Foot binding was a habit of scholars.

Moreover, the scholars and doctors also praised it with their own literary brilliance and called it "three-inch golden lotus".

And because of this, it vividly guided the social atmosphere of the entire Ming and Qing dynasties, so that women in the common class began to be bound from an early age because they had to cater to the habit of scholars.

But now the wealth of the world is concentrated in the hands of the imperial court, not in the hands of scholars.

It is no longer the scholars who control the discourse in the world, but the imperial court.

However, the imperial court naturally paid more attention to the reproductive and production attributes of Han women, so it was necessary to prohibit foot binding in order to make Han women in the world better reproductive and producing.

Therefore, after listening to the weavers of the textile association, Zhang Gui instructed Chen Zizhuang to put on a book to ban the phenomenon of foot binding in the world.

The phenomenon of foot binding in the Ming Dynasty is not so serious, at least it has not evolved into the common people in the deep mountains and old forests who believe that foot binding is a custom required by their ancestors.

Otherwise, Qin Liangyu and Zhang Fengyi would not easily become female generals with outstanding achievements.

Therefore, after the decree prohibiting foot binding was issued, it would not arouse too much resentment among the people, but the scholars and many merchants who expected to cultivate the feet of the thin horse Jinlian in Yangzhou in order to earn a high price would be dissatisfied.

"Don't even care about this!"

Wu Weiye complained about this order, and continued to talk to himself: "Chen Zizhuang even criticized that we Confucian scholars believe in Confucius and Mencius and do not follow the way of Confucius and Mencius, and see that the binding of women's feet in the world is against filial piety and benevolence, and turn a blind eye, and take the initiative to preach that the smaller the foot, the better, this is pure slander!" We didn't persuade the girl of the good family to bind her feet, but we just hoped that the singer in the Fengyue Field would be like this! On the grounds that all the women of the Han family in the world are compatriots, they should not sit idly by and watch them destroy the body passed down by their parents! ”

After Wu Weiye complained, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so angry that he didn't even plan to drink the porridge in the bowl again, and after hearing the sound of his daughter crying because of foot binding behind the house, he was even more irritable, and immediately shouted: "Okay! Stop pestering her! Anyway, now that the ban has been issued, it is estimated that no powerful and wealthy gentry will dare to marry a footbound girl and resist the new policy of the imperial court, what is the point of pestering! If you save it, you will be fined and demoted. ”

Wu Weiye's wife and concubine behind the house didn't entangle anymore after hearing this, and the crying stopped abruptly.

It's just that Wu Weiye was upset, so he dropped the porridge bowl in his hand on the soft ground, then picked it up again and took it back to the house.

And the imperial court will indeed impose heavy fines on those who do not obey the edict and still bind their feet, and if they do not listen three times, they will be exiled.

"Master, Yunxiang and the others have reached the age of foot binding, do they still need to bind their feet?"

Mama Xu, who was responsible for training several adopted daughters for Tian Hongyu, also heard that the imperial court had banned foot binding, so she specially came to ask Tian Hongyu, who is still only a wealthy businessman in Jiangdu, Yangzhou.

After hearing this, Tian Hongyu said angrily: "How can you sell it if you don't entangle?" Close the doors and windows tightly, and cover their mouths so that no one outside can hear them. ”

"Yes!"

This Mama Xu replied and left Tian Hongyu here.

Shortly after that, there was a clanging knock on the door outside.

At one moment, a porter came to Tian Hongyu and said: "Master! The county government came to someone, and it was the third master who personally led the person, saying that he wanted to investigate the violation of the will and bound the feet. ”

As soon as the porter finished speaking, a large number of soldiers rushed in.

Bo Chen Mingyu, the county lord of Jiangdu, who was originally called the third master, was also shouting at this time: "Go search immediately and see if there is any phenomenon of foot binding!" ”

"Yes!"

After a while, before Tian Hongyu had time to talk to Chen Mingyu, a servant arrested Mama Xu and carried several little girls who were bound in their feet with chairs.

The head of the first group greeted Chen Ming and said: "Third master, this family is binding the feet of their own girls, and their subordinates asked, they all speak Chinese, and they are all Han girls." ”

After hearing this, Chen Mingyu looked at Tian Hongyu: "Okay, you are a field member, you are acting against the wind, fortunately, the official came to see it, otherwise I wouldn't know." You know that the imperial court decrees that foot binding is strictly prohibited, and you dare to do this. According to the decree, half of the family property was confiscated. ”

As he spoke, Chen Mingyu shouted: "Copy it for me!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers rushed into the backyard very actively, and for them, this was an opportunity to make a fortune, how could they not be active.

Of course, this is also the reason why they are willing to ban foot binding, after all, it is also an opportunity to generate income.

It's just that in this case, the blow to the rich businessman is a bit heavy.

Tian Hongyu was anxious at this time, and hurriedly shouted to Chen Mingyu: "Third master, you, you, can't you be accommodating?" ”

Chen Mingyu handed the confession that his subordinates had written temporarily: "Sign and draw!" ”

Tian Hongyu had to sign and draw the charge, and after Chen Mingyu left, he sat on the ground in a daze, he didn't expect that he would lose half of his family property because he ignored the prohibition of foot binding and was lucky.

However, because the prohibition of foot binding is implemented in the form of a heavy fine and confiscation, it also curbs the phenomenon of foot binding very well.

Ten years later, there were indeed many girls with natural feet because of this, and this habit of the scholar doctor gradually did not affect the entire social atmosphere.

But at present, there are still bureaucrats and doctors who always wishfully want to continue to turn the Han people into cattle and horses, and want the Han people to have no rights and interests, but only want to enjoy all kinds of prosperity for themselves, and then obtain the pleasure of being a superior person as a privileged class.

"Where is this good government, this is clearly the evil government that accumulates wealth for the people!"

Li Jin'an, who was promoted to governor of Zhejiang because of his meritorious contribution to the rebellion in the southwest of the country, and is also a Confucian at the same time, criticized the edict after learning that the imperial court had issued an edict prohibiting foot binding.

Even, when Li Jin'an was on his way to various prefectures and counties to inspect and saw that Chun'an Zhixian was strictly investigating the phenomenon of foot binding, he beat Yu Jingyu, the local magistrate, with a cane on the spot, and threatened to dismiss Yu Jingyu from his official position, on the grounds that Yu Jingyu used the imperial court's edict to collect wealth from the people and was harsh in his administration, causing the people's resentment to boil.

Yu Jingyu had to hurriedly confess and beg for mercy, and sent his concubine to intercede overnight.

Only then did Li Jinan forgive Yu Jingyu and said that he would no longer ask Yu Jingyu to take his position, but he also asked Yu Jingyu not to strictly investigate the phenomenon of foot binding.

Even, when Li Jin'an inspected Chun'an County, he was very dissatisfied because he saw that Chun'an County was very rich in folk social dramas, and many people often gathered around the temple to watch the plays and listen to books, and the content of these dramas and commentaries was mostly about scandals and anecdotes about the bureaucrats, and he was very dissatisfied.

This made Li Jin'an frown and asked Yu Jingyu: "Who wrote these drama commentaries, how can the common people be qualified to laugh and ridicule gentlemen and doctors?" How can you listen to opera and music here without farming? It's just a bad moral! Why are the people of the county so indulgent?! ”

Yu Jingyu replied: "These drama commentaries are all written by an official of the Ministry of War named Yao Zhijing, and the common people really like to listen to them, after all, they are scandals of many rebels in the dynasty. As for why he didn't do farming, it was naturally because in the busy non-agricultural season, the common people also came to the temple for recreation. ”

Li Jin'an's brows furrowed even deeper after hearing this, and asked, "If you don't have a farm, you should go to build more embankments and dams!" As a commoner, how can you be so lazy if you don't think about hard work? You're a derelict parent! We should take this opportunity to let them do more things for the benefit of the country and the people! Instead of being idle here, and listening to some obscene words, if you become a diao, how can it be good! ”