Chapter 276: Confrontation
"Those who disrupt the imperial court are not under control. It is you and others who are causing trouble. There are many people who are disrupting their minds!"
Following the prince's angry rebuke, the string of jade beads the size of longan fell to the ground and scattered, and Gululu went their separate ways in the blink of an eye.
The hearts of all the ministers trembled as the jade beads fell to the ground.
"The bones and flesh of the Heavenly Family are like this string of beads, and it is the result of all of you!"
Such an accusation was so serious that all the ministers immediately kowtowed and said bluntly: "I am guilty! The prince is accusing me, but I dare not accept it!"
A group of humerus ministers from Wuyangyang worshiped in front of Emperor Chengyuan, and their formation should not be underestimated.
Unfortunately, Emperor Chengyuan seemed to be taking a nap and remained silent.
Jiang Huaiqian stood in front of the palace and watched the ministers continue to sneer: "My lords, you are such stubborn ministers who rely on the great Chu. When facing your father, the lord of the world, and facing the prince Gu, you are not afraid and brazenly remonstrating. It is really shameful. Admirable!
If this is for the purpose of bringing peace to the world, nurturing the people and enriching the country, conquering traitors and traitors, attacking unruly ministers with force, denounced the weak emperor, strengthening the army and strengthening the foundation...it is unlikely that we will leave a name in the history of the collective.
What a pity! pity! What you are admonishing here is just for your own selfish purposes! "
"minister……"
"How can you say that you are a minister! You have all been serving as officials in the dynasty for more than ten years. How can you not hear that the great events in the world are great. Those who obey will prosper and those who go against will perish!"
Jiang Huaiqian did not give the other party a chance to argue. He flicked his sleeves and asked everyone in a loud voice: "What is a minister? The word "chen" in oracle bone inscriptions is the same as a vertical pupil! What is a vertical pupil? When a person lowers his head, his eyes stand vertically. I mean to bow my head and submit!”
With pride in his eyes, he looked at the bowed ministers and continued to ask sonorously: "Who can bow down and submit? A slave faces his master! Therefore, the original meaning of a minister is a slave! Moreover, it refers to a male slave, and it also refers to a prisoner of war. say!
However, over the course of thousands of years, ministers have evolved into official positions, humbly addressed and self-proclaimed. Even today, even the youngest children know how valuable ministers are. Why? It’s development!
In the early days, the tribes were gathered in matrilineal kinship, and the girl's position was more important than the husband's, and then the positions were rotated? Why? It’s also developing! "
"Your Highness! Men are strong and can fight ferocious beasts, plow farmland, carry heavy stones, and defend against foreign enemies. Therefore, it is a natural choice for women to lag behind!" The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was very dissatisfied when the prince threw his bracelet and lost face. , "Now that the position of yin and yang in the universe is fixed, His Highness wants to reverse it. He is using human power to fight against nature, which goes against the natural principles!"
Jiang Huaiqian was extremely displeased that he had robbed him of his words, and sneered coldly: "Sir Cen is indeed eloquent and good at the art of substituting others for others!
I just want to give the women in the world a chance, even if I try my best to help them, I can't stand shoulder to shoulder with men. How can I be upside down?
All of you are well-educated and knowledgeable people. You must be familiar with "Tiangong Kaiwu"? Looking at the development of skills in ancient and modern times, we can see that the skills of craftsmen are constantly improving, so the differences between men and women are also constantly narrowing.
By then, the advantage of men will probably lie in the beauty given by thousands of years of rules and regulations, right? Oh, of course, there may also be a monopoly on culture and various arts! "
"What His Highness said is really biased! Women have knowledge..."
"My lord, I have been locked up in the backyard for more than ten years. You only know a few big characters, and you can't go out easily. You can't understand the temple. Haha, then you are not very smart!"
Jiang Huaiqian shook his head: "However, under such strict restrictions, there are also female doctors, female generals, female businessmen, female craftsmen, female talents, and female musicians who stand out in the world.
It can be seen that girls and men are generally the same. There are talented people and there are incompetent ones.
If the incompetent cowards in the officialdom were replaced by female pillars like you, why would the country of Chu not be prosperous? "
His meaning is obvious, he just hates useless people, and he just wants to expand the scope of selecting good talents.
"Your Highness has a very good intention, but he has never taken such measures since ancient times. If there is a sudden edict, there may be changes among the people... and the students of various academies will also find it difficult to obey."
"It's hard to accept? Why is it hard to accept? Shouldn't it be embarrassing if you can't pass the exam for a girl?" Jiang Huaiqian looked at the Minister of Etiquette in surprise and chuckled, "What's the matter? An incompetent and furious coward still needs others to take care of his emotions?"
"This... I am not used to serving as an official in the same court and working on the same case with a woman!"
"Master He, when you were still the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, didn't you coax Master He's mother very well? You can get along well with Shangguan's female relatives, why are you so humble?"
"Cough cough cough cough!" Emperor Chengyuan choked at his son's sincerity.
Jiang Huaiqian watched the Minister of Etiquette's face turn red, his fingers were trembling, and he nodded with satisfaction: "Don't worry, sir. When a girl becomes an official in the court, she is a minister. She must abide by the rules of her colleagues. You don't need to coax her like grandma. Just stay on as usual."
"Cough cough cough cough!" Emperor Chengyuan took the tea cup from Yang Xun and drank a gulp before he felt better.
"Your Highness, if all the women in the world are working for a living like men, who will be in charge of the small family? If the small family is not stable, how can everyone be safe?"
"There are so many women running around for a living among the people in the world, and I haven't seen Mr. Liang come up with a way to help solve the problem by contributing to the country!" Jiang Huaiqian said, then looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who had been filling in, and called with a smile, "Mr. An ?”
"Your Highness." Mr. An cursed in his heart and bowed his hands respectfully.
"If the imperial court establishes kindergartens in various private areas, hires retired female officials as directors, recruits women from all over the country, collects monthly maintenance fees, all costs are taken out, and all the profits are attributed to the national treasury... What price do you think is appropriate?
And so on, we can also establish a court housekeeping institute to provide handymen and servants, a canteen to provide meals for officials and their families, an assistant academy to provide women's cultural and technical teaching guidance, an academic auxiliary academy to provide extracurricular tutoring for children, and so on. How should we price nursing homes that allow officials to take care of their parents without worries?
Mr. An's face was as usual, but as he listened, he began to get excited and his eyes shone: "Your Highness, these can be used as welfare payments. I dare not say they are free. As long as the balance of payments is slightly surplus, it should not be used to earn money." Money is the purpose.”
When the ministers heard this, they were puzzled: This An Luqian didn't even think about making money?
But what Master An said next made all the ministers confused.
"If it is true, as His Highness said, that all women in the world are working, then we, Da Chu, can establish more workshops for woolen products exported to Ajong, silk fabrics exported overseas, and various precious crafts! Like! Rouge, tea, porcelain, spices, paper, etc. are extremely popular in foreign vassals and have always been in short supply.
Previously, Mr. Chen, the Minister of Honglu Temple, had told his ministers that many outside the vassal state were very fond of Dachu products. Not to mention the enamel pendulum clock that was sold across the sea last year and earned him one hundred thousand taels of silver. Only the silk fabrics, Rouge gouache, porcelain and pottery, tea and cosmetics, spices and medicinal materials, through the two business lines of land and sea, I made as much as three million taels of silver! This is still a limited output and cannot be provided on a large scale. "
The more he talked, the more excited he became. He spread his hands about the harvest of the caravan trade to the prince Jiang Huaiqian. At the end of the sentence, his eyes began to shine: "Although the people of the outer vassal are not as good as the people of Dachu, they still have merits. We can ask Li Tang Generally speaking, it is like learning to make sugar, learning their skills, improving and then exporting them, which is another big sum of money;
If we can collect their special products and cultivate them in Da Chu, there is no telling how many special products of Da Chu we can produce. In this case, you can open many villas and hire many women to work!
If a large amount of food is exchanged for barter, then whether it is military supplies or civilian relief, it will be a guarantee!
In this way, the treasury department, ministers, oh no, His Majesty and His Highness, you will not have to worry about money! "
At the end of the sentence, Mr. An, who had been sitting on the ground in the morning, wished he could stand up and hold the prince's hand and shout: I support you for my few hairs!
This chapter has been rewritten and you may need to read it again.
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