She thought that many people knew about this custom, but she found that in the final comments, apart from the answers from the Xiongnu side, there were very few answers from the Han side.
Now it was Zhou Jia's turn to be surprised, "You don't know the customs of the Xiongnu."
Many people in Wanchao looked at each other in confusion.
"Do the Xiongnu have any customs? Don't they just not bathe and love to eat cattle and sheep?"
"Yes, but it's a habit, not a custom."
When he was young, Ying Zheng had no idea about the customs of the Huns. However, after growing up and reading all kinds of books, Ying Zheng did have some understanding of the customs of the Huns. He was still thinking about how to fight against the Huns and unify their culture.
Liu Ji muttered to himself, "Could this girl be talking about the custom of marrying the mother after the father's death or marrying the sister-in-law after the brother's death?"
His voice was not very loud, but it was loud enough for the people in Xianyang Palace to hear clearly.
"I'm afraid that's what I'm talking about."
Meng Tian's eyes darkened.
"So, this girl..."
A trace of pity flashed in Meng Yi's eyes.
"Humph, if you can't even protect your own daughter, what kind of man are you!"
The generals are all passionate people and always say what they think.
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Liu Che now felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly. Hadn't he gone to so much trouble to fight the Xiongnu for so many years just to avoid such a thing as marrying a Xiongnu woman? Wasn't it just to prevent the girls from observing that shabby custom?
The emperors of later generations, on the other hand, went to seek marriage again. How is this different from the ancestors who were besieged and forced to marry? Screw the so-called reward and honor, rewards are not given like this! If this was honor, Liu Che would not have had to fight against the Huns, he could have just surrendered to them!
But the most shocked person here was Zhou Jia.
"You guys have confused me. Since ancient times, there have been many princesses who married into the Xiongnu, and many princesses who stayed in the Xiongnu for their entire lives and never returned. Logically, there shouldn't be so few people who know about this custom. It's so strange.
Let me explain. The Xiongnu had a rather outrageous custom: marrying the mother when the father died, and marrying the sister-in-law when the elder brother died. What does it mean? Simply put, when the father died, the son could marry his father's wife, and when the elder brother died, the younger brother could marry his elder brother's wife.
Zhou Jia paused after speaking, giving everyone in Wan Chao some time to react.
"No, what did she say? Who will marry who?"
"A son marries his mother, and a younger brother marries his sister-in-law."
Simple and clear.
Explosive and outrageous.
Some people with weak heart fainted directly, while those with weak heart showed an indescribable expression, standing there in a daze, their worldview being reshaped.
There was silence in the comments for a long time, and Zhou Jia sighed.
"When I first saw this, I thought I was seeing things and didn't understand it. Ethical and moral concepts were shattered. This wasn't a big deal for the Xiongnu, but the Han people have been influenced by Confucianism since childhood, and they've learned things like respecting elders and respecting the younger. Just hearing about this custom is shameful and unacceptable, not to mention that the girls who were married off to foreign countries might still have to abide by their customs after such a situation happened."
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