golden scales

Being able to see through the world is smart.

Seeing through the world and knowing when and how to say it is maturity and wisdom.

Wei Yun is obviously a smart guy, but still lacks maturity and wisdom.As he said, the Manchu hair-shaving order was a perverse and evil law, but it could indeed meet the ruling needs of the Manchu nobles: to identify the enemy and ourselves.However, Wei Yun made the mistake of either one or the other.A truly wise person can not only distinguish between black and white, but also see the "grey" between black and white, and tolerate it.

"Those who would rather die than shave their hair for the crown of their ancestors are loyal ministers and dutiful sons, but the people of Limin who had to submit to the Manchurian butcher's knives cannot be regarded as sins." Seeing Wei Yun's words and demeanor, Zhu Cihong knew that he was The sprouts of the hawks in the army.Under the cover of his young blood, there is a realist thought of pursuing victory and making full use of resources.If it is possible in the future, this kind of person will tie Daming to the chariot at any time because of his interests.

It has to be said that this kind of thinking is in harmony with Zhu Cihong.

It's just that Zhu Cihong is more mature and able to make a choice between interests.

"From the bottom of my heart, I feel very guilty." Zhu Cihong said in a low voice: "My Zhu family has ruled the world for 300 years, but now I can't even protect the people. I always think of a story these two days."

No matter what the story is, if it is brought up by the crown prince on this occasion, it is a clear signal.Everyone in the meeting room looked at Zhu Cihong, waiting for the signal.

"When I was young, I heard the palace people say ancient times: First, when Cao Cao was marching, he clearly ordered the soldiers not to trample on the fields. If there were any offenders, they would be judged by military law. Later, Cao Cao's horse accidentally stepped into the field, so Cao Cao cut off his hair and took the place of the head. "Zhu Cihong said slowly.

Combined with Zhu Cihong's "guilt" above.This story is clearly intended to tell everyone that the crown prince wants to "cut his hair to replace the head".

You Shiwei and other veterans couldn't help but take a breath.

Cutting hair and acting head is not Cao Cao's patent, it often appears in historical records, and it is really a panacea to meet the needs of people from all walks of life.

If those in power cut their hair and punish themselves, defenders will feel very relieved.To them, the hair is as important as the head.If those in power are willing to cut their hair, it is no different from beheading, but only keep the head because they want to keep a useful body.

For the common people, this is the protection of social morality by the rich and powerful, and it is the self-consolation of the true unity of the noble and the humble.Why is Cao Cao's haircut so famous?Because he is a representative figure of a hero, folk prejudices believe that he is the most destructive to morality, so when he stands on the standpoint of safeguarding morality, it reflects the shining points of morality.

Like Cao Cao's haircut, the people love to hear about it, and there is also the dragon robe wrapped in the "civet cat for the prince".Replace the emperor himself with a dragon robe.It's like replacing the head with hair. Although the emperor didn't feel it at all, in the eyes of the common people, it was a refreshing thing that "the emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people".

This is the unique social psychology of people in this era, not because they care about obscenity or self-comfort, but because of their inner belief in "morality".

Zhu Cilang proposed to cut off his hair as a crime, but he didn't really think that this was the emperor's negligence.But because of a detail that no one has noticed: housekeeping hygiene.

With long black and beautiful hair tied into a bun and wearing a crown scarf, it is indeed a sign of "elegance" from an aesthetic point of view.However, not everyone has the condition to keep this long hair.First of all, there must be a servant to help comb the hair every morning.Grate your hair with a grate every night.If it's an ordinary family, how can I spend half an hour every morning and evening to take care of my hair?

Furthermore.According to traditional customs, you can't wash your hair as you want, you must act according to the dos and don'ts in the almanac.But the days suitable for shampooing are arranged randomly, that is to say, even in summer, when the scalp is itchy, you can only use a grate to grate it instead of washing it with water.

Even washing with water.Only saponins can be used.This traditional hygiene product replaced by soap and shampoo was revived in Zhu Cihong's previous life - because people are afraid of chemical products like tigers and believe in "pure natural" products.Yet it is not without reason that it will be replaced.After shampooing, soap locusts are refreshing and smooth in a short period of time, but within a day, oily hair will become uncontrollably oily.

Run into seborrheic alopecia, dandruff.Long hair is even more painful. Every morning when I wake up, there are handfuls of hair on the pillow.In severe cases, "ghost shaving" will occur, and the head will become bald overnight.

Soldiers have to drill every day, it is impossible not to sweat.The "Yellow Calendar" issued in the camp now says that it is "suitable to take a bath" every day, but even so, no one washes their hair every day, because the hair is too long and it is not easy to dry.In the garrison, you can still take a bath, but if you are on the march, you can't take a bath for ten days and a half months, and it is very common to have lice on your head.

Therefore, those "ancient men" with hair buns seen in the military camp are not Jia Baoyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions".When they wake up in the morning, they just use a comb to comb their hair from bottom to top into a bun, a bag of oily rags, and don't care about the messy hair that blows out, which looks quite sloppy.

Even so, the hair can get messy very quickly from an itchy scalp or head lice.

The situation in the market is also similar to that of the military camp. Since the common people are used to it, it is not a problem.But in the army, this is a major event that affects combat effectiveness.Zhu Cihong, who has mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, has long wanted to have her hair cut.But he is well aware of the sensitivity of hair, so he has not moved.

If a "hair revolution" can be launched on the grounds of "self-punishment", it will undoubtedly solve the two problems of military appearance and hygiene.When I am discharged from the army in the future, I will just grow my hair when I return to the place from the army.Even if it is shaved into a square inch, it is enough to grow it to the extent that it can be tied into a bun for at most one year.

You Shiwei and others really thought that the crown prince would "punish himself" because of "guilt".They are all generals who have never read any sage books, so it is impossible to persuade Zhu Cihong by citing scriptures.When it came to the end, it was Qin Liangyu who said: "I ask you to make atonement with the training officer's haircut."

The training officer is the ideological standard-bearer in the army, and many of them are from middle-ranking officials, so the resistance to cutting hair is the least.Anyway, even the penis can be cut off, so what is the hair?

In order to prevent some training officers who can't make up their minds from falsely responding to the story, the General Training Department also issued hairstyle standards.After cutting the hair, the front of the chest cannot exceed the eyebrows, and the back cannot exceed the collar, and there are no other requirements.

After the trainer takes action, the officers and soldiers will not take the initiative to follow up.

At this time, it was Zhu Cihong's turn to add another fire.

As usual, Lu Suyao brought the palace servants into the Crown Prince's bedroom to wash and tidy up for His Highness, and at the same time report on today's work arrangement.As soon as she entered the door, she saw the crown prince standing in front of the full-length mirror with his hair loose and holding a handful of long black hair in his hand.

"Your Highness!" Lu Suyao had already cried and knelt on the ground.

The other palace people put down the utensils in their hands one after another, knelt on the ground, and soon wept together, only shouting: "Your Highness."

The guards at the door thought that something was wrong and rushed in, only to see that His Highness the Crown Prince really cut his hair to punish himself, changing his long hair into short hair at the ears, and knelt down with the palace people.

Zhu Cihong didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, until You Shiwei and Qin Liangyu rushed over after hearing the news. Under the astonished eyes of the two veterans, he handed the severed hair to Lu Suyao, and said to Qin Liangyu and You Shiwei: "I have led the army for many years. I never need my subordinates to take the place for me. It is the disgrace of warriors and the crime of generals not being able to defend the family and the country. It is the crime of my family Zhu not being able to support the people. The emperor is an example for the world. If he can’t be punished, he will let me This son who is a son is punished in place of his father."

After being shocked, Qin Liangyu finally regained his strength, choked up and said, "Your Highness...it can't be this way!"

Without changing his face, Zhu Cihong turned to Lu Suyao and said, "If you don't wash up, you will be late for work in the morning."

Lu Suyao then stood up from the ground and ordered the palace staff to wash Zhu Cihong up.She carefully held the broken hair by herself, tied it with yellow silk strips at both ends, and found a kit to store it.People in the Ming Dynasty grew their hair, but they did not cut it off. Whenever the hair reached waist length, it had to be cut off with scissors.The hair that is cut off and the hair that falls out on a daily basis will be collected in the pocket, and will be kept as a souvenir after the person dies, or burned.

It's just that this time the kit has to use a large size.

Since the crown prince said "the shame of a warrior, the crime of a general", Qin Liangyu also cut his hair after going out.You Shiwei wanted to pretend to be confused, but seeing that Qin Liangyu had already shown his loyalty, if he didn't realize it, it would be embarrassing to be forced to cut off his hair in the future.He simply put his mind to one side, drew his saber and cut off his long hair, but felt his head loosen, looking at the gray hair in his hand, he didn't feel too much sadness.

The two governors took the lead in cutting off their hair, and rumors spread in the army: all those with the rank of general must cut their hair to punish themselves; all soldiers who voluntarily cut their hair will have unexpected joy.

In just one morning, five or six of the staff members of the General Staff Headquarters followed suit.By noon, nearly half of the staff members had cut their hair and punished themselves, swearing to avenge their shame.

The unexpected joy came soon, and the General Logistics Department issued a notice: For soldiers who cut off their hair, a monthly haircut allowance is just better than nothing for officers, but it is the most important allowance after combat allowance for soldiers.As the backbone of the army, the old guards of the Eastern Palace are all people who have lost their parents. The relationship between hair and filial piety is nothing to them, especially since the crown prince takes the lead and the haircut allowance is behind. There is really no reason for them to continue to pay.

Some trainers even seized this opportunity and held a hair-cutting ceremony to strengthen the soldiers' sense of honor and responsibility for their military positions, and it was also a swearing-in meeting for following the crown prince.

There are mountains of swords and seas of fire, and there is no hesitation... Everyone has said this. If you are not willing to part with your hair now, then the credibility of this oath will be worrying.

However, after hair cutting became popular in the army, another equipment reform was promoted: the space left by the helmet and hat due to the hair bun is now not only useless, but has become a burden.On the procurement catalog of the logistics department, there is also one more thing: saponin liquid. (To be continued..)

ps: I'm sorry, this time is really a special situation, and it was interrupted for three days.Xiaotang must thank everyone, and he will work hard to get through this difficult May.Finally, I would like to ask all readers and friends for your understanding and support.