Fan's fortune telling

Buying and selling wives was illegal in the Qing Dynasty.

There are clear provisions in the Great Qing Law:

If you buy a divorce with money and sell it, you get a wife, your husband, your wife and the person who bought the divorce each get a hundred sticks, and the woman's divorce belongs to her own faction, and the gift money is paid to the official.

However, this situation is not uncommon among people in many areas. It has a name "marry and sell wives".

This is not human trafficking, but after the woman has a husband, it is approved by the buyer and the seller, and there is an intermediary certificate.

The government is not unaware of it, but most of them ignore it or even list it as "bad habits in the county" and other local bad habits.

It is against ethics to "marry and sell wives". Why can illegal acts exist for a long time and why are they not prohibited by the government? There are several reasons, which reflect the social reality at that time.

Why do you want to marry and sell your wife? Generally speaking, there are several reasons for marrying and selling wives.

First, the husband is sickly and unable to support family life, and his wife has become a burden.

For example, during the Xianfeng period, Pengzhou people suffered from jaundice and could not recover for a long time, and they had no money to recuperate. After discussing with his wife Zhu, he is willing to sell Zhu to Wang Dejin who recently lost his wife. Find a matchmaker, show your engagement and make an agreement:

Willing to agree (disagree) with the media book. The young married Zhu Wanming's daughter, and the couple could not have an eclipse because of hunger. The husband had no choice but to invite his family to discuss with Zhu Jia and others, and the couple were willing to leave. My husband asked the media to wish Jiaqing a threesome, remarried separately and married her husband Wang Dejin. According to media discussion, in addition to the gift money, 12 strings of words were presented, including drinks, paintings and handprints of foot models. Hong Qian's message was received in person, and not a penny was missing. This is a marriage between two men and one woman, and coercion is forbidden. In the future, before Hong Jia and his family arrive, nothing can be complicated. If there are complications in the future, there is media evidence that Zhu Jiaqing will bear it. I am afraid that people will be separated, so I am willing to agree to a piece of paper for the wedding and give it to Wang Xing to keep forever.

There is also the fact that her husband's family is poor, and he can't live on his own, so he can't care about his wife, so he chooses to sell his wife.

For example, in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, a wife-selling incident occurred.

Xie Xinde, who lives in the county, married Dr. Deng's sister Deng Shi. A few years later, Xie Xinde was disabled, unable to live and difficult to take care of his wife. So he discussed with his younger brother Xie Maode and asked Wu Yingcheng and Zhang Heshi to marry Xiao Wanlu as his wife. Xie Xinde received a gift of 3 1 string and got engaged.

Their agreement is as follows:

Make a wish and ask the media to find the master wife and wife together, and the wife will ask her son. I have been in love for many years, my hometown is poor, and the eclipse is hard to harvest. My son Xinde is disabled and can't take care of him, but he is really helpless. After discussion, the father and son only decided to release his daughter-in-law and wife Deng Shi, and asked Zhang Heshi and Wu Yongcheng to write Wu Yingcheng. ) For the media, it is necessary to find a husband to get married and remarry, and never make a false certificate, for fear that there is no evidence. I specially invited the media to do a paper.

Both of the above are due to the husband's physical or economic reasons, and there is still some helplessness.

Another situation is that the husband is away for a long time and the wife is helpless at home; Or the husband doesn't care about his wife at home after going out. In this case, the husband's family finally decided to marry and sell his wife.

This situation is equivalent to the husband abandoning his wife, and then the in-laws can come forward to marry and sell their wives alone.

For example, during the Jiaqing period, a man's wife Yong had a child bride Li since childhood, but Yong grew up and worked outside for a long time, not to mention his wife, and even his parents were left unattended. Li Jiali's livelihood was hard to find, and he was saved by hanging himself several times. In this case, the husband's family can only choose to marry him.

After the guarantee, Wang Shide, Wang Tiyuan, Wang Tilin, etc. Anything related to the contract shall not be implicated.

Li Changchong misses his compatriots and sisters and is willing to listen to their future. Both uncles and nephews are happy. I am afraid that my family will be dragged down by a group of people accusing me of selling my wife in the future, but there is no media proof. After consultation, the father and son are willing to issue a letter of guarantee to Wang, Song Xueda, Zhang Shaozong, Fan and Zeng Shiqi. I lost my brother Fan and married Li and Xie Hongyu as concubines. He is the third to negotiate, and the gift of 2000 Wen was personally taken out by Shi De and his son. After leaving the contract today, Wang Xing and others said in the future that Shide and his son are very worried about not interacting with people who ask for relatives through the media. I am afraid that people are unpredictable, and the book promises to be based on the text.

The other situation is even worse, because the husband's conduct is bad, the family can no longer live a normal life, and finally have to sell his wife.

For example, during the Daoguang period, a man named Wen Tianlun and his wife gave birth to a son.

However, this Wen Tianlun is doing nothing, and he is proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. After a long time, all his fields were sold for gambling, and even his wife could not eat and wear.

In the twenty-first year of Daoguang, Wen Tianlun's family could not continue, so Wen and Peng Tingxian took the lead in marrying their fellow countryman Zhang Song and got 6,000 pieces of bride price money.