But you must know that the concubinage system of Chinese marriage has been passed down to the Republic of China. During the Republic of China, there were still many dignitaries or landlords who often took concubines, which were called concubines at that time. Therefore, after the founding of New China, these concubine issues must have been left over from the Republic of China period. So how did the government deal with these concubines left over from the Republic of China? How did these concubines of the Republic of China finally settle down? Let's talk about this now.
The most typical case of New China's handling of the concubine problem left over from the Republic of China was General Fan Shaozeng, the general of the Sichuan Army Uprising. He was a famous anti-Japanese patriotic general. When he was a teenager, Fan Shao joined the Song Running Club, and later joined the League, and also participated in the National Defense Forum. Yuan Zhan was a relatively senior general during the Republic of China. He eventually became the commander of the 88th Army of the Republic of China.
Fan Shaozeng fought bravely. Because of his bravery in battle and his reckless fighting in battle, he was called "Fan Ha'er" (meaning "fool" in Sichuan dialect) by the people of the time, and people jokingly called him "Commander Ha'er".
In 1939, General Fan Shaozeng led the Sichuan army out of Sichuan to fight against the Japanese invaders. In 1942, he commanded troops to kill Lieutenant General Naoji Sakai, commander of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army, creating the first active officer in the Japanese Army since its founding. The division commander was brutally killed on the battlefield. After this war, Fan Shaozeng became famous all over the country, and the people called him a wise and ignorant anti-Japanese patriotic general.
At that time, in addition to Fan Shaozeng's reputation for bravely fighting against the Japanese invaders, he was most praised for his love life. At his peak, he had more than 20 concubines, which can be said to be a group of wives and concubines.
At that time, Yang Xiuqiong, the national women's swimming octathlon, was known as a mermaid and was favored by Fan Shaozeng and became his eighteenth concubine.
Although Fan Shaozeng had many aunts, he was still a very kind and generous person. Whenever his aunt didn't want to follow him anymore, he would give her a sum of money to break up with her. This is why Yang Xiuqiong later left Fan Shaozeng and went to Canada with a large sum of money to settle down.
Therefore, in the end, Fan Shaozeng only had his original partner and six concubines, namely his wife Chen Wenlan, and the concubines were Zhang Shaofen, Ye Shaofang, Fang Shimin, Zhao Yunhua, He Shulan, and He Shuxi.
Fan Shaozeng looks stupid on the surface, but he is actually very smart. He is very smart and good at business. During his tenure as commander-in-chief, he made a fortune in business, and even if he had a group of wives and concubines, he had no financial pressure. In addition, in order to expand his network resources, he specially shaped his concubines into butterflies, so that they could socialize and meet the wives and daughters of other high-ranking officials in the Republic of China, so as to pave the way. For his career.
Although Fan Shaozeng is good at speculation and management, his view of his family and country is very upright. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he did not want to fight a civil war again, so he took the initiative to ask for the land to be cleared and the border was blocked, but was rejected by senior officials of the Republic of China. But Fan Shaozeng took a negative attitude towards the civil war and secretly financed the underground party to help them deliver some urgently needed medicines and supplies to the liberated areas.
So in 1949, the government of the Republic of China appointed Fan Shaozeng as the commander-in-chief of the eastern Sichuan march. Despite his fame, Fan Shaozeng understood the demise of the army and government of the Republic of China and decided to lead the uprising.
After planning, when Fan Shaozeng led his army to Sanhui Town, Qu County, Dazhou, he led his 20,000 officers and soldiers to launch a national uprising. After that, he led his troops to accept the reorganization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. After the reorganization, Fan Shaozeng was appointed by the Chinese People's Government as a senior staff officer of the 50th Army and deputy commander of the 148th Division.
After accepting the reorganization and appointment of New China, it means that Fan Shaozeng has changed from a warlord general in the old society to a high-ranking military officer in New China. However, when he became a high-ranking military officer in the new China, he had to face a problem, that is, the new Chinese government required strict monogamy, prohibiting bigamy and concubinage.
At that time, Fan Shao had a wife and six concubines. Since he surrendered in the uprising, he had to obey the demands of the new Chinese people's government. His status at that time had already become a high-ranking PLA officer, so he should lead by example. He had to do these things. My aunt needs to fix this soon.
So Fan Shaozeng held an internal family meeting. The theme of the family conference was the resolute implementation of the national policy of monogamy. In fact, this meeting was to drive these concubines out of the house.
At the family meeting, Fan Shaozeng said that new China must strictly practice monogamy, and concubines must leave the Fan family. Fan Shaozeng is a person who values friendship, and he was the first to declare that his wife, Chen Wenlan, must stay.
Chen Wenlan's marriage was arranged by Fan Shaozeng's parents. She was two years older than him. She married him when she was sixteen. She has been working hard, doing household chores and helping him take care of the elderly and children. Moreover, Chen Wenlan was very old at the time, and it was difficult to survive without the Fan family. The problem is that Chen Wenlan and Fan Shao were a couple in need, and they were also his legal wives. There was no reason for her to leave.
Fan Shaozeng's proposal did not help the other six concubines. Chen Wenlan was supposed to stay in the Fan family, which meant that Fan Shaozeng didn't give them any choice at all. All six had to leave Fan's house.
Fan Shaozeng is also very interesting. He gave the six concubines two ways out. One is to give each of them a large sum of money to go to Hong Kong to enjoy life; The second is to give them a lot of money to return to their hometowns and wait for the liberation of the country.
In the end, He Shuxi immediately expressed his willingness to use the money to go to Hong Kong to enjoy life and retirement, so Fan Shao gave He Shuxi enough money for the rest of his life, wrote a divorce paper, and entrusted the relationship to buy a house. She has a flight ticket to Hong Kong and settles in Hong Kong. Procedure.
Except for Ye Shaofang, the remaining four aunts all chose to take the money back to their hometown, so Fan Shao gave each of them a large sum of money and wrote a divorce letter for them. The four aunts later returned to their hometowns. They have a normal married life.
Ye Shaofang insisted on not leaving the Fan family. She is a very traditional woman. She insisted on staying by Fan Shaozeng's side, which made Fan Shaozeng very distressed.
In fact, Fan Shao was reluctant to let the affectionate and righteous Ye Shaofang leave him, but as a senior officer of the People's Liberation Army, he must lead by example and lead by example, but he was afraid that if he forced Ye Shaofang to leave him too much, she would commit suicide. So he could only temporarily appease Ye Shaofang, and then place her in Chengdu after the liberation, hoping to make her gradually accept to leave the Fan family through estrangement. But after Ye Shaofang arrived in Chengdu, she refused to remarry and insisted on waiting for Fan Shaozeng.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated on May 1, 1950. The Marriage Law clearly stipulates that men and women are free to marry and that the institution of marriage is practiced. Monogamy and equality between men and women. The mainland's Marriage Law explicitly prohibits bigamy and concubinage, which is illegal.
However, due to the problems left over from the feudal system in the old society, the state took into account the situation of many people like Fan Shaozeng, so in 1952 the state promulgated the "Provisions on the Principles for Handling the Crime of Bigamy Before Its Implementation". In the Marriage Law, the state clearly stipulates that bigamy and concubinage relationships formed before the promulgation of the Marriage Law in 1950 are caused by the unreasonable marriage system in the old society. The State's approach to this issue is primarily to respect the choice of the parties. That is, if the woman wants to divorce, the state divorce is approved and allowed. If the woman does not want to divorce and wants to continue to be a concubine, the state will no longer interfere.
The "Provisions on the Principles of Handling Bigamy Before the Implementation of the Marriage Law" makes it clear that it was not illegal to take connieries before 1950. The state respects the choice of concubines, and they are free to choose whether or not to continue their marriage.
Therefore, after Fan Shaozeng's situation was learned by the organization, the organization gave Fan Shaozeng special treatment in accordance with the newly implemented "Provisions on Principles for Handling the Crime of Bigamy Before the Implementation of the Marriage Law." The organization deliberately sent Ye Shaofang back to Fan Shaozeng from Chengdu, respecting Ye Shaofang's opinion and allowing her to stay at Fan's house to accompany Fan Shaozeng.
Later, Ye Shaofang has been serving Fan Shaozeng and Chen Wenlan in the Fan family. After Chen Wenlan's death, Ye Shaofang finally became the legitimate Mrs. Fan. Until the death of 83-year-old Fan Shaozeng in 1977, Ye Shaofang continued to serve as the hostess. Stayed in Fan's house.
It can be seen from the state's handling of Fan Shaozeng that it deals with the issue of these concubines left over from the Republic of China. The state handles the marriage relations left over from these old societies according to the actual situation, and fully respects the choice of these concubines.
At that time, the state encouraged concubines to take the initiative and end the deformed feudal marriage. If these concubines choose to end this perverse marriage, the state will demand that as many men as possible compensate them financially and materially. The state will even give special care and assistance to some concubines who come out with children, help them arrange jobs, help them adapt to society, and let them live a stable life with children.
Although the state encourages aunts and wives to take the initiative to end abnormal marital relationships, the state also fully respects their choices. For example, if a woman like Ye Shaofang is infatuated with tradition, if she is unwilling to end this abnormal marital relationship, the state understands and respects her. Choose.
In fact, there were not many people like Fan Shaozeng who valued love and righteousness at that time. Many wealthy people will choose to marry the youngest and most beautiful concubine, and then divorce the old and beautiful wife and kick her out of the house.
At that time, the state also spent a lot of effort to screen and investigate this situation. Only if there is a good reason for this, a man may divorce his wife and take a concubine as his wife.
Therefore, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state did a very good job in dealing with the abnormal marital relations left over from the old society. It protects the legitimate rights and interests of aunts and wives, allows them to freely choose whether to end abnormal marital relationships, and also deals with abnormal marital relationships. Provide material and financial support to women who dare to divorce.
It is precisely because the state attaches so much importance to it that the deformed marriage relationship of concubinage has finally completely withdrawn from the stage of history. Unlike the government of the Republic of China, although monogamy was required by law, the actual implementation was not strict, and the feudal marriage relationship that led to the deformity of the concubine room still existed.
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