Chapter 231 Planting the Seeds
Capital city.
As the land survey that took more than three years has been completed, the "One Whip Law" has been implemented in an orderly manner, and the promotion of breeding cattle has also started a pilot project in the capital.
The people finally understood why a concubine's daughter of an imperial merchant could be granted the title of Princess of Chuyang.
In all their lives, they had never seen a cow give birth to so many lively calves!
It seems that the Princess of Yan is truly a woman of great fortune. The female officials under her can accomplish such a great cause! This is a great fortune that will change the family's status and bring glory to the ancestors!
The development of girls' education was also progressing steadily, and the first people to benefit were naturally the people of the capital.
"Have you heard? Old Deng's daughter Guihua enrolled in the girls' school established by the Crown Princess and the Princess of Yan last year. Now she can earn twenty taels a month!" The person chatted with her neighbor.
"What? Oh my God! Twenty taels a month! That would be two hundred and forty taels a year! More profitable than running a shop!" her neighbor exclaimed! "What about teaching at a girls' school?"
"What? What is a girls' school? Why have we never heard of it? You said it was established by the Crown Princess?" Someone passed by and heard it. It was her neighbor.
"Don't be anxious, I will tell you slowly." The man smiled happily, with a look of enjoyment on his face. He picked up a bench and sat at the door of his house. The neighbors also sat down with him.
The man looked at their curious expressions and couldn't help but feel smug for a moment before he said slowly, "First of all, this girls' school wasn't proposed by the Crown Princess. Old Deng's daughter said it was the Princess of Yan who took the initiative, but the Crown Princess and the other princesses were responsible for the follow-up. Didn't the Princess of Yan accompany His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan out of the capital last year to inspect and survey the land?"
Everyone nodded, "That's right. The Princess of Yan is such a good person, and the Crown Princess and the other princesses and consorts are also good people." Prime Minister Su is so dedicated to the country and the people, and the Princess of Yan is also an extraordinary woman who is dedicated to the country and the people.
They have not forgotten the snow disaster at the end of the previous year. It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who provided disaster relief, and the Princess of Yan and a group of nobles donated money and food. The court did not give up on them.
In the previous emperor's reign, apart from His Majesty, who was then the Crown Prince, who would treat ordinary people like them as human beings?
Now is a good time. Your Majesty has light taxes and levies, there are no strong enemies outside, and you still want to reform the law to make life better for the people.
No wonder people say it is better to be a dog in peacetime than a man in troubled times.
The man continued, "Last year, the Daqin Girls' School recruited students in the capital. Notices were posted on every street. Anyone who wanted to sign up could learn a skill to survive in the future." This also tests one's connections and vision.
Rich families don't have to worry about this. They will hire female teachers to teach their girls needlework, music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Therefore, Su Zhenzhen and the others are targeting those girls from ordinary well-off families or parents from ordinary families who love their daughters and want to break free from their current situation and secure a better future for themselves.
"How could I not know this?" one neighbor thumped her chest in frustration. Her daughter was just the right age to learn a trade. "Is there an age limit for enrollment? Do I need to pay tuition?"
Daqin Girls' School is currently unable to provide free food and accommodation to all girls who want to enroll.
Su Zhenzhen was afraid that if this loophole was opened, the consequence would be that many parents who did not want to raise their daughters would simply send them to a girls' school. In that case, was this a girls' school or an orphanage?
So her goal is to train women who are willing to learn a craft and then apply for grants or scholarships.
"You don't have to pay tuition fees to attend the Daqin Girls' School, and they also provide accommodation. It depends on your test scores. If you pass, you can apply for a grant, and if you perform well, you can get a scholarship! A scholarship of two taels of silver a month! And even more for A-level students!" She also sent Taohua to register this year, and she found out about this through Guihua, the daughter of Old Deng. She also knew about this because her relatives had educated relatives.
Everyone was surprised, "Two taels! So much! I may not be able to earn this much in a month!" Two taels of silver. Unless there is a literate person in the family working in the restaurant, or has a skill and runs a small business, ordinary people can only earn about thirty cents a day, and at most one tael of silver a month.
"Can I still sign up for the Daqin Girls' School? What are the courses there? I think Old Deng's daughter Guihua is different from ours, and it's only been a year!" "Of course you can. I just signed up for my daughter Taohua. She teaches embroidery, math, weaving, literacy, and silkworm rearing... There's also a female teacher who specializes in teaching etiquette!" "You're so nice, Cuihua, why didn't you tell us earlier!" Someone began to pretend to be angry.
Cuihua covered her mouth and laughed, "Didn't I tell you? Otherwise you would still be in the dark! I won't say anymore. I have to pack a bag for my daughter Taohua. Let her learn a skill so that she will have some confidence when she gets married in the future." Everyone laughed and went home immediately, preparing to send their girls to girls' school. After all, the tuition was free.
It is so difficult to learn a craft these days. You may not be able to learn real skills even if you work as an apprentice for several years. You still have to pay money and work hard to honor your master. After all, heaven and earth make us close to our teachers.
The establishment of Daqin Girls' School also planted a seed of hope for future girls.
Their lives are not limited to the daily necessities of life after marriage. Having a skill will give them more ways to make a living and make them more confident.
Furthermore, the girls' school also teaches them some embarrassing physiological knowledge, such as that they can file a lawsuit against the county government when facing domestic violence, and that the law stipulates that domestic violence offenders will be punished with 60 strokes of the cane...
When the conditions are ripe, we can start teaching the content of the imperial examination. The current Daqin women's school has no intention of challenging the fundamental male imperial examination system in feudal society.
Because industrialization has not yet begun, there are not so many jobs in society, and it is not conducive to governance to enlighten the people when the time is not right.
Although the road seems long, everything is accumulated step by step. Su Zhenzhen believes that Daqin Girls' School will be opened throughout Daqin in the future.
A woman who has learned a skill is like Guihua, the daughter of Old Deng. She has a strong back in her parents' home. Her brothers and sisters-in-law dare not speak loudly to her, and her future husband's family dare not give her too many orders.
Because most of the students taught at the Daqin Girls' School are not people with bad character, even though there is a small probability that they may be bad people.
Su Zhenzhen smiled with satisfaction when she learned that the Daqin Girls' School was progressing in an orderly manner.
There is no shortage of persevering and intelligent people in any era. They just lack the conditions. What Su Zhenzhen can do is to make their lives a little better than they do now.
Even if they still have to return to their families, they will have more say and live a better life than originally planned.
It is not without reason that poor couples are always sad. How can their life be good if they worry about a few bowls of rice all day long?
Su Zhenzhen felt that she was a person who loved to enjoy life by nature, so she met Rong Jinchen, a top-notch love-brain, tall, rich and handsome man.
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