After finishing the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Yan and Shen Jia, the grandfather and grandson, rested at Wu Mansion for a day, declined the kindness of County Magistrate Wu, and returned to Ning'an Town to resume their normal life.
After a series of staff shortage problems, Shen Jia decided to solve them all at once.
So she began to enjoy what she had always planned, which was to build a girls' academy directly in Linyuan County. Perhaps those who came to the workshop to study before all wanted to work in the workshop.
But now she wants to take practical action to tell everyone that you still have many choices, don't stick to your initial judgment influenced by others, and broaden women's horizons.
Of course, this can also help them cultivate talents. As for men, they can continue to stay in the workshop, or for students in other academies or private schools, the entry threshold can be relaxed.
Shen Jia immediately went to Linyuan County and began looking for a suitable location for his own academy.
After several investigations, this time she built it directly opposite the Wuquan Academy in Linyuan County, located to the north of Linyuan County. From now on, this was the location of the first women's academy in the Dasheng Dynasty.
First, he handed over the academy drawings he had made to the construction team. Due to the special nature of the academy, the classrooms and dormitories Shen Jia prepared this time were able to accommodate more than a thousand people.
The next most important thing is the issue of teachers in the academy. Currently, only his father, aunt and Shen Yue can be said to be full-time teachers. The others only occasionally impart some of the knowledge they have learned, and have not made any breakthroughs in the field of teaching.
Because it is a girls' college, she is still struggling with whether to let her father participate in it.
So now there are only two full-time teachers, and the others still need to be considered. Moreover, she doesn't know if anyone will be willing to participate if she recruits female teachers from the entire Hezhou?
Everything is unknown, but for the sake of the future, Shen Jia is willing to try her best.
Even if there is no one, I will let some people take over temporarily, and I will pass on the other key knowledge myself.
Of course, this matter could not be hidden from Shen Yue and Shen Min in the workshop. After finishing a day's teaching work, Shen Yue came to Shen Jia's office and talked about this matter.
"I heard that my eldest sister is planning to set up a brand new academy. Do you think our current classrooms are too small?"
Seeing her coming, Shen Jia was also a little happy, and said with a smile: "You came at the right time, I was going to talk to you about this matter.
At present, the shops in our various places are developing very quickly, and the current manpower is insufficient to meet the needs. The plan to expand the school should have been put on the agenda long ago, and I am now preparing for this.
From now on, the school at the workshop will be reserved for teaching men, and the newly built academy will be a school exclusively for women. I was just wondering if you would be willing to serve as the dean of the academy?"
Shen Yue could recognize every word in this sentence, but she couldn't understand the meaning of how they were put together.
His mouth opened wide subconsciously, his eyes widened, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He looked at Shen Jia in surprise and said:
"What did you mean by that, Eldest Sister? A women's academy? The dean?"
Ignoring her puzzled look, Shen Jia continued to emphasize the meaning of his words, "Yes, you heard it right, I am planning to set up a women's academy, and I would like to invite you to serve as the dean.
I have learned from everyone that you are currently teaching very seriously and responsibly in the workshop school, and in addition to teaching, you are also handling other miscellaneous matters.
So I think the position of Supervisor is perfect for me, but I'm wondering if you're willing to join?"
Before, Shen Yue had been shocked by Shen Jia's words and deeds, and had expressed her opinion on why she, as a girl, could not enter the academy to study openly and take the imperial examination like a man.
Now he has been directly promoted to the dean of a college. Even though it is just a privately founded college, it is still a remarkable thing for Chen Yue.
Moreover, she had never imagined that she could gain such high trust from Shen Jia. The dean of an academy was almost second only to the president.
After calming down, she said seriously, "This is my honor. If you don't mind, I would also like to contribute to it."
"Well, once the academy is officially built, you will be the dean of Hongmeng Academy."
"Hongmeng? What made my elder sister choose such a name? Hongmeng's beginning, does it have any meaning?"
After getting to know each other for a while, Shen Jia also knew that Shen Yue was actually a woman who didn't care much about worldly opinions, and that she had always supported his actions that others considered shocking.
Shen Jia was no longer afraid to reveal his true intentions to her, so he explained, "At the beginning of time, the universe was newly created. I took this as my inspiration, hoping to usher in a new world. Do you think that a woman entering the academy openly and honestly, learning knowledge that she would not have been able to access before, is the beginning of a new world?"
Hearing Shen Jia's words about Hongmeng, Shen Yue felt it was wonderful. She immediately clapped her hands and praised loudly:
"Great! That's a brilliant idea. I've long been fed up with what those people are saying. Women can naturally enter the academy. I will definitely help my elder sister manage Hongmeng Academy well."
"Don't be so happy just yet. Because of the special nature of our academy, some simple textbooks are naturally not suitable. We will have to revise the textbooks for some courses later, and you will be exhausted by then."
"This is a great thing. No matter how tired I am, I won't complain!"
After finishing this, Shen Jia asked Shen Yue again: "What do you think of your aunt's recent condition? I want her to be the lecturer of Hongmeng Academy. I will look for other teachers before school starts."
Hearing this, Shen Yue pondered for a while, and after careful consideration, she replied:
"Compared to when I first started teaching at the academy, I'm definitely much better. I'm no longer so reserved and I feel more energetic. More importantly, I feel like the depression in my eyes and eyebrows has dissipated a lot."
"Do you think Auntie would agree with our idea? I haven't officially told Grandfather about this idea, which is shocking to the world.
You know, we previously established our own school within the workshop to recruit workers. Now I want to establish a girls' academy in the entire Linyuan County, or even the entire Hezhou. I wonder how my aunt's mentality has adjusted?"
Although Shen Jia is very confident in herself, the current predicament of teachers still makes her a little sad.
Shen Yue also quickly realized the obstacles they might encounter, and for a moment both of them felt a little sad. Just as they were still thinking about a way out, a voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"It's my aunt's great honor to be able to participate in such a great event. You don't have to worry about me. I have recovered a lot after such a long time.
As for your grandfather, I will also help mediate. I believe Jia Niang will not only accept other students, but will also accept the current students, right?"
Just now, Shen Min had finished her work for the day and was about to go home with Shen Yue and Shen Jia, but she suddenly heard Shen Yue's scream outside, and then heard Shen Jia mention her name. She subconsciously stood outside the door for a while.
Later I learned that the two of them were worried that I would not agree to join their team, so they couldn't wait to stand up.
The sudden sound outside the door also scared the two people in the house, because it was already time to get off work, and Shen Jia didn't like people working overtime when there was no urgent matter, so there should be no one outside the house now.
The two looked at Shen Min with a serious expression, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
Because Shen Jia always felt that Shen Min had something wrong in her heart, and the teaching task she planned would definitely touch upon what she had buried in her heart, and she didn't care if her words would offend her.
She continued seriously, "Aunt, although my niece's words are offensive, we still want to know. Our future behavior will definitely be disapproved by some stubborn old scholars, and perhaps someone will attack us based on our personal morality. I wonder if Aunt will still be firm in her opinion?"
Although this lack of personal morality may not be caused by oneself, it is still attackable in the eyes of some people, and they may even use this to throw dirty water on others.
After all, you can't understand some people's minds. Now this question has been put in front of Shen Min for the first time, and both of them are very curious about her answer.
At the same time, there are also concerns, because this is tantamount to tearing open a person's scabbed wound again, revealing the bloody wound inside.
When Shen Min heard these words, her body began to stiffen unconsciously, because she knew the truth of what Shen Jia said, and the words used by those disgusting people were only worse than hers.
Moreover, she could be said to have witnessed the rumors and gossips of those pedantic literati with her own eyes. After all, there could be no lessons in this world that were more profound than those taught by the person you slept with.
Now Shen Min completely regards himself as a teaching model and a lesson.
She hopes that her example can help more people see the restrictions placed on women in this world. However, there are currently some men among her students. If it were only women, she would probably try to speak it out to them.
As for the effects that would occur later, she thought she should be mentally prepared.
Thinking of this, she smiled and said, "The commotions of the world cannot affect those who are truly clear-minded and clear-minded. As for the nonsense of the scoundrels, I can naturally treat it as the barking of dogs.
The world will see clearly who is good and who is bad in this matter. If I suffer some criticism because of this, but it can help more people see the truth about the world and human nature, then I think it is worth it."
This heartfelt statement almost moved Shen Jia and Shen Yue to tears.
Although they didn't know what had caused their aunt to express such emotion, they couldn't help but feel moved when they saw her completely let go of her past self, and they couldn't say a word of the words they had prepared.
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