Chapter 2298

The status of women has always been a topic worthy of discussion.

In the long history, except for the matriarchal society, women exist as appendages of men most of the time.

But even so, even when women are in the lowest position, there are always a group of women standing at the top, and they can even break their wrists with men.

This group of people may be called princesses, such as those who did not abide by women's morality in the Tang Dynasty.

This group of people may be called empresses, such as the queen with the sun and moon in the sky.

This group of people may be called ladies, such as the dignified women in front of us.

"My mother arrived..."

With the eunuch's long voice, the Empress Dowager appeared.

Hu Shanxiang held her left hand and led the Empress Dowager's hand to the right.

This is a peaceful picture, so after saluting, the Empress Dowager also said with a smile: "the plan of the year lies in spring. Although the palace can't wait for spring all year round, it can't get a good harvest in autumn without the heat of summer?"

Most of the ladies standing here are politically sensitive, and they don't understand those secret words.

So everyone laughed, but refused to speak.

——It was a hot summer that had just passed. It was extremely hot for the gentry and dignitaries. But after this summer, there will be a bumper harvest.

Hu Shanxiang sat down, but Duanduan didn't have a special seat. He sat next to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager glanced at the ladies below, nodded and said, "serve the wine and food."

A small table for one person and a cushion for one person.

After a jingle of rings, the ladies sat down.

Ladies can't be the same as men, so the dishes are mainly exquisite.

Zhang Shuhui calmly ate a small dumpling. The taste of the filling burst out. She found that it was actually the combination of several fillings, and then all kinds of tastes from the clear at the beginning to the delicious after mixing

This is the big bang of taste buds!

Zhang Shuhui glanced at the opposite side and saw all Zhenjing, that is, her face was expressionless.

You'd better put away all your feelings in this place. When you go home to boast with your family or show off with outsiders, you can only be honest at the moment.

Fang's diet is very complex. Fang Xing's taste is heavy, while Zhang Shuhui and Xiaobai are light, so they often cook in two categories.

Gradually over time, those with light taste also learned to eat spicy, while those with heavy taste also learned to eat light.

This is integration.

Zhang Shuhui walked away, and the queen had raised her glass.

So everyone raised a toast to the Empress Dowager.

After drinking the wine, the Empress Dowager looked down quietly and said, "Mrs. Xinghe..."

Zhang Shuhui got up slowly. The Empress Dowager pressed her hand and said, "sit down."

No one knew what the Empress Dowager meant. When Zhang Shuhui sat down, she said slowly, "xinghebo has worked hard this time. The emperor remembers it!"

Zhang Shuhui gets up again and thanks.

"Before, the palace always thought that there were only a few fairy mountains overseas, and then there was water."

The Queen Mother's words made everyone laugh.

Nowadays, businessmen in the South have broken their heads in providing goods for overseas trade. The last batch of businessmen who donated money to build new warships made a lot of money. It is said that many people directly went to the shipyard with money full of pockets and expressed their willingness to donate money to build ships.

According to those people's estimates, if the supply qualification is completely liberalized, the new warships will not have to spend money in the court.

But even the most stingy Xia Yuanji disagreed with this. According to him, how can we place hope on merchants for the country's important weapons?

But how could the Empress Dowager speak so shallow?

And she didn't need to worry about the atmosphere. Even if she didn't say a word from beginning to end, no one dared to say that she was oppressed by the meal.

So everyone put down their chopsticks and listened carefully.

"The treasure ship went to sea many times. Only then did the palace know that there are large places overseas, even those places are no smaller than Daming."

The Empress Dowager's tone was bland, as if she were following the book.

"When the messengers of Taixi came, the palace knew that the world was not just Daming, not just grassland. It turned out that there were big countries in the distance. It felt that it was a frog at the bottom of a well in the past."

"The empress joked. If it hadn't been for what she said just now, my concubines wouldn't know what Taixi mission!"

"Yes! Those foreign vassal men are barbaric and a country of etiquette in the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, you don't have to worry about them..."

"I heard that Tessie women also wear skirts, but both men and women wear high shoes. I don't know why. Ask someone to make a pair someday..."

“.…..”

The topic soon got farther and farther. Sitting on the side of the empress dowager, listening to these whispers, he couldn't help putting down his chopsticks and whispered, "grandma Huang, they... What gossip!"

The Empress Dowager was observing these ladies. When she heard the speech, she couldn't help but say, "what is gossip?"

She frowned and said, "even if she talks a lot, she likes to inquire and talk about other people's affairs."

This is a gossip!

The Empress Dowager couldn't help smiling, then touched her head and said, "you'll be comfortable after drinking that bowl of soup."

Looking at the bowl of mutton soup with medicinal materials, he couldn't help sighing like an adult: "the drugs are poisonous!"

The Empress Dowager looked at Duanduan lovingly. When she turned her face, those lovingkindness turned into indifference.

There was no need for a dry cough. The ladies who could look at people most stopped.

In silence, the Empress Dowager said, "there are many overseas sites. You can go if you want land. When you get there, you can take as much as you want. As long as someone grows the land, you can take it."

"Don't stare at the Central Plains!"

The Empress Dowager raised her glass and everyone drank quickly.

"Who told the Palace last time..."

The Empress Dowager thought about it with a wine cup and said, "it's said that the land in the Central Plains has been cultivated for many years. Once there is some wind and grass, it will be famine. Our palace thinks about overseas. It is said that the land there is fertile and can live with chopsticks."

……

The banquet was soon over, and the queen mother sent a basket of fresh vegetables to each family.

Then, amid the loud praise of the emperor's grace, everyone was led out of the palace.

"Is this appeasement?"

"More is beating."

"We've been cleared a lot of fields. What my mother means is that we don't bother about the Central Plains. If we still want land, we'll go overseas."

"Where's my boss? It's said that the land over there is fat and black. That's a good place! It's closer."

"They don't accept immigrants now. They say it's full."

"Full? No, it's a big place."

"People say that immigrants will give birth. If their children and grandchildren are born, they must leave a place in advance, otherwise there will be no land to plant after a few generations."

A group of ladies were analyzing the Empress Dowager's words, and then they were all a little depressed.

"After hearing that, I have to clean up the slaves and maidservants with slave nationality. Hey! Where can I find someone to farm overseas?"

A lady sneered and exposed the pit dug by the emperor for everyone. Then she found that the surroundings were suddenly empty and said, "what are you afraid of? There's no way to live. Can't you say a few words?"

The palace maids and eunuchs who sent them out looked down at the way, but everyone knew that the lady's words would be sent to the place to know later.

The lady regretted a little. Seeing Zhang Shuhui and Wu slowly behind, she blushed and choked: "it's good to have holy dependents! People like us can only survive. When we turn back, we'll be bound by ourselves and come to apologize."

These words have a taste of self abandonment, and there is also some belly Fei Zhu Zhanji's cruel meaning.

For a moment, everyone quickened their pace and soon left the woman behind.