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Chapter 363 Strengthening the Forbidden Palace
Chapter 363 Strengthening the Forbidden Palace
Zhu Yijun is very pleased that the restructuring has come to this point.
In particular, abandoned babies and foot binding were finally banned, which undoubtedly meant that Ming's civilization had improved a lot.
After all, the direct victims of abandoned babies and footbinding were the two most vulnerable groups in the empire.
And these two groups have begun to be protected, which naturally shows that the traits of Daming's inner ruthlessness and outward fascination are slowly changing.
The ice of conservatism is really being broken.
in fact.
Zhu Yijun has long had the idea of banning abandoned babies and footbinding.
But he knows that the root cause of abandoned babies and footbinding is not that ordinary people are ignorant, cruel and impolite, but that the ruling class of this society still needs such phenomena to meet their own ruling needs, so they will do so.
The biggest root cause is the ideology of weak and foolish people.
The rulers like the ruled to be ruled by themselves in a cheaper and more manipulable way.
As a result, it is natural that Han people are worthless, and even newborn Han babies can be discarded and bought and sold at will.
At the same time, the whole society has a morbid aesthetic like foot binding and thin horses. After all, foot binding and thin horses are easier to be controlled.
And the essence of this kind of thinking of weak people and foolish people is because after the farming civilization has developed to the extreme, if it does not expand externally, it can only maintain its rule through weak people.
After all, it is too slow to increase the size of the cake solely by increasing productivity.
Therefore, if there is no external expansion, the cake cannot grow rapidly and cannot meet the needs of rapid population growth and rapid growth of people's desires, so it is necessary to make it easier for the common people to be controlled and continuously weakened.
After all, if we want everyone in the country to live a dignified life, considering that the rulers will become more and more greedy, we must make the cake grow faster than the population growth rate.
It's just that Daming has too many people!
External expansion requires devouring a large portion of benefits in order to satisfy everyone's appetite.
Otherwise, if it's just a small fight, it's the same as the nomads sending hundreds of rangers into the pass to plunder and tens of thousands of troops to rob a few cattle and sheep.
For Daming, this kind of expansion is not worth the candle.
Therefore, if a huge empire like the Ming Dynasty wants to turn its external expansion into a good governance that will benefit the future, instead of a bad government that is militaristic and harmful to the country, it needs the ruling class not to be lazy, and it needs to expand externally in a coordinated and scientific manner. The ruling class has higher requirements on ability.
Everyone is lazy.
For the ruling class, it is easier and easier to suppress the needs of the domestic people, or even suppress their own needs.
What's more, history has proved that it is easy to gnaw your front teeth at the first bite of a foreign war, and even hurt your muscles and bones, prompting internal strife, and then the country's overthrow.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun didn't dare to let Daming speed up his progress, including the idea of banning foot binding and abandoning babies.
He just told Yu Youding who went south to inspect the customs, etiquette and schools of this idea first, and asked Yu Youding to discuss with the cabinet ministers after visiting the people before bringing it up.
In this case.
Even if the imperial court really wanted to ban footbinding and abandoned babies, it was not the emperor's idea alone, but the reformers in the bureaucratic group also agreed.
Zhu Yijun doesn't have to worry that the bureaucracy will not be able to keep up with him, and eventually even the reformers will oppose him.
Nowadays, the remnant snow is gradually melted away by the spring breeze, Zhu Yijun looked at the mountain of buds and didn't say anything else, but he had a lot of expectations in his heart that Da Ming might really be better protected by him.
……
"The restructuring has come to this point!"
As soon as the river was frozen by the cold spring, Li Sancai, Fan Yingqi, Yang Youren and other civil servants and gentry came here to sit on the Fengyue Building outside Chongwen Gate, discussing politics and listening to music to overcome the spring cold.
After the song was over, Li Sancai took a sip of hot tea and sighed.
Guozijian Jijiu Fan Yingqi also said: "Footbinding and abandoned babies are all banned because of this. This is of course what a benevolent government should look like, but how can changing customs be changed overnight? It must be done step by step, right?"
Yang Youren said with a faint smile: "Just wait, the reform will not last long. The things that the ancestors and the ancients have chosen to follow naturally have their own reasons why they will not be abolished, and they will not be eliminated so easily! Even with Empress Gao of this dynasty It is the foot of heaven, so what if it is said that the will of heaven also advocates the foot of heaven? How can the will of the world really follow the sky?"
Li Sancai nodded after hearing this, and put the teacup on the table: "Exactly! But the three-inch golden lotus, which is full and easy to hold, is already more elegant and interesting. Changing it now is really a waste of elegance and conformity to the vulgar, which is annoying. , I don’t know when the elegant dynasty will be reappeared.”
"almost!"
"Big things are going to happen this year."
Yang Youren said suddenly.
Fan Yingqi hurriedly asked, "What's the big deal?"
Yang Youren said: "It's not appropriate to say this matter clearly, gentlemen just wait."
……
"What big deal are they talking about?"
Inspector of Rites, Bingbi Eunuch Zhang Jing's duty room.
Zhang Jing looked at Bai Yiqing and asked in a low voice.
Bai Yiqing replied: "This Yang Yushi didn't say it clearly, and it's not good to ask it arbitrarily, so as not to startle the snake."
"Then keep watching."
After saying that, Zhang Jing left the Supervisor of Rituals and walked towards Qianqing Palace, but when he reached the gate of the palace, he happened to see the eunuch Sun Bin leading someone to talk to a group of teenagers who signed up to be eunuchs in the palace.
Sun Bin was asking someone, "What's your name?"
The man replied: "Go back to the father-in-law, and the younger one will call Gu Fengxuan."
After hearing this, Sun Bin said, "With such an elegant name, does it have fame?"
Gu Fengxuan replied, "Yes, he was born as a child."
"Then I can't ask for it!"
"There are already rules in the inner court, and scholars who can read and write are not allowed."
Sun Bin said.
After Shen Shixing reminded Zhang Hongyan to strictly prevent literati from entering the inner court, Zhang Hong really informed Zhu Yijun of this suggestion, and Zhu Yijun therefore asked that no one who could read or break characters be admitted to the palace.
After hearing this, Gu Fengxuan's face suddenly showed disappointment, he quickly knelt down, and cried: "Grandfather, please give me a chance to be loyal! Although Xiaomin is a scholar, Xiaomin really wants to serve the country in the palace! Besides, Xiaomin Those who have already made up their minds to be loyal to Junfu for the rest of their lives, woohoo!"
As soon as Gu Fengxuan said that, he got up and pulled up his pants: "Eunuch, if you don't believe me, you can watch it."
"Then you can't ask for it!"
"According to the decree, self-eunuchs will not only not be able to enter the inner court, but even be imprisoned to be convicted and dealt with!"
Sun Bin said.
Gu Fengxuan immediately froze in place.
Suddenly, Gu Fengxuan got up and drew a short knife from his sleeve, and rushed towards Sun Bin: "You traitors, I will kill you!"
"There are assassins!"
At this time, Zhang Jing, who had already come here, hurriedly shouted.
The Jin Yiwei from the outer duty room and the Jin Yiwei from the inner duty room both rushed over at this time.
At this moment, Sun Bin himself and a young prisoner named Tian Yi held Gu Fengxuan's hand holding the knife: "You really have the courage to enter the palace and kill people. Who told you to bring a sharp knife into the palace?" Palace?!"
But Gu Fengxuan was still struggling, and sneered, and at the same time glanced towards the north of the Forbidden City.
Zhang Jing also followed his gaze at this time, and then saw thick smoke rising from the direction of Zhonggong.
"Oops!"
"It's the middle palace that's gone! The middle palace where the young master and the empress are!"
Bai Yiqing said at this time.
Zhang Jing immediately collapsed on the ground, sweating profusely, and looked at Gu Fengxuan, and said in a deep voice: "Take him to the prison first, you go in person, don't let him die!"
(End of this chapter)