After breakfast, Mama He, the eunuchs, and the guards took Yinyi, Long Dan and Tuan Tuan brothers and sisters to play in the fields.

Only Shuyun and Kangxi were left in the room drinking tea and chatting leisurely.

"Shuyun, I see that the threshing machine and shelling machine made by your craftsmen are very good, which is convenient and labor-saving. You send two craftsmen to the Ministry of Works, bring the drawings, and I want to promote them throughout the country. In this way, a lot of labor can be saved, and the farmers will have time to reclaim more land. Kangxi said.

Shuyun pondered for a moment and said, "The craftsmen and drawings are fine, but if you want to promote it, I'm afraid it's difficult!" ”

"Oh? That's a good thing, how can it be difficult? Kangxi looked at Shuyun and asked with some puzzlement.

"First of all, many parts of the thresher and shelling machine are made of iron, and in terms of our annual steel production in the Qing Dynasty, it is not realistic to manufacture them on a large scale, and the amount of daily necessities such as manufacturing weapons and farm tools and iron pots is not enough. Secondly, their cost is relatively high, and ordinary farmers cannot afford it, and the landlords have a large number of cheap tenant farmers to work for them, so they may not spend any more money to buy machinery, and they don't have to do it themselves anyway, so they are not tired. As soon as she said this, Shuyun was also very depressed, such a good machine not only represents advanced productivity, but also opens people's eyes and changes the concept of the people. Sook-yun also wants to spread the word. It's just not realistic to think about it. China has always referred to these inventions as miraculous and ingenious, which shows that people despise technology. Success, of course, is good because it can reverse this misconception. But if it fails, it is afraid that it will create a new view that the invention is not practical, and once the concept of man is formed. It's not easy to change. This will be a big blow to the country's future development of science and technology. Shuyun has been planning silently for so long, and she doesn't want to rush for quick success. Penny wise and pound foolish.

Kangxi thought as he tapped lightly on the table. After a while, he sighed and said, "Alas! Your concerns are justified, and I haven't come up with anything good to do. ”

Shuyun patted Kangxi's hand and said with a smile, "It's okay, gold always shines, there is still a lot of room for improvement in this shelling machine and thresher, I will tell the craftsmen to study it carefully, maybe it won't take a few years to have a more perfect product." Ming'er, I will ask the craftsman to send a drawing to the Ministry of Industry for the record. Let them figure it out too. ”

"Hehe, you can see it, okay just do it." After Kangxi finished speaking, he paused for a moment before continuing, "Shuyun, I heard that you lost your temper yesterday?" It seems to be because of the matter of binding small feet? ”

Shuyun didn't know why Kangxi mentioned this topic for Lu, because of small talk, by the way, he cared about himself, or because of something else. glanced at Kangxi. Shuyun still decided to tell the truth: "As soon as you mention this, I won't be angry." It's not the eldest brother's fellow villager named Hanfang. Encourage a few narrow-eyed women in Zhuangzi to bind their children's feet. It's all some farmer's family, how do you say you work with your feet wrapped. I taught them to read and write. It is hoped that they will be able to learn and be self-reliant in the future. Let's not say that I can make a difference, at least I can't be a concubine for those guys who are full of brains. Where does this put my face? Besides, you have to toss a good child into a cripple. Isn't that a bad thing? ”

Kangxi patted Shuyun comfortingly, shook his head and said with a smile, "Hehe." You, you just don't know the situation, you are my concubine, my dignified Mrs. Zhengyipin, a small Zhuangzi, and your own industry, it's not up to you to decide. Look at who is not pleasing to the eye, even if it is punished, why be so angry. I'm angry and broken, and I'm going to feel distressed. ”

Although Shuyun has lived in the Qing Dynasty for more than 20 years and has been with Kangxi for more than two years, there are still very different concepts about people in this era. Although there was a privileged class in the previous life, Shuyun herself can be regarded as that kind of person, but she still has to have some scruples about doing things. It is not at all the same as the unscrupulousness of the current elites.

Shuyun swallowed a mouthful of saliva a little darkly, and said, "Forget it, they are all people who are like each other, why bother to be like them." I'm just whining. I won't let you worry about it in the future. ”

Kangxi shook his head and smiled, "You, you're just too kind-hearted and too careless." It's a loss. ”

"Hehe, it's okay, with you, who would dare to give me a loss." Shuyun immediately sent a sycophant without a trace.

"Ha Lu Haha is a person who is a mother, and he is not self-reliant, and he thinks about relying on me all day long. Who said I wouldn't be worried? "Kangxi enjoys Shuyun's compliments very much, whether it's true or not, but it's comfortable to listen to." However, I have the same point of view as you and don't like this footwrap. ”

Shuyun's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Then the emperor can order that it is forbidden to wrap small feet." ”

"How forbidden? This is not something that can be forbidden. After we entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, we also repeatedly ordered that women were forbidden to bind their feet. However, the results have been minimal, and the opposition from the people is very strong. By the time I had been in power for seven years, I had no choice but to give up. This incident has been rendered as "men and women are not convinced", which is really ridiculous. Kangxi shook his head helplessly and said.

Kangxi said this, Shuyun knew about it, and it was in an uproar among the people at that time. It's just that the "head shaving order" can be implemented so thoroughly, but the ban on foot binding is not possible? Is it so difficult just because of the strong opposition of the people? The shaving of the head was not more objectionable, and Dorgon even issued a "keep the law without a head, keep a head without hair." The order vows to shave the head to the end. A head, a foot, is the foot more precious than the head? I'm afraid not, right? As for the real reason, it is not known whether women are considered irrelevant or those in power have other ideas. Shuyun wouldn't be stupid enough to ask Kangxi rashly.

But as long as there is hope, Shuyun still wants to try "Hmm" Shuyun lowered her head, pondering the available methods, recalling the history books she had read about this before. Shuyun still remembers that there is a record in China's modern history that after the Xinhai Revolution, local governments took various specific measures to implement "relaxation". The slogan "Don't take a woman with small feet as a wife", "Women with small feet under the age of 25 are not allowed to walk on the road" were set up on the road, and "small foot donations" were levied on women with bound feet to promote the liberation of women's feet. Gradually, the bad habit of foot binding became extinct. So can you use it as a reference now?

So Shuyun tried to say to Kangxi, "Xuanye, we can publicize the harm of small feet to the human body from a medical point of view. The imperial court can also issue a decree to levy "small foot donations" from women with bound feet. It's okay to wrap your little feet if you want, but you have to pay for it. In this way, the women of the poor people's families can be given up with no thoughts. ”

"You can do it first. But the second way? Hehe, it's a shame that you can figure it out, and you still "donate your little feet", if I really do this, the people will not scold me to death. You have a good saying, foot binding is the literati doctor to confine women in the boudoir, easy to manipulate, but also to satisfy their desires. The imperial court ordered a ban on foot binding, and it was these literati who opposed it the most. The mouth of the defense is more important than the defense of the river. The pen of the literati is more powerful than the sword of the warrior. At present, the three feudal parties and Taiwan have not yet been assessed, and for the sake of stability, there are some things that I have to be cautious about. But I can promise you that when the world is at peace in the future, I will once again order a ban on foot binding. ”

"Well, I listen to you, Xuan Ye, Xie Lu thank you." Shuyun said with a gentle smile, although she was not very satisfied, but Shuyun did not show it, if she had to make trouble with Kangxi and had to give an order now, it would only backfire. It was rewarding to get one of his promises. The emperor's golden words must be fulfilled, but it is only a matter of time.

~ But there is one thing that also makes Shuyun mutter in his heart, from Kangxi's words, it can be found that he clearly heard what Shuyun said in the auditorium yesterday. At that time, he should have been outside the door, but why did he walk away again, but let Yin still come in to find him? I was pretending not to know the way, but now I inadvertently leaked it? What exactly does Kangxi mean? Or do you have some thoughts about what you said yesterday? ~ Shuyun is a little confused.

"But I think the Han people have a point of view that is very correct?" Just when Shuyun was puzzled, Kangxi spoke again. Seeing Shuyun looking up at him inquiringly, Kangxi continued, "Women, they should be 'three from four virtues', a good husband and children, what do you say, Shuyun?" ”

It seems that Kangxi has an idea about Shuyun's words yesterday, Kangxi is a strong and extremely macho person, he usually allows Shuyun to express his opinions in front of him, and even trains craftsmen and doctors and other things that go beyond the norm. This stems from his trust and love for Shuyun, and he is also confident that he can control Shuyun. But if Shuyun spreads the views that he thinks are more extreme, such as women's self-improvement, self-reliance, and new women in the new era, it will not be what he is happy to see. So he had to give Shuyun a bang.

After Kangxi asked that sentence, Shuyun instantly figured out what he was thinking. Now it's a matter of how you answer. Do you want to refute or follow him, what are the pros and cons between the two? ~Alas! Kangxi can be regarded as the closest person to him in this world, except for Dragon Egg and Tuan Tuan, but when he gets along with him, he has a lot of scruples, even if he says a word, he has to weigh it again and again, which is really tiring. But there is no way, in the royal family, even between husband and wife, politics has to be talked about. ~ Shuyun thought with some sadness.

"Shuyun, what are you thinking, don't you agree with my point of view?" Kangxi asked with a smile. But the smile seemed to be meaningful.

"There are two sides to everything, let's see what happens." Shuyun gave an ambiguous answer lightly. It's a step back, but the meaning is not agreeable.

"'The benevolent sees the benevolence, and the wise sees the wisdom.'" What is benevolence? What is wisdom? What is the opposite? What is right? With Kangxi's wisdom, of course, it is not difficult to hear Shuyun's semantics. He didn't end the topic because of Shuyun's regression, but asked further.

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