The Shanghai Business District and Fuhe Auction House are bustling with activity at this time. Although the official auction has not started yet, many people have already come here and are looking for people they know or simply don’t know.
people talking.
Today's auction is a little different from the usual auctions, because this time the auction also has a little bit of a charitable nature.
In order to expand its influence in the auction market, and at the same time to promote auction as a new transaction method, Fuhe Auction House, which was jointly founded by the Royal Assets Division and several major businessmen, has recently planned to make a series of big moves.
Their goal is to target the charity field!
Of course, these charity auctions have never been held before, so they are still conducted as normal auctions, but during the auction, a few items are temporarily arranged for charity auctions.
One of the charity items has a considerable origin. It is a piece of jade donated by Jia Wenbo, the grand master of a special county in Shanghai. All proceeds from the auction will be used to fund the orphanage nursing home.
Of course, the jade is just an ordinary jade, and its actual value is only a few dozen taels of silver, but the people at the auction house regard this jade as the real grand finale.
Because in fact, many people who appeared in the auction house today came just for this seemingly ordinary piece of jade. To be honest, the auction house itself has no idea what high price this piece of jade will fetch.
Know.
Because Jia Wenbo’s reputation is so great, this kind of thing is impossible to predict!
Of course, there was no publicity about this matter before, because it was the first time they had done this kind of thing, and they were not planning to make it known to the whole city to avoid ruining their reputation. They just wanted to do it temporarily during the live auction.
Announce the news and then test the reaction on the spot.
If the auction is successful, then they will do a lot of publicity later, and then they will prepare to hold a real charity auction, not like today, which is just a temporary auction of a few charity items in a normal auction.
Yang Cheng also appeared in the auction house exactly in the evening. It was midsummer and the weather was very hot. Not to mention that everyone was busy during the day, so the auction was held in the evening. There was a dinner after it was over.
When he arrived, Yang Cheng felt a lot more at ease when he saw so many people. Looking at the dozens of people today, he estimated that his crescent moon lady mirror had a chance of selling.
Because among these dozens of people, no one is an ordinary character. Those who wear brocade robes and have servants can tell at a glance that they are decent acquaintances, while those who are slightly worse for wear and do not talk with those old masters and buddies.
, no need to ask, you know that he should be the agent of the rich and powerful.
When the time comes for the auction, the prices shouted by these humble-looking people should be higher than those of gentlemen wearing brocade robes and servants!
While Yang Cheng was observing the crowd, he also stepped forward to chat. The people who came today are all people with good status. Even those agents who have no money themselves often handle affairs on behalf of powerful families.
, when you start doing business, you will inevitably have to deal with them.
Yang Cheng was an old acquaintance in Shanghai. When he was studying at Songjiang Academy, he often visited brothels and held poetry parties with his classmates. Naturally, among these classmates, there were also some powerful people and gentry.
Therefore, Yang Cheng soon saw a familiar person, the father of one of his classmates!
As a junior, he naturally wanted to go up and say hello!
"Song Shibo!" Yang Cheng stepped forward to greet him politely.
At this time, the middle-aged man in front of him also turned around and looked at Yang Cheng. He probably didn't remember it at first, but finally he remembered who Yang Cheng was, and immediately showed a kind smile and said: "
It turns out to be nephew Yang Shi. I didn’t expect to see you here. I heard that bastard from my family say you went back to Jiujiang!"
This Yang Cheng and his son were classmates in Songjiang Academy. Although this relationship is not as good as that of teachers and students in the same year, it can be considered a very strong relationship. According to the social atmosphere in the early years, if Yang Cheng ran to him that day
It's okay to go home and sleep with his maid.
Of course, it can’t be done now. The Tang Empire explicitly banned human trafficking and abolished all slaves, even those taken in the name of adoption. The original owners were not allowed to restrict their freedom of coming and going. If they wanted to hire servants, they could only hire them.
, the relationship between the two parties is not legally a master-servant relationship, but an employment relationship!
Therefore, if the master wants to use lynching to restrict the personal freedom of the servant or use various types of beatings, it will violate the criminal law!
What is different now from the past are concubines and other concubines in various names. The marriage law of the Tang Empire clearly stipulates that the Tang Empire is a monogamous system. Monogamy is practiced in all including nobles. The Imperial Marriage Law
The legal status of various types of concubines such as side wives, outhouses, common wives, and common wives are not recognized.
Of course, the royal family is special because the law only governs the subjects. The royal family is not under the management of the civil affairs legal system, but directly under the management of the Zongfu Office.
However, the Zongfu Office has also formulated relevant rules. The royal family only recognizes monogamy. The emperor and the prince are special examples. In addition to the queen and the prince, they can also canonize a number of concubines, while other royal members
, they can only have one official concubine, and will not canonize other official concubines.
At the same time, the title system of the Tang Empire also stipulated that whether it was a clan title or a foreign minister's title, the inheritance model followed the direct eldest son system, and was limited to legitimate sons. Basilica sons had no inheritance rights.
Of course, the above just means that the law or royal regulations do not recognize concubines, but in fact, the fact of polygamy still exists, not to mention the powerful people in ancient times, even the rich people in later generations,
He can keep as many as he wants. The law does not allow him to marry two wives, but it cannot prohibit him from keeping a lot of mistresses!
Therefore, in the society of the Tang Empire, the fact of concubines is common, but legally, the imperial laws do not recognize it.
Of course, for the sake of transition, and also to prevent some unscrupulous families from directly driving out the concubines who had lost their labor force, the Tang Empire also issued a special regulation, which stipulated that concubines taken in before the eighth year of Xuanping, although
She is not a wife, but it is still considered a de facto marriage. The woman can unilaterally propose to terminate the de facto marriage relationship, and the man cannot stop it and pay relevant alimony. If the woman is unwilling to stop the de facto marriage relationship, she can continue to maintain the de facto marriage relationship. If the man has passed away
, their descendants also need to bear the obligation to support. If the man takes the initiative to terminate this de facto marriage relationship, then the man also needs to pay alimony.
This article is specifically designed to protect the rights of concubines. Otherwise, once the empire is abolished, many families will probably want to drive those old and lascivious concubines out of their homes. This law can ensure that these
The concubine who is old and has no children can receive alimony. In order to avoid the husband not paying or delaying the payment of alimony, the money is collected directly by the tax agency and then paid to the concubine's account.
In the Tang Dynasty, unless the tax department didn't know about it, or the taxpayer simply went bankrupt, otherwise it was impossible to collect taxes!
Today's social conditions and even customs are very different from those more than ten years ago. The maids at home can no longer entertain guests casually, unless they themselves are willing...
The Yang Cheng in front of me is a classmate of his son. Although this maid cannot be used to entertain guests, she is really coming over to be a guest, so she should still have everything she needs to eat, drink, and have fun.
Although the man surnamed Song also heard from his son that Yang Cheng was not good at studying, he also heard that he was a good person. Although he had no talent for studying, he would not mess around every day. In this regard, he
Still quite appreciative of it.
My son wants to study and become an official. After that, he will become an official. Naturally, he must have good connections. In the officialdom, he must have good connections, but he cannot lack them in other fields as well.
This person should be of some use to his own son in the future!
This is how this man named Song really feels about Yang Cheng at this time!
Naturally, Yang Cheng didn't know what the messy man named Song in front of him was thinking about. He just came up to say hello and chat a few words with the attitude of not being rude. It was not like he really wanted to have a relationship or anything like that.
After chatting for a while, the topic between the two people inevitably turned to the auction. During this period, Yang Chengcheng learned from the man named Song that today's auction was a little different from the usual auctions. In addition to the routine
In addition to the auction, there will also be five items for charity auction, and all proceeds will be donated to the orphanage nursing home.
After Yang Cheng heard this, an idea flashed in his mind. Charity auction? Donate the proceeds from the auction? This is interesting!
The man surnamed Song also learned from Yang Cheng that there was actually a mirror from Yang Cheng's company in today's auction. After hearing this, he recalled it briefly, and then looked at it with surprised eyes.
He said: "Did you place the advertisement for ladies' mirrors on the imperial newspaper's official page some time ago?"
After hearing this, Yang Cheng nodded slightly, and then showed a satisfied look!
This advertisement seems to be very effective now. Many people now know this thing, and then they also know the three words "Lady Brand".
Even if they have never seen any issue of the North Korea newspaper advertisement before, they will have heard about it at least!
This is enough for Yang Cheng!
After hearing Yang Cheng nod his head in recognition, the man surnamed Song had a look on his face that showed you are awesome and I won't accept anyone else, but I will accept you!
He had never seen this advertisement before. He only heard that a fool placed a full-page advertisement in the morning newspaper just to sell a mirror. At that time, he thought it was a joke, saying who is so stupid!
A few thousand taels of silver, just for advertising on a broken mirror!
If it were him, he would never be able to do this kind of thing. It's not that he can't afford the money, but the man named Song thinks he's not that stupid!
But now it seems that Yang Chenggong is such a fool!
But looking at the Yang Cheng in front of him, he speaks and behaves like a well-educated gentry boy. He doesn't seem to be mentally abnormal. Why would he do such a stupid thing!