As usual, after dinner, the palace maid cleaned up the table and served a cup of hot tea, and Hongji asked the three children what they had seen and heard about the day. First of all, the little girl Zhu Xiuning, she sat in Queen Zhang's arms, and couldn't wait to say how happy she was to play today, a large number of peers and novel toys made her more than usual, even if she almost fell, a girl named Wang Juan held her up and talked about the ups and downs, and the article was long. Hongzhi, who listened to it, couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and the queen touched the girl's body to see if she was injured, and after confirming that she was not injured, she gently twisted her little face with her hand, and said: "You girl, you're too naughty." It attracted the little girl's resentment.

"What about the two of you, needless to say, I can guess what I saw and heard outside the palace?" Hongji turned to the two brothers and asked.

"Daddy, the child was not punished by Master Yang today." Zhu Houzhao's face was proud, like a victorious general. In fact, this is thanks to Zhu Houwei, he said to Zhu Houzhao yesterday: "If you can memorize the book well, the matter of leaving the palace will be characterized as a combination of work and rest, and my father will support us in the future, even if Master Yang knows, he will turn a blind eye, if you can't memorize it, it will be a plaything, whether it is Daddy or Master Yang will obstruct it, and it will be difficult to get out of the palace in the future." When he spoke, there was a faint sense of superiority of the scholar, which made people want to kick him in the face. However, this still aroused Zhu Houzhao's great attention, and in order to be happy to play in the future, he seriously memorized the book.

Sure enough, Hongji raised his eyebrows, "Oh? It seems that there is no plaything to lose your mind, and you must continue to read good books in the future, otherwise your Master Yang will come to Daddy to report your study again, and Daddy will be disgraced. ”

"Yes, the child must work hard to go to school and live up to his father's expectations." This time, Zhu Houzhao's talk was categorical. Zhu Houwei also believes that he will do it, his brother is not stupid, it's not that he can't learn, but he doesn't want to learn, plus the big killer of football that will fascinate hundreds of millions of people in later generations, Zhu Houzhao will definitely try his best to pass Master Yang's level.

The father and son tacitly did not say anything about the orphans, because the queen was present, and it didn't hurt that the little girl couldn't understand it. Then Zhu Houzhao began to talk about today's game, talking about the strategy used today, the reason for the failure, Zhu Houwei also interjected a sentence or two from time to time next to him, in short, the atmosphere was very harmonious, Hongji was also interested in the sports described by the brothers, he felt that this sport was not a simple play, there seemed to be something else, but he hadn't seen it yet, he didn't draw a conclusion, just thinking about when to go and see.

At 7 o'clock, the queen took the little girl to take a bath and prepare for bed. At that time, most people went to bed early, after all, candles were lit at night, and the larger the room, the more candles were lit. In the palace, you can still save if you can.

Now that only the two brothers Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao are left, Hongzhi asked, "How did you think of taking in orphans?" "Daddy, those orphans have no relatives to take refuge in, they can't eat enough on their own, the Tatars invade, and the border generals are incompetent, so they have fallen to this, and the court has the responsibility to contain them, and it is necessary to set an example as royal children." Zhu Houzhao replied very impassionedly.

"Hou Wei, you can also tell me, I heard He Ding say that it was your idea to take in orphans along the way in Shanxi." Hongzhi asked Zhu Houwei again. "Daddy, the children think that the adults who fled are laborers, and they can support themselves and their families when they go to other places, and these orphans are still young and have not eaten much, so it is difficult for anyone to choose to hire them."

"So what will these children do in the future, they can't just be your two brothers' playmates, right?" Hongji asked the two

Zhu Houzhao immediately returned: "Let these people take care of their bodies first, exercise well, and when they reach adulthood, they will join the army, and in the future, the children will lead them north to attack the Tatars, and they will not dare to come to the Ming border again." ”

Hongzhi smiled and nodded, and looked at Zhu Houwei again. Zhu Houwei thought for a while and said; "The children are going to find a teacher to teach them to read and write, and then according to their own choice, they either join the army or learn a trade, and they will have a skill in survival in the future." Zhu Houwei said his plan, in fact, he is ready to train the team, of course, it is the team of the two brothers, and he can join all walks of life when he becomes an adult in the future, and if he has anything inconvenient to come forward in person in the future, he can hand it over to them, as for the imperial examination, he didn't think about letting those boy scouts learn this. In this era, the imperial examination is eight-strand literature, the subject matter is stiff, most of the scholars have slowly become solidified thinking, do not know how to be flexible, except for the imperial examination, for other means of livelihood at all, if he is put alone in a place where he is not familiar with life, it will not be long before he will starve to death. "Useless is a scholar" can be seen.

"And what about the women?" Hongji said lightly, "Let them also engage in business and work?" ”

"Yes, a woman can be an accountant (basically equal to an accountant)" "Shut up, a row of nonsense, how can a woman show up in this market, what kind of system does it become, Daddy allows you to come outside the palace, how can you get out of the mansion and still do this?" Before Zhu Houwei finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hongzhi, looking at the rare angry expression on Hongzhi's face, the two brothers were a little afraid to breathe.

Hongzhi is actually afraid that the two brothers will suffer a big loss, in this era the etiquette is greater than everything, when you try to do something that violates the etiquette law, then you are challenging all the gentry of the world, their power is very powerful, the royal family to put it bluntly, is the leader of these forces, really let them resist, even the royal family will not help you, he, the emperor, can not withstand the pressure, keep them.

The room was quiet, Zhu Houzhao was looking down and thinking, to see if there was any way to keep those girls, although he didn't propose to accept the girls at the beginning, but he had already accepted it, and his sister was having so much fun, he was thinking about taking this bag down now.

After all, Zhu Houwei is a 40-year-old uncle's heart, and he used to be a political teacher, although he was in a hurry to participate in politics, but he was rich in theoretical knowledge and slowly figured out the joints, in his opinion, it was just to let women support themselves, but in the eyes of the world, women are competing with men for jobs, isn't this just improving the status of women? Now this society pays attention to "women are virtuous if they are not talented, men are yang, women are yin, women must pay attention to three from four virtues, and women can only be men's accessories for the rest of their lives" He undoubtedly touched the bottom line of the world's gentry, which will cause a strong backlash, and his small body can't bear it. But what Taizu said is good, "the countryside surrounds the city", first sprinkle fire in the places you don't pay attention to, and when everyone notices, you will find that women have joined all walks of life, and then the social elite will not admit it. After thinking about it, he said to Hongji, "You can let some of them learn medical skills, whether it is giving birth to a child or seeing a doctor as a woman in ordinary times, it is definitely a lot more convenient for a good girl than a man." ”

Hongji pondered for a while, "This can be done, so be it, so let it be." However, you can only play in the house, not out of the house. ”

"Yes, Daddy." The two replied in unison.

"You two go back, don't forget your studies." "Good night Daddy" and the two left the room side by side.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Zhu Houzhao happily said to Zhu Houwei, "It's good that you are witty, otherwise I don't know how to end it." "That is, we have lived by this merit all our lives." An 8-year-old child's face showed a lewdness that was not at this age. "Brother, don't forget to go back and ask for Wen Shu, don't be beaten again if you can't memorize it tomorrow." Zhu Houwei's "kind" friendship reminded. Zhu Houzhao, who was not reminded, had an expression of eating flies, and said stupidly, "I know, I know, isn't it just an endorsement, what's the big deal, it's worth talking about every day." ”

This matter is so decided, the matter of finding Mr., this time Hongzhi was handed over to Liu Jin, and he was going to give the Zhu Mansion to the two children to manage, and wanted to see what the result would be. Hongzhi still knows Zhu Houzhao very well, but for Zhu Houwei, the 8-year-old precocious second son, Hongzhi sometimes can't figure out what he's thinking.

When He Ding came over to convey the order to Liu Jin, the old comrade Liu Jin patted his chest and said that he would carry forward the revolutionary spirit of "going up when there are difficulties, and going up even if there are no difficulties and creating difficulties" to complete the tasks assigned to him by the organization. The next day, he asked people to go all over the street to find Mr. Looking for only some poor, or hopeless scholars, these years of scholars are very important to the career, but if there is a little hope, they will not waste time to teach in private schools.

At the end of the day, I found more than 10 qualified readers, and then Lao Liu personally interviewed them, and then left one older one and two younger ones. The older one is called Dong Liang, the word Zuozheng, three out of fifty this year, he is a showman, and he has no hope for his career. The younger one is called Li Guang, the word Lide, 25 years old, is also a show talent family poor, every meter under the pot, can only come out to find an errand, know that it is to be a private school Mr., do not lose the face of the scholar came, the other is called Bai Shizhong, the word is strict, early 30s, Fujian, is a lifting person, poor family, came to participate in the big competition last year, but sick, as a result of the treatment spent all the money, can not return to the hometown, can only find an errand in the capital, to survive until the next big competition.

For Zhu Houwei, it doesn't matter what the level of these gentlemen is, he just let Mr. enlighten and teach children to read, as for the follow-up education, as a teacher in later generations, not to mention anything else, Chinese, mathematics, politics, natural primary school, junior high school textbooks are not much pressure on him, as for the very important physics, chemistry, Zhu Houwei said that he basically returned to his teacher, he has always paid attention to borrowing and repaying.

On the third day after the competition, the three gentlemen and the students met, and then the Dou housekeeper divided the students into a class for girls, and the boys were divided into two classes according to their age.