Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, was an emperor on horseback, who spent his whole life fighting in the south and fighting in the north, killing in the east and killing in the west, and worrying about the major affairs of the military and the country, and who had the heart to do what men liked and women hated? Here's the thing.
One: the treatment of ordinary people
What are the treatment of ordinary people? Let's just talk about the problem of marrying a wife, but when it comes to marrying a wife, there is a difference between the common people, that is, the common people and the people with status, since ancient times, what is the difference?
Generally speaking, the ancients all adhered to monogamy, and could only have one wife, the only difference is that people with status can take concubines, and there are also regulations on the number, namely: one concubine, two doctors, the princes have nephews, and nine daughters.
With the addition of a proper wife, it becomes a scholar who can marry two wives, three Qing Dafu, nine princes, as for the emperor, the son of heaven before Qin Shi Huang, there can be one hundred and twenty-one, after Qin Shi Huang, it is very difficult to say.
People with status can marry so many wives, but the people without identity are very simple: a common man is a wife. There can only be one wife, as for concubines, wash and sleep, don't think about it too much, so as not to have an empty joy, the treatment of the common people is so poor, this is the provisions of the etiquette, generally can not be violated.
Of course, there will be a second class in one class, if the people are particularly rich, do they have to marry more wives? The question here is that after the common people are particularly rich, can't he find a way to change his identity, if he really can't change it, and he wants to marry more wives, it is not allowed, but these wives cannot be concubines recognized by law, and they must add another word in front of "concubine", called "concubine", not a typo.
In the family, the identity of the concubine is originally low, and now with that word, naturally it is even lower, the original concubine and the children of the concubine still have a little inheritance right, the right to divide the husband's dollar into twelve parts, but after adding that word, it has become a foreign household of the family, the husband is good to say, the husband is not there, then can only be swept out of the door, even the fraction of the twelve parts can not be inherited, things can be so embarrassing.
Why? It is because ordinary people are not allowed to marry concubines, but if you have to marry, you can only bear the consequences of this violation, then this situation cannot be changed? Of course not, so something very interesting happened.
Two: Kublai Khan did a "great thing"
The common people were not allowed to marry concubines from the beginning of the Qin and Han Dynasties, all the way to the Tang, all the way to the Song, so tenaciously persevered, until 1260 AD, Kublai Khan became emperor, what is the point of Kublai Khan becoming emperor?
Kublai Khan had a minister Tan Cheng, Tan Cheng was a Jin man, the son of Tan Zirong, the former Commander of Jiaocheng County, Jinguo, when Kublai Khan led an army to attack Heshuo, Tan Zirong led the whole county to annex, promoted to Marshal Zuo Du Supervisor and Jiaocheng County Order, just like this, Tan Cheng came to Kublai Khan's command, because he was very talented, he was appreciated by Kublai Khan, although his son attacked his father's post, he still started from Jiaocheng County Ling, but after Kublai Khan became emperor, he was gradually promoted to the position of general manager, Si Nong Shaoqing, and even deputy capital marshal, tongzhi Xuanwei envoy and other positions. This "great thing" that Kublai Khan did happened when Tan Cheng was serving as The Shaoqing of Sinong.
Tan Chengqi was not only talented, but also concerned about the people, and when he was the governor of Huaimeng Road, Henan Road, Pingluan Road and other places, he did some good things to suppress the strong, help the poor, teach the people to plant, and cause the land to be profitless, and therefore he was called a "good official" by the people of the time.
At that time, the world had been in war for a long time, the population was withering, and what was the importance of the population withering? The problem is big, after taking the world, there is no one in the world, where do the taxes and soldiers of the imperial court come from, and who else do you govern?
Therefore, increasing the population has become a problem that must be solved, but how to increase the population is naturally inseparable from marriage, so, once in the dynasty, Tan Cheng suggested to Kublai Khan: No filial piety has three, no queen is great, it is advisable to make the people forty years childless to listen to concubines, thinking that the sect is a plan.
What do you mean?
In order to "guangji heirs", that is, to reproduce the population, we still allow the common people to take concubines, Kublai Khan considered it once, felt that Tan Cheng said very reasonable, so he agreed, from then on, the people can finally take concubines with a straight face, but is not Kublai Khan's "great good thing", but this great good thing, allow men to spend their hearts, men of course like, but women, naturally very disgusted, until now, speaking of this "great good thing", it is still men like, women are disgusted, it is estimated that it will never change.
But in any case, from the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, ordinary people can be justified and strong, and reasonable and legal concubines are certain, so has this "great good thing" done by Kublai Khan achieved the effect of universal "guang succession", that is, increasing the population?
During the Yuan Dynasty, the implementation of the "buy marriage system", the sale of marriage is especially so much, and even polygamy has become a fashion, becoming a symbol of wealth and status, after allowing the common people to take concubines, the rich people are of course happy, but for the poor people who have no money, it is difficult to marry a wife, and where there is spare money to marry two, or even more, so, for that time, the role of this "great good thing" is very limited, there is that kung fu, it is better to change customs, fundamentally reduce the cost of marrying a wife, so that there are more people who marry, "Guangji heir." Didn't the purpose of the "purpose be achieved logically?"
References: Zhou Li, Yuan Shi, Chinese Marriage History, etc