Speaking of foot binding, Xiao Yungui has never figured out where the beauty of the so-called three-inch golden lotus is! After the development of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the shape of the foot binding in this period has reached the peak of the requirements, and the women's small feet should not only be small, but also bow and wrapped into the shape of horns. Xiao Yungui didn't feel the beauty of the arch that broke the foot bones at all!

Hong Yun'er told him that some brick families in later generations had studied it, saying that foot binding was an effort to resist the Manchu Qing Dynasty to maintain the "integrity" of the Han people, and it had anti-Qing significance. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, in order to make it easier to rule, they implemented a bloody "shaving of hair and easy to wear" decree, which was used as a symbol of Han submission, including prohibiting Han women from binding their feet, and prohibiting Manchu women from following the example of Han people to bind their feet. Therefore, the brick family believes that the Qing rulers' ban on women's foot binding was not for the health of Han women, but just to change the customs of the Han people, rule the Han people, and prevent the Sinicization of the Manchus. It is a pity that the later Manchu ban only applied to Manchu women, but the foot binding of Han women did not work.

Xiao Yungui was very disdainful of this, if it was really as the brick family said, then those Han men in the late Ming Dynasty should die! Even if Xiao Yungui himself is a descendant of those Han men, Xiao Yungui also thinks they deserve to die! What is the reason why a nation's integrity should be based on the mutilation of women, while men grovel and shave their hair and make it easy to obey? In Xiao Yungui's view, this is not a national integrity, but the sorrow of the entire nation!

But after talking with the township officials, Xiao Yungui found that today, the nature of foot binding has changed. has nothing to do with any ridiculous national integrity, foot binding has become a social custom of the Han people, and it is an important bargaining chip for women to marry, and its inferior nature has become the second braid of this nation. At this time, Xiao Yungui somewhat understood that Weishenme Tianjing was going to use very violent means to prohibit foot binding, and the integrity of this nation needed to be recast with blood and tears!

"His Royal Highness the King of the West Mingjian. Since ancient times, when men marry wives, they are ashamed of women's big feet and proud of their small feet. Foot binding is a model of women's appearance and virtue, and it cannot be forbidden. There are many women in the countryside who are unwilling to let go and plan to kill themselves, and the king of the west has the virtue of a good life, why should he ruin his reputation for the little woman's foot binding? ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the King of the West, as the so-called: the first delicate baby, the golden lotus is the best, look at the crested pair can boast. The new bamboo shoots are off-petal, the moon sprouts, the tip and thin are soft and full of flowers, this woman's little feet are very charming......"

"That's enough!" Xiao Yungui couldn't hold back the breath in his chest, and interrupted a few township officials who were shaking their heads and persuading the King of the West to give up the full order. These township officials are all talented people with Manchu fame, and they are also old-fashioned shili who represent the local feudal scholars. It is extremely opposed to letting go of the feet.

King Xi snapped a sharp snort. Let the township officials in the palace be silent, this is the first time that the king of the West has exerted his power in front of the township officials, so that the township officials were shocked.

Xiao Yungui walked back and forth on the treasure steps, and scolded loudly in his mouth: "Is your face maintained by the woman's small feet? Do you think that your wife's Joan of Arc is sustained by her little feet, which cannot even walk? Do you think wrapping a woman's foot around you will keep you decent? ”

The king of the west is like an angry lion, and he has to make all his hair, so that the township officials dare not make a sound. King Xi roared and scolded all the Han men, including himself. Chen Tian listened to an indescribable taste, although Chen Tian didn't like small feet very much, but in his heart he always felt that this was the law of the ancestors, just like Su embroidery. It is something handed down by the ancestors, how can it be like what the king of the west said? But Chen Tian felt that King Xi was right about one thing, a woman's chastity was not actually on those little feet.

After a full moment of reprimand, the King of the West returned to his throne and sat still, but his eyes were still angry. At this time, the West Wangniang on the side stood up, stepped forward heroically, and said with a smile: "Although the words of the West King are not very popular, but they are the truth, all the township officials are in charge of the people, can you listen to me, a little woman?" ”

In fact, at the beginning of today's meeting, Chen Tian was fascinated by the demeanor of Xi Wangniang, Chen Tian had never seen such a beautiful and heroic woman as Xi Wangniang, her speech and demeanor, and her gestures all revealed an alternative style. At this moment, hearing the soft voice of Xi Wang Niang again, Chen Tian's heart suddenly fluttered.

All the township officials stood up together and bowed and said, "Niangniang, please speak." When Chen Tian sat down, he only heard an old pedantic-looking township official behind him mutter: "Si Chen, it's not a system." Although he said it quietly, Chen Tian still heard it, and Chen Tian couldn't help but turn his head and glare at the man, who began to turn pale, and didn't dare to speak again. Chen Tian turned around, but he faintly felt in his heart that the person was right, such a character as Xi Wangniang showed up, and was looked at by some ordinary people of Meng Lang, but he was afraid that he would tarnish his reputation.

Xi Wangniang's delicate voice came over, and Chen Tian hurriedly gathered his mind and listened: "Since ancient times, there have been three outlines and five constants, and the words of women's appearance and women's virtues, and I also know the little woman. Maybe at this time, everyone is laughing at me in their hearts, a woman who is so unseemly, unseemly. Hearing this, Chen Tian only heard the person behind him cough unnaturally.

"But I still want to tell you here today that we in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regard all people in the world as equal, and men and women in the world have their own duties, but they are all born equal. Women are born with heavenly feet, why should they bind their feet? And what my heavenly kingdom wants to restore is the Zhou rite of the Han people, and the sage Confucius and Mencius Zhou rites can there be a woman's foot binding? The sages said that the parents of the body are affected by the skin, so why did men shave their hair and make it easy to wear during the Manchu Dynasty, but women wanted to mutilate their bodies? ”

Chen Tian's face suddenly felt like a fire, although Wang Niang of the West spoke softly, her words were more stinging than that of the King of the West.

"Women are born with a low status, but why can a man shout that a prince and a prince will have a kind of Xiangning, but not a woman? I know that we big-footed women from Guangxi are ridiculed as big-footed brutes, but we don't mind at all, our husbands love us just as much. Speaking of which, Chen Tian saw that Xi Wang Niang glanced at Xi Wang Niang with strong affection in her eyes, and Xi Wang also looked at her warmly, which was different from the kind of awe that his wife always looked at.

"Our Guangxi bigfoot women go to the battlefield to kill the enemy like the men in the army, carry the same grain and grass, repair the city walls, shoes and socks, and cultivate the same work. What do we do worse than men? That's all I have to say here today, and the order will not be withdrawn. ”

Speaking of this, the township officials began to whisper and talk again, Chen Tian's heart was full of feelings, although he did not resist this ban in his heart, but among the people under his own rule in the countryside, many people were opposed, how to say it when he went back?

At this time, the king of the west got up and answered: "The queen of the west said very clearly, my heavenly kingdom is restored by the Han Zhou Li, and there is no foot binding in the Zhou ceremony, and the West Hall will not take back the foot order." On the contrary, this king will also add some decrees to the full order! First, if the women in the family are sufficient, they can be exempted from paying 30% of the year! Second, if the woman in the family gets married and goes to the Hewao Hall to do the Hewao, if the woman has not let go, she needs to pay more foot tax! Third, ten years after today, the daughter of the adult is not allowed to go on the street if she is not a natural foot! Fourth, if I am a soldier of the heavenly kingdom, I will not marry a woman with bound feet if I marry a wife or concubine in the future! Fifth, local governments should set up Tianzu meetings to publicize the matter of letting go of the feet! ”

King Xi's words were loud, Chen Tian breathed a sigh of relief, King Xi's decree was very clear, it was okay not to let go, then you had to pay enough tax money, and you could reduce some taxes if you put enough money, and Chen Tian could be regarded as giving an explanation to the people in the countryside.

At this time, Chen Tian only felt that the old scholar behind him rushed out and knelt on the ground, his face was like tears flowing down his face, and he exclaimed: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, this order must not be issued, it is the disaster of the country to set up a name and collect exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and it is impossible to ruin the reputation of the King of the West for this." ”

The King of the West was furious and said: "This king's order to let go is a disaster for the country?!" How many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been abolished by my Heavenly Kingdom, why don't you say it?! When the Qing Demon collects all kinds of harsh taxes from you, why don't you tell the Qing Demon that this is the disaster of the country?! If there are any more opponents, they will be punished for the crime of demonization! This king is the Great Dao Han family Zhou ceremony, the equality of the world, and the new policy is for the prosperity of the country and the people! Putting it in your head is cutting off the second braid in your heart! Those who don't want to cut their braids are pure demons! This king will not ignore the implementation of the new policy in order to compromise and seek perfection! ”

Chen Tian saw anger and murderous intent in the eyes of the King of the West, and at this moment he knew that the reason why the previous orders of the New Deal were changed was because the King of the West knew that some of the rules of the New Deal did not match the reality, so they had to be changed. But now, if the foundation of the New Deal is touched, King Xi will not hesitate to raise his big knife and cut it down. At this moment, Chen Tian also understood where the true meaning and limit of the new deal were, that is, to cut off all the braids in everyone's hearts!

Then the old scholar was dragged down, and this person also became the first person to fall in front of the new policy of the king of the west, but he was not the only one. A few days later, the West Temple's Criminal Department announced the charges against the old pedant. Tong Demon, his Manchu Xiucai fame was obtained by donating classes, Chen Tian knew that Su Fu Province had donated classes not only this old pedant, but the King of the West used this to convict. Harming the people, this old scholar forced a tenant to death in the second year of Xianfeng, and I don't know where the Xidian Criminal Department found the bitter master, in short, it is enough to have the two sins of harming the people through demons.

This made Chen Tian more aware that some heart-wrenching words still can't be said, and the end is already visible. And for the West Temple, this is not tyranny, this is just the blood and tears that must be paid to cut off that damn braid, even if the blood and tears are their own, they have to be swallowed, this is the inevitable pain of the great era of change. (To be continued......)