Chapter 24 The Prince's Failed Rebellion
He Fei looked at Jia Jia, who was soundly sleeping. He couldn't bear to disturb her, so he quietly got up and carefully prepared the ice jar. He placed all kinds of food in it to ensure the freshness of breakfast, then took the rice ball in his hand, gently closed the door and went out.
At the same time, the third prince was watching He Fei's every move. Seeing that he collected raw materials such as limestone, clay, iron ore and coal, and mixed them in a certain proportion, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.
The Third Prince finally lost his patience and asked, "What are you doing? Are you still playing in the mud like a child? We still have to patrol. Can't you see that Second Uncle looks displeased?"
"Third brother, do you still want the throne of prince? You don't want your son to be a prince. You are a bald prince, and your son doesn't like you. Then you will have to pay homage to your son! Follow me, and your brother will give you the throne of prince, and then your son will inherit you." He Fei kindly reminded.
The third prince really wanted to beat the sixth prince, and he specifically hit his wounds.
Xu Lihu and He Fei made a grinding stone for a large waterwheel. There were not many slaves to do the work here, so they saw He Fei grinding the mixed materials.
After waiting for a day, the thousand-pound material was finally broken.
They came to the Arsenal.
As soon as they arrived at the door, they were surrounded by a group of imperial guards. They were holding bows and arrows with the arrows pointing directly at them. The atmosphere was extremely tense.
Faced with this situation, He Fei calmly took out a token from his arms.
When the third prince saw the token, his expression suddenly changed.
Is there really such a myth about the deep brotherhood among the royal family?
It was a token carefully carved from ivory, representing the emperor's supremacy.
Anyone who possesses this token, no matter where he is, is like the emperor himself and has the authority to mobilize the army.
The Third Prince continued to ask, "Didn't Your Majesty confiscate this token?"
He Fei heard this and a hint of arrogant smile appeared on his lips: "My royal brother has absolute trust in me. He believes that I will never betray him and will always be loyal to him. He has never taken this token away."
This time they don’t have to burn these materials themselves.
He Fei put the materials aside and said, "You use the coal to refine these. We will simmer them slowly over a low fire for about two quarters of an hour, so that the objects in the kiln are heated slowly to prevent them from cracking due to sudden heat. Then, we will increase the fire and burn fiercely to fully sinter the objects and make them harder. This will take about an hour."
After refining, the material is ground into powder at low temperature."
After He Fei finished giving the instructions, he asked them to prepare the food.
Wait until they finish eating.
The carefully fired materials were now complete. A group of craftsmen, armed with axes, carefully broke them one by one, then ground them into a fine powder using a millstone. Once everything was ready, He Fei and the Third Prince returned to the imperial mausoleum hand in hand, carrying the precious powder.
After arriving, He Fei solemnly instructed: "After returning to the palace, be sure to strictly guard these materials. If there is any loss, I will not forgive you easily. Losing your head is not a joke."
After saying this, he parted with the third prince.
He Fei stepped into the Shouyin Palace and called out in a deep voice, "An Yi, show yourself."
An Yi appeared immediately upon hearing the voice, bowed respectfully and said, "Your Majesty."
He Fei ordered solemnly, "You will immediately set off for the capital, meet the Emperor, and request that he assign me a group of craftsmen or laborers from the Ministry of Works. Be sure to tell them to ride as fast as they can and arrive here before noon on the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, sir." An Yi took the order and left.
Zhang Xiaojia thought about the side quests and put forward several ideas on paper:
1. Get an education and improve yourself
2. Participate in literary creation
3. Strive for financial independence
4. Participate in social activities
5. Advocate for women’s rights, such as equal education for women and equal marriage for women
6. Become a female role model
The first thing is to open a women's college. There is no way now. There is no money, no money, no people.
Secondly, she has no literary cultivation and no artistic talent. If you ask her to compose a poem, she can't do it. Doesn't she understand the fifteen rhymes of the upper and lower level tones?
Take the simplest Feihualing for example. If she is required to limit the rhyme and the tone to be parallel, she doesn’t even know which words to limit it to?
If she were to take an imperial examination, she wouldn't even be able to read the exam questions. There are some differences between the tones of the Zhou Dynasty and the current tones of Ping, Shang, Qu and Ru. She might not even be able to distinguish between the tones.
The poetry of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not so important in the imperial examinations, but they also had to take the test of writing poems, which was easy for candidates to understand because the prosody and parallelism of regulated verse were similar to those of eight-legged essays.
The third point must be done. Only by ensuring that women achieve economic independence, have the ability to be self-sufficient, and have their basic living needs met, can they truly have the confidence and strength to stand up, bravely face challenges, and fight.
Imagine a woman who can't even guarantee basic food and clothing, constantly threatened by hunger. The instinct for survival often compels her to abandon her dignity and the desire to fight, choosing instead to compromise and submit. After all, in the face of survival, everything else pales in comparison.
Therefore, economic independence is not only the key for women to realize their self-worth and gain social respect, but also the cornerstone for them to have the courage and confidence to fight.
Only when women are no longer economically dependent on others and can independently decide their own lifestyle and life path, can they truly stand up straight, participate in all areas of society with an equal attitude, and fight for more rights and respect for themselves and other women.
This is related to the first question, which is to provide them with more educational opportunities so that they can pursue their dreams with more confidence.
This again brings up the issue of money.
No money, what the hell...
The fourth point is not necessary. Now is the era of imperial power. As long as the emperor agrees to women working and women do practical work in the former dynasty, more women will enter the former dynasty. This requires a woman to be a high-ranking official in the former dynasty. Now there is no female official above the third rank.
But she can drag the concubines in the harem to do charity activities~
Article 5: Women have equal education and marriage. This is impossible. Women in the 21st century may not be equal in marriage. There is no need to discourage this. Each generation has its own tasks. This article is for the next few generations of women to do.
The sixth point is to find a few women who are outstanding in various industries, such as women in government, women in education, women in business... let them become female role models and inspire women
The above points require financial support. She cannot rely entirely on He Fei for these. She must stand up on her own to be more persuasive.
She doesn't know how to do business, so how can she make money?
Her specialty is pharmaceutical manufacturing. Could she make some simplified genetic medicines to allow people who are nearing the end of their lifespan to live another twenty years?
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