Nanjing.
A vigorous awakening event was officially launched.
First, Princess Webster personally went to major factories and called on sisters all over the world to join the textile industry and use their own efforts to earn wages and improve their lives.
As soon as the news came out, it instantly caused an uproar across the world.
After all, she is the Crown Princess!
The future Empress of Ming Dynasty!
She set an example and joined the textile industry, where other women could still sit.
Even if it's just pretending, you still have to put on a show and respond to the call of the Crown Princess.
For a time, the entire southern Zhili became lively, and the wool factory went into full production to push wool to the market.
As soon as these wool yarns were put into the store, they were quickly sold out.
After all, in this era, few people sell ready-made clothes.
The princess personally popularized the method of knitting sweaters, so women were surprised to find that they could save a lot of money by knitting sweaters by themselves.
The gene of men farming and women weaving has long been engraved in the bones of the Chinese people.
Women usually have a lot of leisure time, so they also like to knit sweaters to pass the time.
Four or five rural women, or ladies of the house, were knitting sweaters while gathering and chatting in attic boudoirs in the streets.
The gentry and officials had nothing to say about this, and were even happy to see this situation.
After all, the person who set the example was the current Crown Princess!
Obviously this is what the prince meant. No one is stupid. Who dares to offend the prince!
Moreover, if my daughter-in-law knits well and attracts the attention of the Crown Princess, wouldn't it be just around the corner to become a successful person in the future?
As a result, the whole atmosphere in southern Zhili changed drastically.
Women who previously had lower status are now the favorites of the family, and they are dedicated to knitting sweaters.
The sweaters they knit can also be taken directly to the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, where a dedicated person will be responsible for purchasing them.
The first step in liberating women went smoothly.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Concubine Wei in his arms and smiled happily.
"My dear concubine, you have worked really hard these days!"
Concubine Wei smiled sweetly, "It's really not that hard."
"And knitting can also pass the time. It was really boring before."
"Winter is coming soon, so I and Sister Guo are still thinking of knitting one for the prince, and all the children in the house must knit one."
"Hahaha...you are serious."
Zhu Gaoxu laughed and said, very pleased.
Concubine Wei also smiled. This time she really helped her Highness.
The couple chatted for a while, and then Zhu Gaoxu looked solemn.
"Then we can proceed to the second step, which is to abolish the bad habits against women. It is better for my beloved concubine to take the initiative."
Hearing this, Concubine Wei was stunned.
"The prince means..."
"For example, the popular practice of foot-binding among women is simply the ultimate bastard!"
Concubine Wei was a little flustered, and softly dissuaded her: "Your Highness, foot binding has become a rule."
"Nowadays, rich girls from wealthy families have their feet bound at a young age. The younger they are, the easier it will be to set the foot binding, and people will suffer less."
"If you don't bind your feet, you will be regarded as an uneducated wild girl by others. Not only will you not be able to find a good family in the future, but your whole family will be ridiculed."
When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he touched Concubine Wei lovingly.
"My beloved, you have your feet bound too, right? Don't you feel pain?"
Concubine Wei was startled when she heard this, with tears welling up in her eyes.
Zhu Gaoxu already got the answer when he saw this.
Nonsense, will that not hurt?
The feet are wrapped tightly with cloth to prevent the feet from growing normally until the adult bones are set and the cloth is untied. What a piercing pain it will be!
Foot binding began in the late Northern Song Dynasty and emerged in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was a bad habit developed by those Song Confucians during the reign of Cheng and Zhu Daxing!
These rotten scholars believe that the so-called female beauty should reflect their "feminine" side, that is, they should be petite, weak, demure, and have soft curves, etc. From the "small" side, cherry mouth, melon seed face, willow face, etc. A small waist is a characteristic of female beauty, and feet are no exception.
The binding of a woman's feet completely changed the woman's demeanor and gait, "and produced a very restrained and delicate gait, making the whole body weak and shaky, creating a pitiful feeling." It is this "poor feeling" that inflates the Jin gentleman doctor's sense of superiority.
To put it bluntly, after the birth of the bad habit of foot binding, the reason why it became more and more popular, became popular all over the country, and lasted for a long time is because these Cheng Zhufuru secretly vigorously promoted and supported it to satisfy their twisted and perverted aesthetics!
It has developed so far that it has formed the most beautiful abnormal aesthetic of women with small feet, and has even become a tacit understanding and consensus among high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
Women in this era can know the conditions of their families, whether they are rich or poor, just by stretching out their feet.
After all, children from poor families have to be used as labor, even women, so they basically don't know how to bind feet, and their families don't have the financial strength to bind girls' feet.
Women with such small feet all came from wealthy families, and the gentry considered small feet to be beautiful.
For example, Zhu Gaoxu's cheap grandma, Empress Ma, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was nicknamed "Ma Big Foot" because of her natural foot. She was ridiculed and despised by the gentry for many years.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Concubine Wei and said in a deep voice: "My dear concubine, this foot binding is a bad habit."
“Everyone is doing this, does it mean it’s right?”
"You yourself have experienced that kind of pain. Do you still want our daughter, and the daughters of mothers all over the world, to experience the same bone-chilling pain?"
Two lines of clear tears rolled down the corners of Concubine Wei's eyes, and she said aggrievedly: "But Your Highness, if we don't bind our daughter's feet, she will be laughed at when she grows up, and she will not find a good family, and she will blame us!"
"What a shame!" Zhu Gaoxu said domineeringly, "Now that I am the crown prince, I must abolish these bad habits!"
"Your Highness, please do not act out of emotion, otherwise you will offend all the scholars in the world!"
Little did Concubine Wei know that behind this bad custom of foot binding, it was the gentry who were at work.
So when she heard that Zhu Gaoxu wanted to abolish the bad habit of foot binding, Concubine Wei immediately became anxious.
Zhu Gaoxu just smiled and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, are there not many scholars who have been offended by Gu?"
"Ever since Gu introduced the new learning, these gentry and gentry have been eager to eat Gu alive, but what will be the final result?"
"Not only is Gu living a good life, he has now become the prince of the dynasty. On the other hand, those gentry and gentry have been kept in obedience and do not dare to show their heads again!"
"So, dear concubine, you have to remember one thing. These gentry are a bunch of cheap people who bully the weak and fear the strong. You can't be afraid of them, let alone follow them."
When Concubine Wei heard this, she burst into tears and laughed, not knowing what to say.
"In addition to foot binding, there are many other bad habits against women, such as the burial system, child brides, and punishing good girls into prostitution. The harm to women has reached a heinous level."
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Concubine Wei and said with a smile: "My beloved concubine is now the Crown Princess. If she can call on all the women in the world to resist and abolish these ugly habits, she will truly be a mother-in-law to the world, and she will be famous in history!"
Hearing this, Concubine Wei's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Your Highness, I will obey you."
"Don't worry, I will be able to withstand all the pressure!"
