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Chapter 778 This Can't Be Killed (Addition [-])
Gao Jianwen, the lord of Goguryeo, is in a much better situation than Yuan Gai Suwen at this time. Yuan Gai Suwen has already given up his heart and lost all energy.

Gao Jianwen was forced to be a puppet for several years. Although he had no freedom, Yuan Gai Suwen never abused him.

By the time the dust settled in the entire city of Pyongyang, it was already the afternoon two hours later.

Right on the square in the palace, Yuchi Gong arranged rows of Goguryeo palace dignitaries who were waiting to be beheaded, and sent someone to invite the main generals Cheng Yaojin and Hou Junji to watch the results of the battle.

Hou Junji heard it, what are you doing?Lao Hei wants to kill King Goguryeo?Isn't this overkill, have you even forgotten the old practice of exterminating the country?So he didn't dare to delay, and hurried to the palace.

"Old Hei, slow down, you can't kill him."

Unexpectedly, just when Hou Junji drove his horse into the palace to call for Yu Chigong to stop, Cheng Yaojin came quickly and spoke from a distance.

The three got together, and Yu Chigong insisted: "Old Cheng, don't persuade me. I'm helping you share the pressure. You killed a bloody river in that area. The crime is serious enough. Leave it to me."

Although Cheng Yaojin was moved, he covered his face and said: "Wrong, those should be killed, these should not be killed, they are our spoils of war."

Hou Junji explained: "The past dynasties and the current dynasties generally do not uproot the former royal family. In order to inherit the fortune of the previous dynasty, most of them conferred the title of the former king as a prince of peace to spend their old age. What are you doing, old black? Forgot even this."

"Didn't you say that the leaders of Goguryeo will be killed?" Yuchi Gong said depressedly, it turned out that he had done something bad with good intentions.

Cheng Yaojin patted Yu Chigong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Actually, I'd like you to kill these people and accept the crime together with me, but the Lord of Goguryeo was saved by Lao Du and it belongs to a personal relationship."

"Old Du? Du Keming? Could it be that this guy has relatives in Goguryeo?" Hou Junji asked puzzled.

"You guessed it, monkey. Old Du Xia went to Goguryeo to rescue his son and the king of Chu. He made a big fuss. At the same time, he also robbed a Goguryeo princess to be his daughter-in-law. The Goguryeo king Gao Jianwen is now Lao Du. Du's in-laws are relatives." Cheng Yaojin explained with a smile.

Yu Chigong waved his hands again and again, "Forget it, I, Lao Hei, Lao Du's relative, don't dare to touch my hands. Since he abandoned literature and joined the military, no one in the entire army can beat him. I don't want Lao Du to be beaten. Du asked me to compete in martial arts."

"Old Cheng, is the matter settled?" Hou Junji asked in a low voice.

All three of them knew it well, knowing that they were asking if they had killed enough.

All three clans were removed from every household, Cheng Yaojin nodded and said in a low voice, he had already killed and blood flowed like a river, and every family was spared, if this is not enough, then the city will really be massacred.

In fact, the Mie San Clan in the Tang Dynasty is not quite the same as the Mie Jiu Clan in the later generations. We often hear that in later generations, people who are guilty of crimes are sentenced to exterminate the Nine Clans, or be executed by copying and beheading, especially the literary inquisition of the Braid Dynasty. It's the kind where the whole family kills all men, women and children, leaving no one behind, even relatives, friends, maids and servants are not spared.

But it was not the case in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was in fact a period of adhering to the supremacy of patriarchy. The crime of killing the whole family was actually to kill the males of the whole family, so that it was enough to cut off the incense. The daughter-in-law, daughter, etc. of the family were If they are not killed, at most they will be exiled from punishment.

And killing the three clans is more common than killing the whole family, and killing some relatives and friends, such as people of the same clan. Of course, it also refers to men, and women are not killed.

In this case, I am afraid that some people will question whether keeping the woman has not cut the grass and rooted it out?

There is some truth to this statement, but it is not entirely true, because the general environment of the world is like this. In ancient times, men were superior to women. In fact, in the consciousness of the general Tang people, women are not important, and they are not much better than goods. To put it bluntly, they are reproductive tools. According to historical records, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was open, and women's clothes and so on were different from those of Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism in later generations, but this is only one aspect of the atmosphere.

For example, the simplest rule is that brothels and brothels in ancient times were legal and indispensable, and women in ordinary families were not allowed to eat at the table, women had names but no characters, etc., not to mention personal rights, which was Wu Zetian in history Really dare to stand up and openly want to give women the right to participate in politics.

Datang also stood up to Bai Fan, an outlier, and said that women should have human rights, should pursue love, etc., but he can only do this alone. In the past few years, he still failed to fundamentally improve the status of women.

In history, the Tang Dynasty gave special treatment to women in terms of criminal law. It can be said that it was the dynasty that respected women the most in all dynasties. This change can be seen from the book "Tang Law Shuyi", but this It's just that the punishment is lighter for women, it doesn't mean that women's status has risen, and there are other reasons for the lighter punishment for women.

And what caused this environment?This is the historical reason. It can be said that history has accumulated. One is the inheritance of historical customs and habits, and the other is because there are few people in the world.

According to historical records, there were 6000 million people in the Han Dynasty in the early years of the Three Kingdoms. When the Three Kingdoms ended and belonged to the Jin Dynasty, there were only 2000 million people left. Later, the Jin Dynasty was restored. Several million, almost extinct, and then restored in the former Sui Dynasty.

There are only 2000 million people in the Tang Dynasty today, and it has only been restored to the scene of the end of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, the population is very important in the Tang Dynasty. 30 people, so they were included in the history books, said to be the achievements of Emperor Li Shimin, and every death row prisoner must be cautious about the rebellion.

There is a shortage of people in the country. If we continue to kill indiscriminately, we don’t know when production will resume. In fact, not killing women at this time is to save the country’s strength and manpower. Second, part of the reason is that women can give birth, and they are reproductive tools for the court. , killing is loss.

Although this statement is difficult for people to accept, this is the social reality at that time. The world is playing chess for all sentient beings. It is not easy for most people who are struggling to live on the line of food and clothing.
Bai Fan proposed that in order to reduce the birth mortality rate of the common people, the nationwide implementation of childcare measures received strong support from the imperial court, because it could increase the population.

Now let’s talk about whether there will be hidden dangers in the survival of the women of each family after the entire family has been slaughtered, whether there will be women who will rebel and take revenge in the future, etc., in fact, generally not, even if there are, it is only very rare. Not empty talk, but true.

Still the same sentence, in the troubled Tang Dynasty, women's rank and status were not high, and many women didn't even take themselves seriously, thinking that they had no status at all, so how could they think of using their own? What about the ability to revenge?In the minds of ordinary women, a woman only needs three obediences and four virtues to live her whole life. I have heard of a woman training her son to avenge the family from generation to generation, but I have never heard of a woman training her daughter to avenge generations. This is the truth.

The Goguryeo-Pyongyang War has come to an end, and the record is complete. When the battle report was sent to Li Jing’s desk, the old man who had been a little worried recently was a little surprised. People from the Cui family of Boling came to the camp, and at the same time, the messengers were preparing to go to the various departments of the army to pass orders.

　Today's Chapter 4 makes up for yesterday's missing updates, thank you for your support.

　　
　
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