Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Chapter 357

The next day, the prince told the sage about his husband and wife's plan.

The sage looked at the usually calm prince, and showed a rare look of agitation. He didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, but he still reminded him: "At the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, the Tai/Zu once issued an order to ban feet. But after a few years Later, due to the lack of success, Jiangnan Shilin opposed fiercely and had to withdraw the imperial edict. Now, if this matter is brought up again, the opposition may be stronger than before. Cheng Xian, think about it carefully. I'm afraid that you will end up in the end, and it will be difficult to end."

"Father, I know how much you cherish and love me. But since I know about this, and know that someone has harmed my father's people, even if I sacrifice myself, I will get rid of the bad habit of binding feet."

The sage pondered for a while, and then said: "Since you think so, just let go and do it. Father will support you in everything."

The prince got up, saluted the saint, and said solemnly: "My son thanked my father. I will go all out to complete this matter."

Then he changed his expression of dependence and admiration, "I know that my father will definitely help my son."

The sage was worried, but he didn't want his son. He lost his vigor and stopped moving forward.Still pointing to him, he said: "Chengxian, do you know what those men who support bound feet and admire the three-inch golden lotus are for?"

"Father, tell me." The prince showed a curious expression.

The saint smiled mysteriously. "Chengxian, first find out the reason why men like women with bound feet, and abolish the matter of bound feet, and then you can succeed immediately."

"Father playing tricks on his son?" The prince expressed his grievance.

"No. There are many things. Only by grasping the root of them can one blow kill and one move be effective. You have to find out the reasons for Tai/zu's foot ban and the failure, and then do it again, so as to avoid repeating the same mistakes."

"Yes, I thank my father for teaching." The prince respectfully saluted the sage, drafted some important notes, first drafted his own opinions, presented them to the sage, and then listened to the sage's explanation.In individual places, he also discussed with saints.When father and son work together, the atmosphere is peaceful. Although it is slow, the sage teaches his son, seeing that his son understands quickly and can have his own opinions, it is also refreshing.

After approving the important papers, the sage said: "Chengxian, I will approve the rest slowly. Go and do that."

"Yes, Father."

The prince saluted and bid farewell to the saint.

The sage looked at the work piled up on the imperial case and left it for himself, shook his head, picked up his pen, and looked at it carefully.Within an hour, he began to shrug his shoulders, shake his head, and shake his stiff waist from side to side.Liang Jiu came over immediately and reached out to massage the saint's shoulders.

"I'm old," the saint sighed full of emotion, "I feel my shoulders are stiff and my neck is sore just now."

"The sage is not old." Liang Jiu quickly replied with a smile, "The sage clearly has the prince to do it for you on weekdays. Now if you do it yourself, you will feel uncomfortable everywhere."

"You old bastard, you know everything clearly." The saint was proud of himself, and pretended to spit on Liang Jiu, thinking that he had exposed himself.

Liang Jiu smiled, put more force on his hands, and pressed half a stick of incense before retreating.He changed the holy man to a cup of hot tea, and then returned to the appearance of a wooden sculpture, not far from the imperial case, standing with bowed head and hands held together.

The sage took a few sips of hot tea, picked up his pen again, and reviewed the notebooks.

In fact, the prince knew very well the cause of women's footbinding. At first, women were so beautiful.The bound feet are slender and slender, dancing beautifully, just like the high heels and corsets of modern women.But the foot binding has developed to the point where it is twisted and three-inch golden lotuses have to be wrapped. This is no longer the original, simple love of beauty.There are many weak men and unspeakable selfish desires mixed here.

A woman who binds her feet will be bad at first.Naturally, their husbands can imprison women at home without any effort, reducing or even eliminating the opportunities for women to go out and meet other men; Scholars with the power to bind chickens can also show that they are strong.

Secondly, from an anatomical point of view, a woman with bound feet can only use the heel and the outside of the foot to touch the ground. If she wants to stand up straight or walk steadily, she must have a splayed foot in order to achieve balance.This requires exerting force on the outside of the thigh, and at the same time tightening the muscles of the lower abdomen and pelvis.Foot binding starts at the age of five or six, and when women get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, the muscles in the thighs and pelvic regions of footbound girls will become stronger and stronger.

Finally, there are some men who like to see those women with bound feet showing their graceful posture like willow branches in the wind while walking.

Either way, footbinding is only harmful and not beneficial to women.

As for the rest, what sniffing, gnawing, etc., are purely the psychology of perverts.

The prince first went to Yushitai to find Zhang Zan.

Zhang Zan was very surprised that the prince came to look for him.Since the prince started to listen to the government after he got married, he followed the sage all day long to deal with business in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.All the ministers sent by the sage to the East Palace are idle.In the new year, the prince also told everyone to go wherever he likes and what is suitable for him, so he can go there and do whatever he wants.

So Zhang Zan found a Yushitai who was suitable for him and who was picky about people.

"May I ask His Royal Highness, what's the matter with Xunchen?"

Zhang Zan was still stern and expressionless.The prince privately thought that he was more suitable to go to the Ministry of Punishment.

Zhang Zan, the number one scholar, also gave lectures to the prince.In his daily life, he is rigorous.Both the crown prince and Jia Amnesty were planted in his hands.Therefore, if they are facing Zhang Zan, both of them will first check themselves, whether they have done something wrong.The two of them never took the initiative to find Zhang Zan.

So today, it was the crown prince who came to look for Zhang Zan, so Zhang Zan couldn't help being surprised.

"I came here alone to find Mr. Zhang for a half-private and half-public matter."

"Oh?" Is there such a saying?A private matter is a private matter, and a public matter is a public matter, so why do you say that it is half-private and half-public!

"His Royal Highness, please speak."

Zhang Zan is a serious person, and he can be regarded as a kind person without a straight face.Although facing the prince now, although he is respectful, he is also ruthless.The prince could guess what was going on in his heart—when he was on duty, talking about private matters, hum!But who calls himself a prince, even if he has different opinions, he has to listen first.

"It's a private matter. One is because Enhou entrusted Gu and the Crown Princess to take care of Mrs. Zhang before he went to guard the border. The other is for the Taifu. The Taifu is Gu's teacher, and Gu should also take care of Mrs. Zhang."

Zhang Zan nodded, and when he mentioned his sister, his face softened a little.

"Junior Sister's dystocia, although the danger was saved in the end, Gu and the Crown Princess still feel uneasy thinking about it. The high court sentenced her to Rongguo Mansion as an accident. But if the root cause of the dystocia is not solved, it is inevitable that Junior Sister will not meet again in the future." .”

The prince's words successfully aroused Zhang Zan's interest.

"His Royal Highness, you said that my sister's dystocia was man-made? Is it changeable? Is it preventable in the future?" Zhang Zan did not forget that the day and night when his sister gave birth to a daughter, he almost lost his old father and mother He sent the two elders around in a hurry, but there was nothing they could do.

"That's right. Junior sister's dystocia. On the surface, it's because the fetus is obese. In fact, it has a huge relationship with junior sister's eating too much and lacking in activities during pregnancy."

This is reasonable and true.My sister was thin when her eldest son was born, and when she was pregnant with her niece, she heard that she ate more.And my sister's temperament has never been like walking around.

"Master Zhang, don't tell Gu that my junior sister has never liked to walk around. Now that you have sons and daughters, you have seen lively and healthy children who don't like to walk around? Junior sister doesn't like to walk around, so I really bind her feet." It's fundamentally related."

Zhang Zan's face immediately changed. If the prince was not in front of him, he would be full of punches.How can a woman's feet be taken out?

The prince doesn't care about Zhang Zan's stinky face, anyway, you dare not do it anyway, and you can't beat Gu.

He went on to say: "Master Zhang has also read some medical books, and he also knows that no matter men or women, they must move around every day, otherwise they will be in danger of hurting their flesh from sitting for a long time. Women in the fields, who work in four seasons, rarely have dystocia. It is inseparable from those women who still walk around every day after they are pregnant. If you don’t believe it, you might as well go to the imperial hospital and seek confirmation from the imperial physician.”

Zhang Zan gritted his teeth, "What exactly does the prince want to say?"

"Let junior sister let her feet go. From now on, walk more every day to make her body stronger. Junior sister is only [-] years old, but she can't walk freely because of her bound feet. If she suffers from dystocia again, it will not make the old lady sad."

Zhang Zan's expressionless paralyzed face was defeated by the prince's words.His complexion changed drastically, changing back and forth, but he had to admit in his heart that what the prince said made sense.

"His Royal Highness, sister-in-law is married, this matter..." Zhang Zan was in a dilemma, but what should he say.What if the brother-in-law objects?

"Let Mrs. Taifu talk about it."

Zhang Zan nodded, "Okay, I'll ask my mother to persuade my sister."

When my younger sister had her feet bound, she herself opposed it, but her mother was persuaded by the wives who came and went, saying that all the noble daughters in the capital had their feet bound.If my younger sister doesn't bind her feet, she won't be able to marry a good family in the future.And my mother was often ridiculed by those feet-bound wives because she didn't have feet bound. Slowly, my mother seldom went out.In the past few years, with the smooth flow of father's official career, mother has not been ridiculed.

Now, in order to survive, my brother-in-law is not at home anyway, so let him go first.Nothing matters more than life!

"Master Zhang, this is the private half. The public half is that all women in the world are mothers, sisters, and daughters. Who would be willing to let their mothers, sisters, and daughters be unable to walk because of bound feet? , and finally got into trouble during production?"

Zhang Zan understood what the prince meant.

"His Royal Highness is going to re-issue the foot order?"

The prince shook his head. "Grandfather's prestige, he finally had to withdraw the order to release the feet. Gu Xiang asks Mr. Zhang, ask the men who like footbinding, what's so good about footbinding?"

"This matter, please leave it to Mr. Zhang. Anyone who thinks footbinding is good can play it in various forms such as poems and prose. The solitary general will choose the best one and give rewards."

The prince continued with a smile: "Reward him and the woman for sharing the benefits of foot binding. But Mr. Zhang, don't let this reward out."

Zhang Zan's mouth could fit an egg.

The crown prince patted Zhang Zan on the shoulder, not feeling at all that he had thrown a bullet into the head of this typical scholar.He left without hesitation, leaving behind Zhang Zan, Zhang Zhuangyuan, whose mind was full of storms.

——Isn’t this, isn’t this digging holes for people?

Zhang Zan feels that his outlook on life and values ​​have all been challenged like never before.