cut off communication to show that the husband and wife are deeply in love.

The unspoken rule of not taking concubines was even formed among young officials.

This is still the case for officials who are not members of the Renaissance, and the Fuxing Association regards not taking concubines as absolute political correctness and does not dare to take a step forward.

And now Su Yonglin is so angry, and recently I haven't heard of any Er Lengzi who can't control his lower body to openly take a concubine. Could it be that...the secret concubine was discovered?

Obvious thing.

People are lustful, and there are a lot of people who can't control their lower bodies, especially officials who hold a lot of power.

Some revival members with high consciousness are still able to control themselves, and choose to limit their enjoyment in other aspects for the sake of their future future.

But some people can't control it, secretly take concubines in private, or hide young beauties at home in various names, hide their existence in various ways, and enjoy secretly.

The main wife was asked to cover, otherwise she would be threatened with a "seven out" rule.

Even though some wives were slightly dissatisfied, they did not dare to violate the traditional "seven out" regulations.

Not to mention non-Fuxing members, even the Fuxing members have heard some rumors faintly, saying that some people are not aware of their homes, secretly take concubines, and have fun in private, but they never show off on the surface.

But no one has said it publicly, and it is not clear who is so politically correct.

As a result, the current situation is estimated to be an unforeseen incident, and some people are going to be unlucky.

But what Su Yonglin said next does not seem to be the case.

"The charter written in black and white, some people think they haven't seen it. Of course, I also have a problem. I have to do a review first, because I pay too much attention to military affairs, and I don't pay enough attention to these ideological and moral matters.

That's my problem, I haven't put enough energy into this that some people in some departments are slack off, just living with it, treating the charter as if it didn't exist, and I want to apologise to everyone, it's my fault. "

Su Yonglin admitted his mistake in public, and then asked the organization department of the Revival Society to write down a serious mistake of his own.

After admitting that he had missed it, Su Yonglin asked Tao Yongguang, director of the Civil Affairs Department of the Ministry of General Affairs, to stand up.

"You are the person in charge, but you take the lead in not paying attention to such regulations, and you just live with it. You only regard yourself as a data administrator, not a review gatekeeper. You don't pay attention to what you should do at all, so that the emergence of So many questions.

Your responsibility is very great and cannot be shied away. I am now making a motion to dismiss Tao Yongguang from the position of the director of the Civil Affairs Department of the General Affairs Department. He will make a serious mistake and keep his membership for probation for one year. If he makes another mistake within one year, he will directly Expulsion from membership! "

Su Yonglin raised his hand in agreement.

Xin Qiji immediately raised his hand in agreement.

The members raised their hands one after another.

All votes passed, except for Tao Yongguang, who was pale.

His problem is dealt with, but things are not dealt with.

(End of this chapter)