In the 21st year of Xuande, at the end of August, Ji Yu officially entered the court as an official.
He worked diligently in the Hanlin Academy for three months. When it came time to get a permanent position, the princess helped him, and Ji Yu was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel as he wished, and his official rank was promoted from the seventh rank to the sixth rank.
Kong Wenting still stayed in the Hanlin Academy, but was promoted from the sixth rank to the sixth rank. Shen Tongze's family probably took great pains to transfer him to the Ministry of Rites, and his official position was also promoted to the sixth rank. After all, the Ministry of Rites is very idle, but it is a good job that many people dream of!
At the end of the month, Ji Shuyao also sent a letter saying that she had given birth to a son. The entire Lu family was very happy. Ji Yu also prepared a pair of pure gold longevity locks and wrote a letter to send back.
In May of the 22nd year of Xuande, Ji Yu proposed the first legal reform in the Ministry of Personnel, which allowed a woman's father or brother to file for divorce on her behalf, provided that the woman herself agreed.
With the secret help of the eldest princess, the law was quickly passed and implemented for a period of time, and it was found to be very effective.
Qingqing gave birth in the middle of the month. Before the birth, Ji Yu was extremely worried, always afraid that she would have a difficult delivery. After struggling for half a night, the child was finally born safely.
The moment he saw the baby boy, Ji Yu held Gu Qingqing's hand and said gently, "I will never have another baby again." He was really worried about Gu Qingqing's health.
From the 22nd year of Xuande to the 25th year of Xuande, Ji Yu put forward more than a dozen suggestions for revisions that would benefit women.
These include: women can go out and do business alone.
Men and women have equal status in marriage. If a man cheats, half of his property will be given to the woman for free.
If a woman has no financial ability and her husband chooses to divorce her, he will have to provide certain support obligations.
If the husband is unable to support the family, the wife's quality of life is not guaranteed, or she is abused by the husband's relatives, she can divorce and remarry without the husband's consent.
Women have the right to go out alone.
After a woman is divorced, she is not allowed to spread rumors or be slandered. She can still marry someone else, and remarriage is supported.
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This series of measures quickly promoted Ji Yu from the sixth rank to the fourth rank. He also had a small number of supporters.
But it must be said that it was his series of measures to respect women that caused the population fertility rate to double in the four years of Xuande. Women who were divorced and remarried would continue to have children. Therefore, the fertility rate only rose and did not fall.
In the 25th year of Xuande, the son of the late empress who had been away from home was found. When the child was born, she took the wrong child with a peasant woman, so the ninth princess was not the emperor's biological child.
Ji Yu once met the little prince with the eldest princess. He looked weak and ignorant.
Princess Roujia asked to be deposed. No one in the capital city saw her again. Ji Yu went to the Princess's Mansion and seemed to see a figure who looked like Princess Roujia, but he didn't ask any more questions.
In March of the 28th year of Xuande, the old emperor passed away. The ninth prince ascended the throne. The late emperor left a will, saying that the ninth prince was still young and had been away for many years, so he let the eldest princess take power on his behalf.
In May of the same year, Ji Yu, who was only 22 years old, was promoted to a third-rank official, and he also got the title of third-rank lady for Qingqing as he wished.
Ever since the little emperor came to power, the eldest princess's methods have become more and more brutal.
He promoted new policies, giving equal weight to commerce and agriculture, expanding the territory, and planting high-quality crops. Within ten years, the court was completely transformed.
And those old ministers who had been clamoring at the beginning shut up obediently after seeing such great achievements.
The names of the Princess and Ji Yu have become famous throughout the country.
After a lifetime of hard work, we still haven't achieved complete equality between men and women. We can only say that the status of women is the best it has been in the past few hundred years!
When Ji Yu was fifty years old, he retired and returned to his hometown. His son Ji Nianqing took his place. Ji Nianqing was well educated by Ji Yu. He was well-educated, polite, and respectful to women. He would also fight for this matter all his life, just like Ji Yu.
Ji Yu and Gu Qingqing traveled around the country in their later years. When Gu Qingqing was 70 years old and her health was not as good as before, the two returned to live in Lin'an.
Ji Yu kept his promise to Gu Qingqing, and she was really the only one in his life. Their relationship was also widely circulated in later generations.
This history book is too long, but only contains a few words about them. This history book is too short, but it records his deep lifelong love for her.
A lifetime of two people
Half asleep, half awake, half alive
For Ji Yu, this is just a small fragment of his life experience.
But what he changed was the future generations.
And the fate of a woman's life.
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