Xunzi did see through Zhu Xiang.

Zhu Xiang just lit a small fire of ambition for women in this era - not because of whose mother, wife, or daughter, but because he was rewarded for his own ability.

Later generations claimed that Qin and Han women had a high status, but they forgot the premise. The women of the Qin and Han dynasties had a higher status than women at the height of feudal etiquette, and they had nothing to do with the equality of men and women, let alone the feminist society that the literary marketing claims to be.

The Warring States period was the moment of the transition from slavery to feudalism, and both slavery and feudalism were low points in the status of women.

If it is said that men and women are equal among the common people and poor scholars at this time, it is not human beings who are equal to men and women.

Why do women defend the city even if they don't serve in the military? Why do you see so many young women in the "men's pile" of building roads, cities, and water conservancy?

Because the male is almost dead, the female needs to be on top.

The aristocratic women of the Warring States period also had a miserable life. Except for a few lucky and capable queen mothers, most of the aristocratic women are involuntarily, and the right to marry is completely in the hands of their parents, and they are often given as gifts, not to mention freedom, and life cannot be guaranteed.

For example, there was a noble woman whose brother thought that her sister-in-law's status was declining, so he brought her sister back and asked her to marry again; After the former sister-in-law developed, he brought his sister home again and remarried the former sister-in-law, but the sister-in-law refused to obey and drowned the two children born with the woman in front of the woman.

As for the aristocratic women who were killed at war between the two countries, there were even more.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhu Xiang to do anything that is divorced from reality in this era. In doing so, not only would he and his family be killed, but it would also be of no benefit to this era.

Because the women of the Warring States period themselves have not yet awakened.

Zhu Xiang's move only left a little fire in their hearts, making them realize that women also have the possibility of benefiting without relying on their background, husband's family and son.

This is the only mercy he has for women in this era as a time-traveler two thousand years later.

Xunzi looked straight at Zhu Xiang, and the words of refusal came to his lips several times.

"Xunzi Jundao" said, "May I ask to be a wife? Said: If the husband is polite, he will be gentle and obedient, and if the husband is rude, he will be afraid and self-defeating. This way is also biased and chaotic. ”

Zhu Xiang's request is completely contrary to Xunzi's thoughts and thoughts, and he believes that the source of the trouble.

But he knew so, but it was difficult for him to say no.

In the end, Xunzi brushed his sleeves away in silence and did not give Zhu Xiang an answer.

Chapter 117: Dried Pumpkin in Candied Sauce

Zhu Xiang sat in the chair, watching the shadows of honey candles swaying and the lights flickering.

He didn't think about anything, and his head seemed empty.

It wasn't until the honey candle was half-lit that Zhu Xiang rubbed his eyes, slumped back in his chair a little weakly, and took back his empty thoughts.

is a professor anyway, even if he doesn't study history, Zhu Xiang knows that he is going against the general trend of the times.

The decline of women's status in ancient times was positively related to the development of the feudal system, and its essence was the problem of the small peasant economy itself.

The status of women began to decline all the way from the Zhou Dynasty, and there was a significant downward trend during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the longitudinal development of women's status in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period can be seen from the thoughts of the three generations of Confucianism on women.

Confucius was wary of women and kept them out of the gentleman's place; Mencius believed that women should be obedient and began to pay attention to the concept of chastity; Xunzi started from the theory of sexual evil, because of the "lewdness" of human nature, he directly determined that beautiful women were red-faced and evil, and supported the "theory of female evil".

By the time of Dong Zhongshu in the Western Han Dynasty and Bangu in the Eastern Han Dynasty with the "Three Platforms and Six Periods", the status of women was reduced again, and by the time of Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhu Xi's "Three Platforms and Five Constants", the status of women reached the lowest point.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the small-scale peasant economy began to disintegrate, and many sages appeared among the people to advocate equality between men and women.

The Ming Dynasty Confucian's Confucian Li Zhen's "husband and soul are born as new, but they are yin and yang, men and women have two lives, and there is no one and reason at the beginning", and Tang Zhen, a thinker in the early Qing Dynasty, "born by words, men and women are one", are the precursors of equality between men and women.

It was not until modern times that there was a trend of thought for the emancipation of women.

The status of women declined with the consolidation of the feudal system, and increased with the breaking of the feudal system, which is a valley curve.

In this valley curve, there may be a slight fluctuation in the curve because of the lack of men who need women to be on top of the war, such as the empathy for women when Empress Lu and Wu Zetian were in power, and when Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty regarded women as common people. But the overall trend of the curve is like this, which is a historical law.

Zhu Xiang is now at the beginning of the downward trend of this valley curve.

He pondered for a long time, until the honey candle was half burned again, and the candle flame became faint.

Zhu Xiang stretched his waist and stood up slowly.

He was still the same person on the eve of the Battle of Changping. If he didn't see it, he didn't know what he could do; If he sees it, and it is something he can do, he can't help but do it.

It is true that he is going against the general trend of the times, but it is not a meaningless and futile act.

Whether it's to slow down the downward slope of the curve a little, or to provide a little bit of a boost to the upward slope in the next millennium, it will be meaningful.

At the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the great Confucianism could shout the equality of men and women when the feudal etiquette was at its strictest, but he only quietly left a little secret hand, and he didn't shout it out at the top of his voice, even Xunzi couldn't do anything about him.

If Xunzi was unwilling to listen to his wishes, he would directly lobby the King of Qin. With his relationship with King Qin, King Qin must trust him more and is willing to listen to his nonsense.

In an era when the population is less than 20 million, women can be fully mobilized to produce their enthusiasm. It's just an honorary title and financial reward, and it won't stir up the nerves of "inner women interfering in politics", and King Qin has no reason to refuse him.

As for what kind of butterfly effect this will cause in a thousand years, if it weren't for him coming from two thousand years later, who can say for sure?

In fact, Zhu Xiangda can lie to Xunzi and hide his true intentions from Xunzi.

But Zhu Xiang still confided the truth to Xunzi and caused trouble for himself.

Why this happened, Zhu Xiang couldn't figure it out.

Probably, just because Xunzi is his division commander?

Zhu Xiang rubbed his hair and rubbed his white hair into a mess.

He lit the lantern, blew out the beeswax, and went back to his room to sleep.

Tonight, he was in no mood to work overtime.

In the small warm pavilion next to Zhu Xiang and Xue's bedroom, Ying Xiaozheng, who said that he was very energetic, had already slept so much that he couldn't wake up when he poked his face.

Xue slept a little badly, and her brows furrowed.

Zhu Xiang stroked Xue's brow. Snow's brow furrowed, as if out of a nightmare, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Xue, if your ability is in modern times, you must be a very powerful practical science and technology inventor, a basket of patents, an annual income of 10 billion is not a dream, a proper female president and a rich woman."

"The female president likes to find a young professor with an only child with a simple family and harmonious parents. I'm right in touch with you. ”

"In modern times, I can shout 'wife, hungry, hungry, rice', lie down and do my favorite research, I don't know how many people I envy."

Zhu Xiang leaned over and gently dropped a kiss on Xue's forehead.

A drop of water fell under the snow's eyelid and slid down the corner of the snow's eye.

Zhu Xiang was uneven for the snow, and he felt sorry for the snow.

Xue will not understand Zhu Xiang's feelings at the moment, and may even have a strong sense of rejection and discomfort, so Zhu Xiang is even more upset and distressed by Xue.

He will not tell Yuki about his feelings at the moment, adding a psychological burden to Xueping and bringing danger to Xue.

But he had to do something for the snow.

Not for the snow, which says she doesn't need it; It's just that he needs it himself.

It's just Zhu Xiang's self-satisfaction.

……

After a few days, Xunzi did not come to look for Zhu Xiang again, and Lin Zhen came.

Zhu Xiang was writing hard in the study, and Lin Zhen was crunching Erlang's legs and chewing on dried pumpkin.

Zhu Xiang threw away the pen and scolded: "Don't make noise, okay?!" ”

Lin Yi handed over the dried pumpkin: "Do you want some?" ”

Zhu Xiang took the dried pumpkin: "What are you doing here?" Aren't you busy? The king does not punish you for being lazy? ”

"What you're doing now is what I'm going to do, and you forgot?" Lin Zhen said with a pumpkin in his mouth, "I'm working with you now, and when you see me, you will praise me for my hard work." ”

Zhu Xiang almost squirted out the dried pumpkin in his mouth.

In terms of shamelessness, he is far from being able to do so.

Zhu Xiang suddenly lost interest in work, and nibbled on dried pumpkin with Lin Zhen.

The dried pumpkin dried by the old pumpkin is chewy and sweet.

After the two of them finished dividing a small bag of dried pumpkin, Lin Zhen wiped his mouth and said, "Today I saw Xunzi's eyes are blue and black, did you make him angry?" ”

Zhu Xiang said weakly: "Why is Xunzi blue and black now, must I make him angry?" ”

Lin Zhen sneered: "With Xunzi's status, even King Qin is polite to him, if others provoke him, he will immediately scold him back." Only for you, Xunzi will hold back his anger and stay awake all night. ”

Zhu Xiang was even more weak-hearted: "Xunzi hasn't slept all night? ”

Lin Zhen pointed to his eyelids: "It's so dark under my eyes that it's like ink, and I must have been sleepless all night." ”

Zhu Xiang couldn't sit still. How old are Xunzi? What should I do if I don't sleep all night and go to work, but I get sick?

Lin Zhen smiled: "It seems that it is really you." You and Xunzi quarreled because you asked the King of Qin for merit for Xue Ji? ”

Zhu Xiang did not answer.

Lin Zhen said: "Sure enough, it will be like this." Zhu Xiang, it's not that you don't know that Confucianism is wary of women interfering in politics, so vigilant that you think there is a tiger when you see the grass shaking. You asked for credit for Xue Ji in front of Xunzi, didn't you mean to upset Xunzi? But don't blame Xunzi, Xunzi is very good to Xue Ji, and he won't stop you in this matter. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I know. ”

Xunzi is wary of women's interference in politics and beauty misleading the country, and is a macroscopic concept of "female disaster", which does not mean that he hates a certain woman, nor does it mean that he is a misogynistic person. Not only was he very kind to Yukihime, but he also often admonished his disciples to respect their mothers and love their wives and daughters. Zhu Xiang didn't blame him.

Lin Zhen said: "If you have this kind of idea in the future, discuss with me first, and if you can do it, I will do it." ”

Zhu Xiang glanced at Lin Zhen: "Do you know what I think?" ”

Lin Zhen snorted coldly: "How could I not know? You didn't say much when you were drunk with me before. ”

Zhu Xiang: "......" He is a person who doesn't like to drink, and every time he gets drunk, he must be forced to get drunk by Lin Zhen. Lin Zhen is also embarrassed to say!

Lin Zhen said: "In your eyes, men and women are all human beings, and you are all treated equally. So when you see that a woman has merit but cannot be rewarded, you naturally think it is unfair. ”

Zhu Xiang was silent again.

Lin Zhen patted Zhu Xiang's shoulder, and rubbed his hand clean on Zhu Xiang's shoulder by the way: "Don't do anything that is not condemned by the world, especially the kind of thing that is destined not to succeed and will ruin your family." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I know. I'm not going to do it. ”

Lin Yi said: "It's good for you to change the direction of the topic later, and I will help you." ”

He blinked slyly: "I also want to see Xue Ji become the first woman in the Qin State to be rewarded for her merits." After that, if you have any national policies about women, you will discuss them with me first, understand? ”

Zhu Xiang was helpless: "Hmm." ”