Did Xu dare to take a concubine in ancient times?

The title of "Ma Xu" itself is full of discrimination and even humiliation. Let's tell a rare story first, which can roughly show the embarrassing living state of this group.

In the Han dynasty, there was a big family, Banshi, which produced a number of celebrities. For example, Ban Gu, the author of Hanshu, Ban Zhao, a woman writer and historian, Ban Chao, a strategist and diplomat, and so on. The hero of this story is Ban Chao's grandson Ban Shi.

Banshi married Han Shundi's aunt and Han Andi's sister princess because of the glory of her ancestors. In real life, there is a title called "Pang Dakuan". Just call it Princess Shang "Pang". After the class teacher became a father-in-law, it was expensive and rare, but it was really "kneeling".

Princess Yin Cheng is a bohemian girl. With her noble status and uncontrolled status, she has staged an eternal anecdote. I can assure you that there is absolutely no second case in history.

I don't know if the class didn't start as well as she wanted, or if she couldn't make up for it. In addition to Xu, she also raised a "deputy Xu". They are all horses, so put them in the trough. Princess Yin Cheng is not shy about riding in front of everyone, even the whole class.

Ben couldn't afford to offend, so he had to bow his head and let Princess Yin Cheng run amok. The whole class began to submit to humiliation, which was taken for granted by Princess Yin Cheng, and finally the most exciting scene was staged.

One day, Princess Yin Cheng was driving a "second horse". She was very excited. Not enough, she told the class to start, pointing to the bed: you, get under the bed!

If it wasn't written in black and white in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, I simply couldn't believe it was true. We really can't understand how Princess Yin Cheng's psychology can be distorted like this. Ben can't stand it any longer. He pulled out the sword hidden in his sleeve and inserted it into the carrion of Princess Yin Cheng without hesitation.

The result of this matter makes people want to overturn the dragon chair. Han Shundi actually executed Ban Shi and all his brothers and sisters!

It doesn't make any sense. Ma Xu is an auxiliary horse. It was originally an accessory of the princess. Nothing is better than being rich, but being a birthright. Dignity depends on dignity.

China has a history of thousands of years. Although different dynasties treated Xu differently, the law of "yin and yang inversion" remained basically unchanged. Usually, after marrying a princess, Xu will sacrifice the following rights and interests.

(1) husband and wife upside down.

China's traditional ethics is that "a husband should be a wife", which often doesn't work for Master Xu. There is an emperor behind the princess, and Master Xu is destined to be "steel". If you can't do "steel", how can it be "steel"?

We often say "marry" the princess, which is actually wrong. The exact name is Princess Shang. Shang, that is, Shang, advocates that Xu is a princess. Marrying a princess is also called "marrying", which is a gift for people with low status.

If the husband and wife live in peace, if there is a contradiction, it must be Xu who suffers. Like Ai Guo, only Guo Ziyi's son dared to slap the princess. Nevertheless, old Guo Ziyi was so scared that he confessed to the emperor himself.

Some Xu are not as timid as eunuchs and maids around the princess. For example, Princess Shouyang of Ming Shenzong married Ran Xing. The princess was surrounded by a manager named Liang, who once called dozens of eunuchs and beat Ran Xing black and blue. Liang Ying was the first one who complained to the wicked, which made Ran Xing not only unable to complain, but also ordered by the emperor to reflect.

Some princesses live independently, and if Master Xu wants to meet them, he must bribe his followers.

② The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is disordered.

Song Zhenzong once made a wonderful imperial edict that the princess went to her husband's house to "promote her generation". In other words, the relationship between the princess and her in-laws is equal, and there is no need to give gifts to her mother-in-law, let alone fulfill her obligations as a daughter-in-law.

The contradiction between Princess Fukang, Wei Li and her mother-in-law in the TV series Qingpingle, which was popular some time ago, is generally in line with historical facts. Princess Fukang's insolence is not only caused by her personality, but also related to the "promotion" system.

The royal family destroyed the ethical code for their own honor, which brought misfortune to Xu's family life. Master Xu turned over the grievances and humiliated his parents. This is nothing, but it really humiliated the lintel. So many men avoid Princess Shang.

Tang Xuanzong once said with emotion, why don't ministers want to be in-laws with me? It is easy for him to stand and talk. If his daughter-in-law calls him big brother or even salutes her, he is entitled to ask him not to be angry at all.

③ Xu's future is uncertain.

In most cases, Master Xu is equivalent to a carnivore, eating and waiting for death. His political life has been castrated since he became a princess!

The prince is a person in the political whirlpool and will never marry a thousand hands. Even in the most civilian Ming Dynasty, they would never marry the princess to a bricklayer and a plowman.

However, political power is the opposite of imperial power, so the more backward China's history is, the more complete Ma Xu's position will be. The basic rule is that whoever marries a princess means great sacrifice and even the end of his political career.

Political life has come to an end. Will domestic affairs such as concubinage be affected? Taking a wife and concubinage is an ancient patriarchal society. Will the existence of the princess deprive Master Xu of his sacred "citizenship"?

The answer is short. Legally speaking, the princess has no right to stop Xu from taking a concubine. The specific operational level depends on Xu's personal nature.

The patriarchal clan system in ancient China was the basis of maintaining social stability and consolidating political power. Therefore, the marriage system stipulated by the patriarchal clan system is essentially to safeguard the imperial power, and no matter how noble the princess is, it cannot break through the ruling foundation of the country. Therefore, there is no time to restrict concubinage by taking concubinage.

However, the patriarchal clan system also stipulates that the wife is the only mistress in the family, and the mistress is the master of family affairs. In other words, a man can't take a concubine, and his wife helps him. Therefore, the princess can also use her position as the "master" to prevent Xu from concubinage in disguise.

Due to cultural traditions, princesses can accept concubinage in most cases, and even take concubinage as their own responsibility, otherwise they will be suspected of being "jealous". Especially in the case that the princess can't have children, or the children are not prosperous, the princess must ensure the prosperity of the family's descendants through concubinage.

There is a simple reason. When the princess marries the Xu family, the future interests are rooted in this family, so the family interests must be the premise. When concubinage is associated with family interests, the princess has to bow her head.

Of course, there are also princesses who can't break this tendon, or meet a "playboy" Xu, so there is a game.

For example, Huan Wen, a powerful minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, married Jin Mingdi's daughter, Princess Si Manan of Nankang. Although Huan Wen was anticlimactic politically and played with the emperor, she was as docile as a cat when she saw the heroic Princess Nankang.

After Huan Wen attacked Shu, she captured the younger sister of Emperor Shi Li of the Han Dynasty. This Li Xiaomei is as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, with long hair, and everyone loves her. Huan Wen couldn't move at once. She wanted to take a concubine, but was afraid to tell Princess Nankang, so she secretly locked her in the outer room.

Please note that the outer room and the concubine are not the same thing. I am qualified, but not outside. There is no fire in the paper. When Princess Nankang got the news, she came to you with a knife. She wanted to use Li Xiaomei.

Li Xiaomei calmly untied his long hair and said slowly, "Who wants to live like this? I have no choice but to destroy my country. If you can kill me, it will be my rebirth and I am very happy. "

Then a miracle happened. Princess Nankang hugged Li Xiaomei: "Sister, you are so delicate and touching that even I am moved, not to mention my old lady."

In this way, Princess Nankang realized Huan Wen's dream and married Li Xiaomei as his concubine.

Compared with Huan Wen's luck, a man named Pei Xun in the Tang Dynasty was extremely unlucky. Pearson's wife is Princess Yicheng, the daughter of Li Xian, a staunch "feminist".

Pei Xun, like Huan Wen, dared not take a concubine, and secretly kept an outer room outside. Princess Yicheng's revenge is chilling.

He arrested Pei Xun and the woman, cut off a scalp on their heads and replaced it with a sticker. Pei Xun went to work with a "skin graft", which was passed down as a big joke by his colleagues and was ridiculed. That woman is worse. She couldn't stand the insult and hanged herself.

Such cruel means have gone far beyond the scope of "jealous women". This incident shocked Wu Zetian and Prince Li Xian who were still alive at that time. In order to calm down the discussion and save the face of the royal family, Wu Zetian demoted Princess Yicheng to Princess Yicheng and promoted Pei Xun by going up one flight of stairs as compensation.

Therefore, literati and scholars all understand the truth that marrying a princess is to win back a bodhisattva for themselves. Unless they are willing to give up their dignity from now on, they should stay away.