Du Yibin
Du Yibin is Senator Du Yibin emerges as a visionary yet pragmatic political leader deeply committed to addressing the social and demographic challenges faced by naturalized citizens in 17th-century Guangzhou. A staunch advocate for reforming marriage structures to accommodate an imbalanced population—particularly among foreign workers and exiled prisoners—he champions innovative solutions like large-scale blind date assemblies and grand collective weddings, ensuring these groups find legitimate spouses despite bureaucratic hurdles. Though initially frustrated by budget constraints and resistance from conservative factions (such as the Council of Elders), his persistence drives him to refine proposals, like gender-neutral terminology ("spouses" instead of "wives") or cost-sharing models tied to workers’
Context from Novel
"Chapter 1998 - The Shi Young Master Keeping Pace with Times Lying in bed, Huang Ping stared up at the ceiling with bright, wakeful eyes. Sleep eluded him; his mind churned with investigation details. Though he hadn't studied tax law for long, he understood the concept of "tax avoidance" well enough. Legal tax avoidance wasn't a modern invention—it had existed since ancient times. Land Tax, for instance, invited all manner of tricks. The Huang family had once been "powerful gentry" in Lingao, and"
"Chapter 1999 - Solution to Naturalized Citizens' Marriage Problem The budget had been rejected. But the matter of finding wives for naturalized citizens proceeded as usual. Senator Du Yibin—the most enthusiastic proponent of this initiative—happened to have returned to Guangzhou from Enping at just this moment to handle various affairs. He planned to use this window to organize a vigorous Blind Date Assembly, followed by a grand Collective Wedding. The budget rejection hadn't extinguished his "c"
"Chapter 2000 - Two Elders Concerned With Naturalized Marriage "But surely, among all the prisoners under Fu Youdi's jurisdiction, there must be some suitable candidates?" Du Yibin pressed, unwilling to concede. "If we search, we'll certainly find some who match your criteria. But the number would fall far short of what you need—especially given your plan: two... even three wives per person..." Ran Yao was frankly astonished upon reading this clause. Given the current gender ratio of the populati"
"Chapter 2001 - Two Senators Caring About Naturalized Citizens' Marriage Problem (II) Guangzhou was home to hundreds of thousands of souls—the largest city in southern seventeenth-century China. Surely, Wang Jun reasoned, there could be no shortage of women of marriageable age. He ran the numbers in his head. There was no need to fixate on the narrow pools of "female prisoners" or "chaste widows"—those constituted only a fraction of the available population. Yet almost immediately, a new anxiety"
"Chapter 2002 - Two Elders Concerned With Naturalized Marriage (III) "Mmm-hmm, and then? Where will the women come from?" "That phrasing is deeply problematic," Wang Jun said. "At the first reading in the Council of Elders, the female Senators would tear it to shreds. Don't be so blunt, and avoid gendered language. 'Wives for naturalized workers' should be reframed as 'spouses for naturalized workers'—'spouse' is gender-neutral. That'll be less grating to female Senators, and the proposal won't a"
Appearances
Appears in chapters: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2038, 2043, 2044, 2060, 2436, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2561, 2565, 2572, 2580, 2581, 2582, 2866, 2867, 2868.