After hearing this, Shen Shixing raised his hands and said yes, and said: "Your Majesty is wise! It is indeed inappropriate to use the previous method."
"So, since women's education is very important, then we should set up an official office related to women's education and guidance, and women's affairs are inseparable from children, so we should set up an official office related to women and children's affairs."
"Since this government office is for women and children, it should be set up as an internal education prison!"
"The queen is responsible for the affairs of internal education in the world, setting up various levels of government offices under the name of internal education supervisors and appointing officials at all levels. These officials are all female officials."
"With the development of this dynasty, the queen is the mother of the world. She can no longer just persuade the women of the world to pick mulberry and weave and look after their husbands and teach their children. She also has to teach the mother of the world in the name of her mother's honor to the world. She not only rules the harem, but also We must educate and guide women and children all over the world;”
"What's more, I and the ministers are all men, and we don't understand the hearts of women and children in the world better than the queen. And the queen is the most intelligent person in the world, so she should take on this responsibility."
After Zhu Yijun said this, he turned back to the queen behind the screen and said:
"Queen, after returning to Beijing, you can prepare this matter."
The queen said yes through the screen.
The ancients had long called the education of women's boudoirs as internal education, but Zhu Yijun here directly used this term as the name of the government office responsible for women and children's work.
In other words, since the Ming Dynasty has developed to this day and has abandoned the old etiquette and attached great importance to the development of industry and commerce, it is naturally impossible to simply imprison women's thoughts and knowledge in order to avoid various political risks as before. Just stay.
This is essentially the same principle as the people cannot be fooled anymore.
Therefore, it is inevitable to have government offices and officials specifically responsible for women and children.
After Zhu Yijun proposed such an arrangement, Li Chengliang echoed from the side and said: "Your Majesty, the women in the new rites era cannot be judged only as shrews and sluts. This will easily make people slander the new rites and call them new rites." The woman has turned bad! Instead, we should make a clear distinction based on the actual situation, and then make appropriate modifications in etiquette. We cannot generalize and characterize them as shrews and sluts. Otherwise, Duke Ji Guo, who has cultivated the five sons of the Qi family, will My wife, Wang, and my three wives, the loyal and obedient wife who has made great contributions to the world, can hardly be called virtuous."
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
"When I stated the current situation of women in Wu, I was indeed lacking in rigor. As your Majesty and the Prime Minister said, it is indeed difficult to define the women of our tribe in the new era by using old rituals, nor should we use the old rituals to classify some women. Women under the new customs are classified as shrews and sluts. The specific details will be decided. It is not suitable for people who serve as officials in the same village, let alone make independent opinions. They should ask Her Majesty the Queen to decide. "
Shen Shixing then sued.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, Master Shen is just stating the facts. He is saying that the people in Wu believe that there are too many shrews and sluts in this town. If the people think so, what does it have to do with the master?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Shen Shixing replied.
Not long after, Zhu Yijun arrived at Shen Zhai.
In order to welcome the arrival, the Shen family built a new garden and invited many famous artists to build the new garden.
Therefore, when Zhu Yijun came, he was moved by the scenery in the Shen family's new garden, and hurriedly asked Shen Shixing to introduce it.
After wandering around until evening, Zhu Yijun stopped visiting the garden and only summoned Shen Shixing alone in the study room Shen Shixing built for him.
Zhu Yijun asked Shen Shixing: "As far as I know, Suzhou not only has many gardens, but also many literati. And if these literati have done anything new recently, Master Shen must know a lot, and he knows it with me." "
"yes!"
Shen Shixing responded, pointed to a stack of papers that had been placed in front of the imperial case, and said to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, please take a look at these poems. They are all recent works of local literati."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun really started to read these poems.
Zhu Yijun said while reading: "These poems are quite good, with great literary talent. However, why do most of these poems mainly praise the late emperor?"
"The late emperor is famous for his natural virtues!"
"But the literati often praise the late emperor. The meaning of this is naturally that they would rather attribute the many great achievements that have benefited the people to the late emperor's virtue and praise the late emperor, attribute the credit to the late emperor, saying that the late emperor was virtuous, rather than praise Your Majesty! "
"Moreover, in order to establish an established fact, it would be better to say that all the favorable policies at present are only the foundation laid by the late emperor."
After Shen Shixing said this, Zhu Yijun nodded.
Shen Shixing continued: "Their purpose is to make the world think that your Majesty can create a prosperous age because he has inherited the legacy of the late emperor. At best, he is just a qualified and established king."
"In this way, your Majesty will be able to settle down with just an ordinary temple name for thousands of generations to come."
Shen Shixing made it very clear, meaning that many literati in Suzhou were actually very dissatisfied with Zhu Yijun in their hearts, so they only praised Emperor Longqing in secret. Although it cannot completely cover up many of the current literary, political and military achievements, it can also They boasted about Emperor Longqing, saying that Emperor Longqing laid a good foundation, so as long as the emperor who succeeded him was not stupid and lazy, he could create such great achievements.
To put it more bluntly, these people are implying that Zhu Yijun has nothing to praise and is just lucky. Even if he puts a dog in this position, he can create such a prosperous age based on the foundation laid by Emperor Longqing.
Zhu Yijun felt a little disgusted after hearing this, but he still smiled and said: "They are hiding their ears and stealing the bell like this, which is quite self-anaesthetizing and spiritually feeling that they are great!"
Then, Zhu Yijun glanced at Shen Shixing: "But why do they deceive themselves so much? What's the point of deceiving themselves like this?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Because the local scholars began to advocate that conscience comes from one's own inner understanding, they respected themselves, despised those who flattered the powerful, and felt ashamed to praise those in power. They even believed that the emperor and father of the day should also be praised, and gradually many literati People who think that people are dirty as long as they are in power, and most of them think highly of themselves, thinking that as long as I think so, the world will be what I want."
"The second reason is that although His Majesty has implemented many policies to benefit the people, he has increasingly failed to make the literati feel that he is a superior person. If although he is exempted from military service, all the people, not just the scholar-bureaucrats, are exempted from military service, which makes them even more unhappy;"
"The third reason is that although His Majesty recognizes that citizens have human dignity, he divides the people of the world into two classes according to military status and non-military status, which makes the literati also have a hierarchy, making the distinction between high and low become the distinction between high and low among the literati, and The world's literati believe that if military men can do good things, literati can also do better. However, now there is no distinction between civil and military officials, only military and civilians. Therefore, they are only willing to admit that your majesty can be as prosperous as you are now. It is only the late emperor who left you a legacy of kindness and blessing, not your majesty. My own virtue, even if Your Majesty still insists on being noble and military, it will only make the world more prosperous! But Your Majesty did not do this, so I don’t think how wise Your Majesty is!"
"In addition, in addition to congratulating the late emperor, many local literati and scholars even praised Xiaomiao, and even believed that the current prosperous age was the legacy of Xiaomiao."
Snapped!
As soon as Shen Shixing finished speaking, Zhu Yijun slapped his palm on the table and stood up with a stern expression.
Shen Shixing stood solemnly.
Zhu Yijun then sat back and asked, "Besides this, is there anything else?"
"besides!"
"If you praise the late emperor or even the Xiaomiao Temple, you are simply affirming the previous kings without directly stating your Majesty's faults. It is not considered disloyal to the country and the emperor."
"Those who miss the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, even admire Hu Feng and Japanese customs, call themselves Tatars and Japanese pirates, and feel that they are extraordinary, are simply trying to trample on the new rituals in this way of worshiping foreigners and belittling China! The more Your Majesty attaches great importance to national consciousness and the expansion of our own civilization, the more they want to do the opposite and destroy their own culture!"
"Your Majesty, you can see that these paintings and the inscriptions on the paintings are all portraits of Hufu painted by many literati and elegant people themselves or asked others to paint them. I got it."
"If your Majesty makes a secret visit, you will also see that many literati like to wear Hufu and Japanese clothes to show off in the market, and they are proud of themselves!"
As Shen Shixing spoke, he brought a large bundle of paintings in the vat to Zhu Yijun and unfolded them one by one for Zhu Yijun to see.
Zhu Yijun said while looking at it: "I value China alone, but as Chinese people, why should they look down upon themselves?"
"Your Majesty can just take this as someone who is determined to restore the old etiquette, but dare not openly oppose it, so he can simply despise himself! After all, if a person despises himself and does not force others to do so, Who can say anything?”
"If the imperial government wants to control it, they will instead ask where are the freedoms that His Majesty has given to the people of this country? How can they even have to control what clothes they wear?"
After Shen Shixing said this, Zhu Yijun put his hand on his forehead and waved: "Stop talking!"
Shen Shixing handed over his hand and said yes.
"Go out for a walk with me."
Zhu Yijun said something at this time and really walked outside.
Shen Shixing also followed.
At that time, the moon was hanging in the sky and the sky was full of stars.
Zhu Yijun climbed up to a tall building, looked at the bright lights all around, and then said: "Go on, tell me, is there anything else that makes me angry?"
"Your Majesty, it's better not to listen. There is a saying that if you are not confused, you will not be a master. It is not good to know some things too clearly."
Shen Shixing advised at this time.
Zhu Yijun said: "You think I won't know if you don't tell me?"
After hearing this, Shen Shixing suddenly understood, then he raised his hands and said yes, and said: "In that case, I would like to invite your Majesty to go to the Humble Administrator's Garden."
"I don't know what's new in the Humble Administrator's Garden."
Zhu Yijun said something and went to the Humble Administrator's Garden that night. The army also surrounded the Humble Administrator's Garden in advance and took control of the Xu family, the current owners of the Humble Administrator's Garden.
"I didn't know that Your Majesty came unexpectedly, and I was unable to welcome you from afar. Please forgive me!"
When Zhu Yijun arrived, the Jin gentry Xu Jia hurriedly brought people to greet him with a look of fear and uneasiness, and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. There is currently evil in the house, so I cannot invite Your Majesty to come to the house. Please forgive me!" (This chapter) over)
