Chapter 415 Can hair storage change the fate of the country?
Is the prohibition of foot binding the reason for the reversal of the Ming Dynasty? Dorgon sounded a bit ridiculous and was about to send Fan Wencheng away to tell him to stop talking nonsense.
As a result, Fan Wencheng saw that Dorgon did not believe him, so he told an enhanced version of Zhu Youjian's statement about foot binding affecting the national destiny that he had heard from the businessman.
Why is this thing getting more and more mysterious the more I hear it? Dorgon was a little unsure. Seeing Dorgon's change in attitude, Fan Wencheng quickly followed up and added some of the things he had recently thought about!
"Fan Shangshu, it seems that the Ming Dynasty has indeed increased its combat power a lot after letting women go! According to your statement, will their national power be able to increase further?"
"My lord, it seems like this. The more women you let go, the more healthy men you will have. This is definitely not a good thing for our country!"
"According to this, how should we solve it? There is nothing we can do to stop the Ming Dynasty's decree of relaxation."
"Your Majesty, regarding letting go, the Ming Dynasty has an undisclosed statement! It's just that the slaves dare not speak out."
"What excuse? What are you afraid to say! Say it quickly!"
"Your Majesty, this matter is related to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, and I really dare not say anything about it."
"What kind of ancestral system? I forgive you, please tell me quickly."
"It's about people in the Qing Dynasty shaving their hair and growing braids. The court in the Ming Dynasty said that their problem was women's feet, while the problem in the Qing Dynasty was men's heads. If you don't grow your hair, you will receive too much yang energy and be too strong.
!If it is too strong, it will break easily and cannot maintain prosperity for a long time.”
"What? There is such talk? It is an ancestral tradition for the people of the Qing Dynasty to shave their hair and keep pigtails. How can there be such consequences as you said? You are a slave, maybe you are talking nonsense for the Han people's personal gain, right?"
After Ergon heard Fan Wencheng's nonsense, he became angry. The first thing he thought was that Fan Wencheng was looking for an excuse to persuade him to issue an order to let the Han people resume growing their hair.
Are you kidding? Through the hair-cutting order, the Han people were made to formally submit to the rule of the Manchus, thereby creating servility in their hearts. This is what the Manchus have been doing. How can we talk nonsense when it comes to national affairs?
Seeing that Dorgon was angry, Fan Wencheng was so frightened that he quickly knelt down, kowtowed to Dorgon and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I have absolutely no selfish motives! This was said when the court of the Ming Dynasty was discussing the matter of letting go.
Chen Yan, a cabinet scholar. After hearing this, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty immediately issued a hush-hush order, strictly forbidding the courtiers present at the time to tell the outside world about the incident. Therefore, the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty only talked about the impact of footbinding on the national destiny. The slaves listened.
After Ming Shang made these remarks, he went to great lengths to verify the matter and used a lot of connections to confirm that the matter was indeed discussed in the imperial commentary of the Ming Dynasty."
"Is this true?"
"Seriously! There were many courtiers of the Ming Dynasty present at that time, and the prince can confirm this matter through channels."
In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has become much stricter in intelligence management and official control, which made it very difficult for the Manchu and Qing intelligence networks to operate in the Ming Dynasty. However, they still had the means to contact some courtiers. To engage in this kind of intelligence that did not require any details, they still
There are some channels.
Seeing the certainty of what Fan Wencheng said, Dorgon was a little shaken. Is this really true? "Step back first! I will try to find a way to confirm this matter."
Siluke
How can this kind of rumor-like thing be confirmed? Even if the Ming Dynasty was sieved by them, they would not be able to get a definite answer, not to mention that their current channels are very limited. Superstitious things, when you start
When you are tall and experiencing anxiety, you will fall into it in most cases.
After Fan Wencheng left, Dorgon became more and more anxious. Especially after coming into contact with the information received by the intelligence department, he became even more anxious. The people of the Ming Dynasty must have done something wrong in this matter, otherwise how could they do everything they could to do it? Keeping the work secret? Not only was a hush-hush order given to the officials who attended the meeting that day, but the matter of how hair shaving could affect the fate of the country was never discussed again at the subsequent court meeting. There are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me, there are so many things to say. Ergon's state of mind at this time.
Dorgon, who had been troubled by this matter for more than ten days, finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to find a reliable and authoritative person to ask. "Scholar Chuanhong, come to see me!"
Comrade Lao Hong has now become Dorgon's all-around expert and consults him on all kinds of problems. When Dorgon told Hong Chengchou about the rumors told by Fan Wencheng, Lao Hong was filled with excitement. What the hell is this thing called? Ruling the country depends on this thing? It's too unreliable! But after thinking about it, he felt that this matter seemed to be an opportunity. Due to his special status and identity, Hong Chengchou has not shaved his hair until now. Without shaving his hair, he was in the Qing Dynasty. He seemed a little out of place in the court. If everyone had grown their hair, he would be more comfortable and blend in better with the Manchu court.
"Your Majesty, it is difficult for foreign ministers to judge this matter. There is no way to judge the authenticity of this kind of thing. However, from the history books, there seems to be some truth. Since the Five Dynasties, the practice of foot binding has become popular, and the soldiers in the Central Plains have become extremely weak. Foot binding The wind is particularly strong in the north and south, and there are many weak soldiers in these two areas."
"So, what do you think, if you don't grow your hair, it will be strong and easy to break? Both the Liao, Jin and Mongolian Yuan Dynasties had their hair shaved. It seems that they are fierce soldiers and lack of strength!" Hong Chengchou is the best at this art of speech. He only said at first Regarding the matter of foot binding, historical allusions were used to strengthen the impression that foot binding would affect combat effectiveness. However, he did not say much about the matter of shaving his head. He left the judgment to Dorgon and let him think for himself. With the previous foreshadowing, I believe that Dorgon Gon will make appropriate decisions.
After talking to Hong Chengchou, Dorgon couldn't sleep even more. He specially asked people to find historical books and verify them. After several days of verification, the more he checked, the more plausible the rumors brought by Fan Wencheng were.
This is how the Ming Dynasty's national destiny started! No wonder the wars in the past few years have suffered a lot! The national destiny must be reversed as soon as possible, otherwise won't the Qing Dynasty suffer even more losses?
"Everyone! The situation is what Fan Shangshu said, so how should we decide next?" Summoning the Manchu nobles and Han ministers together, Dorgon asked Fan Wencheng to present the relevant information he had collected to the court. I said it once and then let the nobles make the decision!
"Prince Regent, do we really want to abandon the ancestral system and grow our hair?" Daishan, the oldest, listened to Fan Wencheng's vernacular and observed Dorgon's attitude, and expressed his attitude in a questioning manner. , he had concerns about this matter in his heart.
"The king was also a little hesitant and didn't know how to make a decision, so he discussed the matter with everyone. If a decision was made, there would be no need for everyone to make it so difficult." Dorgon felt that he did not need to take responsibility for this kind of thing, so as not to cause trouble. All dressed up in coquettishness. Anyway, the facts are here. What matters is the national destiny of the entire Qing Dynasty, and it is better for everyone to make the decision together.
"I think what Fan Wencheng said seems to make sense. I would rather believe it than believe it." Seeing that everyone was hesitant, Queen Mother Bumubutai became anxious! The matter being discussed concerns her. She thought it would be better to make her attitude clear about her son's status.