Chapter 142 Depressed
Some people who have xenogeneic or congenital deformities in the newborn baby, or because their family is poor and have many children, can't support them. Even because the baby's birth date and time are unlucky, they will kill these newborn babies alive. The main way to kill is to drown, the main of which is to drown a baby girl.
This phenomenon is called "not giving up a son", which is an extremely cruel but helpless thing.
The birth of a child is not unique to the Song Dynasty. It can be traced back to the time when Pangu created the world. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was called "food for the first son" and was adopted to control the population. It was an extremely extreme and cruel method.
However, the Song Dynasty was the most popular and serious era when it was not recommended, especially Fujian Road, which was the most popular and the most serious.
In the several southeastern states, there are still peace with the legacy and habits, and they will not be sad. If you openly kill people, the father and son are not kind, and hurt their nature. If you have more men, you will kill their men, and if you have more women, you will kill their daughter. The customs are passed down.
"Not picking a son" is also called "pulling a son".
Generally speaking, Fujian people usually drown their fourth son when they have a fourth son. Both men and women, and even some people with good families, have this custom.
Even Li Sanjian's master Su Shi was heartbroken about this kind of thing.
"According to my Song Dynasty's laws and regulations!" After Li Sanjian learned the whole story of this matter, he pointed at the farmers and his wife and scolded him angrily: "Therefore, those who kill their children will be punished for two years. The family of the children, the parents, neighbors and the people who accept their lives will be sentenced to imprisonment. Why do you try the law with your own body?"
Li Sanjian was really angry. This master tried his best but could not have a child, but they... they actually wanted to drown their own children to death.
It's simply outrageous, it's simply unbearable! Li Sanjian said angrily in his heart.
"You...who are you?" The farmer saw that Li Sanjian looked like an ordinary person, and there was nothing special about it except for his neat clothes. Therefore, the farmer did not want to deal with Li Sanjian, and even made the farmer angry. Perhaps he even met him. But Li Sanjian was so familiar with the Song Dynasty's laws and regulations, so his identity must be no ordinary people, so he did not dare to act rashly, and just asked.
"Who am I and what does it have to do with you?" Li Sanjian said coldly when he heard this.
"I... Young Master, I am a customer at home. I really can't raise so many children at home. In addition, this is the custom here. If a child is not born in a wealthy family, he can join a good family after being reincarnated." The farmer said with a bitter face.
"What shit custom?" Li Sanjian said angrily: "Such custom is contrary to the laws of heaven and harms human ethics, and is completely a matter of harming the heaven and harming the truth."
Li Sanjian then thought that his family was poor and unable to raise him well, so he couldn't help but slow down and said, "Since there are two sons and one daughter in the family, why do you still have to give birth? You can't afford to raise him and drown, isn't it...? Why are you kids? You killed a little life? Besides, aren't the child yours? Why are you so cruel?"
After Li Sanjian finished speaking, he suddenly felt that his question was a little shallow. Most people in this world only know how to live but not contraceptive.
In fact, there are still ways to contraceptive, but most people in the world don’t know it.
"The child's father, let's listen to the young master's words. Let's go home." The peasant woman snatched the baby girl who was already scared and cried, and held her in her arms and comforted her while comforting her.
"This... kid, hey, after going back,
What should we use to support her?" the farmer said hesitantly, sighing.
The main households of the Song people can be divided into five grades, while farmers can be divided into rural lower households and customers, and the lower households are the fourth and fifth grade households of the main households in rural back home.
According to land but no land, it can be divided into land-based farmers or land-free farmers. According to the amount of land occupied, it can be divided into wealthy farmers, self-cultivated farmers, semi-cultivated farmers, and tenant farmers.
Rich farmers refer to the middle and lower levels of the third-class household among the main rural households; self-cultivated farmers refer to the upper levels of the fourth-class household and fifth-class household among the main rural households; semi-cultivated farmers refer to the middle and lower levels of the fifth-class household among the main households; tenant farmers refer to rural customers.
The farmers and couple in front of Li Sanjian are tenants or customers, that is, farmers who make a living by renting other people's land, and are the lowest-class farmers.
However, tenant farmers accounted for the majority of the farmers in Song Dynasty.
Before supporting the family, customers have to bear all kinds of taxes such as tenant rent, land tax, tax, labor tax, and labor taxes, etc., which is a heavy burden. They can ensure that the people in their families have stuttering, which is considered God's eyes open, and the extra population in their families can't afford it.
The incident of "not recruiting sons" on Fujian Road has been repeatedly banned, which has a lot to do with the court and the government, and we cannot blame the bad habits and customs of Fujian Road.
When Li Sanjian thought of this, he looked at the ragged farmers and his wife, sighed and asked, "What's your surname?"
"The villain's surname is He, and he is the second child in his family, so he is called 'He Er'." Farmer He Er replied according to the truth.
"He Er? Listen." Li Sanjian pondered for a moment and said to He Er: "The child is innocent and cannot harm her life. No matter what, you should not do such a thing that hurts the world."
"Young Master...who are you?" He Er looked up at Li Sanjian and asked when he heard this.
Which official should be the yamen in the house of which official? He Er thought to himself that although Li Sanjian was dressed ordinary, his demeanor was extraordinary. Therefore, He Er dared not be rude or contradicted, but just asked.
"Yes, who are you?"
"What does the matter at home have to do with you?"
"I'm so full, I'm so busy!"
"You can afford to lose the time of reincarnation after delaying it?"
He Er was timid and afraid of things, but the onlookers ignored it and all accused Li Sanjian.
Some people even rolled up their sleeves and prepared to teach this person who has been belittled for thousands of years of customs in Fujian...
"Young Master is the Grandpa Li of Quanzhou." When Li Sanjian was considering whether to reveal his identity, Chang Suishi looked at everyone and spoke first.
Prefect Li, the governor of Quanzhou Li Sanjian, was stunned by the onlookers and looked at Li Sanjian timidly. No one dared to talk nonsense anymore.
Li Sanjian has been the governor of Quanzhou for a long time. Many people in Quanzhou already know that their parents are a young man, but when they meet in person, they can't believe their eyes.
Prefect Li was so young that he could meet him here? The people who accused Li Sanjian just now couldn't help but feel regretful, and were also frightened, for fear that Li Sanjian would settle the score later and take them all down and punish them.
However, some of the people still didn't believe in Li Sanjian's identity, so they looked at Li Sanjian in surprise.
"Did you see clearly?" Seeing this, Shi Tou took out the official sign and stood proudly in front of everyone.
"The villain He Er, pay homage to Mr. Li, I know
Master Zhou, the villain was blind and offended Master, please spare me!" After seeing the official card, He Er was so scared that he trembled all over, his legs became weak, and he knelt in front of Li Sanjian.
He Er's wife also knelt in front of Li Sanjian with her baby girl in her arms.
"The villain is blind and offended the master. The magistrate is forgiven for his crime!" Everyone knelt in front of Li Sanjian, especially those who accused Li Sanjian of kowtowing and kowtowing...
"Get up!" Li Sanjian said to He Er and others with a gentle expression.
He Er and others kowtowed a few more times when they heard this, before they got up tremblingly.
"He Er, have you heard what I said clearly?" Li Sanjian then continued to say to He Er: "It is not necessary to do anything that harms the sky and reason. Take the child home and raise it well. At the same time, I will exempt everyone in your family from taxes, and other miscellaneous taxes can also be appropriately reduced. After that, I will go to Jinjiang County and order him to give you some money and rice."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you..." He Er was so excited that he couldn't say anything when he heard this. He knelt on the ground again, just kowtowed and thanked him.
"Get up and talk first." Li Sanjian helped He Er up and then said to him: "It is better to begging for yourself than asking others. If you can't support the family, you can go to the city to work. As far as I know, there are many workshops in Quanzhou City that are recruiting people, why not try it?"
The Quanzhou government encouraged business and opened various workshops. Therefore, the workshops opened by various banks in Quanzhou were like mushrooms after a rain. This was also one of the ways for Li Sanjian to alleviate the large number of refugees due to land annexation.
"But villains don't have skills, will they want villains?" He Er asked hesitantly.
"Can't you learn without craftsmanship?" Li Sanjian said angrily: "What can I do if I have a brain?"
He Er was so scared that he was so scared that he didn't dare to answer the conversation.
After exhaling two long breaths, Li Sanjian said to He Er: "You can go first. What's the problem? I will allow you to come directly to my residence for help."
"Thank you, Master!" He Er choked and said, "Master is the rebirth of the villain's family, I..."
He Er's wife also kept bowing to Li Sanjian with her baby girl in her arms.
"The child doesn't have a name yet?" Li Sanjian then asked at the cute baby girl in the farmer's arms.
"No...yes, she is a woman, what name do you want?" He Er replied.
"Women are also humans, why can't they have names?" Li Sanjian said angrily again after hearing this: "I want to give her a name today. Her surname is He and Yu Nu. She was born in winter. I hope she is like a wintersweet, bullying Xue and Shuang, and growing up strongly."
Yunu is the elegant name of plum blossoms.
"Yu Nu, Yu Nu, you must remember the appearance of your benefactor." He Er's wife picked up He Yu Nu's little hand and bowed to Li Sanjian.
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"Hey, Li Zhizhou, you can save one person, two people, three people, but you can save four people, five people? Can you save many people?"
Li Sanjian originally planned to go to Jinjiang County, but something happened that greatly reduced Li Sanjian's interest. He was excited and returned to Quanzhou City with Shitou. Shitou said to Li Sanjian on the way.
Chapter completed!