Chapter 41: Passers-by in the Ancient World (End)

Ke Xiaoxia lived in this world until the age of sixty-six, which is a good number.

As the queen, Ke Xiaoxia did not stay in the harem to study on her own, but founded a girls' school in the capital.

As a queen, she does have some rights.

Officials from all families would naturally send their daughters to the girls' school founded by the Queen.

From the daughter of an official, to the daughter of a merchant, and then to the daughter of an ordinary family, this path needs to be taken step by step, slowly.

Women's education includes a lot of things.

There are music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs.

A gentleman also has the Six Arts.

The Four Books and Five Classics are naturally indispensable.

Students who come to school can freely choose the subjects they want to study.

The establishment of girls' schools was not without obstacles, as there were always pedantic and old-fashioned officials in the court.

But with Jiang Mingzhi's pressure, they couldn't cause any trouble.

After all, it was only a girls' school, not a place where women could take the imperial examinations or become officials in the court.

At this time, they can still remain calm.

But as time passed and Ke Xiaoxia's stomach still showed no signs of movement, they could no longer sit still.

Many people wrote to Lin Jing asking him to expand his harem.

Lin Jing said directly in the court: "I will only have one queen in this life, and you don't have to worry about me having no successor. There are so many children in the royal family, I will choose a suitable one to teach."

When these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the court were extremely shocked.

The royal family members were very excited.

Before officials could submit a letter of impeachment, a rumor suddenly spread from outside.

This rumor is directed at Lin Jing.

In this era, it is generally believed that infertility is definitely a problem of women.

Even if there are examples of men, they will put the blame on women first.

Although it is true that Ke Xiaoxia is infertile, outsiders do not know the specific circumstances.

They were just the first to question the woman, and at the same time, they thought that Lin Jing was unwilling to take a concubine because Ke Xiaoxia was jealous, so they prepared to impeach Ke Xiaoxia.

As the prime minister, the head of all officials, Jiang Mingzhi knew very well what the officials below were doing.

Even though he knew that the impeachment of those officials was useless, he still didn't want her to be blamed.

At this time, Lin Jing's reputation is not so important.

Jiang Mingzhi directly asked people to spread the rumor that there was no heir in the harem because of Lin Jing's own reasons.

After all, Lin Jing was not a child who grew up in a royal family, so there is a lot of room for maneuver here.

Jiang Sheng was ready to go and was particularly excited about belittling Lin Jing. Jiang Mingzhi had someone spread the news among the people, while Jiang Sheng went to find those former friends to exchange feelings.

Within just two days, all kinds of rumors about Lin Jing were flying around.

The rumors among the people were more subtle and did not target Lin Jing directly, or in other words, they did not point to a specific person. Ordinary people would not have thought that it was the emperor who was high above them.

But it was different for the officials. They had heard about Lin Jing’s previous experiences.

They were filled with doubt and uncertainty, so they naturally put aside the impeachment against Ke Xiaoxia.

It was not until Jiang Mingzhi arranged for someone to deliberately commit suicide and let Lin Jing expand his harem that Lin Jing became furious, and those officials could not help but start to have wild thoughts again.

After all, it's just a rumor, and it will always change as it's passed around.

At this time, they didn't care about Ke Xiaoxia at all, and even couldn't help wondering, the reason why Lin Jing was unwilling to take a concubine and there was only a powerless and ordinary Ke Xiaoxia in the harem, was he trying to cover up something?

Otherwise, how could he remain unmoved by all kinds of women and remain chaste just for a woman who is ordinary in every way?

The more I think about those officials, the more terrifying it becomes.

The younger officials were even more afraid, fearing that they would stand out too much during court sessions and be noticed by Lin Jing.

After experiencing this, the officials became obedient.

The girls' schools founded by Ke Xiaoxia were becoming more and more well-established. Not only were there schools in the capital, but there were also girls' schools of all sizes established in other places.

Women have more opportunities to show up in public, perhaps because the frog in the boiling water is like a frog in boiling water, and men have become accustomed to it.

It was not until twenty or thirty years later that the imperial edict was issued allowing women to take the imperial examinations and serve as officials in the court.

It was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan and boiling instantly.

At this time, the status of women had already improved a lot when they were not prepared.

With the emperor and Jiang Mingzhi pressing down on them from above, it would be useless no matter how much they resisted or disagreed.

Ke Xiaoxia also knew that the reason Lin Jing and Jiang Mingzhi did this was simply because she wanted to.

They love her, so they are willing to support her in whatever she does.

But they alone are clearly not enough.

Lin Jing is old now, and he probably won’t be able to stay on the throne for long. After he dies, what if the new emperor suppresses women?

Ke Xiaoxia didn't dare to guarantee this, so when Lin Jing selected the next successor to teach, Ke Xiaoxia also participated.

This inexplicable liking would be best if it were useful.

If it doesn't work, Ke Xiaoxia can't do anything about it.

One can only hope that the new emperor will not be too extreme in his treatment of women.

In addition to the girls' school, Ke Xiaoxia originally wanted to get out cement.

After all, she understands that if you want to get rich, you have to build roads first.

After all, he had a lifetime of accumulated knowledge, so it was natural for Ke Xiaoxia to make cement.

But it is difficult to promote it nationwide.

In ancient times, the cost of making cement was too high. Even building roads required expanding outwards bit by bit, which required a lot of time, money, manpower and material resources.

At least during Lin Jing's administration, it was impossible to promote it nationwide.

Apart from road construction, there is the issue of food production.

All I can say is that the effect is minimal, Ke Xiaoxia doesn't have that much ability after all.

But when he closed his eyes for the last time, Ke Xiaoxia was truly satisfied.

She felt that it was amazing that she could do so much.

Among them, the first to die was naturally Jiang Mingzhi, because he was the oldest.

Before Jiang Mingzhi died, he kept holding Ke Xiaoxia's hand until Lin Jing said that he would be buried in the same tomb with Ke Xiaoxia, and then he closed his eyes.

Unfortunately, Lin Jing did not keep his word and was narrow-minded. He sent Jiang Mingzhi far away. Even if he found a good position, it was not what Jiang Mingzhi wanted.

But who made Jiang Mingzhi unable to jump up and resist?

Jiang Sheng also agreed with Lin Jing's approach because he also wanted to be buried with Ke Xiaoxia.

Seeing how hard Lin Jing worked as an emperor, Jiang Sheng felt that he would definitely be able to outlast Lin Jing and finally succeed in sleeping in the same coffin with Ke Xiaoxia.

But the second person to die was the youngest, Ke Xiaoxia.

After Ke Xiaoxia passed away, Lin Jing gave the throne to the prince, and he wanted to be buried with Ke Xiaoxia.

Jiang Sheng was already quite old, but he cried like a child: "I want to be a tomb keeper. I want to guard Xiao Xia's tomb."

Even if he couldn't sleep in the same coffin with Xiao Xia, he didn't want to be sent far away like Jiang Mingzhi.

Lin Jing: "Whatever you want."