"Dad, my son still feels that the reward for Zhou Wei is too much." Even after leaving Gezhijian, Wen Yuan still said: "Dad, Master Si observed the sun, moon and stars, discovered the truth about the Milky Way, and proved that the earth and the moon
The revolution proves that the sun, the earth and the moon rotate, which not only dispels many myths, but is also extremely useful for navigation, compiling perpetual calendars, and estimating the size of the Ming Dynasty. Although these three laws proposed by Master Zhou are not useless, they are far less useful than Si.
Why did the chief secretary give Zhou a greater reward for what he discovered?" (The Dazhong doctor conferred by Zhou Wei is of the third rank, and the Zhongyi doctor conferred by Sichengtang is the fourth rank)
In fact, Wenyuan didn't think the three laws proposed by Zhou Wei were of any use at all. Indeed, these three laws summarized the way the stars moved, but what effect could they have on real life? It had no effect at all. Because in front of Yun, he said
These three rules are useful; if it is in front of others, it is absolutely useless for him to speak out.
'It's common sense for you to think so, because you don't know how useful these three laws he proposed are.' Yun thought in his heart. These are Kepler's three laws. Without the discovery of these three laws, there would be even greater ones.
Discoveries and laws that have a huge impact on life will not appear. From this perspective, it is of great significance.
But how could he tell Wen Yuan all this? Tell him Newton's three laws and calculus? There was no way to explain it, not to mention that he had long forgotten how to calculate calculus. Yun thought about it and could only say: "Wen Yuan
, Although these three laws are of little use to daily life, without this step of summary, it will be difficult for astronomy to continue to develop." Yun explained casually and changed the subject: "Wen Luo, why do you suddenly want to study astronomy?
And you want to learn from Zhou Wei?"
Wen Yuan was reluctant to change the subject, but after hearing the question clearly, he couldn't help but look at Wen Luo, waiting for her answer. Just then, Yun announced the rewards to Sichengtang and Zhou Wei in public, encouraged everyone and returned
Sichengtang's public apartment was about to leave with the children; but at this moment, Wen Luo suddenly said that he also wanted to study astronomy, delve into science, and study with Zhou Wei.
Yun's first reaction was of course no. Wen Luo was only ten years old and a little girl. As a father, of course he would not allow it. Wen Luo didn't make a fuss, but just stared at Yun with pitiful eyes.
But she couldn't stand her daughter being like this, so the final result was to add astronomy to the girls' school, and Zhou Wei's wife would teach it. Yun thought about it again, and in order to make it easier for Wen to learn astronomy knowledge, she also added an astronomy course to the Imperial City School.
The content of astronomy was removed and it was separated as a separate course, taught by Zhou Wei and Sichengtang in turns.
After making this decision, Yun suddenly thought of something he had heard in his previous life. The daughter of a high-ranking official was studying in a famous university, and her grades in a certain course were very poor.
I refused, and in the end this course changed from a compulsory course to an elective course. Although what Yun did was the exact opposite of this, it had the same purpose but the same purpose.
"Of course because astronomy is very interesting." Wen Luo replied with a smile: "When I saw the twinkling stars in the Milky Way, my daughter thought the scene was very beautiful and was immediately attracted. So my daughter decided to study astronomy."
"Well, Wen Luo, if you like the scene in the starry sky, you can just place a clairvoyant in the yard. You don't have to study astronomy." Wen Qi said.
"Yes, Wen Luo, you can just take astronomy as a hobby, you don't have to study it," Wen Yin also advised.
Wen Yuan didn't react as quickly as Wen Qi and Wen Yin. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Min'er say: "Wen Qi, Wen Yin, what are you two talking about? Why can the sixth brother study astronomy, but the fourth sister can't?"
"Sister, after all, there are differences between men and women. It is more appropriate for men to do these things." Wen Qi said.
"What you said is wrong. On the contrary, I think women are more suitable to do these things." Min'er said: "If a man studies astronomy, he will be considered as not taking the right path. This is how you persuaded your sixth brother just now. But women don't have to do it in the first place.
Working hard for the family business like a man, if there are fewer servants in the family, there are not so many worries, and there are indeed fewer things to be busy with every day than men. Moreover, women cannot take the high road, so it is not a good idea to use the extra time to delve into the small roads.
?”
"This," Wen Qi didn't know how to refute for a moment. What Min'er said was unreasonable in this era, but he didn't dare to say that what his eldest sister said was unreasonable. Looking for other reasons, he couldn't think of a suitable rebuttal for a while.
Wenyuan offered some arguments to refute, quoting the words of pre-Qin Confucian sages about what a woman's duty was, but Min'er immediately refuted it. Wen Yuan had nothing to say, but he was not convinced.
"Okay, you brothers and sisters, don't let this trivial matter hurt your friendship." Yun said at this time: "Wen Luo is still young, and maybe he is just curious for a while. He may not like astronomy in the future. You don't have to do it because of this.
Arguing over things that may not happen in the future.”
"Moreover, Wenyuan, Wenqi, and my father believe that women can have their own hobbies after they have fulfilled their vocations. Although your fourth aunt is married, you still like to practice martial arts. Isn't it also allowed? Practicing martial arts and liking astronomy
, and what’s the difference?”
"That's what father said." Wen Qi felt that what his father said was reasonable. Women can also have their own hobbies, of course, after fulfilling their vocation, so he replied. Wen Yuan thought about it and felt that it was a good idea, so he agreed.
One sound.
"Okay, there's no need to say more about this matter." Yun finally brought the matter to an end, suddenly remembered something, and said to Wenyuan: "Wenyuan, do you still remember that your father could talk to Yang before he left?
Zhu, Cao Zheng and others said not to reveal the fact that his father took the princess to Gezhi Prison?" Although Yun brought Min'er and Wen Luo to Gezhi Prison, he did not want to leak it and tried to minimize the appearance of Min'er and Wen Luo in front of everyone. In the end
To express my condolences to other research officials, I only took Wen Yuan and Wen with me, and also wanted to leave Min'er and Wen Luo in the public room of Sicheng Hall. I also wanted to ask Yang Zhu, Cao Zheng, Zhou Wei and others who had seen their true faces before leaving.
Don't tell others about Sichengtang.
"Father gave them instructions." Wenyuan replied. He was following Yun at the time and heard Yun's instructions.
"That's good." Yun breathed out. He didn't want to have many memorials flying in front of him during the New Year, which would make him unhappy during the New Year. This kind of day has already happened once this year, and he didn't want to have it a second time.
"What time is it now?" Yun asked the guard accompanying him on horseback.
"It's already the beginning of the official family." The guard replied.
"It's about time," Yun muttered, and said to the children, "Are you in a hurry to go back to the palace to catch up on your sleep?"
"Dad, you want to get out of the car and take a look around the capital, right?" Min'er immediately saw through Yun's intentions: "But I felt it was inconvenient to bring so many children, so I first asked if we wanted to go back to catch up on our sleep before we ordered.
The guards sent us all back and took a look in the streets for ourselves."
The more Min'er thought about it, the more she felt that her guess was definitely correct, and she added: "No matter what, my daughter will definitely not go back and will follow her father."
"Luo'er also wants to follow daddy." Wen Luo immediately expressed her support for Min'er's words. Min'er immediately hugged her and smiled: "She is really a good sister to my sister."
"Dad, my son also wants to take a look outside the palace." Wen Qi also said. Although Yun often took them out of the palace, he also wanted to take a look outside the palace one more time.
Wen Kun, Wen and others also said that they would follow their father to take a look outside the palace. Seeing this, Yun could only say: "Okay, you all will walk on the street with your father and take a look." He then said: "
Wenyuan, you go back first."
"Yes, father." Wenyuan was reluctant but agreed. His mother was still waiting in the palace, so it would be bad not to go back.
Yun nodded and was about to say something else when suddenly Wen Yin said: "Dad, my son should also go back with his second brother. My son has followed his father out of the palace several times this year, and this time is no different."
"Okay, you and Wenyuan go back together." Yun looked at him in surprise and agreed.
"Dad, my son is also going back with his second brother and fifth brother." Wen Ye said.
"Okay, you go back together."
Afterwards, the carriage stopped in front of a shop. Yun brought a few children down and let the carriage pull Wen Yuan and the others towards the palace. He took the other children, changed his clothes, and walked through the town.
Si Anshao's shop left through the back door and came to the street.
Of course, the capital is more prosperous than last year, and there are more people doing business. Especially today is the New Year, there are more guests than usual, and it is very lively. Min'er and other people who have been out of the palace before and after the Chinese New Year in previous years are doing better.
This was the first time this year for Wen Di and Wen Luo to go out of the palace at such a time. They were immediately overwhelmed and felt that their eyes were not enough. They couldn't see enough and everything they saw felt novel. They kept talking about what they wanted to buy. Yes, of course.
It was also allowed. Most of what they wanted to buy were small gadgets and they didn't cost a lot of money, so there was no reason why they were not allowed. Along the way, the three or four guards were carrying many bags in their hands.
"Dad, my daughter wants to visit that jewelry store over there." Min'er suddenly said when she reached the intersection of the two streets.
"That's the Li family's jewelry store in the capital? Don't you go there usually? I even asked your third and fourth aunts to pick up custom-made jewelry. Why do you want to go there today?" Yun said.
"As a woman, of course I will never be too dissatisfied with having too many jewelry." Min'er smiled.
"This sentence should be said like this: Women always feel that they are missing a piece of jewelry." Yun joked.
Min'er's eyes lit up. "Father, what you said is right. My daughter should tell several aunts and ask them to explain this to their uncles when they want to buy jewelry again."
"But don't, then your uncles won't dare to say anything, and they don't know how to blame me." Yun smiled again.
"If you don't want your daughter to tell her aunts, that's fine. Give your daughter more pocket money this month," Min'er said.
"Don't the Li family need to pay you for jewelry?" Yin said. This was his tacit permission for Yunzhi to protect the Li family's benefits. In order to maintain the relationship with Min'er, Yunzhi allowed her to record the jewelry in his account.
It means no money.
"Their family doesn't need any money, but as a princess, how can I ask for their things for free? And because it's free to make jewelry for my daughter, the craftsmen don't get any money, so my daughter always rewards the craftsmen with some hard-earned money." Min'er said.
said.
"Speaking of the Li family, my father remembered that just this year, the Li family's daughter Yong Lin married Xiao Tong. You have always had a good relationship with your fourth aunt, but has she ever told you why she approved this marriage?" Yun suddenly said
Thinking of something, he asked.
"The fourth aunt talked about it with her daughter. The fourth aunt said at that time: If Li Yonglin doesn't marry Xiao Tong, who will she marry?" Min'er recalled Yunzhi's flowers at that time and replied: "If she has never married anyone, she can't find a young talent.
Easy; but since she has been married before, she is not willing to marry anyone who has a promising future, even if she has already married one whose wife died of illness. Xiao Tong was born in a merchant family, and his family is still in business now. He had a good relationship with the Li family in the past.
Xiao Tong is a decent person, and marrying Li Yonglin to Xiao Tong can at least ensure that the Xiao family will not treat her badly on purpose."
"Furthermore, although Xiao Tong married one wife, he did not leave any children. Xiao Tong did not have any concubines. Li Yonglin gave birth to a son and he was the eldest son. There was no need to worry about fighting for the family property. He had also won the imperial examination and was already the best.
chosen."
"Dad, my daughter thinks it's unfair. Why is it that no one cares about a man who has lost his wife and remarried, but people are unwilling to accept a woman who has lost her husband or divorced and remarried? This is not fair." Min'er finally said.
"This is the traditional custom."
"Where are the traditional customs? My daughter has also read history books. Han Wu's mother, the Queen Mother, was married before entering the palace and had a daughter. After Han Wu succeeded to the throne, he married his half-sister into Chang'an, and then
With tens of millions of dollars, 300 slaves and maids, and 100 hectares of public land, the first title was given to my sister, and she was granted the title Xiuchengjun. No minister reported this. It can be seen that the custom at that time did not discriminate against women remarrying."
"My daughter looked at the history books of past dynasties and found that in the Tang Dynasty there was still little discrimination against women remarrying. However, starting from the Song Dynasty, many families opposed their daughters remarrying, especially after Gaozong went south. After that, he went through the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and then to the Ming Dynasty, even more so than in the Song Dynasty.
What's more, this means that the social atmosphere is getting worse and worse." Min'er said.
"You are right." Yun replied: "It is true that the social atmosphere is getting worse and worse." Of course Yun does not like cheating in marriage, but there is no discrimination against the remarriage of widows who have been divorced or whose husbands have died, and even encourage widows to remarry.
.Firstly, widows cannot remarry, which is very unhelpful for increasing the population of Ming Dynasty; secondly, this is a very inhumane behavior, and Yun, who still retains some thoughts of his previous life, cannot stand it.
Thirdly, the more a nation or a civilization oppresses women, the more this nation or civilization shrinks. Men of the same tribe grovel in front of men of other races, and there is no way to relieve their frustration. They can only bully them.
His daughter or wife comes to vent his anger. This is also the reason that the more cowardly a country is to the outside world, the more rules it has for women. Yun believes that the Ming Dynasty wants to be a global empire. How can it be like a small country that is bullied and has so many rules?
How much oppression of men or women? There were not so many rules in the Han Dynasty, which lasted for more than 400 years, and the Tang Dynasty did not have so many rules, and became the largest dynasty in Chinese history. These two dynasties have done this before
