Yu Qian's eyes rolled, and he took out a fifty copper coin from his purse and handed it to the young man called Bao'er. "Let's make a discussion, I'll lend us the telescope today, and I'll pay you back when the show is over, and this copper coin will be yours."

The young man named Bao'er looked at the copper coin, then at his father, and immediately stuffed the telescope into Yu Qian's hand. "Give me back ...... when it's over"

Yu Qian said with a smile: "A word is a certainty. ”

This family can afford to spend thirty taels of silver, although it is not a poor family. However, they were a merchant family, and the young man quickly calculated an account, and he could earn fifty copper just by borrowing it for a while, and of course he was willing.

And Yu Qian is from Qiantang and has never seen His Royal Highness. In order to be able to see the face of His Royal Highness Taisun clearly at this time, he will not be stingy with these fifty coppers.

Seeing that Yu Qian got the telescope, the six people were excited, and they quickly discussed, and several people took turns using the telescope.

Yu Qian was of course the first, he raised the binoculars and put them in front of him, and the scenery in the distance was pulled closer to the front.

The boy named Bo'er taught him to adjust a wooden knob between the lens barrels, so that he could clearly see the different scenery near and far.

Of course, what Yu Qian was looking for was the location of His Royal Highness Taisun, and without a telescope, he could only see his figure appear in a box, and he couldn't see what he looked like.

Now, His Royal Highness Taisun's face appeared clearly in front of his eyes.

Among the many rumors, the image of Taisun is not a secret to most people. He is tall, powerful, with a short beard, and is not angry and arrogant.

Now it seems that the rumors are not wrong.

The image of His Royal Highness Taisun did not disappoint Yu Qian, although he was not majestic at all now, and he still held a cute girl in his arms, but he didn't know which county lord it was.

To his left, sat a graceful woman of about forty, who should be the crown princess. And to his right, there was a young woman sitting, this should be the princess.

There were also a few chamberlains and a few young women in the box, all of whom were supposed to be the concubines of His Royal Highness Taisun, and they were all curiously observing everything in the arena, laughing in low voices from time to time.

In the next few boxes, there are also many young concubines and more than a dozen children playing together. Their curiosity about the arena was obviously greater, and they lined up at the window and watched the crowd inside the arena.

These should be the children of His Royal Highness Taisun, and there are successors to the empire!

After observing around, Yu Qian turned his attention back to His Royal Highness Taisun, looking at his majestic face, Yu Qian's heart was surging.

This is the grandson of the prison country, the future emperor, and the object of his own life in the future.

He still wanted to look at it again, and Kang Shun couldn't wait to reach out his hand. "Brother Tingyi, show me quickly, I have never seen His Royal Highness Taisun look like before!"

That Bao'er said with some contempt: "Don't say it's so far, I saw His Highness up close last time, and His Highness smiled at me." ”

Wang Qian has several younger siblings at home, and he is very good at dealing with this kind of half-sized child. Wen Yan touched his head, and said half angrily: "Look at you, you are so angry, deliberately angry at us!" ”

Bao'er became more and more proud, and said with a smile: "I'm nothing, my friend Ergouzi, because of His Highness's appreciation, worshiped the commander of Jinyiwei as a teacher, and now he is studying in His Highness's Yulin Wei, and after he comes out, he is destined to be a general." ”

Zhao Shucheng heard Bao'er's words, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Your Highness is wise and martial, but in terms of emphasizing martial arts and ignoring literature, it is really a bit excessive. We have studied hard for more than ten years, and even if we get the Jinshi, we are just a low-grade petty official. But the soldiers learned by this Yu Lin Wei, as soon as they come out one by one, they are six-rank generals, which really can't be compared! ”

Na Bao'er sneered: "You study hard in the cold window, do other people eat for nothing?" That Yulin Weixue has to train before dawn every day, and the heat and cold never stop. Every afternoon, I have to assist in the security of the capital and help the poor, in my opinion, it is much better than you gang who can only die studying. ”

The smile on Yu Qian's face froze, and they couldn't pull their faces anymore. If the other party is an adult, they naturally want to tell each other a big reason. But the other party is only a half-grown child, and it is difficult for them to show that they are angry.

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said: "What do you little guy know, we are learning the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, how can we be compared to vulgar people?" ”

Not to be outdone, this Bao'er sneered: "Is the Spring and Autumn Righteousness useful for people's livelihood? In the last issue of the Imperial Court Newspaper, His Royal Highness said: Anyone who is upright and upright is a gentleman. People are useful, except for the backbone of a small family. It is also necessary to be a person who is useful to the country, so as to realize the greatest value of oneself.

Farmers are more useful than officials in cultivating fields and producing grain, merchants are active in the economy, and craftsmen are improving their skills. The value of an official lies not in being a supreme minister, but in serving the people. In addition to studying hard, you don't understand people's livelihood, technology, or economy, how can you be a useful person to the country? ”

Several people were educated by a child, and their faces were ashamed, but they didn't think of how to refute his words.

Or did his father reprimand: "Don't talk nonsense, after studying in the school for a few years, haven't you learned to respect the old and love the young, and be humble?" ”

Yu Qian didn't expect that in the capital, a half-year-old child would have such insight. He waved his hand and asked with a smile, "How do you know that we don't understand people's livelihood?" Can't be a useful official for the country? You yourself are studying Confucianism, why do you look down on Confucianism? ”

When Bao'er saw that Yu was polite, she was embarrassed. opened his mouth and said: "I am a scholar, not a Confucian." Literature is the world's knowledge, and Confucianism is the language of the family. ”

"Nonsense...... Kang Shun was angry, pointed at him and asked: "Isn't all the knowledge in the world created by Confucianism, what do you know?" ”

Bao'er smiled and said: "Cangjie makes words, is Cangjie Confucian?" Confucianism likes to classify all learning as its own, but it doesn't know that even Taoism is before Confucianism. What I read and learn is learning, that arithmetic, is that Yiwen Confucianism? Confucianism also regards Gewu as a strange skill, but without Gewu, how can a big ship be built? How can you create an arena for 100,000 people? How can you make a steam engine, and a train? ”

Yu Qian asked again: "Then what kind of person do you want to be in the future?" ”

"I want to be a big businessman, sell my great things to all over the world, sail to the sea, and enjoy the world."

The middle-aged man slapped him on the head, turned to a few people and clasped his fists and said, "Children are talking nonsense, don't take it seriously." ”

Having said that, there was no anger in his expression, but rather a sense of pride, obviously very proud of this son.

Yu Qian turned to him and clenched his fists and asked, "Contemptible Qiantang Yu Qian, I don't know your honorable name?" What do you do? ”

The middle-aged man also returned the salute and said: "Contemptible Huizhou is safe, this is a child's peace and wealth." In the early years, he fled the famine and came to the capital, originally made a living from pancakes, because His Royal Highness vigorously developed industry and commerce, and the contemptible people were also stained with His Royal Highness's light, and now he provided fruits and vegetables for several factories in the internal prison, a small industry, which is not worth mentioning. ”

Yu Qian didn't understand, and only after careful questioning did he find out that he had collected fresh vegetables and dried vegetables in the countryside, and then sold them to several factory canteens in the internal prison.

Yu Qian asked: "This businessman is profit-seeking, originally a copper green vegetable, but you sold it to the factory at a higher price, why is it beneficial to the economy?" ”

Security disdainfully said: "So you are stupid, and you will only talk nonsense." I have to go door-to-door to sign a contract with farmers, and farmers are not afraid that vegetables will not be able to be sold, which is not beneficial to people's livelihood? And the internal supervisor of the factory does not need to worry about daily procurement, and focuses on factory management, which is not worry-free and labor-saving? Everyone's energy is limited, and if we use our limited energy on the blade, can we not play the greatest role of the individual?

Take those officials of the imperial court as an example, which of them does not have a group of employees? Without these people, would they be busy with the affairs of the court every day, and they would have to do their own laundry and cook when they went home? ”

Yu Qian and the others all groaned, feeling that what the other party said made sense, but it seemed that they shouldn't say so.

There are three, six, nine and so on, and of course it is impossible for big people to do even trivial things. Their exploits are not comparable to those little people.

Everyone wants to be a superior person, which is the source of power for the development of the whole society. But now the atmosphere in the capital seems to have changed, and the officials are not what everyone wants to do.

They don't know why this is happening, and it looks like they need to know a little bit more.

At this time, there was a sudden battle of gongs and drums in the venue, and then everyone's attention was attracted.

A long motorcade entered along an entrance under the field, with large drums and chimes mounted on the car, and slowly entered the field.

They drove slowly along the runway outside the lawn, and the people in the car beat the big drum in high spirits.

More people followed the car, playing various musical instruments, and the formation was much larger than the usual wedding scene.

Yu Qian: They had never seen a band of thousands of people playing together, and they were all fascinated.

The band was in unison, they went around the field, and then everyone saluted when they got to the place where the grandson was sitting in the middle of the north stand.

The people in the venue also followed their movements and saluted to Zhu Zhanji's position.

The band, which was composed of thousands of people, continued to play, but soon formed a phalanx under the east and west stands, occupying the entire runway on both sides.

As soon as they had lined up in the phalanx, the music suddenly stopped, and the people in the hall burst into a frenzied cheer.

No one noticed that a tough old man appeared on the patrol platform in front of Zhu Zhanji's box, and in front of him, there was a one-man high platform, and on the top of the high platform, there was a trumpet-shaped copper loudspeaker, but the opening of this loudspeaker was downward.

He coughed in front of the trumpet-shaped brass pipe, and the cough echoed through the room.

At this time, many people noticed him, and many people also recognized this as the secretary of the ministry, and the speaker of the parliament.

In the face of the 100,000 people in the audience, Jian Yi's heart was also full of excitement at this time, no matter who it was, he had never spoken in front of 100,000 people.

Even when the emperor is paraded, it is impossible for everyone to hear his voice. He was a veritable first.

In order not to make a fool of himself, he took time out two days ago to practice.

But when 100,000 people appeared in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, this was a feeling that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"The people of the Ming Dynasty, today is the opening of the first Ming Dynasty Royal Juju Competition, and it is also the first use of the Ming Arena, in order to welcome this prosperous era, our noble Royal Highness the Crown Princess, the honorable Imperial Highness of the Imperial Princess, and the noble Imperial Highness of the Imperial Eunuch also came to the scene, and hundreds of officials, and the people to welcome this grand event......"

This kind of brass sound amplification, the sound transmission links in the stadium have been debugged many times, and the effect is still very good.

Although it can't be as fidelity as the electronic amplification equipment of later generations, and the sound is so distorted, it can still be heard clearly by chewing the words.

Seeing Jian Yi speaking in front, Zhang was particularly fresh and said: "These craftsmen are really amazing, they can even make a person's words heard by the whole audience." ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "So to vigorously develop Gewu, these are not just tricks and tricks. In the future, the imperial court held a general meeting, and the soldiers went on an expedition, all of which could be held here. ”

Zhang nodded and shouted to Shuang'er who was lying in front of him, "Shuang'er, you make way for Qi Jiao......"

The Zhang family is good everywhere, but it is inevitable that there is some patriarchy. As long as there is a dispute between a boy and a girl, needless to say, she will always be on the side of the boys.

Zhu Shuang looked at his younger brother Zhu Qijiao behind him, a little reluctant, but he didn't dare to argue, gave up the position of the front window, and stood behind him.

Zhu Zhanji didn't even say thank you when he saw Zhu Qipai, but took it for granted, and said, "Zhu Qipai, don't you say thank you to your sister?" ”

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's voice, Zhu Qi's face wrinkled, he didn't dare to look at Zhu Zhanji, bowed his head and said thank you to Zhu Shuang, and then lay in front to watch the excitement.

Zhang said unhappily: "Look at you, you don't have a good face for your sons every day, and none of them are afraid of you." ”

"Born in the royal family, each of them has different responsibilities, girls can be petted, boys can not be petted." Zhu Zhanji turned his head and said with a smile: "Mother, yesterday my father sent a message, saying that I also want to go back to Beijing to see this arena and watch a few ball games by the way." When your father returns to Beijing to watch the game, you have to accompany him more. ”

Zhang nodded and said, "I know." Isn't it okay to let him go back to Beijing at this time? ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and smiled: "What can it matter?" For most of the past six months, everything has been under the control of the child. ”

At this time, Jian Yi had already finished reading out his opening draft, and then it was time for Zhu Zhanji to play.

He stood up, cheered by 100,000 people throughout the stadium, exited the box from the back, and walked down the aisle to a platform in front.

When Zhu Zhanji's figure stood on the platform, and the twelve eunuchs held the dragon flag representing the royal family, the cheers in the stadium became more intense.

In this day and age, a speech in front of 100,000 people is incomparable to any kind of feeling. He also had a speech in front of twenty or thirty thousand mercenaries in his previous life, so he could face it calmly.

If it were an ordinary person, on such an occasion, I am afraid that I would not be able to say anything nervous.

Zhu Zhanji stood in front of the podium, and before he could speak, he opened his arms and faced the 100,000 spectators in the arena with the attitude of always dominating the world.

This made everyone shout excitedly, everyone raised their arms in response to Zhu Zhanji's movements, and some even fainted excitedly.

Zhu Zhanji pressed down with his arms, and then the voice in the arena quickly became quieter, and he took a step forward and said loudly: "Keju is a competitive event, and even many people are addicted to gambling because of it, so today, there are ministers who think that Lone should not appear here."

However, Lone believes that Keju is not only a competition, not just gambling, but also a physical exercise.

In the past, the people did not have enough food and clothing, and the soldiers could not even withstand regular training.

But today's army can not only ensure that the soldiers are well fed and warmly clothed, but also eat a meal of meat every five days.

Therefore, enhancing physical fitness will be an important policy of the Ming Dynasty in the future. It's not just men who need to improve their physique, but women too.

Only when you are healthy can you give birth to a healthy child, and only when you are healthy can you withstand more pressure.

In the past, women liked to trim their feet in order to pursue beauty, and some men, in order to satisfy their perversion, let women bind their feet.

I want to tell you that only health is beauty, and the kind of man who forces women to bind their feet in order to satisfy their hobbies is the scum of the Ming Dynasty.

How can a woman who is bound to her feet, who are not good for walking, who cannot work or work, educate her children and help her husband to take care of the house?

Therefore, Lone calls on the women of the whole Ming Dynasty to never bind their feet in the future. Every woman should be a useful person to society.

In the future, all officials who let their families bind their feet will never be hired, and all the people who let their children bind their feet will be exiled overseas by their parents and will never be pardoned! ”

These words made everyone in the audience a little surprised, and they didn't understand how His Royal Highness Taisun could suddenly mention a woman's foot wrapping on an occasion like today.

Moreover, this kind of punishment seems to be too heavy, in the entire Ming Dynasty, most of the people who bind their feet are wealthy people, and the poor people who will be willing to let their daughters bind their feet, and then they can't help the family work!

Officials are never hired, and people are exiled overseas, just because of foot binding, and this punishment seems too heavy.

came to a killing stick, of course Zhu Zhanji had to give some candy to eat.

He looked around, and said: "Today's Daming days are getting better day by day, today's ticket price is as low as ten taels of silver, and the highest is even fifty taels of silver, but except for some free tickets, more than 90,000 tickets are all sold out."

Today's tickets alone sold more than two million silver coins. Do you know what this concept is? The total cost of the construction of this arena was less than 400,000 silver coins.

In the future, the profits of this arena will be used for the daily maintenance of the arena, and all other profits will be used for the people.

The capital is now building new train roads, and in the future, the people of Yingtianfu will be able to take comfortable trains, and the cost of each time will not exceed two coppers.

In addition to the train, Ying Tianfu will build more large parks in the future, so that people can enjoy the fragrance of birds and flowers without going out of the city.

In addition to the royal burial area, Zhongshan will build various mountaineering and hiking trails in other areas, so that all the people can keep fit in their spare time.

Only when you are healthy can you give birth to healthy children, and children are not only the hope of each of us, but also the hope of the entire Ming Dynasty.

So, get fit and healthy, start with me! Long live the Ming Dynasty! ”

The people in the arena followed behind Zhu Zhanji, raised their right arms, clenched their fists, and waved upward. "Long live Daming, long live Your Highness!"

After cheering for a while, Zhu Zhanji pressed down with his arms, and everyone gradually stopped. Only then did Zhu Zhanji approach the megaphone and shouted: "Now I announce that the first Royal Keju Contest is now open. ”

As Zhu Zhanji's voice fell, the salute outside the arena began to roar, and the band began to play again, and then some performers entered the arena to begin the performance.

Most of these people are from the Teaching Workshop Division, and there are also some famous Oiran of the Ming Dynasty, because of the amplification, most of them are performing acrobatics, dancing, and almost no singing.

Their appearance also attracted bursts of applause and cheers, especially the teaching department in the palace, which was performed for the emperor, and in normal times, outsiders could not see them at all.

There are also those oirans, who usually cost hundreds of silver coins to enjoy the song and dance, and today they are all free performances, and this alone makes the ticket money of ten taels of silver today not expensive.

Yu Qian's attention was not on these performances, but always stared at Zhu Zhanji's direction, thinking about what he just said.

In Yu Qian's opinion, foot binding is not a big deal, but why does His Highness hate this matter? If he can know the deep meaning behind His Highness, it will be of great help to him to understand His Highness.

He couldn't help but turn around and ask Wang Gan. "Why do you say Your Highness is so disgusted with foot binding?"

Wang Qian shook his head and said, "I only know that the poor don't have their feet tied, and the women who bind their feet can't do heavy work at all." ”

Yu Qian nodded and said, "Yes, after binding the feet, women can't do heavy work, but is the focus of His Highness's attention to this matter here?" ”

In this era of male superiority and inferiority of women, even if he is as enlightened as Yu Qian, he cannot understand how those rich people who bind their children's feet can be equated with crime.

However, he knows very well that if His Royal Highness says this today, in the future, I am afraid that no one will dare to let his daughter bind his feet again.

If you let your daughter bind her feet, you can't be an official, and the people will be exiled, which is much more than ordinary crimes.

Yu Qian is thinking like this, and the officials who attended today's opening ceremony are thinking even more.

For more than half a year, Zhu Zhanji has basically completely mastered the administration of the court. The current officials are also accustomed to Zhu Zhanji's governing style, and even prefer it more than when Zhu Di was there.

Zhu Di is also a little moody, and likes to fight and kill when things don't go well.

But Zhu Zhanji is much more reasonable than him, and he has always persuaded people with reason and acted according to the rules.

The system has become the norm for the deliberations of the imperial court, not just the decoration in the world.

But this foot-binding order really makes many people scratch their heads.

(Update 8,000 words tomorrow to make up for what you owe yesterday, and you are not in good shape today.) ）