Volume 2: Soaring! The Overlord of the Region Chapter 236: Choosing a Concubine is Not Easy (I)
In March 1614, Zhao Nanxing, who was in Gaoyi, Northern Zhili, was arrested and brought to Beijing. The whole Gelsemium case basically came to an end.
"Grandpa Emperor, this is the opinion submitted by the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, the Censorate, the Imperial Guards, and the Internal Affairs Bureau after a joint review. In general, there are 1,325 people who need to be beheaded, 535 people who need to be exiled, and 756 people who need to be sent to the Jiaofang Bureau."
"Huh? Dong'er, they were all beheaded, no lingchi?"
"Grandpa Emperor, I don't like cruel punishments like lingchi. It's a death sentence anyway, so let's just give him a quick death."
After all, someone else wanted to kill him. If it weren't for the special nature of this body, he would have died. Therefore, after finding out the truth of the case, Zhu Youdong fought back without mercy. He did all the things that ordinary time travelers could not accept, such as killing the three tribes of Yi and selling his wife and daughter. Otherwise, he could not deter the villains! He also could not give an explanation to his subordinates - Your Highness, if you are lenient to these traitors, you are irresponsible to us, the group of ministers who follow you.
But he was still a time traveler after all, and he could not accept such a cruel punishment as lingchi. Therefore, he changed the lingchi of the leaders to beheading instead of the suggestions from the three judicial officials and the Jinyiwei.
"My grandson is truly kind-hearted. The Queen Mother will also be pleased."
After praising him and expressing his agreement with this treatment, Wanli asked again, "Why aren't there any exiles?"
"Grandpa Emperor, this is what I think. Soldiers are the cornerstone of defending the country. The country's finances are still in trouble, and it's okay to owe wages from time to time. If criminals are sent to the army, wouldn't that tell the officials and people of the country that soldiers are lowly people? If soldiers have no sense of honor, how can they serve the country from the bottom of their hearts when facing foreign invasion?"
"Okay, where are you going to send these people?"
"Songnen Plain, the new migration site for the Jurchens."
"Hiss~~ Dong'er, Grandpa knows that place. But among these exiled people, there are civil officials and eunuchs. If you exile them there, aren't you afraid that the stories of Zhonghang Shuo and Zhang Yuan will reappear in the future?"
"Hahaha~ Grandpa Emperor, the world is about to enter a comprehensive era of hot weapons. There is no possibility for the fishing, hunting and nomadic civilizations to revive. I hope that in a few decades these guys will lead the Jurchens to rebel, and then we Han people can take advantage of the situation and happily accept the Songnen Plain that has been initially developed."
"Hmm..." Wanli dragged his fat body up with difficulty, walked in front of Zhu Youdong, and stared at him for a long time.
"Grandpa Emperor, what are you going to do?"
"Ah, I'm really old." He nodded sadly: "Dong'er, you have really grown up. You have mastered the art of ruling an emperor. Grandpa thinks it's time to hand over the country to you."
"Uh, Grandpa Huang, isn't it a little too early? My grandson still has a lot to learn."
"You said that being too modest is actually pride. Look, Man Gui rode into the camp alone and showed your warrant, and the soldiers in the camp took the initiative to arrest Zu Dashou, which shows that the army's support is with you. What makes grandpa even happier is that when I heard that the court sent people to arrest Zhao Nanxing, the local head of the village had already led the villagers to seal off his mansion. What this shows is that the people's support is also with you!"
That's because Northern Zhili conducted a census last year, executed a number of asshole village heads and chiefs, and gave at least one lecture to all the people.
Come to think of it, it was probably this combination of punches that made the Donglin Party desperate - I am still too gentle on you, I have to adapt "The White-Haired Girl" and then tour the country - everyone has torn their faces apart, so don't blame me for using nuclear weapons to awaken the lower class people.
However, it is really not the time to inherit the throne, at least not this year - there are too many things to do this year, including completing the national census and rebuilding the Yellow Book Library. In addition, there is a war to be fought in Japan. I have to travel around. How can I travel around if I am busy ascending the throne?
"Grandpa Emperor, your grandson still wants to stay behind you and enjoy a few more years of peace and comfort."
"What a scoundrel!" Wanli poked Zhu Youdong's forehead with his finger and slowly sat down again: "Come to think of it, you're going to be fourteen this year. Did you get your underwear dirty when you slept tonight?"
"Uh..." Zhu Youdong was a little shy when asked this question by his grandfather, even though he was a time traveler and a doctor. But he still nodded honestly.
"Hahaha, that's all. Let me choose a Crown Princess for you, and I'll also get you a few concubines to serve you. After your wedding next year, I'll abdicate to you."
"Grandpa Emperor, please don't talk about abdication. But when it comes to choosing a concubine, I have no objection. After all, getting married early is the right thing to do to keep the ministers safe. However, I have a request for the selection of a concubine."
"Hmm? Tell me about it."
"My grandson does not want to marry a woman with bound feet. Even when he is older and wants to take in more concubines, he will not want women with bound feet."
"Ah? Dong'er, why is that? Do you know that when Emperor Taizu wiped out Zhang Shicheng, he hated the people in eastern Zhejiang for supporting Zhang Shicheng's resistance. So he issued a special order to strictly prohibit women in eastern Zhejiang from binding their feet. In my Ming Dynasty, not all women can bind their feet if they want. Women from poor families who have to be used as strong laborers cannot bind their feet. Women of low status are not allowed to bind their feet! Besides..."
The fat old man showed a playful smile on his face: "You are still young, you don't know what a woman is. The gait and posture of a woman with bound feet are incomparable to those of a crude woman who has not bound her feet."
Although I was a loser before I traveled through time, I am no longer a punk. I still don't know why men in ancient China have liked women with bound feet since the Northern Song Dynasty? Isn't it because women with bound feet sway with every step they take, and look like they are about to fall down in the wind, making them look particularly weak? Moreover, women with bound feet walk like modern girls wearing high heels in later generations. Walking like this for a long time will also transform women's corresponding organs... In short, it can better satisfy men's morbid psychological needs.
However, did the powerful Han and Tang dynasties ever practice foot binding? Only when the men of a nation become weaker and worse will they think of torturing the women of their own nation, making them weaker, in order to maintain their morbid chauvinism.
After secretly complaining in his heart, Zhu Youdong smiled and said, "Grandpa Emperor, have you ever farmed?"
"What a joke! How could I not have planted anything before? From the tenth to the thirtieth year of the Wanli reign, I personally plowed the fields every spring."
If your show can be considered farming, then I have also been farming every year during the ... Zhu Youdong did not expose the truth, but continued, "Grandpa Emperor, what is important for the crops to grow well?"
"Well……"
"My grandson believes that the two most important things for crops to grow well are good seeds and good soil. Is that right, Grandpa Emperor?"
"right."
"That's it. For the birth of a new life, the father only gives half a seed, and the mother not only has to give the other half, but also has to provide the land for the seed to gestate and grow. For a baby, the mother's body is the decisive factor in its innate nature. Nowadays, it is popular among the powerful and wealthy families in our Ming Dynasty to bind the feet of the girls in the family, causing these girls to be weak. How can such girls give birth to strong offspring? What's even more frightening is that the offspring born by such girls are often the most qualified to study, take exams, and become officials in our Ming Dynasty!
Grandfather Emperor, your grandson will not only marry a woman with natural feet, but will also ban foot binding throughout the country in the future! Because, if the mothers of a nation are all sick, then the nation will definitely not be strong! "
