Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Li An stood up to oppose the establishment of female households, and other officials immediately stood up to agree with him. In their opinion, women should guard the backyard and should not interfere in men's affairs.

Establishing a household for women is just a joke.

Ye Jintang looked at the court officials who stood up to oppose, but she was not in a hurry.

"Lord Li, as the Minister of Rites, is naturally the most familiar with the etiquette and laws of Tianqin. I can understand your opposition to me."

"But this matter involves the country and the people, so I have no choice but to have a good talk with Lord Li."

Ye Jintang sat on the high phoenix chair, his eyes gently sweeping over the court officials who stood up to oppose.

She only said indifferently, "Can you guarantee that your sons will give birth to sons instead of daughters in the future?"

"What would you do if you were to encounter a situation where you only had a legitimate daughter but no legitimate son? Would you adopt a son from a relative's family? Would you train someone who has no blood relationship with you to inherit your family business? Would you marry off your biological daughter who has a blood relationship with you and not give her a penny of your family property?"

"You guys are so kind."

Ye Jintang began to set traps for these old foxes who had been in the officialdom for many years. Only empathy could make them change their minds. If they always remained bystanders, they naturally would not be able to understand the despair of others.

"The daughter of the Marquis of Wuning is an example. When the Marquis of Wuning and his wife were alive, they loved this daughter like the apple of their eye. Who could have thought that they would suddenly pass away, and such a huge Marquisate would fall into the hands of a girl."

"I remember that the split of the Wuning Marquis's Mansion caused a lot of uproar in the capital a few years ago. The brothers of the Wuning Marquis relied on their abilities and almost demolished the Wuning Marquis's Mansion."

"At that time, they were just like enemies. Now, Marquis Wu Ning has just died and has not been buried yet, but his brothers want to drive a little girl to live in a separate courtyard. It's called a separate courtyard, but it's just a small courtyard with an entrance."

It's ridiculous that a legitimate daughter of a marquis would be driven out of the mansion just because her parents died.

"Let me ask you, if your daughter encounters such a thing, what would you do?"

Li An was silent for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "The Queen will not hand over the Wuning Marquisate to a little girl, will she?"

"Of course, the title of Marquis Wuning cannot be given to a girl. Since there is no suitable person to inherit the title, the court can only take it back. But we cannot treat Miss Liu unfairly, so we naturally have to give her other compensation."

"As for the Wuning Marquis's property, it belongs to Miss Liu, so naturally no one can take it away. Miss Liu can just start her own business instead of dividing the property."

Ye Jintang's words left Li An speechless. He wanted to continue to say something in opposition, but as soon as he thought about the fact that his legitimate son had only one daughter for many years, he couldn't say the words.

"It's not something that can be done overnight, Your Majesty. Even if you want to change it, you have to do it slowly."

Li An sighed slightly and finally let go.

"Lord Li is wrong. Establishing a household for women is a matter for our court. We don't need to discuss this with anyone. We can just issue an imperial decree."

"As for how to establish a female household, the Ministry of Rites needs to come up with a set of rules. This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible. I don't like to drag my feet."

"Yes."

Li An said no more. Since the establishment of a female household was a foregone conclusion, he would do as Ye Jintang said.

As Ye Jintang said, establishing female households is the court's business and there is no need to discuss it with the common people. The common people just need to obey.

An imperial edict directly changed the laws of Tianqin State, and the female household system officially appeared on the historical stage of Tianqin State.

Naturally, there was a lot of opposition at the beginning. The female household system was implemented for one or two years, and there were even some villages that did not implement it.

But in most places, the law is followed, and the number of people who have their entire family wiped out is decreasing.

At the beginning of another spring, good news suddenly came from Hu Chongjin. He had conquered Japan and Japan would soon send envoys to the capital to present a letter of credence. From then on, Japan would be a vassal state of Tianqin.

Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo couldn't believe it when they received the news.

Didn't Hu Chongjin agree to a one-year period? How come he conquered Japan in just half a year?

Inside Wutong Palace.

"Your Majesty, do you still think Hu Chongjin is a simple and honest person?"

Looking at the urgent report in his hand, Ye Jintang's face was full of smiles.

"This old fellow Hu Chongjin is becoming more and more cunning, but he is still quite capable in attacking Japan this time."

"It's more than just some ability. I originally thought that with the construction of Fujiang City, it would attract a lot of overseas island countries to spy on us, and even some powerful countries would come to attack us."

"I didn't expect that Hu Chongjin could really conquer Japan in less than a year. If this matter gets out, other major countries overseas will have to think about whether they have the ability to get any benefits from our navy."

Xiao Mo nodded vigorously. Hu Chongjin's trick of killing the chicken to scare the monkey would definitely be effective.

As expected by the two, within a few months, Tian Qin received letters from several overseas island countries. They were all preparing to send envoys to Tian Qin, hoping that their two countries could trade with each other and live in peace.

Thanks to Ye Jintang's efforts, Tianqin, which was once in ruins, finally became strong.

Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang finally don't have to be as busy as they were in the first few years. The development of Tianqin Kingdom has entered a virtuous circle, and they can finally take a break.

Previously, the two of them could only rest for one day every ten days and not attend the morning court. Later, it was changed to attend the morning court for three days and rest for two days. If there was an urgent matter, they would submit a memorial to the Imperial Study for discussion. However, this situation was very rare and the officials could handle it.

It was so great to work three days and rest two days. Ye Jintang had more and more time on her hands. She spent more time making medicine every day than reading memorials.

In addition to making medicine, her biggest hobby is exploring the forest in space, and every time she enters the forest, it always brings her surprises.

There are all kinds of game, mushrooms of different toxins, and countless medicinal herbs.

Several years passed in the blink of an eye in such carefree days, and Ye Jintang had no idea at all.

One day, Liuli went to the palace to find Ye Jintang, and the two talked about their daughter during their chat.

"Before I knew it, my children have grown up. A few days ago, Wan'er asked me if anyone had arranged a marriage for Zhuzhu. I was shocked when I heard this. Zhuzhu still has two years to go before she reaches marriageable age. It's too early to arrange a marriage now."

Having said this, Ye Jintang suddenly realized that someone seemed to have mentioned recently the matter of choosing a crown princess for Pingping.

She finally realized that her children had really grown up and were old enough to get married.

"Zhuzhu is a little young, it won't be too late in a few years. When An'an came of age last year, someone proposed to choose a prince consort for her, but I rejected it outright. My An'an is still so young, there's no need for a prince consort."