Chapter 120: Righteousness
When Chen Youcong was leaving, Zhang Weizhao finally couldn't help but ask the Queen Mother how she is now? Chen Youcong replied that the Queen Mother was fine, but she was often talking about her. Zhang Weizhao actually really wants to ask His Majesty the Emperor? But in the end, he still didn't ask.
Zhang Weizhao sometimes laughs at herself that since she started practicing in Dayan, the feedback from short-term patients has been quite good, and long-term patients, Zhou Rong, Chen Youcong, and Chen Jianjun, have almost all been interrupted by various problems. Is it time to reflect on what went wrong with your treatment? However, the interruption of these cases seems to be caused by force majeure, and there is no way to improve it.
In any case, this can all come to an end. The master and apprentice packed their bags and left on the same day.
On 16 April, the weather was fine and suitable for travel. Early in the morning, bidding farewell to the old Han couple who stayed to watch the door, the master and apprentice got into the carriage. Just as he was about to set off, he saw someone riding a horse at the entrance of the alley. Zhang Weizhao looked over with a dazzling eye, thinking that the young man on the horse was Chen Youcong, his heartbeat began to speed up, and his palms were slightly sweaty. When I got a little closer, I found that it was Zhou Rong. Zhang Weizhao sighed secretly.
Zhou Rong got closer, turned over and dismounted, and held the wheel panting. There is an exam in Guozijian today, and he hurried here early in the morning, and he has to rush back later. He didn't dare to ride in the downtown area, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to catch up, so he was so anxious that he sweated.
With a slightly calmer breath, he said to Zhang Weizhao in the car: "I will take the examination this autumn, and I will take the palace examination in the spring of next year. You're going to wait for me! Be sure to wait for me! ”
After finishing speaking, he made a deep gesture to Zhang Rongkun: "Master, take care of yourself all the way!" I will join you as soon as I can. He took out a bag of things from his bosom and threw it in the carriage, turned around and jumped on the horse, and before leaving, he turned back and said, "Wait for me!" Be sure to wait for me! With that, he shook the reins and let the mount trot away.
Zhang Weizhao, who was sitting in the car, opened Zhou Rong's bag of things, which contained gold ingots, silver ingots, broken silver, and a few silver tickets.
Zhang Weizhao looked at this bag of things, and his heart was mixed. After wrapping up his things and packing up his emotions, Zhang Weizhao opened the curtain and said to Zhang Rongkun, "Master, let's go!" ”
The master and apprentice drove to the south city gate, intending to leave the city from here and walk south along the official road. When they came to the city gate, they were stopped, and a small leader came and told them very politely that they could not go out of the city, and asked them to turn back.
Zhang Rongkun looked at the people who came in and out around him and said, so many people have gone out, why can't we go out?
The little leader was very respectful, saying that he didn't know why, but the top gave the portrait and gave a death order, and the people on the painting couldn't let them out, and whoever let them out would be punished, so please do a good job and don't be embarrassed for him. He is old and young, and if he suffers a sin, the whole family will not be able to get by.
Zhang Rongkun and Zhang Weizhao saw that he had already said that he was at this point, and it was always difficult to break through. As soon as the master and apprentice are combined, the itinerary that has been planned for a long time can't be given up just by giving up, right? The two men drove the carriage to the west gate, but they were stopped again, and the same small leader came out and politely invited them back, even with the same rhetoric. Seeing that it was already afternoon, the master and apprentice were also tired and hungry, so they had to drive back to Xuanmiaoguan.
Back in the temple, the old couple of the Han family were startled, and when they heard about the reason, they were busy boiling water for them to cook, and the master and apprentice rested early after eating.
The next day, they did not give up, and went to the north gate and the east gate, but they were also stopped. Zhang Rongkun, who was driving the car, said to Zhang Weizhao in the car: "Apprentice, it seems that people are not being polite to us, they really don't want us to leave." ”
Zhang Weizhao smiled bitterly and said, "Master, let's go back then." The master and apprentice drove the carriage back slowly.
In the afternoon, Chen Jianjun, who was watching the recital in the Maoqin Palace, received a secret report from Wang Zhi, saying that Zhang Weizhao's master and apprentice could not get out of the city, and they had returned to Xuanmiaoguan, and had begun to unload their luggage from the horse, and it seemed that they did not plan to leave. Chen Jianjun nodded expressionlessly and let him go down.
After Wang Zhi withdrew, Chen Jianjun breathed a sigh of relief at the pile of musicals, rubbed his eyes, and then continued to read.
There is no way to leave openly, and Zhang Weizhao and Zhang Rongkun do not plan to sneak away. The master and apprentice discussed, and they stayed for the time being to see what they wanted to do with them.
It seems that this shouldn't have been done by people from Concubine Jin's family, where would they be so polite? It's not like Chen Youcong, if he wants to keep it, he will say it to his face. Then it should be His Majesty the Emperor. At this point of discussion, Zhang Weizhao and Zhang Rongkun both felt speechless.
This is like what an emperor would do, his mental age is not as old as his son, Zhang Weizhao had assessed it when he first started to give him psychotherapy.
From now on, will she still practice medicine as she did before she entered the palace? Although she was the one who was kicked out of the palace, there were still many people who revered her medical skills, and her clients would only be more than before, not less at all.
But Zhang Weizhao had a faint thought in her heart, and with the passage of time, this thought became stronger and stronger, and she pondered it repeatedly day by day, and she had a tendency to sleep and eat, and her dreams were upset.
Finally one day, after dinner, she went to the study to find Zhang Rongkun: "Master, I have something I want to discuss with you. ”
Zhang Rongkun put down the pen, and he knew that she had something in her heart. Zhang Rongkun asked Granny Han to boil tea, and the master and apprentice sat down and said slowly.
Zhang Weizhao said that she wanted to do one thing, she wanted to build a girls' school for homeless girls under the age of 12, mainly to teach life skills, supplemented by reading and literacy, so that they can have more chances of surviving in the future and try to live as well as possible.
In fact, she originally wanted to build an anti-domestic violence shelter to provide temporary shelter for people who have experienced violence in the family. She had been to an anti-domestic violence shelter in her previous life and knew how they worked. But there were several practical obstacles that made her feel that this plan was difficult to implement in Dayan.
One of the prerequisites for the establishment of anti-domestic violence shelters is that in a society governed by the rule of law, citizens have personal freedom and the right to security, and even family members, such as parents and husbands, cannot violate each other's rights. If a family member tries to detain you and harm you, you can leave your home and seek help from an anti-domestic violence shelter to live here temporarily, and use this time to find a new place to stay or work, and have the strength to start your life again.
But in Dayan's era, personal attachment was the norm, and children were regarded as the private property of their parents, and if parents could show evidence that their children were not filial, even if they killed their children, it would not be illegal. This is especially true of slaves, who are far less valuable than jewelry, furniture, and even books. In such a situation, if the shelter takes in the victim, the perpetrator can go to the government to sue you for abduction or possession of domestic slaves. If the shelter is always caught up in such lawsuits, it is obvious that it will not be able to open.
So, she thought, maybe she could start with the most basic part, which is education, especially for girls. In this era, almost all schools only admitted male students, regardless of Taixue, Guozijian, county schools, and private schools, which were forbidden places for girls. The vast majority of girls have no basic education, and many of the rich and noble are illiterate, not to mention those from poor backgrounds. So when faced with the hideous side of life, they are almost powerless. If they have some basic knowledge and skills, they will have a lot more room to live.
After hearing this, Zhang Rongkun pondered for a moment, stroked his beard and said, "So, you plan to use all your money to build this school, right?" "Zhang Weizhao has really saved a lot of savings in the year and a half since he entered the palace.
Zhang Weizhao nodded: "Yes!" ”
Zhang Rongkun looked at the half-new Taoist robe worn by his apprentice, the ebony hairpin on the bun, the earlobes without earrings and the fingers without rings, and sighed secretly. He originally thought that his apprentice didn't have to follow him all the time to practice medicine, and if he really met a good person, he should start a family and start a family. His apprentice is so good, even if he marries the crown prince, it is more than enough. The jewels and silver tickets beside her were just enough to be used as a dowry. He, as a master, will not treat his apprentice badly, and will naturally prepare a rich dowry for her. But seeing that the apprentice was already sixteen, he didn't think about marriage at all. It's just that everyone has their own ambitions, and she can do whatever she wants.
Zhang Rongkun said: "Count me in." After Zhang Weizhao became famous, Zhang Rongkun's worth skyrocketed and he also saved a lot of money.
"Master, you can keep your money, I made a budget, I ......" Zhang Weizhao was only halfway through his words, but was interrupted by Zhang Rongkun waving his hand.
"I'm so old, what's the use of keeping money? Don't rush to argue with me about this, I still have a few questions for you. ”
"Master, please speak."
"Since the founding of the country, no one has ever run a school specifically for women. Now that you want to run a school for girls, have you ever thought about the controversy it will cause? You must know that many people who read poetry and books and are busy taking the imperial examination to become an official still only think that women are virtuous if they are not talented. ”
After Tian Yusheng's incident, Zhang Weizhao has a lot less idealized ingredients and is more pragmatic in doing things. "We educate girls, but we don't teach them to go to school and take the exam," she said. They don't have a place to take the test if they want to! Therefore, it will not threaten the Confucian students. In addition, we don't recruit women from rich families to study, and they don't have to be afraid that we will teach their daughters badly. ”
Hearing Zhang Weizhao say this, Zhang Rongkun nodded, Zhang Weizhao was encouraged, and his thinking became more fluent.