I am Da Song

Chapter 219 Starting from Sima Guang, ending the party struggle
Statutes of state are the quickest way to resolve many problems of social custom.

For example, the thousands-year-old tradition of setting off fireworks and firecrackers during the Spring Festival disappeared from the land of the Central Plains in one decree.

It is also like cutting hair and changing clothes in the Republic of China. There is a decree: "Revitalize the Han Dynasty, and all my compatriots will cut off their beard braids." Hundreds of millions of people have bid farewell to long hair since then.

Li Qingzhao was considerate and asked, "Will it bring trouble to the court?"

Zhao Huan waved his hands with a faint smile, and said, "It's just a trivial matter. I will ask the court to order that women are the same as men, and they are not considered adults until they reach twenty, and they are allowed to marry and have children."

Women in the Song Dynasty are fifteen Jiaji, that is, they become adults at the age of 15.It's a bit early to get married at this age.

In later generations, this is still Loli's age.In the feudal society, she was already a wife and a mother.

It is not uncommon for women to marry and have children when they are too young, and the body of the woman is not yet mature, which leads to two deaths during the production process.

Whether it is for education or for the health of the Song people, Zhao Huan intends to change this traditional habit.

Women are not allowed to marry and have children early, and the earliest age for marriage is 20 years old.That is to say, Jiaji and Jiaguan are combined together to unify the age.Men can't always be weaker than women?Men do not come of age until they are 20 years old, but they require women to become adults at [-] years old and take on the responsibility of a family.

There will be no difficulty in implementing this decree. The imperial court has continued to implement the decree, and officials from all over the country strictly enforce it. No one dares to face the difficulties and commit crimes against the wind.

After all, when the emperor was shameless, he ordered women all over the country not to marry, and waited for the emperor to choose, and no one in this world dared to disobey.

But after the implementation, women in the Song Dynasty will get a more relaxed and free living environment, at least they will have enough time to see the world before they get married.

It is not so uncommon for female college students of later generations to get married during college, and their age is about the same as that of women in the Song Dynasty.After all, in this era, women are relatively precocious, and they don't need to stay in the ivory tower for more than ten years, just learning knowledge.

Li Qingzhao learned a lot about his blog and said with a smile: "I am a concubine on behalf of the women in the world to thank the officials for their benevolent governance. This order is in line with ancient etiquette, no less than the rule of the Three Emperors."

"The "Book of Rites" says that men marry at thirty, and women marry at twenty. It's a frivolous atmosphere, not sticking to ancient rituals. There is a bad habit of early marriage among the people. As for the first marriage, the youth's blood is uncertain, and they don't know how to be modest, so they get sick early."

"The imperial court had a public discussion before, and it was proposed to raise the marriage age because of the secular disadvantages of early marriage."

Zhao Huan raised his brows. Is there anyone else who has such foresight and thinks similar to himself?Asked: "Who made this suggestion?"

Li Qingzhao frowned, and said hesitantly, "It's Sima Junshi."

Sima Junshi, also known as Sima Guang.His name is a pedantic old man, that is, a pedantic old man.

Up to now, there has not been any minister in the history of the Central Plains who has had such ups and downs in his posthumous reputation as Sima Guang.

From Zai Zhi of the Great Song Dynasty at the most glorious moment, the hope of the country, to the posthumous posthumous name Wenzheng given to the grand master, all the way quickly took a turn for the worse, deprived of all posthumous posthumous titles, and then demoted to deputy Jiedu envoy and joined the army.After that, he was temporarily restored to the crown prince and Taibao, and then fell into the abyss, deprived of all honors, and became the leader of the traitorous party.

In the early years of Jingkang, the minister finally waited until Qingyu was restored and was reinstated as Grand Master, but this time he didn't even stay for a year. Throw it into the list of traitors.

His ups and downs of fame, the entire Central Plains for thousands of years can be compared with only another Confucian conservative minister Zhu Xi.

Zhu Xi's reputation also experienced ups and downs in the Song Dynasty, but what makes Zhu Xi stronger than Sima Guang is that the whole Qing Dynasty respects him, so his reputation has been maintained for hundreds of years.Until the great man knocked him off the altar, he had no chance to stand up again.

Basically, the status of these two people can deeply reflect the mentality and ambition of the emperor in power.

When the feudal and weak emperor came to power, the status of these two people skyrocketed, and they were like saints among men, unmatched by anyone.

When the enterprising emperor comes to power, these two people will soon bear the infamy of the society and the country.

Judging from the reviews of the two of them, one can basically know that the current society as a whole is full of vigor and vitality, and is as angry as a tiger.It is still feudal and decadent, weak and despicable.

Unfortunately, regardless of the past and present lives that Zhao Huan traveled through, the reputation of these two people couldn't be more black.

But regardless of the standpoint of political struggle, these two people are actually heroes of the era in terms of knowledge, insight, and talent.

From Zhao Huan's standpoint, he naturally didn't like this conservative old man.He likes famous generals like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong who serve the country loyally and open up territories, and he also likes ministers like Li Gang and Mei Zhili who are tough and firmly safeguard the interests of the country.

Sima Guang is indeed unsatisfactory in these two aspects, but he is still very admirable in terms of state governance, caring for the people, and learning.

Zhao Huan stood up with a smile, and said: "I will order the prime minister to re-examine Sima Gong's merits and demerits. The party struggle in the Song Dynasty should be terminated from today. Only by working together and working together can we build the foundation of our dynasty. Since everything is going well at the Nanjing Royal Women's College, I will not delay Qing and others. The two of you can visit the Taixue and strive to make the Nanjing Royal Women's College a higher level, and provide a group of female professors for the official school before the end of the year."

Liang Hongyu and Li Qingzhao got up at the same time, bowed respectfully and took leave.

Zhao Huan turned to deal with state affairs. As the inspectorate's purge of officials came to an end, the Song Dynasty and the public were full of fear of this new censor institution.

The illustrious reputation of Zuodu Yushi is not weaker than the prime minister at this time.

After all, the prime minister only decides the promotion of officials, but this inspectorate decides the life and death of countless officials and scholar-bureaucrats.

With this purge, Zhao Huan focused on improving the status of the Inspectorate.

In terms of merit and reward, Zuodu Yushi's rank was promoted to Zhengyipin, which was exactly the same level as Prime Minister Pingzhang's political affairs.

According to tradition, Pingzhang's political affairs in the Great Song Dynasty are actually the second grade, and the left and right ministers are the first grade.

However, the Zhengshitang completely replaced the three provinces, so Pingzhang Zhengshi was promoted to a first-rank official.

This was Zhao Huan's deliberate intention, because Pingzhang's political affairs were forced to be promoted to one level, so facing the new official Zuodu Yushi who was rated at the first rank by Zheng'er Bajing, it was inevitable that he lacked confidence.

At the beginning, Zhao Huan allowed Taiwan's remonstrance to become a tool of party struggle, just to impress the officials.

What a tragic result and what a painful experience it will be to be an admonisher, speaker, and censor to participate in party struggles.

Therefore, in order not to repeat the same mistakes of the past, Baiguan fully agreed that the position of the Inspectorate should not be weaker than that of the prime minister, so as not to become a tool of the prime minister.

In the Song Dynasty, Taijian always had the supervisory power over Zaizhi.

Zhao Huan also formally set the regulations, the Inspectorate has the right to supervise the Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister has no leadership over the Inspectorate.Completely eliminating the Inspectorate may become a subsidiary tool of the prime minister.

(End of this chapter)