Under the auspices of Zhao Bing, an informal court meeting was held in Zhai Palace. The reason why it is called informal is not that everyone sits together and chats, but is rather casual in form. Considering that it is midsummer, the weather is hot, and you feel hot with your shirtlessness. The main hall of Zhai Palace is also a newly built place, with relatively simple conditions, and no air conditioning. If you don’t have a meeting in court clothes, you will lie down. Therefore, Zhao Bing is graceful, everyone can go to the palace to discuss matters in regular clothes.

Of course, Zhao Bing would not go to the palace, but wore a white cold shirt, wore a small white jade crown and tied her long hair, combed it with a jade hairpin, and her feet were covered with hemp rope, which looked very cool. Most of the civil and military officials who were divided into north and south were like this. They wore cold shirts and stomped shoes. The only difference was that the civil officials wore Dongpo scarf on their heads, and the military officials wore leather hats and small crowns on their leather hats.

However, before this outfit was about going to and from get off work, officials had to wear purple shirts. After the Song Dynasty moved south, the capital was built by Lin'an, and a group of northerners suddenly arrived, which was too hot to bear. Because the form of the cold shirt was almost the same as that of the purple shirt, it was just plain and cool to wear. The literati used this as casual clothes. In the late Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong even issued an edict to use Zhu Xi's words to stop the purple shirts and treat the matter with the cold shirts, which means that officials could catch cold shirts at work and work during the court meeting and major ceremonies.

Originally, this matter was a good thing, and everyone was comfortable to wear, which was nothing wrong, but there were people who were troublesome. In the early years of the Jindao, Wang Xu, the Minister of Rites, submitted a memorial saying: I have seen that the literati and officials have been wearing cold shirts recently, which are not beautiful. However, they are socialized, officials and people are vegan and hateful, and they are like evil clothes... After their request, the court ordered officials to not wear clothes except for taking a horse road. Since then, the cold shirts are only used as evil clothes, and purple shirts have become popular again.

However, with the invasion of the Mongolian Yuan, the court settled in Qiongzhou, which was even hotter, and it was not as good as the winter and summer seasons. Zhao Bing didn't know so many rules when he first arrived, but knew that light-colored clothes were cooler than dark-colored ones, so he wore a cool shirt regardless of the situation. Everyone was not stupid, and no one knew that they were hot, and even though they knew that they had violated the rules, they didn't say anything, so the cold shirt became popular again.

The Mongol Yuan also occupied Jiangnan at this time. How could these guys from the grassland know about these rules? They would wear whatever they wanted, and would not set rules specifically for them. So the scholars in Jiangnan also wore cold shirts again. Therefore, after the court returned to Jiangnan, this kind of dress did not arouse any objection. No one of the officials who had been guilty mentioned the old things again, so they kept them as casual clothes again.

Of course, Zhao Bing cannot change everything, such as the hat on his head. In modern times, the function of hats is not only sunshade and warmth, but only specific groups of people often wear hats, and others have no restrictions. But it was absolutely not possible in this era. In ancient times, men would hold crown ceremonies when they became children. The main content of this ceremony was that the father or elders of the clan put a hat on him, indicating that the man had grown up and could shoulder the responsibilities of the family, clan and state.

In addition, the ancients called hat ornaments "headwear", "yuanfu" and "first clothing". This shows how much people value hat ornaments, but they don't just wear them casually. On any occasion, they are stipulated by the state in a nearly legal form. Once violated, the consequences are unpredictable. At the very least, they will be scolded, and the focus will be dismissed from office. If the focus is on being detained for contempt of the court, it will be even more terrifying.

Therefore, there is a distinction between the high and low levels between the crowns and hats. People who are poor and have no status are not allowed to wear crowns, so they must also wrap their heads with black scarves, and the common people are replaced by "Guizhou Head". However, the saying of "cuckold" also originated from this time. Mongolia did not have prostitutes/prostitutes. After entering the Central Plains, they found that there were brothels. They felt that they were too backward, so they stipulated that women who were stumbled and men who worked here wore green scarves to show the difference. Therefore, if a person made up his mind to not wear hats on any occasion in ancient times, it would mean that he would be self-destructive in society.

Zhao Bing doesn't like wearing hats, especially in summer, because most modern people know that the human body heat dissipation is through the head; in addition, "wearing a hat" is often derogatory in modern times; and in addition, it is too troublesome. After so many years in this world, he himself cannot successfully wear the small crown on his head, and still needs the assistance of others. So after researching this guy, a dark-bellied guy, believed that the reason why ancient people regarded wearing hats as a big deal was actually for hair, because hair had a very important significance to the ancients.

First of all, there is a text in the Book of Filial Piety: "The body, hair, skin, and parents, dare not hurt it. It is the beginning of filial piety." It is believed that if hair and other physical things are given by their parents, if they shave their heads, they will be considered unfilial. In addition to shave their fetal hair once at birth, the Chinese children will almost never cut their hair for a long time in their lives during a long historical period. Even though Zhao Bing wanted to promote short hair in the army to maintain personal hygiene, prevent lice from spreading diseases, and facilitate injury during wartime and easy rescue, it is impossible to oppose from top to bottom, so that the hats are designed to be high-tubes to facilitate the long hair being placed in it.

In addition, everyone has heard the story of Cao Cao's "cutting his hair to replace his head" to illustrate his cunning. In fact, it was really possible in ancient times, because in this era, hair was still considered very important and unauthorized, otherwise he would really fight with you. In ancient times, if a woman had a sweetheart, she would give her hair to her beloved, which means she wanted to "bring her hair to the same heart", which means giving a part of her body to her sweetheart to express her unparalleled love, and hair is naturally the most suitable one.

However, Zhao Bing thought that all this was not unchangeable, but whether it could be changed depends on people. The popularity of the "Liu Crown" is an example. Before the Han Dynasty, the crown was either gold, leather or cloth, but Liu Bang made bamboo skin crowns. In today's words, Liu Bang used standard innovative thinking. And this hat has experienced the world's ridicule to recognition, from recognition to appreciation, from appreciation to imitation, from imitation to popularity to becoming a classic that cannot be gained or lost, and even the bamboo skin crown is also called "Liu Crown" miscarriage to this day.

Of course, Zhao Bing was also quietly changing the Song Dynasty. This was not only because it changed the end of the Song Dynasty in history, and created more advanced ships and weapons, but also subtly influenced people's cognition and habits in other aspects, breaking the traditions of the past. For example, in this court meeting, he not only allowed his ministers to go to the palace to discuss matters on a regular basis, but also prepared seats for everyone, and provided herbal tea and sour plum soup to relieve the heat. In the past, it was completely unavailable and unimaginable unless it was feasted and private meetings...

After the meeting began, Wang Yinglin first introduced the domestic situation to the officials. It showed that the current financial pressure was extremely high. After the recovery of Jiangnan, many regions reduced taxes and exempted taxes. In addition to the official land, the military rations needed for this Northern Expedition also needed to be purchased from the private sector and then transported to the front line. The cost was huge and the court was overwhelmed.

Although the Northern Expedition recovered a large area of ​​land in the Huaihe River and Jingxiang, the war started since last autumn and continued until this summer, resulting in the newly harvested areas delaying the farming season due to the war, resulting in the reduction of grain production in many areas and even extinction of harvest. The imperial court also needs to allocate money and grain relief. In addition, many prefectures and counties were destroyed by the war and urgently needed to be rebuilt. Water conservancy facilities need to be restored, and people need to be recruited to form state troops, etc., all require the subsequent investment of the imperial court.

For the Northern Expedition, hundreds of thousands of troops were mobilized, and nearly equal number of husbands were mobilized to transport supplies to the army and build moats. These civilians were all young and strong, and were the main force in farming and farming. Now most parts of the south of the Yangtze River have entered the summer harvest, and they will have to sow the second season of rice later, so they must be released to the civilians home, otherwise it will delay the farming time, affect the grain output this fall, and lead to a grain shortage.

Therefore, Wang Yinglin emphasized that the current task of restoring the prefectures should not only stabilize the hearts of the people as soon as possible, but also quickly complete the task of inspecting the population and allocating land before the farming season arrives, so as to sow seeds, recover them in the autumn, and reduce their dependence on the court. At the same time, the surplus grain produced can be supplied to the army stationed in the Huai River, reduce the consumption of long-distance transportation, and reduce the difficulties of the court.

Then Wang Yinglin introduced the situation in the court. Since the war had lasted for nearly a year and the military expenditure was huge, some officials began to question whether to continue the Northern Expedition and demanded that the court stop using troops as soon as possible and provide virtuous governance to support the people's strength. Moreover, folk rumors also arose, thinking that the Northern Expedition was a military move, a waste of people and a waste of money, which increased the burden on the people. The war also caused a large number of casualties to the people, which separated the families and separated their wives and children, causing countless tragedies.

The attacks of the government and the government sent pressure on the emperor and the court officials who supported the Northern Expedition. Therefore, Wang Yinglin once again asked officials from all over the country to strictly implement the established policies, not to act arbitrarily, and to learn from the lessons of the Haozhou incident, because the momentary intention triggered civil unrest and caused a large number of people to flee and die and injured. This damaged the reputation of the court, lost the handle on others, and destroyed the personal future.

At first, the officials and generals thought it was right about what Wang Yinglin said, and they also heard from it that the court had the intention to end the Northern Expedition due to huge financial pressure. At the same time, they also indirectly confirmed the rumor that Your Majesty wanted to stop the troops in Yingtian Prefecture. Although everyone was disappointed with this, they also understood the sufferings of the court and the emperor. However, the young emperor had not spoken yet and had not made a decision, so he was able to remain calm.
Chapter completed!