In the second month of the first year of Yuanyou, Guichou, Zhao Xu came to Kaifeng Mansion again.

First, we communicated with the officials about the rectification procedures for store and house affairs, field affairs in Beijing and various government offices encroaching on the street.

The ones making the fastest progress are naturally those in Beijing.

Today, most of the buildings encroaching on the street have begun to be demolished or have been demolished.

Then, it’s the official office in Beijing.

There are also signs of demolition of the intruding buildings in the three provinces, two governments, six ministries and various government offices in Kaifeng Prefecture.

The store's housework is a bit slow.

Most of the official houses showed no signs of being moved.

This is normal. All affairs in Beijing are purely royal institutions, while government offices are state institutions.

Naturally, when given an order, it will take action.

At least it will be positive on the surface.

But Dianzhaiwu is more like a state-owned profit-making organization, and its structure is complex, bloated, and huge.

And due to historical reasons, the ownership of the residences, shops, and houses owned by the Dianzhaiwu belongs to the government, but the management rights are in the hands of the merchants.

Many of these restaurants have been operating since the Renmiao era.

It's been like this for decades.

Now, would you like to personally say that you want to demolish some of the buildings that encroach on the street?

Do you think I’m stupid?!

So I started to wallow around and never do anything.

There is nothing the shopkeeper can do.

Forced demolition? They don't dare.

Because no one knows whether these businessmen are people or ghosts?

This is Bianjing!

Throwing a stone on Ma Xing Street could hit someone close to the emperor or a relative of the country.

Zhang Yi was so worried that he was sweating profusely and could only ask for help and guidance.

Zhao Xu comforted him with a smile, and then asked Song Yongchen to go over and help.

After finishing this matter, Zhao Xu was invited to the court of Kaifeng Prefecture.

The court hall has now been renovated.

The place where the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture used to sit has now been transformed into a mattress with a hanging curtain.

Moreover, Cai Jing did not dare to work and review cases here anymore, but respectfully and voluntarily retreated to the original Yamen.

As for the judge Li Shiliang who works in the local government office? Naturally, he can only move to the official government office where the recommendation officer Hu Ji is sitting.

Hu Ji could only have his own room in the official mansion of Kaifeng Mansion, like other officials, to handle daily affairs.

Zhao Xu was respectfully invited and sat on the mattress.

Cai Jing and others respectfully organized officials from all over the Kaifeng Mansion, as well as the banquet officials and accompanying readers who came with Zhao Xu, to pay homage.

Then, Cai Jing personally submitted some files.

"Your Majesty, these are all old cases and old abuses that have been discovered by the Kaifeng Mansion recently. I am incompetent and unable to make a decision. I beg for your Majesty's sanction!" Cai Jing bowed his hands.

Zhao Xu reached out and picked up one of the files.

It can be seen that this file has been copied again.

Not only is the paper new, but the ink is also new.

Zhao Xu opened the file and slowly read the text on it.

After only watching for a while, Zhao Xu raised his head and looked at the banquet officials sitting in the government hall.

Then, he started to call the names: "Mr. Fan, Mr. Lu, Mr. Su..."

Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang, and Su Song stood up quickly: "I'm waiting here."

"Since our ancestors, how should the property be distributed after the death of parents?"

Fan Chunren paid his respects and said, "I know that your Majesty's "Xingtong" contains provisions on household orders, and our ancestors clearly stipulated that those who should share the land, house and property should share it equally among the brothers."

This is the progressive nature of Hutiao in the Song Dynasty.

Regarding the inheritance of parents' property, there will be no distinction between concubines and concubines, elder or younger, and it will be divided equally among the whole family.

At the same time, this was also the problem that led to the endless litigation over property disputes in the Song Dynasty.

Because property distribution involves too many things.

Take the simplest land as an example, it can be either barren or fertile.

But which piece of land is fertile? Which piece of land is barren?

This is a personal subjective judgment.

At the same time, because the Song Dynasty did not establish a land system, many people's land was actually divided into one piece in the east and one in the west.

Different regions have different land prices.

Apart from other things, a small vegetable garden outside Bianjing City is enough for landlords to buy dozens or even hundreds of acres of land in other states and counties.

A piece of land is so complicated, let alone the more complicated division of shops, workshops, etc.

Surrounding these matters, Bianjing alone has to fight countless lawsuits every year.

It is common for brothers to sue each other, turn against each other and become enemies, and never interact with each other until old age and death.

Therefore, in many places in the south of the Yangtze River, a social phenomenon has quietly emerged, that is, the family property has been divided up while the parents are still alive!

For Confucianists, this is simply a treasonous thing!

Parents are here, but their wealth is different?

This undermines the system of saints and is not in line with the ideal social model advocated by Confucianism.

How can you go against the teachings of the saints?

We must fight hard and strike hard!

However, the social atmosphere is such that no matter how long an official's hand is, he cannot reach into other people's homes to meddle in other people's private affairs.

Moreover, ordinary people also have ways to deal with it.

The method of living together and making different money came into being.

The brothers still live together, but no longer share property. Everyone has his own share and clear boundaries.

When my parents died, the family was separated smoothly.

Therefore, countless troubles are reduced and the relationship between the brothers can be maintained.

Of course, this practice is currently only popular in the Jiangnan region where the economy is more developed and the concept of private property is stronger.

This wind has not blown to the north yet.

But that's a matter of time.

In short, the scholar-bureaucrats still tried their best to maintain the traditional social model.

However, the wheels of history are already rolling.

Once that critical point is reached, new great Confucians will emerge to argue for the new society.

Just like when Qingli founded the Confucian School, a large number of great Confucians rose up to endorse the new Confucian theory and put their foot down in the commentaries on the classics and meanings of the old Confucian scholars in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Zhao Xu held the file in his hand and asked with a smile: "Are there any regulations for women in the household regulations?"

Lu Dafang once ruled Chengdu, a developed textile city.

The damask brocade produced by Chengdu Lingjin Yuan is the best in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the property distribution of the weavers in Chengdu Prefecture has become a social issue.

I don’t know how many lawsuits are filed over this every year.

Naturally, Lu Dafang was familiar with this.

So, he bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, I would like to inform you that in the household regulations, for women, there are three types: daughters who are still married, daughters who have returned to the clan, and daughters who are married."

"At the same time, there are also households that are extinct and non-households that are extinct."

Hujue means that there is no male heir, and non-huzetsu naturally means that there is a male heir.

"What if it's not a household?" Zhao Xu asked.

"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you that according to the local experience of the generals and ministers, if the household is not eliminated, the property of a married woman should not be divided."

"However, according to the law, a virgin should receive more than half of the property equal to her brother's betrothal gift. If her parents have made a marriage contract and agreed on a dowry before their death, they must respect their parents' agreement..."
To be continued...