Chapter 81: The 81st Day of Wanting to Die
At the same time, Kangxi also went to the Shangshufang.
Zhang Ying also went to court today, but he felt numb all over.
What is the emperor going to do?
He endured letting the princess go to the Shangshufang.
But the emperor made a big move without saying a word, which was to allow women to take the imperial examinations. At that time, many people in the court secretly looked at him. As a part-time teacher in the Shangshufang, he was so nervous that his palms were sweating.
I was afraid that the emperor would mention him, but fortunately he didn't.
He was in this state of anxiety for the whole morning.
The wrinkles on your brows are so big that they can pinch a fly to death. Your Majesty is taking such a big step. Aren't you afraid of pulling something?
Well, Zhang Ying retracted his divergent thoughts.
He shook his head, feeling confused about the matter.
Nowadays, there are only one or two people who can go to school in an ordinary village. A private school in a town may not even be able to fill all the seats. Moreover, there are so many candidates in the imperial examination every year, and only a few hundred people are admitted. On average, there may not even be one in a county.
So the root of the problem now is not whether girls can go to school, but whether everyone can afford to go to school.
Zhang Ying walked towards Qianqing Gate with his hands behind his back and soon arrived at the Shangshufang, where the princes were already inside.
But when he entered and saw the princesses, he paused and almost forgot that the princesses also had to attend the class.
He sighed in his heart and couldn't help but pulled the corners of his mouth with a bitter smile.
Alas, he is already in the game.
Forget it, forget it. He is just a civil official and he should obey the emperor's order. So he should just obey the emperor's order.
Thinking about it, he sorted out his emotions and said, "Let's start the class now. I have already graded yesterday's survey and presented it to His Majesty. What surprised me was that the princesses wrote very comprehensively, with great patience and care. Of course, the princes also performed well."
Yinzhen saw that Zhang Ying seemed to glance at him when he spoke the last part.
Yinzhen: ...
What does it mean? It's good enough that you performed well, why are you still looking at me?
Yinzhen felt a little guilty.
He is only eight years old, and Sixth Brother said he is still young, so he can't be normal.
Yinzhen lowered his head. He really didn't know how to prevent the disease, but he had been vaccinated against smallpox.
So Yinzhen wrote down his experiences of the past few days, without paying attention to any logic. Anyway, he wrote down everything that his sixth brother said and did.
This includes never sitting when you can lie down, and not letting your body feel tired.
Otherwise it will aggravate the condition or something.
Zhang Ying first gave everyone a precaution, and then started today's class.
He mainly talked about the current border relations of the Qing Dynasty.
After all, the princesses here are all going to be comforted, so it's okay to tell them about these.
But soon Kangxi came.
Everyone was nervous, especially Yinzhen.
Zhang Ying had wanted to mention the Sixth Prince before. Although the characters he wrote were of different sizes, the content was still very clear and organized. However, for some reason, the Sixth Prince was not here today.
But he's used to it.
It is a rare thing for the Sixth Prince to come.
Kangxi came over and encouraged them, and then asked them to get along with each other in a friendly manner and set an example for the people of the world.
Only then did everyone know that the emperor had done something so great that it shocked heaven and earth and made ghosts weep.
Good guy, good guy.
Everyone was stunned.
The same is true for Ge Jing.
But why didn't Xiaoliu come today?
Ge Jing felt that the emperor must want them to do something.
But the emperor left without saying anything. He was in a hurry when he came and when he left, he was in a hurry too.
It seemed like he was just coming to show his concern as usual.
But this also made the princesses feel more comfortable. After all, they didn't want the emperor to pay more attention to them and just treat them the same as their brothers.
Zhang Ying also thought that Kangxi was going to say something, but he just encouraged them to continue.
Zhang Ying shook his head. He really had no idea what the emperor was saying.
He looked at the empty seat next to the Fourteenth Prince. The Sixth Prince didn't come. Maybe it had something to do with him.
The study continues here.
As soon as Kangxi arrived at the dining room, many ministers were already outside requesting an audience with him.
Kangxi rubbed his head, feeling overwhelmed by the upcoming argument.
Some things are difficult to talk about in the court, but the ministers will not give up in private.
Sure enough, everyone still said the same thing and began to explain to Kangxi by citing classics that there had never been such a thing since ancient times.
He also talked about Emperor Wu and Empress Lu, saying that women serving as officials in the court would only disrupt the official environment.
There were many evil queens who participated in politics in history, but their end was extremely miserable, so there will be no good results for women to participate in politics.
"…Your Majesty, you also know that the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs…"
Kangxi certainly knew that the harem was not allowed to interfere in government affairs, otherwise there would be chaos in the court.
But the harem was like this because of his relationship, and those female officials were not his concubines. They were subjects just like the ministers in front of him.
Kangxi was puzzled: "...Why do you care so much? What are you afraid of?"
Kangxi could sense their urgency and worry.
But even if those women became officials in the current dynasty, how many of them would there be?
Moreover, they must have encountered much more difficulties than male officials, but they are not afraid. What are these people afraid of?
Everyone remained silent for a long time.
After a while, someone said, "Your Majesty, this is not in line with the ancestral teachings after all."
"Huh, so your ancestral teaching is that women bind their feet?"
Kangxi said with disdain.
Someone in the audience almost blurted out when he heard this, "You Manchu people's ancestral tradition is to shave your head for a half month and leave a rat braid. What did these Han officials say?"
Kangxi also thought of this, but he was being hypocritical.
Xiaoliu once said that because of the Qing Dynasty hairstyle, many people in later generations scolded the Manchus.
But this is easy to take care of.
Kangxi should finish the task at hand first, and deal with the rest later.
Alas, Kangxi did not expect that although he had secured the throne, he seemed to have no time to rest at all.
The ministers were so naive that they had to give up their words, but Kangxi refused to change.
The people were forced into a corner. Kneeling on the ground all the time was not a good idea, and the emperor did not even offer to give them a seat.
Everyone could only remain in this stalemate. Kangxi still had memorials to review, so he gave his sons a holiday and had to do these tasks himself.
"Kneel if you want. When you figure it out, stand up. I still have things to do."
Crowd: …
The emperor just left them here?
As expected, he didn't cherish it after getting it. The emperor is really a scumbag.
She used to call me "my dear" all the time, but now she has really changed. I know men can lie with their words.
The few people didn't want to waste any more time here, so they stood up, bowed to Kangxi, and left.
"Sir Wang, what happened to the emperor?"
He originally wanted to ask if the emperor was possessed by some strange creature, but this was the imperial palace after all, and the emperor knew exactly what they were doing.
Thinking of this, the group no longer wanted to communicate and left with frowns on their faces, without anyone speaking a word along the way.
But since this approach didn't work for the emperor, they decided to take another approach.
The emperor can't just ignore public opinion.
Humph, every policy has its own countermeasure.
If there had not been a single female student taking part in the imperial examination, their situation would have been no different from the previous ones.
Kangxi didn't know that someone was hindering him again.
He is worried.
Now I just hope Xiaoliu can find a way to make more paper.
Yin Zhuo is now in Yuqing Palace, and on the rocking bed in front of him lies the little boy Hongxi.
"Xiao Hongxi, I'm your sixth uncle, call me Sixth Uncle."
Yin Zhuo teased him with a rattle and pretended not to see his three brothers.
[Humph, I won't work for nothing. How can I have any ideas if you don't give me a charter? All my ideas are on that piece of paper. It already contains everything I know.]
After hearing this, Yinreng, Yinzhi, and Yinqi did not go out of their way to look for Xiaoliu. Instead, the three of them began to study Xiaoliu's previous design drawing with their heads together.
There were two people, one big and one small, disturbing them nearby.
Hongxi was already laughing because of Xiaoliu's laughter.
"Six six~Six six~"
Hongxi held Yin Zhuo's fingers, opened his little mouth with small teeth, and shouted happily.
Yin Zhuo was so shocked that he didn't even notice the kid chewing his fingers. He looked up at Yinreng and said in shock, "Did you hear that, second brother?"
Yinreng frowned: "What did you hear?"
"He called me Liuliu!"
Yin Zhuo pointed at the little boy in the cradle. He was trying hard to turn over, and his little hands were still holding Yin Zhuo tightly, showing that he liked him very much.
Yinreng said unhappily, "What's wrong with calling you Liuliu? He also called me Ama."
But as he said this, he glanced at Hongxi with resentment. The silly boy didn't notice anything at all and his attention was completely on Yin Zhuo.
Yin Zhuo ignored him and focused on playing with the children.
"Call me Uncle Six, Uncle Six——"
Hongxi: “su——”
"Yes, Sixth Uncle, Sixth Uncle——"
"Susu, six six!"
Yin Zhuo frowned: "It's not Liuliu, it's Liushu."
The little guy didn't understand anything at all and kept shouting "liuliu" or "susu".
Yin Zhuo was not in a hurry. Seeing that his three brothers were discussing enthusiastically, he asked someone to move the rocking chair to the ear room, which became a little quieter.
Seeing that he was very well behaved, Yin Zhuo touched his little face and discovered that the child's face was really as soft as tofu, so tender.
It seemed as if it was about to melt.
Yin Zhuo's look of surprise made the wet nurse beside him laugh.
"Sixth Prince, you can hug the little grandson."
The nanny was about to pick up Hongxi and hand him over to him, but Yin Zhuo quickly refused: "No, no, no, just let him lie there, he's too soft."
Yin Zhuo was worried about falling him.
The wet nurse did not insist, and soon Hao Hongxi yawned with his mouth open, then fell asleep with his eyes half closed.
Yin Zhuo didn't dare to touch him, so he could only let someone take him back to sleep.
It's a pity that the child is too young, otherwise he would have wanted to steal him back and raise him himself.
After hearing what he was thinking, Yinreng's face darkened. He knew that the brat Xiaoliu was plotting against Hongxi, and he had been keeping an eye on him.
Humph, Hongxi is his family.
"Xiaoliu, come here."
To prevent Xiaoliu from thinking about unnecessary things.
Yinreng stretched out his hand and called him over: "I have discussed with my third and fifth brothers and found a contradiction."
【? The contradiction between ideological level and material level? This shouldn't be the case. I think the ideology of the working people in the Qing Dynasty has not improved at all. They are oppressed by the imperial power, not to mention their material level. They can't even eat enough.】
This is what Yinreng wanted to say.
"The contradiction I discovered is that the common people today cannot even get enough to eat, and not many people are educated. Even if girls are allowed to go to school now, it is still difficult to solve the fundamental problem: how can those children afford to go to school?"
The education level in the world where Xiaoliu lived was so advanced that even if we want to learn now, we can’t keep up.
[Alas, I knew this was the problem, so I still have to solve the problem of food and nutrition first. But don't be afraid, the shackles of confinement have already cracked a little, and freedom will come sooner or later. ]
This is not something that can be accomplished in two or three days.
I'm afraid it will take at least two to three years, or at most twenty to thirty years. Modern education levels are also progressing at this rate.
【When I was a child, there were also cases where girls were sent home to work and not allowed to go to school because of the preference for boys over girls. But that was because the nine-year education was free and everyone could afford it. So in the end, it was the common people who had no food and no money.】
Yinreng was silent, he never expected that the root of the problem was here.
But I'm afraid that if it's really like what Xiaoliu said, it will take 20 to 30 years to complete this task.
Yinreng was not worried about the emperor's health, but he was worried about Xiaoliu. Could Xiaoliu hold on until that time?
"This is indeed a difficult problem, and Xiaoliu has taken it for granted, but let's take our time."
His school is not just a school, but a representation, a royal statement.
They said they supported girls going to school and coeducational study and examination.
As long as the school exists, this policy will not change.
Yinzhi finally came out of his dilemma. He had just listened to the conversation between his second brother and Xiaoliu, and he was already extremely pessimistic. He even wanted to give up. After all, Xiaoliu had said so, so there was definitely no chance of improvement.
But I never expected that Xiaoliu's real thoughts were like this.
This school is just a symbol for the world to see.
That school is their attitude.
Yinreng also turned around and said, "Xiaoliu, I understand. I will help you build the school. You go back first. If there are any problems, I will come to you later."
Yinreng solved the biggest confusion in his heart and kicked Xiaoliu out without mercy.
Yin Zhuo was sent out of Yuqing Palace and was completely numb.
Just throw it away after use, right?
And what do you understand? I don’t understand anything.
Yin Zhuo was really impressed. Who did he learn this from?
Forget it, since they all understood it inexplicably, it has nothing to do with him.
Yin Zhuo began to stroll around the Qing Palace.
Then we strolled to Yonghe Palace.
When Concubine De saw him coming, she was extremely worried.
She dismissed everyone and said to Xiaoliu, "Xiaoliu, are you the emperor?"
She pointed to her head.
She thinks the emperor is mentally ill because of what he has done.
It was understandable to abolish foot binding before, but now letting Tana and Wujina go to the Shangshufang to take classes with Fourteen and others was completely unnecessary in Defei's opinion.
Tana and Urina also have classes on weekdays.
Besides, what Fourteen and the others are studying are all related to national politics. Is it really appropriate for Tana and Urina to study there?
Concubine De was almost entangled to death.
Yin Zhuo began to lie: "My dear, did you hear something? The Emperor did nothing. It was all done by Xiaoliu. Xiaoliu had a dream about something terrible, so the Emperor did this to pray for Xiaoliu."
Although De Fei knew it was an excuse, she still felt uncomfortable after hearing this: "Xiao Liu, don't say that. Mother knows you have your reasons. Don't worry, Mother supports you."
Yin Zhuo found it a little funny.
[It seems that I am more important to my mother than the emperor.]
If Xiaoliu hadn't been there, she would have laughed out loud.
When she was young, she had a very good relationship with Kangxi, otherwise she would not have become one of the four concubines as a bondservant.
But Defei attributed more of her success to her own belly, as she was able to raise the two princes she gave birth to.
And the sequence is very early.
But as she got older, she became more open-minded about the competition for favor.
Nothing is more important than children.
As for the child’s father, he can go wherever he wants.
She doesn't want to care at all.
Moreover, she thought about this year's beauty pageant. She didn't believe that Kangxi would dare to select so many beauties into the palace in front of Xiaoliu. She should just choose a concubine for her son.
Defei also discovered that Xiaoliu was very averse to this kind of thing.
She was referring to the situation where multiple women served one husband.
Alas, I didn’t expect Xiaoliu to be such a romantic person.
But now this child has no intention of marrying Fu Jin at all.
The Fifth Prince's concubine Jin is pregnant, but the Sixth Prince has no one by his side.
Of course, she knew that Xiaoliu had his own ideas, so she didn't dare to bother him about this.
What's more, the emperor now seems to be pressuring Xiaoliu to leave the palace and build a mansion. You know, Xiaoliu has only been planning to build a mansion for a few months.
But given Xiaoliu's current situation, there is no way the emperor will let her go.
"My dear, you are so kind."
Yin Zhuo hugged her.
[Alas, my mother's hair has turned white, which really makes me feel sad. ]
Yin Zhuo didn't know what to say.
It's just quite sad.
Concubine De was frozen. She had white hair?
Although she knew that her child was growing up and she was getting older, Concubine De still found it difficult to accept.
Yin Zhuo patted his mother on the back and said, "Thank you for supporting Xiaoliu."
De Fei sighed: "But you have to be careful."
Although she was deep in the harem, she still had some understanding of the ministers' reactions, and those people were probably going to cause trouble for Xiaoliu.
Yin Zhuo smiled and said, "It's okay, we still have the Emperor and my second brother."
Concubine De nodded at him and said, "You, let your father and the crown prince take the blame. You must thank them well in the future."
"I know."
Yin Zhuo had lunch at Yonghe Palace and met his fourth sister-in-law. He noticed that something was wrong with her face.
Yin Zhuo asked with concern: "How is Fourth Sister-in-law's health?"
Si Fujin smiled with a pale face: "Nothing, I'm just a little worried about your fourth brother."
Yin Zhuo calculated the time and said, "Don't worry, Fourth Sister-in-law, Fourth Brother is already on his way back."
Si Fujin's eyes lit up: "That's good."
De Fei also complained: "The fourth son is stupid. Why did he run so far? Can't he just let the people below do it?"
In fact, she was a little concerned about Tong Guowei's affairs.
After all, Tong Jia was the adoptive mother of the fourth child.
They were all members of the Tong family, and considering the fact that Longkodo favored his concubine and killed his wife, Concubine De completely changed her view of their family.
She was a little afraid before, but now that several children have grown up, she has become more confident.
Her elder brother and mother could not give her a sense of security, but her children did.
Yin Zhuo felt that E'niang's idea was wrong: "E'niang, Fourth Brother is going to do great things, so don't say such things carelessly, or else Fourth Brother will suffer and be blamed."
[Once the rice is improved, it may be possible to produce 1,000 kilograms of rice per mu.]
Defei widened her eyes. So the fourth prince really did make a contribution?
She couldn't imagine how high the fourth brother's prestige would be in the hearts of the people if the output of the rice increased.
After all, it's about eating, isn't that what ordinary people care about?
I'm afraid the outside world cares less about girls' education than the wheat and rice produced in the fields.
Defei was not wrong. The emperor's statement of allowing women to take the imperial examinations and serve as officials in the court did not cause much commotion at all.
In ordinary families, no matter boys or girls can afford to go to school. They can't even get enough to eat, and they still want to go to school. Your Majesty, you are joking.
Sure enough, everyone was shocked for a while and then forgot about it.
Kangxi and Yinreng were not in a hurry either.
After all, there's no point in being anxious.
Limited resources are no joke.
The saying "a nobleman from a poor family" is not for nothing. From ancient times to the present, there are only a handful of truly poor children.
Families that can afford to send their children to school have more or less some assets.
Yin Zhuo's words successfully calmed the anxious Yinreng, and even Yinzhi and Yinqi calmed down.
There's nothing we can do. This is how society is. Just like Xiaoliu said, now that the shackles of confinement have cracked, it's only a matter of time before the sunlight comes in.
"It stinks, Sixth Brother, will this really work?"
Yinzhen covered his nose and his eyes turned red from the smoke.
He was about to collapse, who knew that he would have a day off, but he was taken out of the palace by his Sixth Brother. He originally thought that eating, drinking and having fun would be waiting for him, but Sixth Brother took him here to play with shit!
It's really feces!
Beef, chicken, and...
Yinzhen: “Tsk——”
He was really going to vomit.
Sixth brother really doesn't get involved in anything related to what other people do.
He wondered how his Sixth Brother could be so kind as to take him out of the palace, but ended up making him suffer.
He has never suffered such a great injustice since he was a child.
Yinzhen looked at the piles of dirty things in front of him and felt completely exhausted.
"Sixth brother, Fourteen is no longer able to do it."
Seeing that he was having trouble breathing, Yin Zhuo shook the mask and said, "I told you to wear it before, but you refused. You had to experience it yourself to know the pain."
[It's what he deserves. This kid is so stubborn. He needs to change his bad temper.]
Yinzhen immediately put on the mask, smelled the floral scent, and felt like he was alive again.
He looked at Sixth Brother, whose face was half covered, and simply chose to forget what had just happened: "What is Sixth Brother going to do?"
Yin Zhuo said: "Your brother plans to make fertilizer."
[Although there are no machines to make chemical fertilizers now, we can only go the manual route, biological fertilizer production, everything comes from the original. ]
In Fengze Garden, the fields are divided into pieces, which is convenient for Yin Zhuo's experiments.
He told Fourteen about his idea.
Fourteen is hard to describe in one word.
Alas, although Sixth Brother has a good relationship with him, he is also a burden. What can he do to help Sixth Brother when he is so young?
But soon Yinzhen realized that he was wrong.
The sixth brother not only found one helper, he and the eighth brother stared at each other.
"Eighth Brother, Ninth Brother, Tenth Brother, why are you here too?"
Yinsi wished he could faint, he really couldn't stand the smell.
Sixth Brother and Fourteenth Brother both had something strange on their faces, but the other three had nothing on their faces.
Yinzhen almost turned around and left, but he stopped abruptly and didn't dare to breathe.
Yinsi also has a cleanliness fetish and his head is buzzing now.
"Sixth brother, you don't want us to do farm work, do you?"
Yinsi's face turned green.
Yin'er and Yin'e were also like this, and they felt pessimistically that these people in front of them were the objects of their work.
How excited I was when I came here, how much I regret now.
It was sloppy.
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