Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 323 New Road
That day Huang Yuanwai refused to turn south, and Tang Zhe came back often.Huang Yuanwai wants to avoid people's eyes and ears, but also avoids Tang Zhe, so he rarely has the opportunity to go to Yu Nu.For a few days, I thought about it day and night, and almost got sick.

On this day, Tang Zhe went out early and said that he would go back to the north of Ruhe to deal with affairs.Upon hearing this, Huang Yuanwai couldn't help being overjoyed, feeling that his chance had finally come.Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl entered the inn, found Yu Nu, and never came out again.

In the evening, Yuanwai Huang felt depressed.I bought a gourd of wine outside, cut a large piece of cooked mutton, and went back to the room to drink.As soon as he walked to the door, he saw the little maid beside Yu Nu standing there, beckoning: "Member, our wife has something to ask."

Huang Yuanwai was overjoyed when he heard this.It was too late to put the wine and mutton back into the house, so he carried the little maid to Yu Nu's room.

Yu Nu and Ping Ping sat at the table chatting.Seeing Yuanwai Huang coming in, he hurriedly got up and saluted.Pointing to Pingping, she said, "This is my younger sister. Because of something at home, she came to look for me."

After hearing this, Huang Yuanwai hurriedly asked with concern: "I don't know what's going on?"

Yu Nu shook his head, refused to speak, but asked Huang Yuan to sit outside.

Seeing that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, Huang Yuanwai took out two pennies from his pocket, handed them to the maidservant and said, "It's getting late, I'm impatient to cook. Here are two pennies, you take them out and buy some wine and meat and come back."

The little maid took two pieces of money and left quickly.

Xiangcheng is already used to using the Huizi issued by Xiangyang, which is much more convenient to use.In the past, two pennies were not light, and Huang Yuan couldn't carry it with him when he went out, and it wasn't suitable for the maidservant's thin body.

Yu Nu served tea.Huang Yuanwai grabbed Yu Nu's hand and said: "Although we are married, there are always some old feelings. If you have any difficulties, just tell me. As long as I can help, I will definitely help you!"

While speaking, Huang Yuanwai peeked at the girl on the other side.Seeing the girl's expression as usual, she felt relieved.

Yu Nu pulled out his hand and said, "Yuanwai, I am the concubine of my family official, you always know it."

Huang Yuanwai nodded: "You live alone in Xiangcheng, and you don't live with the eldest lady, what does it matter?"

Yu Nu said: "To be an outsider, one is either poor and unable to survive. Or - or one is a romantic man who was redeemed and raised here. What kind of person do members think I am?"

Huang Yuanwai said in a nonchalant manner: "Looking at the way my wife usually looks, she doesn't look like she grew up in a poor family."

Yu Nu turned around and said with some resentment: "Yeah, only those who grow up in the wind and moon can have people like me. My sister and I were sold in our mother's house since we were young and raised by her. My mother, young At that time, it was the head of the line in Kaifeng City, and it was the most famous. When I got older and had no customers to help, I bought us and my sisters. I taught us to sing and dance when I was young. When I was a little older, I went to restaurants to sell singing. .”

Huang Yuanwai said: "I see. It's a pity that I haven't seen your singing and dancing."

Yu Nu shook her head: "Although my mother taught us since childhood, we two sisters have no talent, neither singing nor dancing. Fortunately, we have grown two good skins, and we have that lustful guest to help us."

In this way, Yuanwai Huang understood that the two sisters were not considered prostitutes, but only prostitutes.

Prostitution was not allowed in the Song Dynasty. Most of the female prostitutes who were often said were singing and dancing in restaurants and other places.Of course, in such an environment, as long as the guests can afford the money, how many of them can keep themselves as good as jade?When they are older, they will either rely on their savings to buy a few little girls, teach them since they were young, and when they grow up, they will earn money to provide for themselves.Or just like Yu Nu, be someone else's concubine.The outside room is fine, so you don't have to fight with the big lady at home every day.If you live together, you will not live in peace.Of course, there is another option, which is to marry an honest man.But this time is not comparable to later generations. Unidentified women are always looked down upon by others.If the marriage is close, everyone knows the previous experience.How can it compare to their younger generations, when they were young and beautiful, they let their own temperament play, and when they were older, they were still in demand.

The name of prostitution is a family.A mother is really a mother, and the child has been raised since childhood.There are even some families whose biological daughters are in business, the mother is the real mother, and the teapot is the father.The brothels in later film and television dramas and novels, where many girls openly do business, were reformed according to the special society of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.Normal times in history do not exist.

In this case, it took advantage of the loopholes in the Song Dynasty's adoptive daughter system.Because the status constraints on slaves were gradually relaxed, the imperial court no longer allowed real slaves in society, and changed to the employment system.Some rich and noble families bought slaves as adopted daughters.This is related to the fact that maidservants in the Song Dynasty often used the title of adoptive mother.

After the turmoil in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, some new trends appeared in the Song Dynasty, one of which was that the official and folk no longer paid attention to birth.The civil uprising called out the equality of the rich and the poor, and the official gradually abolished the slavery system and changed it to the hired labor system.This reform is of great significance and can be regarded as creating a new era.In the whole world, only Europe has achieved this after completing the capitalist revolution.However, the military strength of the Song Dynasty was weak, and slavery became popular after the Mongols came to dominate the Central Plains. It was regressed on this point until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.As for the later generations who said that it was not until Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty that China's untouchable system was abolished, it was a tribute to the Qing Dynasty.Before the Song Dynasty, the untouchable system began to disintegrate, and the Song Dynasty was basically abolished.At this time, the so-called prostitute status was not strict, nor did it involve trading in flesh and blood, but only singing and dancing women.Prostitution is not inherent, nor can it be abolished.As for industry and commerce, etc., there is no provision for inheritance from generation to generation, and the restrictions are gradually decreasing.

All in all, Chinese history developed into the Song Dynasty, and some new trends appeared.The whole society no longer values ​​the origin, but the status and wealth in the real society.Restrictions on the person began to decrease, the system of slaves and maidservants began to be abolished, and the whole society began to enter the era of hired labor.This positive change was interrupted with the Mongol invasion.Later, under the influence of Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty regressed greatly from the actual situation of the Song Dynasty.Not to mention that the Qing Dynasty added a layer of ethnic oppression, which was a step back from the Ming Dynasty.

It is difficult for people of later generations to maintain an objective attitude when looking at history.For example, in the Song Dynasty, people praised it to the sky.It is said that the society is prosperous, the market culture is prosperous, and the culture has reached a peak.The black goes to the soil.It is said that no one can win externally, only Kaifeng is prosperous internally, and people in other parts of the world are struggling.Prosperity and culture are only for a few people, most people live more miserable than other dynasties.

Such emotional statements are not conducive to a correct understanding of Chinese history.Objectively speaking, in terms of ideology and culture, the Song Dynasty was a peak of Chinese culture.Not only is poetry flourishing and culture prospering, but it is also because of the literati's deliberate breakthrough in thought.The orthodox debate in the Northern Song Dynasty made the Song Dynasty's understanding of dynastic orthodoxy, represented by Ouyang Xiu, evolve to evaluate it in terms of governance and chaos.In a way, it is the same as later poverty is not socialism.This major change is a major achievement in Chinese thought.Not to mention the various names of Luo School, Shu School, Guanzhong School and so on.There are also debates such as the School of Merit and the School of Neo-Confucianism, etc., which have carried out in-depth investigations on Confucianism.

In terms of social governance, no matter whether it is the court or the common people, officials or peasants, they no longer think that one's family background determines a person's life.For example, a piece of "Hanjiao Fu" told by someone in later generations, which is said to be the best parallel prose in the world, was falsely entrusted to Lu Mengzheng.Lv Mengzheng was poor when he was young, and later he was the number one scholar in high school. With the contribution of his nephew Lv Yijian, he created the typical wealthy Lu family in the Song Dynasty.The reason why it is said to be typical is because the Lu family is an academic heirloom, rather than relying on how much land they have to become a big landlord.Of course, Lu Meng is the number one scholar, no matter how poor his literary quality is, it is impossible to write "Hanjiao Fu".Not to mention Prime Minister Du Yan, who has been wandering around since he was a child.Later, he became a Jinshi and became a prime minister.

However, it cannot be assumed that the Song Dynasty reached a remarkable level in social governance based on this.A system is a system, and regulations are regulations, which may not be effectively implemented in practice.For example, the trading of slaves and maidservants, taking advantage of the defects of the system of adoptive sons and adoptive daughters, under the pretense of adopting sons and adoptive daughters, and the practice of trading slaves and maidservants widely exists.Although there are many ideological discussions, there are very few real institutionalizations that can be implemented.

We can neither deny the progress of the Song Dynasty in ideological exploration and development, nor exaggerate the advancement of its society.The Song Dynasty only had some beneficial beginnings in ideology and culture, which was more progressive than the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

As for the military of the Song Dynasty, it should be said that it is useless, and it should not be too much to teach future generations more than experience.

Yu Nu and Ping Ping are born in this way.My mother was a prostitute, and when she got old, she bought their two girls.It's a pity that the two have no talent, so they can only support their family by selling their bodies.

Huang Yuanwai listened to Yu Nu's narration, and peeked at Pingping who was sitting on the side.Sure enough, although Pingping is quiet, she has a lot of charm in her bones, and she seems to have her own flavor.Looking at Pingping, and then looking at Yu Nu, both of them have their own advantages.

Yu Nu said: "The city of Kaifeng was broken, and I was separated from my mother and sister. I met an official and became his concubine. My mother and sister fled to Chenzhou. They had no choice but to do the old business. Before A few days ago, Pingping met a benefactor, and her parents fled to Tangzhou, where they lived happily. Unfortunately, this benefactor didn't have much money, so he couldn't redeem Pingping's body deed."

Member Huang was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Without a deed, how could your mother let Pingping come to Xiangcheng?"

Yu Nu sighed: "We were raised by our mother in the end. It's a physical contract, it's better to say it's pension money for her. Mom is also because of the pension, there is no way, and she doesn't control us too strictly."

Having said that, Yu Nu looked at Huang Yuanwai with a very pitiful look.

(End of this chapter)