Chapter 239
Song Yujin couldn't laugh or cry, knowing that she was the one who would make such messy suggestions, but her father indulged her.
If this thing is done well, it will be a story for the ages; if it is not done well, it will be a story for hundreds of years.
The Imperial Academy in the palace is easy to deal with. There are many vacant palaces outside the palace. You can just point to any place and start working. There are private schools outside the palace, so it is not difficult, and it is just a matter of issuing regulations.
It's just that it's difficult to implement women as officials.
Song Yujin was mentally prepared, after all, she was the one who had encountered this kind of thing before.
"It's unusual for a woman to be an official." A rich man sneered coldly, waving his fan.
"It's really strange. It's unheard of in ancient times for a woman to be an official. How can a woman be an official?" These words came from an old man.
But those who say these things tend to be more men.
Except for some ignorant women, there are still some women who support it.
It's just that people's words are scary. Even if they support it, they don't dare to say it because it will be stabbed in the back.
The decree aroused criticism on the first day it was promulgated. How many officials among the hundreds of officials were not optimistic about this matter. There were many people talking about it. However, due to the face of Emperor Hongyuan, no one dared to talk about it on the surface.
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Did Emperor Hongyuan know about this?
He knew it, but he didn't choose to stop it. Instead, he let it develop and watched its changes.
When Song Yunuan learned the news, she was not in a hurry. Instead, she distributed letters in the name of Princess Yujia. If any woman was willing to go to Beijing to study, she could go to the local government office to collect the money. After arriving in the capital, she could come to the Imperial Preceptor's Office to see her.
This move aroused the disgust of many people.
What does this fake princess want to do?
Is she going to turn the world upside down?
Isn’t it counterproductive to encourage women to study?
Such an incident happened in a city not far from the capital.
"Ling'er, what are you doing? What kind of books do women read? Isn't it good for her to marry someone well? It's okay if you occasionally buy conversation books. I will never agree to reading." The father who was over fifty years old scolded him sternly.
his own daughter.
The ordinary woman who was called Ling'er immediately knelt down in front of her father. She said, "Father, I used to listen to whatever you said, but as you know, my daughter has always liked reading. Princess Yujia gave her such a good gift."
If I don't seize this opportunity, I will regret it for the rest of my life. Please forgive my daughter for her unfilial piety."
She kowtowed heavily to her father, turned around and left without any hesitation.
In the past, it was said that a woman's lack of talent was a virtue, and she was unwilling to do so. However, this was a secular world and she had no choice. But now there was finally someone who was as unwilling as she was. She wanted to go out and get out of this narrow place.
When Ling'er walked out of the city gate, she discovered that there were many girls in this place who were just as unwilling as she was.
She put down her burdens and chatted and laughed with them, feeling truly relieved. However, when she really set off, she discovered that Princess Yujia had also ordered officials to escort them.
In another city, a well-known local talented girl from a scholarly family said goodbye to her parents, "Father, mother, and daughter will definitely earn an official position for our family, and our girls are not bad either!"
"Okay, okay, we all believe in you, but don't put too much pressure on you."
It is true that she is a talented woman, but she has attracted considerable criticism since she was a child.
Why do women read so many books?
Aren’t you going to get married in the future?
It is virtue for a woman to have no talent.
The talented girl said goodbye to her parents and resolutely embarked on the road to the capital.
In another poor village, where there was a relatively wealthy family, a man took the woman's hand and begged, "Madam, why are you going to the capital? Any woman who is an official is a lie."
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The woman threw away his hand and said unceremoniously: "Before we got married, you said that I was full of poems and books, and that I had the demeanor of a lady. After we got married, you said that these were useless things. Yes, you are right.
, it was useless before, but now, I want to take a gamble for myself."
She turned around unceremoniously.
"Mother, mother, don't you want a child?" A half-year-old child hugged the woman's leg and cried sadly.
The woman relented, but she knew that if she gave up this opportunity, she would regret it for the rest of her life and would be tortured by this man for the rest of her life.
"Child, wait for mother, wait for mother to come back, mother will come back." She gritted her teeth, and with a cruel heart, she broke away from the child's hand and set off on the road carrying the baggage.
Around the capital, these similar things are happening.
This time, Song Lingguo set off a different craze.
Many men hate Princess Yujia with all their heart, but many women yearn for this princess who was already regarded as a god.
This group of women are ambitious and unwilling to lag behind others. They will be the first batch of female officials in Song Ling Kingdom.
Yu Nuan sat in Jingzhao Yin's mansion and received many replies from all over the country. Although they were women, they had an unyielding heart.
Song Yujin originally thought that things would lag behind, or that it would at least be a lot more troublesome to deal with, but he never expected that Song Yunuan would make such a move.
Wonderful!
The Song Ling Kingdom is not a very harsh country in the first place. It is relatively open-minded compared to other countries. In such a country, although men are still generally considered superior to women, there are many unwillingnesses in the hearts of women.
As long as we catch the first batch, do we still have to worry about the future?
This time, Song Yunuan's task was to open an Imperial College and a school, which did not involve women serving as officials. However, Song Yunuan thought that it was almost the same anyway, so it was better to do it together.
She looked at the rough paper in her hand, wondering when she could improve the papermaking technique so that it would at least be more comfortable to use than this one.
But she ran out of time. Once these things were taken care of, she would have to go to Xinglan Country.
Compared with the huge response outside, the response in the capital was very small. Only a small number of eunuchs' daughters expressed their willingness to study, and they had to be in the Imperial College.
However, the Imperial College also has requirements. It does not mean that everyone can go. There are so many officials in the imperial court, and it is impossible to let everyone's children go. After all, there are also descendants of the emperor's relatives, so it cannot be too mixed.
Therefore, Song Yunuan required that only the children of fifth-rank officials and above could go to the Imperial College to study.
No one dares to disobey the Imperial Master's orders, no matter how dissatisfied they are.
Song Yujin was very satisfied with this request, and it was something that was not convenient for him to do, but Yu Nuan did it for him.
In just two days, there were people outside Yu Nuan's Imperial Preceptor's Mansion asking to see him.
Song Yunuan thought for a while, she was now a national master after all, a profession closer to that of a magic stick. However, she could not show up in public as before, and she still had to prepare an outfit.
Chapter completed!