Chapter 224: The Widow's Private Women's Academy

At this moment, all the ministers looked at each other, it turned out that the king was wearing such a formal dress today for this matter, is it necessary? Women, as long as they can give birth to children, husbands and children, and honor their in-laws, isn't it okay? What do you do when you are literate? Not to mention the ordinary people of Su Guo, even these ministers are very resistant in their hearts, what kind of system should girls stay at home and work as female workers, and run to school to show up?

They decided to oppose this measure, because it was not difficult for their daughter to become literate, and with their family conditions, they could have hired a private tutor for him, and there was no need for their daughter to mix with the daughters of the common people and show her face, which was completely detrimental to the dignity of their lords.

The ministers above the court looked at each other, and in the end, it was the official Cao Jushu Ji Jun who took the lead, and with a very sincere expression, he said with a worried country and the people: "Your Majesty." The ancients said: A woman is virtuous if she is not talented, as a daughter's family, as long as she has good morality, her husband and children are fine, why bother to read and write? ”

Zhu Ao had long expected that they would say this, the so-called women's lack of talent is virtue, it is just an excuse for those who refuse to invest in their daughter's education, I really have to admire these feudal scholars with noble character, find an excuse to find such a high-sounding one, and it has been passed down for thousands of years, and the face gradually does not look good, the light in his eyes is great, and with a trace of anger, he said to the civil and military officials under the hall: "Isn't it better for women to be talented and virtuous?" Are talents and virtues inseparable? Then tell me, are you talented or virtuous? ”

Everyone is afraid to say this sentence, how to answer this question? Admit that there is no talent or no virtue? These ministers have all come to this position step by step, who would be stupid enough to answer this question?

If you want your subordinates to implement your thoughts, you must first outperform them in theory, and you can't say anything on the table, and if you are stunned by others, who will implement what you say? Where is the authority of the king?

So don't think that everything will be fine when you become a king, others will listen to you no matter what, you must have your own sworn friends, with them to help you raise the bar and help you execute, your orders will be taken seriously, and your decisions will be implemented.

Any qualified king knows how to cultivate his wings. Seeing that his words calmed the scene, Zhu Ao's face softened slightly, and he said while the iron was hot: "You don't want your daughters to go to school, you think it's embarrassing for them to show up." Well, if the widow doesn't force you, the widow will lose this person. If the widow has a princess in the future, he will definitely send her to a public women's college to attend classes. That's all for today, retreat. After speaking, he flicked his sleeves, ignored the stunned and inexplicable expressions of the ministers under the hall, and walked straight to the harem accompanied by Huaien.

At this moment, all the ministers who were still standing in the hall were all confused, this time it was obvious that the king was really angry, it seemed that he was determined to run this girls' school, how should this be. The ministers began to discuss with each other, and some of them began to waver, after all, this is the king's will, and it is still clear which is more important.

However, the ministers are still relatively weak to the monarchy most of the time, so they will not act alone in what they do, but hug each other tightly, advancing and retreating together, so that even if they do something wrong, the king may be punished lightly in the spirit of not holding the public accountable for the law.

Therefore, at this time, you can't act alone, let's look at everyone's attitude first, if you rashly jump out to respond to the king, and the other ministers are unwilling, then it will be difficult for you to mix in this circle in the future, and you will be laughed at and slapped on the back.

If you talk about standing in line, the king and the ministers must stand on the king, after all, he has real power in his hands, but this matter is not yet the time when he has to stand in line on the surface, and if he can not offend people, he must not offend people.

"It seems that the king really wants to run this women's college, and he also wants to send the future princess to it. Shouldn't we, the courtiers, respond positively to him? ”

"Oh, maybe the king did this because he was young and impulsive, maybe he will regret it when he has a princess, and then our daughter will go there for nothing and show up for a year, making people laugh."

"yes, yes. So what are we going to do? The king's will cannot be disobeyed, but the opening of a women's college is too ...... There is no one before. ”

The ministers discussed it again, but still did not come up with a unified opinion, and finally Qu Neng, the former general with the highest official rank, shouted at the top of his voice: "Don't shout, no one can do this kind of thing, and they will discuss it with their family members at home." Let's disperse. ”

The ministers thought about the same reason, muttered to each other again, and finally shook their heads, sighed, and said, "Let's go, let's go." It's all gone, and it's not a matter of staying here. ”

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhu Ao had nothing to do, and walked around the palace a few times, and the eunuch Huai'en, who was the master of ceremonies, quietly came over and reported: "In the past, the general Qu Neng and the general civil and military officials represented by the official Cao Jushu Ji Jun have quietly sent people to report that they are willing to respond to the king's call, but it will take a certain amount of time to persuade the family. ”

"Hmph, this group of old slippery heads, really can't be offended on both sides." Zhu Ao snorted coldly in anger, picked up a stone on the ground, "Whoosh! As soon as he used his strength, he threw it into the lake in front of him, "Boom! There was a sound on the ground, and there were splashes.

This group of people is still watching, and they are still skeptical of the determination of the widow, and since this is the case, the widow shows you the greatest determination.

On this night, Zhu Ao stayed in Dai Yuzhu's dormitory again, although it was not said that there was no when he was fortunate by the prince one after another, but it was not too much, especially after having that Hami princess, the prince seemed to like to be tired of being with her, which also made Dai Yuzhu's heart a little jealous.

Today, the prince can come to her dormitory again, so that Dai Yuzhu has been happy for a long time, and hurriedly served tea and massaged the prince, for fear of slacking off for a while, the prince slipped away from his hands, and asked with a smile: "Prince, what do you want to eat at night?" The concubine instructed her subordinates to do it. ”

Zhu Ao thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he had an idea, patted Dai Yuzhu's hand, and said with a smile: "Let's also eat fried steak, open another bottle of wine, and put on the clothes that the widow designed for you that day." ”

Dai Yuzhu's cheeks were not only red when she heard this, she lowered her head delicately, and said shyly: "Does the prince really want to see it so much?" How did the prince come up with such a strange way of designing clothes? ”

Of course, the widow has seen it with his own eyes, Zhu Ao muttered in his heart, in the future, he has always hoped to have a Western meal with the girl he likes, but the love road has been bumpy, and it has not been smooth, so he has not been able to get his wish, today you are the king, and there is definitely no shortage of women, but he still wants to get back the feeling in the city, holding Dai Yuzhu's little hand and laughing: "It's cold, don't wear miniskirts and shorts anymore." Go and wear the professional outfit and hip skirt and leggings that I just designed for you. ”

Dai Yuzhu's little face was red again, she didn't understand why the prince liked to see them expose their legs outside, in Daming, women all wore skirts to go out, how could anyone go out with only a pair of leggings, and no one would be pointed to death, but she was the prince's woman, and it could even be said that it was the prince's private property, she would work hard to do what the prince liked, and she would never resist, she lowered her head and said softly with a small mouth: "The concubine knows." The concubines waited for the prince to eat. ”

This is about the same, Zhu Ao nodded with great satisfaction, but it was a pity that he didn't let the people from Shangyi make modern clothes for him, so he could only wear a casual costume to have a Western meal with Dai Yuzhu, who was disguised as a modern urban woman.

In order to eat steak more forcefully, Zhu Ao also specially made a pair of knives and forks and other tableware, and briefly introduced the use of it to Dai Yuzhu. Knives and forks are easy to learn, much easier to use than chopsticks, as long as you don't want to learn the set of Western food etiquette of foreigners, it is still very simple and rude to use.

After Dai Yuzhu put on a set of urban clothes designed by Zhu Ao himself, she looked radiant and had a more flavor, if she put it on a modern urban street, it would definitely be a 100% return rate, and there would be no dead ends in 360 degrees. After Zhu Ao saw Dai Yuzhu's outfit, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, feeling as if he had traveled back to modern times, and couldn't help but stare at Dai Yuzhu's delicate face a few more times.

These glances made Dai Yuzhu blush, lowered his head shyly, and muttered: "Lord, is there anything dirty on the concubine's face?" ”

"No, it's the widow's concubine who is so beautiful and moving. Let's have a drink first. Zhu Ao smiled slightly, and by the way, he raised his wine glass very gentlemanly and greeted the urban beauty in front of him.

Dai Yuzhu was startled, hurriedly put down the knife and fork in his hand, hurriedly picked up the wine glass with both hands, stood up suddenly, and said respectfully to Zhu Ao: "The concubine respects the prince." ”

"Sit down." Zhu Ao said suddenly, the atmosphere she had just created was destroyed by her such a stop, where would a modern urban beauty stand up when she drank with someone? There is a hint of pride in everyone. Seeing that Dai Yuzhu was so restrained, Zhu Ao had to say to her solemnly with a straight face: "From now on, until the end of this meal, you are not allowed to stand up." To do otherwise is to go against the will of the widow. ”

"Uh......" Dai Yuzhu had a black line on his face, but he didn't expect that he would not like the prince if he was respectful, could it be that he would like it if he was pampered and arrogant? Since the last serious illness of the prince, not only has he changed a lot, but his preferences have also become a lot stranger.

Dai Yuzhu smiled sweetly, sat down on the seat lightly according to Zhu Ao's meaning, and said, "Okay, the concubines all listen to the prince, the prince asks the concubines to stand, and the concubines stand again." "There is a child living in everyone's heart, even the king who is high up, and will always do some childish and willful things in front of those close to him. Dai Yuzhu understands this very well, so she attaches great importance to protecting the little innocence in Zhu Ao's heart, and to put it bluntly, she is very good at making Zhu Ao happy. Seeing him so ordered, he got off the donkey and sat there generously drinking with Zhu Ao, as if the two were not master and servant, but two young couples who grew up together since childhood.

After the two finished eating this Western meal, Dai Yuzhu waved her hand and motioned to her maid to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, while she took out a handkerchief herself, walked up to Zhu Ao gently, and helped him carefully wipe the sauce from the corner of her mouth.

Zhu Ao took his beloved concubine in his arms, remembered the events of yesterday and today, and smiled slightly: "Yuzhu, do you want to read and write?" ”

Dai Yuzhu hadn't sat down firmly in Zhu Ao's arms, and suddenly heard him say this, and wondered for a while, did the prince come for yesterday's incident? said with a blank face: "The concubine wants to learn more, otherwise she will be ashamed of being the prince's woman." ”

"If you want to learn, you can learn it immediately." Zhu Ao still knows her little slave girl very well, although her background is relatively low, she has always been very strong, and she doesn't want to be worse than others in anything, the other princesses are literate, but she is illiterate, although she doesn't say it, she still cares very much inside.

Dai Yuzhu looked happy after hearing this, the delicate body sitting on Zhu Ao's body moved, put her hands around his neck, and said with a smile: "Really? The prince is willing to teach his concubines to read and write? ”

"How can a widow have kung fu to teach you. The widow wants you to go to the women's college run by the widow. Zhu Ao hugged the concubine's small waist and said slowly.

"Huh?" Dai Yuzhu's face first showed an unbelievable blankness, and then a trace of loss, she didn't understand, she was the prince's official concubine, why would the prince let her show up and go to what college with others? Could it be that the prince has an opinion on himself and doesn't care about being seen by others?

Dai Yuzhu hurriedly stood up from Zhu Ao's body, and then knelt down in front of Zhu Ao, with a pleading and puzzled expression, and said with a hint of crying: "Lord, have the concubines made any mistakes?" angered the prince, and asked the prince to make it clear. ”

Zhu Ao was stunned by her move, looking at a beautiful woman in modern professional clothes kneeling in front of her, this picture was really a bit disobedient, and hurriedly reached out to help her up, and said comfortingly: "Get up quickly." Silly girl, you are so good to the widow, even if you make a mistake occasionally, the widow will not punish you. ”

When Dai Yuzhu heard this, she felt a little relieved, slowly stood up, wiped the tears on her face, and said, "Then why did the prince let the concubine show up, and the concubine thought that the prince didn't care about the concubine." ”

It turned out to be for this matter, Zhu Ao was speechless for a while, and the black line appeared in the back row of his head, it seems that the change of concept is really not a matter of one or two days, women in this era will regard showing up as a shameful thing, this must be changed, and if it is a big deal, no one can die.

Are really strong and confident men still afraid that their wives will be looked upon by others? I like to see your envious, jealous and hateful expressions, only those who have low self-esteem are afraid that their beautiful wives will be looked at and remembered.

Men in the Ming Dynasty can't be so obscene, inferior, and narrow-minded, if they want to be like the men in the Han and Tang dynasties, they are high-spirited and broad-minded, provide protection for their women, and hold up a piece of the sky, instead of thinking about how to prevent their wives from cheating all day long like some lewd men later, it's a shame!

Zhu Ao took Dai Yuzhu's little hand, his face was full of kindness, and he slowly persuaded in a gentle tone: "Concubine Ai, what kind of man do you think the widow is?" Those men who have no interest will lock their wives at home all day long, for fear that others will worry about them. From now on, not only widows, but also our country is not allowed to have such men, what future will men have when they become like this, and how will our country develop? The original intention of the widow to set up the women's college is to change the so-called "women are virtuous if they are not talented", so that women can also read and learn arithmetic, so that they can better educate their children in the future and do more for the country. ”

"However, as you just said, there are many people who are afraid of the outdated concept of women showing their heads, and they are all resistant to this decree of the widow, so the widow wants you to take the lead and let them all see, the widow is not afraid of his concubine, what are you afraid of?"

These words completely dispelled Dai Yuzhu's doubts, to put it in her heart, the prince can attach so much importance to their women, or she is very moved, she feels that she can help the prince with her own strength, and she has a sense of accomplishment, and immediately broke into a smile, and said: "The concubine understands." The prince is far-sighted, and the concubines are stupid, and they don't understand the prince's good intentions, so they blame the prince. The concubine apologized to the prince. ”

Zhu Ao smiled slightly, pulled her into his arms, wiped the tears on her face, and said softly: "Okay, what the family said without apologies." The widow can tell you that when you go to school, you must study hard, and your grades must not be too bad, so as not to disgrace my royal face. ”

Dai Yuzhu sat in Zhu Ao's arms, Ying Ying smiled and said sweetly: "Don't let the prince say more, the concubines can save it." The concubine will definitely study hard. ”

I believe that with Concubine Shu taking the lead, those civil and military ministers who pay attention to the so-called system will not be against this matter, the king has sent his own women out, you still think this is a shameful thing, isn't it nothing to smoke? This is a serious disagreement with the king.

And after those civil and military ministers send their daughters to school, they will definitely play a very huge leading role in the country, first of all, those big landlords and big businessmen who have various relationships with them will follow suit, otherwise they will not be consistent with the leadership.

The leaders have sent their daughters to school, and you are still yelling at what is unseemly in the back, so wait to be cleaned up.

These big landlords and big businessmen are all squires from all over the country, and they are people with heads and faces in villages and towns, and many of them are also local chiefs, security chiefs, and even grain chiefs, and their opinions can definitely play a decisive role in the local area, and after winning them over, they will definitely play a very good role in promoting the implementation of their policies at the lowest level.

After they send their daughters to school, those low-level people will definitely follow suit, if anyone dares to chew their tongues, and when the next year is apportioned for taxes and servitude, they will give your kid a little more even, so that you will have no place to vomit if you suffer hardship.

In addition, Zhu Ao plans to stipulate that from today onwards, all women who have reached the age of fifteen in Suguo and have not completed compulsory education can only be concubines for others when they marry in the future, and cannot be regular wives. If the woman marries in advance and becomes a wife, she will also have to make up for compulsory education in the future, otherwise the family's taxes and forced labor will be increased.

A good leading role, coupled with strict laws and regulations, I believe that it will definitely turn around the atmosphere of everyone in Su Country, so that the new thing of women's colleges will flourish in Su Country, and cultivate many excellent mothers for Su Country, and then let them give birth to more excellent offspring for Su Country.

After the implementation of this development project, Zhu Ao's heart was greatly relaxed, and he did one more thing, and he took another step forward from the construction blueprint in his heart, plus he ate a lot of meat and drank a lot of wine today, and there was a beautiful girl in fashionable professional clothes in his arms, how could he do it without doing something bad?

Zhu Ao took advantage of the strength of the wine to love Dai Yuzhu well, Dai Yuzhu was naturally very sweet in his heart, flattering in every way, serving carefully, and the two spent a good night.

Sure enough, after the news that Concubine Shuniang was about to go to the women's college to take classes, it was like a thunderbolt, shocking the officialdom of Suguo. If you chew your tongue again, be careful to charge you with a big disrespect, so that you can't eat and walk around.

The next day, the well-informed civil and military officials of the Su State immediately expressed their support for the king's idea of opening a women's college, and promised that when the day of the school opened, they would definitely send their daughters to school.

This is how the women's college was opened. After the start of school, Dai Yuzhu is a light car every day in class, taking a simple carriage to class, after entering the school, only with a personal maid into the classroom, after seeing the husband who taught him, first by the gentleman to the courtesy, to meet the princess, and then Dai Yuzhu to the disciple of the court, to meet the teacher.

Dai Yuzhu studied very hard, every day was the earliest to go, the latest to go, because she knew that she was not only a student, but also represented the face of the royal family, if she didn't study well here, and her grades were so bad that she couldn't do it, it would not only be a shame for herself, but also a shame for the prince.

Su Guo's plan to run a school has come to an end, and on the whole, the people are still deeply satisfied with this measure of the king, who doesn't want to let their children have a chance? Who wants their children to be like themselves, only facing the loess with their backs to the sky, digging and eating in the soil? Reading and literacy no matter whether you can be famous and famous in the future or not, at least you have learned a set of skills, and you don't have to pressure yourself to do more than that, and learning more skills is not a bad thing after all. What's more, the school run by King Su is completely free, and for students who are far away from home, they not only manage but also eat, and the food is very good.