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——Li Sanguan
Outline of Wild History, No. 208
——Outline of Noshi——
In ancient times, three wives and four concubines seemed to have become the standard for successful men. Since the Song Dynasty, women have been suppressed everywhere, and concepts such as "women without talent are virtuous" have unconsciously become the mainstream of the times.
The fundamental reason for this situation is because men dominate society. To a certain extent, women have become appendages to men.
The so-called economic foundation determines the status of the family, women do not come out of the door, the second door does not step, and they are bent on teaching their husbands and children at home, so they will never grasp the economic lifeline.
This situation did not improve until the end of the Qing Dynasty. During the Republic of China period, although the concubines stepped off the stage of history and were replaced by a group of enchanting aunts and wives, every day this group of women lived in the competition for the wind and jealousy, and it was also a sad thing to think about.
Concubines or aunts, not at all like the infinite scenery played in film and television works, their lives, if described by color, can only be "gray and dark".
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How low the status of the concubines is
According to the ancients' "three wives and four concubines", the status of concubines is only a little higher than that of concubines. If there is no yahuan in the family, then the concubine will have to assume the role of yahuan.
In ancient times, the ladies of large households would be equipped with a ring from an early age, which served as her playmate on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was convenient to take care of her life.
On the day of the young lady's marriage, she will be used as a dowry and packed into the man's home. And they will mostly play the role of a housemaid. As long as the lady allowed, they were promoted to concubines in minutes and continued to take care of the life of the male host.
There are also some people who are promoted from ordinary yahuan, originally their duty is to serve tea and pour water, but the helpless people are too good-looking, deeply loved by the male host, and they will be promoted to concubines and live a rich life.
Finally, there are those women from Fireworks Willow Lane, they look good and versatile, but because of their personal origins and experiences, they can only be concubines. The protagonist of this article is a person who has been promoted from Yahuan to concubine.
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Lee's life is like opening and hanging
Embarrassingly, Li didn't even leave a name, but she had a well-known son, that is, Tan Yanmin. Li Shi was still an ordinary yahuan of a large family.
Tan Zhonglin, who was the governor of Jiangxi at the time, happened to be a guest at this house, and Li Shi happened to be arranged to serve the guests. Inadvertently, Li Shi overturned the teacup and sprinkled Tan Zhonglin's body.
As soon as the master saw that this was repaid, he wanted to teach her a lesson immediately, after all, the owner of this pot could not afford to carry it, and the inspector of Jiangxi was not something that ordinary people could afford.
But at that time, Li Shi didn't know what to think, and actually hid behind Tan Zhonglin, and Tan Zhonglin couldn't bear to blame her too much when he looked at Li Zhonglin's eyebrows.
Instead, he uncharacteristically proposed to the other party that he wanted to take Li Shi home. Perhaps Tan Zhonglin's idea is very simple, he is worried that after he leaves, Li Shi will be beaten again, so he thinks of taking Li Shi back to his home, at least he will not bully her.
After arriving at Tan Zhonglin's house, she really did not get extra care, and the dirty work was assigned to Li Shina. But the hard-working Li Family actually got the praise of Tan Zhonglin's mother.
The old lady wanted Tan Zhonglin to marry a few more rooms, so that she could hold more grandchildren. Although Tan Zhonglin was an inspector, he was not too reluctant to disobey his mother's decision, so he had to respond.
Li's belly was also very contentious, and in 1880 AD, Li gave birth to a boy, which was Tan Yanmin. After giving birth to a son, although Li's status did not improve much, it was much more stable, at least there was no need to do those dirty and tiring tasks.
Tan Yanmin, the child, did not get extra attention from the old man at first, and Li Shi also stood as usual every day to serve the family to eat, and this station was 24 years.
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Tan Yan Min keju and the first, Li Shi was finally allowed to sit down to eat
Tan Yanmin, as a shuzi, also behaved extremely low-key, but he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 13. The old man Tan Zhonglin also paid a little more attention to his son.
Tan Yanmin also lived up to expectations, in addition to receiving the true biography of his father in calligraphy, he was also talented in reading and learning, especially in accepting new ideas.
At the age of 24, Tan Yanmin was admitted as a jinshi of the Qing Dynasty, so that Tan Yanmin's appointment as an official was only a matter of time, and Tan Zhonglin also clearly realized that the heavy responsibility of carrying forward their old Tan family in the future would be on Tan Yanmin.
Since this is the case, as Tan Yanmin's biological mother, Li Shi's natural status has also risen, and she is allowed by Tan Zhonglin to sit down to eat. Although the identity is still a concubine, the treatment has long crushed the main room.
Through the introduction of this article, I think everyone has already clearly understood that the status of concubines is already higher than we think. Therefore, don't fantasize about going back to some time in history, being a concubine or an aunt.
Compared with the different periods in history, I think today is the most beautiful period. We were born under the red flag and grew up in New China, and our happiness is in our own hands, which is much more comfortable than in the old times.
END
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