The third prince has become quite depressed since his last illness.
You know, wind disease is different from smallpox.
Smallpox is one of those types that once it breaks out, it will never come back again for the rest of its life. Fengji is just the opposite. Once it occurs, it is very easy to occur again in the future.
So, how should I put it, if I was three-point sure about certain ideas before, now, even half a point is too much.
How could the third prince not hate this!
But his extreme resentment was mixed with extreme fear. He was really afraid of this "Blessed Lady".
That's why he would be doubly cautious when it came to her matters.
If this had been left alone, he would have pretended to be a fool and come to the door. This time, he roped in the fourth and fifth princes.
A few people just wanted to see if they could meet this blessed empress.
They have been thinking about this for a long time, and they started thinking about it when they heard about it.
However, Emperor Ming Yan had never explicitly mentioned this Lady Fu before. They could not figure out what the emperor meant, so they could only pretend not to know.
Now that both the government and the public are aware of it, it won't be too abrupt for them to ask.
The prince only smiled and said: "Enfu is living in the hot spring village now and has not moved into the county lady's house. Our visit will inevitably be abrupt. It is better to wait for her to move to the county lady's house and then send a message to visit her."
When did the prince have to submit a post to get a third-grade title?
But considering that this is a woman, if she is more polite, she will not lose face.
The third prince said: "Then I wonder when she will move here? Brother, I have been thinking of thanking her for the healing wine!"
The prince smiled and said: "Third brother, since you are willing, just prepare a post."
From what I hear, it’s only been the past few days?
The princes all understood the spirit and dispersed.
Emperor Ming Yan went to Fuyuan in the afternoon. Tang Shiyue was directing people to send Gungun there first. When he saw him coming, he trotted up to meet him: "Ah, why are you here? Didn't I tell you to come tomorrow?"
Moved to the city?"
Emperor Ming Yan said: "It's considered to be moving, and I feel sorry for you! It takes more than an hour to come here every day."
Tang Shiyue was stunned for a moment, and then she felt really guilty. She hugged Emperor Ming Yan's arm and acted coquettishly: "Aye," she said in a long voice, "What you are walking on is not the right path. It is the heavy father's love!"
Emperor Ming Yan was amused by her and tapped the tip of her nose: "You are the only one who talks weird words! How can Aye really care about you?"
He sat down and Tang Shiyue brought him some tea. Then he asked, "Did you cause trouble again yesterday?"
Tang Shiyue retorted: "I didn't! It was someone else who provoked me first! Isn't that just fighting for my father! I'm not a coward!"
Emperor Ming Yan smiled amused by her and glanced at her: "Gong Cheng Guo came into the palace yesterday to find me."
"What?" Tang Shiyue was very dissatisfied: "Why did he file the complaint first? It can't be because I'm smart, I can speak, and my insights are shocking and shocking... He just forgot who provoked him first? Did he dare to provoke me?
You must dare to bear the consequences!”
Emperor Ming Yan took a sip of tea and said, "Then have you ever thought about how a woman whose feet have been bound should deal with it after you have refuted it?"
"I thought about it!" Tang Shiyue said: "I think although Zhou Liniang hates it, most women with bound feet are still very pitiful, so I finally said something to make things right."
Emperor Ming Yan sighed: "But in this case, the girl's parents will bear the blame."
Tang Shiyue paused. She pulled his sleeve and shook it: "Well, Aye, what should we do now? I think foot binding is indeed a bad habit, but in this process, some people will inevitably be unhappy."
Not only is it unpleasant, the queen also has small feet!
When you do this, a big label of "unkindness" is placed on the head of the state leader. If I hadn't stopped you, the queen would have issued an edict to interrogate you!
Emperor Ming Yan touched her head and said, "Don't worry, Aye is here!"
Tang Shiyue felt very guilty and acted cute for a while to please... While she was trying her best to squeeze Emperor Ming Yan's shoulders, she suddenly had an idea...
So she stopped immediately: "Yeah!"
Emperor Ming Yan was startled by him: "Huh?"
Tang Shiyue's eyes brightened: "How can a good and considerate girl like me ask Aye to clean up the mess for me? Since this kind of thing started among the people, it should end with the people, and there is no need for the official to take sides so early."
Emperor Ming Yan smiled: "What good ideas do you have?"
Tang Shiyue smiled proudly: "Of course I will find a scapegoat!"
So she called Xu Wenqu over and talked about it. Xu Wenqu was full of talents and he naturally accomplished it in one go.
Emperor Ming Yan took it over and looked at it. He felt that although this thing was really messy and messy, it was quite useful, so he took it and left.
The second day happened to be the period of the Great Dynasty.
Sure enough, many of the imperial censors, Mrs. Shen Enfu County, deceived the public with their monstrous words and acted domineeringly... The higher the official position, the more daughters with bound feet at home. These people would not be exaggerated if they heard about it, and they could still get away with being scolded.
Fight back?
There was quite an uproar for a while.
Then Chen Daliang...yes, Chen Hong, Chen Daliang, he weakly said that he was friends with Mrs. Enfu County's teacher. Yesterday, this person wrote an article specifically discussing this matter. He thought it was very reasonable, so he
Take it and present it boldly to you.
A low-ranking official like Chen Daliang was usually not qualified to go to court, but when the emperor asked him to come, he had to come. Naturally, the censor criticized him, saying that it was disrespectful to present folk things to the emperor.
Emperor Ming Yan said calmly: "It is originally a trivial matter among the people. Why not listen to the voices of the people?"
So I brought it up.
Although Xu Wenqu's article is full of words, its meaning is actually very simple.
He first said that parents bind their daughters' feet so that they can marry the right husband in the future. This is a heart-warming gesture of love for their children, which is deeply touching.
And what Mrs. Enfu County said is also very reasonable, and it means kindness and great love.
But who knows,
The practice of foot binding began in the Sui Dynasty. Although its true origin is unknown, according to folklore①, it happened as follows:
When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty traveled eastward to Jiangdu, he selected hundreds of beauties to have his hair stretched.
Among them, a woman named Wu Yueniang was selected. She hated the tyranny of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, so she asked her father, a blacksmith, to make a three-inch long and one-inch wide lotus petal knife, and wrapped the knife with a long cloth on the soles of her feet.
Next. Then a lotus flower was engraved on the sole. If you take one step, a beautiful lotus flower will be printed on it.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was delighted when he saw her, and called her close, wanting to play with her little feet.
Wu Yueniang slowly untied the footcloth, suddenly pulled out the lotus petal knife and stabbed Emperor Sui Yang. Emperor Sui Yang quickly dodged, but his arm was already stabbed. When Wu Yueniang saw that the assassination failed, she threw herself into the river and committed suicide.
It is said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty issued a decree after the event: No matter how beautiful the woman is in future beauty pageants, "no women with bound feet will be selected." Therefore, in order not to be selected into the palace, women among the people bound their feet one after another.
But now that there is peace and prosperity, the king is upright and the ministers are virtuous, and God has the virtue of a good life, he cannot bear to see such mutilation of limbs... blah blah blah.
In short, the parents were right, the woman with bound feet was right, Mrs. Enfu County was right, and only the great tyrant Sui Yang, the former dynasty, was wrong!
In one sentence, all the complaints and motivation of the censors were eliminated by four ounces of money, and then it was implicitly raised to a political perspective, meaning that if you are still binding your feet at this time, do you think the emperor is that bad? (