Hai Rui is so poor that he can t even afford meat, why did he marry three wives and two concubines?

Because Hai Rui was deeply influenced by his mother at that time, he thought that a man should have three wives and four concubines and pass on the lineage, so he listened to his mother's words and married three wives and two concubines.

Because the status of women in ancient times was relatively low, ordinary concubines could be purchased directly, and the value was not high.

Because it was normal for men in ancient times to have three wives and four concubines, even the poor had several wives.

A good official who is honest, upright, and resolute, clean and self-loving, and deeply loved by the people has married three wives and accepted two concubines, and it is rumored that he has been married nine times, and still accepts young women as concubines in his old age, and it is rumored that his family is poor, how can he afford so much money?

First of all, Hai Rui served as the county magistrate not long after the 28th year of Jiajing, which was the beginning of his career, and it is assumed that when he served as the county magistrate, the living standard of ordinary people must be higher, and his salary level must not be lower than the ordinary consumption level, and at that time, no matter what kind of meat the price was about a few cents per catty, it is likely that he can't afford meat is an exaggeration, in other words, even if he really can't afford meat, this situation only exists when he first took office.

Secondly, marrying three wives is not something that happens at the same time. Hai Rui's first wife, Xu, had two daughters for him and had no sons. Hai Rui is a very filial person, some people speculate that it is because Confucianism pursues the idea of filial piety that there are three unfilial pieties and no queen is the greatest, and some people speculate that Xu and her mother-in-law are at odds, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have deep contradictions before they were abandoned by Hai Rui.

After Hai Rui and Mrs. Xu divorced, he married Mrs. Pan again. However, less than a month after Mrs. Pan arrived at the Hai family, she was abandoned again, and the reason for the abandonment is unknown.

Then he married Mrs. Wang, Jiajing forty-three years, Hai Rui went north to serve, because Mrs. Haitai could not stand the cold in the north, therefore, let Mrs. Wang stay to serve, then Hai Rui accepted the first concubine, Longqing two years, Mrs. Wang died of illness, the day before his death, Hai Rui's concubine suddenly hanged herself. Wanli returned to officialdom in the thirteenth year, and Hai Rui, who was seventy-three years old, had two concubines by his side, so it seems that not every wife and concubine were jointly supported by Hai Rui. Therefore, the pressures of his life did not lead him to a situation where he could not even afford meat.

In addition, according to historical records, Hai Rui owned about 40 acres of land in his hometown, and he could obtain a certain rent by leasing the land to tenants. And from the fact of his official promotion, it can be known that his income has actually increased to a certain extent, and with the additional income from leasing land, he can cover the living income of his family and the expenses of his wife and concubine.

In the end, in my opinion, the reason why Hai Rui can still marry a young and beautiful concubine after his age is closely related to his personality charm, although he treats his wife relatively coldly and coldly, and has never really loved one of them, but he has a good literary style, a very high reputation, is honest and honest, and has a certain personality charm, which is the result of his wife and concubine serving left and right.

Because Hai Jui is not so poor, history just deliberately portrays Hai Jui as a poor person.

Because of the misunderstanding of time, Hai Rui did not marry so many wives when he was so poor that he couldn't even afford meat, but he could afford meat when he married so many wives.

That's because he was very charismatic personally, and these ladies were willing to marry him.

Because he has charisma, those women like his people, not his money.

"Hai Jui's poor can't even afford meat" is a fallacy. Indeed, Hai Rui usually "picks the door" and pays no attention to dressing, which leaves the impression of poverty on the people and netizens. In fact, Hai Jui was not poor at all, and at that time he was a rich man with small assets.

Many people question whether a "poor" Qing official like Hai Rui can afford to marry 3 wives and 2 concubines? Rest assured, Hai Jui's family conditions are enough for him to support his five wives. The Ming Dynasty's Yulu was notoriously low, but Hai Rui's father and grandfather were both **, and decades of accumulation of silver made it no problem for the Hai family to become a well-off class.

Besides, Hai Rui has gone through four dynasties and has been an official for more than 40 years, and there are dozens of acres of land at home, plus the Lu rice distributed by the imperial court, so he doesn't have to worry about not being able to marry a wife. Besides, Hai Rui's monthly salary after his promotion was as high as 24 taels**, which was considered a "millionaire" at that time. <

So why did Hai Jui leave the impression of poverty on netizens and ordinary people? The main reason is that he is unkempt and has no requirements for food, clothing, housing and transportation. It's light tea all year round, and even if you go to Beijing to do business, you wear a torn robe, and now it's probably a raunchy "otaku rich generation".

It is said that Hai Jui does not eat meat all year round, and only goes to the vegetable market to buy some pork on his mother's birthday. In Hai Rui's own opinion, this is a "necessity" for his birthday, but in the eyes of ordinary people and netizens, Hai Rui bought pork with filial piety and "gritted his teeth" in extreme poverty.

The misunderstanding about Hai Jui doesn't stop there. It is recorded in the history that Hai Rui once starved his daughter to death because she had "physical contact" with a neighbor's boy, which is in fact a false rumor. It is true that Hai Rui is a clean official who adheres to the bottom line, but he has never done such a thing, and he is not an extremely pedantic "antique".

NopeNot to mention, in such a "flattering" era, it is not easy for Hai Rui to adhere to his original heart, actively redress the grievances of the people, and help the people who have suffered unjustly to seek justice. This is also the reason why he became a celebrity and a Qing official through the ages, and he was once able to "compare" with Bao Zheng.

Although Hai Rui was very poor, he had a very high status in the Ming Dynasty, and he was a second-class member of the imperial court when he was the official to the Nanjing Military Department. Because Hai Rui has a high status and a good reputation, he can take three wives and four concubines.

Because although he has no money, he has status, background, and the support of bigwigs behind him.

Because he must have a certain talent, so that he will attract the attention of women, and there are many women who are not for money, but simply appreciate the charm of this man, so he will marry so many wives.

Because his career is getting smoother and smoother, and his income in the later period is also a lot, he also has a certain economic ability.

Because he married the daughters of some poor families, their parents sold them, **very low, not even a pound of meat**, so he can afford to marry.

Hai Jui was honest and honest all his life, and he was a famous clean official in Chinese history. Because he is honest and honest, he never bends the law for bribes or favoritism, and he is so poor in this high position that he can't even afford to eat meat.

There is no way, the ** Yulu of the Ming Dynasty is very low, if you only rely on the Yulu of the imperial court, although you will not starve to death, it is impossible to live a superior life.

In this case, why can Hai Rui, who can't even afford to eat meat, still marry 5 wives?

Let's analyze it from the official positions that Hai Jui has held.

Hai Jui's path to the imperial examination was not smooth, and he was only admitted to the examination when he was 35 years old. But in the next two examinations, Hai Rui was named Sun Shan. However, when he was 40 years old, the Guangdong political envoy arranged a position for Hai Rui, to go to Nanping County, Fujian Province to be a teacher, that is, a teacher who had a formal establishment and could enjoy the imperial court.

It can be seen from this that although the 40-year-old Hai Rui has no official position, at least he has been favored by a provincial governor-level bigwig.

At the age of 44, Hai Rui was appointed as the county magistrate of Chun'an, and now he is the county magistrate, a department-level cadre, and Hai Rui has also entered the official career. And even now, a 44-year-old director-level cadre is very rare.

When Hai Rui was 50 years old, he was appointed as the head of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Households. The household department is similar to today's Ministry of Finance, and the Yunnan Department is similar to the various departments under the Ministry of Finance, which means that Hai Rui became a department-level cadre at the age of 50.

At the age of 52, Hai Jui was transferred to the Ministry of War, which is equivalent to today's Ministry of Defense. Later, he was transferred to Dali Temple, which is equivalent to today's Supreme People's Court. Zuo Tongzheng, who was appointed to the Department of General Administration when he was 54 years old, is equivalent to the director of the State Bureau of Letters and Visits, which is already the level of a deputy ministerial-level cadre.

At the age of 55, Hai Rui served as the governor of Yingtian and served as the imperial historian of the right capital. These two official positions, one is equivalent to the current provincial governor and the other is equivalent to the current deputy procurator general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and these are both positions of ministerial-level cadres. At this time, Hai Rui was a high-ranking authority, and he was the feudal official in charge of one party.

And these two official positions are also the highest positions held by Hai Rui in his life.

Back to the previous question.

Indeed, Hai Rui is really poor, so poor that he can't even afford to eat meat. But no matter how poor he is, he is a court official and a feudal official, and his social status is not comparable to those who are rich.

After all, since ancient times, China has paid attention to agriculture and industry, Hai Rui is not only a scholar, but also a feudal official, poor is poor, what is wrong with marrying him? After all, Hai Jui's official position is there, who can't respectfully call Mrs. when he sees it? Naturally, there will be many people who are willing to marry Hai Rui.

Although he has no money, he is a very talented man, which is why he attracts so many women to marry him, and he is very handsome.

Because of the 5 wives he married, these wives all said that they would marry him voluntarily, so they are also happy.

Because these women don't care whether Hai Jui is poor or not, what they value is Hai Jui's character, a woman must follow a reliable man to be happy for a lifetime, Hai Jui is really good to them.

Because he is charismatic. Those women admired him as a person, and didn't care about his financial conditions.

Because he has a unique view and understanding of women, and his views on marriage are different from ordinary people.

No, it wasn't his intention, it was directly related to his mother. His mother wanted Hai Jui to continue the incense.

No, this was very common in those days, and it did not mean that a person was greedy for sex.

The reason for doing this is because his mother has a direct relationship with his mother, and the concept of marriage is influenced by his mother, because his mother and his wives are bored and often beat and scold, because his wife can't give birth to a child and is suspended, he has to contact other women to send a smock to complete his ancestry.

He has a strong ability to work, but he is a mess when dealing with family affairs, he is a clean official, and he was forced by the old lady or guess when he married a wife and took a concubine. He divorced his first wife because of the influence of his mother, who was very disgusted with this girl.

may have something to do with his mother, sometimes his thinking is also very stubborn, and eventually affects his marriage and family.

Hai Jui was really poor because he lived on only a few things; The reason why he wants to marry three wives is because there is a saying in ancient times that "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest", and he did this to continue the incense in the family.

Hai Jui is not poor, and those who are officials are not poor. Hai Rui was able to marry three wives because it was normal to have three wives and four concubines in ancient times, and Hai Rui was rich and could afford to raise them.

Hai Rui's family is really not rich at all, because he only relies on Yulu to live, and he married a wife just to continue the family's incense.

Although Hai Rui is poor, as an official of the imperial court, he still has a certain amount of money, although he is not rich, but he is enough to live. Moreover, in ancient times, three wives and four concubines were in line with etiquette and religion, and they needed to be passed on to the next generation.

Hai Rui has been honest all his life, and he only lives with money, which is really poor. To marry a wife is to obey the mother's words and continue the incense.

Hai Rui, a rare Qing official in history, was honest and diligent and fair all his life, and the people loved him very much, calling him "Hai Qingtian". Hai Rui did not enter the officialdom early, he was forty-five years old at that time, and he only went to the post of magistrate of Chun'an County. Since then, he has been up and down in officialdom until he died of illness in Nanjing in the fifteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty at the age of seventy-four.

All kinds of records about him are documented by literature and history, and Hai Jui's integrity is beyond doubt, but a detailed count of his life shows that he has married at least three wives and two concubines. Hai Rui, who can't even afford meat, where did he get the money to marry a wife and take a concubine? Is he really poor?

Hai Rui was honest all his life, it is said that he was very poor when he was an official in Chun'an, because the Ming Dynasty's inferior ** was very low, so he was very frugal in food and clothing. Only once, when his mother celebrated his birthday, Hai Rui bought two catties of meat, which became a big news in officialdom and society, and the meat butcher was surprised that he could do business with him in this life.

When Hai Jui died, he was presided over by a colleague who went to his home to pack up his belongings, and found that there were only some dilapidated curtains and bamboo utensils in the house.

Hai Jui's three wives and two concubines did not exist at the same time.

First of all, we can be sure that even in feudal society, "monogamy" is still followed. In other words, although Hai Jui had three wives, it was impossible for them to be supported by him at the same time.

Hai Rui married his first wife, Xu, before becoming an official, and Xu gave birth to two daughters for Hai Rui, but Xu was later divorced by Hai Rui. The real reason for their separation is unknown, but some people speculate that perhaps the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are more problematic. Subsequently, Hai Rui married his second wife, surnamed Pan, but the marriage between them lasted less than a month, and Pan was divorced again, for reasons that are also unknown.

The third wife's surname is Wang, and Hai Rui and she also have children, but Wang does not like cold weather, so when Hai Rui was transferred to Beijing, he did not follow, but lived with his children and mother-in-law in his hometown.

During this period, Hai Rui accepted his first concubine, the Han family. Han and Wang died in the second year of Ming Longqing, only eleven days later. And when Hai Rui was 73 years old, he took another concubine, surnamed Qiu.

The news of Hai Jui's meat purchase happened early in his career, and he was actually not that poor.

Hai Rui's purchase of two catties of meat became officialdom news, which happened when he Qingyou served as Chun'an Zhixian, and we know that Chun'an Zhixian was actually the starting point of Hai Rui's career, which happened in the early days of his career.

In addition, with the income of a magistrate, can you really not afford two catties of meat? According to the price at that time, "25 catties of pork, the price of silver is 5 cents and 4 cents", "2 catties of beef, the price of the wheel mold is 4 cents of silver". No matter what kind of meat Hai Rui buys, the cost is only four or five cents, which is about 20 yuan when converted into the current yuan.