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Chapter 323 Three wives and four concubines

Since Guan Hai of Qingzhou did not dare to attack, Lu Bu stopped fighting the snow and instead focused most of his energy on preparing for the marriage with Zhen Jiang.

Lu Bu now has four prospective wives. In the order of knowing each other, namely Zhen Jiang, he met six years ago, Diao Chan, he met three months ago, Wu Xia, he met three months ago, and Du Xiuniang, he met one month ago.

Lu Bu was a big military and national event, and he was busy with all kinds of things. He felt that the wedding ceremony of this era was too complicated and terrifying, and he was too lazy to waste time on it, so he wanted to organize a big deal and marry all four prospective wives on the same day as ordinary wives.

Lu Bu was on a whim and immediately wanted to act like this. Many people came to dissuade him immediately, especially Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, Lu Fan and others who were most close to Lu Bu and had follower-in-Long Yongyuan.

Lu Fan is now the clan of Lu Bu. He serves as the chief of the Central Army and also leads the deputy general officer of the Central Army. He is not only responsible for military discipline, but also for the moral moralization of the soldiers. Therefore, he believes that he must also be responsible for Lu Bu's marriage etiquette.

Lu Fan said extremely seriously: "Brother, you are no longer the flying general with the highest archery and horse in Bingzhou. You can marry your wife and concubines as you wish. You are now the lord, and you are a lord with hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Central Army. Your marriage is not only your own business, but also related to the overall interests of our Central Army!"

When Lu Fan said this, he looked at Dong Zhao, Guo Jia and others, Guo Jia and others and agreed.

Lu Bu looked at these guys with a calm expression and said nothing. Although he thought what Lu Fan and others said was very reasonable, in terms of relationship, he still could not accept that his marriage was politicized by them.

Seeing Lu Bu's expressionless face, Lu Fan continued, gritted his teeth and said, "You have tried to marry the four women home on the same day, which is really a time-saving. But I didn't think that your sloppy wedding was very disrespectful to everyone in terms of etiquette. Not only could you not win over the families behind the four women for your own use, but you would greatly offend their families and would not have the value of marriage at all."

When Lu Bu heard Lu Fan say this, he smiled helplessly and said, "I know that people don't know etiquette. I don't know what etiquette should be used to marry a common wife."

Lu Fan knew that his elder brother came from Jiuyuan County, the border area, was less etiquette and was used to being careless. He couldn't help but sigh: "Everyone said that the red rabbit among horses and the Lu Bu among people. It is recognized by the world that the elder brother was favored by women in all aspects and was favored by women's families. The elder brother could completely regard marriage as a good way to win over allies and expand his power.

However, since ancient times, there have been no two legitimate princes, and there has never been a saying that there is no equal to their wives. Although they can take more women, they are also single and more concubines. Not only are the etiquette, but the law also stipulates this. However, the elder brother already has a righteous wife, Yan family, and other aristocratic families, such as the Zhen family, or the princes, are unwilling to marry their daughter to their elder brother as concubines.

The eldest brother first advocated the idea of ​​pacifying his wife, and to calm the resentment of the Zhen family and carry out the marriage. It was indeed a wise move."

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Ziheng, the saying of a wife is not my first initiative. It was found in the Spring and Autumn Period."

Lu Fan was well-read and had a good understanding of the classics before the Qin and Han dynasties. He shook his head and denied, "I know the story of the Spring and Autumn Period that my brother told me. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of Qi had a good story. It was said that the monarch of Qi was undecided, and even the court and the country were discussing a lot. Later, the monarch joked that he had three people who had established the queen, but the matter was not completed, and even the historians did not know the intention. Therefore, there were three wives who were extremely noble in ancient times: the main palace, the east palace, and the west palace were three wives; the four concubines refer to: the three wives and four wives given by the parents in the family and the three wives were given close to each of them. From then on, there were three wives and four concubines, but this was just a joke.

From the Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, all dynasties, whether in terms of etiquette or law, they all adopted a monogamy system. "The Spring and Autumn Period? The Five Years of Yin Gong" said: "There are no two legitimate princes". Ban Gu's "Baihu Tongyi" said: "Wife is in harmony, and it is in harmony with the husband. From the emperor to the common people, the righteousness is one." "Mencius" once said that Qi Huan's five bans, and one said that there is no wife as a concubine. Qin's "Miscellaneous Laws of the Laws" stipulates that if a husband has a wife and two concubines, he will be punished. If a husband has two wives, he will be punished. If a wife has two wives, he will be punished. If a wife has two wives, he will be punished. If a wife has an outer husband, he will be a palace. "The Nine Laws of Han" also stipulates that "the position of a wife and a concubine" committed crime. "The "Bill of the Marquis of Honor" once recorded that the Marquis of Kongxiang Fu Yan was dismissed from the position of a wife and a concubine."

Lu Bu shrugged and smiled disapprovingly: "Okay, I admit that it is my first wife to be a good wife, but don't everyone agree?! I didn't see any minister impeaching me on this, nor did I see the Chief Censor, and the Chief Censor asked me for this."

Guo Jia shook his head: "Lord, in fact, the Situ Yang Biao once criticized you for setting up a flat wife in front of Grand Tutor Lu and Grand Tutor Cai, but was rejected by Grand Tutor Lu and Grand Tutor Cai. The Constitutional Man Bian Rang also submitted a letter to the Empress Dowager, impeaching you for your sake, but was ignored by the Empress Dowager."

Lu Bu asked in surprise: "Why don't I know anything?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "When I was in Hedong, you were feeling cold."

Lu Bu was dizzy at the time, and it was normal for him to forget it. Now that he knew, he just said lightly: "These ministers of the aristocratic families are so old that they can marry a girl who can be his granddaughter as their concubines. What qualifications do you have to criticize me! Sooner or later, they can't speak!"

Lu Bu was impatient and wanted to determine the marriage as soon as possible. He didn't want to discuss etiquette and law with Lu Fan, so he waved his hands to Lu Fan and others: "Ziheng, it seems that you are not discussing with me whether it is legal or polite to be a wife?"

Lu Fan smiled and said, "Brother, you have set up a flat wife, although it is not legal, it is not etiquette. However, you are the first-rank general of the Northern Expedition, the Minister of War of the Cabinet, and the Marquis of Wen County. You are the hope of the world and have the responsibility to improve etiquette and weather. You set up a flat wife, which not only comforts the pitiful woman who admires you, but also consolidates the alliance with the Zhen family and other forces with the help of marriage, and strengthens the strength of the central system, so that we can complete the great cause of our revival of the Han Dynasty faster and better. In this way, it is not only a matter of friendship, but also reasonable."

When Lu Bu heard Lu Fan say this, he couldn't help but smile and said with a smile: "Since it's reasonable, why bother with you!"

Lu Fan shook his head: "Brother, although it is reasonable to establish a flat wife, the position of a flat wife is established because flat wife is nominally higher than the concubine, which is convenient for attracting families such as the Zhen family to be used by the eldest brother. But if many flat wives are established at once, what is the difference between flat wives such as marrying such a random wife and the concubines? How can we highlight the special status of flat wives being equal to the flat wives? Even if you want to set more flat wives, I think you can only establish a flat wives and two flat wives according to the three wives and four concubines, and the other women are concubines."

Seeing that Lu Bu was silent, Lu Fan continued to say frankly: "Zhen Jiang is the eldest daughter of the Zhen family of a famous aristocratic family in Hebei. Wu Xia is the eldest daughter of the Wu family of Chenliu, but the concubine's daughter born to a concubine. Moreover, since Wu Xia's father passed away, Wu Xia's uncle Wu Zhang defected to Dong Zhuo. The Wu family of Chenliu is no longer a noble family. Diao Chan is only a female official in the palace, and her parents are both dead. Du Xiuniang is a lower-class family. Only Zhen Jiang is worthy of the position of a fair wife among the four women, and the other three women can only be concubines."

Lu Bu sighed: "Didn't you say you can set up two flat wives? I want to take Diao Chan as flat wives. She is my most pity for the woman."

Lu Fan shook his head gently and pointed to Cai Yong's mansion: "Brother, your affairs with Cai Yan have been full of storms. She can only marry you. Cai Yan, the daughter of the Grand Tutor, can you not give her a equitable wife? Although Diao Chan is fascinating, she is far less than Cai Yan in terms of family talent and help to her lord."

Lu Bu spread his hands helplessly and said, "But Grand Master Cai and his friends all told me to divorce Yan and make Cai Yan the right wife, but I refused!"

Lu Fan sneered: "Since the story of Wei Zhongdao spread all over the world, who can the daughter of Grand Master Cai marry, and who dares to marry her?! Brother, don't worry, Grand Master Cai will marry his daughter to his elder brother sooner or later, as long as the elder brother still has a flat wife. Of course, if the elder brother has already established two flat wives, Grand Master Cai will definitely not marry his daughter to someone as a concubine!"

Lu Bu sighed: "To be honest, Ziheng, I want to form many alliances, marry many women, and a few women whose family background is not much worse than Cai Yan, but there are already people in this wife with two flat wife. Those alliances and those women are not destined to be with me." For him who is familiar with the Three Kingdoms, there are so many famous socialites in the Three Kingdoms who want to hunt for beauty. I am afraid that even twenty of them can't be beaten. Seven or eight of them are famous families, such as Wu Xia's sister Wu Xian and Zhen Jiang's sister Zhen Mi, who has appeared now. Lu Bu has a developmental vision for such a stunning little loli.

Lu Fan lowered his voice: "Brother, don't worry. After you become king, you can marry more concubines and concubines. When you go further, you can marry more famous socialites in the family, because both the "Book of Rites" and the "Book of Rites" say that the emperor can have a queen, third wife, nine concubines, twenty-seventh generation wife, and eighty-one wife."

Lu Bu was stunned. No wonder Lu Fan would assist the Sun family, who had no relationship with the Han Dynasty, to become emperor. It seems that he had no interest in supporting the Han Dynasty, but wanted to achieve his wealth by supporting an emperor. In this way, most of the wise men who participated in the Eastern Wu in history could be used by Lu Bu to undermine the Liu Han royal family. Thinking of this, Lu Bu looked at Lu Fan and Lu Dai, who had been the Grand Sima of the Eastern Wu in history, and couldn't help laughing.

Monk Lu Fan asked in confusion: "Why are the eldest brother laughing?" Isn't it just that he can marry a few more wives in the future? Is it worth so happy? Lu Fan, who is a son-in-law, naturally dare not take concubines at will, and naturally he can't feel Lu Bu's desire for more beauties.

Lu Bu still laughed loudly and said, "I laugh at how many talents there are, how many beauties there are in the world, how lucky I am Lu Bu!" To be continued...
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