Chapter 244 What to do with the uniform of the female officer
Ruan Yuan was almost observant above, and motioned for Staunton to announce the topic of today's discussion.
After Staunton's introduction, Ruan Yuan concluded by saying:
"You are the bridge between the palace and the people, and your image is the image of the palace that the people see directly.
"Stone proposes to change the uniform for everyone, and the official thinks it is necessary.
"But how to choose this crown dress, I want to hear everyone's opinions and opinions.
"Everyone can speak their minds without any worries."
As soon as Ruan Yuan's words fell, a man in a blue and black robe arched his hand and said very seriously:
"My subordinates think that we are officials of the Ming Domain, and we should refer to the usual standards of the Ming Dynasty.
"Informal generals wear student uniforms, and after passing the imperial examination and becoming official generals, they wear official uniforms from the ninth grade."
At the end, the man's voice trembled slightly, and he seemed to be very excited.
Several other interpreters in caftans spoke out in agreement.
But there were also those who objected, and the fastest ones were not those who wore Tessie and new formal attire.
They are still hesitating, still thinking about what angle they should start from and express their opinions.
The first to stand up against it was Staunton, who was also wearing a Ming-style robe:
"You have to be an official to wear an official uniform, at least you have to be an official who has not entered the stream.
"The general can only be regarded as an official, and he can only wear a ragged shirt like a student after passing the assessment.
"Do you want to trespass by wearing official uniforms directly?"
Several of the other interpreters of the robes were visibly taken aback.
How did you talk about trespassing? Aren't all the officials of the Ming Dynasty wearing official uniforms?
At the same time, Staunton has turned to Nguyen Yuan:
"The subordinates think that all the generals who have passed the county examination can wear the clothes of the students directly."
At this moment, Ruan Yuan is a little different.
Strictly speaking, it is indeed arrogant for officials to wear official uniforms.
At the very least, the official uniform can only be worn by an official body, even if it is only an official body that has not entered the stream.
But that was before the Renwu Dynasty.
After the Renwu Dynasty, the two systems of officials and officials of the Ming Dynasty were merged into one system by Emperor Shizu.
The officials are also made by examining their merits, and they are all officially established, and the imperial court distributes them.
The key is that they can all be promoted, and all the officials are all officials.
Among the former officials, there is no substantial gap between the "uninformed" officials, that is, those who have no rank, but who have positions and official status, and ordinary officials.
In many vassal states, even in the Ming Dynasty, most of the officials wear official uniforms directly, which has become a common phenomenon.
The imperial court has not asked at all, and the emperor has often seen it, and he has been accustomed to it for hundreds of years.
Now Staunton, the Tessie, has jumped out and is more serious.
His advice to the interpreter is also to wear Ming costumes, but strictly follow the traditional rules.
Ruan Yuan assessed the characteristics of Staunton in his heart, smiled and waved his hand and said:
"You don't have to be so serious, you don't have to be so nervous, it's just a discussion.
"When you sit down first, everyone else will talk, don't worry."
Seeing Ruan Yuan so kind, the other translators were also a little relaxed.
A man named Marshall, dressed in a Tessie costume, was ready and took the initiative to speak:
"My subordinates thought that the main task of our translators should be for ordinary farmers.
"They're usually more traditional and conservative, and it's better if our image isn't too special and radical.
"When wearing traditional Ming costumes directly, the characteristics of outsiders are too prominent in the counties and villages and towns.
"This may increase the estrangement between us and the people, so my subordinates suggested that we should be dressed in traditional Tessie costumes."
This time Ruan Yuan frowned slightly, although what you said made sense, but this is now the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty.
The purpose of the Changshi Mansion is not to follow the local customs, but to control, integrate, and change here, and integrate into the Ming Dynasty.
However, Ruan Yuan did not show it, but continued to look at the others on the scene.
This time, a young woman named Erica immediately spoke, reminding and asking loudly and rhetorically very pertinently:
"I think everyone should pay attention to their identity, now this is the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, and we are the representatives of the Taixi people.
"We don't take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn the culture and system of the Ming Dynasty and help the Taixi people to truly enlighten and civilize.
"Instead, let the Ming Dynasty accommodate the conservative, decadent, backward, and disgusting traditions of the Taixi people?
"Do you Tessie men want to see us in those brutal costumes that show our breasts and breasts?
"Do you think we women don't have the right to sit with you?
"Your ignorant thinking is the biggest obstacle to Tessie's progress!"
Several men, including Marshall, were taken aback, they didn't expect Erica to be so aggressive, and so direct and aggressive.
The female elites on the scene are not ordinary Tessie women, they all come with the mentality of going to be officials.
And the degree of respect for the Ming system and culture far exceeds that of ordinary Taixi men.
In the same way, they have a natural resistance and antipathy towards the Tessie men, who control the main power in Tessie society.
From the very beginning, they had already set their sights on the three men in Tessie's costumes.
The men led by Marshall subconsciously wanted to scold Erica, a crazy woman.
But thinking about the woman's first words, they immediately flinched.
This is now the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, women can be examined and become officials just like men.
They can sit at the same table as the men in a meeting.
Another man, Byron, dressed in a Tessie costume, tried to change his angle and retreat:
"It is not recommended for my subordinates to allow women to participate in rural activities, and the folk in the United States are too dangerous for women."
As a result, Erica replied without hesitation:
"Our task is to act as interpreters for the Ming officials and soldiers, and each county has a hundred elite soldiers from the Ming Dynasty.
"If we can't keep us safe with them, then you Tessie men won't survive either.
"And you men can use guns, we women can use guns too, we may not be the ones who need protection!"
Ruan Yuan looked at the scene and almost quarreled, so he hurriedly raised his hand and stopped it more seriously:
"Speak your mind as you express your opinion, and don't attack each other in a targeted manner.
"Tell me, what is your opinion on clothing?"
In the face of Ruan Yuan's inquiry, the attitudes of several female translators immediately changed, and Erica replied with a smile:
"Back to Lord Changshi, the suggestion of the concubine body is to directly use the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty from the ninth grade."
Ruan Yuan nodded slightly, indicating that he knew what they were thinking.
The ordinary male translator wearing Daming clothes obviously also yearns for Daming, and his excited voice trembled when he talked about Daming's official uniform.
Staunton also aspires to the Ming Dynasty, but he has an extremely conservative tendency.
Female translators are probably the most radical, they wear official uniforms directly, and they don't even want to wear ragged shirts.
Ruan Yuan analyzed the differences between these people in his heart, and at the same time concluded:
"Now there are three opinions on the ragged shirt of the Ming Sheng, the Ming Congjiu official uniform, and the Taixi tradition.
"Do the others have any other ideas?"
Most of the interpreters shook their heads, then looked at the last group of people who had not spoken.
Thomas Stockton had thought about it for a long time, and now he finally spoke as a representative of the symptoms of heart piercing:
"My lord, my subordinates think that what the previous people said has a certain amount of truth, but they also have certain limitations.
"We are now the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, so our uniforms must have the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.
"At the same time, the people in the countryside here are more conservative, and it would be better if our uniforms were more acceptable to them.
"In this way, the most suitable outfit is that we wear this 'new Ming style Taixi formal wear'.
"They have a distinctly traditional Tessie style and should be used by farmers in the Tessie countryside as a new popular try-on in the city.
"It doesn't make them resistant, and it might even spark curiosity, which makes our work easier.
"But they are not traditional Taixi costumes, their design and production are all from the design ideas of Daming.
"The point is, they were designed by His Royal Highness Prince Dashi himself, and can be seen as clothes designed by His Royal Highness for the Tessie people.
"If there is any clothing that can be used as the clothing of the civil servants of Dongyi Guotai and Xi, it is undoubtedly the new formal wear."
Most of the Ming people like to compromise, with a natural middle-of-the-road mentality, and Stockton also came to a compromise.
The eyes of three men who support Tessie's traditional costume light up.
They don't recommend wearing Daming clothes directly, but it is too weak to support Tessie's clothes.
Now the centrists have stepped up, and it seems that they can work with them.
The new formal dress is barely a Tessie outfit.
After a brief consideration, they agreed one after another.
The men who supported the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty were not good at opposing the design of Prince Dashi, so they did not speak rashly.
But Ms. Erica frowned and asked:
"His Royal Highness Prince Daishi's new Ming-style formal dress is indeed a very good design.
"The clothing style and aesthetic level of the Taixi people have been raised to a huge level as a whole.
"These simple and elegant new formal wear have become popular throughout Taixi and Yinzhou in just a few months.
"But it is very regrettable that His Highness did not specifically design women's clothing.
"If we were to use these clothes as uniforms for translators, what should we women do?"
If Zhu Jingyuan heard this comment, he would definitely be speechless.
Most of the clothes I design are women's clothes, okay?
The capitalist suit was men's clothing, but it was basically not sold, and it was not popular at all.
Who would have thought that the Tessie men of this era would like skirts, stockings, and high heels so much.
I'm speechless, right?
But the people on the scene didn't see anything wrong with these words.
Short skirts, stockings, and high heels were originally men's clothing, and women's clothing was only extra-long dresses.
Ruan Yuan thought about whether to ask Zhu Jingyuan's opinion.
However, if you want to ask for it, you will also ask privately, and when you report it, you will still observe the status of these translations.
So Ruan Yuan continued to ask:
"Ai Tongshi, do you have any ideas? About the uniforms of female translators? ”
Erica didn't hesitate much:
"The concubine thought we could wear Ming-style female official uniforms."
Ruan Yuan nodded very slightly again:
"I know, I'll think about it, let's go get busy first."
Ruan Yuan said that he was going to think about it, but in fact, he already had a basic judgment in his heart.
When I returned to the office, I summarized my thoughts and sent them to the Great Food King's Mansion together.