Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

In late autumn and October, it rained several times in a row in Beijing. The leaves on the trees were all dry and yellow, and it was cold day by day.

Chen Zhao struggled to get up from the quilt, and after the boy beside him handed over a cold towel, he applied it to his face, only then did he dispel his drowsiness.Then, while putting on clothes, he looked at the servant's thick hands and feet and folded the quilt, and sighed secretly.Originally, there was a maid in my room, and regardless of her appearance, she was completely unmatched by men in terms of gentleness and meticulousness.But a few months ago when his father came to talk to him, he chatted with the maid when he saw her, and when his mother found out, she suspected that the two had an affair, so she sold her.Now this little boy was a helper in the back kitchen before, and his work was very unfamiliar, but for the sake of his mother, he could only endure it.

After grooming, Chen Zhao went to the front hall to have breakfast with his family.Unexpectedly, today even the little girl who sleeps late sat down early, and everyone looked at him expectantly.Chen Zhao was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly, and quickly reacted: "I have inquired with my father-in-law, because the New Year is coming soon, the court is busy with various calculations, and sacrifices to heaven, the matter of the son-in-law is estimated to be announced in March next year."

Chen's mother's expression turned cold in an instant, and Chen Zhao was afraid that she would say some harsh words again to spoil her mood, so she hurriedly said, "But my father-in-law has already revealed the news to me, and it's almost like me."

Hearing this, Chen's mother slowed down a little, "Since this is the case, the father-in-law's filial piety can be stopped, dead eunuch, every time he comes, he will take away a large sum of money!"

"Absolutely not!" Chen Zhao was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Although it has been decided, it is up to the father-in-law to say whether it will be completed or not. It is better not to offend him!"

Chen Xiaomei also said: "Yes, mother, it's not too late for a few months, so you can bear it for a while." Of course, this does not mean that she is very kind. She rolled her eyes and said to her brother: "Last time I have used up the box of tribute perfume that my sister-in-law gave me, please help me to get another one. Also, I heard that her elder sister, Princess Yongfu, held a pearl appreciation feast. She must have a lot of them there. I haven’t seen South Sea pearls yet. Well, give me two strings too."

Chen Zhao had a splitting headache, "How many times have I told you, don't call the princess sister-in-law, and don't make it public! How can you ask for it yourself? Those pearls were dedicated to the two princesses when we offered wine to the governor of Zhejiang. Appreciation is all recorded in the warehouse, how do we wear it for small households?"

"What are you talking about! Why doesn't your sister deserve to wear it! When you get married in the future, she will be a serious sister-in-law! Even if she is a princess, she must do her duty as a daughter-in-law for me in our house! Get up every morning and serve tea Serve us with water!" Chen Mu raised her brows upside down and scolded arrogantly.

Chen Zhao murmured: "The princess doesn't live with us, she goes to live in the princess mansion alone."

"Ah?" Mother Chen was dumbfounded, her dream of enslaving the princess was shattered, "She moved out, where do we live?"

"There is also the Prince Consort House..."

"Do you have any servants?"

"All, all."

Mother Chen was only satisfied when she heard this, but after a while, she was a little bit unwilling and said: "That's really cheap for her, how can a daughter-in-law not serve her mother-in-law, and marry a few concubines later, so as to continue the incense for our Chen family. "

Just as Chen Zhao wanted to refute his mother, he accidentally saw the empty breakfast on the table and silently swallowed his words.Hey, in order to arrange a marriage for him and send him to the Imperial Academy, the family has already sold off the property.If I refute it again, my mother and younger sister will cry endlessly again, let's forget it, they won't be able to see the face of the princess...

Just as Chen Zhao was escaping like an ostrich, Father Chen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I heard people say they saw that unfilial son two days ago, and I heard that he came to ask for a dowry at home, why didn't you give it to him?"

"What do you mean I don't give it to him! When I just married, I sent him to school. The servants and maids are fully equipped. Isn't this money! He was kicked out for disobeying the teacher himself, and I spent a lot of money to calm things down. , The family has been unable to make ends meet in the past two years, and he has the nerve to ask me for money!" Mother Chen sat down on the ground and cried bitterly: "Why is my life so hard!"

Father Chen looked at Sapo's wife in a daze, wondering if this was the woman who was gentle and caring to him in everything back then.How did he know that with the progress of his son, Chen's mother had become increasingly impatient with him, and Baihu's meager monthly salary was not taken seriously by him at all.

Chen Zhao couldn't bear the oppressive atmosphere at home anymore, so he rushed out on the pretext of being late for class.I secretly complained about the newcomer Guozijian Jijiu.

It turns out that Li Chengfeng began to reform shortly after he took office. In fact, the teachers of the Guozijian in the Ming Dynasty only taught less than one week of class every month.That is to say, there will be 21 days for the students to control themselves, but during this period, the students are required to live in the Imperial College, and they only have two days off on the first and 15th day of the month to go home.

Fortunately, in the early Ming Dynasty, under the supervision of the emperor's famous ministers, everyone could still go to school seriously.In the later stage, the disciples of Xungui couldn't hold on anymore. Some went fishing for three days and dried the nets for two days, and some servants brought a lot of them.In fact, regarding this point, Li Chengfeng also felt a little unreasonable.Adults don't have such great self-control, let alone a group of teenagers. It's normal for some troubles to happen when no one is watching them.

So he redefined the class schedule, referring to the modern society, requiring doctors and others to attend at least two classes a day, each half an hour long, and the rest of the time should be divided into three items: self-study, discussion, and teacher inspection.In addition, all students are treated equally and must live in the dormitory, and they are not allowed to bring servants with them.

One piece and one relaxation are the right way, and Li Chengfeng is not blindly demanding.He stipulated that there would be two days off for every five days in the future, and those whose families were in the capital could go home and stay for these two days.

As soon as this regulation came out, of course there were many people who were dissatisfied.However, I also mentioned before that the Guozijian has been in decline since Jingtai, and the real families of princes invited their husbands to teach alone in their own homes, and many went to the south to visit famous teachers and scholars.Those who really come to study are those who are not high enough or low enough, and even if they have objections, they are ignored.

Li Chengfeng did not change his face, and dealt with some thorns, and even kicked him out of the Imperial College in serious cases. After such a set, the students are much more honest.

Chen Zhao rushed to the Imperial College against the cold wind, and there was already a long queue at the gate.Today is the day of returning to school. Supervisor Tang Zhenggang took a few chiefs to record the students returning to school one by one and check whether there are any prohibited items on them.This situation reminded Li Chengfeng that he was caught by the dean and the brigade committee when he was in elementary school, and couldn't help pleading for the students. They are all adults, and it should not be allowed to bring prohibited items. It would be too harsh to say no.

Tang Zhenggang said that a jade can't be cut into a tool, and that high standards and strict requirements are good for the students, and that moral education is under his own control, so that Li Chengfeng should not delay his work.Li Chengfeng couldn't hold back him, so he had to give up.

Chen Zhao stood at the end of the line, constantly reviewing the previous homework in his mind. His mother and younger sister were making noise day and night, so he had no time to read at all.Now it is different from the past. The teachers are very strict. If you fail to pass, you will record it. If you fail three times in a month, you will be fined.

Just as he was engrossed in reciting, someone kicked him from behind suddenly, and Chen Zhao fell to the ground. After getting up in a state of embarrassment, everyone around him was laughing secretly.

Glancing around angrily, Chen Zhao quickly locked on to the target, pointed at the other party and cursed: "Qian Zhongyuan! Don't bully people too much! What a hero to attack from behind!"

"Joke, which eye of yours saw that it was done by the young master? My character is so bad, maybe someone kicked you." Qian Zhongyuan laughed wildly.

Chen Zhao couldn't take it anymore, and wrestled with Qian Zhongyuan.In fact, the two of them were very similar, and they didn't have a good relationship with their classmates, so they didn't persuade each other. Everyone laughed and watched the fun.

After a while, someone finally couldn't see it, and stepped forward to separate them.Qian Zhongyuan was still indignant: "Xie Zhao, get out of the way, I'm going to teach this despicable person a lesson today."

The young man named Xie Zhao was tall, and he carried the two of them like two little chickens, forcing them to be helpless and furious, Xie Zhao said helplessly: "Tang Jiancheng is not far ahead, are you sure you want to continue?" ?”

Sure enough, upon hearing the sound, Tang Zhenggang's eyes swept over like an eagle, and not long after, the head of the house came to inquire.Fortunately, Xie Zhao had a good relationship with that person, so he sent him away after exchanging a few words of pleasantries, and then told Qian Zhongyuan and his wife not to let people see jokes anymore.

Qian Zhongyuan snorted coldly, and didn't bother Chen Zhao anymore.But Chen Zhao didn't say a word, staring at Qian Zhongyuan's back as if poisoned.

At this time, they didn't know that their every move was clearly observed by others.

Li Chengfeng stood at the window of the Book Pavilion on the second floor of the Confucian Temple. He and Ouyang Ming came here early in the morning because they wanted to find something.The Confucian Temple is next to the Guozijian, and they can see the scene just now from their position.

"That supervisor is not bad, what's his name?" Li Chengfeng asked, pointing at the young man trying to persuade him to fight, his expression full of admiration.

Ouyang Ming squinted his eyes for a closer look, and then said with a smile: "Oh, this is Xie Zhao, the superintendent supervisor, he is a good boy, and he will be able to enter the willful hall in two years according to the schedule, but I heard that this kid It's a pity to want to test martial arts."

Li Chengfeng was a little surprised. The so-called excellent supervisors refer to the selection of scholars and martial arts students with low grades in various provinces, states and counties. Martial arts students are required to be excellent in literature, and there are only a few places in the country, which is very strict.It is not easy for this Xie Zhao to stand out among so many people.

Looking back, thinking about Chen Zhao, who was relying on money from his family to go to school through the back door, he felt a little resentful.His current status is inconvenient, and when he sees Chunying, he must ask him to check his house carefully.

Closer to home, let's deal with business first.This time I brought Ouyang Ming to the Library Pavilion of the Confucian Temple, mainly to find articles by great Confucianists in the past dynasties.

Li Chengfeng knows that to change education, we must first change the examination.Of course, it does not mean that the imperial examinations should be abolished. I also know that it is too early to talk about this.What Li Chengfeng has to do is to correct the more and more deviating atmosphere in the examination room.

Now it is the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the content and format of the imperial examinations have tended to be finalized, and the judging scales have strict standards.But even under this kind of examination atmosphere, there are still many phenomena of incorrect style and variation in style.

For example, Li Chengfeng flipped through the papers of top students, and his eyes were full of "爨軉灪精鬻", which made him doubt life and feel like he was illiterate.I can't help but sigh that the students in this year's operation are too coquettish. There are a lot of rare words in each article, but most of them are useless. At that time, in order to let the examiner sigh "Wow! What a knowledgeable candidate!", so as to get a higher score.

Another example is that the angle of the topic is weird, let everyone analyze why the price of silver has dropped recently, he just started from "the postpartum care of sows", and after a lot of talking, he finally came down with a sentence, because the opening of the sea prohibits the inflow of silver...

The list goes on and on.If it is said that the original stereotyped selection of scholars can still select a few talents, then this kind of selection is all speculation!

The Guozijian in Beijing is not only the principal of the highest institution, but also supervises academies and examinations across the country, so Li Chengfeng felt that he had to do something.

After all the preparations were complete, he wrote a long memorial and handed it in. At the beginning, he said: "In recent years, the study of scholars has been weird, and the style and style are difficult and dangerous, which is indecent."

Originally thought that Zhao Wenhua from before would jump out to refute, but unexpectedly no one spoke.Li Chengfeng smiled wryly, probably because he saw that he was transferred to the Imperial College, and felt that there was no need for others to attack because of the coolness of his tea.

Jiajing nodded, agreed to the memorial, and asked the Ministry of Rites and the cabinet to handle it as soon as possible, and all flashy and dangerous articles will be inferior in the future.

In this way, the trend of imperial examinations that began to deviate from Chenghua has just been contained.

However, this was not enough. Li Chengfeng repeatedly requested to "all schools to strengthen mathematics and martial arts."

All the civil and military officials have been fooled. Others are three fires when new officials take office. This kid is thirty fires!However, no matter how much fire there was, it didn't burn himself, so except for a few people who disliked Li Chengfeng's jumping and jumping every day to refute, the rest were silent, just lighting candles for the future candidates in their hearts, and spread them out. Such a minister of education will be accepted in the future.

Jiajing did not hesitate. He had already noticed the disadvantages of the imperial examination and was determined to reform.Li Chengfeng's proposals were based on reality, did not harm the foundation of the country, and were relatively simple to implement, so they were all approved without hesitation.The courtiers had already figured it out when they saw it, the two monarchs and ministers had discussed it long ago, and it would be useless for us to object.

Because the emperor was very concerned about this matter, the imperial court's order was quickly issued to the localities, and all academies began to change their teaching strategies, and the literary world took on a new look.

Soon, it will be the New Year.Considering that the students are tired recently, Li Chengfeng applied to the imperial court to give the supervising students a whole month's leave.Now not only the surrounding areas of the capital, but also students from Henan, Shandong and other places can go home for a good year. As for those who can't stay in the school, Li Chengfeng also wrapped a big red envelope for them, letting them go out at will play.

Today is the first day of winter vacation for the Imperial College, many students have already left, and the school building is a bit deserted.

The concierge Luo Er saw that it was getting late, so he locked the door and checked each room for potential safety hazards according to the regulations.On the way, I also met a few students who were drunk. It seemed that they had just returned, so I hurriedly told them to enter the dormitory as soon as possible.

The supervisors agreed with a playful smile, when suddenly there was a loud noise in the room ahead.Luo Er said depressedly: "It is estimated that some group of people gathered and hid inside to gamble. If I catch it, I will tell Tang Jiancheng."

As he said that, he pushed open the door and rushed in, and the students behind him saw that there was a lot of excitement, and they all followed behind.

As a result, as soon as they walked in, everyone was so frightened that they couldn't speak. They saw a young man lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, a dagger stuck in his chest, and blood all over the ground.

And there was this person beside him, dressed in black, with a frightened expression on his face, looking carefully, this person was Chen Zhao!

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