Foot binding has existed since the Song Dynasty, and of course it also existed during the Ming Dynasty. However, the people of the Ming Dynasty did not hate the Song Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, but they hated me, the Qing Dynasty.

Looking through relevant records, almost all of them blame Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism for the current status of footbinding, and some people blame the current status on the Ming Dynasty. However, according to the Yuan Dynasty's Notes "Zhan Yuan Jing Yu", "all the women of the Yichuan family of Cheng Cheng in the Song Dynasty"

The feet were not bound and the ears were not pierced. In the later Tang Dynasty, Empress Liu was not able to wear shoes and she walked out with her legs bare. This shows that the feet of aristocratic women in the Song and Five Dynasties were endlessly bound."

Che Ruoshui of the Southern Song Dynasty recorded in his "Athology of Beriberi", "I don't know when the woman's feet were bound, and the child was not four or five years old, innocent and innocent, causing him infinite pain. The pain is so small that I don't know what's the use.

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Che Ruoshui was a disciple of Zhu Xi, and foot binding in the Song Dynasty was called "quickly mount the horse", which meant that women's feet were bound to be more slender and straight. It was far from the foot binding style of the Tatar and Qing Dynasties.

This can be proven by the unearthed shoes and socks from the Song and Ming dynasties.

Elizabeth Berger, a postdoctoral fellow in Sinology at the University of Michigan, excavated samples from ancient tombs in the Ming Dynasty at the Yangguanzhai site near Xi'an. The skeletons had tarsal bones around the heels. Although their size was slightly reduced, the change was not obvious.

"This suggests that footbinding may have become more extreme over time in the Qing Dynasty," Berger said.

Anthropologist Christine Li of the University of California, Los Angeles, has also been studying archaeological evidence of footbinding dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties found at the Xuecun archaeological site in Henan Province.

"The rate of footbinding among women appears to have increased from the Ming to Qing dynasties (1644-1911), which mirrors the historical knowledge of footbinding."

There are basically no records of footbinding in the Ming Dynasty. This is the biggest doubt. The second reason is that among the female corpses of the Ming Dynasty that were unearthed, all the footsteps and bones were normal!

On the contrary, Fang Xuan wrote "Xianlian Pinzao", which is all poems and essays criticizing women's small feet; Li Yu wrote "Li Weng Odd Collection", which has rich information on foot binding; Yuan Mei wrote "Foot Binding Tan", which is another book about foot binding.

Special works on aesthetics; Xie Zhao's "Wen Hai Pi Chao" contains an article on foot binding; Shen Defu's "My Broomstick Yu Tan" also talks about foot binding; Xu Zhen's "Beauty Book" both talks about women with small feet.

(The above literati are all talented Tatars.)

In addition, Qian Yong's "Lv Yuan Cong Hua: Foot Bounding": "No one has as small feet as those between Yan, Zhao, Qi, Lu, Qin and Jin."

Fogg's "Ting Yu Cong Tan": "Nowadays, in the great power of Zhongxia, everyone is crazy about it. Only the women of the Eight Banners do not have their feet bound. Among the women in the inner city of the capital, five or six out of ten people do not have their feet bound. In the countryside, they do not have their feet bound."

There are three or four out of ten. In the eastern and western provinces of Guangdong, Wu, Anhui, Yunnan, and Guizhou, many women in their villages do not have their feet bound. In addition, all women in other provinces have their feet bound, and this practice is most popular in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu."

It can be seen that until the middle of the Qing Dynasty, foot binding was only popular in the northern region, and most women in the south did not bind their feet, so this is very strange. Legend has it that foot binding originated in the Southern Tang Dynasty and became popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. They were all small imperial courts in the south.

But by the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it was more popular in the north, while in the south "most women in the countryside did not bind their feet"?

Others say that the Qing Dynasty is against foot-binding. The basis is that the Qing government issued an edict: "Any woman born in this period is strictly prohibited from foot-binding." Also, Xiaozhuang issued an edict prohibiting Han women with foot-binding from entering the palace, and violators would be executed.

However, the source of the so-called edict prohibiting foot binding is recorded in the "Manuscript of Qing History". The edict was dated in 1642... Chongzhen was hanged on Meishan Mountain in 1644. I don't know what the edict was based on.

Identity issued.

In addition, according to records, Emperor Xianfeng had four concubines with bound feet who were much loved. However, these four concubines could not enter the palace due to the ancestral system set by Xiaozhuang, so Xianfeng raised them in the Old Summer Palace - Xianfeng stayed in the garden every year

For ten months, pampering the concubine with bound feet was an important reason.

To sum up, our Tatar government seems to prohibit but vigorously promotes foot-binding - women's feet are bound and they have difficulty moving, but men's rebellion is not allowed to be considered?

(Don’t some people like to wash my tartar and kneel down to add eagle sauce? I will share with you the records of the ancients from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and I will also share with you the research of your eagle sauce father. Don’t say that I am slandering you.

The Tatar Master. In addition, the above information does not count as a word count and is free of charge.)

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It took me more than a hundred years of hard work to achieve the goal of gradually becoming popular in Taqing. As the news spread that Zhu Jinsong was going to be selected for the draft, the foot-binding trend disappeared immediately. There was no need to issue a special "foot-binding ban".

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After all, the common people are not stupid. Without me, the Qing Dynasty, secretly leading the way and holding small foot competitions and other things, naturally no one is willing to risk offending the laws of the Ming Dynasty and losing the chance to enter the palace by binding feet.

Of course, it cannot be said that it has completely disappeared. After all, women are really crazy creatures. There are many people who want to bind their feet to make them slim and slim, just like those women in Europe who like to tie their waists.

It's the same - even though many European ladies have lost their lives because of tying their waists, they still enjoy it and tie up all the things that should be tied up and should not be tied up.

Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor.

What really concerns Zhu Jinsong is the reform of marriage laws in the Ming Dynasty - the laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that for a man and a woman to get married, the man must be over 20 years old and the woman must be over 18 years old. Violators must be severely punished.

"Young people are full of blood, coupled with Shao Ai's admiration, they want to be passionate. If they are not connected, they will be like flowers in the garden. They will wither before they grow."

Our ancestors have studied this matter clearly for a long time. Although the past dynasties have not concluded any eugenics and nurturing, they have always practiced this.

But when it comes to Taqing, it is common for men and women to get married at the age of twelve or thirteen - if there is no Taqing secretly fueling the flames, even a dog would not believe it.

What Zhu Jinsong is concerned about is precisely the degree of public acceptance of the age limit for marriage in the "Da Ming Law·Household Law·Marriage".

In addition, another thing that Zhu Jinsong is more concerned about is the current situation of the Qing Dynasty and North Korea.

I have to admit that in this world where people are competing against each other, there will always be some people who are bad at a higher level and at a higher level, such as North Korea.

Ever since Emperor Chongzhen was hung on the Crooked Neck Tree in Meishan, North Korea, which claims to be the filial son of the Ming Dynasty, has been clamoring to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Even if it ostensibly paid tribute to the Tatar Qing Dynasty, it still used the title of Chongzhen behind the scenes.

But, the rot in Korea is really not ordinary - the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty slogans have been chanted for more than a hundred years, and the Tatars have been paying tribute to us for more than a hundred years, but there has never been a real war.

Until Qian Deafangou sent troops to North Korea and directly stunned the North Korean King Li Zuo.

After seeking help from Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, to no avail, Li Zuo, the North Korean king, simply broke the pot and surrendered directly to the Qing Dynasty!

That's right, he surrendered directly.

According to the North Korean King Li Zou, North Korea was originally enshrined by the Tatars, and something must have been done wrong, which prompted the Qing Emperor to send heavenly troops to attack North Korea. Moreover, North Korea's national army was very small, so even if it wanted to resist,

If you can't resist, you might as well just lie down and enjoy yourself. You'll know what you did wrong sooner, so you can correct it sooner.

As soon as this bullshit statement came out, the whole of North Korea was shocked.

Is this what a country leader should say? Your ancestors have been shouting against the Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years, but now they just surrendered to you?

Then, the sticks were divided into two extremes.

Some of them hated Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor - since you, Zhu, claim to be the Ming Dynasty's orthodoxy, why don't you care about the life and death of our Korea? Is this something a Ming father can do? Where can a father not care about his son?

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As soon as the heads of these people who hated Zhu Jinsong were so hot, many of them tied red noodles on their heads, knelt down facing the direction of Jinan Mansion, and then smashed the little finger of their left hand with a brick to express their gratitude.

From then on, he and Ming Dynasty were completely cut off, and there was no longer any relationship between father and son.

The other part of the stick is to hate Li Zuo, the king of North Korea - if you didn't declare your vassalage to Father Ming early, Father Ming would still care about the life and death of our North Korea? Is there such an unfilial person in this world?

son?

Of course, these stickmen who hated Li Zu would not smash their fingers to express their will, but secretly united together, preparing to find an opportunity to kill Li Zu, and wait until the new king ascends the throne to ask for the Ming Dynasty's canonization.

But I, the Qing Dynasty, will not let North Korea go just because the sticks are having internal strife.

For me, Taqing, without the sixteen provinces of Han, it would be good to have North Korea as a new blood-sucking target, especially some of the extreme sticks. With a little training, these things can become excellent slaves.

It's perfect for a biting dog.

And just like when the Qing Dynasty and I entered the customs and went south, Qian Deafangou directly gave North Korea a way of leaving hair but not hair, leaving head but not hair, and the Eight Banners of North Korea were also grandly established.

And when Qian Deaf Old Gou got hold of the Eight Banners of Gurkha and the Eight Banners of Korea, he was just like a certain song said: The weather cleared up and the rain stopped, and Qian Deaf Old Gou felt that he could do it again.

Think about it, even if the Eight Banners of Qizhou and the Eight Banners of Mongolia are not very useful, after all, that is what happened in the past, right?

Now, our Eight Banners have regained the bravery of our ancestors and conquered Gorkha and North Korea in succession. The newly established Eight Banners of Gorkha and North Korea are also good soldiers who are not afraid of death. If we don't take this opportunity to attack

Zhu Jinsong, the rebel leader, where should I put my Taqing face?

Heshen and Zhongtang, who were summoned into the palace by Qian Deafangou, were thinking that you can put them wherever you like - the Gurkhas can't defeat our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty can't defeat the rebels named Zhu.

Thief, how did you, old man, figure out that the Eight Banners of Gorkha and the Eight Banners of Korea could defeat Zhu Ni?

Besides, it’s true that King Li Zou of North Korea surrendered, and the Eight Banners of North Korea were indeed established, but North Korea has not been completely stabilized. Those rebels under the banner of Sanbie Chao, you old man really just think that they are

Can't see it?

After secretly struggling with pain, Heshen and Zhongtang had to persuade: "Long live Lord, if it were any other time, we would have marched to the Central Plains. But as far as I know, Zhu Ni, who is entrenched in Shandong, is now

Is there something wrong with recruiting girls from Guangzhou to join the army at this time?"

Qian Deaf Old Dog narrowed his eyes slightly, snorted and asked, "What's wrong?"

Hearing Qian Deafangou say this, Heshen and Zhongtang were so angry that they almost cursed out loud.

What's wrong?

Can't you, old man, think about it, what good will it do to you to anger the traitor Zhu Jinsong at this time? Is it really that your brain has shrunk and degenerated?

Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Heshen and Zhongtang to express their complaints secretly in their hearts.

He Shen and Zhongtang bowed and said: "Long live Lord, I heard that there is an old saying among the Han people, which is that it is better to demolish ten temples than destroy one marriage. Although Zhu Ni is a treacherous and unethical rebel, now is the time for him to do so.

When they get married, how could I choose this time to attack them with my magnanimity?"

ps: This chapter is 3,400 words+. The previous information is not included in the word count. The actual charge is only 2,200 words.
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