The second day of February is Shui Xiao's birthday. Nowadays, this day is also called Halloween Day, which is celebrated by the whole world.

Yuan Chun felt that it was an excellent thing that the New Year's Day, her Qianqiu Festival, and Shuixiao's longevity energy saving were all completed in a little more than a month - the remaining nearly eleven months were much easier!

After the Wanshou Festival, Yuan Chun and his children moved to Zichen Palace to live, because Yihe Palace had to be renovated and built a bathroom that was not lost to Zhaohui Palace. After moving to the palace, Yuan Chun felt that the most unhappy thing was the regression of bathroom conditions.

In the afternoon of this day, Shui Xiao finished handling business in Linjing Palace, and when he returned to Zichen Palace, he saw Yuan Chun sitting in front of the bookcase writing and drawing. Beside her, there was a cradle, and Xiao Tuanzi was lying quietly in the cradle and sleeping soundly.

"What are you up to?" Shui Xiao walked behind Yuan Chun, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, and then went to look at the things on the bookcase. As if it were ...... Some kind of plan?!

"This year is the period for the selection of palace maids. I plan to recruit a large number of palace maids, what does the emperor think? Yuan Chun put his backhand around Shui Xiao's neck and asked her with a smile.

Except for flirting, Yuan Chun basically doesn't call herself a "concubine" in front of Shui Xiao, and Shui Xiao rarely calls herself "I" in front of her, often it's you and me.

"How much is a large batch?" Shui Xiao asked casually.

Yuan Chun said: "For example, one or two hundred? ”

Shui Xiao looked at her sideways: "Why do you choose so many palace maids?" We are a family of three now, and we don't need many palace maids. Even if you want to replenish the manpower of the father and queen mother, you won't need so much! He leaned into her ear with a smile and whispered, "Get so many people in, aren't you afraid of mixing two vixens in it, and if I can't control one of them and suffer the damnation of God, you will have to be a widow?" ”

"Phew! What nonsense? Yuan Chun threw him a big roll of the eyes. She didn't like Shui Xiao's joke very much: "If you talk nonsense, I'm angry!" ”

Shui Xiao couldn't help but laugh heartily: "Okay, good!" I'm not talking nonsense! He hugged Yuan Chun's arm tightly, buried his head in the side of her neck, closed his eyes and sniffed the faint fragrance on her body, "Tell me, why do you want to recruit such a palace maid?" I know you, it's definitely not for the pomp! ”

"One of the reasons: After the father, queen mother, and the concubines and concubines moved away, many palaces in this Daming Palace were empty. At night, it's even more eerie like a ghost town. I think it's necessary to choose more little girls to come in and add a little popularity and vitality to this Miyagi. ”

Shui Xiao nodded slightly: "Well, this is also true!" I also feel that there is space in the palace now! After thinking about it, he asked, "But what if these palace maids are mixed in with spies?" ”

"Won't you be a spy if you choose a few palace maids?" Yuan Chun lied, "Besides, isn't there still an emperor?" Use and anti, but the emperor's forte! Won't the emperor help? ”

"Hmm...... That's something I'm going to think about! Shui Xiao bargained with Yuan Chun, "Helping you, what good do I have?" ”

"Then what benefits does the emperor want?" Yuan Chun cooperated very knowingly.

"I want to think about it...... This price can't be lowered! He thought for a moment, an ambiguous smile appeared on his face, and he leaned into Yuan Chun's ear and whispered a few words.

After Yuan Chun listened, his eyes looked at the sky at forty-five degrees: Shui Xiao was really damaged by her! I think what a pure and good boy he was when he first got married!

"Will Yuan Yuan agree or not?" Shui Xiao chuckled ambiguously and kissed her on the side of the neck.

"Ahem......" Yuan Chun coughed lightly and said seriously, "I'll think about it!" ”

"Okay, we can all think about it slowly!" Shui Xiao was not in a hurry at all, "You only said one of the reasons just now, what about the second reason?" I picked up a few plan forms on the bookcase and looked at them, and I was a little surprised!

"The second reason is," Yuan Chun stood up, turned to face Shui Xiao, and said very solemnly, "I want to train the palace maids in the inner palace and turn it into a palace girls' school!" ”

The idea of training palace maids and turning it into a palace girls' school has been lingering in Yuan Chun's mind countless times!

the right to education, the right to employment, the right to personal liberty, the right to property, the right to marital autonomy...... Women in this era are deprived of too many rights! Therefore, in the original work, even if they are outstanding women like the twelve hairpins of Jinling, they can't control their own fate, they can only be "a hundred years of bitterness and happiness by others", and they can't break free from the ending of "thin life"!

Yuanchun wants to change this situation! Not only to change the fate of the twelve hairpins, but also to change the fate of more women as much as possible!

But in this era, there are some things that can be done and cannot be said!

If she stupidly mentions the "feminist movement", if she issues the "feminist manifesto" like the French lady, even if she has the aura of "the person who meets the immortals", she will be torn to pieces by those fierce defenders of male rights! When the time comes, her best ending will also be confinement. The Jia family will inevitably be affected, and the fate of the twelve hairpins may be even more tragic than the original book!

And since she is in such a favorable position as the queen, she can make full use of the imperial power and take the first step of the feminist movement steadily.

There are some things that you can't rush.

Some things can be subtle!

"The Court Girls' School?" Shui Xiao looked at the content on the paper, heard these words again, and suddenly realized.

What a big plan! He admired in his heart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook!

He smiled as he looked at the plans: "In addition to the homework that women should learn, such as female red, needlework, and cooking, you also plan to let these palace maids learn literacy, arithmetic, medicine, and law...... They even have to learn fitness, martial arts and swordsmanship! ”

glanced at Yuan Chun funny: "Yuan Yuan, what kind of talent are you cultivating?" Are you planning to build a women's army? Then do I have to worry about my personal safety in the palace?! ”

Yuan Chun raised his eyebrows slightly: "They are all little girls, how much strength can they have?" Even if you learn fighting and swordsmanship, it's just a fist and an embroidered leg! The emperor is both civil and military, will he be afraid that they will not succeed? ”

"I'm afraid! But you have to say, why are they learning this? ”

"In order for them to have a healthy body! It also allows them to have a little bit of self-protection and the strength to protect others when they encounter danger! Except for a very small number of these palace maids, most of them will leave the palace and return to their hometowns after reaching the age of 20, marry and have children. Therefore, it is necessary for them to have a healthy body and a little self-preservation! Only by having a healthy body and understanding some basic medical principles can you raise healthy children. Their children are all the emperor's people! Is it bad to be fit? And if they have a little self-preservation, they won't be easily bullied! It's a person who has served in the palace, if he is bullied after leaving the palace, where will we put our face?! ”

Shui Xiao nodded again, and the smile on his face deepened: "It makes sense!" ”

Yuan Chun smiled and said: "The other thing is: let these palace maids know some words and read some books, and they can enlighten their children by themselves." There are more literate people, and there will be fewer buried talents, and the emperor may be able to have a few more horses?! Let them understand some laws, so that they can control their families and children, so that there will be more law-abiding people in the world and fewer lawbreakers. Besides, these retired palace maids can not only read and write, but also read accounts and calculations, understand some medical pharmacology, and understand some common sense of law, and they must be respected among relatives, friends, and neighbors! Maybe they can also take in some apprentices in the people, get some discipline cultivation, and let themselves and their families live a decent life? They're living decently, and we have a light on our faces, right? ”

Shui Xiao smiled and nodded: "It's all reasonable!" All good! But how much money do I have to spend on these palace maids? ”

"Not too many!" Yuan Chun also calculated the economic accounts, "My initial thoughts now are: In the first six years, they didn't have to receive any errands, and they only concentrated on studying every day!" In the past six years, the monthly money does not have to be too high, and thirty or fifty dollars a month is enough. In addition, a number of scholarships can be set up to encourage these palace ladies to strive for the first. From the seventh year onwards, they were assigned to various places for internships. At that time, the monthly salary is gradually increased according to their position, talent and length of service. The most expensive amount is to reward them with a dowry when they leave the palace, which doesn't cost much silver! ”

"Hmm...... When you reach the age of twenty, you will leave the palace, and you must first concentrate on studying for six years......" Shui Xiao is also calculating economic accounts for Yuan Chun, "May I ask the queen mother, how old do you plan to recruit a little girl into the palace?" After deducting the number of years of study and internship, how many years can they serve us once they enter the palace? Why do I feel a little lost? ”

"I'm going to recruit girls between the ages of six and nine. If there are particularly good qualifications, they can be relaxed up and down for one year. "Those who are too young are not sensible, and those who are too big are not easy to teach.

"If you enter the palace at the age of nine, you will be fifteen years old if you study for six years. Before she left the palace at the age of twenty, she only had five years to serve us. After deducting the one or two years of internship, they actually have to spend only three or four years. I raised them in vain and taught them in vain for many years, and I had to reward them with a dowry of silver...... "I have been with Yuan Chun for a long time, and Shui Xiao is no stranger to modern words such as internship period.

He smiled and said, "Yuan Yuan, it's a loss to do this!" ”

Yuan Chun raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "When did the emperor feel sorry for the silver?" ”

"I don't feel sorry for the silver!" Shui Xiao hugged Yuan Chun into his arms and sighed slightly, "I feel sorry for you!" I'm afraid you're tired! ”

"I'm not tired. There are so many people in the Ministry of Female Officials and the Ministry of Internal Servants, and of course they will do the specific things. I'm just grasping one direction. She held Shui Xiao's face and looked at it, "It's the emperor, he seems to be a little tired?!" ”

Shui Xiao tilted his head and kissed her palm: "It's okay!" It's just that the things in the government make me a little tired. I want to build a Heavenly Dao Academy and start arranging for people to study the Heavenly Dao Learning. When I discussed this matter with those ministers today, the old guys in the household department and the ritual department all disagreed. The Ministry of Household said that there was no money, the Ministry of Rites said that it would destroy the imperial court's talent ceremony, and some other ministers were also supporting them...... These old things! Stubborn one by one! ”

Build a Heavenly Dao School? In Yuan Chun's mind, he quickly made up a noun in his mind: Royal Academy of Sciences!

Emma! Are the Court Girls' School and the Royal Academy of Sciences going to be born?!

Is...... That's amazing!

And for the opposition of those old ministers, Yuan Chun was not surprised!

Reform is always tough. Those old ministers are all old foxes who have been rolling in the court for many years. They may not really know what the rise of Heavenly Dao Xue means, but they will instinctively feel that Heavenly Dao Xue may threaten their position.

"Why does the emperor have to talk to those ministers?" Yuan Chun said with a smile, "Just take out the money directly from the inner treasury and select talents from the people to learn the Heavenly Dao!" The royal family cultivates a few suitable house slaves, and they don't need those ministers to dictate them, right? ”

Shui Xiao thought for a moment: "This can bypass those old guys' obstructions." But in this way, it will be difficult for those who study the study of the Heavenly Dao to enter the court! In this way, can we still select outstanding talents to learn the study of the Heavenly Dao? ”

"Why bother? Let's open this Heavenly Dao School first, first make some achievements and cultivate some talents. If these people have a place to use, are you afraid that they will not have a chance to enter the court? ”

Shui Xiao couldn't help laughing, and gave a thumbs up to Yuanchun: "High!" ”

As if he had been empowered, Shui Xiao's heart suddenly brightened!