[Qing wear + Red House] Lin's Royal Concubine

"The imperial concubine's words are wrong." Chen Tingjing frowned, showing disapproval on his face, "Those small businesses are the livelihood of the common people's family. It is also a top priority that can shake the foundation of the country, how can it be the same?"

This time, without waiting for Lin Shiyu to ask, Kangxi explained: "This is Mr. Chen Tingjing, the censor of Zuodu."

"Master Chen." Lin Shiyu nodded slightly, with a surprised expression on his face, and said, "Why can't we be the same? But it's all because of the word 'living'. If the people's families don't worry about food and clothing, who will be happy? A month of hard work for only a few hundred Wen? Now that so many people have racked their brains to get this job, it is enough to prove that the lives of the people are difficult."

"They are both forced to work outside for their lives and their stomachs. Why is it different? What's the difference?"

"It's not the same." Chen Tingjing shook his head again and again, and said: "The "Book of Changes" has a saying that 'the main way becomes a male and the kun way becomes a female'. The main way is heaven and belongs to yang, and the kun way is earth and belongs to yin. All things in the world are divided into yin and yang. Yin and Yang combine virtue, rigidity and softness have a body, and they cannot be confused."

"Women are supposed to help their husbands and teach their children to manage the housework at home. If they show their faces outside like men, it will be a mess of yin and yang. Those who are superiors must not give affirmative support, let alone vigorously support and encourage unhealthy trends, otherwise in the long run, it will lead to big mistakes if things go on like this and the yin and yang will be unclear!"

This is a bit interesting.

Lin Shiyu withdrew her smile, and looked at this person without the peace in her eyes just now. Compared with the person who took the opportunity to stir up wind and rain and intend to pull her off the horse, this person was even more odious.

The meaning revealed in this passage is obvious, why not object to ordinary people going out to seek a living by themselves?Because he knows that it is a very small part, and there are no waves at all. The general environment is like this. It is very difficult for women to find a livelihood. It can be said that they are often intentional but powerless.

But the result of her support is very different. Not only the businessmen headed by the Xue family will abandon their prejudices and provide women with many opportunities to work in order to please her, the imperial concubine, and more importantly, once this trend is formed, the future will definitely There will be more involved.

The so-called acting from the top to the bottom means that the words and deeds of the superiors are often the weathervane of the people below, especially in the feudal era, so we must quickly extinguish this spark now, otherwise once the wind blows away completely, it will be too late to say anything .

Why is there no distinction between yin and yang? To put it bluntly, isn't it because you are afraid that women's status will become important, and you are afraid of shaking men's absolute leadership and control?

Since ancient times, these sour scholars have used to come out with this dogma and that ancient precept, and they are full of great truths, but what kind of thoughts are they trying to fool ghosts in their hearts?

Thinking of this, Lin Shiyu couldn't help ridiculing in his heart. Facing the malevolent or aggressive gazes of all the big men, he still maintained a calm, noble and elegant posture.

"Mr. Chen, forgive me for not agreeing with this statement. There is nothing wrong with the saying 'yin and yang are united in virtue, toughness and softness. It’s too narrow. Guan Zhong once said such a sentence, but I agree with it very much-the king regards the people as his heaven, and the people regard food as his heaven. Those who can know the sky of the sky are worthy of it.”

"My lord Chen ignores the fundamental needs of the common people because he is worried about the indistinction of yin and yang. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? It's ridiculous."

As soon as the words fell, Gao Shiqi jumped out again.

"Which family still doesn't have a few men to support the family? Why is it the woman's turn to show her face outside? Besides, starving to death is a small injustice and a big..."

Lin Shiyu was really laughed out of anger, and the tone in his eyes became sharper, "Coincidentally, Guan Zhong once said again, 'If the warehouse is real, you know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know the honor and disgrace'! Besides, why is it considered immoral for a woman to show her face in public? Why is it so shameful to work hard with your own hands and earn a good living?"

"What's the big deal about starvation and injustice? If Mr. Gao has the ability, why don't you go and explain this 'reason' to the common people? Just see if they hit you with rotten eggs and rotten vegetables! The wine and meat of the Zhumen are stinky and the roads are cold." Dead bones, Mr. Gao really does not hurt his back when he stands and talks!"

Gao Shiqi was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.

"As for the man to support the family? If it is enough to rely on the man to support the family, if you ask someone to go out to work as a worker, you will have to spit on your face. Which rich lady and official wife have you seen running around? Since they would rather be pointed out by others Going out to work even if you are criticized by others, it is enough to prove that the men in her family can't fill the belly of the family!"

"You open your mouth and keep your mouth shut on ancient books and classics, so adults who have read a lot of poetry and books must be familiar with "Mencius", right? "Liang Huiwang" chapter, do you still need me to help you recall memories?"

What did Mencius mainly talk about in this passage?The general meaning is that if the people do not have a fixed property income, they will have no moral values. If they have no moral values, they will naturally do evil. Therefore, a wise monarch should make the people well-fed and well-fed. With good expectations, one will naturally obediently obey the words of the monarch.

Conversely, if the common people can't even feed their bellies, how can they know about etiquette, righteousness and shame?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay for a moment, all at a loss for words.

Lin Shiyu glanced over coldly, and said sarcastically: "All the adults who can stand here today must be the emperor's right-hand men and the pillars of the Qing Dynasty, but how can they even forget the real warnings? Those so-called great truths that are intentionally distorted out of context by those who have a heart, are regarded as the truth?"

They are all old men, but now they are ridiculed by a woman in the harem, how can they bear it?All the old faces were flushed with embarrassment and annoyance, and some old sour scholars even gasped a lot louder, obviously very angry.

However, people open their mouths and Guan Zhong shut their mouths about Mencius, citing scriptures and allusions in an orderly manner, making people want to refute it for a while, but they still have no way to start. Can they refute Guan Zhong or Mencius?Isn't this nonsense.

Kangxi was sitting on top of it, holding the tea bowl leisurely as if he was watching a play. No matter who spoke to him, he remained so calm, and no one could tell which side he was leaning towards in his heart. .

After a weird silence, Gao Shiqi who received the hint spoke again.

"Today, what we are objecting to is women's act of showing their faces, not the prohibition of people's livelihood, but the empress is stealing the beams and changing posts to confuse the public... The imperial concubine and empress are really sophistry geniuses." As he spoke, he bowed to her, as if admiring her, and said Undeniable irony.

Then he said: "The reason why some men are unable to support their families is simply that they don't have the opportunity. If the empress really cares about the belly of the common people, isn't it the same for recruiting men to work? Even men's physical strength, mental eloquence and eloquence are inferior in all aspects It is far better than women, and compared to women, it will definitely bring greater benefits to employers, and it is reasonable to get some more wages. In this way, isn’t it a win-win situation for merchants and ordinary people? It should be better.”

"Pian Niangniang bluntly ordered to exclude men and only recruit women. What is the intention of such behavior?"

Asked again "what is the intention".

Lin Shiyu just laughed, "It doesn't matter what my intentions are, what matters is what you want my intentions to be? Or to put it another way, what are your intentions for this palace?"

Isn't this almost equivalent to pointing their noses to ridicule them for their ill intentions?

Gao Shiqi's complexion changed, and he pressed on step by step, "Your Majesty, please don't gossip about him, and please tell me why you refuse to follow nature and give the opportunity of raising a family to a man, instead you insist on overcoming all difficulties." Do women in the world abandon their duties and rest in the room?"

Lin Shiyu looked at him with a foolish expression on his face, and said calmly and calmly: "First, this is not called restlessness, and second... Which is better for a family to have one income or two or three incomes?" Well, do you still need this palace to settle this account for you? There is no conflict between men and women, and joint efforts will only bring about a better life. Why can only one person work hard? They can’t be together Are you working hard? This nerve in Mr. Gao's mind should be moved, and next time, don't ask such... puzzling questions."

What's puzzling?Clearly, the question he asked was too stupid.

Gao Shiqi barely choked to death.

"The words are so clear. Is it still puzzling why this palace has such an order? Didn't Mr. Gao just say that men's physical strength and other aspects are far better than women? If this is the case, it means that men have choices. The scope is wider than that of women, and there are other jobs without this job, no matter how bad it is to move goods on the wharf, it is also a way."

"But women are different. Just looking at the attitudes of the adults, you can see how harsh and contemptuous this world is for women to show their faces. This is just to provide some help to needy poor families so that they can earn more. It's just an income, what's wrong?"

You tell her about etiquette and rules, and she tells you that the world has a big belly and the biggest belly, Guan Zhong opened his mouth and closed his mouth, and Mencius slapped his face.

You retort her that it is enough for a man to support the family, and it does not conflict with the warnings of the ancients. She satirizes you by saying that men are not enough for women to come up with it.

You question her for having ulterior motives, and she laughs at you like an idiot, asking stupid questions.

It can be said that it is a trick to dismantle the trick, and the oil and salt do not enter.

The ministers fell silent again, glanced at each other, all of them were depressed, ashamed and annoyed.

Really never dreamed that one day they would be silenced by a deep palace woman, it's just a joke!

Eyes full of condemnation and disapproval couldn't help but frequently turned to Lin Ruhai, who was beside him with an old god. What is a girl doing reading so many books?Look what this has become?Eloquent and eloquent, sophistication, where is the character that a woman should have?

"The imperial concubine is eloquent, I admire, admire." Suo Etu bowed to her with a half-smile, and sighed: "The imperial concubine seems to be a person who has read a lot of books, but I don't know if she has read "" "Women's Admonitions"? I vaguely remember that there seems to be some kind of women's words written in it?"

Women's morality is to teach women that they don't need to be rich and talented, and women's words are to teach women that they don't need to be eloquent and eloquent.

Such a question clearly means that she is immoral.

Lin Ruhai, who was watching his daughter's chatter with other Confucians with worry and pride, spoke at this moment, and said indifferently: "It's all right to flip through those things at will. The "Four Books and Five Classics" are justified. If you read them thoroughly, you will naturally know." Shu Dali, is there something wrong?"

What's wrong?What could be wrong?Who here has not grown up reading "Four Books and Five Classics"?Who can say anything bad?Who can say that the people who read these books don't know the rules and don't know the etiquette?

My good guy, I know where the sophistry of the imperial concubine came from. The co-author has a family background, and the father and daughter are in the same line.

Suo'etu, who was choked for a bit, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a fake smile: "The "Four Books and Five Classics" are of course excellent, but the girl should learn something that she should learn. Not necessarily a good thing."

"Why? I need others to tell me how to raise my own girl?" Lin Ruhai also scoffed at him unceremoniously, and said sarcastically, "Could it be that Suo Xiang thinks that women who read too much are not easy to be bullied, so I feel uncomfortable. How about happy?"

Lin Shiyu laughed.

Knowing that he couldn't win the war of words, Suo'etu no longer wanted to humiliate himself, and turned his head to Kangxi and said: "As a harem concubine, the imperial concubine has meddled in the people's livelihood. Big taboo, please punish severely!"

As soon as these words came out, those dumb and acid scholars immediately swept away the aggrieved and discouraged just now, and echoed with righteous words.

"Interfering in politics in the harem is a taboo, please punish me severely!"

"The imperial concubine has lost her morality. Such a deviant person is not worthy of being a model for the women in the harem. Please punish me severely!"

……

It's not all out of some selfishness to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fuss. Many acid scholars really find it difficult to accept women's publicity from the bottom of their hearts, and they hate Lin Shiyu's vigorous support. You can't press it down.

If you can't say it, you start to buckle your hat and force you?

Lin Shiyu's heart was full of mixed feelings for a while, and finally he was only full of absurdity.

Obviously, these people didn't listen to what she said just now. They cared more about their so-called "ethics" and whether women "kept their duty" than how the common people lived.

Perhaps in their hearts, even if a woman is starved to death, it shouldn't be indecent to show her face in public, right?Whether it is etiquette or ancient teachings, to put it bluntly, it is just a weapon they use to suppress women.

Extremely ridiculous, extremely shameless!

"emperor……"

Lin Ruhai was about to say something with a gloomy face, but suddenly there was a deafening thunder.

Everyone was startled, and they couldn't help but think of the incident when the Empress Dowager was struck by lightning. They were frightened and panicked for a while, and their eyes were full of fear when they looked at Lin Shiyu.

Kangxi couldn't calm down anymore, straightened his face, and sent Li Dequan out to check the situation.

As a result, when Li Dequan came in, his face was pale, and he said tremblingly: "There is a dark cloud over the entire palace, only the top of the palace, and it can't be seen from a distance." For some reason, the dark cloud seemed oppressive , just looking at it seems to be overwhelming.

Thunder strikes in such a huge capital city are only on top of the imperial palace, what else is there not to know?Although for the time being it was only thunder and rumbling and no lightning was falling, it was clear that God was not happy, and he came to help his daughter-in-law, the empress and concubine, to support and build momentum!Maybe suddenly I will hit someone who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth!

Kangxi's face immediately changed, he gritted his teeth and said, "Get out!" No matter what God wants to do, he must not be hacked in Qianqing Palace!

Qianqing Palace is his emperor's territory, if it is smashed to death by a thunderbolt like the Compassionate Palace, then he really can't explain it clearly, he has to bear the blame if he doesn't want to. Neither worked.

Thinking of this, Kangxi's face became even more gloomy, and as soon as the tea bowl was smashed, he drove these trembling and pale-faced ministers outside.

No way, no matter how afraid I am, I can only quit obediently.

A large piece of huge dark cloud is pressing on the top of the head, as if the sky has become a lot shorter in an instant, and purple lightning crackling can be seen from time to time in the dark cloud, as if the sky above the head is about to be divided into two. Accompanied by the deafening rumbling thunder, the sense of oppression was even greater, and everyone felt fearful, and even sat on the ground with their legs limp and their buttocks.

Kangxi also stood at the gate of Qianqing Palace, narrowing his eyes slightly to look at the lightning and thunder in the sky. At this moment, he suddenly saw a bolt of lightning falling with lightning speed, and it went straight to the direction of the ministers as if he had eyes. ... There was a loud noise, broken bricks flew across, and there were screams.

Seeing such a horrific scene with their own eyes, everyone was terrified. Even Kangxi's face turned pale in an instant, and fear arose spontaneously.

As suddenly as when it came, the oppressive dark clouds above the head dissipated instantly after this flash of lightning, and disappeared without a trace, leaving only the mess that clearly told everyone that the scene just now was not a dream.

A large area of ​​scorched black ground, a few figures fell on the ground lifeless, a little closer can smell an unpleasant smell blowing towards the face, as if it was a mixture of burnt clothes and hair, vaguely as if still alive Mixed with the slightest smell of meat?I don't know which unlucky egg was burnt and a piece of meat failed?

"Why does it seem like there is still a foul smell?" A guard muttered.

The people next to him echoed: "Indeed there is, maybe someone was frightened crazy."

After the guards carefully counted them, they found out that only Suo'etu, Li Guangdi, Mingzhu and others were struck by the lightning.

"Could it be life-threatening?"

"It's not life-threatening, but it's more or less fleshy, and I'm afraid it needs to be scraped off."

Can't scrape the meat and remove the bones?

hiss--

Kangxi couldn't help sucking his back teeth, waved his hands and told them to go home. The moment he turned around and stepped into the Qianqing Palace, he suddenly realized something...these people who were hacked were not all desperately clamoring for it just now. The one who abolished the imperial concubine?

"Tsk, you are really God's daughter."

Lin Shiyu pursed her lips slightly, without saying anything, and followed him into Qianqing Palace.

Although a sudden accident disrupted the rhythm and sent away the group of ministers, what should be said should be discussed with Kangxi, so as not to make this person suspicious.

"emperor……"

"Okay, sit down and talk." Kangxi drank a sip of tea to suppress his shock, but the expression on his face was much more relaxed, "You don't have to worry, I can still see clearly what kind of person you are after asking myself these few years. Each minister has his own thoughts, so it’s not uncommon for him to come here as soon as he opens his mouth, but he hates that his hat isn’t high enough.”

"However, since you have read a lot of poetry and books, you should know the views of those literati on this matter. You should be able to count on what happened today. Why do you do this? You would rather do this at the risk of being criticized by those literati. Why exactly?"

Lin Shiyu let out a long sigh, and said a little sullenly: "The concubine just feels sorry for those women. There is such a line in the "Book of Songs" that I still remember—"It is a man who gives birth to a bed, a bed for sleeping, clothes for clothes, "Zai Nong's zhang; it is a place to give birth to a girl, a place to sleep, a bag to carry clothes, and a tile to carry Nong." From this, it is enough to see the world of difference between boys and girls since ancient times."

"If it's just different treatment, it's fine. The problem is that because of this kind of thinking, many poor people will choose to abandon the mountain and throw them into the water after giving birth to their daughters. If they are lucky, they may barely save a life. Eight out of ten But Jiu has only one way to die, either being eaten by wild beasts or being drowned, what's more, he will strangle the baby girl to death, drown and fall to death with his own hands... How cruel is that?"

"The concubines don't have that much ability to change people's minds. They just think, maybe a little more income will make the family less poor, so they won't be so cruel? Maybe women can also earn a little money to add bricks to the dilapidated roof of the family Add a piece of tile, add two taels of meat and a bowl of rice to the poor dining table at home... instead of just the so-called money-losing goods, will you be willing to keep the baby girl? Even if it is only a small part."

"Perhaps the emperor thinks that the concubine's ideas are too naive, but the concubine still wants to give it a try. To tell the truth, the concubine will still want to blow this wind to every corner of the Qing Dynasty in the future, even if it can only save so many people. For a small number of poor children, the concubine thinks this is worth it."

Kangxi was stunned, obviously he never thought of such a reason, but when he thought about the "ban on footbinding" she mentioned earlier, he felt that such an idea is not so absurd, and even quite reasonable , it really seemed like something she could do.

For a while, he was not in a hurry to speak, and the finger in his hand couldn't help turning.

Lin Shiyu lowered her head, but her heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

Her real purpose is naturally to highlight the importance of women and improve her status, but can she honestly explain this to Kangxi?Courting death is not.

However, although such rhetoric was thought out in order to cover up the real intention, it was not completely false. She sincerely hoped that one day in the future, when the wind was strong enough, some beautiful changes would be ushered in.

While Lin Shiyu was waiting for Kangxi's reaction with serious heart, the news about her verbal war against Confucians in Qianqing Palace spread quickly.