Chapter 854 Abalone's Ransom

The foundation for the development of literary and artistic forms has always been what the masses of the people like to see. The lower riba people are certainly vulgar, but the vulgar has vitality. The closer the work is to the lives of the people, the more vitality it has. All modes of "pure literature" originally originated from folk culture. Therefore, the influence of those defenders in the newspaper to promote the words and guide the country is far less far-reaching than that of a play. The play was adapted into various versions, and then began with the Kunqu opera unique to Jiangnan and spread to the entire form of folk opera.

There are too many tragic stories of Ming women, so many that you don't want to dig them out deliberately, as long as you are willing to pay attention, there are countless similar women around you. It's just that some people have resisted, risking their lives, and some people have obeyed, and life is better than death.

This trend swept across the country, and when it reached its climax, it was the spring of March.

After presiding over the cabinet, Chen Xie did not have the slightest intention of monopolizing power, but handed over the power of various departments, and his main energy was focused on promoting the two New Year's policies. As for the autumn election, Chen Xie didn't care about it at all. To put it mildly, the current Chen Xie, as long as he lives for one day, the prime minister of the Ming Cabinet will not have enough weight to compete.

Chen Xie, who feels that time is pressing, has no energy to erect the archway now, just do it one by one, improve one system after another, and come the same way.

I went to work on time at nine o'clock in the morning on this day, and I saw Wu Meicun walking towards me in the corridor, and the current position of director of the Prime Minister's Office of the Cabinet (the director is Chen Ge's old characteristics). Seeing that he lowered his head and looked secretive, Chen Xie took a closer look, and there were scratches on his face. Just as he was about to make fun of him, Fang Yizhi, the deputy minister of finance (Tobe Shiro), came over and walked with his hands covering his forehead.

Seeing this, Chen Xie couldn't help but laugh and said, "What's going on?" "There are more and more people in the corridors. There are still a lot of people walking with their hands covering their faces, Chen Xie is really curious, look at this, look at that, very rude, but he is the prime minister. No one dares to walk away when he looks at him, does he?

"Didn't Chen Xiang read the nearest newspaper?" Hou Fangyu, deputy minister of the Ministry of Education, muttered very unhappily, Chen Xie glanced at his face after listening to it, but there were no scratches, so he replied: "I read newspapers every day, but what does reading newspapers have to do with you?" ”

This problem can be regarded as revealing everyone's wounds, anyway, in this pile of dozens of people, nine times out of ten have been making trouble recently. Hou Fangyu sighed and said, "Recently, my colleagues have been restless in the backyard, and they are all caused by those things in the newspaper. ”

Fang Yizhi took over and said: "Xinna's concubine has been making trouble for the past month. It's all the news in the newspapers. ”

As soon as the two spoke. Everyone followed the lawsuit, but they let Wu Meicun go, and when they saw that everyone was talking about it, they were all complaining that the news in the newspaper was harmful, and they hurriedly flashed people quietly. Chen Xie's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly stopped: "Jun Gong, don't go, you haven't said it yet?" Wu Meicun hurriedly smiled and said, "Sai Sai has been in a bad mood recently, so I said a few words." She was annoyed. ”

The relationship between Wu Meicun and Bian Yujing has developed from being a concubine to being included in the family. This is directly related to the power of his hugging thighs. Therefore, Chen Xie asked, and he had to answer obediently and truthfully. After a series of topics came out, Chen Xie showed a solemn expression. In modern people's thinking, men and women are basically equal, but in Daming, this thing has been forgotten by him. It's just that some things go deep into the bone marrow, not to change it, and the things that you take for granted subconsciously are not recognized by the mainstream in Daming. Chen Xie also took a look at similar content in the newspaper. In the early years, when I saw the thief. What tragedy haven't you seen? All kinds of misfortunes fell numb in his eyes, how could this tragedy move Chen Xie, and treat it as a major event. Now that everyone says this, Chen Xie reacted.

"This matter should not be underestimated, we must come up with a charter immediately, the Congress is too slow, Jun Gong will go for a trip. The passage of the compulsory education law must be carried out as soon as possible. And the law on the marriage age of the woman should be passed as soon as possible. One more article is added, no one is allowed to buy or sell my Ming people under any pretext. Well, aliens are not covered by the law. ”

This is Chen Xie's trick, in the Internet era of modern society, what should I do if all kinds of fiery events make a fuss? One is procrastination, the heat is over, and at the same time add something else to go out, divert attention, and then there is the appropriate self-esteem to satisfy the appeal. In this era, there is no doubt that there can be no such thing as equality between men and women, and Chen Xie knew about the tragedy of Song Yuniang in the newspaper, but he forgot about it later. Now that I think about it, I really should have introduced a law sooner.

"Okay, it's not too late to make amends." Chen Zilong, the second-ranked cabinet minister, appeared and gave a thumbs up.

To be honest, everyone didn't take this matter seriously at first, how much movement can a few women make? I never thought that from December last year to the present, it has developed to this point. After all kinds of newspapers added fuel to the fire and became a household name, the grape trellis at home began to fall down. At this time, if you don't get something out to calm down your grievances and divert your attention by the way, everyone will not have a good life. Women are not easy to mess with, and if you are in a hurry, you can turn over the old accounts from twenty years ago and calculate them.

Don't say anything about the norm, if you are a normal person, you have to live, and you have to have a woman in the family. There is a woman in the backyard who has an awkward relationship with you every day, and when she comes home after a tired day, she still messes with you, how do you live this day?

Chen Xie has the right to make a decision, but he rarely uses it. Today he used it very simply, and it was echoed by all the ministers. Wu Meicun hurriedly went out and went to a few Baath Party legislators to convey that the matter still had to go through the procedure. At any time, Chen Xie has to go through the procedure, and he must develop the habit of doing things according to the procedure. The trouble is a little troublesome, but the program does avoid a lot of unnecessary mistakes and develop the habit of everyone following the rules. It's like playing a game, you play well within the rules, and the players in the server are convinced, if you open up, how can others be convinced? Obeying the rules is not only as simple as avoiding mistakes, but also avoiding more troubles, and getting everyone used to doing things within the rules.

Probably because of the nationwide backyard fires, this time the Congress moved quickly, changing the past routine of arguing for three years with a proposal from a congressman, and then continuing to argue on a different topic when they got tired of arguing. A women's marriage bill proposed by Jiangsu legislator Zhang Hui. The hijab was changed into an amendment to the Marriage Law, the core of which is as follows: the legal age of marriage for men shall not be less than 17 years old, and the age of marriage for women shall not be less than 16 years old. Violators shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years.

The next day, Zong Dehai proposed a new bill. No one is allowed to buy or sell the people of the Ming Dynasty under any pretext, and violators shall be sentenced to more than 20 imprisonment to death depending on the severity of the circumstances. Buying and selling human beings, serious punishable by death, this is too ruthless. Although it is a bit overkill in the eyes of Ming people, this is what Chen Ge Lao meant, and the Congress passed it without any suspense.

After the full text of the two regulations was published in the newspaper, the topic immediately changed. around this new regulation. Started a new round of mouth cannon business. The compulsory education law, which was the fuse, was a little less noticeable when it was passed. It wasn't until Chen Xie, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, officially announced the establishment of the National Compulsory Education Implementation Office, that everyone remembered that the doll in the family would not have to pay tuition fees for studying in the future. Those who are poorer can bring their own dry food and pen and paper, and those who are richer can also ask for a tutor. When Chen Xie's political reform was vigorously underway. A goodwill delegation from France docked at Shanghai Port (Huating New Area). Zhang Guangde, who has been away from the Ming Dynasty for many years, came back this time not only with a French delegation. There is also the meaning of coming back to report on work.

The Gallic chickens are arrogant in their bones, and because they are in a hurry along the way, they don't stop much when they land at a place. Mumbai, Temasek, Xinghai City, Kaohsiung Port and other places in the Ming Territory, there is no time to see and spend. Therefore, the perception of Daming is still relatively superficial.

Key members of the delegation. It is still dominated by the French upper class aristocracy. Everyone is a local figure, and they naturally look at the alien with disdain in their bones. France, which prides itself on being the center of European culture, can imagine what kind of urine the aristocracy from there is. Along the way, the most intuitive understanding of Daming. That is, there are many ships, and the number is a bit outrageous. The boat is big, and it's amazingly big.

Considering the advantages of Shanghai's foreign trade, after presiding over the cabinet, Chen Xie directly upgraded Shanghai to a government. In the past, Songjiang Province has now become a situation where two provinces stand side by side. As far as fiscal revenue is concerned, Shanghai is fully worthy of this "government."

For the French, the scarcity of the Ming Dynasty has long been numb, isn't it just that the place is bigger? But the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, when they officially landed at the port of Shanghai, they immediately had a new understanding.

After the sailboat enters the Huangpu River, there is no need to sail by itself, who has ever seen it? The smoky towing boat dragged one sailboat after another into the Yangtze River waterway, and when they saw the steamboat, the French nobles on board were immediately frightened. I thought it was some kind of monster. The men were dumbfounded, and the women screamed, and the screams were not so loud at high and high tides.

But this is only the beginning, after entering the dock, looking at the far end of the line of sight, one by one high-rise buildings, two floors are the starter, three floors are everywhere, and five floors are not less. Especially the dormitories of those enterprises, the five floors of a water, are densely packed together, which is a miracle for Europeans of this era.

The current prefect of Shanghai on the dock is dressed in regular clothes (a trend led by Chen Xie), and the scene of well-dressed animals in the past is definitely not seen in Shanghai. Even in the entire Jiangnan officialdom, except for some old stubborns, everyone else has changed to Tang costumes. In the past, the government represented the identity, and the current government complemented the son, representing the turtle. This matter is not something that can be determined overnight, but it is decades of unremitting change that can lead to the current situation.

"Lord Zhang, this official has been waiting here for a long time in the name of Chen Xiang." In the welcome procession, the first person who appeared in the first place was not the prefect of Shanghai, but Li Mingrui, the vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is a deputy minister from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and this treatment is okay. The head of the French delegation was Pierre, who was the French foreign minister. However, the Ming side is more arrogant than France, and there is a theory that the center of the world is the Ming Dynasty, which is my China. No matter what country you are in, no matter what emperor or king you are, you can sit down and talk about the treatment of friendly vassals. Those who don't like it are called barbarians, and carrying a knife to talk about the way of Confucius and Mencius is the most popular means now.

Therefore, although Chen Xie repeatedly said not to snub the French delegation, Foreign Minister Wang Zhengzhi, an old immortal guy, turned a deaf ear, anyway, he is also waiting for retirement, and directly handed it over to his deputy Li Mingrui to deal with. You must know that the department that used to have the function of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was called Honglu Temple, which is a second-level institution under the Ministry of Rites.

All in all, Da Ming used to be very fucked up to the outside world, and now he is even more fucked up to the outside world. There are already a lot of old guys in the cabinet, and now that the general election is coming up in the fall, the rules have changed. Now they are not all busy with whether they can do it again, or Wang Zhengzhi is an old stubborn, look at you unhappy, Lao Tzu is on paid vacation at home, what can you do with me?

Chen Xie's principle is that there is no problem with paid leave, and when you are old, you can take care of it, but you can't make trouble. Therefore, an old minister like Wang Zhengzhi, Chen Xie really didn't have the intention of bothering him.

Pierre followed behind Zhang Guangde, and after being introduced, although he was slightly unhappy, he was not crazy in France now. So, even if you are unhappy, you can only pinch your nose and endure it for the time being.

But in the next scene, the French nobles led by Pierre had to say that they couldn't bear it, why was everyone hiding from them? Don't you smell the perfume on your body?

Zhang Guangde is a little better, he is already numb. Li Mingrui suffered, how did he know that the French people did not take a bath, and then perfume was sprinkled on the body without money to cover up all kinds of smells? The question is, is it better to smell worse than the smell. Li Mingrui, who almost didn't spit it out, pulled Zhang Guangde to the side and sniffed vigorously a few times before saying, "What's the matter?" Didn't you say good aristocrats? How do you eat abalone one by one? Nauseating? ”

Zhang Guangde innocently spread his hands and said: "Master Li, you have never been to Paris, if you walk on that street once, you will not think that this smell is unpleasant." "The French are not stupid, they soon know the root of the problem, and the people of the Ming Dynasty dislike them for stinking.

"A barbarian is a barbarian!" Li Mingrui came to a conclusion very arbitrarily, and Zhang Guangde echoed: "That's right. (To be continued......)