Chapter 503: Controversy
For a time, the entire Imperial Garden was arguing.
Xiao Beichen looked at Lin Xiu and Zhang Zhiwen: "Zhang Zhuangyuan, Lin Bangyan, what do you two think?" Champion Lang, you speak first. ”
Zhang Zhiwen stood up, and his delicate and slightly childish face showed a look of serious thought: "Your Majesty, just now Brother Pang said that women should not show their heads at will, they should not attract bees and butterflies, and they should set up a chaste archway, which Weichen agrees with." ”
Pang Sui snorted disdainfully, didn't this Zhang Zhiwen agree with his statement?
I only heard Zhang Zhiwen continue: "But women's strength is already smaller than that of men, and it is very difficult for women to farm alone to support their families. To tell the truth, Weichen was born as a peasant, and grew up rolling in the fields with my father and mother since he was a child, such as plowing the field and carrying rice, and other heavy work, women can't do it at all, not to mention that sixty percent of the land planted must be handed over to those squire tenants, and there is not much left in their own hands. If the harvest is good that year, the family may still be able to eat and wear, but if there is a natural or man-made disaster, there will be no harvest. ”
Xiao Beichen frowned, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"So Weichen feels that relying on women to farm to support the family alone is really limited, so Weichen doesn't agree with Brother Pang's words very much......"
Before Zhang Zhiwen's words were finished, he heard Pang Sui snort coldly with disdain, "Zhang Zhuangyuan, you are really upside down, one will say that you agree with me, and the other will say that you disagree with me, aren't you contradicting yourself?" ”
Zhang Zhiwen's face was indifferent, and he didn't show a trace of embarrassment because of Pang Sui's cynicism, he just glanced at Pang Sui lightly, and then continued: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that women can come out to work, and Wechen suggests that we can open more women's workshops in Dongyu Kingdom, so that these women who live in hardship and have lost their husbands or sons can go to work in women's workshops, earn silver, and support their families, so as to avoid the trouble of attracting bees and butterflies and showing up." ”
"In several workshops built in Shangzhuang Village, my hometown, there are some local peasant women, and the workshops that need to work hard recruit all men, and the easier workshops recruit peasant women, which can not only avoid suspicion, but also allow peasant women to earn some silver, which can be used to support their families and solve the problem of living in poverty."
As soon as these words fell, Xiao Beichen's eyes showed a hint of appreciation.
Lin Xiu also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if Weichen seconded Zhang Zhuangyuan's words, if our Dongyu Kingdom can open more women's workshops, it can indeed solve the problem of many people's living difficulties, and those women who have lost their kings or sons can have a stable income, they can support their families, and they can also let the souls of those soldiers who died on the battlefield rest in peace, killing two birds with one stone." And Weichen felt that it was better to give them some subsidies every month, so that they could have a stable income, as the saying goes, teaching people to fish is not as good as teaching people to fish. ”
Xiao Beichen showed a gentle smile on his face, and there was also a hint of appreciation in his eyes when he looked at Lin Xiu, "Zhang Zhuangyuan and Lin Bangyan, your two suggestions are good. If you can open some women's workshops, it is true that you can not only avoid suspicion, but also let them live, it is indeed a double win, those soldiers who died on the battlefield, for the peace of the world, in order to protect the country, the horse leather shroud is returned, we can't let them down! ”