Chapter 223: Handling the Locust Plague
Zhu Ao glanced at him angrily, the outdated concept is really annoying, although it is not intentional, but after all, it is still very angry to pit his teammates, and said: "The widow asked you, what the widow said was to make all the people of Su Guo literate." According to the law, all citizens of the country, regardless of gender, must come to school as long as they reach the age of 15. Why do you only admit more than 3,000 male students? Aren't you discounting the execution of the widow's orders? It's still a five-to-five discount. ”
At this moment, Yu Enyuan was even more confused, he originally thought that Wang Shangsuo's words were just a loud slogan, but he didn't expect him to really put it into practice, since ancient times, women are not talented and virtuous, how can there be a reason to let women go to school? Besides, if men and women are mixed together in class, it is not a good thing, after all, it is a matter of weathering, and it must be prevented, so my brain turned a few times, and after finishing the draft, I made a gesture at Zhu Ao, and said very carefully: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that as long as a woman has a good moral character and knows how to teach her husband and children, there is no need to go to school." What's more, co-education is mixed, which is immoral, and I am afraid that even the people will not agree to it. ”
This point is Zhu Ao's negligence, since he has come to this era, he must follow the customs of the locals, and try to change the concept of everyone in this era by himself, which is purely death, and will be swept into the garbage heap of the times. It is more difficult for the people of Daming to accept that their daughters show up and sit with men to go to school than to ascend to the sky, because in this way, according to their concepts, their daughters will not be able to marry in the future, so they would rather give up this opportunity to go to school for free than send their daughters here.
Zhu Ao pondered slightly, then sighed softly, and said to Yu Enyuan, the superintendent of schools: "You set up another women's college, and separate men and women, I believe that those people will have no resistance." ”
"......Forehead" Yu Enyuan still looked dignified, in his opinion, the king may be able to do this, but it will definitely not be particularly ideal, because in the concept of the ancients, daughters will always be from other people's families, and it is a waste of resources to let them go to school, so it is better to stay at home and work. This is also the main reason why the ancients advocated that a woman's lack of talent is virtue, and in the final analysis, she still made excuses for her reluctance to spend money on her daughter.
But Zhu Ao doesn't care about this, the widow has made concessions, and has taken out enough sincerity and capital to re-establish a school for your daughters, if you don't appreciate it again, then you won't give the widow face, and the widow will let the government and the decree talk to you.
Although Zhu Ao of later generations has never been abroad, he likes to study the political history of major countries in the world, and he found a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the developed countries and regions in the world have very high women's rights, and the typical representative is Europe and the United States, where women are very free and individual, and will not be reduced to male vassals at all. Women's rights in Japan are now also very secure, and women in Japan are no longer as submissive as before, and there are only men in their lives. So it can be the second largest economy in the capitalist world.
And many of the poor places in the world are places that do not respect women, such as some more individual countries in Africa and Central Asia, as well as some economically underdeveloped provinces and regions in China.
Why is this happening? After careful thinking, Zhu Ao finally came up with the answer, that is, the more incapable the man, the less respectful he is to women. The reason is very simple, men who have no ability have no self-confidence, they are afraid that their women will leave him after they are stronger than him, so they do not let women go to school, do not let them receive education, and just let them serve as tools for themselves to vent their desires and pass on their ancestry.
In addition, these men don't mix well outside and can't get the respect of others, so they can only go home to find a sense of accomplishment in their own women, beating and bullying at every turn, as if they are so awesome, so as to make up for their life of being trampled like dogs outside.
Such a place can never develop, because such a man has no responsibility at all. And those developed places are different, where men have successful careers, houses, cars, money, and a sense of achievement, so they are very confident, confident that their women will not leave themselves, even if she becomes excellent, they will be attracted to themselves, and they have won enough respect outside, they will not find status in their own women, and they don't need to vent all the unpleasant things on their women. Therefore, it will become very considerate and love its own woman.
Zhu Ao decided to change the habit of disrespecting women in the Ming Dynasty, he believes that Singapore's concept is very correct, excellent mothers can give birth to excellent offspring, mothers are literate and have a high level of education will definitely play a good role in promoting the development of future generations, at least the tutor can be saved.
Therefore, the women's college must be established, no matter how much resistance there is, because it is related to the future of the country.
When Zhu Ao saw Yu Enyuan's appearance, he guessed his thoughts, pursed his lips, and said in an unobstructive tone: "You are only in charge of the construction of the school, and I will be responsible for other things." ”
"Obey." Yu Enyuan glanced at Zhu Ao suspiciously, he didn't know what kind of fresh moves this young king would come up with, but since he said so, he could only take orders and do the work in his hands well, otherwise he would have a reputation for not doing things well.
After returning to the palace, Zhu Ao asked about the progress of the roast duck restaurant and the selection of talented girls, and after learning that it was going well, he felt a little more comfortable, and then reviewed the recital under the service of Concubine Shu.
"I will ask the widow for money and food." After Zhu Ao saw the performance of Zhao Huaqing, the political envoy of Lanzhou, he was so angry that he threw it aside, but he was still angry, and scolded heavily with a straight face: "A small locust plague can't be dealt with, I really don't know what the widows are doing with these ministers?" ”
Concubine Dai Yuzhu saw that the king was so angry, and her heart was also shocked, she has served the king since she was a child, and she has the impression that although this king is heroic and extraordinary, but her temper is very gentle, unlike other vassal kings, she loses her temper at every turn, and today she suddenly became so angry, and it really scared Dai Yuzhu for a while.
Dai Yuzhu is illiterate, and she doesn't understand the government, even if she does, she doesn't dare to interject, seeing a palace maid bending down to pick up the fold that was thrown away by Zhu Ao, she immediately waved her hand and motioned her to retreat, and then she stepped forward, slowly bent down and picked up the letter, gently stroked the dust on the fold with her plain hand, and then gently put it in front of Zhu Ao's case, and said with a slight smile: "Why did you provoke the prince to be so angry?" Please be relieved in everything, don't be angry. ”
Zhu Ao glanced at his always well-behaved concubine, suppressed the anger in his heart, but his face was still ugly, and he said angrily: "It's not that this group of ministers under his command is useless, there is a little locust plague in Lanzhou, and they will play to let the widow reduce the local taxes, is it really unreasonable?" ”
Dai Yuzhu was at a loss when she heard this, although she had not read a book, but she had also heard a lot of plays with the prince and the princess since she was a child, and the play said that the place had suffered a disaster, and the king should be exempted from local taxes, and also provide disaster relief, this is the act of the Ming monarch, how did it get to the mouth of the prince, and this kind of behavior became very hateful?
Dai Yuzhu has no guts, and she has no intention of interfering in the government, but she is also from a poor family, her hometown was affected by the disaster, she went to the capital with her parents to beg, and her parents starved to death on the road, she was also hungry on the side of the road and cried, if it weren't for Zhu Ao's mother who happened to pass by and picked her up, she was afraid that she would have died a long time ago, so she heard that there were people in the local area who had suffered disasters, her heart was inexplicably uncomfortable, and she thought that there would be children as old as her who might lose their parents, she remembered what she looked like back then, Very sympathetic, his nose was slightly sour, and he pleaded with Zhu Ao with a hint of crying: "Lord, the concubine knows that the concubine should not interfere in the government, but the local people have suffered a disaster, and the prince should give relief, this is the act of the Ming monarch." ”
Zhu Ao couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Dai Yuzhu, with surprise and suspicion in his eyes, he was very puzzled about his concubine, who was usually cautious and never talked about the government, why did he suddenly talk to himself about this today, and then he groaned slightly, thought of her life experience, and understood for a while, she was really a kind girl, stretched out her hand, motioned her to her side, and then pulled her into her arms, wiped her tears for her, and comforted: "Don't cry, concubine, it's the widow who didn't consider your mood." But this locust plague is different from the flood you suffered back then, this time it was only a small-scale locust plague, and the losses of the people in Lanzhou were not serious, and the individual losses were heavy, and the state and county treasury was enough to support them. In the name of this locust plague, he would do less work and collect less taxes for the widows. Because of this, the widow is angry. If the people really can't get by, how can the widow sit idly by and not save them? They are all widows. ”
Dai Yuzhu understood Zhu Ao's thoughts, and couldn't help but feel ashamed, she almost confused the judgment of the prince, and let the prince suffer losses, her cheeks couldn't help but redden, and she said with a hint of guilt: "It's the concubine who is stupid, and she almost ruined the prince's big thing, please forgive the prince." ”
How could Zhu Ao really blame Dai Yuzhu, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, with a very kind heart, it is normal to be deceived by those old slippery heads. Zhu Ao is different, although his body is only eighteen years old, his soul is already in his thirties, and he has experienced the vicissitudes of life, and he will not easily believe in a person's so-called good intentions. Therefore, although Zhao Huaqing, the political envoy of Lanzhou, said very beautifully in the recital, saying that the tax exemption and disaster relief is Yao Shun's move, it will be the people singing in unison to praise the king's kindness, which is conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the country, Zhu Ao was not moved, because he saw at a glance that there was a greasy in this, you kid want to be lazy, just say it, you don't need to engage in these twists and turns, and picked Dai Yuzhu's handsome little chin, and smiled evilly: "You are the most sensible and distressing concubine of the widow, how can the widow blame you?" You are also for the good of the widow, and the widow knows it in his heart. ”
Dai Yuzhu smiled sweetly, being understood and recognized by her husband is a happy thing for every woman, pouting, but said with a puzzled face: "But the prince has never been out of Dunhuang City, how do you know that the disaster there is not serious?" ”
Zhu Ao smiled proudly, didn't this force the widow to boast about himself? He took two folds and handed them to Dai Yuzhu, and proudly showed off: "The truth of the matter is in these two folds." ”
Dai Yuzhu's face was ashamed, he lowered his head, blushed, and muttered: "Please don't make fun of the concubines, the concubines are illiterate." Her background makes her very inferior, although Zhu Ao has never despised her because she was once her slave, but the people of the Ming Dynasty still pay attention to their background, and women seem to care more about this, because men can start a business like Zhu Chongba, and at this time women can only rely on their parents and husbands, parents have no power, and they can't find a husband with a background, even if they find it, they can only be concubines like her, and they can't become a main house.
In addition, she is illiterate, and compared with the other three concubines, those three are either from the young lady of the family, or they are the princesses of a country, and their cultural level is not lower than those talents, but they can't participate in the imperial examination.
Born and educated, they are the two mountains that press on Dai Yuzhu's heart, which makes her always feel inferior, and at some times she even feels a little unable to raise her head, so she can only serve Zhu Ao with all her might, hoping to win more favor from the prince, so as to offset her inferiority complex.
Zhu Ao looked at her appearance, his heart was quite unbearable, the girl's mind was really delicate as hair, although he did it unintentionally, but the speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and accidentally touched the nerves of his lovely concubine, and hurriedly comforted: "Okay, good." It's not good to be a widow, let's tell you directly, one of these two folds is from the history of Lanzhou Patrol Imperial Palace, and the other is from a captain of the Honor Guard Division under the command of Chegang, they all said that the disaster in Lanzhou is not serious, and the two can confirm each other, so the widow judged that this matter was that the political envoy named Zhao Huaqing wanted to be lazy. ”
I see. Dai Yuzhu suddenly realized, it seems that the prince has long been prescient, and sent someone to monitor the official system, so as to avoid them from deceiving the upper and lower levels, and filling their own pockets, to be honest, when Zhu Ao first started doing this, she still didn't understand, because this approach is not in line with what people say about Mingjun's actions, the Mingjun in the drama is trusting the minister and respecting the minister, Zhu Ao This is completely the opposite, but after today's incident, she finally understood, the so-called "use people without suspicion, suspect people don't use" This sentence is completely deceiving children or self-proclaiming, even a shopkeeper can't believe it, human nature is greedy and selfish, let them control the country's soldiers, horses, money and food for themselves, how can they not send someone to supervise? Wouldn't that be a clear encouragement for them to put all their money in their pockets?
Dai Yuzhu threw his head into Zhu Ao's arms, and suddenly felt a burst of warmth surging all over his body, following a wise and martial king who is really safe for himself, he can shelter himself from the wind and rain, so that he will never have a sense of crisis of losing happiness, Ying Ying smiled, and said to Zhu Ao: "The prince is wise, just now the concubine was too talkative." The concubine will never question the prince's decision in the future. ”
Zhu Ao touched her round little head and said with a smile: "The widow won't blame you, the widow told you, if you have any ideas in the future, you can directly put it forward to the widow, you must know everything and say everything, the widow believes that you are for the good of the widow, even if you say it wrong, it doesn't matter." ”
"The concubine thanked His Highness." Dai Yuzhu raised her head again, stared at Zhu Ao with a pair of big eyes, and said softly and shyly.
Zhu Ao comforted her a few more words, and then began to think about her own thoughts, today she was able to learn the truth of the disaster, completely because the Lanzhou patrol royal history and the Chegang guard department were loyal, but they are also human beings, and they will also be bought, if they join forces to deceive the widow in the future, what should it be? One more group of people must be found to suppress them.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ao thought of that special group of people - eunuchs, although eunuchs are also people, but a group of special people, they have no family, not even relatives, they live their own lives, so they don't have the idea of leaving family property for future generations, and they are the least likely to be bought. Moreover, the life and death of the eunuchs are all tied to the emperor's words, and the competition between them is also fierce, if you don't do a good job and provoke the emperor's dissatisfaction, you will immediately be arranged to sweep the streets, empty the toilet, and soon there will be a new eunuch to take your place. Therefore, they were the most loyal in doing things for the emperor.
It is necessary to set up institutions similar to the East Factory, Zhu Ao sighed psychologically, of course, his spy organization is over here, and he will not set up any institutions such as the West Factory and the Inner Factory like the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that if it is proposed now, I am afraid that it will be unanimously opposed by the ministers, and the establishment of the celebrant supervisor to divide their power has made them unhappy, and then set up an organization such as Dongchang to monitor and suppress them, how can they give up? Besides, Lao Zhu Ming ordered that eunuchs were strictly forbidden to interfere in politics, and they would definitely take out this matter to make a fuss, if they were not fully prepared and recklessly lost what they did, they might be pushed back collectively, and when the time came, they would not only touch a nose, but also reduce their prestige.
This matter must find a suitable opportunity to do, and this opportunity Zhu Ao has already thought of it, his heart moved slightly, and a trace of evil and wild smile hung on the corner of his mouth, isn't this a person sent to the door? But you can't be in a hurry now, you must find enough evidence to confirm the matter, otherwise it will be troublesome to be bitten by the other party.
The blow of the bird will hide its form; If you miss, you will know everything. Do things in a low-key manner, don't shoot quietly, and finally break out suddenly and succeed in one fell swoop.
The immediate priority is to solve the problem of women's colleges. Zhu Yu stayed at Concubine Shu's place for one night, in order to make up for the damage caused by Dai Yuzhu today, he pampered her in every way at night, and Dai Yuzhu had not served the prince for a few days, and he missed it very much in his heart, and he also flattered Zhu Yu in every way, and the service was very good, and the two spent a wonderful night.
The next day, as usual, it should be the time of the early dynasty, Zhu Ao put on his Jiuzhang Gon dragon robe as usual, and under the service of Dai Yuzhu, he brought a purple and gold crown, and he was dressed very formally and gorgeously.
When the civil and military ministers of Su saw Zhu Ao's dress, their hearts all beat up, because judging from past experience, once their usually easy-going king dressed so formally, it must be something big, what will happen? The ministers were muttering in their hearts, and no one could figure out the young king's heart.
Could it be that the talent girl was selected a few days ago? Some said that the king had just established the country, and it was not appropriate to be so extravagant, and some said that even if he was chosen, he should be selected from among the women of good families, how could he be selected in the prisoner of war camp and slave camp? For these twists and turns, Zhu Ao's attitude is all to stay in the middle and not send them, he also knows that these imperial histories are for his own good, but he can't understand his own behavior, so he doesn't bother to explain to them, so he doesn't hear it.
Will the king turn over these old accounts today? Some of the ministers who had been with the king for a long time thought about it, but they rejected it, knowing that he was not a person who liked to turn over old accounts.
For what the end, we have to wait and see, I believe that the king will give them an answer in a while.
Sure enough, after the ministers finished saluting, Zhu Ao glanced at the ministers with majestic tiger eyes, and then pretended to be casual and said lightly: "The widow wants to set up a school in the country, what do you think about this?" ”
This opportunity to make a fool of yourself must not be missed. The official Cao Jushu Ji Jun was the first to stand out of class, made a bow to Zhu Ao, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the king's move is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, which is enough to shine in history and surpass the virtuous kings of the past dynasties. ”
The rest of the people immediately followed Ji Jun and said: "The ministers think that what the official Cao said in the judgment is very true, and the king's move is enough to shine in history and shine with the sun and the moon." ”
The corners of Zhu Ao's mouth turned up slightly, although he is often patted on the back, but the fart will never be annoying, it still feels very cool to be patted a few times, and said with a smile: "The original intention of the widow is not only to let the men of Su Guo go to school, but also for women to go to school, great mothers can give birth to great offspring, and women who are illiterate are not good for the future of the children of Su State." However, at present, the people still have a certain degree of resistance to the matter of girls going to school, and all of you Aiqing are all outstanding people in my country, and you have all helped me come up with ideas, how should this be good? ”