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The emperor's life is ruthless, the Sun family is a prominent family in Jiashan, not only a large amount of land was confiscated, but also the family was forcibly separated, and two-thirds of the clan emigrated to the north.

Revolt?

Someone resisted when the land was divided, and he was the richest man in Jiashan.As for the result of the resistance, the richest man in Jiashan changed his surname and became the Sun family who cooperated with the distribution of land.

The old lady of the Sun family immediately put on a smiling face, and said to her daughter-in-law, granddaughter-in-law, and granddaughters: "Since it is the emperor's order, you should obey it. You all take off your shoes. Take off your old body, and the emperor's order must not be disobeyed."

The old lady was the first to take off her shoes. Her feet were also bound, but not deformed. One of her daughters-in-law was shivering there.

Chen Yaohui walked over and took a look, only to see that except for the big toe, the other four toes were all unrecognizable, which made people feel sick for a while.This kind of small foot has a sickly and weak beauty when walking, but after taking off the shoes, there is no beauty at all.

"What does her husband do?" Chen Yaohui asked.

Sun Dongqing: "This is Cao Min's second brother's wife, and Cao Min's second brother is in business."

Chen Yaohui said to the accompanying officials: "Go back and check whether there is a franchise license under her husband's name. If so,

Take it back now! "

Sun Dongqing was startled, this is for real, luckily the franchise license is in his name.

They also checked the girls of the younger generation, and it turned out that those under the age of ten all had those deformed feet.

It seems that the custom of foot binding in Jiashan County existed 20 years ago, but the number was very rare.In recent years, it has intensified, and the junior girls of the richest family are all this kind of entanglement.

After a careful examination, the doctor sighed, "The oldest young lady has completely deformed her feet.

From now on, I may be able to walk better if I put my feet down, but it is impossible to return to the original state.For the rest of the ladies, there is still a possibility of recovery, so they must not bind their feet again in the future. "

Chen Yaohui called the girl over and asked, "How old are you?"

The girl replied: "Ten years old."

Chen Yaohui asked Sun Dongqing again: "Is this your daughter?"

Sun Dongqing said in a flattering tone, "That's right, I ask the county lord to be tolerant, and the grass-roots people will let my daughter go immediately."

Chen Yaohui asked, "Why didn't you study at the age of ten?"

Sun Dongqing replied: "It's the same when studying at home. It's not good for my youngest daughter to show her face."

"You didn't force your daughter to go to ordinary elementary school. You are the richest man in the county. Why don't you send your daughter to a girls' school?"

Chen Yaoxuan scolded, "Ignoring the emperor's order is an unforgivable crime. Your Sun family's salt business license is gone!"

Sun Dongqing was stunned for a moment, and then wailed: "The county lord, please spare me, please show me your hand, Caomin tomorrow...no, I will send my daughter to study today!"

The three-year compulsory education is already very loosely controlled, and the government often turns a blind eye to those who really don't send their children to school.

But since he was caught today, Chen Yaohai will definitely show his prestige.

More than [-]% of the officials in the new dynasty of Datong belong to Ye Luzi, and they are not from the imperial examinations.

With the forced distribution of land and the relocation of families, the deep-rooted local order has long been broken, and a county magistrate can kill the gentry.

Local officials at all levels also like to do this. As long as the procedures are legal, the greater the influence of the suppressed family, the higher the official's reputation for being unselfish.

The chief assistant of a county was reprimanded by the magistrate to the point of crying because he did not send his daughter to study, and was also revoked the right to operate the salt shop.This should be placed in Daming, for fear of being laughed to death.

Moreover, the imperial decree supplemented by the cabinet is very interesting. It only punishes foot-binding women and their husbands, but does not severely punish their parents.But this thing can be matched. Girls whose feet are bound to hurt their bodies cannot read.What will be the punishment for parents who don't send their daughters to study?Your school doesn't accept it?I don't care, I just know that you don't send your daughter to school.Must be severely punished!

Chen Yaohui continued to reprimand: "Regardless of men and women, you must complete the three-year elementary school. This is the imperial order that cannot be violated. Today is just canceling your right to operate the salt shop. If you commit the crime again, you will also be taxed on other businesses." !"

Sun Dongqing was still crying, but when she heard this, she nodded in haste: "I will never do it again, I will never do it again!"

On the streets of the county town, the patrolmen have new jobs.

Their eyes swept over the woman's feet, and when they saw the one wearing bow shoes, they rushed up immediately.If the hem of the skirt covers the feet, let him lift up the skirt by himself.

"Stop the car!"

Two patrolmen stopped several sedan chairs.

The porter hurriedly got off the sedan chair, and an escort stepped forward: "Master Jun, these are all the female relatives of the noble family in the city, and they are invited to offer incense at the Qingliang Temple outside the city."

A patrolman scolded: "All the sedan chairs are inspected, His Majesty has ordered that no foot binding be allowed to injure the body, and bow shoes are no longer allowed!

Violating the emperor's order, you know what will happen! "

The girls of the noble family who were impatient at first did not dare to have any dissatisfaction when they heard the word "Emperor's Order", and obediently left the sedan chair and stood there.

Of the five female dependents, four wear bow shoes, and only one wears normal shoes.

The patrolman pointed to the four bow shoes: "Compromise, remove the socks, check the feet!"

The female relatives felt insulted, they didn't say a word, they didn't move, they just stood there with cold faces.

The patrolman said: "Take them to the prison and ask their husbands to come and inspect the slippers in person. If the husbands are found to be violating the order, those whose husbands are officials will lose their positions, and those who do business will have their licenses cancelled, and those without licenses will be taxed heavily!"

The female relatives were terrified, but they didn't want to take off their shoes in the street because of their face.

The long follower came over, quietly handed out the silver dollar, and said in a low voice, "You two military lords, hold your hands high, please accept even a small gesture."

The two patrolmen swallowed their saliva, hesitated for a few seconds, took the silver dollar calmly, and warned: "You go home immediately, and don't go out of the city to offer incense. This time is really the emperor's order. The county magistrate is watching closely. After returning home, If you have bound feet, let them go quickly. Also, you are not allowed to wear bow shoes from now on, if you wear them, it will bring bad luck to your family."

A female family member wearing bow shoes said angrily: "Why don't you let them wear them? The emperor rules the sky and the earth, and women have their feet bound? I just bound my feet and didn't hurt my body!"

This woman is really bound by ordinary foot binding, even by the northern school of foot binding, except for her slender feet, she can't see any abnormalities.

There are also many types of bow shoes, most of which are not harmful to the body, and even men's shoes are also bow shoes.

But the imperial court wanted to make one size fits all. When Zhao Han was alive, no one would dare to wear shoes like bow shoes.As for the round-faced pointy shoes for deformed feet, and other deformed styles, this era has not yet been invented.

When the patrolman heard that the woman dared to refute, he immediately threw the silver dollar back, and said sharply: "I don't know you, let's go to jail!"

The long follower hurriedly stuffed the silver dollar and said flatteringly, "Master, don't be angry, we'll go home right away."

Corruption and bribery by officials and policemen is impossible to ban. The larger the territory, the more complicated the situation.

Fortunately, the group targeted by the "Prohibition of Footbinding Order" is not such grown-up women, but poor girls who are developing.

At this very moment, all the schools in the county were thrown into a commotion.

Girls' schools, in particular, are key targets for investigation.The girls who study here come from families that are either rich or expensive, and they are the main group who have their feet bound.

Dian Shi Yang Zhen asked the female teachers to check the girls' feet, and soon found that more than ten toes were deformed.He summoned all the students in the school, and said on the spot: "Your Majesty, the "Book of Filial Piety" says that the body is hairy and skinned, and the parents dare not damage it. This is the beginning of filial piety. Binding your feet and hurting your body is unfilial. The body is also unfilial. But anyone who binds feet is an unfilial daughter, and she will not be able to marry anyone in the future..."

There were already girls who were so frightened that they cried loudly.

Yang Zhenyou: "It's still too late to let it go. As long as you let it go and don't hurt your body, you are filial. The head and teacher of the girls' school, please remember. From now on, you will be checked regularly every month. bound feet,

Tell the government immediately!If there is any concealment, the girls' school will be closed immediately! "

Under normal circumstances, it is the policy of the central government, and grassroots officials make a one-size-fits-all policy.

The ban this time is very special. It is a one-size-fits-all policy of the central government, but grassroots officials try to moderate it as much as possible.The reason is that the targets are all noble women, and if they get stuck, unnecessary troubles will arise, and the local officials must leave room for it.

So in girls' schools, if foot binding is found, there will be no punishment for the time being, and it will be over if the foot is released.

People who refuse to change after repeated admonitions are a minority after all, so don't blame the government for forcing them.

Chapter 672 [Tomato Scrambled Eggs]

Forbidden City, Kunning Palace.

Fei Rulan was a little hesitant when picking up the pen, and asked, "Do you really want to write like this?"

"Don't be afraid, there may be criticisms at this time, and after a hundred years, it will be the consensus of all women in the world." Zhao Han said.

The order to ban footbinding is only a temporary administrative measure, and the real long-term change is to change ideology.In addition to foot binding, the Ming Dynasty also had the habit of binding the chest, but it was more subtle and less harmful. .

You may say that asceticism is advocating, but many of the mainstream underwear for women in the Ming Dynasty also had the function of tying the waist, so that the waist curve of the woman can be highlighted.This thing may have something to do with aesthetics. Those little yellow books in the Ming Dynasty often used "small breasts" to praise women's breasts.

Fei Rulan thought hard and wrote from time to time. According to Zhao Han's request, she added another chapter to "The Commandments of Women".

This job requires the Queen to do it.

Zhao Han had already corrected "The Precepts for Women" in Jiangxi, and now in regular girls' schools, what he learns is the revised version.At this time, a chapter was added, mainly about chest binding and foot binding, which were straightforwardly dismissed as unfilial and bad habits.

Why are you unfilial?

Damage to the body is one reason, and corseting can also cause insufficient breast milk.Ladies and gentlemen can of course have a wet nurse to feed their children, but this is avoiding the responsibility of being a mother—anyway, it is just a matter of unfilial piety.

Fei Rulan continued to write "The Commandments of Women" there, and Zhao Han recruited Fu Qingzhu.

"You are a master of gynecology, you should know the harm of women's foot binding and breast binding." Zhao Han said.

Fu Qingzhu cupped his hands: "I know this harm very well."

Zhao Han said: "You write a "Women's Health Record", from girls to old women, and write down the precautions needed by all age groups. Remember, focus on the harm of footbinding and waist binding, and give more examples. The scarier the case, the better! This book will be taken as a compulsory course in girls' schools, so that girls can easily read it."

The students of girls' schools are basically from wealthy families, and they happen to be the main group of corsets and waists.

For female students studying in ordinary schools, foot binding is not conducive to work, and breast binding is not conducive to breastfeeding. On the contrary, there is no need for the government to correct it.Like Pan Qimei,

He's just a boy with a beautiful face who came out of the mountains, and he doesn't know what corsets are.

Fu Qingzhu said straightly: "Your Majesty's move is for the great good, and the blessing of the women in the world."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I wrote the preface to this book myself, lest you alone bear the infamy."

"A little infamy is nothing to worry about." Fu Qingzhu said lightly.

Following the government's crackdown on girls' schools and brothels, and the latest issue of "Datong Monthly", which published a full-page article on the harm of chest binding and foot binding, many people have already spoken strange things.

In the evening, in a brothel on the Qinhuai River, a group of pleasure-seekers were teasing and complaining.

"Small breasts and small feet are both elegant things. Now the imperial court allows breasts and feet to be released, even this brothel girl is no exception. Just imagine, ten or twenty years later, all brothels will be filled with natural breasts and natural feet." .Fat and ugly, how ugly is it?"

"Brother Hongdao, don't say any more, I can't bear to listen anymore. When I think of the big-footed women all over the street, and the women with big breasts in the yard, I feel like dying. Alas, the world is going down, the world is going down." ah!"

"Everyone, don't panic, haha. Is it what the court says? It's a strict investigation, so I don't dare to wrap the three-inch golden lotus anymore. But it's not easy to check the chest. Which official dares to really take off the woman Clothes? Let’s just talk about this, the officials came here yesterday, and today the girls still don’t corset their breasts?”

"Your Majesty, it's really... ahem, Your Majesty is a sage, there must be some bastard who is making slander!"

"I heard that it is Mao Fan, a Jinshi from Jiashan, who asked His Majesty to forbid footbinding. This monster will also become a high-ranking official in the future, and he will also be a person who will bring trouble to the court!"

"Why don't we knock on the que and ask His Majesty to deprive him of his fame?"

"Knock the que? Knock at which gate? You and I are just former scholars, and the officials don't recognize their achievements. Even this year's imperial examination, only former scholars under the age of 3 are allowed to participate. Alas, we are ordinary people. Kowtow Que is not our turn."

There are those who slander, and naturally there are those who agree, and there are quite a few of them.

Zhang Erqi, a big fan from Shandong, specially supported this decree of the imperial court at various cultural conferences.

Zhang Erqi held the "Datong Monthly" and said to many scholars: "Your Majesty's imperial pen article, this paragraph is very well written. Let me read it: I have never sung about beauties, and my words are not enough. History is called Concubine Yang Luo socks, called women's round shoes in the Song Dynasty. Han Donglang's poem said: "Six-inch round skin is smooth and smooth", which is not a proof of foot binding. In addition, people in the past talked about Dongpo's poems, as if a famous woman came out with big steps. It is a woman. The beauty and evil do not lie in the size of the feet. Now there are people with thick eyebrows and wide eyes, a big belly and a thick waist. Although the bottom of the skirt has double hooks, it does not fill three inches. Is it called beautiful?"

Liu Rushi helped write this passage.

Starting from Concubine Yang Gui, talking about the beauties of Tang and Song Dynasties, they are all big feet.The beauty and ugliness of a woman does not lie in her big feet and small feet.If there is a woman with a big waist and a pair of small feet less than three inches, can you call her a beauty?

A scholar interrupted suddenly: "If a woman has picturesque features and a beautiful figure, but has big feet, isn't that a fly in the ointment?"

Zhang Erqi immediately snapped back: "Who says a fly in the ointment? Isn't Concubine Yang beautiful? Does Concubine Yang have bound feet? If bound feet don't hurt the body, the little feet are naturally beautiful. But if for the three-inch golden lotus, the foot bones are broken, redness, swelling and pus, I really can’t see where the beauty is. Going back 20 years, although there are occasional reports of people who hurt their bodies due to foot binding, they are rare. In recent years, there have been more and more people. I don’t know where the unhealthy trend came from!

When the debate between the two sides was the most intense, suddenly an old man came slowly with a bamboo stick.

Everyone stood up and bowed: "I have seen Mr. Shi Qu."

This old man is Wu Bing, the editor-in-chief of "Datong Monthly", who specially writes articles praising the emperor.

Wu Bing said with a smile: "I can't argue for a result, so it's better to write articles. I'll pick a few and publish them in the next issue of Datong Monthly."

Saying this sentence, the nature has actually changed.

Everyone knows that "Datong Monthly" is published nationwide, and if you can write articles on it, you will immediately become famous all over the world.Then in the next pen battle, I am afraid that those who sing the praises of Little Feet will all be rushing to become famous.

Zhao Han wanted them to quarrel, the more lively the quarrel, the better.One is to find something to do for scholars in the field, so that they will not panic when they are full; the other is to make the ban on footbinding known all over the world, so that ordinary people can pay attention to it. how to choose.

Unlike the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the area of ​​foot binding, the more it is forbidden, the more popular it is.Even combined with the preservation of the customs of the Han family, if a man can't keep his hair, the woman has to keep her feet.

What Zhao Han founded is not a foreign regime, so there will be no such nonsense effect.

Forbidden City.

Pan Qimei and Tian Xiuying planted sunflowers and tomatoes in the imperial garden.

When the pen battle of "Datong Monthly" attracted attention, the tomatoes in the Royal Garden also ripened.

Food from the south is being transported to Liaoning in full swing. The war in the Northeast is about to break out soon. As the emperor, Zhao Han seldom takes time out from his busy schedule.

He went to pick the tomatoes himself, and then went straight to the imperial dining room with great interest.

There was no imperial dining room in the Ming Dynasty, and Guanglu Temple was responsible for the emperor's meals.The new dynasty of Datong was established, the royal family was separated from the imperial court, and the imperial dining room finally appeared in the Forbidden City.

"Meet Your Majesty!"