Originally, the departure of the Marquis of Luoyang Chang'an Marquis made Yecheng a little difficult to be purified, but since the Marquis of Chang'an Cao Pi returned, the Marquis of Luoyang has become more lively day by day.

At the beginning, the garrison generals came back one after another and left one after another. Then, Cheng Yu worked with Sikong and Situ Wang Lang to handle government affairs in the court. King Cao Cao of Wei was still ill and fell asleep. He lay in the palace and no longer handled affairs in the court. Now, all the affairs in the court were handled by Situ Wang Lang and Sikong Cheng Yu. Of course, Cao Zhang sometimes also participated in such matters in big and small, but he was just a little involved.

It is lively, but not enthusiastic, this is the current Yecheng.

Behind the excitement, of course, it is not the arrival of a festival, but more like waiting for a special opportunity to arrive.

No one knows when this special opportunity will come. The unknown is always the most terrifying thing. Everyone is trembling under such pressure and curled up their bodies. Some people want to take the risk and make a fortune. Even if the result of failure is torn to pieces, it is worth it for these people.

Wealth and honor are in danger!

Some people also want to stay out of the matter and watch the next big show with the eyes of outsiders.

There are many such people.

Generals, princes, ministers, aristocratic families...

Many people don’t want to wade into today’s muddy waters, but the reason is very simple.

The power of the dynasty changed, and when there was only one heir, it was still bloody, let alone a fight for the throne.

To put it forward, the battle between Hu Hai and Prince Fusu of the Qin Dynasty led to the destruction of a dynasty.

Of course, these aristocratic families don’t care about the destruction of the dynasty. For them, they are just changing to someone who wants to be perfunctory.

But they cannot accept the impact of aristocratic families after the destruction of a dynasty.

From the end of the Qin Dynasty to the beginning of the Han Dynasty, countless families and dead people could be accompanied by blood and fire.

No matter who you stand in, you may die.

What is the final result of Meng Tian, ​​who is standing in the young master Fusu?

die!

What is the result of Zhao Gao and Li Si who are standing in Hu Hai?

die!

What is the result of standing at Qin Shihuang’s old Qin family in Guanzhong?

die!

There are also such examples in later generations.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was so similar to Cao Cao. He was talented and had a very talented person, just a family.

In order for his son Zhu Biao and grandson Zhu Yunwen to manage the country with peace of mind, Zhu Yuanzhang killed no one of the six founding dukes.

The four major cases of Hongwu have eliminated civil officials and military generals, completely and completely clean.

Those who are particularly capable are killed, and those who are incapable are killed.

Only the doctrine of the mean are left.

Cao Chong and Cao Pi's abilities are not bad, but Cao Cao will inevitably have similar ideas.

This is also the reason why many people want to watch.

but...

Sometimes watching is not an easy thing, but a technical job. You want to watch, but you don’t know whether the people behind you agree or not.

Finally, there are not many bystanders who can truly watch. If Cao Cao is determined to drag people into the water, no one can become an bystander.

Of course, these are the worlds of men.

The world of men is intrigue and intrigue, but in Yecheng, the world of women is a different look.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, to the later Western Jin Dynasty, and even the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, women's status was lower than that of men, and much lower.

But compared with other eras, in this era, the status of women is slightly higher.

As for the reason, it is naturally to seek change in troubled times, so in this era, women's status is slightly higher than before.

In this regard, even the Xing of the position can reflect the change in a woman's status.

Except for the last few years during the Three Kingdoms period, women had to work in their own family and their husband's family.

The fate of a woman is not in her own hands, and the consequence is that she is twice as likely to be held by a man.

However, later, the criminal law changed, and women's status was greatly improved from "slaughtered in the two doors" to "daughter in the room can be punished by their parents. After the wife is ceremonious, the woman will be killed by her husband's family."

Of course, this is only for those girls from aristocratic families, and for those women with status, it is like people like Queen Guo and Xin Xianying.

Like an ordinary woman, she is actually no different from goods.

The notes of Emperor Ming Dynasty cited Wei Lue:

(Emperor Ming) also recorded those who had married a wife as an official and a civilian before taking away the wife, and then they were mate to the scholars. They listened to the words of the child and redeem themselves, and simply selected the elegance of the jewels in the Yeting Court.... All the scholars and ladies who marry not the scholars will be snatched and mate to the soldiers... They also issued edicts to listen to the age of the child and the color of the wife, and those who lost their family would be born, so the rich would spend all their money, and the poor would pay for the money of the child and redeem their wife; the county magistrates the name of companionship of the scholars and actually redeem their wife, and the ugly would be given to the scholars. Those who got married may not be happy, but those who lost their wife would have to be worried, and those who lost their wife would have to be poor or sad, and they would not be able to achieve their ambitions.

What does it mean?

Translated by Emperor Ming issued an edict to marry all women from military families who were married to non-military families, and they were "taken away everything" and forced divorce and distributed them to soldiers as wives. Later, they allowed these families who were forced to divorce to marry a military family with women of age and beauty similar to that of the military wife.

The county magistrate chose the beautiful ones among these women and sent them to the palace to please Cao Rui. Only those with ugly appearances really went to match the soldiers.

There are too many complaints about this policy, and even the parties involved can't complain.

These women from military families, as well as women who bought them to serve as soldiers instead of them, are slaves, just to satisfy Cao Rui's personal tools and reproductive tools to ensure the number of new soldiers, and have no family rights at all. Even Zhang Mao's letter of advice only emphasizes the men's "wives who get married" and "wives who lose their wives", and do not mention the feelings of these women at all. It can be seen how low the status of women at the bottom of society was at that time.

However, in the same historical material, there is another passage:

In that year, the Tai Chi temples were built, which were more than ten feet high, and built a phoenix on it. They also set up ponds in the garden of Fanglin, and roars and sang over and over. Eight fangs were built in the north of the palaces, and the talented people were placed in it in order. The noble lady turned to the south to attach to it. The ranks of the ranks were counted as hundreds of officials. The emperor often visited the banquet and chose six women who could write to the letters and write to the female ministers, who asked the statutes to report to other provinces and the paintings were available. From the nobles to Shangbao, to the scrubbing of the ye court, and to practice sings, there were a thousand of them.

In other words, women other than the Queen Mother can be involved in political affairs.

It can be said to be an improvement in the status of women.

However, this is just the treatment of a noble family girl after all. In this era, ordinary women are really like goods.

It is indeed not unreasonable that Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi's tragedy happened in this era.

Fortunately, people like Xin Xianying and Sun Shangxiang are the darlings of women in this era.

They have a noble status and are beautiful and peerless. Even if they are as talented as Xu Shu, they must be respectful and polite to them. Of course, this is more for Cao Chong's face.

During the days when Cao Chong left Yecheng, Xin Xianying did not sit and wait or waste time.

Xin Xianying is capable. If she is a man, she may not be able to achieve something. Unfortunately, she only has a daughter.

Fortunately, the person she married treats her very well and is very capable.

In the past few months, Xin Xianying spent a lot of time in other people's mansions, except for her staying in the Marquis' Mansion.

The most visited one is the palace.

Men have the communication between men, and women have the communication between women.

The circle of noble ladies in Yecheng has never been small, and the largest of them is in the palace and around Mrs. Bian.

Although Cao Chong was born to Mrs. Huan, Mrs. Bian was the queen after all, and it was very important to please the queen. Even if the queen could not abandon her own child and support Cao Chong, it would be fine if the queen didn't feel resentful or dissatisfied, and then blew the wind beside her pillow in front of Cao Cao and said bad things about Cao Chong.

This is Xin Xianying's most important task in Yecheng. In addition to this, there are other social interactions.

The wives of each general, the beautiful wives of each minister, and the women and daughters of each relatives all need to be socialized.

For example, Xiahou Yuan has gradually become acquainted with Cao Chong in recent years.

Among them, visiting Mrs. Xiahou Yuan and meeting the wives of Xiahou Wei and Xiahou Ba often, which is a very necessary thing.

Relationships are always accumulated bit by bit.

As the center of an interest group, Cao Chong is difficult to take into account these trivial matters, and he can only take into account both men’s affairs, and he cannot take into account both women’s affairs.

So at this time, Xin Xianying's role was reflected.

The reason why a dynasty wants an emperor and an empress is that the emperor takes care of men's affairs and the queen takes care of women's affairs.

Both have a function.

On the other hand, even his wife says something good about Cao Chong, so who else can you mess with Cao Chong?

Today, as usual, Xin Xianying took Xin Hua and Sun Shangxiang and both of them to the palace to meet Mrs. Bian Huan.

Sun Shangxiang is five or six months pregnant, and her belly is gradually showing its size, while Xin Hua and Xin Xianying have not changed much.

The Wei Palace is much more gorgeous than before, especially the facilities in the harem. From this point of view, Cao Cao's extensive repair palace influenced not only the Tongquetai outside the city, but also the Wei Palace in the city.

Unlike Mrs. Huan's Qinghai Small Building, the place where Mrs. Bian is located seems much more grand, including peach forest, bamboo forest, plum forest, a small pond, and two palaces.

Since it is said to be a palace, the area inside is naturally quite large. At least, it is more than enough to accommodate the noble ladies in Yecheng who can come to the palace.

When he entered the hall, Xin Xianying soon found that the atmosphere in the hall was a little cheerful. Looking at him, he knew who could make the noble lady in the hall amusement, and even Mrs. Bian.

Queen Guo.

Compared with Xin Xianying, Queen Guo’s ability is also not weak, and she is only slightly inferior to Xin Xianying in literary and literary fu, but when it comes to insight into people’s hearts and pleasing Mrs. Bian, Queen Guo is better.

"Henyoung pays homage to the queen."

Seeing that Xin Xianying was coming, Mrs. Bian's eyes also moved from Queen Guo and finally frozen on Xin Xianying.

"Hanying came here a little late today, but she missed a good thing."
To be continued...