At this time, Emperor Chongzhen saw that all the ministers below him were looking at it, and asked them again: "What do you think I think?"
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting and others didn't answer for a while. It felt a bit weird that a grown man was involved in the matter of Wen Po, and he also had to use the imperial court to come forward and the emperor to endorse it!
They had concerns, but Wang Chengen had no concerns. He only wanted to see if Emperor Chongzhen was willing to do this. At this time, he felt Emperor Chongzhen's attitude and immediately went out and said: "Long live my Lord!"
This act has actually benefited thousands of households in the Ming Dynasty, and is like the reborn parents of infants and young children in the future! Lord father, king father, truly worthy of the name!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was very happy. But before he could speak, Wang Chengen shook his head again and sighed: "Originally, if you give birth, it is a happy event. But if there is an accident due to dystocia, the happy event will become a funeral. So
The impact of the incident on every household is not small. Long live the Lord's move, abandoning secular concepts, just to save the people from fire and water. I am really ashamed to think about it. It is not as good as the long live Lord for the country and the people.
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Not to mention, what he said was indeed well-founded. In addition, his expression was also on point, which immediately made all the civil servants in the Wenhua Hall feel ashamed.
On weekdays, we always shout to serve the country and the people, but when things really happen, we have this scruple or that scruple, and a eunuch points out the scruple, which really makes us feel a little ashamed!
The left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were the first to come forward, bowed to Emperor Chongzhen, and seconded the proposal with great admiration, saying bluntly that this was a virtuous policy, and whoever opposed it would be criticized by them!
He also said that from the princes and ministers to the ordinary people, every family will encounter production problems, and who can guarantee that everything will go smoothly?
This approach of Emperor Chongzhen can ensure the safety of mother and child to the greatest extent. If such good governance and moral governance are not vigorously promoted, then what else is worthy of being vigorously promoted by the court?
Standing on the moral high ground, you can definitely look down on any other excuses.
There is no one who is ignorant and dares to object to the court's seriousness in doing this at this time. Otherwise, even if the emperor doesn't care, after this matter gets out, he will be scolded by his wife, daughter and so on when he goes back!
Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he saw that everyone in the Wenhua Hall had reached a consensus and supported him. He immediately ordered: "In this case, the matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites for promotion. I will ask for the details later. The Ministry of Households
On the other hand, the money that should be allocated must also be allocated."
Ni Yuanlu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, heard this and did not object. In the second half of this year, there were so many nobles in Nanjing, and three clans were executed. The wealth confiscated from the family, even if Emperor Chongzhen only divided half of it into the treasury, it was already a huge amount.
The pen is very fast. How much does it cost to promote and cultivate stable women? No problem at all!
The reason why Emperor Chongzhen gave it to the Ministry of Rites is to prepare Wenpo to become a vocational and technical college like the Ming Dynasty for vocational and technical training. Now it is just Wenpo, but there will be more in the future. When the Ministry of Rites comes back,
If he is not satisfied with the memorial of the plan, he will remind the Minister of Etiquette.
Then, just when the expressions of everyone in the Wenhua Hall were relaxed and they felt that they had gained a good thing, Emperor Chongzhen's expression suddenly turned serious, and he even said in a stern tone: "I also know that among the people,
There has always been a custom of favoring boys over girls, and in many places, once it is discovered that a baby girl has been born, the baby is often abandoned and even drowned. I will never allow such a thing to happen again!"
He originally didn't know about this matter. After all, he had lived in the palace since he was a child. He had seen the suffering of the people and would not care about such things.
However, when he and Liu Weichao were communicating, Liu Weichao told him that the matter of drowning baby girls still existed in some places decades ago in Liu Weichao's world.
Therefore, Liu Weichao specifically reminded Emperor Chongzhen that measures must be strengthened in this regard, and also gave Emperor Chongzhen a lot of suggestions.
After hearing this situation, Emperor Chongzhen was still doubtful. He said that tiger poison does not eat its children. Isn't the baby girl a human being? Isn't it the flesh that fell from the body? She drowned directly? Can this be done?
For this reason, he specifically asked Concubine Tian, Queen Zhou, and the factory guard.
The empresses and concubines of the Ming Dynasty all came from small families, let alone knowing such things, and being able to match the information provided by the factory guards, Emperor Chongzhen understood that in his realm,
This kind of thing is very common among poor people.
No matter from the perspective of human nature or national strategy, Emperor Chongzhen would not allow such a thing to happen again.
Therefore, when Tian Guifei and others were copying Wenpo Xue, he was thinking about this matter.
At this time, when everyone in the Wenhua Hall heard what Emperor Chongzhen said, a group of civil servants immediately looked at each other. For a moment, no one expected that the emperor would actually say this.
For civil servants, this kind of thing is actually a bit far away. Because those who can afford to study are generally from wealthy families, at least not the kind of poor people who can't even feed their children.
It is actually rare for a young man like Hong Chengchou to come from a poor background.
Therefore, many of them have never heard of it at all. Of course, some people may have heard of it.
However, this kind of thing is usually not made known to everyone with gongs and drums. A very simple excuse is that she died in childbirth.
There are only some places where the custom of favoring sons over daughters is very serious. Anyone who gives birth to a daughter is considered to be a loser and will not be able to support her. In such places, it is easy to openly kill the baby girl.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen mentioned this matter in the Wenhua Palace, which was absolutely not allowed in terms of human ethics and morality.
As the leader of the Ming Dynasty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate took the lead in firing and severely condemned this unscrupulous behavior.
"Your Majesty, the so-called tiger poison cannot eat its seeds. This human being is worse than an animal. I suggest that anyone who has this matter be killed immediately!"
"Your Majesty, I second my opinion! Even though a baby is small, it is still a matter of life and death. Such things should be severely punished!"
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Of course, other officials in the Wenhua Palace, including the eunuchs, were also filled with indignation, even if some of them disapproved of this, which was certainly the case on the surface.
If you stand on the moral high ground and talk with your mouth, you should waste some saliva at most. Don't be too simple!
Seeing their excitement, Emperor Chongzhen was not very pleased. He continued to look serious. After they finished speaking, he said coldly: "I want to really solve this matter and make things worse than animals like this in the Ming Dynasty."
The dynasty will never happen again. Just a beheading, how useful is it?"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the Wenhua Palace suddenly became alert. They could tell that Emperor Chongzhen really cared about this matter, and was not just talking about it!
As a result, they are silent.
It's not that they don't want to say it, it's that they really don't know what to say.
On the contrary, when faced with this problem, the Supervisor of Ceremonies spoke one after another and explained the matter in detail, which made the civil servants look at him with admiration.
"Long live Lord, the reason why some unscrupulous people do this is mostly because they are poor. Now that the world is peaceful and the people are healthy, I believe that in the prosperous age created by Long live Lord, such things will inevitably decrease!"
"Long live the Holy Ming, now that there are female officials and female students, we should be able to rectify the ideas of some unruly people. Giving birth to a daughter may not be useless, and it can also bring glory to the ancestors. There will definitely not be too many such shocking things!"
"Long live the Lord is an eternal sage who protects the world with virtue and is a blessing to thousands of girls!"
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Generally speaking, those who have to cut off such an important thing to become eunuchs are definitely not from a good family. Therefore, they are actually the ones who have heard the most about the tragedy of baby girls.
Because of this, they were able to speak in an organized manner at this time, and by the way, they also flattered Emperor Chongzhen.
Their memorials were well-founded and made Emperor Chongzhen feel very happy!
Unknowingly, he did great things, not only revived the Ming Dynasty, but also solved many people's sufferings and saved countless baby girls. This is another great meritorious deed!
When the civil servants heard what the eunuch said, they also reacted, and they all agreed.
The atmosphere in the Wenhua Hall became harmonious again.
However, after Emperor Chongzhen was happy and waited for them to stop talking, he still had a serious face, but his tone had softened, and he said to the ministers below: "I can't do nothing about this kind of thing. Since I already know about it
, must be dealt with. The Ming Dynasty has become stronger, but after all, there are still some people who should still live in poverty. They must have problems raising children, and the court should take care of this. In addition, for patriarchal
The custom of underestimating girls must also be corrected!"
When the civil servants in the Wenhua Palace, including the eunuchs, heard this, they knew that Emperor Chongzhen had some countermeasures, and they all listened attentively.
If this matter had happened in the past, some people might have criticized it.
However, Emperor Chongzhen's prestige is getting higher and higher now, and when he is recovering Liaodong and wiping out the Jianqi, his prestige is naturally even higher.
Another thing is that in the past, Emperor Chongzhen had already established female officials. No, there were even female officials of the third rank. This had already disturbed the officialdom dominated by men.
Thanks to today's discussion, Chen Yuanyuan, the political envoy, was not here, otherwise he would have responded to Emperor Chongzhen's proposal.
In addition, there is also a women's subject in the special scientific examination of geophysics. Women can also enter the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy of Sciences, which also improves the status of women.
Under such circumstances, these officials in the Wenhua Palace will have some resistance to the next things that are obviously beneficial to women, and they will be the first to oppose them.