The holy car suddenly arrived, and everyone was stunned for a few breaths before kneeling and salute. Thinking of the farce that happened before, their faces were bright and red, very exciting.
"Madam, please get up." Emperor Sheng Yuan took the child for two quick steps and personally helped Guan Suyi. The child hugged her legs and shouted "sister" crisply. It was Guan Mumu, the heir adopted by the Emperor Shifu, but he was brought out by the emperor for some unknown reason.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Guan Suyi bowed her knees, hugged her brother, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"
Mu Mu is very smart and sensible. Knowing that some words cannot be said in public, he lies beside her ear and whispers with his small hands over his mouth, "Brother-in-law said that he would take me to Huangzhuang to see grandfather and hunt by the way. My mother just came out. My brother-in-law also gave me a bow and arrow, called the Sun-shooting God Bow, but it’s amazing, look!” He pulled his back with his short hand, causing Guan Suyi to glance back, and he saw a The jewel-encrusted bow and arrow hung on his little arm, shining beautifully.
"Sun-shooting bow? Isn't that an artifact used by Hou Yi? It's amazing!" Guan Suyi didn't have the personality to pour cold water on children, so she naturally followed the words, causing Mu Mu to narrow her eyes with a smile, her small breasts erect. high.
While eavesdropping on the conversation between the brothers and sisters, Emperor Sheng Yuan waved his hands to get everyone to get up, walked straight to the main seat, and ordered, "Bring the article, I want to read it carefully."
Ji Chengyue immediately offered the manuscript with both hands, and then stepped aside blushing. After this incident, he no longer dared to claim his talent was eight buckets high. Who would have thought that such a huge hidden danger was hidden in this booklet that recorded the virtues and skills of women? If it wasn't for Miss Guan's writing and exposition, none of the people present would have thought of it, and it also contributed to the widespread dissemination of it...
The more I thought about it, the more ashamed I became. Many people were too embarrassed to raise their heads. Some people raised their sleeves to cover their faces, wishing they could crawl under the table. Among them, Xu Yayan was the most uncomfortable. She repeatedly recalled Guan Suyi's article, trying to find out the flaws, but her brain became a pot of porridge, and she was just embarrassed.
Emperor Shengyuan did not forget to greet his wife and brother-in-law when he read the manuscript. He patted the cushion on his side and said softly, "Madam, please take a seat. I may have questions to ask later."
Guan Suyi thanked her neither humbly nor arrogantly, and then led her brother to sit down safely. Everyone also returned to their respective positions, anxiously waiting. Mrs. Ji pulled Ji Ting behind her and tried to hide the person. She is so remorseful now that she remembers that today is not the day when the Qian family came to pick up people. She sent a message, specially arranged it for today, and then ordered her maid to let Ji Ting come in and cry, so that she could use the topic to humiliate Guan Su. After wearing clothes, she didn't expect that she just mentioned a pen, and actually refuted the female commandment "from one to the end" as useless, and let the emperor listen to it. If the emperor agreed with her point of view, wouldn't the Ji family be a big joke
Half an hour later, Emperor Shengyuan had finished reading the article and handed it over to the accompanying minister to read. One of them was Hu Cao Shangshu, who got the article as if it was a treasure. He read it once, read it twice, read it twice, read it three times, and reluctantly handed it over until his colleagues urged him.
After the article was circulated, Emperor Shengyuan asked in a deep voice, "How do you think about it?"
"Looking high and far-sighted, we are bitter about the country's abuses!" Hu Cao Shangshu said slowly, "A few days ago, the work of collecting household registrations has basically ended, but within a hundred years, the population of the Central Plains has dropped from the original 9 million households to the current 2 million households. Seven or eight out of ten people died tragically in war and military disasters. Horses hang in front of people, women are carried behind cars, their bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, more than one hundred people live, and they are heartbroken. This is the current situation of Wei State. On the battlefield, there are mountains of dead bones, and graves in the countryside. Millions of heroic souls died while leaving behind millions of widows and orphans. These people would not be able to share the land without the head of the household. It's over, and there is only one dead end left. Wei Chen often inspects various places and sees such a tragic situation and is very sad."
He took out a memorial from his arms and presented it respectfully, "It's also a coincidence, Wei Chen is planning to file a report to the emperor recently, please add the policy of nurturing the people to the national law, and urge civil men and women to marry as soon as possible and have children. If you follow this book According to the booklet, women should never remarry, so how can these millions of widows and orphans find a way to survive? Excluding them, there are very few unmarried women, and they are not enough to marry existing men. Many people are helpless and cut off their children. After these people grow old, newborns are even rarer. The population of Wei may be reduced by another million households. So where does the national tax come from? Where does the army come from? Without the national tax With the army, how can we resist the Hu people and Xue Nie who are like wolves like tigers? If this continues, within 20 years, the Central Plains will be crushed by the two iron cavalry and completely become a barren land."
Seeing that the book was taken by the emperor for a closer look, he said with admiration, "Miss Guan is worthy of being the emperor's teacher. She has not only a vision, but also a heart of caring for the country and the people. Can this article be lent to this official as a book preface to be compiled into In the law of nurturing the people?"
Guan Suyi quickly waved her hands to humble herself and expressed her deep honor.
Everyone under the seat was ashamed to listen to them any longer. They felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.
After reading the memorial, Emperor Sheng Yuan flipped through "The Female Ring" and said with a sneer, "I have heard the reputation of Miss Xu Er and "The Female Ring" many times in recent days. It turned out to be a foolish theory of misleading the country and harming the people. I can ban it with the single 'from the beginning to the end', but then I think about it, this is your foolish opinion, if you ban it, it will show how important it is. It makes people want to find out more, and why is it necessary. I coldly watched your word of mouth and regarded it as a standard, I thought it was just to make women more chaste and graceful. Child interest."
He threw the "Nv Jie" into the stove for making tea, burned it to ashes, and said coldly, "To cut off the child's interest is to cut off the origin of the country of Wei. How can I endure it? I have worked hard to make the people prosper and live and work in peace and contentment as soon as possible. You people are hiding in the midst of singing and dancing. Most of you are rich and noble. Even if you encounter a military disaster, you are sent to a safe place by the escort to avoid it. If you are full, dressed warmly, and write a few poems in your spare time, you will feel that there is nothing more sorrowful in the world than this. How can you know what a real tragic world is? This is the way of survival, the way of reproduction, where is the sin?"
He said in a more serious tone, "It's just a small booklet, but it forced me to revise the code and force the marriage of men and women in Wei State, which is rare in the world. As the saying goes, the upper class works, the upper class is popular, the people will follow suit, you say remarriage is not Well, over time, the common people will also regard remarriage as a dreadful way. How should the millions of orphans and widows left behind after the war live? How will the population of Wei grow, and how will the national strength increase? , and often considers himself a scholarly family, a learned person, it's ridiculous!"
Every time the emperor said a word, the heads of everyone dropped a point, and at the end, one or two were hunched over their chests, feeling ashamed.
Emperor Sheng Yuan pointed to the woman behind Mrs. Ji and asked, "Do you want to remarry?"
Ji Ting glanced at her aunt and stood up firmly, "Report to the emperor, not only do the people want to remarry, but they also want to remarry with their daughter."
"Reporting to the Emperor, she is a private gift and a life-long private decision, and the minister's wife will punish her, not to prevent her from remarrying!" Mrs. Ji panicked, and quickly knelt down to defend.
Ji Ting took out a few documents from her sleeve pocket, and choked up, "Your Majesty, please see, this is the letter and the marriage certificate of the Minnu. She originally planned to burn them one by one in front of her aunt, and she made up her mind, so she brought it here. Zhang Lang has already obtained the consent of both parents, and it is not a private gift, please let the emperor know it!"
Emperor Shengyuan ordered Bai Fu to look up the document and sighed, "Your fiancé-in-law is a kind person, and he is willing to help you raise the children of your ex-husband, which is not easy. I will make the decision for you in this marriage; daughter, I will come back for you. , I also gave you twenty-four to carry a dowry, so that you can marry beautifully. I want to tell the people of Wei State that widow remarriage is not shameful, but a way of survival, and should be supported. Remarry, give birth, multiply, and strengthen the people of Wei State, Not only are they innocent, they are also doing great things."
Ji Ting was ecstatic and kowtowed again and again, feeling that she flew directly from hell to the clouds, her happiness was extremely unreal. Mrs. Ji's face was pale and shaky. When today's incident spreads to the outside world, she will definitely become the representative of a fool and a fool, where is there any face to speak of
Oh no, she almost forgot Xu Yayan, this person is the culprit! If she hadn't been fed up enough to write "The Female Ring", how could she have had a hard time with the emperor and with the law? When the law of nurturing the people is promulgated, the official voice of Ji's government will be greatly damaged, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the court! My son's future is also ruined!
The more Mrs. Ji thought about it, the more frightened she became, but Xu was sweating like a waterfall in a few moments, soaking through her clothes.
Emperor Shengyuan glanced at her, then looked at Xu Yayan, whose face was as golden as paper, and continued, "Women are weak? I don't think so, but to my surprise, most of the women in the audience agree with this view. What is it if it's not self-deprecation? To borrow a sentence from the lady - men are the sky, women are the earth, how high is the sky, how thick is the ground, how far is the sky, how wide is the land. The sky rains, dew, and sweet rain, and the land nurtures Lakes and forests, the two depend on each other and coexist together. Children reproduce and grow, and they rely more on the land. The steep peaks breed unyielding pines and cypresses; the beautiful mountains and clear waters breed flexible bamboos. I know the truth. I remember a saying in the Central Plains that 'being a mother is strong'. It can be seen that women cannot be humble, but must be strong, so as to bring up a better next generation. I do not despise women, otherwise they will not be reused. Huangjie, use the female generals, but if you look down on yourself, I have nothing to say."
He looked at his wife and sighed, "If I were to be an empress, I would never establish a woman with beauty and talent, but no foresight and insight, and a sparse pattern. The position of the mother of the country has never been a weak woman."