Chapter 368 Response

The decree to reopen the women's school was issued at the court meeting on the second day, and the court was shocked. Except for the officials who ordered their wives to enter the palace yesterday, they knew some inside information and were mentally prepared, the other courtiers were stunned by the emperor's sudden decree.

There are those who are silent and those who oppose it, but there are very few who agree.

However, the emperor's move was not to solicit their opinions, but to inform them. Seeing this, the courtiers couldn't help feeling a little worried.

This was the first time since the new emperor came to the throne that he issued such a strong edict without even asking the courtiers what they meant.

Although the reopening of women's schools has little to do with the national economy and the people's livelihood, and they are not particularly opposed to it, the emperor's attitude at this time is very worrying.

The first emperor never listened to the opinions of his courtiers when he was in a daze.

Qin Xinfang saw that the courtiers were emotionally ups and downs, and the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, which had been relatively harmonious since the first emperor ascended the throne, began to become tense. She couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the minister's lax management of the family has made it difficult for His Majesty. Please forgive me."

Peng Dan, who had been sitting on the sidelines, lowered his eyes when he saw this, and after a little thought, he signaled the imperial censor who was about to come out to stop, and stood with his head bowed.

The other ministers were a little confused. They didn't know what Qin Xinfang had done wrong to plead guilty suddenly. Besides, weren't they talking about reopening the women's school?

The emperor on the throne smiled lightly and said: "This is my promise to Li Qing, what has it to do with Mr.? Don't punish her when you go back, otherwise Qinghe should come to the palace to apologize for his daughter-in-law."

Qin Xinfang said with a righteous face: "It was just a quarrel between children, but she came into the palace to trouble His Majesty in a serious manner, and made His Majesty feel embarrassed. This is because I am not strict in governing the family, and I should be punished."

The emperor raised his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "I think her request is good. Sixteen years ago, Dachu women's school was popular, and it taught a group of self-reliant, talented women. They have also made a lot of contributions to the public good. This is external, but internally, they take care of their husbands and children, stabilize the backyard, and they have made great contributions. However, because Concubine Xianlan hated women's schools, she just banned women's schools. For 16 years , the daughters of the ministers often ask their husbands to teach at home, which is inconvenient and wasteful, and the learning is not complete. To learn, one must learn from each other to make progress, and there is a limit to success even if you work behind closed doors."

"What's more, it's rare for my daughter's family to be at ease. I am also a father, so they can be more at ease and happy before they get married. Let it be my own selfishness."

The courtiers were startled, and it took a while before someone asked, "Your Majesty, is the princess going to school too?"

The royal children were studying in the Wenhua Palace. The princes of the first emperor had already grown up. Except for a few occasions when the emperor invited the great Confucianism to give lectures to the princes, the rest of the time was sealed.

The princesses were mostly brought up by their own concubines and nuns, but in the early years of the first emperor, both princes and princesses could go out of the palace to study in the academy.

For example, today, when he was young, he went to Songshan Academy to study anonymously for a year, but Songshan Academy had many housekeeper children and accidentally leaked his identity, so he had to go back to Wenhua Palace to study with the princes.

Later Qin Xinfang, the number one scholar in high school, was selected by the emperor as a lecturer in the Imperial Academy, and could go to the Wenhua Hall to teach the princes.

Later, with the promotion of his official position, he was appointed as the prince's young teacher and became the prince's only teacher.

The princesses were much more free, and the late emperor was tolerant in the early years. If the princesses didn't like it, they could go to school in the apse of the Wenhua Palace. If they were interested, they could go to the girls' school in Songshan Academy or Qingxi Academy.

Moreover, they don't need to hide their names at all, they just use their names, at most, the little girls will please them, and it won't have much influence on the government, and the emperor and courtiers never care about it.

This is also one of the reasons why women's studies are highly respected. The queen came from the women's school, and even the royal princess ran out to attend the women's school.

But now there is only one daughter, who is only seven years old, born of Concubine Zhang Shu. Because the emperor has few heirs, only four princesses survived, so the child is especially important. If the princess really goes to the academy to study...

The ministers began to make various plans in their hearts.

However, what does this have to do with Qin Xinfang? Also, who is Li Qing that the emperor is talking about?

Why didn't they know that there was such an official surnamed Li in the court?

They soon found out, and everyone got together to exchange information as soon as they went to court. In less than a quarter of an hour, most of the courtiers knew the ins and outs of the matter.

Most people's eyes widened, "Is it Gu Qinghe's wife, Li Shi? How could she get involved?"

"What? Your Majesty gave her three promises, as long as the country is not involved, you will agree to them all?"

"Reopening the women's school just to quarrel with Mr. Yi Academy? It's nonsense!" But well done, now Li Shi still has two promises in hand. The officials who thought this way suppressed their mental activities, and their hearts were full of joy, but their faces were still angry.

"It's no wonder Qin Ge always pleads guilty. She was his niece and daughter-in-law, who was brought up by him. She acted so capriciously. Alas, Qin Ge is so miserable..."

"I think Li Shi's move is wise. Your Majesty's promise is so heavy. She holds it like a hot potato in her hand. It's not bad to throw one out now."

"That's because your lord is too cautious. Your Majesty has favored the Qin family and Gu Qinghe, and the Li family has saved them. Why can't you use the three promises? It's okay to find a high-ranking official for Gu Qinghe. , It’s a big credit for a decision to reopen a girls’ school, or because of a quarrel with a teacher, it’s really..." Extremely stupid.

Everyone discussed a lot, with mixed praise and criticism, but everyone's attention has shifted away from the reopening of the women's school, and they no longer strongly oppose it. Instead, they are more moved by Li Baolu's revenge on a teacher with a promise from the emperor. interest.

Most of the officials shook their heads and said with a smile: "After all, I'm still young and too naive. I don't know if Mr. Qin Ge got angry. He lost a promise of His Majesty just because of an ordinary quarrel."

"I don't think Qin Ge looks angry, but mostly helpless."

"Mr. Qin Ge has always disliked power, and he can take it easy..." If it were his daughter-in-law, he would have died of anger.

On the contrary, several ministers were very happy to smile when they walked out of the hall. Reopening the women's school, the restraint on women will definitely be eased, and the daughters in the family can be more relaxed.

Well, you can find a husband's house for your daughter in a hurry.

However, the officials who were already engaged were thinking in their hearts that they should postpone the wedding date, so that their daughter should hang out in the academy to make her happy.

The officials in the DPRK reacted normally, but the female relatives who heard the order outside almost jumped up excitedly.

In the second room of Duke Dingguo's mansion, a girl in light yellow clothes was holding a book and reading. When she heard the news, the book in her hand fell on the table, her eyes were shining brightly, and she, who was always calm, couldn't help getting up eagerly. "Come on, let's go to my mother and grandmother."

"Third miss, the second lady is at the old lady's place, and the fourth and fifth misses have already run over after hearing the news."

Miss Wan Er couldn't help walking three points faster when she heard this.

In the Pingguo mansion, Miss Zhu San was hugging her mother's leg and crying: "The girls' school reopens, and they will definitely go in case Er Er, mother, I also want to go to school. Didn't you always say that Qingxi Academy has the most beautiful mountains?" Well, I want to see it too!"

Mrs. Ping Guogong's wife was full of embarrassment, "Your father was implicated by the fourth prince, and now he is contemplating behind closed doors at home. Now no one is overturning the old case because we are low-key enough. If you go to the academy, if you are remembered..."

"I will be careful, and I must not have conflicts with others. Mother, just let me go to school. Everyone goes to school, but I don't go. How can I go out to see friends in the future?"

In the Mansion of the Minister of Rites, the girls of Ouyang's family were standing in two rows under the hall. The old lady looked at her granddaughter and great-granddaughter seriously and said: "My Ouyang family uses etiquette to manage the family and has always preached the word with poetry and books. This time, the girls' school is reopened." , you don’t want to lose face to my Ouyang family when you go to the entrance exam, if you fail the exam in Songshan Qingxi, you don’t need to go to the academy to study, and you can honestly study at home with your husband, so as not to go out and embarrass yourself.”

Worry flashed across the girls' eyes, but most of them were still excited.

This is among the officials and family members, but among the people, the news spread even more slowly, and it was three days later when all the poor people heard about it.

Commoner women also began to prepare for entrance examinations. Women's schools not only recruited children from official families, but commoners could also enroll.

Perhaps they dare not think about the two major academies of Songshan Qingxi, but after Songshan Qingxi there must be many other female schools, and the cost of female schools has always been relatively low. If they can enter the academies and learn some skills, they will not only make themselves In the future, I will have a solid foundation and take care of my family.

This is also one of the reasons why many ordinary people are willing to send their daughters to women's schools.

Girls who can graduate from women's schools are not only more convenient to marry, but also much easier to go out and find a job.

No matter what those men and courtiers think about Li Baolu, at this moment, many girls with dreams are grateful to her from the bottom of their hearts, and even a little grateful to Mr. Huang who quarreled with her. Otherwise, how could she think of offering an emperor's promise in exchange for her? Reopening girls' schools?

The girls were happy, but Mr. Huang in Qingxi Academy almost vomited blood.

When he heard the decree, he didn't think much about it, but felt that the emperor and the court were too nonsense, but a good academy insisted on allocating half of it to run a women's school.

Although men and women are taught separately, it is inevitable that they will meet in the same academy, not to mention that some teaching venues overlap.

Men and women are different, isn't this messing up discipline ethics and rules?

He couldn't help complaining during the speech, and some colleagues responded to him at first, but who knew that everyone looked at him very strangely the next day.

He thought it was him talking about government affairs and remonstrating the emperor's frank words, but who knew that in the end even the students looked at him strangely, so he couldn't help but send someone to inquire, only then did he know that the reopening of the women's school had something to do with him .

Now the entire academy and even the entire capital know that the emperor reopened the women's school because he had a quarrel with Gu Qinghe's wife, and he insulted the woman in words, so Mrs. Gu went into the palace angrily and asked the emperor to reopen the women's school of.

Mr. Huang: ...

Mr. Huang, who always thought he was upright and talented, was really so angry that he vomited blood, and fell ill immediately, and he didn't pretend at all!