The matter of banning foot binding, from the beginning of the last edict on the prohibition of flag people's foot binding, there have been signs, the government and the opposition, the capital, all kinds of sayings, have been circulating for a long time, and everyone is not too surprised. It's just that, before, "I only heard the sound of stairs", and now, "finally people come down".

Of course, there were still accidents -- people didn't expect that the person who came down from the upper floor, the first to take the lead, was actually Li Hongzhang.

The first to advocate the ban on foot binding is obviously a thankless task, what about Li Shaoquan, but how can he be willing to do this job if he is "unprofitable and does not get up early"?

Understand that there are people: it is precisely because Li Shaoquan is a "meritorious foundation" and will not do unprofitable things that it shows that although the first initiative to ban foot binding, although it is "difficult", it may not be "unflattering" -- it may not please so-and-so, but it must be good to please "superiors", that is, the ban on foot binding is a "completed case" of "superiors", and Li believes that the "superiors" have made up their minds to implement this case, and they have tacit understanding from top to bottom, or volunteer, or lead the order, and fired the first shot.

Li Hongzhang's identity is also very suitable for this job: the ban on foot binding is mainly aimed at the Han people, he is the best of the Han people, and his "first righteousness" is naturally more convincing than the proposal of the flag officer, and it is more "submissive to the will of the people" than directly pressed down by the "top".

Li Hongzhang also has an advantage that others do not have: Mrs. Li is a "heavenly foot", and when he came to ask for a ban on foot binding, he wrapped a golden bell jar of "pure filial piety", which was justified and arrogant, and no one dared to attack him easily.

However, if it is prohibited, how to punish it. Li Hongzhang's twists and turns. Not a word. With the phrase "dethrone the great power, it is controlled by the superiors, and it is not dared by the subordinates to discuss" -- this is where he is clever, and he does not want to really offend people.

The "above" "handed over" Li Hongzhang's excerpts.

How to "discuss"?

It is said that foot binding is a good thing, and the women who bind their feet are all comfortable?

This kind of thing is the most dead-brained and thick-skinned person. Can't tell.

The attitude of the "above" on this matter is well known to everyone; In addition, in the second year of Shunzhi and the third year of Kangxi, the imperial court issued an edict strictly prohibiting foot binding, in a sense, "banning foot binding" is also considered an "ancestral system", so. I am afraid that it will not work if you oppose it openly. So, the wisdom of Wang Xi in the seventh year of Shi Kangxi?

In the seventh year of Kangxi, Wang Xi of the imperial history of the left capital folded, thinking that the regulations of Kangxi for three years were too strict, and Diao people slandered and implicated innocents, please "ban on foot binding".

However, at this stage, it is only a "submission", and the ban on foot binding has not been officially implemented, no matter how the law stipulates, first insist that "it is too strict, and the people are falsely accusing and implicating the innocent", which is not very convincing, right?

The opponents were undecided, and the supporters fired a series of shots.

The first one to support is a Manchurian imperial history called Chongyou, his excerpts, his own words, few, if you really have the power, they are all moved by others, including the ancestor of the second year of Shunzhi, the holy ancestor of the third year of Kangxi, and the "holy teaching" of the queen mother of the two palaces who strictly banned the eight flags from binding their feet last time. However, the most touching sentences are not among these edicts, but from a post by a person who does not have any official position.

This person is the Baoting who has shown his face twice in this book.

Bao Ting was proud of the autumn of the year before last, but the second year, that is, last year's spring, accidentally missed, and this year he made a comeback, and he is now preparing for this year's examination. Jingzhong is full of people preparing for exams, and his post has caused a lot of repercussions in Shilin.

Bao Ting denounced foot binding as "contrary to the principles of heaven, against people's hearts, and chaotic with the Five Classics".

He said in the post, "Born into a human, Zhong Lingyuxiu, flesh and limbs, each with its own shape, hard and twisted, and unrecognizable, it is called 'contrary to heavenly principles'."

Women's foot binding is started when they are young, and the youngest daughter "screams in pain, tosses and turns", "tears are exhausted, and the mouth is unspeakable", and the will of the people is called "against the hearts of the people".

The sage has the teachings of the "Five Classics" such as "Father's Righteousness, Mother's Kindness, Son's Filial Piety, Brother's Friend, and Brother's Respect", but the pain of a woman's foot binding is due to the gift of her parents, which is the destruction of the most important "Father's Righteousness and Mother's Kindness" in the "Five Classics", which is called the "Five Classics of Chaos".

Chongyou's recital is also "handed over", everyone has seen it, and it is not difficult to understand that Baoting is just a person, and he does not have the power to write and say things, and after Chongyou's "change hands", his post can go directly to the front of the emperor and show hundreds of officials - this is a matter of collusion between the two people.

Chongyou's excerpts, although they don't have any dry goods of their own, but the "Hadith" and "Qing Discussion" have an abnormal weight, especially the Baoting's "contrary to the principles of heaven, against the hearts of the people, and chaotic with the five canons", and those who oppose the prohibition of foot binding do not know how to refute him.

Baoting and Chongyou are both Manchurians, so what about the Han people? Except for Li Hongzhang, who "started", the rest are silent?

Of course not.

Zhao Jingxian, the acting governor of Liangjiang, wrote in support of the ban on foot binding, and among his excerpts, the most powerful are these few words, "A woman with bound feet, whose limbs are harmed, and who is weak and short of breath, will be able to give birth to healthy children?" Today, in the world of competition among all nations, binding feet is like opium, weakening the seed of China, harming a hundred generations, and the disadvantages are better than words! ”

In addition, a supporter of the same weight did not come from the imperial court or from the local government, but actually came from abroad - Zeng Jize, the minister to the United Kingdom.

Zeng Jize said that China's foot binding is unprecedented in the world, and "all the countries of Taixi are surprised that it is a strange thing", and "Westerners see China's foot binding as a real violation of the power of the Lord, and the crime is light." ”

Next, explain what it means to "commit the right of God":

"In the past, the Lord kneaded the soil for people, and the nose of the man was the body of qi and blood, for the man, and then he was made to sleep soundly, and one of his ribs was taken to become a woman, and the limbs and facial features were pure and perfect, and there were many children, both men and women. This is as if my daughter Wa created a man, and it is also a secret relationship between husband and wife. Looking at the world today, except for China, women have no foot binding, which shows that the foot shape of the Lord created man, male and female, which is the common meaning of ancient and modern China and foreign countries. ”

This statement is consistent with Baoting's "contrary to heavenly principles", intentionally or unintentionally, and corresponds to the drum.

Zhao Jingxian is the general of the Xuan department, Zeng Jize ...... Hehe, needless to say, is it possible that in the matter of banning foot binding, in addition to the "above" and the Manchurians, the Xuan system, the Hunan system and the Huai system are actually united?

Those who oppose the ban on foot binding feel more and more pressured.

The specific content of these twists and turns, the concubines, eunuchs, and palace maids in the Forbidden City, naturally do not know, the matter of forbidden foot binding does not have much to do with themselves, in their eyes, it is just a lively and interesting, and few people regard it as a national event.

This matter is still being noisy, and there is no end to it, so let's watch.

As for the little emperor, for him, studying abroad and forbidden foot binding are not even lively and interesting, and he doesn't know who everyone is talking about behind his back about his future empress - he is now "holy bow", all his thoughts are on leaving the palace, and nothing else is interesting.

Well, now that the study has resumed, the first step is to have someone give me a vacation.

For this reason, Master Wa, you must first ask for a sick leave for yourself.

*(To be continued.) )