Ye Xia completely released her aura the moment she walked into the court, at this moment, her back was straight, standing beside Kangxi, she looked at the Chinese military officials of the court, her expression was calm and majestic: "As the empress dowager, the mourning family must first of all the people of the world

Apologize, especially to the women who have suffered mental and physical destruction due to foot binding, if the mourning family is the queen mother, they will not be allowed to continue the bad habit of foot binding to harm women's health......"

Habit?

The civil and military officials were all stunned, what do you mean? Why is foot binding a bad habit? Where is the harm to women's health?

Ignoring the strange eyes of the ministers looking at him, Ye Xia continued with the previous words: "A person's feet are equivalent to the roots of a tree, if this root is artificially damaged, then can the tree still grow normally?"

Maybe, but this may be a great chance, and this may indicate that some trees have been damaged to their roots and die inevitably. In the same way, our parents gave us a pair of healthy feet,

Why did a woman have to endure physical and mental pain, forcibly break a pair of good feet, and tightly wrap them in cloth to form a pair of so-called 'three-inch golden lotus'?

Is it just to please some people's morbid aesthetics, to make women suffer from that physical to mental suffering? ”

Some of the people in Ye Xia's mouth undoubtedly refer to men, referring to the part of men who praise the beauty of their little feet, and in this court, most of the officials are within the scope of Ye Xia's accusations.

likes three-inch golden lotus, morbid aesthetics, like a slap in the face of those officials, so that these officials within the scope of Ye Xia's accusation are all red-faced.

"Don't keep your eyes on the emperor, the mourning family can tell you now, the queen mother's sentence about the beheading of a footbound woman entering the palace is not an empty word, from now on, all footbound women are not allowed to participate in the draft."

As he spoke, Ye Xia looked at Kangxi and glanced at her, and Kangxi's low and magnetic voice sounded: "What the Queen Mother said is what I mean." ”

As Kangxi's words fell, Ye Xiaqing's majestic voice overflowed again, and she said word by word, saying everything she wanted to say, and every sentence was sonorous and powerful, and all the civil and military officials were shocked when they heard it.

"The mourning family will apologize to the people of the world for their inaction, apologize to the woman who has been mentally and physically destroyed, and the mourning family will issue a decree to inform the world, advocating to let go of the feet and completely eradicate the bad habit of binding feet."

"The emperor's mother's heart, my people in the Qing Dynasty will feel it."

Kangxi helped Ye Xia to sit on the phoenix chair, from the sentence in front of him, "What the Queen Mother said is my meaning", and the attitude of helping Ye Xia to sit on the phoenix chair just now, the civil and military officials knew, and they knew that this foot release and prohibition of foot binding were not only the meaning of the Queen Mother, but also the meaning of the emperor.

The emperor is not talking casually, not playing, the emperor is serious.

"Regarding the development of foot binding and foot binding, it will be strictly implemented in accordance with the Queen Mother's words, and at the same time, following the punishment measures issued by me in the first year of Kangxi for violating the prohibition of foot binding and foot binding,

Today, I would like to add another article, but if there is a woman in the family of a student who wants to participate in the imperial examination, and continues to bind her feet, or does not let go of her feet, then the student's qualification for the scientific examination will be directly cancelled, and the already famous person will be stripped off and the white body will be restored. ”

Kangxi was behind Ye Xiayin, with a solemn facial expression, and said to the civil and military officials in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, you can't!"

Many Wenchen knelt on the ground and shouted, hoping that Kangxi would take back his life, but Kangxi glanced at these kneeling Wenchen, and said: "I hope that all the ministers will be clear, you have no jokes,

If you want to be your official well, you better see your position clearly. Also, there are many people in Jiangnan, and all Yangzhou thin horses are worth a thousand gold, and as far as I know, many of your ministers have one or more Yangzhou thin horses in their backyards.

Then I would like to ask you, is there a thousand gold in the money that the imperial court has given you? Do you work for me and the court all your life and receive a thousand gold? ”

Kangxi said this, hearing that many officials in the court and central government had cold sweat on their foreheads, trembling, and they couldn't wait to kneel down immediately to plead guilty.

With a sneer, Kangxi observed the faces of the civil and military officials, and his cold voice rose again: "The official who has a thin horse at home, which one can tell me where this money came from?"

Is it obtained by being greedy, or is it by accepting bribes, promising others to do something harmful, and sheltering some ruffians and unscrupulous businessmen? Don't think that if I don't make a noise on weekdays, I think that I am blind and deaf and don't know anything, in this world, there has never been a gift for no reason, can you understand this truth? ”

"Minister...... Minister......"

Those officials who were really weak in their hearts were kneeling on the ground unconsciously, they were sweating, as if they were in a sauna, but no one dared to raise their sleeves to wipe their sweat, for fear of being directly condemned by the emperor. "You want to quibble, don't you?

But there is no way to quibble, because the Queen Mother is right, women's football foot binding is harmful to the body for women, and for some of you, this is a sick, almost perverted aesthetic,

For this reason, I have plagued countless girls in the Qing Dynasty, so that they have to be forcibly bound in this morbid aesthetic environment, and watch them be severely damaged physically and mentally.

Seeing them cry endlessly, don't you feel ashamed and ashamed? You all have daughters in your house, and you can't hear the suffering of other people's girls when their feet are bound at home

It's difficult, the daughters of your own family should have heard it, right? At that moment, didn't your heart hurt at all? ”

Kangxi questioned one after another, obviously angry, so frightened that the officials kept kowtowing, shouting in their mouths: "The ministers are guilty!" Please forgive the emperor! Please calm the emperor's anger! ”

Yes, they appreciate the beauty of small feet, and appreciate the swaying of the little foot women's football team when walking, but they forget that their daughter also suffered from the pain caused by foot binding when she was young, saying that this can promise a good family, but in fact, it is not that their daughter has a pair of small feet, and after marriage, she will satisfy another man's playfulness.

I didn't think about it before, I just felt that I was following the trend, I felt that the little foot girl was in good shape, and she was really weak and graceful when she walked.

"Learn to become a literary and martial artist, goods and the emperor's family, there is no shortage of officials in the imperial court, I am not short of officials, I am in the Qing Dynasty, I love the Xinjue Luo family, there is no shortage of talents, every three years the imperial examination is selected,

There is a steady stream of talents sent to the court, for me in the Qing Dynasty, for me to love the Xinjue Luo family, for me, for the people of the world to do things, some of you are not uncommon to have official hats on their heads, although they resign and leave, don't talk to me about useless things, stop me from moving forward in the Qing Dynasty. “

After a moment's pause, Kangxi's gaze fell on a few stubborn old ministers: "If a few ministers want to use death to stop the unfolding of this decree prohibiting foot binding and foot release, even if blood is splashed in the court, see if I will stop it."

I have worked hard to govern the country, and I always think that the people of the Qing Dynasty can be fed and clothed, and the country will be rich and the people will be strong, but it is not to support corrupt officials and corrupt officials, not to provide a comfortable environment for inactive officials to be moths!

Having said all this, I hope you all listen to it, and when you get home, gather all the small-footed women in your backyard in one place, and let them take off their shoes and socks and stretch out their feet, so that you old men who like small-footed people can have a good look.

A pair of ugly little feet that were obviously twisted and deformed by cloth when they were young, what is the beauty in the end, remember, after reading it, tomorrow in the morning will give me a thousand words of feelings, write it on paper, don't stain my fold. ”

Kangxi was full of the spirit of a tyrant, and when the ministers heard this, their old faces were panicked, but they had to respectfully accept the order.

Small feet are prevalent, to put it bluntly, as the Queen Mother wrote in the ban on foot binding and foot release strategies, more in the high-ranking families and officials, wealthy businessmen, families with small property and other mansions that do not need women to show their heads, of course, Yangzhou thin horses are exceptions, they are specially designed to please men, and they have been trained by special people since childhood.

But in the final analysis, there is still a relationship with the "good home" of a woman's life. Since childhood, he was abducted and sold, and after all kinds of training, he was then tied to his feet, and when he was in the cardamom years, he was bought by salt merchants and wealthy merchants as gifts, or he was sold again, and it was easy to earn a lot of money.

In the Jiangnan area, the business of Yangzhou thin horses, which really makes some businessmen earn a full slam, especially the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

Then, in order to earn more money, he thought of a way to bribe officials, send silver money too eye-catching, send two Yangzhou thin horses, and get his own things done, and bury an eyeliner in the official's mansion.

In this way, the salt merchants had a protective umbrella in business, and the officials got a thin horse worth a thousand gold and understanding, and they were happy, so the two sides reached it so happily

into a tacit understanding, together in the same "friendship" boat.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Kangxi's face sank like water, and his eyelids were slightly constricted, so that the civil and military officials kneeling on the ground trembled, and it was difficult to detect what he was thinking at the moment.

"You are guilty, and I want to forgive you, do you want the people of the world to point at my nose and scold, saying that I am a faint king, and I have a group of officials under my hands who do not act?"

When Kangxi said this, he suddenly smiled, yesterday after he summoned the prince, the eldest and the second, he passed on Prince Yu to enter the palace, and not long after Prince Yu left the palace, Liang Jiugong personally went to the East Palace to spread the word,

During this early dynasty, the crown prince would take the holy decree of copying the family and Prince Yu to lead the Praetorian Guards to the palaces of several officials in the court. Among them, there are Manchu ministers, there are Hanchens, whether they are individuals during the official period,

is still the heir of the knee, and the people in the clan, there are no less bribes and evil, and there are no less than four thin horses in the backyard of several people, plus other concubines, there are at least a dozen women in the backyard.

Relying on Yulu to support the family, raising more than a dozen women in the backyard, how much Yulu do you have to receive every month to be able to afford it? If you don't use them to make an example of chickens and monkeys, God will not tolerate them!

He wants to see who doesn't take the prohibition of foot binding and foot release seriously, up to the court and down to the people.

There was a thoughtful official who inadvertently noticed that the crown prince and Prince Yu did not go to the early dynasty, combined with Kangxi's inexplicable laughter, the heartstrings tensed for a moment: Does the emperor have other actions today?

Gu Mochen was worried that his mother would be harassed by the stubborn ministers in the court, so he couldn't help it, thinking about coming to hear about the early dynasty, he was standing behind a thick column, and the palace people and guards standing outside the hall saw this little King Yongjun,

But no one made a sound, after all, King Yongjun was smart and obedient, and since he was a child, he was most liked by the emperor except for His Royal Highness the Prince, and King Yongjun didn't make a sound, just stood quietly behind the pillar and listened to the early dynasty, even if the emperor knew, it was nothing.

Seeing that his mother's adult aura was full of aura, her demeanor was calm and majestic, and her mouth was full of words, seeing Kangxi's majesty and domineering, she didn't give civil and military officials a chance to refute at all.

Seeing the civil and military officials kneeling on the ground like quails, and seeing several civil ministers and military generals forcibly dragged out of the hall by the guards who were announced into the palace, Gu Mochen couldn't help but sigh secretly, the mother is worthy of the mother,

Everywhere has its own courage, not to be underestimated by others, and then the emperor of the ages is worthy of being the emperor of the ages, wise and decisive, which is really admirable! As for the officials who were dragged out by the guards, corrupt officials and corrupt officials should be punished, which is the fate they are destined to take the first wrong step.

Kangxi made the crimes of those officials clear in the court, and there were several Yangzhou thin horses worth thousands of gold, and they didn't know how to discipline their children, grandchildren and clansmen, bullying men and women on the street, doing misdeeds, and some even had their hands on their hands, and sentenced them to exile, and they deserved it.

However, one person committed a crime, and the whole family, and even the whole clan were implicated, which still surprised Gu Mochen for a while.

But the social form is here, after being surprised, Gu Mochen can only silently accept such a punishment, he is now a little prince, and he has no right to speak, to change the unreasonable place in this punishment.

"As a royal envoy, take your responsibilities well, think more about the people, see which officials prey on the people, don't do what the court officials should do, and don't keep your eyes on my harem and some trivial things."

Supervise the imperial history, supervise the officials, well, the royal family is also within the scope of supervision, but one by one I don't see how much to do, and the upper excerpt says how his prince is, how his harem is, I really don't know what to say.

"The ministers are derelict in their duties, and I ask the emperor to forgive them."

The left and right superintendents and the following superintendents didn't expect that the emperor was angry and took them to this morning's court meeting.

There are not many of them who raise thin horses in the backyard, and there are not many concubines, and even if there is a concubine with small feet, it is also a good girl.

It's not what they asked, and they didn't think it was beautiful, they just thought it was the norm, so the emperor's fire was too widespread, and he almost scolded the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

However, the Queen Mother's forbidden foot binding and foot release are completely launched in the entire Qing Dynasty this time, and the Queen Mother said that the girls' school and those factories were established, the women in the house and the women all over the world are afraid that they will cry with joy!

Chen Tingjing is the imperial envoy of the left governor, he knelt on the ground with his eyes down, and he had no opinion on what Ye Xia, the queen mother and Kangxi, said this morning, because he occasionally washed the feet of his wife who was in charge of housework, and he couldn't help but feel distressed when he looked at the little feet wrapped in white cotton socks.

A normal person's foot is a little injured, and it is extremely uncomfortable to walk, not to mention a pair of seriously deformed feet. And his wife, with a pair of feet that can't stand steadily for a long time, is busy every day, taking care of him and his children properly and thoughtfully, which makes him really sad and distressed.

Wife, mother, and daughter all ate the sin of small feet, and when the queen mother's decree was issued today, if he has a granddaughter, he doesn't have to follow the trend to a doll to bind his feet, and the female dolls in this world don't have to suffer from the sin of marrying a good family.

Ye Xia sat on the phoenix chair and quietly listened to Kangxi's spraying of civil and military officials, and there was no emotion on her fair and beautiful face, like this, for a moment, no, to be precise, there were countless times, which made Kangxi feel worthless for this mother-in-law to marry Emperor Shunzhi.

What a good person, there is nothing to say about his appearance, he has nothing to say about his learning, his heart is to the people of the Qing Dynasty, but he was snubbed by Emperor Shunzhi, who likes Han women, he was widowed when he was young, and he has been widowed in his early twenties, without complaints, and the whole person is both lenient and tolerant, and he is worthy of the respect of his children and grandchildren and the people of the Qing Dynasty.

In terms of women, Kangxi does not agree with Shunzhi's love for Concubine Han and his exclusive favor of Dong E, as an emperor, shouldering the country's society, not like ordinary people, it is a woman's father-in-law, and he can't ignore the country's society because of his children's private feelings, and he does things by his temperament.

When Dong E's family was sick, he asked the master to chant the scriptures, and he personally accompanied him to feed the decoction, leaving aside political affairs, completely forgetting that he was an emperor and the support of the people of the world.

Therefore, there is Huang Taiji who is fighting outside, regardless of the battlefield situation, riding a fast horse back to the palace to see Concubine Chen for the last time, and Shunzhi has done a lot of foolish things for Concubine Dong E.

Coupled with the teachings of Xiaozhuang, after Kangxi understood the personnel, he was strict with himself in terms of women, did not favor a certain person, and insisted on making the harem rain and dew evenly wet, so as not to have constant disputes over the rights and wrongs of the harem.

Perhaps it is precisely because of Kangxi's fraternity that he has many children.

"Corrupt officials, inactive officials are not tolerated in me, I hope that you ministers will always reflect on yourself in the future, to see if you are a good official who asks for the people's life,

See if you have the ability to do a good job. You are all officials that I trust and rely on, and I don't want you to be deposed by me one day and escorted to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment with my guards.

Don't let me down, your ministers, or you will not be able to escape from having your homes raided, exiled, or even beheaded, and I will be saddened by my lack of understanding of people and misemploying people! ”

Kangxi said, his expression was slightly moved: "I don't need to say anything more about letting go and forbidding foot binding, you ministers know what to do, right?" "I thought that there would be a war of words in the court today,

Clinker, the Queen Mother's sonorous and powerful words directly made the civil and military officials so embarrassed that they couldn't open their mouths, and then he beat and killed chickens and monkeys, heh, they are all very well-behaved!

The ministers gave an affirmative answer, Kangxi nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at Liang Jiugong. Liang Jiugong understood, and his high, slightly shrill voice raised: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

"Congratulations to the emperor! Congratulations to the Queen Mother! ”

With a calm and restrained gaze swept over the civil and military officials, Kangxi got up from the dragon chair, walked to the phoenix chair, and helped Ye Xia to stand up: "Huang Eniang, my son will send you back to Ningshou Palace." ”

Ye Xia smiled at the corner of his mouth: "You have political affairs to be busy, so you don't need to make a special trip to send the mourning family." ”

Patting the back of Kangxi's hand, Ye Xia sat on the phoenix outside the hall, and at this moment, Gu Mochen walked out from behind the pillar, saluted Kangxi and Ye Xia respectively, looked at Kangxi a little uncomfortably and said, "Huang Ama, my son sends Huang Ma back." ”

Kangxi knocked on his son's head with his fingers, and asked with a smile: "Since you came to Shangzao, why are you standing outside?" ”

"My son is young, and it's not time to go to the morning court, so my son came over today, is it ...... It's a little uneasy......"

Gu Mochen hesitated, deliberately did not finish his words, and when he heard this, Kangxi knocked on his head again:

"What's not to worry about? Silly boy! ”

Gu Mochen tugged at the corners of his mouth, scratched his head and looked at his mother.

"Okay, Xiao Qi is worried that the mourning family is clumsy, and he is blocked by the hundred officials, you and I can't speak, this heart is received by the mourning family, you two are busy going to each other, the mourning family doesn't need you to send it."

Ye Xia smiled between his eyebrows and eyes, and rubbed Gu Mochen's head: "Your Emperor Ama is the king of a country, in the court, both wise and majestic, and domineering, Huang Ma Mama has not encountered anything in the court today, and the foot release and prohibition of foot binding have been cooperated by civil and military officials, I believe it will soon be launched nationwide." ”

Gu Mochen: "Banning foot binding and putting foot in the country is beneficial to the people, this is not a bad thing, and it is inevitable to expand it nationwide." ”

The emperor and the queen mother were still outside the hall, and even if the civil and military officials had gotten up from the ground, they didn't dare to step in front of the two bigwigs to leave, but they didn't need to have many scruples at this time, and raised their sleeves one by one to wipe the sweat stains on their foreheads.

When Kangxi's imperial chariot and Ye Xia's phoenix chariot left, there was a sound in the hall. "When we get home, do we really want to see the little feet of the women?"

"Holy Command, there is someone watching by you, do you dare to resist the decree?"

"My little granddaughter is crying for foot binding, I have to hurry back to the house, let the family give a few big feet, don't continue to bind my little granddaughter's feet."

"The two daughters in my house have been bound for more than two years, and I have to go back quickly and ask my wife to put their feet on them, otherwise, this official will really do it!"

Listening to the whispers in their ears, Yinchu and Changhua glanced at each other, and the two brothers walked side by side and walked outside the hall.

"Seventh brother! Why are you here? ”

Seeing Gu Mochen standing outside the hall, Changhua immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Yes, seventh brother, why did you come here? Since you're here, why don't you go in? ”

Yinchu stroked Gu Mochen's head, his eyes full of smiles.

"Yesterday, I heard that the emperor's grandmother said that she was going to come to the morning court today, and when I asked about it, I was a little relieved to let go of the feet and forbid foot binding, so I ran over early in the morning to listen."

Gu Mochen said truthfully that he doesn't like to play with his heart, especially among brothers and relatives.

"Then you must have heard it, our Imperial Grandma is amazing, to be honest, I worship our Imperial Grandma very much!"

Gu Mochen and Changhua walked on the left and right sides of Yinchuchen, and at this time, Yinchu did not hide his admiration for Ye Xia at all: "Huang Ma Ma will go to that station, not to mention how imposing it is, and go to the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu Baigua was said by Huang Ma Ma with red faces, if there is a ground under their feet, they all want to get in." ”

"Huang Ma Ma is as powerful as the old ancestor."

This was said by Changhua, in his eyes, he has always felt that the queen mother, his royal grandmother is an amiable person, no temper, clinker, above the court today,

The Queen Mother appeared on the stage and exuded full of majesty, her voice was not very loud, but she was not angry and mighty, every word was beautiful, clearly echoing in the hall, floating into everyone's ears, such a Queen Mother is like the Queen Mother, but it is slightly different from the Queen Mother.

For example, when the Empress Dowager is angry, her expression is obviously angry, but the Empress Dowager is calm and indifferent from beginning to end, but what she conveys to people is overwhelming coercion.

"Well, I have heard every word and every sentence that Huang Ma said, Huang Ma is really amazing."

Gu Mochen was sure to agree.

Kangxi's beating in the early court, and killing chickens and monkeys, and the last sensational words, are simply the drama on the line, and the hearts of civil and military officials are finally stirred up and down.

Moved by the emperor's intentions for them, he felt that if he didn't do things for the court and the people, he would be sorry for the emperor's expectations, especially when he thought of the emperor being angry and sighing,

and the last sentence of heartache, but also inspired all the guilt of all the officials, just like that, the civil and military officials walked out of the palace gate with a very complicated feeling, and the upper office of the upper office,

Those who returned to the palace returned to the house, and those who could not return to the house simply ordered the house slaves waiting outside the palace gate to bring a message to the house, and quickly implemented the queen mother and the emperor's order to release feet and prohibit foot binding.

To the surprise of all the officials, the capital was very lively in the early morning. The corrupt officials who did not do things for the people, indulged in their families to bully men and women, and raised Yangzhou thin horses in the backyard of the house, were raided one by one, and the people clapped their hands with joy when they saw the families of those corrupt officials being escorted out of the big house.

After the early dynasty dispersed, Ye Xia, the queen mother's edict, was posted by the guards at various city gates, which immediately caused a greater sensation.

Foot!

No foot binding!

Good for the country!

Good for the people!

Violators, there are students in the family who want to enter the imperial examination, they are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, and those who have meritorious fame will be directly removed from the meritorious name to make a white body, which is supplemented for students who want to take the imperial examination.

On the other hand, there are aggravated punishments in the punishment measures issued in the first year of Kangxi for violating the order and not letting go of the foot. For example, if the father is an official, and the female relatives in the house continue to bind their feet, they will be directly cut off from their official positions.

When the people saw or heard someone say that the Queen Mother wanted to set up girls' schools, garment factories and other factories to provide jobs for women who graduated from girls' schools, and these women would be like officials in the future,

There is an assessment, a good job, the position has a chance to be promoted, otherwise, it will be downgraded, and there are migrant women beckoning in the factory, as long as they are healthy, as long as they are not bound to their feet, they also have the opportunity to be promoted after work.

Whether it is a girls' school or a factory worker, there is no identity restriction, provided that Tianzu and a woman are free. The people were very happy, and in a short period of time, they spread the good news in Beijing, and they were all so happy that they clapped their hands again and again, praising the emperor's wisdom and praising the queen mother's heart for the people.

When the women learned the content of the decree, they sat in the room emotionally and wiped their tears, rationally, expecting to be in a daze at the birds flying freely outside the window, and expecting to think about their thoughts with a pair of small feet;

The young female dolls jumped and jumped with joy, they finally didn't have to be forcibly bound by their families, they could walk steadily like their brothers and brothers, and walk long roads.

Don't worry about falling if you're not careful, and you don't need to be supported by a maid wherever you go; The girls who have been bound for several years sit in the norm and watch the maid help them untie the footcloth.

Helping them put their feet, they covered their mouths and cried and laughed, thinking that they could also go to school, and they could work in the factory run by the Queen Mother after completing their studies, and they were so excited that they cheered in their hearts.

Of course, some people are happy and some people are depressed, such as those who raise Yangzhou thin horses, such as those businessmen who resell Yangzhou thin horses, this release and prohibition of foot binding are carried out across the country, and their business is bound to be affected, no, not affected, most of them can no longer be done. No one buys it, so what's the use of raising more skinny horses?

The officials dare not accept the black gauze hat on their heads, and those who want to give gifts can't buy it back and give it away, and the business of Yangzhou Thin Horse will inevitably be unable to continue.

"The foot binding is all made by the big families themselves, what does it have to do with the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother didn't need to apologize to the women who were bound to keep their feet and were mentally and physically tortured, it was their families who should apologize to them. ”

"Yes, how good is the Queen Mother, opening the Huimin Medical Center, not only allows our people to see a doctor cheaply, but also sets up a day of free clinic every month, and the snow disaster that year, the Queen Mother personally went out of the palace to the disaster area to treat our people, such a good Queen Mother, I don't have to apologize to our big guys."

The people who are literate and have a little insight get together and talk about the content of the edict, and they are all speaking for Ye Xia, the queen mother, and feel that the queen mother does not need to apologize to the people of the world and to those women who are bound to their feet.

"Is foot binding a bad habit? Is it the mental and physical destruction of women? The three-inch golden lotus is ugly, a pathology, or even a perverted aesthetic? ”

"What, do you have any objections to the content of the Queen Mother's decree?"

"Brother Wang, don't you think the three-inch golden lotus is beautiful?"

"Before asking me this, please ask Brother Lin to find a pair of three-inch golden lotuses to take off their shoes and socks and take a good look."

"Brother Wang, could it be that there is a female dependent in your family who is binding her feet, if there is, I am afraid that your fame will be ......."

"Brother Li, don't talk nonsense here, I don't have a sister in my family, just a sister, I have been married five or six years earlier, I will find my brother-in-law when I go back, and let my sister hurry up."

"Then why do you question the content of the Queen Mother's decree? Don't you know where the so-called three-inch golden lotus came from? ”

"Women don't all like that."

"The queen mother's decree clearly stated the origin of foot binding, and some of our men are sick in their hearts, thinking that small feet are a kind of beauty, oh, no, it's not the beauty of small feet, it's a woman with a pair of small feet who walks weakly and can't help but be beautiful."

"The emperor is wise, there are those who appreciate the beauty of small feet, there are female relatives at home who are bound to their feet, and those who do not let go of the order will be disqualified from the scientific examination, and they will be directly cut off and made back to the white body if they have merit on their bodies, if only there was such a person!"

"No one wouldn't want to make trouble, would they?"

"Let's make trouble, this time the foot release and ban on foot binding are presided over by the emperor and the queen mother himself, and those who make trouble are afraid that they will be supported by this decree, and the people who support the emperor and the queen mother will spray half to death with spittle stars."

"The emperor leads by example, and has ordered that women from small families are prohibited from participating in the draft, and the adults in the court are not allowed to follow the emperor's pace.

In an elegantly decorated teahouse, many scholars gathered together and were also talking about the ban on foot binding this time.

"Slow talk, everyone, I need to go home."

A scholar who looked a little shabby in his clothes got up and said hello to his classmates, and hurriedly went downstairs to leave. This scholar is studying at a college in Beijing, and the college is on vacation today.

He and his classmates went out to the teahouse to meet friends, but he didn't expect to encounter a big happy event, he needed to go home immediately and tell his family about the happy event, so that his sister could prepare in advance and participate in the selection of the girls' school opened by the Queen Mother.

The scholar's family lives in a village thirty miles away from the capital, it is a family of cultivation and reading, there are parents and two brothers in the family, and there is a younger sister, the elder brother has a family, the younger sister is thirteen this year, and he has literacy and arithmetic, she is a smart girl, if she can be selected by the girls' school opened by the Queen Mother, then his sister will definitely have a great future in the future.

Cining Palace.

"You're doing a great job! The emperor is very happy that you have a sense of responsibility, and I am very happy that you can apologize to the people of the world on behalf of our royal family, and to the family of the daughter who binds the feet, although their footbindings have nothing to do with our royal family.

But this world is our love for the Xinjueluo family, the people of the world are the people of the Xinjueluo family, and the daughter's family has to endure physical and mental pain at a young age and is forced to bind her feet.

This is the suffering and sin of the people, and from this point of view, we should be responsible. Because we have not eliminated the bad habit of foot binding, it has not been eradicated since the entry into the Qing Dynasty, and it has continued to this day. “

Ye Xia didn't return to Ningshou Palace, and Kangxi naturally didn't send it away, not to mention that Ye Xia politely refused, but after hearing Ye Xia say that he was going to Cining Palace to ask Xiaozhuang for peace, Kangxi said that he would follow him in everything.

said that he also went to ask the empress dowager to say goodbye, and then went back to the Qianqing Palace to deal with political affairs, no, the two came to Xiaozhuang Palace, Ye Xia said her words in the court, and Xiaozhuang briefly continued, hearing this, Xiaozhuang immediately smiled, and praised without hesitation.

"As long as they stand up and are dedicated to the people, no matter how dissatisfied the courtiers are, they have to come up with a rebuttal, since they can't take it, they can only choose to comply, otherwise, just like Xuan Ye said in the early dynasty, there is no shortage of officials in the imperial court, there is no shortage of talents in the Qing Dynasty, and those who are not good officials will simply leave, and some talents will fill them."

Ye Xia's eyebrows were cold, and he said very seriously: "The court issues the Yulu, what is needed is a good official who does practical things for the country and the people, not an official who only plays tricks in the court and only cares about his own selfishness, or an official who is a vegetarian meal, and the court does not need it." ”

Xiaozhuang clapped his hands: "Well said, what you said went to the heart of the emperor's mother!" There are people who still have a heart for the country and the people when they first enter the officialdom, and after a long time, they forget their original intentions.

I thought about how to get money from the court and the people, so that I could fill my own pockets, and some didn't even take the people's lives seriously, but only cared about pleasure. Officials like this have to find out one and cut one by one. ”

"What the imperial grandmother said is that the grandson will strengthen the functions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and will instruct the officials to strictly evaluate the conduct and performance of officials."

Kangxi said, hearing this, Xiaozhuang raised his eyelids and looked at Kangxi: "That's your business as the emperor, and your emperor and I don't interfere in court politics." ”

Ye Xia suddenly thought of something, looked at Kangxi and said: "By the way, Xuan Ye, I don't recommend that officials borrow silver from the treasury, this silver is easy to borrow, but it is not easy to take it back, especially some officials like to see and learn,

I feel that everyone else has borrowed, if I don't borrow, will my colleagues feel that they are out of place, once there are more officials with this kind of thinking, I am afraid that a large amount of money will be lent to the treasury.

When the treasury needs silver, you can think about it, is it easy to get it back? People have a common nature, take pleasure in their own pockets, and take them out of their own homes, it is comparable to cutting meat from them.

If you want to come back, I don't think it's ordinary. In addition, every time you go out on inspection, you should also be cautious financially, and you should not make excuses to borrow money from the treasury for the local government to receive you and build a special palace.

You must know that the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, don't look at the small amount borrowed at the beginning, slowly, when you don't know, the tens of thousands of taels received at the beginning will become hundreds of thousands of taels,

and then millions of taels. When you find something wrong, ask and people reply with a pre-prepared reason, what can you do? In addition, the other party cried poorly, saying that it would not be able to pay off for a while,

Do you have to delay the repayment deadline and think of a way to give the other party a way to make money? But some people are often greedy and insufficient, and will use chicken feathers as arrows, so they oppress the people.

Bad incidents such as fish and meat will definitely be staged as a common occurrence, and you are in the palace, in the case that the other party deliberately conceals it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to know the truth until the day when the matter is revealed. ”

Kangxi's southern tour, he has a lot of grace to his nurse's family, Ye Xia said, not so much to allude to Kangxi's nurse's family, but to warn Kangxi, don't be confused in the treasury.

The eastern, southern, western, and northern tours were political needs during the reign of Kangxi, but in terms of the number of southern tours in history and the cost of each time, it was really a bit of a waste of money and labor.

The treasury will not be tossed by Kangxi in his later years, leaving Yongzheng with a mess, and he will rectify the ministry and fill the treasury, so that Yongzheng will be nicknamed "Emperor of the Family".

"Huang Eniang, my son didn't spend money lavishly."

Kangxi's cheeks were slightly hot, and he said good things for himself: "My son is not hanging out when he goes out on a cruise." ”

Ye Xia was stunned, and then heard Xiaozhuang's laughter: "Your emperor didn't say that you spent money lavishly, your emperor just gave you one or two suggestions, and didn't say that you went out to have fun." ”

"That's right, I'm just giving you a suggestion, lest when the country needs money, the courtiers can't think of a way, and you have to be nervous. But don't take my advice too seriously,

When the emperor builds the factory, she will work hard to pay taxes to the treasury, except for paying taxes and paying employee salaries, as well as maintaining the basic needs of the factory, the money earned by the emperor will be kept for you.

When you need it, take it all out for you. "She doesn't have to worry about food, clothing, and housing, and when she goes out, there are palace people to serve her, and it's really useless to ask for money.

"Kikige, are you really willing?"

Xiaozhuang asked with a smile.

Ye Xia responded without thinking: "I have some to live in, some to eat, some to wear, and there are people to serve wherever I go, there is no place where I can use the money, and where is there any reluctance to be willing to go." ”

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