Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 135 Zhu Yuanzhang asked why foot binding was banned? Forbidden for the country and the nation!

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite surprised when Zhang Cheng said this, but at the same time he happily dragged a chair in front of Zhang Cheng, patted the grass stalks and soil on his body, looked at Zhang Cheng and said:
"Mr. Zhang, do you really think foot binding should be strictly prohibited?"

"Of course!"

Zhang Cheng nodded and was about to tell the reason he had thought up on the way, so he held out five fingers:
"I have five reasons."

"Mr. Zhang, please speak."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully.

"First, from a broad perspective, foot binding is detrimental to the healthy development of the country and nation!"

"Although we haven't established our own country yet, we will in the future!"

"I mentioned in the book about fertility that I gave to my superior and my wife before that the physical and mental health of the mother greatly affects the development and smooth growth of the fetus."

"Because once a woman's feet are bound, it will be difficult for her to strengthen her physique through exercise and make it easier to give birth. Not only will she be more likely to have dystocia, but it will also increase her gloominess due to inconvenience in movement and year-round pain, which will make the child she raises more difficult. He also became gloomy and weak."

"Fifth, from the perspective of etiquette, this is an opportunity to deny the old etiquette, teach us to restore China, follow reality and establish a new etiquette governing program!"

"Exactly!"

"So, it is better to establish the ruling authority of our rebel army at this time through the decree banning foot binding!"

"Secondly, from a small perspective, if foot binding is not curbed, will the upper class become a prominent family in the future, and will the same be true for their female relatives, which will affect the family tradition of the upper class and become weak?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Zhang Cheng said, he also looked at the little girls sipping hot cakes in the courtyard.

Zhang Cheng did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang could draw inferences from one instance, so he continued:

"In addition, it is only popular among scholar-bureaucrats now. Once the popularity starts to move down and all women of the common people are like this, wouldn't it mean that all Han women in the world are weak and the pain of childbirth is unbearable, which will make the Han people more and more weak? , population growth will also be affected?”

"At that time, once the government orders were not able to be circulated smoothly, if we tried to establish our authority, it would affect the overall combat situation!"

"This undoubtedly shows that the old rituals are not only against ethical virtues but also against the righteousness of the world, so they should be reformed, and the reform starts with the ban on foot binding!"

"Because according to the ancients, the body, hair and skin are affected by the parents. Footbinding is a denial of filial piety and forcing your daughter to not observe filial piety! Moreover, this is also the natural way of not seeking truth from facts!"

"This applies to the entire country and nation. If the people of this country and nation have their feet bound, especially the meat-eaters, then the people of the entire country and nation, especially the rulers, will be gloomy and weak, and they will not be able to take important matters seriously. The country and the nation are more vulnerable and can be bullied."

Ma also looked over, touched the little girl's head lovingly, and said:
"According to what Mr. Zhang said, this is indeed not a trivial matter, it is a major matter that needs to be done immediately! It's my wife's fault!"

"Fourth, from a recent perspective, footbinding started in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was an old ritual and bad habit that satisfied the philanthropy of scholar-bureaucrats. Now our Chuzhou Rebel Army has just unified and established a basic governing program, and it is also clear In order to control the government offices of various ministries, it is time to get rid of a bad habit to express our position and establish our ruling authority!"

"The fact that your hair can grow even after it is shaved shows that God's will allows people and their parents to grow it, so it is not against nature. However, if it cannot grow after binding feet, it is against God's will!"

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking.

"Thirdly, from a long-term perspective, this foot-binding was originally just a foot-binding, but now it is a toe-binding. If it continues to develop, the little girl will have her feet broken and bound!"

"We can't wait until we have to fight to cross the river and mobilize food and civilian power before establishing our ruling authority, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought, frowning and thinking, while nodding: "We in the Datong Society want to seek truth from facts and follow nature. Now it seems that foot binding is indeed contrary to the philosophy of our Datong Society!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this: "In this way, it does have a great influence and cannot be underestimated! Datong Society wants to seek wealth and honor for the people all over the world. How can we be rich if our mother is not strong?"

"The script should follow nature and be formed by nature. Forcibly going against God's will is undoubtedly going against heaven!"

Zhang Cheng then looked at the girls in the courtyard and said:
"In any case, sir, look at these little girls in front of you. You can't bear to see girls like them. In the future, just to satisfy the literati's habit of messing with heaven and human relations, if they continue to develop like this, they will have to do it when they are young. If your feet are broken and bound, when you grow up and get pregnant and give birth, will it still be more painful and difficult to give birth because your feet are bound and you can't use your strength to give birth?"

"Mr. Zhang said that foot binding is strictly prohibited at this time!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said this.

Zhang Cheng went on to say: "In order for the people of the world to stop foot-binding, those who disobey the order should be punished. Corresponding disciplinary regulations should be promulgated. All civil and military officials in our rebel army should also require this. At the same time, in order to put an end to foot-binding, On the grounds of bad customs, all civil and military officials are required not to marry foot-bound women as wives or concubines, otherwise, once discovered, they will be dismissed from their posts!"

"Because we have decided to enlighten the people and educate them, those who are unwilling to cooperate with the decree are no longer required."

"In addition, most of the people who have feet bound now are women from wealthy and wealthy families. Taking this as an order can also delay the civil and military officials of our rebel army, especially the rebel brothers who came from grassroots commoners, from being prematurely won over by landlords and bureaucrats through marriage. As one body, it can give us more time to awaken the people and prevent the rebel brothers from becoming the in-laws of the landlords and bureaucrats in large numbers before the people have been awakened too much, collaborating with them, and starting to fight openly and covertly. We, Datong Society, awaken the people’s ideas.”

After Zhang Cheng said this, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed very much: "Absolutely!"

At this time, Ma brought hot cakes again.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to take it, but was beaten back by Ma.

"handwashing!"

But Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to take back his hand angrily and go to the side to wash his hands.

Zhang Cheng added here: "Here, it is better for scholar-officials to be punished more severely than civilians, because punishment is not to distinguish between noble and inferior, but to ensure that etiquette is not biased. However, scholar-officials know books and etiquette, but they take the initiative to bias etiquette. "If you violate the law of heaven, you should be punished more severely. The common people do not know the book and are ignorant of etiquette. This is just a mistake made by the scholar-bureaucrats, so a light punishment is enough."

"Besides, right now we need to quickly let the people eat more, make more weapons, and learn more, and we can't punish them too harshly in terms of criminal laws." Zhu Yuanzhang came back after washing his hands, took the hot cake from Ma's hand, and said while eating:

"That's it. If a scholar-official violates the ban on foot-binding, he will be imprisoned! If a commoner violates the ban on foot-binding, he will be punished with twenty sticks and five measures of grain as a fine."

"That's okay."

Zhang Cheng replied and said: "It is better to set up a department of women and children, and let the wife take charge of the department of women and children in the name of the Prime Minister's wife. She will be responsible for taking some strong women to various checkpoints or directly going to some people's backyards to check whether there is foot binding. Then Send some soldiers to cooperate, so as to prevent the rebel brothers from asking the rebel brothers to go directly to the female relatives of the soldiers and increase the resistance among the soldiers and the people."

At this time, Ma brought tea to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a glass first, took a sip, and said:

"That's right!"

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang added: "Since this is indeed not a trivial matter, the person who laughed at the girl before should be arrested by the people from the Guards Department and carefully questioned about his crime of mocking decent people for no reason in a busy city!"

"Since we, Lao Zhu, have decided to implement the concept of Datong, treat the people as human beings, and give them certain dignity and rights, the first thing we must give is that we cannot allow the people to be humiliated at will, not even ordinary people!"

"If someone is suspected of committing a crime, the government officials can interrogate and punish him, but he cannot be scolded or humiliated without reason."

"Let's start with the guy who mocked our girl!"

"We want to ask why he violated the order we issued a long time ago that the soldiers and the people should live in harmony and not bully each other!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he ordered Wu Liang beside him: "Go and capture him."

Wu Liang raised his hand and said yes.

Now the escort tasks of the rebel consuls have been transferred to the Arch Guard Division, and the former soldiers have also been incorporated into the Arch Guard Division.

Therefore, Wu Liang now also belongs to the officer of the Arch Guard Department and can directly take people.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw his wife Ma being laughed at by the rich dude in the silk shop, he did not get angry on the spot because he was worried that Ma was pregnant at the time, but he had already signaled to those around him to follow the person.

Therefore, Wu Liang and other officers and soldiers around Zhu Yuanzhang were able to know where the rich playboy was and find out his details.

It turns out that this rich dude is the grandson of Confucian professor Xu Sicheng, named Xu Huan.

Although he is a child of Confucianism, because he was doted on by his grandmother since he was a child, he has a dissolute nature and has no calmness.

Xu Huan laughed at Ma because he just laughed after seeing it, but he didn't take it to heart.

What's more, humiliating others is a common occurrence for Xu Huan, and there is no need to take it to heart. After all, Rao is his family and has always accommodated him.

He came to Chuzhou just because he heard that Chuzhou was bustling now, and it was also because his family couldn't control him.

But Xu Huan didn't expect that as soon as he came out of the loft of a famous prostitute who came to Chuzhou to make a living, many armored warriors blocked his way.

Among these armored warriors, the leader is Wu Liang.

When Xu Huan saw this scene, he panicked on the spot and asked, "Masters, what did I do wrong?"

Snapped!
Wu Liang slapped him directly.

On the spot, Xu Huan saw stars in his eyes and two of his teeth flew out.

"You dare to laugh at our Prime Minister's wife, you are really tired of living!"

Followed by.

Wu Liang's words reached his ears.

After Xu Huan heard this, he immediately forgot about the pain on his face, and fell into a state of extreme panic, and his legs became even softer.

He naturally knows who the so-called Prime Minister's wife is.

Soon.

Wu Liangjiu dragged Xu Huan to Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Xu Huan saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Prime Minister, spare your life, spare your life! I have a blind eye, so I made such a big mistake. Please give me a chance to change my ways." Opportunity."

"Xiaosheng apologizes to the Prime Minister's wife!"

"As long as you show your noble hand and spare Xiaosheng's life, Xiaosheng is willing to do anything you want!"

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Xu Huan kept banging his head on the ground as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)