[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

Zhu Youtang met Luo Zhijian in the Qianqing Palace. At this time, Luo Zhijian was like the most tame sheep, doing whatever he asked him to do.From the mansion of a rich merchant in Quanzhou to the temporary residence of Zhu Houzhao, Zhizao Mansion, Guogong Mansion, and finally to the Forbidden City, Luo Zhijian has deeply surrendered to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, there are rules in the palace. Seeing Luo Zhijian, Zhu Youtang naturally couldn't chat with him everywhere like Zhu Houzhao did. He just met and asked a few words, and then gave him a reward and sent him out.One is because the rules in the palace are so, it is impossible for Zhu Youtang to be too intimate; the other is because this little translator is really not good enough, Luo Zhijian has not been frightened yet, he is already too frightened to speak.Without an interpreter, Zhu Youtang could only talk with Luo Zhijian. They didn't know what to say to each other, so they had to let him go back.

This is a very formal occasion. Of course Zhu Houwei and Ai Cao couldn't go to the front. Zhu Houzhao took the two children to hide behind the curtain and peeped. Zhu Houwei finally saw the legendary Western missionary. He was very excited. Still dancing there, describing Luo Zhijian's appearance and actions to Mrs. Zhang.In comparison, wormwood seems to be lacking in temperament, and has been looking at Zhu Houwei in a very cold manner.

According to Zhu Houzhao's suggestion, Zhu Youtang rewarded Luo Zhijian with a lot of silk cloth and porcelain.Luo Zhijian saw so many things, all of which were treasures dreamed of by nobles and lords, and now they all belong to him.Du Ruo also found it funny seeing him like this, didn't he say that he should devote himself to God and practice hard, but he couldn't escape the influence of foreign objects.

The little translator's performance was not good that day, and Zhu Hou took care of him and frowned.In the future, there will be many opportunities to deal with Frangji people, and we cannot rely on these local translators for everything. Zhu Houzhao transferred a few young officials from the Siyi Pavilion to learn Flangji dialect from the little translator and Luo Zhijian. .

After finding something for Luo Zhijian, Zhu Houzhao let go of the matter for the time being. Ma Wensheng is still researching where to build China's first fleet. Some say it's Quanzhou, some say it's in Guangzhou, and some say it's in Fuzhou. , The quarrel was so loud that it took a lot of time to come to a conclusion.

As for the matter of Manlajia, the Ministry of Rites has sent envoys to Manlajia to see if they can find the original royal family. If possible, it is best to cooperate with them.But these all take time. At this stage, Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo can only hang out with the people from the Ministry of Households every day to study the opening of the customs.

Before Zhu Houzhao went to Hangzhou, he was still in class, but after returning, Zhu Houzhao made it clear that he didn't want to go to class, and Zhu Youtang acquiesced.Now it's just doing my own thing in the name of attending class.Zhu Houzhao has almost learned, and he doesn't need to take the imperial examination, so Zhu Youtang will let him.

As the eldest brother, Zhu Houzhao does not need to attend classes, but the younger Zhu Houwei has to continue his own courses.The only advantage is that the eldest brother is back, Zhu Houwei can choose some courses he likes, instead of soaking in the Four Books and Five Classics every day.Zhu Houwei has been particularly interested in maritime trade recently, but Zhu Houzhao has no time to talk to him, so he can only find an official from the Ministry of Households transferred from Quanzhou to tell him some interesting stories about maritime trade.Zhu Houwei, who likes it, looks forward to this class every day, and repeats it several times in front of Zhang every day.

The most idle person in the entire palace is wormwood, she is not yet old enough to go to school.The flowers and plants she raised had no major affairs for her to manage in July, so she became the most leisurely person.But her leisure time was soon gone too, for it was time for her to bind her feet.

Zhu Houzhao is firmly opposed to foot binding with wormwood. How can a good-born girl bind her feet, and wormwood likes gardening so much, it is so inconvenient to do it after her feet are bound.But Mrs. Zhang is a strong foot-binding faction, and she insists on binding wormwood's feet. No matter how coquettish and crying wormwood is, she does not intend to give up binding wormwood's feet.

As for Zhu Youtang not using other things, he has already surrendered as long as he looks at the grievance covered with tears in the wormwood.But Mrs. Zhang raised a very real problem, that is, if the wormwood is not bound, it will not be able to marry.

"If any man refuses to marry her just because the wormwood has not bound her feet, such a man is not worthy of the wormwood." This sentence is the standard for persuading others, and it is a sharp weapon for persuading others at any time.Mrs. Zhang was so blocked by his words that she couldn't speak.

After being silent for a while, Mrs. Zhang sighed and said, "How can a boy know the suffering of a girl? If you make a mistake at 01:30, you will be made things difficult by your husband's family. If the wormwood does not bind her feet, even if she is a princess, the husband's family will make things difficult for you. The family dare not dislike it, but they will inevitably have pimples in their hearts. When a girl is married, she is someone else's family. It is harder now, but it will be easier in the future. It is as far away as the Roufu Emperor Ji of the Song Dynasty, and as close as Tai /Zu’s horse queen, which one was not ridiculed for not having her feet bound.”

After hearing this sentence, Zhu Youtang was shaken again, and Zhu Houzhao went to refute immediately: "Whoever said that Ai Cao is from someone else's family after marrying, daddy, you said, if Ai Cao is married, she is not your daughter, it is not little princess?"

Looking at the expectant eyes of Ai Cao who was being hugged by Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Youtang could only answer: "Ai Cao has always been Daddy's little princess, always has been."

After receiving Zhu Youtang's reply, Zhu Houzhao continued: "If there is a man who dares to bully Brother Ai Cao in the future, can you teach him a lesson?" Although Ai Cao is a child, she still knows that it is very shy to marry, Shyly buried in his brother's arms and refused to answer.

"Ai Cao is the cutest little princess in our family. How could she suffer so much for such a reason? Usually, my parents would be heartbroken if Ai Cao got a little injury. Now my parents can be ruthless." ?"

All five members of Zhang's family objected, so they had to say angrily: "If you don't wrap it up, don't wrap it up, but don't regret it in the future." Ai Cao knew that she didn't have to hurt her feet, seeing where Zhang was. Sulking, he went over and kissed Zhang Shi on the face to comfort her.

After taking care of her lovely little daughter, Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to put aside the matter of binding her feet, thinking that it would not be too late to bring up the matter when the wormwood was only two years younger.

In fact, foot binding in the Ming Dynasty had not yet developed as cruelly as in the Qing Dynasty, and the scope was not as wide.In the Qing Dynasty, the feet were bound by breaking off the soles of the feet and stuffing them into small shoes. In the Ming Dynasty, the feet were just wrapped in cloth to make them grow smaller, and the shape of the feet was not deformed.After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Han men became perverted in depression. On the one hand, they flattered the Qing court and pursued fame. small foot shape.

The scope of foot binding in the Ming Dynasty was not as wide as that in the Qing Dynasty. It was only the feet of some women. The daughters of ordinary bourgeois families and merchants did not need to bind their feet. In the Qing Dynasty, everyone had their feet bound and they could not marry.

If it wasn't for the fact that the feet were bound with wormwood, Zhu Houzhao would not have remembered it.In fact, nowadays women's feet are bound only because their feet are smaller, there is no difference.Zhu Houzhao saw that women are really limited, so he didn't think of this.It's not too late to think about it now.

Generally, there are only three things for women to be rewarded. One is that they are chaste women, the other is that they are hidden by their families, and the third is that they are famous filial daughters.Zhu Houzhao urged Zhu Youtang to reward those capable women with big feet. As for the reason, it is very simple. She has not bound her feet, her feet are big and capable, and she has done a lot for the family. Isn't it filial piety if she does more things.

Zhu Houzhao told Zhu Youtang how painful and uncomfortable it was to bind his feet for a long time. Zhu Youtang himself felt that his feet were starting to hurt, so Zhu Houzhao came up with this idea.Zhu Youtang laughed that Zhu Houzhao was full of ghost ideas, but he listened to it in his heart.He also saw Mrs. Zhang wrapping her feet with wormwood. The painful wormwood yelled, and he felt very distressed.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, Zhu Youtang verbally rewarded ten women in the name of filial daughters, praising them for their virtues, appearances and women's labors, and they also have the righteousness of Cao E.Interested people discovered that most of these women were women with natural feet who did not bind their feet, and only two were daughters of officials with bound feet.From the 16th year of Hongzhi to the 14th year of Zhengde, a total of [-] years, ten women will be awarded every year, most of them are Tianzu daughters.The custom of binding feet has gradually disappeared in the long river of history.

The news that the emperor rewarded the woman for the first time has not dissipated. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the news that the imperial court will set up a navy in Fuzhou began to spread slowly in the capital.

Unsurprisingly, any spending on the military would be opposed by the literati.Their reasons are those, but they are nothing more than wasting internal funds and using military force.Zhu Houzhao didn't care about them at all now, and Zhu Youtang also suppressed their memorial.Those literati had no choice but to put their flags down and prepare to fight another day.

There are already nearly 300 million taels of silver in the household department, which is not counting the 100 million taels that Zhu Houzhao spent in Zhejiang because he changed rice to mulberry flowers.Of the 300 million taels, Zhu Youtang swiped 200 million taels into the account of the new navy.This year, nearly 100 million taels should be credited to the Ministry of Household Shipbuilding Department. This money alone can support the development of this army.

Fuzhou now has the largest shipyard in Ming Dynasty, Wuhumen Shipyard. It left Nanjing's Longjiang Shipyard far behind in terms of shipbuilding quantity and tonnage in the second year after the sea ban was lifted.Now it turned out to be a navy created to guard against the Franc Robot, so it is only natural that it should be built in Fuzhou.In the future, most of the ships in the fleet should also be under the responsibility of Wuhumen Shipyard.

This incident in the capital was widely circulated, and Du Ruo strictly forbade everyone to discuss it in front of Luo Zhijian, but Luo Zhijian still found out about it from his students.

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