In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't treat his daughter well. Princess Anqing took the blame for her husband, Ouyang Lun. In the end, Princess Anqing and Ouyang Lun were executed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
By the way, Princess Anqing was not only Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter, but also Empress Ma's biological daughter!
Empress Ma begged for mercy but failed to keep her daughter's life.
It was almost the opposite of treating her son.
But didn't Zhu Biao say that it was his descendants?
Zhu Yuanzhang might not treat his daughter very well, but if Zhu Biao had a daughter, he would definitely love her.
Zhu Yuanzhang might not like other sons who had daughters, but Zhu Biao was different.
Zhu Yuanzhang's favorability towards Zhu Biao had already reached the max.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't sit still at the thought of Zhu Biao's descendants suffering.
"Biao Er, go back first. We'll think about it.”
After Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Biao away, he sat in the study for a while, staring at the paper Zhu Biao sent over.
Only when night fell did he bring his men to Hu shi's place.
Madam Hu was the widow that Zhu Yuanzhang liked very much. She also had a pair of perfect " three-inch golden lotuses ". Zhu Yuanzhang also liked to play with her small feet.
"High Duke, you're here."
Hu Shi saw Zhu Yuanzhang come, and her face was full of joy.
"Yes."
Zhu Yuanzhang responded and entered the inner room with Madam Hu.
"All of you, leave."
Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed the maidservant, leaving only himself and Hu Shi in the room.
"High Duke?"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had been staring at her feet since he entered, Hu Shi unconsciously moved her body back.
"Show us your feet."
Hearing this, Hu shi took off her shoes and put her feet on Zhu Yuanzhang's hands.
Zhu Yuanzhang carefully played with it.
She was thin and shapeless, soft as if she had no bones.
How could it be so terrifying inside?
Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Zhu Biao's painting and reached out to untie Hu's white foot-binding cloth.
"High Duke, you can't untie it!"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's actions, Madam Hu turned pale with fright. She broke free from Zhu Yuanzhang and knelt on the ground fiercely.
"It's okay. Come here."
"Duke, I beg you, you can't untie it.”
"Come here! This is an order."
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Hu shi put her feet back in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands with tears in her eyes.
As the white skin on Hu shi's feet gradually fell off, Zhu Yuanzhang also saw a pair of feet that was even more shocking than Zhu Biao's painting.
Other than the big toe, the other four toes were broken and pressed tightly under the sole of the foot. The heel was tightly pressed against the front toe, forming an extremely deep groove in the middle.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his foot a little, and a faint rotten smell came from the crack.
Madam Hu could be served to wash her feet every day, but her feet still smelled.
It was hard for Zhu Yuanzhang to imagine what it would be like for those women with bound feet who did not come from wealthy families.
Zhu Yuanzhang also understood why he had never seen Sun Shi, Hu Shi, and the others take off the foot-binding cloth for so many years.
It was as if their feet were always clean and white in front of him.
Under Zhu Yuanzhang's actions, Madam Sun was already sobbing uncontrollably.
She didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly wanted to see her feet.
However, she knew that she was probably going to fall out of favor.
"Don't cry."
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Lady Sun's feet for a long time before he spoke again.
"Does it hurt when you bind your feet?"
When Sun shi heard this, she cried even harder.
"Duke, it hurts. I started binding my feet when I was five. When I first started, my voice was hoarse from crying. She hadn't had a good night's sleep for a few years. It wasn't until a few years later when her feet had grown that she felt much better.”
"Is it troublesome to have such a pair of feet?”
"It's troublesome. Every day, it takes me more than two hours to wash my feet and half an hour to wrap my feet.”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while before putting down Lady Sun's feet and walking out of the house.
"Let go of your feet. In the future, where we rule, you are not allowed to bind your feet.”
The next day.
Zhu Yuanzhang directly announced the ban on foot binding in the court.
Everyone was whispering to each other below, and many scholars were even crazily opposing it.
"Duke Wu, can we discuss this matter again? Women's foot-binding was a matter of each family. There was really no need to discuss it in the court!”
There were also a few people who openly praised the beauty of the three-inch golden lotus.
Zhu Yuanzhang directly questioned," Have you seen their feet under the foot-binding cloth?
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang said so, there were still many people who said to Zhu Yuanzhang,"Foot-binding is not forbidden."”
"Binding your feet isn't a big problem.”
"Anyway, it doesn't matter if a woman doesn't bind her feet. Binding her feet doesn't affect her ability to give birth.”
Zhu Yuanzhang pretended not to hear it.
No matter what the people below said, he would not relent.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was so stubborn, a few civil officials who couldn't handle it directly remonstrated on the spot.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not stop him. After the first person died on the spot, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the other person with interest.
He even said,"It's your turn."”
Seeing the hesitation on this person's face, Zhu Yuanzhang directly got someone to drag him out and chop him up.
Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang announced his order.
All serving officials, regardless of the size of the official position, from the first grade to the small officials, all children with bound feet must be released under the age of ten, and after the age of ten, they must be released at their will. Those whose feet were not bound could not be bound. Those whose feet were not bound within three months were all dismissed and investigated and never employed.
The rest of the people, whose children have bound feet, are not allowed to be officials. After three months, any foot-binding person will be punished once found, and they are welcome to report it.
After the report was verified, there was also a reward.
The moment Zhu Yuanzhang's decree was issued, the widespread trend of foot-binding was immediately cleared up.
If officials were afraid that they would be fired and investigated for disobedience, wouldn't all his hard work be in vain?
The ordinary people were even more anxious. Who hadn't dreamed of becoming an official?
If your daughter doesn't bind her feet, you might not be able to become an official.
If your daughter is tied up, you definitely won't be able to become an official.
This was too scary.
You can even report it, and there will be a reward for reporting it.
Not only did the commoners give their daughters enough time, but they also kept a close eye on other people's families. They were waiting for three months to pass before reporting them and getting a reward.
In this kind of social environment, most of the people who were unwilling to let go had no choice but to let go.
They didn't want to be punished.
Zhu Biao heard about Zhu Yuanzhang's methods and decrees that night and was so happy that he ate an extra bowl of rice that night.
There was actually a fool who dared to play dead remonstrance in front of Old Zhu? Truly admirable.
As for Zhu Yuanzhang's " reward for reporting " policy, Zhu Biao was even more delighted.
Did Old Zhu write the reward for reporting into history in advance?
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