Chapter 202: New Problems
After hearing what his sister said, Shen Su didn't even bother to eat dinner. He went to the study immediately and wanted to write it down.
He Ying originally wanted to call Shen Su to have dinner, but when she saw him working at his desk through the window outside, she said nothing and went back into her room.
"Yingchun, ask the kitchen to keep the food warm and have someone serve it when your husband comes back."
Shen Su stayed in the study for more than an hour. He raised his head and turned his wrist, then he realized that he had been in the study for a long time and it was already late at night.
"Are you hungry?"
He Ying glanced at her husband in a reproachful manner, raised her hand to touch the dishes that had just been served, and when she felt the warmth, she withdrew her hand and said, "Hurry up and sit down to eat."
After Shen Xu sat down, he did not pick up his chopsticks to eat immediately. Instead, he gave his wife a guilty smile and said, "Yingniang, I will not do this again in the future. I will eat on time."
"Eat quickly. I didn't say anything to you. After eating, take a shower and go to bed. You have to get up early to work tomorrow."
Shen Xu obeyed and picked up his chopsticks and bowl. But before he put the food into his mouth, he asked his wife, "Is Suisui asleep?"
"He has already woken up once, ate once, and then fell asleep again. Don't worry about him. Just eat your food."
Shen Su nodded and spoke again, "Then Yingniang, you go first..."
But this time, before he could finish his sentence, He Ying interrupted him, "If you continue talking, go back to the study and sleep after dinner. I'll eat yours."
When he heard that he had to sleep in the study, Shen Xu kept silent until the end of the meal. It was too late and it would not be good to eat too much, so he only ate a little to fill his stomach and stopped eating when he was not so hungry anymore.
At night, the couple lay in bed. Shen Su told his wife with great emotion what happened after he and Shen Yuan came out of his father's study tonight. "I never thought about that at all. Thanks to Manman's reminder. No wonder my father always said that Manman was smarter than me since he started school."
He Ying smiled and said, "Yeah, I think so too, Dad is right."
Early the next morning, before it was even time to get up, Shen Xu woke up. He was worried about something, and even though he had only slept for a few hours at night, he didn't feel sleepy when he got up.
After Shen Su arrived at his duty room, he immediately took out the memorial he had written last night, revised it, and then copied it again.
After finishing these things, the bell for duty rang. He knew that in the past, everyone would show up at this time, and then go back to their own places, take out the steamed buns, steamed buns, sandwiches, and baked cakes bought on the road, and drink a cup of tea. After eating, they would rinse their mouths and wash their hands before starting to work.
Shen Xu calculated the time, went over his own ideas and the ideas he got from his sister in his mind, fed the fish in the tank when he got up, and then took the memorial to find Lord Ji.
Sure enough, when he arrived, Lord Ji had just finished watering the flowers and plants and was about to sit down and start his business.
"Master Ji, I wrote a memorial last night regarding the female official. Please review it."
"Really?" Ji Fengchang was very surprised. After all, they had no idea when they were off duty yesterday. They didn't expect that the memorial would be written so quickly.
Before opening the letter, he praised Shen Suo, "You are indeed young, full of energy! Not bad, not bad. Don't stand there. Sit down first. Let me take a look at this letter."
Shen Su didn't sit down first. Before Master Ji opened the memorial, he said to Master Ji, "In fact, most of the things in this memorial were my sister's ideas."
"Oh?" After hearing this, Lord Ji became even more interested, and said with a smile that he would definitely read it slowly word by word.
Shen Suo applied what his sister said to the memorials. The most important point was that instead of a unified examination organized by the Ministry of Personnel, each government office submitted its own memorials for recruiting female officials, and the Ministry of Personnel approved the examinations before organizing them. The Ministry of Personnel sent officials to supervise the entire process from the examination to the recruitment.
In addition, he also wrote that after this measure in the capital has produced results, it will be promoted to neighboring prefectures and cities. However, it is difficult for the Ministry of Personnel to supervise outside the capital, and the examinations may not be guaranteed to be fair and just. The power to appoint and dismiss officials has always been in the hands of the court.
Shen Su also expressed his own concerns. Even in the capital, the supervision of the Ministry of Personnel is particularly important and there must be no slackness, otherwise the selection of officials may become a tool for some people to use.
"Let's put these aside for now. Your sister's idea is really interesting. She dares to think about it! Don't be afraid of problems. If there are problems, just solve them. It's hard to solve them if there are no problems.
As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang! How about this, first call all the people from our Ministry of Literature and let’s think about how to deal with this matter together. If that doesn’t work, call all the people from our Ministry of Personnel.”
Let's pool our wisdom. Who knows, someone might come up with a good idea.
After lunch, all the people from the Wenxuan Division gathered in Lord Ji’s duty room, filling the small duty room to the brim.
"This matter, oh, Xiao Shen's method is good, but it is true that it is okay for our Ministry of Personnel to keep an eye on it in the capital, but it is difficult to do it elsewhere."
"Then you should try it in the capital first. If you are qualified, you can take the exam together, just like the imperial examination. If you pass, you will be selected as an official."
As soon as this was said, someone immediately refuted it, "If a man passes the imperial examination, no matter where he becomes an official, his family will be very happy. But if it is a girl, how many families would let their daughter go to another place to become an official in this situation?"
This is also true. There are some things that ordinary people cannot understand and are really difficult to deal with.
"I would say there is no need to rush now. We can keep an eye on the capital and nearby provinces. Let's take it one step at a time. Who knows, we may have a solution by then?"
"That is to say, it is not easy to get this done in the capital. We don't know how the people in the capital will react when the time comes."
Afterwards, Ji Fengchang handed the memorial written by Shen Su to the Shangshu Lord. After reading it, the Shangshu Lord also meant to take it one step at a time. When the time comes, the official positions proposed by various departments will all require women. In this way, even if the candidates know about this, they will not react too much.
However, there are certainly not many official positions with such requirements.
After the Shangshu revised the memorial, it was delivered to the palace. It happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival the next day. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the court and the people were on holiday and did not have to go on duty.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Shen family followed He Ying to the He family to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the 16th, they came to the Shen family again to celebrate Shen Yuan's birthday.
Sui Sui is now the treasure of both families. As soon as Shen Suo got off the carriage with him in his arms, he was taken over by Old Lady He. The child is not shy and is happy no matter who holds him.
As soon as He Ying got off the carriage, she said, "Grandfather, where did you get this name? Don't wait until you can talk before you still haven't chosen a name."
Old Mrs. He pretended not to hear what her granddaughter said, turned around and walked away with the child in her arms, making everyone laugh.