Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 221 Marriage Letter
"Reform the marriage law of legal households!"

"Change the status quo of blind marriage in Song Dynasty!"

As soon as the news came out, both the government and the public were shocked.

Among the people, it is applauded, especially the younger generation is highly praised, no other!Just because getting married in this era is like opening a blind box, no matter how tall, short, fat, thin, black, white, beautiful or ugly, as long as you enter the bridal chamber, you will spend your whole life.

In particular, there are baby kisses, finger-to-finger marriages, child brides-in-law, tragic kisses and kisses, and other marriage contracts that are doomed from birth, which make people have no choice.

The traditional marriage contract is almost broken by parents and elders with all kinds of tricks. It's just how rough it is, which makes men and women in the world miserable.

So when news of Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao's passionate love affair was reported, the whole world was in an uproar, causing an uproar in Kaifeng City, and there were accusations.

You must know that even the emperor can't control his marriage contract. If he hadn't met the evil doctor Fan Zheng, it would have been a tragedy if he had been replaced by another person.

It is also true that the perfect love between the evil doctor Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao, the most talented woman in the Song Dynasty, made the younger generation of the Song Dynasty envious.

"Before marriage, a man and a woman must meet like Master Fan and Talented Li. Although it is impossible for them to fall in love at first sight, at least they can get to know each other roughly." Zhang Dun said solemnly.

Wang Di nodded and said: "There are six ceremonies in a traditional wedding: one is Nacai, two is name, three is Naji, four is Najib, five is to ask for a date, and six is ​​to welcome relatives. It is necessary to be present in person, so that the problem of blind marriage can be solved."

"This strategy is also feasible!" Zhang Dun nodded happily.

Wang Di couldn't help showing a hint of complacency, and turned his head to Fan Zhengdao, "Fan Taicheng is a role model for men and women in the Song Dynasty to marry men and women. I don't know what you think of Wang's strategy?"

Zhao Xu appointed the New Party and the Medical Party to jointly reform household marriage laws. In addition, Fan Zheng's big marriage was used as a template to formulate a male-female marriage. Naturally, Fan Zheng's opinion had to be sought, which gave Wang Di the idea of ​​comparison.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "My lord, allowing men and women to meet and get to know each other in the first five of the six wedding ceremonies will indeed greatly alleviate the current situation of blind marriage between men and women. They just don't know the old customs of baby relatives, finger pulp marriage, and child brides-in-law. How should Lord Wang solve it?"

"Uh!"

Wang Di was stunned for a moment. The man and woman he mentioned mentioned that they met several times before getting engaged was only for ordinary wedding situations. However, these situations have already made a marriage contract. Even if the child bride-in-law meets every day, it may be difficult to change status quo.

"In these cases, the marriage contract has already been signed. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the marriage contract has come into effect. Moreover, these are rare cases and do not affect the overall situation." Wang Di waved his hands.

Fan Zheng shook his head slightly. The New Party was too hasty in doing things. It only cared about the overall situation and disregarded the interests of a few people. The failure of the new law was mostly due to this, but the New Party hadn't learned its lesson yet.

"Fan believes that the key to solving blind marriages in the Song Dynasty is not the meeting between men and women before marriage, but the marriage letter!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Marriage letter?"

Everyone in the New Party couldn't help being stunned, and looked at Fan Zheng in puzzlement.

With a wave of his hand, Fan Zheng took out a red wedding letter and placed it in front of everyone.

"Everyone, what's wrong with this marriage certificate?" Fan Zheng asked everyone in the New Party.

After passing it around, they saw that the marriage certificate contained the names of both the man and woman, their birthdays, the matchmaker, the officiant, and the names of their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. any problem.

"This marriage certificate is a traditional marriage certificate, and there is nothing wrong with it." Wang Di shook his head and said, this is a standard marriage certificate, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Fan Zheng sneered and said, "From Fan's point of view, this marriage certificate has many problems!"

Zhang Dun frowned, and looked at Fan Zheng puzzled.

"Not to mention whether this marriage certificate is a blind marriage or not, the paper of this marriage certificate is just a piece of ordinary rice paper! A handwritten marriage certificate is very easy to forge." Fan Zheng pointed to the marriage certificate paper path.

Everyone didn't take it seriously. In their opinion, it was too much fuss for Fan Zheng to make a fuss about the marriage letter.

"Although the marriage certificate has the names of both men and women, it does not have the signatures of both men and women. The harm of blind marriage is so great because both men and women have no right to refuse, and they can only passively accept the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker. Coupled with the signatures and deposits of both men and women, the marriage certificate can only be effective, so that both men and women have the right to refuse, so as to avoid blind marriage to the greatest extent." Fan Zheng said proudly.

"call!"

Everyone in the New Party couldn't help but stared at Fan Zheng in disbelief.They didn't expect that Fan Zheng actually found the hidden loophole in the marriage letter.

Now that the Song Dynasty has the fingerprinting method, if men and women can voluntarily sign and pledge to get married, there will naturally be no complaints about what happens after marriage.

"This method works!" Zhang Dun praised.

As the prime minister, he didn't care about the blind marriage between the man and woman, but let both men and women have no objection, and the marriage certificate between the official and Queen Meng did not have the personal pledge of both parties, which may be one of the conditions for the abolition.

Fan Zheng continued: "Fan also thinks that marriage letters are more useful than that. Weddings and funerals are related to the people's lives. The imperial court can completely print the marriage letters and bind the marriage letters to the household registration. Children born to both parties must have marriage certificates as evidence before they can be naturalized, and in this way, the hermits of the Song Dynasty will have nowhere to hide."

"Wonderful!" Zhang Dun exclaimed immediately.

The most important function of the new law is to collect taxes. How to collect taxes is naturally the top priority to crack down on hidden households. However, every time the investigation of hidden households is thankless, it is even more difficult.

But men and women all over the world can't escape marriage. Binding the marriage certificate with the household registration can make the hermits take the initiative to declare the household registration without any effort.

Zhang Dun couldn't help turning his eyes to Fan Zheng and Wang Di, who were both the third generation of the reform family. In comparison, Fan Zheng was much better than Wang Di.

Fan Zheng continued: "After talking about the marriage letter, I will talk about the law of reconciliation and divorce later!"

"And leave!"

Everyone couldn't help but look weird, Fan Zheng's first evil prescription was to make a couple reconcile!I didn't expect that now that the marriage law of legal households has been reformed, they still have to be obsessed with reconciliation.

Fan Zheng's face remained unchanged and said: "Since there is a big marriage, it is naturally reasonable. Thinking about it, the Empress Dowager Liu married Zhenzong after reconciliation, and in the end she was honored as the empress. Empress Cao of Renzong also married after remarriage. into the palace."

The Northern Song Dynasty was very tolerant of Heli, allowing Heli, and even the two queens were both Heli's daughters.

"First, those who don't have a marriage certificate or do not comply with the marriage law of the household can reconcile and divorce. In this way, the harm of baby relatives, finger marriages, and child brides can be greatly reduced."

"Secondly, the doctors stipulate that people who are not suitable for marriage can get divorced!"

"Thirdly, there are couples who are not in harmony, cheating, domestic violence, etc. are all reasons for reconciliation.

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These things are not caused by Fan Zheng’s imitation of the marriage laws of later generations, but that the Northern Song Dynasty was extremely tolerant of women and divorce. Civilian divorce and remarriage abound, and they will not be discriminated against by future generations. It can even be described in one word——and away from freedom.

This is also the reason why countless later generations admired the Song Dynasty so much. If there is an era that is most similar to later generations, it must be the Northern Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)