Zhao Ruxi made a bitter face when he heard this. "I said, Master, how can you and the eldest princess be like this? I don't want to go to the Beijing Girls' Academy. You are good to me here, the masters are very good to me, and my classmates are very simple and lovely. If I go to the Beijing Women's Academy, where there are intrigues and factions, I have this kind of hard temper, I'm afraid I'll offend people in a few days. When the time comes, I won't be able to find a place to cry. ”

Hearing Zhao Ruxi's words, Mrs. Cui became more and more guilty.

She said, "We're going to try to keep you." You're our student, so how can you just grab it? Didn't I just say a last resort? If you have to, don't be hard, anyway, you will have to take the county exam in the spring of the new year. If you get middle school next fall, you don't have to go to the academy. ”

Speaking of this, she became more and more empty-hearted.

Although Zhao Ruxi is very powerful, the exam is basically a full score. But how can the imperial examination be so easy to examine? How many people have been reading for more than ten or twenty years, full of poetry and books, and full of wealth, so they still have the right time, place, people, and talents to be admitted to the exam, and they can't do the same.

"Master, you think too highly of me, don't you? I haven't ever taken an exam, so how much luck does it take to pass four exams in one go. Let's pray that Concubine Niangniang doesn't look down on me. Zhao Ruxi smiled bitterly again.

Mrs. Cui lowered her head and stopped talking.

Even if she had a hundred hearts to protect Zhao Ruxi, she couldn't put her beak in the battle between Concubine Jin and Princess Shangde. So it's useless to say anything.

Seeing this, Zhao Ruxi changed the topic.

"Master, I'm here for something to tell you."

Mrs. Cui raised her head: "You say." If I could, I would do it for you. ”

"I just met He Yuqi. In order not to go home, she asked her father to marry her off at will, and wanted to find an errand to make money to support herself. ”

Mrs. Cui frowned: "She also came to me." I'd love to help her, too, but there's no shortage of people at the academy. You also know that the income of the college is small and the expenses are large, and Mrs. Chen and I do not receive monthly silver, which is equivalent to doing day work. Our subordinates are doing the work of the academy, but they receive our own monthly money. It is difficult for He Yuqi to support herself from the salary paid in the academy. ”

"Every year, there are students who graduate from the college, and many of them are excellent. They wanted to stay and do things, and we wanted to keep them too, but we refused considering the situation at the college. As soon as He Yuqi's mouth is opened, other students will ask each other in the future, and we will not be able to speak. ”

She looked at Zhao Ruxi apologetically: "I'm sorry, I lost my words again just now." ”

Zhao Ruxi waved his hand: "Master, that's not what I'm talking about." ”

Mrs. Choi looked at her suspiciously.

"The annual expenses of the college are extremely limited, and you can't do anything you want, so you have to work hard, right? Haven't you thought about open source? ”

"Open source? How to open source? Mrs. Choi asked.

It's not like she hasn't thought about it. But how easy is that?

Not to mention that she is not good at trading; Even if you are good at it, you can use the money of the academy to do business and make a profit, but what if you lose it?

She might as well donate some money to the academy every year to worry about it, and she can't worry about it.

"I've read the court's newspaper. Master, have you ever thought about starting a newspaper that belongs to our women? ”

"Huh?" Mrs. Cui was stunned for a moment, "The woman's newspaper? ”

"Yes." Zhao Ruxi said, "Think about it, people like He Yuqi and Mu Qingqiang like to study, work hard, and are willing to take a different path from ordinary women, rely on their own skills to support themselves, and straighten their waists and be people." But their families often hold them back. Not to mention that there are still women like Zhang Lu in the academy, and the purpose of entering the academy is to gild in order to marry a good family. ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Cui let out a long sigh: "Yes." ”

It is very hard to run the academy, and what has supported her for so many years is not only because she is widowed and bored, but also because she hopes to change the thoughts and fate of these women through her education.

It can be seen that the effect is very small, and I often feel weak.

"Therefore, if you want to change the situation of women, it is not only necessary to change the minds of the students who enter the academy, but also the thoughts of their parents is the key. And if you want to change people's minds, what do you rely on? It's the article. Let's write articles in various forms and print them in newspapers and publish them every ten years. Students at the academy can buy it back and show it to their parents. Over time, the minds of those elders in the family may be shaken and changed. ”

Mrs. Cui's eyes lit up.

But then her eyes dimmed again: "It's hard, isn't it?" ”

"It's hard. But it can not only change people's minds, but also provide financial resources for women like Yuqi who want to be independent, and help more people who want to support themselves. I think it's totally worth it. ”

Mrs. Cui was puzzled: "How do you say this?" ”

"Newspapers are printed to sell to make money. The above articles can take the form of contributions, encouraging many women to write articles and story contributions. Once their manuscripts are accepted, they are paid a certain amount by the newsroom. ”

"They don't have to show their faces, they just sit at home and write. Even if the remuneration is meager, it will definitely give some help to women in distress so that they can survive. For example, He Yuqi, although she does not have the talent to write a script, she writes well and can contribute to the newspaper. ”

"In addition, the newspaper needs some people to take care of it, which provides them with employment opportunities. If a newspaper is well-run, marketable, and profitable, we can also run other types of newspapers. This gives more opportunities to the women who have graduated from the academy. Other counties can also learn from it. ”

Mrs. Cui's eyes lit up suddenly.

It must have been difficult to run this newspaper, because no one had ever done it. She took care of the college and set up a newspaper, because she had no experience, and the process must have been very difficult.

If Guangguang was just trying to make money, she didn't have to do it at all.

Her dowry is quite large, and she is frugal, her expenses are very small, and she has a surplus every year. If it were for the sake of the college, she would rather donate the surplus than worry about it.

She was afraid that she would mess things up. When the time comes, not only will you not make money, but you will also lose money, and you will be blamed by Princess Shangde and others.

But if she can change people's minds further, if she can give those women some financial support, so that they can see a ray of light in the difficult situation, even if it is difficult, she is willing to do it.

She was the one who had been in trouble, and she had the will to die at that time. It was the eldest princess of Shangde who gave her the opportunity to pull her out of the quagmire of her in-law's house and let her come to the academy to do things. She was grateful.

In the darkness, the eldest princess is the light that gives her hope.

She is also willing to be a beam of light, illuminating others and herself.