Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 269 Policies for Foreign Students in Ming Dynasty

"Your Majesty, this matter is co-organized by me and Mr. Duan from the Ministry of Punishment."

Huang Huai bowed and said.

"Let's talk about it in detail."

Zhu Gaoxu ordered.

"Yes."

Huang Huai responded, and then told the general story of the incident in front of all the civil and military officials.

In the 22nd year of Yongle reign, in order to facilitate the exchange of literature and mutual promotion between outstanding Chinese and foreign students, the Ministry of Rites, under the instruction of Zhu Gaoxu, formulated a rule.

From now on, in mid-April every year, a large-scale poetry and poetry exchange meeting will be held in the Imperial College of the Imperial Academy. All overseas students from various countries and students from the regular colleges in the capital, including female students from the Peking Women's Hall, can participate.

At last year's poetry festival, Hojo Ichiro, a Japanese student studying abroad, met Wang Cuiyun (a native of Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture), a student at the Peking Women's Hall. The two had a good impression of each other and often exchanged letters since then.

But paper can't cover up the fire after all. The matter between Wang Cuiyun and Hojo Ichiro was soon known to Zhou Hui, Wang Cuiyun's Confucian teacher.

As a human teacher, Zhou Hui naturally cannot just sit back and ignore Wang Cuiyun's matter and let Wang Cuiyun jump into the fire pit.

But she considered that Wang Cuiyun was a student of the Peking Women's Hall, and after weighing the pros and cons, she did not immediately report it to Fan Junmei, the deputy director of the Peking Women's Hall.

Although Empress Dowager Xu, the mother of Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Gaoxu, was the nominal director of the Peking Women's Hall and the Jinling Women's Hall, she could not do everything herself, so both women's halls had several deputy directors in charge of affairs. .

As the deputy director, Fan Junmei is responsible for the school discipline and rules of the Peking Women's Library, which is equivalent to a military judge in the military.

Zhou Hui kept it secret from Fan Junmei. First, she hoped that Wang Cuiyun would change her mind and cut off contact with Ichiro Hojo so as not to delay her personal future. Second, she wanted to prevent the incident from affecting the reputation of the Peking Women's Pavilion if it escalated.

However, Wang Cuiyun fell into the abyss of love and lost her mind. On the surface, she promised Zhou Hui to cut off all contact with Hojo Ichiro, but secretly she still secretly had a private meeting with Hojo Ichiro without telling everyone.

Zhou Hui knew very well how terrible it was to be "blinded by love". She mobilized the students and familiar teachers around her to secretly stare at Wang Cuiyun.

The reason why she did this was because the Ming Dynasty Laws revised in the 20th year of Yongle stipulated that foreign students were not allowed to marry privately or bring their wives back to the country, and Ming women were not allowed to marry foreigners, including businessmen, overseas students, and other non-Ming citizens.

This means that foreign students are not allowed to hook up with Ming women, let alone get married privately.

Once discovered, they will be punished for the crime of "marriage with foreigners".

Moreover, people of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to cross the border to marry foreigners. Violators would be exiled for three thousand miles. If the marriage failed, the penalty would be reduced by three levels.

If Ming Dynasty envoys are ordered to go abroad, they are not allowed to marry foreigners privately.

On the contrary, if foreigners come to China as envoys, they cannot marry officials or common people privately.

If a foreigner is neither an official nor an illegal person who crosses the border illegally, he can marry a Ming Dynasty woman.

This refers to a wife, not a concubine, and there are restrictions, that is, she is never allowed to be brought back to the country.

If they are forcibly brought back to the country, after being caught, both the woman and the foreigner will be punished and exiled for three thousand miles.

At the same time, a Ming woman who commits the crime of "marriage with foreigners" will not only be punished herself, but her family will also be implicated, and the price will be huge!

In addition, the Ming Dynasty Law also stipulates that when foreigners enter the court, they are not allowed to communicate with guests on the road, nor are they allowed to speak to the people; prefecture and county officials are not allowed to meet guests if they have nothing to do.

In other words, the laws of the Ming Dynasty prohibited casual contact between citizens and foreigners, which also made it more difficult for foreigners to marry Ming women, and they could only do so secretly.

It is true that the Ming Dynasty at this time was an enlightened dynasty, but it was also a dynasty that understood the differences between Huayi and Huayi!

Except for a very small number of outstanding Koreans, Ryukyus, and Sulu people (subordinate states of the Ming Dynasty in the Chinese character cultural circle), the Ming Dynasty generally held a contemptuous attitude towards foreigners. After all, the level of civilization between the two sides was too far apart.

Therefore, Ming women would never marry a foreigner unless absolutely necessary, and they would not be proud of marrying a foreigner or even "foreign trash" like some Chinese women in later generations.

This point is based on the Ming Dynasty laws and regulations formulated by Zhu Gaoxu with reference to the "Laws on Marriage with Foreigners" in "Tang Lv Shu Yi".

It can be said that Zhou Hui, as a Confucian teacher at the Peking Women's Hall, paid too much attention to the private lives of female students.Paying attention is also caring, which can prevent problems before they occur.

Unexpectedly, Wang Cuiyun happened to be caught by Zhou Hui's "eyeliner" during a private meeting with Ichiro Hojo during the spring vacation.

After Zhou Hui was shocked, she immediately reported the matter to Fan Junmei, deputy director of the Peking Women's Museum.

Fan Junmei was shocked, but she quickly calmed down, and in accordance with the school rules and regulations of the Women's Library, Wang Cuiyun was punished in two ways on the grounds that Wang Cuiyun's private life was chaotic.

On the one hand, it was reported to the Shuntian Prefecture Education Bureau to expel Wang Cuiyun's academic status; on the other hand, it was notified to the entire school that she would be expelled from the Girls' Hall for serious violation of discipline and ordered to go home on her own.

In other words, from now on, Wang Cuiyun is no longer a student of the Peking Women's Hall, and what she does after that has nothing to do with the Women's Hall.

Without the supervision of Professor Zhou Hui, Wang Cuiyun completely let herself go.

After she was fired, she did not go home, but found Ichiro Hojo.

Soon after, Wang Cuiyun moved into the house rented by Ichiro Hojo in a town on the outskirts of Beijing, and transformed into the "canary" raised by Ichiro Hojo.

At first, Ichiro Hojo treated Wang Cuiyun quite well, but when Wang Cuiyun became pregnant out of wedlock and her belly became increasingly swollen, Ichiro Hojo was afraid that the matter would be exposed, and he would lose his qualifications to study in the Imperial College and be forcibly deported, so he began to murder and silence her.

Perhaps Wang Cuiyun should not die. When the killer hired by Ichiro Hojo went to the house to assassinate Wang Cuiyun late at night, he was so frightened that Wang Cuiyun fell, causing premature labor and bleeding.

When the killer saw Wang Cuiyun lying in a pool of blood and wailing, he thought that the other person would definitely die. Coupled with Wang Cuiyun's painful howl, the killer had to flee the scene for fear of alarming the neighbors.

Fortunately, Wang Cuiyun got help from her neighbors and gave birth to a stillborn baby, and she survived by luck.

After she woke up, she finally realized the ruthlessness and cruelty of Hojo Ichiro.

Therefore, Wang Cuiyun found Zhou Hui, a Confucian professor at the Peking Women's Hall, and informed him of the ins and outs of the matter.

At present, Ichiro Hojo has been arrested and brought to justice. Duan Min, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, has sent the verdict to Dali Temple. After Dali Temple reviews it, Duan Min will submit the list of Ichiro Hojo and other prisoners who should be executed to Zhu Gaoxu for imperial approval. .

“For international students from abroad, we must be strict and strict in the management of school disciplines and rules, and we must never tolerate them!”

Zhu Gaoxu heard the details of Wang Cuiyun's case, his eyes fell on Huang Huai and Duan Min, and he said solemnly: "It is my decree that the Japanese student studying in China, Hojo Ichiro, is extremely evil. He hired murderers to kill people. He committed a heinous crime. The Ministry of Punishment will send someone to arrest him at noon tomorrow. He was tied up in front of the gate of the Academy of Imperial College and executed in a cold state, and he was put on public display for three days!"

"The ministers obey the order."

Huang and Duan both took orders in unison.

"I would like to reiterate once again that all international students who come to study in Ming Dynasty from abroad should be treated the same as domestic students in Ming Dynasty. The study subjects and assessment standards should also be the same. No specialization is allowed! As long as they seriously violate school disciplines and rules, they will be punished. They will be dealt with strictly and punished severely, and there will be no mercy."

Zhu Gaoxu then said sternly: "If anyone is bribed by foreigners' yellow and white things, uses power for personal gain, and provides convenience, I will not forgive him lightly!"

At present, the food and clothing provided by the Imperial College to foreign students are only used for living expenses. The cost of purchasing books and other expenses for international students are mainly borne by the country of origin. Even the student's bank loan from Ming Dynasty is paid by the country of origin.

Although Ming Dynasty is getting richer and richer due to its prosperous maritime trade, it is not generous enough to provide scholarships to foreign students.

Moreover, if foreign students fail to complete the required courses during their studies at the Imperial College, or fail the assessment for three consecutive years, or take more than [-] days of leave in a year, or violate school disciplines such as loitering, gambling, quarreling, insulting teaching, etc., they will be punished. Will be ordered to drop out of school.

Last year alone, six North Korean students were sent home.

The number of North Korean students coming to China does not exceed ten at a time, which shows the severity of the punishment.

"I will obey your orders!"

All civil and military officials bowed and bowed.

Zhu Gaoxu added: "The Ministry of Rites issued a document to inform the Japanese nation that due to the case of Hojo Ichiro, the number of Japanese students studying in China will be halved next year. If any Japanese students violate the Ming Dynasty laws again, all Japanese students will be rejected from now on!"

"Wei Chen takes orders!"

Yu Yanzhao, the Minister of Rites, said respectfully.

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