Chapter 43 Women's School
If a girls' school could be opened, she would definitely go to study there. Now she has no worries and can make her own decisions.
After hearing what Xiao Jinyi meant, Shen Shixu realized that Xiao Yuanqi and the others were aiming for something big. It was probably the same as what he had thought before, that they wanted to give women the opportunity to become officials.
He supports this point. Having lived in the 21st century for so many years, he never looks down on women.
If women grow up, they will be no worse than men.
“I know that Your Highness the Crown Prince and you want to set up a girls’ school. It is definitely not as simple as letting girls study like boys, but some things cannot be rushed and must be done step by step.
The first thing is to make sure that adults do not reject girls from reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but also let girls learn other things and not just focus on studying.
For example, other courses were offered to teach together with the Four Books and Five Classics, such as playing the zither, embroidery, dancing, writing poetry, and housekeeping, which were things women were good at.
In addition to what noble women learned, common women also learned things, such as weaving and cooking...
They also had to learn the six arts for gentlemen, namely rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy and mathematics, as well as the eight arts for women, namely zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers and tea.
With so many courses, the Four Books and Five Classics are scattered among them and are not so conspicuous.
Moreover, gathering so many noble women together also has another purpose, which is to facilitate friendships among women and to connect families with each other.
They will not refuse something that can bring benefits to the family, and their hesitation is your opportunity.
How to seize this opportunity, I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know what to do. ”
Shen Shixu only provided an idea, and how to implement it specifically depends on Xiao Yuanqi and Meng Jiyao.
Xiao Jinyi thought so too. He just needed to give them some advice. As for the rest, of course he would have to leave it to his brother and future sister-in-law.
"Of course, that's what he should be busy with. It's already troublesome enough for you to come up with an idea, you have to ask him to get you something good to make up for it."
"That's not necessary!" Shen Shixu felt that he was just helping out with ideas, so he didn't have the nerve to take the prince's things.
Xiao Jinyi understood his concerns, but Shen Shixu had come up with an idea for Xiao Yuanqi, so he couldn't just give Shen Shixu no benefits at all, after all, Shen Shixu and Xiao Yuanqi were not very familiar with each other.
It's not good to take advantage of others, especially since they will be a family in the future, and he doesn't want to leave a bad impression on Shen Shixu because of this matter.
"Of course. You give him advice and he pays you. It's only natural. Anyway, my brother has a lot of good stuff. They're just gathering dust in the warehouse. I'll get one for you when the time comes."
As Xiao Jinyi spoke, he had already thought of what to bring back for Shen Shixu. He remembered that there was a purple bamboo warm jade pen in Xiao Yuanqi's warehouse.
Purple warm jade is carved into the shape of a bamboo joint as the pen holder, which feels warm to the touch, and the pen tip is made of the finest sable hair, and the words written with it are smooth and sharp.
After dinner, Xiao Jinyi went to the palace again and told Xiao Yuanqi the idea that Shen Shixu had come up with.
As the crown prince, Xiao Yuanqi was extremely smart. He had thought too much before, and now that Shen Shixu had given him this reminder, he already had a plan in his mind about what to do with the female school.
And I still have to ask Queen Lin for help with this matter.
Queen Lin was very supportive when she learned that they wanted to set up a girls' school. The bright and generous Queen Lin sat on the phoenix throne. After listening to the request of the brothers Xiao Jinyi and Xiao Yuanqi, her eyes lit up.
"It's a good idea to let women experience the world. I always feel that we shouldn't be trapped in the backyard, fighting to the death over men every day.
Let women read books, do things that men can do, and tell them that there is more than one way to live life.
I will also help with girls' studies and find suitable teachers and guarantors for you. ”
Queen Lin knew that those officials would not send their daughters to attend girls' schools so easily. Only if people with enough influence stood up and expressed their support would they consider it.
So Queen Lin decided to call Princess Kangning into the palace later, and the aunt and sister-in-law would go to Cikang Palace to find the Queen Mother together, and the three of them, the mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law, the mother and the daughter, would discuss the matter again.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuanqi bowed and said with a smile, "I, your son, would like to thank you on behalf of the future female students."
Xiao Jinyi also followed him to salute. Queen Lin looked at the two brothers who were saluting together, her eyes full of pride.
Both of his children are so good-looking. The eldest son is gentle and elegant but also powerful. Now he has the woman he likes by his side.
The youngest son looks cold on the outside, but he is actually warm-hearted on the inside. He misses his family in his heart. Even though he is not young anymore, he still has no one by his side.
Queen Lin couldn't help but nagging when she thought of this. When Xiao Jinyi heard that she was going to urge him to get married, he immediately found an excuse and ran away. Before leaving, he did not forget to give Xiao Yuanqi a wink, asking him not to forget what he had promised him before.
Looking at Xiao Jinyi's fleeing back, Queen Lin shook her head, "When this kid talks about getting married, he runs faster than a horse. Qi'er, you should persuade him from time to time. There is no rush to get married, but you have to settle on someone!"
Xiao Yuanqi said in his heart: "Who is there to choose? She has already chosen someone, but she just hasn't been pursued yet."
"Mother, Jinyi is a slow person, you have to give him time. Don't keep pushing him, he will bring it back to you when he finds it." Xiao Yuanqi smoothed it over for Xiao Jinyi, then found an excuse to leave, "By the way, mother, I still have some things to deal with in the palace, I'm leaving first. I'll trouble you to take care of the women's school."
Queen Lin looked at the two brothers, one running faster than the other, and shook her head helplessly, "These two kids..."
Queen Lin quickly called Princess Kangning over and told her about the matter. Princess Kangning fully supported the idea when she heard about it.
After what happened with Jiang Xingbang, she understood one thing: men are the most unreliable things in the world.
Now that there was an opportunity for these women to stand up on their own, she would of course make good use of it, so the aunt and sister-in-law went together to see the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was old and her heart had softened, so she naturally agreed to such a good thing.
So without the knowledge of the ministers in the court, a farm in the suburbs was transformed into a girls' school.
The girls' school was built by modifying the existing facilities and it took more than a month to complete.
On the day when the girls' school was completed, every household in the circle of nobles received a letter of completion and an invitation.
After seeing who had invited them, the ministers, who had originally not taken the matter seriously, could no longer sit still.
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