Zhao Deyan was also stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words. He had never thought about this, but soon he smiled indifferently and said, "Your son-in-law, you are so serious. I believe that no matter what you teach Zhu Niang and the others, you will never be worse than ordinary women. I absolutely believe in you!"

Li Xiu smiled helplessly about Zhao Deyan's trust. Although they were friends, they could not ignore the generation gap in their thoughts. The other party probably did not understand what he meant, but he did not explain it again. Otherwise, Zhao Deyan might misunderstand and let him down his trust in himself. Moreover, Li Xiu was confident that the students he taught would definitely not be worse than ordinary people.

"Uncle Li, you haven't answered my question yet!" At this moment, Zhu Niang, who is the protagonist today, suddenly spoke again, but at this time her attitude towards Li Xiu also changed, and she even used the title of "you", which made Li Xiu and Zhao Deyan look at each other and laugh.

"Okay, since you really want to hear it, I'll give me my opinion!" Li Xiu pondered for a moment, then continued, "The book "Women's Warning" does mention the idea of ​​men being respected and women being humble, but this also needs to be combined with the environment at that time. The author of this book was written by Ban Zhao of the Han Dynasty. Ban Zhao came from a famous family, his brothers Ban Gu and Ban Chao were all outstanding people for the time..."

The book "The Women's Commandments" is an enlightenment book for ancient women, and there is indeed the idea of ​​men being superior to women. This also led many people to criticize this book as a cancer in feudal thought. However, some people later pointed out that from the book's writing environment, the author Ban Zhao actually had good intentions. She might not even agree with her own views, but she still wrote it into the book "The Women's Commandments".

The reason for the above situation is mainly related to Ban Zhao's experience. She came from a famous family and married her husband Cao Shishu at the age of fourteen. Moreover, because of her family and her personal achievements in history, she was often summoned to the palace to teach the women in the palace, and was even respected as "the eldest aunt" by the women in the palace.

In the era when Ban Zhao lived, some problems began to arise within the Western Han Dynasty. The most serious of them were the interference of relatives and female relatives in the palace. Ban Zhao, who was familiar with history books, naturally knew that interfering in the country was a sign of destruction of the country. In fact, later generations also recognized that the destruction of the Han Dynasty was at the hands of relatives, but Ban Zhao, who was in that era, had already felt it in advance.

In this case, although Ban Zhao was a woman, she also had a heart of worrying about the country and the people. So she took the opportunity of entering the palace to teach women's family and wrote the book "Female Commandments", deliberately lowering the status of women, hoping that through her own education, the women in the palace could abide by the morality of their women and stop interfering in politics. It can be said that she had good intentions. Although her efforts did not prevent the demise of the Han Dynasty, a woman who could do her part in the face of danger in the country was also worthy of respect.

"So that's it. I didn't expect that Ban Zhao would have such a hidden story when he wrote the "Women's Commandment"!" As soon as Li Xiu finished speaking, Zhu Niang had not spoken yet, but Zhao Deyan next to him showed a sudden enlightenment expression and said that he was also a scholar, especially in Hongzhou in recent years, he has maintained the habit of reading almost every day and is very familiar with the Women's Commandment, but he has never understood the Women's Commandment from the perspective Li Xiu said.

"Dad, don't interrupt me, I haven't said yet!" Zhu Niang said with some dissatisfaction at this time, but after saying that, she turned to Li Xiu and said, "Thank you, Uncle Li, for helping me with my doubts. Now I finally know the reason why the female commandment was written, but I still can't figure it out. Now many people think that it is normal for men to be superior to women. So is it really not as good as men?"

"I can't answer you this question because there is no way to compare this. For example, if you let a woman compete with a man, then a woman will definitely not have the advantage. But if you let a man and a woman compare with a woman, men will probably lose. So in my opinion, men can only say that each has their own strengths, and that cannot be said that anyone must be noble. Of course, what I am talking about is just the general situation, and some will also have special cases, such as Ban Zhao, who wrote the female commandment, her historical and literary talent are not comparable to ordinary men!" Li Xiu laughed and replied with a laugh.

Hearing Li Xiu's answer, Zhu Niang couldn't help but lit her eyes, and then she patted her breasts and said confidently: "I knew that women are definitely not worse than men. In the future, I will be a woman who can be compared with Ban Zhao, so that people in future will often mention my name!"

"Hahahahaha~, if you have ambition, you must have such ambition as my student. As long as you are willing to work hard in the future, I believe that you will definitely not be worse than Ban Zhao!" Seeing Zhu Niang's appearance, Li Xiu couldn't help laughing again, while Zhao Deyan next to him shook his head and smiled bitterly. Although he spoiled his children very much, he didn't believe that she really had such ability.

Li Xiu's answer finally convinced the arrogant Zhu Niang. At that moment, she and her younger brother Hong Bao immediately paid homage to Li Xiu. Compared to her sister, Hong Bao was very honest and did not interrupt from beginning to end. She did whatever her father asked him to do, of course it might be because of his young age.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Xiu also hosted a banquet at home to entertain Zhao Deyan's family, and also introduced the children at home to Zhu Niang and Hong Bao. As a result, the children quickly got together. The banquet was so lively, which made Zhao Deyan even more relieved.

A few days later, Zhao Deyan finally made preparations, so he left Chang'an on a sunny morning. When he left, only Li Xiu and Ma Ye went to see him off. Because he was responsible for building a Feinusi stronghold in the Western Regions this time, and it was not appropriate to publicize it to the public, so only a few people including Li Xiu and Ma Ye knew about this time.

Just the day after Zhao Deyan left Chang'an, he finally made a decision on how Hou Junji was dealt with. Previously, Hou Junji was taken back to Chang'an by Shangguan Yi in a prison car. At that time, many people thought that even if Hou Junji was not dead this time, it would probably be difficult to guarantee his title. However, when the results came out, countless people were shocked.

Li Shimin was indeed reluctant to kill Hou Junji, and even the punishment was light, which made people suspect. In the end, he just took back the property that Hou Junji had embezzled and punished him to think about his mistakes at home. There was no other punishment. The slight punishment was just like no punishment. Therefore, when many ministers found out, they immediately wrote letters to oppose, demanding that the punishment be increased, but Li Shimin suppressed it. This also shows Li Shimin's preference for Hou Junji.

However, Li Shimin's preference for Hou Junji also brought some negative effects. For example, many people were disappointed with his biased decision, especially this incident involved the power struggle between the civil servant group and the military general group, which also caused many people to fuel the fire. Therefore, after Li Shimin only asked Hou Junji to go home and think about his past behind the scenes, this incident was immediately widely spread, not only making Hou Junji's notorious, but also Li Shimin's reputation was somewhat affected.

It is even more worth mentioning that although the opposition in the court was suppressed by Li Shimin, the opposition did not give up. From time to time, they would unite to put pressure on Li Shimin in the court. In the end, Li Shimin was also annoyed and had no choice but to add another one, which was to prohibit Hou Junji from taking charge of the troops within three years. This was also a very serious punishment for a military general, especially Hou Junji was not young and wasted three years. It was also an extremely serious blow to him.

As the punishment for Hou Junji was increased, the opposition in the court finally became smaller, and the pressure on Li Shimin finally became much smaller. However, Hou Junji would definitely not feel good. Li Shimin had no choice but to send someone to comfort him quietly. After all, even if he was the emperor, he would not be able to do anything about it.

Li Xiu was also watching the farce in the court coldly. When the final result came out, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, because he knew that after this incident, Hou Junji would have great resentment towards Li Shimin, and it was this resentment that promoted the farce of Li Chengqian's later rebellion.
Chapter completed!