Chapter 616: No abandonment, only divorce!
As soon as he finished speaking, he was met with hostility from all the officials.
They should just go and watch the execution, why involve their families?
Most of the family members are women, and they are all weak. Don't scare them into anything bad.
Shen Lanxi praised angrily: "That makes sense!"
The Ministry of Justice continued, "The divorce that Your Majesty just mentioned is also common among the people, but women all want to be faithful to their husbands. Whether it is divorce or divorce, it will damage their reputation. Even if they have no other choice, they will not choose this option."
Officials from the Ministry of Personnel stood up.
“There are also men who meet bad wives.”
"I have come across such a case before. The wife's mother was very powerful, and the man's family suffered oppression and dared not resist. The evil woman was even more arrogant, and became more and more violent to the man's family, so that the family was broken up and the man could not bear it anymore, so he jumped into the river and committed suicide."
Shen Lanxi: "A man like this is also a coward."
The official froze for a moment, then said dryly, "The man is weak, while the woman is very strong. Her family is a well-known butcher in the area, with nine brothers. Whenever the man resisted, her nine brothers would use one finger each to pin him to the ground and make him unable to move."
It was Shen Lanxi who was dry and expressionless instead.
“…Indeed, there are evil people, both men and women.”
"Just like, among people, there are good people and bad people. Just continue!"
The official from the Ministry of Personnel continued, "I was furious when I received this case, but unfortunately, there was no real evidence at that time, and the man jumped into the river on his own and was not forced by anyone, so the case was hastily closed."
Shen Lanxi said angrily: "It's simply lawless. They really think that the Great Zhou is their world. They can do whatever they want. It's simply abominable and hateful!"
The Ministry of Justice looked at the Ministry of Personnel and said, "Your Majesty said that if you meet a bad person, you can divorce him. I don't think it can be called divorce. It should be called breaking off the marriage."
After all, since ancient times, divorce has always been used to refer to men divorcing women, and there has never been a woman who can divorce a man.
Shen Lanxi glanced at the people from the Ministry of Justice with appreciation.
"That makes sense, it's called a marriage breakup."
The Ministry of Personnel was not to be outdone and said, "Your Majesty, before, after the man and woman signed the marriage agreement, someone would go to the government office to report it, but it was only the dowry that was reported, and those who reported it were generally wealthy families. In the countryside, they would just find the local village chief or li head to be a witness, and then they would become a family."
"I think this is inappropriate. We need to establish a formal record department and register it. If there are disputes in the future or the marriage is cancelled, it should naturally be mediated by the government and cannot be resolved privately."
Ministry of Justice: "I agree with what Mr. Zhang said. In many remote places, there is still a bad custom of divorcing a woman with a divorce letter, and then the woman's family despises having a divorced daughter, and drowns the daughter in a pig cage or forces her to death."
"Under your majesty's governance, our Great Zhou is peaceful and tranquil. How can we allow such bad habits to exist?"
Shen Lanxi pondered and said, "What the two adults said makes sense."
"How about this? The two of you will take the lead. One of you will set up a marriage record department, and the other will set up a marriage cancellation department. Draft a set of rules as soon as possible, and then popularize them."
"Speaking of this, I remembered something else. How long has it been since our Great Zhou conducted a population census?"
All officials were stunned again, as if no population census had been conducted since the late emperor ascended the throne.
After all, population census is time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly. The treasury of the Great Zhou was empty before, so there was no spare money to support this part of the expenditure.
"Your Majesty, our Great Zhou has not conducted a population census for nearly twenty years."
Shen Lanxi frowned: "It's my fault."
"Old Grand Tutor, Liu Mingxin, this matter is left to you to handle. The six ministries and nine officials, cooperate."
"The entire population of our Great Zhou is recorded in a register. This can effectively prevent the occurrence of cases. From now on, it will be carried out every three years. The births and deaths must be reported to the local government within one month for registration to be cancelled."
"I obey the decree!"
Back to the topic.
"Although Wei Jie himself did nothing wrong, he neglected to supervise and remind his family. He is ordered to reflect on his actions at home for a month and fined half a year's salary as a punishment!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
…
Soon, war reports came from the northwest, and the Turks surrendered to the Great Zhou and expressed their willingness to submit.
"Your Majesty, the Turks have repeatedly broken their promises and are not trustworthy."
"I suggest that we annihilate them in one fell swoop and not negotiate."
"I reconsider!"
"Your Majesty, I think that since the Turks have surrendered, we should not kill them all. Exterminating the whole clan is not the right strategy. Indiscriminately killing people will only bring disaster."
"Your Majesty, I agree with what the old Grand Tutor said. We should value peace. The Turks to the west are red-haired foreigners. If there were no fierce people like the Turks to resist them, the red-haired foreigners would probably cross the grassland and invade the territory of our Great Zhou."
These words touched Shen Lanxi's heart.
"Okay, draft an order. Wei Dongzhu and Shen Yuanjing will recruit the Turks."
"From now on, there will only be our Great Zhou Kingdom, and no more Turks."
"Build a Da Zhou school among foreign races, let them learn our Da Zhou language, learn our Da Zhou writing, and change into Da Zhou clothing."
"yes!"
A few days later, news came from the northwest again.
"Your Majesty, the Tatar, Persian, Simon and other tribes have sent envoys to express their willingness to submit to our Great Zhou."
Shen Lanxi smiled and nodded: "In just less than two months, there are already twelve foreign tribes that have surrendered to our Great Zhou. Within half a year, our Great Zhou will unify the northwest, and there will be no more foreign tribes causing trouble!"
"Your Majesty's achievements will last for thousands of years!"
"Your Majesty is the greatest man of all time in terms of literary and military virtue."
"Your Majesty is unprecedented and will never be surpassed!"
Two days later, an imperial edict was delivered to the Shen family.
"Princess Zhaohua, you are a beautiful woman with a natural beauty. I will go to the northwest in ten days to marry the mayor of Turkic Town in accordance with Princess Zhaohua's previous request."
Shen Yuantang was in a daze.
Wasn't it a marriage for a peacemaker? How did it become a marriage?
Aren't the Turks a foreign race? How did they become a town of the Great Zhou?
"The Turks have surrendered to our Great Zhou. Your Majesty, grateful for the mercy of God, did not exterminate them, but incorporated them into the territory of our Great Zhou."
Everyone in the Shen family felt like they were dreaming.
They did not know the news of the Turkic surrender. In their opinion, even if it was a surrender, it should be a peace talk.
How did it become part of the territory of our Great Zhou?
Are the Turks willing too?
"Father-in-law, is this true?" Shen Congwen asked hurriedly.
"The imperial edict has come down, how could it be false? I still have to go back to the palace to report. There are still ten days left, so you should start preparing."
The Shen family was stunned again.
"Hasn't it been incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou? Why do you want a marriage alliance?"
"Didn't you hear it just now? It's not a marriage of peace, it's a marriage of marriage."
The princess of the Great Zhou, your Majesty's biological sister, married a mayor who had suffered a defeat?
The girls who used to envy Shen Yuantang no longer envy him.
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