The ancients often said that "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", but in fact, this sentence is only half quoted, and ordinary people actually deviate in their understanding.

The original saying of this sentence is "A man is virtuous, and a woman is virtuous."

Saying that "a man is virtuous is talented" emphasizes that "virtue is before talent" and "virtue is more important than talent", which is a consistent traditional Chinese thought.

If we use the words of later generations, that is: if a person is virtuous, the greater his ability, the greater the benefit to society; If a person is not virtuous, the greater his ability, the greater the harm to society.

This is actually very easy to understand, but what is difficult to understand is the second half of the sentence, what is "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented"? Is it really said that the less talented a woman is, the better it is?

There is a saying that "there are good wives in the family and few husbands", this kind of "good wife" mentioned in the old saying, can a simple fertility tool do it? Apparently not. Therefore, the ancients also had "talent" requirements for women.

The sentence "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented" is actually the same as the previous sentence, but it is only emphasizing the priority and emphasizing that "virtue is before talent", which is to persuade women to act mainly with virtue, rather than derogating women, saying that women can not be talented.

This whole misunderstanding was caused by misinterpreting the word "nothing" in "no talent". In fact, the word "nothing" is a verb, which means "there is nothing in the original", which is equivalent to the latter "clothes" in "undressing", that is, "there is talent, but in my heart I think I have nothing".

Just as the ancients believed that men's humility is a virtue, women's "none" talent is also virtue - they are talented, but they do not deliberately show off, this is virtue.

Besides, it's not that ancient women don't all read, in fact, how many of the real ladies are illiterate? Not at all. The ancients even fabricated that Su Shi had a younger sister, and said that Su Xiaomei was only eight years old, and even the great writer Su Shi wanted her to score three points, but I haven't heard of anyone lashing out at the character of "Su Xiaomei". As for a talented woman like Li Qingzhao, it is needless to say.

People who often read the legends of the Ming and Qing dynasties know that there are often plots in those books where the official eunuch lady has a special Mr. Xixi at home to teach them to read. Even some young ladies are quite good at reading, and they can even get the Bagu Wen at their fingertips, but it's a pity that there is no women's imperial examination, and there is nowhere to display their skills.

And the reason why Gao pragmatic emphasizes the "way out" lies in this.

The "Princess Yongning Charity Fund" was aimed at the poor people at the beginning of its operation, after all, charity can't always be done for the noble family, right?

For example, Zhu Yingzhen has a younger sister at home, does she need help from a charitable fund? Gao Shishi also has a younger sister, do they need help from a charitable fund? No kidding.

But since it is a charity for the poor people, then the charity must be able to really help the other party.

For example, the adoption of orphan girls, Gao Shi's mother Zhang likes to do this very much, but the orphan girls she adopted almost all became the maids of the Gao family without exception - don't look at being a maid is "a slave and a maid", in fact, this is really helping others, because people may have starved to death, and now they are the maids of the Gao family, not to mention wearing gold and silver, at least they can have no worries about food and clothing, and they can also marry and have children, and they are perfect.

So isn't it a help?

But Princess Yongning had a whim this time and wanted to build a school for girls, so Gao Pragmatic had to remind her: Teaching can be taught, but what's the use of teaching? No matter how well you teach them, the level of Shiwen is the same as my high pragmatism, and you can take the top exam if you release them...... But so what? She should starve to death and have to starve to death, because she can't take the imperial examination.

Everyone reads because in the future, almost all of their husbands will be scholars, so they also need to have some knowledge, at least she can't understand what her husband says, and she must be able to communicate.

For example, Lu You and Tang Wan, their love story is known to many people, and there is no need to elaborate here. only said that after Lu You wrote "Hairpin Phoenix, Red Crisp Hand", his ex-wife Tang Wan saw it and sang a song "Hairpin Phoenix: The World's Love". Isn't this harmony the best?

What's more, the ancients first cultivated virtue when they read books, the so-called "way of university, in Mingmingde", everyone thinks that women who have read books can be more helpful to their husbands.

But the premise here is that everyone is beautiful, since it is everyone's lady, according to the principle of being the right person, the conditions in the husband's family will not be bad, so she herself is not worried about food and clothing, and she doesn't have to go to "learn literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family" when she reads.

To put it simply, they study to be worthy of a better husband, not to sell these talents for money.

But the poor girls who need the help of the princess fund are different, if you teach them to read, they will not be able to marry into the family of the noble eunuch. And if she just marries an ordinary man, for example, marries a mason, then the books she reads don't have much meaning, but it's really better to learn some female celebrities and the like, so that she can help the family do something and subsidize the family.

As for going to the family of the noble eunuch to be a concubine...... As we all know, there are quite a few famous prostitutes who go to concubines, but few can really integrate into the family harmoniously, the reason is that these famous prostitutes are usually talented and good-looking, and they are easy to be favored, so most of the ladies will not be happy, and once the ladies of the main house are unhappy, the result is that the family is not at ease.

The plot of concubines and wives competing for favor generally only appears in romances, and in fact it is basically impossible. Because a concubine is only a kind of property in the law, and the wife is the master, the master of course has the right to dispose of her property.

There is a way to marry a wife and a virtuous person, and take a concubine. If you are a concubine, it really doesn't matter if you are talented or not, and even if you are talented, you are even more feared by the lady of the main room. And Princess Yongning must not have gone to the school to provide high-quality concubines for the wealthy family.

Gao Pragmatic told Princess Yongning these truths one by one, and the princess was stunned when she heard it, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, and she muttered in high spirits: "I can't imagine that there are still these troubles." ”

The look in her eyes dimmed, and she sighed: "I haven't seen what happened to those refugee women with my own eyes, but there are also many palace maids in the palace who couldn't support their families before, so they thought of entering the palace." I've heard them talk about some of the miserable conditions of those years, and they really want to help a group of poor girls like them. High school Cheng, I know that you have become unequaled, can you ...... Can you think of a way to get the best of both worlds? ”

Gao pragmatic couldn't wait to roll his eyes, but this move was too disrespectful, in front of the emperor, that was because the emperor was his classmate, but he still had to be a little dignified in front of the princess.

So he had no choice but to make a thoughtful appearance and pretend to mutter: "What about this...... The minister needs to think about it. ”

Princess Yongning's eyes lit up, her smile bloomed, and she just said the word "good", when she suddenly heard Gao Shishi's stomach "cooing".

Both of them were stunned.

Gao pragmatic reacted relatively quickly, and said with a dry smile: "Your Highness is smiling, the minister is in a hurry......

When Princess Yongning heard this, she didn't feel it, and said with a smile: "This is my negligence, forgive me." Then he instructed the eunuch palace maid at the door: "Go, prepare a lunch for the high school Cheng, and there is no need to change places, just send it to the Chengxi Palace." Then he told the palace ladies about the dishes to be delivered.

Chengxi Hall is the west side hall of Changchun Palace, which is generally used for meetings, and is obviously not a place to eat, so Princess Yongning was stunned for a moment when she said this, and hesitated: "Here...... Not quite right, right? ”

According to the rules, there is a place to eat, and even if the princess stays for dinner, she usually does not accompany her in person, not to mention that the object is still a courtier? The so-called dignity and orderliness, the difference between men and women, now Princess Yongning obviously will not deliberately avoid it, so it is a bit uncourteous for Gao Pragmatic to dine here.

But Princess Yongning looked away from him, and said, "I'm here, can't you eat?" ”

"Uh...... His Royal Highness is serious, how can the minister be like this. Gao Shishi scratched his head a little, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess's temper is much more difficult to understand than her brother, sad for a while, hesitant for a while, and a little choking for a while, it's really a woman's heart.

Forget it, I can't afford to offend this kind of weird temper, just eat here and eat here, anyway, you volunteered to accompany you, and no one will have to cut off my head because of this.

The meals in the palace are actually quite ordinary for Gao Pragmatic, not that the skills of the imperial chef are not good, but because the palace is more special, and the meals are required to be served at any time, which leads to the fact that many times the meals are kept warm with sealed meals in a large pot of warm water after they are cooked, which has an impact on the taste.

Of course, this kind of meal is highly pragmatic and eats a lot, so I don't bother to care about it when I go to a steamed vegetable shop to eat steamed vegetables in the future. The key is that the palace maids and eunuchs in Changchun Palace are no better than Zhu Yijun's side, and they don't know how to eat a high and pragmatic amount, so in line with the principle of being able to do more and not less, they served him an extra amount of four dishes and one soup.

"Four dishes and one soup" is the characteristic of the Ming Dynasty, from Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations, unless the banquet is held in accordance with the relevant etiquette, even the emperor's daily catering is also this configuration. Similarly, the cabinet ministers who worked in the palace, including the newly transferred so-and-so Lang from the Hanlin Yuan to the current court's first assistant, the dining standard was also four dishes and one soup, and the standard was not exceeded.

But Zhu Yuanzhang also has a secret place, that is, there is no prescribed weight.

So Gao Pragmatic now has a plate of spicy shredded rabbit, a braised river carp, a roasted lamb leg, a plate of fresh fried vegetables, and the famous jade white jade soup of the Ming Dynasty.

The "spicy" of this spicy rabbit shredded is not from chili peppers - at this time, Daming does not have this kind of American product, this dish was eaten for the first time, and he was a little surprised to hear the word "spicy", so that Chen Ju only knew after asking that the method was "shredded, chicken soup simmered, rice wine, soy sauce, green onions, ginger juice, peppercorns, and bean flour to collect the soup." ”

That is, the rabbit is slaughtered, peeled and cleaned, deboned and shredded, simmered with chicken soup over low heat, added rice wine, soy sauce, green onion, ginger juice, peppercorn powder to taste, when the soup is simmered to the end, it is thickened with mung bean starch. Therefore, its "spicy" concept comes from ginger juice and minced peppercorns.

Gao Shishi's strange thing at this moment is that these four dishes and one soup were not "ordered" by himself, but ordered by Princess Yongning, but these dishes are all his favorites, and there is not a particularly greasy dish.

He couldn't help but mutter, although Her Royal Highness the eldest princess may have had some thoughts about herself due to the beginning of her love for a while in the past, but she was actually young at that time, so she shouldn't be able to pay attention to her eating preferences......

But he didn't have a chance to think about it, Princess Yongning saw that he didn't move for a long time, and asked with some surprise: "But the dishes are not well chosen?" ”

Gao Pragmatic hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, the choice is very good, it is all the minister's favor, but the minister happened to think of His Highness's question just now and had some ideas." ”

Princess Yongning's face was overjoyed, and she was going to ask, but her words changed: "Since you have already thought of it, then you don't have to worry, it is not too late for Gao Cheng to eat first." ”

Since it was so warm and difficult, Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to be hospitable and began to eat.

Princess Yongning seemed to be very interested in his meal, and sat obediently to the side and watched, even reluctant to blink.

Gao Pragmatic used to be fat in his previous life, and later he was inspired to lose weight and achieved success, one of which is to eat slowly, no matter what you eat, chew slowly, which can greatly reduce the possibility of eating support.

But now that he was stared at by a princess, he was really a little uncomfortable, so he had to speed up, and he ate it as a marching meal.

After the palace maids brought the Qing Shui Jingpa, and Gao was pragmatic and unceremoniously used it, Princess Yongning pursed her lips and smiled: "It seems that Gao Gao Cheng is really hungry." ”

Gao pragmatic subconsciously looked at the table, only to find that he had really eaten too much, due to the sluggishness of satiety, he now began to feel supported, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Princess Yongning was not displeased, and even looked quite happy, smiled at him, and said: "What is the best plan for high school Cheng, you might as well say it, and the palace will listen to it." ”

Gao Shishi cleared his throat, and said, "If Your Highness must let these girls learn, the minister's opinion is to focus on learning." ”

Princess Yongning asked, "How to focus?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Focus on how to be a good wife and mother. ”

"Huh?" Princess Yongning was stunned and said, "This ...... Is it learned? ”

Gao pragmatic asked rhetorically: "Your Highness, don't you think that good wives and good mothers are all born?" ”

Princess Yongning didn't answer immediately, but thought for a while before asking, "However, I didn't mean that. ”

"Your Highness must be hoping that they will be able to stand on their own feet in the world after studying at school." Gao pragmatically shook his head and said: "Actually, the minister supports this idea itself, but the minister has to say that he can't do it yet." ”

"Why?"

Gao pragmatic said: "Unless His Royal Highness intends to let them live a lifetime of green lantern ancient Buddhas." ”

Princess Yongning was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Why do you say this?" ”

Gao Shishi sighed: "The minister made an assumption: there is a woman who entered His Royal Highness's academy and learned thousands of scrolls, but she can't do anything other than study. Neither a female celebrity, nor financial management, nor arranging a family's mundane affairs, but only a study...... May I ask Your Highness, if she marries a carpenter, what can she do for her husband?

If Her Highness says she doesn't have to marry, how can she support herself? Although it is good to study, at most it is to make a western seat for the female dependents of large families, and people may not be happy - after all, there are many people who fall off the list, and there are more students, and these people's knowledge is good or bad, and there is no place to test this woman's knowledge. ”

Princess Yongning thought for a while, and sighed lightly: "But if I go to the school and just learn some female celebrities and the like, then why should I build this school, if their mothers are still there, can't they all teach?" ”

Gao pragmatic smiled: "So the minister said that there should be a focus, female red and so on are just the basics, as well as various 'disciplines' such as etiquette and family finance, and even some more inclined subjects can be added, such as silk reeling." ”

Princess Yongning asked: "Etiquette and financial management are understandable, but such as silk reeling, it doesn't seem to be of much use if you learn it in the north, right?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: "The minister is just an example, because the minister is now vigorously promoting the tussah silk industry in Liaodong, and many processes related to this, female workers are far better than male workers, and the minister even spent a lot of energy to train them." It can be seen that some of the jobs that are more suitable for women workers can actually be taught in His Highness's school, as long as His Highness is really open this school for those poor women. ”

Princess Yongning thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "I think this is actually similar to your craftsman school, but my school only accepts women, right?" ”

Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Your Highness has seen thousands of miles, it is indeed very similar, but although this kind of school does not sound elegant, it is practical enough, if there is such a school, the woman who reads out of the school must be able to find a good in-law and live a good life smoothly." ”

Princess Yongning fell into thinking after hearing this, but Gao Pragmatic sighed in her heart: This kind of thing in the women's school is an unprecedented practice, you don't learn the method of my Jinghua craftsman school to run a school, but I am afraid that you will be impeached as soon as the school starts. You are a princess, and you have an emperor brother who loves your younger brothers and sisters, you can not be afraid.

But if you really teach the Four Books and the Five Classics, you are afraid that not only will you be criticized by the people in the Shilin, but the girls who will be taught in the end will not have a means to make a living, that is, you will do bad things with good intentions.

Build a women's school similar to the craftsman school, take a name like "lady school", and specialize in cultivating good wives and mothers with both ability and integrity, which is really for their good.

After a long time, Princess Yongning seemed to have thought about it, and suddenly asked: "Fang Cai High School said that Liaodong is vigorously promoting Tussah silk, so there is a great demand for female workers in this area?" ”

Gao pragmatically nodded and said, "The minister said it." ”

Princess Yongning hesitated for a moment and said, "Then how about my school built in Liaodong?" I heard that Liaodong has always had its own disasters in recent years, and last year it was also hit by a typhoon...... I think there are a lot of people in Liaodong who need help, and I can also do my best to accommodate them in the academy, and I can find a good family after I finish my studies. ”

Gao was stunned for a moment: "Your Highness wants to open the school in Liaodong?" ”

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