Chapter 170 The Queen Mother's Plan
Go to Yishou Palace for dinner?
Emperor Jingxuan was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that the Queen Mother wanted to see him about something.
Since the sky curtain appeared, he seldom went to the harem to eat. He either ate while watching alone or watched and ate with the ministers.
The Queen Mother was also aware of his current situation, so the fact that she suddenly asked him to have a meal together must have something going on.
He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be there in a moment."
Nanny Zheng went back first. Emperor Jingxuan looked at the sky again, went into the palace to change his clothes, and then went to Yishou Palace.
The Queen Mother had the meal served, but the two of them didn't say anything during the meal.
After the meal was over, the empress dowager handed him the scroll and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look." Then she took a sip from the teacup, her eyes falling on his face from time to time.
Emperor Jingxuan was a little surprised. What was written in the scroll made his mother so cautious about it.
He carefully opened the scroll, and after taking a look at it, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "My mother wants to open a girls' college?"
"What does the Emperor think?"
Emperor Jingxuan pondered for a moment, as if weighing the feasibility of this matter in his mind.
He looked down at the scroll in his hand again. It seemed that his mother had made sufficient preparations and even wrote down the main types of students the academy would recruit.
He nodded slowly as he read, and after a moment he put down the scroll in his hand and looked up at the Queen Mother. "I support your idea, Mother. But have you ever thought about where the money for such an academy will come from? The national treasury is tight now, and money is needed everywhere. In particular, the Ministry of Works is spending a lot of money on the research and development of the things on the skylight, and the weapons of the Ministry of War will also be replaced this year. The Minister of Revenue has been getting more and more worried recently. If we use the funds from the national treasury to build a school, I'm afraid the officials below will not agree, and this matter will not be accomplished in the end."
Seeing the Queen Mother frowning in thought, Emperor Jingxuan said, "If the Queen Mother uses her private treasury to build this school, how long can it last? Since the Queen Mother wants to build a women's college, it is definitely not just in the capital. The Queen Mother's private treasury may not be able to sustain it, and the women's college will go bankrupt within a year."
"Moreover, the students that your mother wants to recruit are not girls from wealthy families, but rather those poor girls who need to learn to read and write to change their future. I think the tuition will definitely not be enough to recruit them. Even their future life, food, clothing and accommodation will all be paid for by the Women's College. This part of the expenses is huge. Have you ever thought about it, your mother?"
The Queen Mother suddenly felt a little discouraged. She had written so much and planned well, but she had actually neglected the expenses.
"It is my fault, mother, for not considering this matter. Please give me the scroll."
Emperor Jingxuan returned it and said with a smile, "Are you planning to give up, mother?"
The Queen Mother glanced at her and said, "Of course not. I will think about what you said carefully. When I come up with a solution, I will show it to the Emperor."
Emperor Jingxuan was really surprised, because he knew what kind of person his mother was.
Ever since she became emperor, she has hardly taken care of any affairs. As the queen mother, she lived a comfortable life and didn't care too much about anything.
If she had encountered such a thing before, knowing that there were many difficulties and obstacles ahead, she might have given up the idea after hearing the emperor's analysis.
But now we have to face the challenge?
Emperor Jingxuan thought about it, and when he looked up, he saw Jian Yunsang's figure in the sky, and quickly understood the reason.
He couldn't help but sigh, "I do have an idea, would you like to listen to it, mother?"
"Tell me."
"The Queen Mother established the academy to give women more choices, so how about establishing a technical academy like the one mentioned in the Sky Curtain?"
"Technical Institute?"
"Yes, learn various skills. Of course, you also need to learn to read and write, and do manual work while learning skills. The college will be responsible for selling them, and the money will be used for the school's daily expenses. Of course, the construction of the college in the early stage still requires funding from the court. Now the Ministry of Industry has developed several things based on the display of the skylight, and the faucets have begun to be sold, making a lot of money. The court plans to use this part of the money earned on Chaoyang Charity Home. The Women's College can also allocate part of the funds, but..."
"Just what?" The Queen Mother asked anxiously with her eyes slightly shining.
Emperor Jingxuan smiled and said, "But since the money was earned from the tips in the sky, it is natural that this women's college should be built in the name of Chao Chao. In this way, the merits of the queen mother will be overshadowed, and there will be no way for the queen mother to be famous for generations to come."
The Queen Mother was startled and she slowly sat back in her seat.
It is impossible to say that the women's college was built without any intention of becoming famous.
Who doesn’t want to be famous for generations to come? She also wants to be the first woman.
By then, when future generations mention her as the Queen Mother, they will praise her for finding a way out for the women of Daqi and allowing them to live a good life.
Can……
The Queen Mother was silent for a long time, and Emperor Jingxuan also remained silent.
After a long while, the Queen Mother suddenly smiled with a look of relief on her face, "If you are not famous, then don't be famous. The Queen Mother was inspired by the sky curtain to come up with this idea. What's more, the original intention of the Queen Mother to run the Women's College was to make the road for women in this world smoother. Everything else is secondary."
Emperor Jingxuan stood up and bowed to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, you are kind and benevolent, and your virtues are known to all the people. You are truly a blessing to me."
The Queen Mother felt relieved. "Okay, the plan still needs to be written. I'll think about it and I'll let you take a look at it when the time comes."
"My son is honored."
Emperor Jingxuan also helped the empress dowager point out some minor problems, and the empress dowager wrote them down one by one. Her serious look amazed Emperor Jingxuan.
He knew that Tianmu had changed many people, but he didn't expect that even his mother was so greatly affected.
He couldn't help but look up again. Chao Chao's family had already finished dinner and were walking towards their hotel room.
Because of Jian Panpan’s matter, Jian Yunsang and their friends had to postpone their trip by one day.
The next day, they went back to Jane's house again.
The lawyer hired by He Nanzhou also arrived. With the photos of Fang Yingyao's cheating in his hands, the lawyer was more comfortable with the divorce lawsuit.
However, he still suggested collecting more evidence of Fang Yingyao's cheating. He is now divorcing Jian Panpan and has suffered another setback. It is very likely that he will look for the person he cheated with during this period.
If they squat down a bit, they might even be able to catch them in bed.
Everyone felt that Chaochao was not suitable to participate in something like catching an adulterer, so Jian Zhengqing and others urged the three of them to return to their original itinerary.
There was no choice but for the three of them to return to the hotel to pack their luggage.
However, not long after entering the room, He Nanzhou's cell phone rang.
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