As soon as the court meeting ended, Chen Yan hurried home. After arriving at home, he did not do anything else and directly ordered all family members to gather in the lobby, especially the female relatives.
The Chen family quickly gathered in the hall, and then Chen Yan said in a serious tone: "From today on, all the female relatives in the family, including slaves, are allowed to have their feet free. No girls are allowed to have their feet bound anymore. If I find someone secretly
For foot binding, I will break her legs first and then drive her out of the house."
"Master, why did you suddenly have a fit and say such nonsense? It is ancient law for women to have their feet bound. Are there any people who are not allowed to have their feet bound? If they don't have their feet bound, how can the female family members go out to meet people?" Chen Yan's wife listened to Chen Yan's instructions.
, I felt like a big speechless incident had happened. What kind of illness did my master have? He rushed to the house and said such nonsense.
"You're a woman, don't talk nonsense. Binding a woman's feet is a major event that affects the fate of the country and her family. Feet are the things that take root, and the sky's feet can absorb the earth's energy. If the feet are bound, the earth's energy will not be enough, and the yin and yang of the child will not match.
, can only stay in the nest and have no far-reaching power."
"Master, where did you hear this weird theory? Is it so unreasonable?" Chen Yan's words did not convince the old wife. Instead, she looked at her husband with a strange look.
"What is a strange theory? This is the truth that was discussed in the court today. Why has the country never been able to win against Jianlu? It's because our soldiers are all women with small feet and have no long-distance power! Why did Chengzu go on several expeditions to the desert without victory?
?Because our Queen Ma has big feet. This is the destiny of the country, and let’s talk about the destiny of the family. A few days ago, you bound the feet of the eldest daughter. I heard that I was upset, so I asked the elder to go on. I didn’t want to coincide with the way of heaven, so I did it in the court today.
With this happy event, Your Majesty appointed me to be the governor of the Ming Dynasty New Style Movement, and the admiral to take charge of the official and civil conduct matters of the country!"
Chen's speech was very clear and logical, and the whole family was dumbfounded. The truth seemed to be true. It was related to the fate of the country and the family, and it should not be taken lightly. That night, all the female relatives of the Chen family threw their foot bindings into the fire and burned them.
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Some things are extremely difficult to do with normal words, but using such nonsense expressions, the effect is surprisingly good. That is to say, it was just announced in the court, and it has not been officially issued and implemented. In the past few days, various
This rumor began to spread widely in the streets and alleys of the capital.
After handling official matters for a day, Zhu Youjian had just arrived at the harem when he saw a group of female relatives in the palace gathered around a fire and threw things to burn. When he walked over, he saw that they were all throwing footcloths.
After meeting the queen, she was even complained about, saying, "Why didn't you tell the palace first about such a big matter concerning the fate of the country? How long did this delay take? How many national affairs will be affected by this small amount of time?"
It doesn’t matter that the people in the harem were affected by the rumors, but a group of people in the court were also busy with this. Zhou Yanru and others have been desperately looking through classical and historical books recently, and the more they read, the more shocked they are. Indeed, before the Song Dynasty,
There is no record of women's foot binding in the history books. The most important thing is the record of foot binding, which is closely related to several famous subjugated kings. For example, Empress Li especially doted on a concubine with bound feet, Song Huizong and Song Lizong.
There are quite a lot of documents about foot binding when the emperor was in office. What does this mean? It simply confirms the fallacy created by Zhu Youjian.
"Your Majesty, the foot-binding order is prohibited. Let's publish a notice and announce it to the world tomorrow. We can't delay it any longer. One more day of delay will affect the fate of the country." Zhou Yanru was so frightened by the information found that he could not sleep at night, so early in the morning.
Then he ran over and urged Rang to issue the edict.
"Many of the details of the New Wind Movement have not yet been finalized. Should we wait until the details are released and send them out in one piece? Otherwise, it will be confusing to send one message today and another message tomorrow." Is it that urgent? We can't wait until all the details are discussed.
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"You can put off other things, but you can't put off this matter! I've been checking the books for the past two days, and I'm very flustered. I don't know who the wicked ghost is, and he has devised such a desperate plan against our Han people. If he finds out, he will definitely
This Han thieves must be specially biographed in the history books so that he will be remembered forever. Since the Song Dynasty, some corrupt scholars have written articles praising footbinding. These people are also Han thieves and must not be treated lightly." When Zhou Yanru said this, he gritted his teeth.
, looking at Lao Zhou, if these people were alive, he would definitely fight them to the death.
People have been dead for hundreds of years. Who do you, Lao Zhou, do this to show you? I really think these people have a sworn hatred for you. When doing business, I don’t see you being so active.
"Let the Hanlin Academy seize the time to prepare the entire edict before issuing it. The matter is indeed urgent, but there can be no confusion in the rush, otherwise mistakes will be made."
In the end, Zhu Youjian insisted that it would be better if all the provisions of the New Style Movement were drafted in one piece.
The ban on foot-binding may be the only imperial order that has not been officially issued but has been widely responded to by the people. After Zhu Youjian spread the rumor in the court, it spread widely in the capital as if it had wings. At first, it was the family members of important ministers.
The rumor spread, and then the whole family members of the officials spread it. In the end, the whole capital began to burn footbinding cloths. The rumors became more and more mysterious as they spread, and various roadside societies tried their best to add things to it. It felt that if they were not enough, it would immediately lead to the destruction of the country and the family.
After Li Yuting finished studying at the Business and Management Science School, he rushed home. He had a ten-day break tomorrow and could have a good day's rest at home.
As a result, when he arrived home, he found his mother crying while holding his father's memorial tablet at home.
"Mom, what happened? Why are you crying? But someone bullied you?"
"Ting'er, nothing happened to my mother. I just feel sorry for your father and your grandfather."
What's going on? My father and grandfather have been dead for many years. Why do I cry when I think about something I'm sorry for? "Mom, are you thinking about your father and grandfather again?"
"Oh, it was your mother who caused your father and grandfather to leave early. Your maternal grandmother did not have feet bound, so our family was in good shape at that time, but when she was born, she had to bind her feet, so that when your grandfather was an official in Liaodong
Something happened. Later, when I was giving birth to you, I tied my foot because of the pain. In those few years, our family's situation got better. However, my mother refused to change her ways and bound her foot again. Your father went to the Central Plains for business and had the problem again.
Things. All these things that happen in the family are caused by the bound feet of the mother. Who would have thought that binding the feet of the female family members would affect the ability of the family to do far-reaching things?"
Li Yuting was so confused by my mother's logic that he couldn't speak. He took a breath and said, "Mom, is this thing so mysterious? There are many people who bind their feet, and I haven't seen anything happen to them."
"What is Xuanhu? In the past few years, because I had to work, it was inconvenient to bind my feet, so my mother let them go. Do you think our family's luck has changed? You have been successful! Fortunately, my mother let it go when she was pregnant with you and when she gave birth to you.
Feet, because I have to work for the past two years, my feet have not been bound. That is why my son has grown up so smoothly. Foot binding is really a bad thing, Ting'er, when I get engaged to you in the future, you must take good care of the woman's feet. Never marry a woman with small feet.
Come in." The most fearful thing about everything is association, especially this kind of superstitious activity. Everything can be connected together when thinking about it. Li Yuting's mother thought of the disaster at home and her own foot binding.