Chapter 455

The emperor could also buy palace maids or folk women to give them to court officials as concubines. For example, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Wang Dan was frugal and had no servants at first. As a good emperor who was polite to his subordinates, Song Zhenzong saw it.

Oh, my loyal minister didn't even have a concubine, which was too inappropriate, so I sent an eunuch to buy a concubine and give it to Wang Dan.

Later, Song Qi, who was in the time of Renzong, was also trusted by Renzong, and felt that rewards alone were not enough to express his loyalty to his subordinates, so he also gave them to him as a concubine.

In addition, if you are a slave, you don’t even have the qualifications to marry them as concubines, because slaves are a vulgar and private property and have no autonomy.

But there are also maids in the contract system, so the laws of the Song Dynasty stipulated that concubines had years of service. The law also stipulated that this period of service must be calculated continuously, up to three years.

In other words, if you buy a woman as a concubine and resell it one year later, all you resell is just "right to use". She works with her new owner for another two years. After three years of work, the "ownership" will be back in her own hands and she is free.

When the service period expires, if the concubine feels that she has "high salary and good benefits, and has great appreciation potential" from her master, and therefore is unwilling to leave, then she will face "change of jobs". One way is to be promoted to "Madam", but the procedures are complicated and troublesome; if you settle for the second best, you will become a maid.

Song Xingtong stipulates that the maximum service time for a maid is ten years. After being converted to a maid, she can continue to serve for seven years. If she still has no hope of promotion and is unwilling to leave, the Song people have another way to take advantage of legal loopholes, that is, to be converted to a "adopted daughter", and the adopted daughter has no service period.

As for how the child born to the owner and the "adopted daughter" should be counted...that is a confusing account of the Song people.

In the Song Dynasty, the two words "concubine" were used in a row. Girls who specialize in labor were called "female messengers", which means "master girls".

In a sense, being a concubine is actually a way of working for women in the Song Dynasty. The concubines and maids of the Song Dynasty were a group of "working girls in the Song Dynasty". They relied on renting for their own dowry, so they had "both women in both Zhejiang were dressed and made a living." "Although the poor women in Pengmen had one or two brocade clothes and silk skirts, and several headdresses."

If a working woman has feelings for her boss, she will continue to work. She has no feelings - either looking for a new owner, or marrying a greedy man with money as her "wife". This is the market life of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty.

"Master, do you mean that you want Shishi to be a concubine for three years and then a maid for seven years, and then recognize you as your godfather?" Li Shishi blinked his eyes, turned his head, looked at Wang Yang, and said in an extremely charming and greasy voice.

The godfather screamed softly and softly. Wang Yang almost fell down under the desk with a numb body. He quickly subconsciously raised his head and looked at Liu Yiyi. Fortunately, this beauty was focusing on learning the marriage law of the Song Dynasty and did not notice herself.

Wang Yang couldn't help but glared at Li Shishi, a minor leprechaun who was giggling like a vixen who was stealing chickens. "Don't talk nonsense, master, a gentleman like me, wouldn't be such a person."

"Why do Shishi think you like to listen to it very much?" Li Shishi arched to Wang Yang's side again. His figure, which had gradually become delicate and curved, was soft and soft, gently rubbing against Wang Yang's arm, muttering in Wang Yang's ears.

"Well...hehe, I'm a gentleman. Let's talk about this later. Are we going to talk about some positive things?" Wang Yang smashed his mouth and finally returned to his gentleman's face.

"But fortunately, someone Wang caught a loophole, that is, there is a mother between his wife and concubine." Wang Yang raised his index finger.

"What the hell is my mother?" Liu Yiyi, who was specializing in law and was interested in watching it, raised her head and looked at the uncontrollable prince angrily and amusedly, asking.

"In the Song Dynasty, there is also a regulation that for all officials of the fifth rank or above, except for the wife, the concubine is the mother, and the eighth rank is regarded as the eighth rank... If the second rank is the eighth rank, the seventh rank is regarded as the elder king, the county king and the first rank, and the ten ranks are regarded as the sixth rank..."

Moreover, if the concubines who were named as Mu Ren, An Ren, Gong Ren and other titles for her husband's merits also enjoy the same right as those of officials.

You should know that officials in the Song Dynasty could only wear fish, and in this direction, it was at least a great progress compared to the Tang Dynasty.

"Master, you are only in the seventh grade now, which is not enough." Li Shishi couldn't help but curl his lips and said angrily.

"Silly girl, have you forgotten? Your master is now the Viscount of the Imperial Palace, and he happens to be the fifth-rank title." Liu Yiyi looked at Wang Yang with anger and gritted her teeth with a smile. "It's really rare. She is worthy of being the Lord Wang who wants to take advantage of the legal loopholes. I have really gained knowledge."

"That's natural, um...why are you a little girl doing movies? Don't mock me, Master." Wang Yang touched his face that was kissed by Li Shishi, and was speechless. This kind of thing must be appropriate for pure man to take the initiative. You underage girl do this, it is easy to tempt a crime.

Li Shishi was stunned at first, then suddenly, and he blushed and squeezed to Liu Yiyi with a smile. "Master, you are so cute."

"In this way, I and Shishi's sister can finally feel at ease..." Liu Yiyi smiled, raised her hand, gently stroked Li Shishi's beautiful hair and said in a low voice.

Without waiting for Wang Yang to speak, Liu Yiyi took the initiative to sit beside Wang Yang, snuggled gently in his arms, feeling the warm and strong embrace, and murmured in a low voice. "I would like to ask my husband to agree to something about my family."

"Please make a decision early and marry Qingzhao's sister." Liu Yiyi saw Wang Yang open her mouth and wanted to speak, and her soft hands were already blocking Wang Yang's mouth.

"Although my Song Dynasty seems to be indistinguishable from the good and lowly, it is actually no different from the previous dynasty. If your husband takes your slave family as a concubine, people will only regard it as a good story, saying that your husband will not forget your kindness after your wealth."

"But if you marry me as your wife, you will be impeached... Can you please listen to me and my husband?"

Wang Yang, who had already moved away Liu Yiyi's slender hands and was about to speak, looked at Liu Yiyi's slightly red eyes, and could only sigh lightly and nodded heavily.

"Husband, you have great talents and should plan for the whole country. Since you became an official, everything you think is to hope that the Song Dynasty will become more prosperous. Every time you chat with me, whenever you talk about the past, I hope that the Song Dynasty can regain the magnificence of the Han and Tang dynasties in the past..."

"Maybe you don't know yet. My father's surname is Liu. He was originally a martial arts man. He agreed with my mother that if he could get military merits and return, he would definitely marry my mother."
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