Return to Ming Dynasty as Prince Chapter 14: The Debate of Chastity

For a greeting, Ma Yicheng invites everyone to sit down, and Xiao Er put up the ordered dishes one by one. Ma Yicheng said to Yang Ling again: "Xiucai Yang, Old Futo made a loud voice and called you a good nephew. My son has a rude temperament and often makes trouble for the old man. This time there is a big disaster. If it weren't for Yang Xian's trick , Master Min is open to favor, and the dog will have a life lawsuit."

　　Yang Ling hurriedly said: "Where and where, my nephew could understand that day. Brother Ma had never done anything to the boss. It was really greedy and harmful. The boss was greedy for Young Lady Ma pearls and was caught by him. Theoretically, it is not the fault of Brother Ma from being embarrassed into anger, and Sir Ma must not be too harsh on Brother Ma."

　　Ma Ang suddenly said: "Daddy, I told my sister that you don't believe me. You should believe what Big Brother Yang said? I haven't beaten that old man."

　　 "Shut up! Little beast, how can you break in!" Ma Yicheng scolded his son, and shook his head at County Magistrate Min, County Deputy Huang and Yang Ling: "Look, look, this little beast is not enough, and more than defeated. Nothing can be compared to nephew Yang Xian, who is a few years younger than my son, but he is calm and practiced, and he has gained fame before he has a weak crown. Alas, Zhuo Jing died early. This son and a girl are disciplined. I'm so ignorant."

　　County Magistrate Min and County Deputy Huang, Yang Ling will inevitably explain Ma Ang again. While talking here, the younger brother over there will bring up the banquet. In a short while, more and more people in the theater, sitting around the private room are some businessmen walking past the post, and in the remote places are some idle postmen, long-term husbands and improper errands. Ya Served.

　　 The stage in front of the stage was brightly lit, and the actors invited by the theater began to sing on the stage as soon as the gongs and drums rang. At that time, there was no mention of Beijing opera. Yang Ling did not understand the opera, and it was inconvenient to ask people. After listening to a few sentences, I really didn’t understand too much. In addition, the actors at that time were all men. I wanted to see beautiful women and have an eye addiction. No, Yang Ling is very boring, but after listening to County Magistrate Min, Ma Yicheng, County Deputy Huang, they have a general idea while watching and talking.

　　 After hearing the story of the two of you, Yang Ling only found it unbelievable. The scene was about a woman who was newly married to her husband, and then her husband left home.

　　 It took several years for my husband to return to his hometown. When he was about to get home, he ran into a very beautiful woman picking mulberries. He was moved by the beauty of this woman, so he stepped forward to molested him, but was unexpectedly by the woman Yoshimasa Sternly refuted, feeling boring, and returned home in despair.

　　 Unexpectedly, when he went home, he found that his wife was the woman he had just failed to molested. He felt very ashamed and expressed his sincere admiration for her wife.

　　 There is nothing wrong with the story here, but the second day after the stage was staged, the wife was crying at home and wrote a suicide note. The letter said that her wife’s moral cultivation was not at home. Cause men’s evil thoughts, shame their chastity, so they can no longer live in the world, only one death to preserve chastity.

　　 finally performed this incident and caused a sensation in the township. All parties wrote letters and the emperor issued a decree. This chaste martyred woman was posthumously named a first-class imperial lady, and the "chaste archway" was bestowed by the imperial court. Her glory was extremely high. Her husband missed his wife and later married Madam, the couple went to the grave together to worship.

　　 This Hongyan Lou is a complex of theater and restaurant, so the acting is not so compact when the show starts. Min and Ma talked about it with relish for a while after the show. County Deputy Huang took a sip of wine , Insert two sentences from time to time. Although he doesn't say much, he is a scholar after all, but he can always say what County Magistrate Min wants to say but can't express.

　　Yang Ling felt that the act was too unreal. The most outrageous thing he had ever heard was that it seemed that a woman fell into the water in a certain period, and was rescued by a man who was passing by seeing her holding her arm. , When she returned home, she even cut off her arm with a kitchen knife because it was touched by a man who was not her husband.

　　 But if it is also considered as "losing virginity", after all, it is a physical loss of virginity. The woman in this play is actually "losing virginity" mentally and cannot bear it. It is not a loss of virginity, but it is She was beautiful, and others looked at her. The man was not guilty. On the contrary, the wife felt that she was not good enough, which was totally unreasonable.

　　 Listening to County Magistrate Min and Ma Yicheng still full of praise, Yang Ling finally couldn't help but said: "Two adults, this drama is too exaggerated and false, right? Her husband met a beautiful woman, so he flirted with it. At the end, being scolded and leaving, the wife finally felt that she was infidelity. This...This is simply outrageous. How can there be such a thing in the world? Such a funny thing, such an exaggerated and false drama, there is What's good?"

　　Ma Yicheng said in amazement: "Why, nephew Yang Xian is reading the book of sages, so he doesn't know the story in "Biographies of Exemplary Women"? What's wrong with this? This woman is so strong, she is really a model for women in the world. What's so funny?"

Master 　　Min also drank a sip of wine with a smile, and said with a smile, "Yang Xiucai must read only those sage books that can be used for fame and fame. I don’t know the story of "Biographies of Exemplary Women". You are kind and soft, I I also feel that this woman is a pity. If I were a county magistrate there, I would definitely beat the husband forty hard and punish him for life as a concubine.

　　 But there is nothing untrue about this. In Chenghua, when I was fighting pirates in Fujian, I was a small soldier at that time. There was a woman in southern Fujian. After her husband died, she wanted to go with her husband. Rong, beating the gongs and drums, and making a big announcement. Three days later, the woman was holding flowers in her hand and dressed in bright clothes. She was sitting in a sedan chair until her husband’s grave. She stepped on a stool and boarded the pre-built color shed, hanging herself on her neck. Jingtai Emperor once The decree gave a chastity memorial archway, a town full of glory, hehe, that memorial archway was still set for her.

　　Ma Yicheng nodded and said: "Yes, ethics and defense, how can you be sloppy, Yang Xian's nephew is too benevolent. Speaking of which, such a woman is a fierce woman of good people. If she is a happy girl, how can there be Is it so strong?

　　 I think that Xuzhou’s famous prostitute Guan Panpan was accepted as a concubine by the guard Zhang Yin. Zhang Yin died. Instead of dying her husband, she moved back to her old residence, Yanzilou, to live alone for ten years, wishing to win a reputation for keeping the festival. Really shameless.

　　 Later, Jiangzhou Sima wrote a poem to break her hypocrisy. This woman died on a hunger strike for ten days, which is far from the woman in the play and the young woman in Minzhong. "

　　Yang Ling used to practice bad characters in the past life, so I wrote some writing stickers, so this Jiangzhou Sima knows who it is. It’s just that he didn’t know that Bai Juyi had such a pity for an old charcoal seller, but he had such an attitude towards a widow who lived in widowhood. At that time, Tang Dynasty was the most open-minded Chinese culture. Now, after the invention of Song Dynasty Master Zhu "Three Obediences and Four Virtues", it’s no wonder women The poison was so deep.

　　Ma Lian'er was very uncomfortable to hear from the side, and couldn't help but interject with a cold snort: "Ten years of spring, the screams have turned into tongues, and the three are ugly and changed their eyebrows. If the beloved wife follows her husband, there is nothing wrong with it. However, since this kind of man regards the concubine room as a commodity that can be bought and sold at will, he is ruthless at all, and he wants to die, but his daughter feels a bit too much."

　　 She reads the verses from Bai Juyi’s self-reported Fengliu Yashi’s "Chasing Puppets", saying that he bought some 15-16-year-old girls as concubines, only playing for three years, they are only 18 or 9 years old , I think people are old and ugly, so some give away and some resell them, and then buy a batch of fresh goods, change three batches in ten years, so I wrote it in a poem to show off to my friends.

　　Ma Yicheng was very upset. I only felt that it was too shameful for my daughter to say this in public. A magistrate, a county magistrate, and a distinguished scholar who were present at the scene were very rebellious and unruly. It seems that his family education is not strict, so even though he usually loves this daughter the most, he still couldn't help but slapped her on the slap, cursing: "Fuck, what are you talking about? Since Emperor Taizu Gao, this dynasty The most important teaching is to commend the festival women, 30 widows but 50 who do not remarry, show the door, and exempt the servants of the family, what glory is that?

　　 Integrity of chastity is originally a duty. As the saying goes, one horse is not worthy of two saddles, and one foot is difficult to ride two boats. Therefore, one woman does not serve two husbands, just as I wait for one minister and two masters. Although the virtue of a woman lies in tenderness, the main festival is named after Zhenyeol, can I forget what I taught you? "

　　Ma Lian'er is usually the most loved by fathers, so when they heard them say that women are like men’s private property, they couldn’t help refuting them. I didn’t expect my father to slap himself in front of an outsider. For a while, he was ashamed and annoyed. Unable to hide his face and cry, he ran out as soon as he turned around.

　　Ma Ang Seeing his father got angry, he didn't dare to persuade him. He wanted to chase him out but was afraid that his father would be angry, so he couldn't help but hesitate to stay there. Ma Yicheng waved his hand angrily: "Let her go, we will take care of the drinking, this child is really spoiled by me, and these things can be said."

　　Yang Ling couldn’t help being dumb, what did Ma Lian'er say wrong, why Ma Yicheng was so angry, County Magistrate Min also felt that it was of course not to discourage him, and then he stood up and said: “Young Lady Ma must just pity Guan Panpan, she died on a hunger strike. There is no outstanding character, so I just feel it for a while. Uncle needn’t be angry.

　　If it’s too late today, it’s not appropriate for Young Lady Ma to go out alone, just wait for my nephew to persuade her to come back.

　　Ma Yicheng feels that her daughter is too embarrassed when she speaks, but the father and daughter are deeply affectionate. Although they are ruthless, they are really worried about her. Seeing his politeness, his face calmed down and said: Nephew Yang Xian".

　　Yang Ling arched his hands to Master Min and Ma Yicheng, and hurriedly chased them out. Ma Lian'er was standing under the red lantern at the entrance of the theater, staring at the sky full of stars in a daze. Yang Ling felt wide and slowed down and walked forward slowly: "Young Lady Ma, go back. My father is just afraid that your words will be affected. When people listen to it, it will affect your reputation. Don’t be too angry for the so-called deep love and responsibility."

　　Ma Lian'er raised his face, looked at the twinkling stars in the sky, and said softly: "What do you think of women in this world? Martyrs, women who die for festivals, are good women. They can be praised and praised. , It illustrates the virtue of a woman, and even the greatness of a man, and that he is worthy of a woman to pay for him, but what has he done for a woman?

　　 regards women as the private property of men, not only for concubines, but also for wives. I heard "Three Kingdoms", Oath of the Peach Garden. The first thing is to kill wives and children. Do they have affection for their wives? Liu Bei treats his wife as clothes, Orion Liu An treats his wife as a dish, killing and entertaining guests, are these people or beasts?

　　 Water is not tired of cleaning, and women are not tired of cleaning. do you know? My mother... was forced to death by my father. At that time, he was still a brave soldier. My mother took her brother and me by herself. It was so difficult to live. Later, the robbers from the nearby mountain went down and plundered me. The elder brother hid in the water tank and escaped. The robbers raped her, but he rarely killed her with kindness. As a result, she was not killed by the robber's knife, but she was taken care of by her father and the robbers in the village who saw her. The fleeing man's white eyes stared to death. "

　　Yang Ling was silent for a while, and sighed softly: "It is right to save the truth, destroy human desires, starve to death is small, and lose one's way. Zhu Xi Master Zhu's words may not be right, but this world belongs to men, so it is right "," he thought of his own time and shook his head: "Not only is it right now, but hundreds of years later, there are still many men who believe in it, but this kind of truth is designed for women.

　　Ma Lian'er sneered: "Zhu Xi? He talked about'Tian Li' and shut up'Dao Xue', but he seduced two nuns as concubines and widows' daughter-in-law, and he got his hands on him. It's really a model of morality, scholar A role model. It's a great irony."

　　Yang Ling only knows that ethical education was carried forward in the hands of Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty. Since then, women who died on festivals have sprung up like bamboo shoots after the rain. I don’t know that Zhu Xi has such "wind and liu rhymes".

　　 He couldn’t help but smiled bitterly: “Since men have the final say in this world, it’s not surprising that Taoism has different requirements for men and women. If a man is insulted with dignity, then it’s a flat salary and a patience. He will avenge his revenge in the future, so no one cares how shameless he was once, even if he took the initiative to flatter and ate feces, and a woman, even if she was forced to lose her way, is an unforgivable sin!".

　　Ma Lian'er looked back abruptly, looked at him in surprise with eyes brighter than the stars, and said for a while: "Nowadays, men, especially scholars, can say this. You are the first one. I really can't think of you. At a young age, and reading those "Sages and Sages' Books" for so long, to have such insights, it's a pity..., it's a pity...".

　　Yang Ling couldn’t help asking: "What a pity?"

　　Ma Lian'er turned his head, faintly said: "Returning your Mingzhu to tears, I hate if we meet when we are not married...".

　　Yang Ling heard the heartbeat, the atmosphere between the two people suddenly became stiff, and it took a long time before he forced a smile, joking to ease the atmosphere and saying, "Although you and I are acquainted with each other because of your pearl, But I never gave you a pearl, miss you, don’t get me wrong.”

　　Ma Lian'er gave him a "cheeping" smile, turned his head and glared at him charmingly, bit his lip, blushed and boldly said: "That's not good for you," and looked at him tall under the shadow of the lamp On the bridge of the nose, Ma Lian'er’s heart jumped, and he turned his head away, only to feel a lovely atmosphere spreading between the two of them~IndoMTL.com~ She gently wiped away the cold tears on her face and said, "Others treat me Well, I treat people well. Since my mother’s death, Ma Lian'er feels that there is no man in this world, worthy of our women’s sacrifice. I will not be the stupid woman on the stage. I will do I myself, live well!"

　　Yang Ling is obsessed with the beauty of her self-confidence and arrogance, and it takes a long time to sigh softly: "You were born too early, you should have been born five hundred years later, really!"

　　Ma Lian'er blinked his beautiful big eyes and asked strangely: "Do you think my words are rebellious and shocking? Is it all right to say that after five hundred years?"

　　Yang Ling was shocked and hurriedly said, "I just thought, maybe at that time, there will be some men who will treat women as independent existence and ask them equally, haha, just guessing. , I just feel it."

　　Ma Lian'er smiled slightly, put his hand in his arms, took out the purse, and put it in the hand of Yang Ling two steps forward, saying: "I can see that your little wife loves you very much. This pearl is considered a gift from me. As a gift to you, I only wish you to treat your wife well and don’t treat her badly."

　　 The purse in her hand, still carrying her body temperature and faint fragrance, Ma Lian'er saw him in a daze, smiled, pulled up his hair and said: "Let’s go, let’s go back, I’m just sad, not angry, after all. It doesn't make sense, women's sadness, how many do you men know?" With a glance at the corner of her eye, she found that County Deputy Huang was chasing out, so she hurriedly withdrew her hand and walked in.

　　Yang Ling only woke up for a while, and returned, only to see Xian Cheng Huang Qiyin smile at herself meaningfully, and made a false gesture of please, then smiled slightly, folded her hands in reply, the two did not say a word. But it seems very familiar.