In ancient times, if you were very rich, could you take unlimited wives and concubines?

It is not that you can have unlimited wives and concubines. No matter how rich you are, you can only have one wife. The number of concubines cannot be too many. And if you have too many concubines, you will be criticized in society. So it is not unlimited. Even if a wealthy family is very rich, a wealthy family pays more attention to reputation and will not marry so many concubines to make others laugh.

There were more etiquette and rules in ancient times. In ancient times, when marrying a wife, one had to choose the right matchmaker, three matchmakers and six betrothals. Moreover, in ancient times, it was important to be well-matched, and one had to be the son of a big family to marry the daughter of a big family. That's why there are so many people running away from marriage. If the daughter falls in love with a poor boy, she will be kicked out of the house. This is the case for Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan.

This custom has always been deeply imprinted in our hearts. Nowadays, marriage also pays attention to being well-matched. Those who have a good job should find a job that is not bad. Those with a rich family will never look for someone who has no money.

Although this marriage system sounds ruthless, it is actually very efficient. Because the gap between family backgrounds is huge, there will always be many differences in life. There will be quarrels in these different places, so if you find someone with the same family background, there will be less quarrels. It is a very efficient method. So the rules of the ancients make sense. The ancients also had to have legitimate reasons for marrying concubines, especially when their parents were present, they would say it was because they wanted to add more children to the family. In ancient times, it was very important to carry on the family line, and marriage was to welcome the next generation. That's why there is the custom of taking concubines.