"What good things did you think of? You are smiling so happily."
Si Peihuan looked at Si Qi with curiosity. Si Qi shook his head and said it was nothing. He asked back: "I am not at home these days. Do you feel bored?"
Si Peihuan smiled and said: "There are so many maids at home. You will not feel bored if you have someone to talk to."
"Do you want to study?" Si Qi asked.
Si Pei said puzzledly: "Study? What's the point of studying? You might as well practice needlework and cooking."
Si Qi was silent for a while.
Si Peihuan's thoughts also represent the thoughts of the general public in this era.
Given Si Qi's current position in front of the emperor, if he were to force the emperor to establish a girls' school so that women could enjoy the same rights as men, the emperor would be embarrassed but would probably agree reluctantly. However, there would be a lot of resistance in the process.
This resistance came from both outside and inside.
Women were not confident and did not think they could do anything after studying. It was impossible for
them to participate in the imperial examinations like men or become officials, right? Who would allow a woman to show up in public all day and spend time with a group of foreign men? The education they received would not allow them to do such a thing.
Reading a little was just to establish the image of a talented woman so that they could marry into a good family like the Fourth Princess.
If you want to improve the status of women, it is useless to just talk about it like the Daughter of the World did. Just look at her situation where she was secretly excluded by countless people because of her eccentricity. Few people can be affected by her "spirit". In the end, only she was happy, and everyone around her was disgusted by her. What she did could not change the social structure, and it could only be passed down as a story by future generations, saying that she was a pioneer of feminist consciousness in ancient times.
But precisely because this matter was regarded as a story, it shows that it is a minority, a miracle, and a special deed that needs to be singled out and talked about.
Si Qi thought that if he wanted to help improve the status of women, he might have to start from other aspects.
For example, to improve the social value of women.
Now that they can make money, their skills are no less than men's. Don't even mention whether others will look up to them because of this. They themselves probably can't stand it. I am obviously more powerful than you men, why should you look down on me?
That is the spontaneous, internal self-improvement will that sprouts without the need for others to remind you.
You can't change people's minds just by talking and forcibly instilling ideas. You have to rely on real skills.
After dinner, Si Qi went to the study to draw a few pictures.
Xiu Xiu shook his golden tail and asked curiously: [Master, what is this? It looks familiar.]
Si Qi smiled slightly.
【Jenny Loom】
--Si
Qi's good advice for the benefit of the country and the people pleased the emperor. In recent months, the emperor has been praising the prince and showing favor to the prince's party in the court, which has gradually improved the declining reputation of the prince.
The fourth prince's family began to feel anxious because of this. The most obvious manifestation was that the fourth princess began to lose her composure. Her attitude of taking it slow and easy suddenly became sharp and obvious.
The battle between her and Si Qi during this period of time was a hot topic in the capital.
First, Si Qi took out a collection of poems that shocked the entire literary world and attracted countless students to read, confirming the fact that the princess had plagiarized and stamped her as a talentless person who deceived the world and stole her reputation.
Then he made something that was said to be called MSG and supplied it to several restaurants near Piaoxianglou. The dishes cooked with it were so delicious that within three days, all the customers of Piaoxianglou were snatched away, causing Piaoxianglou, which used to have to make an appointment half a month in advance, to be deserted, with no customers at all.
It was also said that the reason why soap was no longer seen in the Princess's shop was because Si Qi made a suggestion to His Majesty, exposing the fact that the raw material of soap was animal fat, which made His Majesty furious and ordered the Fourth Princess not to make and sell such extravagant and harmful things.
For a time, many princes and nobles threw away the soap in their homes and dared not use it again. They also blamed Zhao Nvmeng for deceiving them to use this thing to clear themselves of any connection...
In just a few days, the Fourth Princess, who was at the peak of her power, was slapped in the face one after another. Si Juren's skills were really amazing.
It is also said that the reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been repeatedly used and praised by His Majesty during this period is also because of the strategies presented by Si Qi...
His Royal Highness has got an extraordinary and capable person as his subordinate.
On this day, the princess and the fourth prince went to the palace to meet the emperor. It is said that the princess has come up with some far-sighted policies and wants to present them to the emperor.
Unexpectedly, Si Qi was also present. Zhao Er's face froze, and the memorial in his hand felt inexplicably hot.
The man in front of him knew that all the good strategies he had proposed in the past were plagiarized from the future Si Qi.
In front of the victim, he used the victim's things to brazenly say that this was his idea... Even though she was so shameless, her cheeks were a little hot.
Will she be slapped in the face again like she was in the last poetry meeting...
The emperor glanced at Zhao'er and said unhappily, "You said you came here to offer a good strategy, but what are you doing standing there?"
The fourth prince beside her tugged at her sleeve, and Zhao'er came back to her senses.
She suddenly remembered that the memorial she submitted today was not written by Si Qi, but a famous national strategy in history, which had nothing to do with Si Qi.
Even a time traveler would not be able to refute such an unquestionable and extremely valuable treasure.
Zhao'er instantly became confident again.
She handed the thing in her hand to the eunuch who came over, and the eunuch presented the memorial she wrote to Yu.
The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at it. His expression was normal, and his reaction was unexpectedly just so-so, which made the originally confident daughter of the world suddenly uncertain.
Could it be that the emperor couldn't even see the value of this policy?
The emperor said, "My dear, take a look."
He actually handed the memorial to Si Qi.
Si Qi took it and looked at it for a few seconds, and soon sneered. Zhao Er was furious at his attitude.
She has always been proud, and her unbeatable experience in this world made her think that she is a transcendent existence unparalleled in the world. Her background, her vision, her ability, which one can be compared with these stupid ancients?
Therefore, after being scorned by Si Qi, the conceited Zhao Er wanted to kill this guy to vent her anger.
It's really too much of an eyesore.
Si Qi closed the memorial and nodded, saying, "Opening a canal, well, it's really a farsighted vision."
The Daughter of the World subconsciously raised her chin when she heard the flattery, revealing the proud look that it should be so.
Opening the canals between the north and the south, and opening up the channels for trade and cultural exchanges between the north and the south, is a great thing that will benefit future generations.
In this way, grain and cloth from the south can be easily transported to the north through the canal, and it is also convenient for the north to transport troops and materials to the south.
Even if a thousand years have passed, this canal can still be used. In the long run, the contribution made will definitely be enough to be recorded in the annals of history.
Now even Si Qi will have nothing to say.
Seeing her smug look, Si Qi sneered again and said, "Do you know how many people suffered when Emperor Qin built the Great Wall?"
The daughter of the world was stunned.
Si Qi: "Building the Great Wall will benefit future generations, and the merits outweigh the faults, so it is naturally beyond reproach. But if you were a Qin citizen, could you bear it? Why did Qin fall, have you ever reflected on it?"
Si Qi looked at the woman who still didn't care, and found it ridiculous: "How much land was dug out and how much manpower was sent to build a canal? In order to work, the people soaked their bodies in the river all day and night, and it took them ten years to dig a canal until their bodies were soaked. Do you think the current national strength of Chu can accommodate that big river?"
The Daughter of the World finally came up with this plan, but was refuted by Si Qi in a few words. With new and old grudges added together, she simply couldn't listen to the so-called great principles. She retorted angrily, "What do you know? That is a major project that benefits the country! So what if it is criticized by those short-sighted people for a while?"
It was as if that group of people could not accept her many normal behaviors, as if the people of this era were a group of short-sighted, stubborn idiots who did not understand how great her advanced ideas were.
Si Qi said coldly: "This is not just a problem of public opinion. Do you know how many people will die?"
The Daughter of the World immediately said: "How can you achieve great things without casualties? It is their honor to sacrifice for the country!"
"…………"
The emperor and the fourth prince's faces gradually became ugly. Si Qi sneered: "Sacrifice for the country? I think it's sacrifice for your reputation! You think you advocated the excavation of the canal and can leave your name through the ages. It's amazing and great, right? You might as well "imagine" what will happen after the canal is excavated?"
The Daughter of the World stared at Si Qi with a frown and cold eyes, subconsciously recalling what the ending of the dynasty that excavated the canal was.
It seems...
it seems that the peasants could not bear it and revolted, which directly led to the rapid demise of that dynasty.
Yes, that dynasty seemed to be called... Sui Dynasty?
The Daughter of the World became more and more annoyed the more she thought about it, and thought to herself, this damn Si Qi, why did he have to point out this problem. Just solve the problem once it is discovered. It's just the people's will. Isn't it enough to fool them with a few words and let them work for you honestly? What's so surprising? She made a fool of herself in front of the emperor and her lover.
Seeing that the Daughter of the World was still resentful, Si Qi directly mocked: "Your shallow knowledge makes me dumbfounded. Not only this time, but also those memorials you wrote before, I have read all of them. The idea is good, but I have a few doubts. Please answer them."
Answer?
The Daughter of the World instinctively felt that she would face something very bad next, so she took two steps back and looked at Si Qi with a sullen face.
"Since you wrote those contents, I'm sure you can answer any questions I ask, right?"
Si Qi looked at the Daughter of the World whose expression gradually became stiff, and said with a smile: "It can't be such a coincidence that you stole this thing from someone else, so you don't know anything about it... Hehe, that's not right."
Si Qi threw the memorial with a red line in front of the Daughter of the World and said coldly: "Please answer, Fourth Princess. These 'insightful and profound' things you wrote by hand are really... "How should the political theory of 'far-sightedness' be run, how should it be operated, and how did it appear?"
Under the gaze of the emperor and the fourth prince, cold sweat gradually broke out on the forehead of the fourth princess Zhao'er: "This, this, this is..."
How could she know what these policies were about? She just watched TV dramas and some history books and knew that these things happened at that time. Don't expect a candidate who has memorized the reference answers to really be able to answer other questions about related knowledge points!
The two Chu rulers who have always believed in the princess's ability and have been waiting for her answer calmly and silently, gradually changed their faces when the princess became more and more collapsed and couldn't even say a word properly.
Could it be that she really stole the political theory from others as Si Qi said?
But who in this huge country of Chu could have access to such confidential matters and come up with so many far-sighted policies...
The Fourth Prince's face suddenly changed, and the Emperor's eyes moved slightly, and they both quickly thought of the same person.
It's the eldest prince! Chu Xun!
The Emperor's expression became uglier than ever before. This abominable woman, not only took away his son's things, but also kept adding insult to injury to sow discord between their father and son. She deserves to die!!
Although Si Qi had already offered a better plan some time ago, and the Emperor no longer needed the things offered by the Fourth Prince, the Emperor would be uneasy if he didn't clarify this matter.
He quickly asked the eunuch to invite the prince from the East Palace.
After Chu Xun arrived, he saw the Fourth Prince and his wife with grim faces below, and then looked at Si Qi who looked calm and composed, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that Si Qi didn't encounter any trouble.
The emperor took out the memorials submitted by the Fourth Prince, and looked at the places marked in red by Si Qi. Those were all about the difficulties that cannot be avoided when implementing policies, and they were the most troublesome parts of implementation. The Fourth
Princess who wrote these memorials could not answer any of them, and even couldn't understand the most basic ideas. So...what about the Crown Prince?
The emperor asked the question to the two princes below. The Fourth Prince looked confused and his answers were irrelevant, which was disappointing.
Crown Prince Chu didn't need to think too much because these things were issues that he and his staff had discussed over and over again. He could answer them logically and clearly.
He described all the key points from beginning to end, in every aspect, without any flaws. The Fourth Prince turned pale, and the Emperor nodded his head. He couldn't help but say with regret: "I was wrong, wrong!"
How could such an obvious thing be misunderstood all the time? Why did he think that all these merits and clever ideas were thought up by the Fourth Prince just because he submitted the memorial first?
Who is the truly talented person? You can tell if you are patient enough to ask carefully. However, he abandoned the eldest prince because he believed in the so-called wisdom and filial piety shown by the Fourth Prince.
How could he believe that woman who seeks fame and deceives the world? !
At present, the power of the Fourth Prince is getting stronger and stronger in the court. He has many talents under his command and has people in all departments. His reputation has long surpassed that of the prince. Even he has considered more than once whether to change the prince and choose the Fourth Prince instead.
If the prince had not recently received help from Si Qi and regained the trust of the emperor. It is completely different whether Chu Xun's position as the prince is still his.
The emperor felt deceived and became more and more angry. He also began to feel disgusted with the fourth prince who benefited the most.
What if the fourth prince was innocent and knew nothing? How is that possible!
He just pretended to be gentle and kind and didn't like to fight!
If he really didn't care about power, how could he have won so many people to be loyal to him instead of the more orthodox and capable prince.
Thinking about the delicate situation in the court that he condoned, the emperor felt exhausted and waved his hand to let everyone leave.
Although he didn't say anything, everyone present had already felt that the emperor was very disappointed with the fourth prince and trusted the prince more and more.
Before Si Qi left, he took a look at the Fourth Prince, who had been pretending to be calm and gentle until now, and a smile appeared on his lips.
Let's see how long he can pretend.
That afternoon, at the Fourth Prince's mansion.
The Fourth Prince was sulking at home. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He called the servant and asked, "Where is the princess?"
The servant replied, "My Lord, the princess went to discuss matters with those scholars."
Discussions, discussions, today there was such a big embarrassment in Yu's study. Who didn't know that the princess actually had no political acumen at all, and all the so-called good strategies for governing the country were stolen from the prince!
What can such a fool discuss with those scholars? It's just an excuse to go out and have fun! !
Thinking of the dissatisfaction he had accumulated over the years with the princess's fickleness, and thinking of the disappointed look his father gave him today, the prince threw the teacup in his hand to the ground angrily, and said angrily: "The princess is a woman, and you servants watch her hanging out with a group of men all day long and don't know how to stop her. Is the reputation of the palace still there?!"
The servants looked at the prince who suddenly got angry in astonishment, knelt on the ground trembling, and hurriedly said: "But, but the princess is used to it, and we can't stop her!"
Habit, habit, yes! That woman is used to flirting with other men! But he is not allowed to say a few words to a maid, otherwise she will be angry with him, and he is the prince! !
After three years of marriage without a child, many people have been talking about him and making fun of him, wondering if he has a hidden illness. In fact, the woman said that she didn't want to have a child so early, and drank abortion medicine in front of him. She cried to him and said that the medicine was bitter, so that he had to hold back his anger to comfort her. She
also didn't allow him to take a concubine, saying that a person can only love one person in his life. Thinking that the woman was beautiful and talented, the Fourth Prince reluctantly agreed, but what about the woman? While saying these words, he was hanging out with people outside. The whole capital knew that the Fourth Prince had married a jealous woman and had to listen to a woman to control everything!
The more the Fourth Prince thought about it, the darker he felt in front of his eyes. The room was so quiet that only his panting could be heard. You could hear a pin drop.
At this moment, several servants who were cleaning outside the house were talking, their voices were neither loud nor soft, and they just happened to fall into the ears of the Fourth Prince.
One servant said, "Master Si is highly valued by His Majesty, why is he targeting the princess?"
Another person deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was talking about something important, and said mysteriously, "You don't know, right? It is said that before Master Si made a public statement and had not yet surrendered to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the princess knew of Master Si's ability and instigated the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to kill Master Si!"
The servant was puzzled and said, "If it is said that after Master Si surrendered to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the princess wanted to deal with Master Si for the Fourth Prince, it would be understandable. Why did the princess target Master Si when he did nothing and for no reason?"
"Hey, don't you understand the character of our princess?" The servant said helplessly: "The princess is jealous and will never allow anyone better than her to appear in front of her. It's because Lord Si is too powerful. The princess thinks that if such a person appears in front of the prince, he will suppress her and make the prince no longer rely on the princess as before. That's why she didn't pull Lord Si for the prince like she pulled other ministers, but planned to kill him directly!"
"Hiss - don't say, this is really something the princess can do! Alas, it's a pity that the prince missed such a capable person because of the princess! The strength of Lord Si is enough to defeat a hundred people! He was forced by the princess to side with the prince, and even formed a grudge against the prince..."
"Isn't it! Lord Si had no achievements in the past. He was just a commoner. With our prince's great reputation, if he wanted to contact him, anyone could persuade him. Compared with the prince, of course he would choose our prince!"
"The princess said that she had gathered a lot of connections for the prince and had made great contributions. But in reality, her own interests are above all else. She would rather ruin the prince's future and make him rely on herself... eh."
"Now the princess is repeatedly suppressed by Lord Si, and she has reaped what she has sown. It's a pity that our prince is involved... making the prince more and more respected by His Majesty."
"You know a lot?"
"How can you not know? There are so many ministers coming and going in the prince's mansion, it's hard not to know!"
"Do you think the prince knows about the princess?"
"It's hard to say! After all, those ministers are more afraid of the princess than the prince, and they dare not tell the prince many things! I also overheard these things in private! What's more... the prince relies on the princess so much, I am afraid that even if he knows the truth in his heart, he can only pretend to be ignorant."
"Yeah, that's true... in this palace, isn't it the princess who has the final say?"
In the study, the servants who also heard these conversations were so scared that they trembled like sieves, wishing they could faint and die, so as not to have to face the prince with a face as dark as iron in front of them.
The prince sat on the chair with a very low mood, supporting his forehead with one hand, and said in a tired tone: "Do you think so too?"
The servant kowtowed desperately, hitting his forehead on the ground, and dared not say a word.
The fourth prince shouted angrily: "Speak!"
A roar was heard outside the house, and the two servants who were chatting outside the house immediately dropped their brooms in shock and looked at each other - why is the prince here? !
The servant who was forced to accept the question had tears in his eyes and answered tremblingly: "Reply, reply to the prince...Princess, the princess does have a very high status in the mansion...Prince, spare my life!! "
“…………” Seeing the other party so frightened, the Fourth Prince could not help but see the other party’s true thoughts. The remaining power of the princess was so great that the other party could not even say a disobedient word “The prince is the master of the palace”.
He was too tolerant of that woman after all.
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