Most people only regarded the Zheng family's affairs as something to talk about and just heard about it. However, those who were keen also noticed the attitude of the two princesses towards Shen Jingzhu.
Shen Jingzhu, the princess is protected, and they clearly will not give others the chance to hurt her.
In Yaozhou, the likes of mother and daughter Su Yueling and Su Youning were equivalent to the weather vane, so the voices slandering Shen Jingzhu soon disappeared. If Shen Jingzhu didn't go out very often and wouldn't take the initiative to make friends with outsiders, they all wanted to be with Shen Jing. I got to know Zhu.
In early March, Shen Jingzhu wrote a document to Su Youning, and Su Youning handed it to Su Yueling.
Su Yueling flipped through the pages and found that Shen Jingzhu was writing about female inheritance. According to the laws of Daxia, a married woman has no inheritance rights (parents can give away children in the name of subsidies), unless both parents and brothers are dead. .And in this case, you can only get half. A married woman can inherit the family property, but the inherited property is half of the son. As for the title, it has always been a man's business, and there is no share for women.
In Shen Jingzhu's document, it was proposed that a family with a title could submit a petition to let their daughter inherit the title, but they would have to contribute one-third of the family property. A woman who would inherit a title would have to be demoted to the next level just like a concubine.
In addition, there are also childless families who can also apply for the daughter of the family to inherit the family property, and one-third of the property will also have to be turned over to the state treasury.
Su Yueling knew that there was a high chance that this post would be approved after it was submitted. After all, there were some wealthy families in Daxia who did not have a male who could inherit the title. Under normal circumstances, the family would choose a suitable child from his brother to adopt. I also know that except for a few crazy people, most would rather let their own blood inherit than take advantage of relatives or even the children of the clan.
Even if they are opposed, who can guarantee that they will have suitable heirs in every life?
Therefore they will not object.
It is impossible to reach the step of equality between men and women in one go. If you take too big a step, you will easily get hurt. But it is still possible to take it step by step. The reason why Shen Jingzhu did not let women inherit the same part as men in one go is to reduce the number of inheritances. Opposition voices.
Su Yueling called her over and said, "Your idea is indeed a good one, but you can be more bold."
She said: "I heard a story. If there are people in a room and you want to open the windows, there may be objections. But if you just lift the roof off, others will agree to you opening the windows."
Shen Jingzhu said thoughtfully, "I understand."
The next day, she submitted another document. This time it was much more radical. The woman's inheritance was the same as that of the son in the family.
Su Yueling wrote these two documents on the paper and sent them back to the capital as quickly as possible.
What made her quite gratified was that after Shen Jingzhu finished writing these two documents, he went to sort out some cases in Yaozhou over the years. It seemed that he wanted to work hard in this area. Su Yueling also let her do it and sent two A subordinate used to work as her assistant.
Just as Su Yueling expected, as soon as the first proposal was announced in the morning, it caused an uproar and countless objections.
In the eyes of many people, how can women's status be raised so high? If women could inherit as much property as men, it would be an advantage to outsiders. They would not be happy with anything.
A powerful man without a son is naturally willing. It is better to leave it to a daughter than to an outsider. The two sides rolled up their sleeves and started arguing, spitting on each other's face every day. Yuan Suijun also avoided being spitted on - —The main reason is that they don’t dare.
The name Shen Jingzhu also gained considerable popularity.
Everyone still has an impression of what happened to the Shen family. Some people can't help but wonder whether Shen Jingzhu is the eldest daughter of the Shen family who was murdered? Could it be that she wants to change the property distribution laws of Daxia to pave the way for herself? For herself It is simply abominable to have to shake the laws of the imperial court for a small profit. As expected, women are still inferior to men as officials. They are too selfish and tend to forget their public duties for personal gain, so they cannot set this precedent arbitrarily. The emperor is confused.
Before the official could talk eloquently about the many shortcomings of women serving as officials, Yuan Suijun said calmly: "Shen Dianbo said that she would not take any of her mother's dowry and would give it all to the state treasury."
Although Su Yueling used her dream weaving skills to create a dream, all the dowry left by Shen Jingzhu's biological mother Guo was sent to the treasury. But if Shen Jingzhu insists on it, she can still get it back. After all, it is just a dream, empty talk. There is no proof. The imperial court is not short of money now, so it really won't compete with a weak woman.
But Shen Jingzhu said that she didn't need it. She also admitted that she was the eldest daughter of the Shen family.
Master Dong seemed to be strangled by the neck and couldn't say a word.
Yuan Suijun continued: "The meager people you mentioned are so broad-minded. If you think about it, someone as generous and open-minded as Mr. Dong will definitely be better than her, right?"
Mr. Dong blushed. How could he imitate Shen Jingzhu and donate all his biological mother's inheritance? In the end, he could only retreat in despair.
Although Mr. Dong was successfully defeated, those who opposed him would not give in because of this.
After half a month of arguing, the emperor took out Shen Jingzhu's second document.
Compared with the previous one, this one is not that uncomfortable.
In the end, the female inheritance law was passed smoothly.
This law can also really protect some vulnerable women in the folk. Folk clans are very powerful. If a family has no inherited son, after the death of the father, the family property is likely to be robbed by the clan. With this new law, at least Women have an extra layer of protection.
Shen Jingzhu’s name also spread.
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The largest brothel in Naju.
Shen Jingying, whose nickname is Rumei, is dressed in gorgeous clothes and is pouring wine for a well-dressed guest.
She had been sold to this brothel for some time. At first, Shen Jingying didn't want to accept the client and tried to escape. Then the madam beat her to pieces and even poured salt water on her. The pain was so painful that she couldn't sleep for many days. .
Not only that, the madam also let her see the fate of other people. A girl also tried to escape. After she was caught, the madam gave her to beggars to be abused.
Shen Jingying knew that she avoided this disaster because she was good-looking and good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
After witnessing the fate of the woman, she became afraid and compromised. She would rather serve the rich than be ruined by the lowly.
She also thought about dying, but when her teeth bit her tongue, she didn't have the courage to commit suicide, so she could only endure the humiliation and live an ignoble existence.
After she compromised, the madam quickly held a first-night auction for her. In this way, Shen Jingying became the oiran in the building because of her skills in sex and art, and became famous in Luozhou.
The man next to her was a well-known wealthy businessman in Luozhou, and his hands kept sliding over her body. She endured her nausea and made a dignified toast to him.
After the wealthy businessman drank two glasses of wine, he played with Shen Jingying. Then he seemed to remember something and said, "It would be a pity for Rumei to serve us in a brothel with such talent."
"If you can redeem yourself one day, you can participate in the selection of female officers."
He was just joking when he said this. He had already entered a brothel, and there was no way he could redeem himself without being squeezed out of all his value.
Shen Jingying had naturally heard about the selection of female officers. She said lightly: "How can a lowly person like me have such qualifications?"
The wealthy businessman smiled, smelling of alcohol when he spoke, "How impossible! Princess Qionghua has a subordinate who is said to have been rescued from the den of thieves. Now she has not only become a public figure, but also a woman who caused a lot of trouble some time ago. She invented the inheritance law."
"Wait a minute, what's her name? She seems to be called Shen Jingzhu, right? I also heard that she was the eldest daughter of the Shen family who was murdered. If it was her, then her experience was quite ups and downs."
Silent Bamboo?
She accidentally knocked over the wine in front of Shen Jingying.