Filial piety, submissiveness, virtuousness, harmony, housekeeping... There have been many so-called virtuous women from ancient times to the present, and many of them are even talented women who once moved the world with their writing. However, their countless poems and articles have been lost, but such as the Analects of Confucius and so on
However, the things were left behind. There is a profound meaning in this. As a woman, the Queen Mother certainly would not have thought about it.
As for the famous talented women Xie Daoyun and Li Qingzhao, their articles and poems have been passed down. As for persuading women to be submissive and humble, there is no such thing. The reason is very simple...are they willing to be humble? Can they be worthy of their husbands?
Submissive? Xie Daoyun looked down on that useless husband at all. As for Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng, although they were once in love, they married again after all!
Even if someone intends to falsely use their names to divulge female training and other precepts, others have to believe it!
At this moment, even though she had many suspicions about this summons in advance, the Queen Mother was still surprised when she heard Hong's words.
As an ordinary daughter of a martial arts sect, she initially did not expect to end up in the position she is in now. Therefore, unlike those noble ladies who lived deep in the inner house, she had seen all kinds of women, including many with civil status.
Humble women also include many very knowledgeable and talented women, so even though Princess Yongping is called a talented woman, she is just ordinary in her opinion.
Therefore, Zhu Ying, a maverick and straight-forward girl, liked her. However, she thought that if Mr. Hong had a father like that, he would either be as stubborn and conservative as Mr. Hong, or he would be deep-minded and have ulterior motives. But now Mr. Hong
She actually said very frankly that she had been deceiving Chief Hong Shan, and that this father had never really understood her!
Not only did he lie, he even confessed that his life ambition was to open his eyes for a lonely and weak woman!
At this moment, even Zhu Ying, who had been held tightly by Zhang Shou, couldn't help it anymore and immediately asked: "Ms. Hong, are the lonely and weak women you are talking about those poor people who were abandoned by their husbands' families?
"
"No." Mrs. Hong raised her head slightly and boldly looked directly into the Queen Mother's eyes, "It's not just those who were abandoned by their husbands' families without reason and were not accepted by their parents, so they could only struggle hard in the nunnery or even live on the streets.
Only women who are poor are pitiable. What is equally pitiable are women who are sold into shady places because of poverty. Women whose lives are arranged by their elders in various names..."
"She was a woman who was pampered in the past, but was at a loss when faced with big changes, and didn't even have the skills to survive; she seemed to be proficient in poetry and song, but she didn't know how to run a household at all, and she ended up watching the house with her useless husband.
A woman who has fallen into disgrace."
"They are also those who were born in poor families. They only knew how to take care of the housework and struggled to survive since childhood, so they could barely have enough food and clothing. But no matter how hard she worked on the house, married and had children, she still had no control over the future of her children and could only resign herself to fate.
A woman whose children can’t make progress no matter how hard they try.”
"Miss, the word "lonely" means "lonely". Even if some women have parents, brothers, husbands and sons, she is still alone in this world. No one understands her, and no one is willing to take the time to understand her.
She, or even herself, may not know what she wants. As for being weak, it is not because she is unworthy or virtuous, so she is weak."
"Many women from poor backgrounds actually have a persevering temperament, but they have grown up in the dust and mud. They have no opportunity and no way to know how big the world is and how to live a better life. So no matter how beautiful the temperament is, no matter how beautiful it is,
His appearance will eventually turn into mud and become dust, and even his fragrance may not be remembered by anyone...because of ignorance, he is weak!"
"What a weak person because of ignorance!" Zhu Ying couldn't help it anymore and directly praised her.
"Most of Lu Fangweng's poems are simple, but this one fell into pieces and was crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same. It can be called a masterpiece."
The Empress Dowager had different views from Zhu Ying. She said so, but Lu You was not her favorite poet. In terms of Lu You's integrity and moral ambitions, there wasn't much to criticize. The Empress Dowager really didn't
What I like is just the song "The Hairpin-headed Phoenix".
On the one hand, he reluctantly divorced his wife because of his mother's fate, but on the other hand, he found it difficult to break up with the old relationship after they reunited, so he wrote the song "The Hairpin-Headed Phoenix" on the white wall of Shen Garden, but he didn't care how many people would read it.
With such an inscription, no matter how much harm such a turmoil would cause to his ex-wife Tang Wan if it spread. In the end, Lu You lived for eighty-six years, what about Tang Wan?
That poor woman, who couldn't let go of this relationship, died at a young age after composing the song "The Hairpin-headed Phoenix" and "Lu You".
The Queen Mother was also ordered by her parents to marry the Emperor Ruizong, who was still a humble vassal king. After the marriage, in order to accompany her husband through the most difficult years, because there were too many various affairs that needed to be taken care of and she was too busy,
She was already twenty-five when she gave birth to the current emperor, but when she entered the capital with her five-year-old son, she was faced with a arrogant and powerful mother-in-law who suddenly appeared above her.
The woman who was once just a humble concubine thought that her son had ascended to the throne and she had become the queen mother. Not only did she boss her around, but she also stalked her son to promote her natal family and ask her son to accept her natal niece as a concubine. But in the end
, Emperor Ruizong, who had only been flirting with each other for a few days, was completely furious with his biological mother who was so stupid.
Then, the woman who was revered as the Queen Mother was placed under house arrest in Qingning Palace, and the greedy Ruizong uncle and his family were simply sent to Tianjin to "live their old age", and all the men were given official positions and generous salary
salary, but no real power.
And she still remembers what Emperor Ruizong said to her.
"When I was most miserable, you were by my side; when I was most dangerous, it was your nephew who went into battle and rushed to the front; for my military supplies, you and your sister personally led the women and children to work day and night; behind me are you.
A group of women and children worked hard to inspire the generals and worked tirelessly to defend it."
"That woman gave birth to me, but she never raised me for a day. She was busy competing with other women for favor. How can it compare with the kindness of husband and wife sharing joys and sorrows? Filial piety is as great as heaven, but if you are blindly trapped by filial piety
If you mess up your hands and feet and go against your true intentions, that is just foolishness and filial piety!"
"Of course, the word "filial piety" is the only magic weapon for the emperor to rule the world, but it is for others to see. So, I only need to enshrine the person in Qingning Palace! If she is still dissatisfied, then let her go.
Anyway, everyone in Qingning Palace listens to me, not hers. You want to control my life with filial piety? It’s just wishful thinking!"
At this moment, after judging Lu You's poem, the Queen Mother couldn't help but be in a daze for a moment. When she came back to her senses, she realized that not only did Hong not speak, but even Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying did not interrupt her rare memories.
This time in the past. Therefore, she couldn't help but smile.
"When people get old, they will inevitably be nostalgic and think about the past, and then they will think about what they were like when they were young, no matter how emperors, generals and ministers are, they are not immune. I didn't expect that you can think of those lonely and weak women because of Lu Fangweng's poem. But I can't say that.
That's right, even among those women who are said to be talented, not everyone is as brave as Xie Daoyun to kill the enemy with a blade when they encounter adversity."
"So, there are too many women in this world who are indeed ignorant and not strong enough!"
The Queen Mother suddenly paused, and then said with a half-smile: "But if all the women in the world become independent and self-reliant...and if all the men in the world are not worthy of them, what do you think you should do?"
However, Mrs. Hong smiled as usual: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, although I hope that all women in the world will be independent and self-reliant, there are more women in the world who are resigned and unwilling to change their situation. Of course, I feel sad for such people.
Unfortunately, I was so angry that I couldn't argue with them, but I could only let them go."
"So, it is impossible for all women in the world to be self-reliant, just like it is impossible for all men in the world to stand out and make contributions. Just like Dr. Zhang is so open-minded and talented, not all the Banshan Hall students he has taught have changed their minds, right?
?”
Zhang Shou had been carefully observing, or in other words carefully analyzing, the daughter of Hong Shanchang since they first met. When he heard the other party's words, he finally confirmed where the strange feeling came from.
The unprepossessing woman in front of him... actually looks a bit like him! Of course, this resemblance does not refer to anything else, but to the words used when persuading people. Of course, he can't say that he has any dislike for the Hong family. On the contrary, there is a saying
Incredibly curious.
He did not suspect that Hong had traveled through time like himself, as he did when he was thinking about Emperor Taizu, but he was curious. Hong had caught the thoughts of her father, Hong Shanchang, who did not understand her at all, so he came to the capital.
, so what exactly do you want to do?
Or, it is like one of the most annoying sects in China, which takes in a bunch of orphans, first builds a certain momentum, and then establishes influence among the rich and powerful officials, and then uses those orphans to marry into officials.
On the one hand, he recruits disciples among the officials and wealthy people, and ultimately achieves the goal of guiding the world?
If that were the case, the words I just said that sounded very reasonable would be in vain.
Therefore, when he saw Zhu Ying looking at him, he smiled and said: "Ms. Hong said that I am too ambitious to learn. It is really ridiculous. I was just idle when I was in Rongshui Village, so I asked the villagers to teach me something."
Those children later met Yingying. She was just having fun and made up a learned old gentleman and recruited a bunch of students for me."
"So I made a mistake later, and now I am in charge of Jiuzhang Hall. It was also a mistake. As for you saying that some students in Banshan Hall performed unsatisfactory in the branch examination and were sent to the military for training by the emperor, that's not true.
It cannot be said that they are not willing to change their minds. Maybe they just haven't found the way out for themselves in the future, that's all."
"But you just said that you want to teach those lonely and weak women who are struggling to survive, what survival skills are they? You said that ignorance is weakness, so how do you plan to make them knowledgeable?"
As soon as Zhang Shou opened his mouth, he opened and closed the door and went straight to the center. The Queen Mother suddenly showed a slight smile. She thought that if she just called her Zhu Ying today, because of her upright personality, she might be given a few righteous words by the Hong family.
, and was completely convinced in the end.
At that moment, she said with a smile but not a smile: "I also want to know the answer to Zhang Shou's question."
Hong glanced at Zhu Ying, who was looking curious, and then said calmly: "I hope that the Queen Mother will allow me to set up a girls' school in the capital and recruit girls from the private sector. The school will serve as sweepers, cooks, handymen, and others, etc."
, all of which are done by private women."
When Zhang Shou heard the word "women's education", he was moved in his heart. He smiled and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't Madam Hong just say that she hopes to do her best to bring a glimmer of life to those lonely and weak women in the world?"
Is that true? If only girls from the private sector are recruited, and all other chores are done by women, it would not be in line with your ambition, right? If the other girls are women, then you won’t care about them?"
Hong raised her head calmly and said openly: "Although I hope to recruit some poor women who are struggling to survive, as I did in Jiangxi, I have already done what I can do in Jiangxi."
The limit, and at that time, I relied on my father’s reputation as the headmaster of Yuzhang Academy, under the guise of teaching women to behave properly.”
"In the early years, my daughter swore not to marry because her father had no children, but to serve him till the end of her life. Therefore, she pledged herself to chastity. The Hong family had no men within three feet of each other, and they were all managed by women. However, they could only keep that woman in the hall.
Keep it at around 30 people, because if more people gather, some stubborn people will not think that you are doing good to others, but will think that I have ulterior motives."
"So, once those women learn the skills to establish themselves in the future, whether it is needlework, letter writing, or other things, at the same time, they also know how big the world is and what other people are living outside.
life, and how they should live, then they will leave the small female commandment hall of the courtier and find their own way out."
"Because of the constant flow of water, old people leave, and then new people join in. But in some places, there are more inconspicuous small workshops such as embroidery workshops, weaving workshops, letter workshops, etc., plus those of my father.
Among the students, there are quite a few talented ones who have received some favors from my daughter, so I took care of them, so they have been able to sustain themselves for many years."
"But in a place like the capital, Jiangxi's reputation has nothing to rely on for the court ladies. Therefore, if a girls' school is built in the capital, of course, only those folk girls with a promising future will be the first choice."
"Because, as long as more children are not ignorant and understand themselves better, they will not be lonely and weak when they grow up in the future."
When he heard this last sentence, Zhang Shou finally fully understood why the Hong family agreed to the proposal of his father, Hong Shanchang, and took the initiative to agree to be the eldest princess, and then followed his father to Beijing.
Because she was determined not to marry, she simply felt that being a concubine to a prince who was imprisoned for a crime was a very risky thing, but if she could impress the Queen Mother and the Emperor, then her long-cherished wish would be fulfilled!
Sure enough, after seeing the Queen Mother's slight change of expression, Hong said word by word: "So, if the Queen Mother feels that the eldest prince needs a woman who is good at both sex and art and can please him, then naturally she cannot be qualified. But if it is
The Queen Mother hopes that there will be someone who can advise him and control him so that he can live his life peacefully, so I am willing to recommend myself."