According to Li Ju's thoughts, although the queen mother knows the affairs of foreign affairs very well, she has a lot of opportunities, how many major affairs of the court and politics need to be managed, and she will never read such an unpopular thing as a novel written by a woman, so she also boldly said it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Jane Eyre?" The Queen Mother had a strange expression on her face, "What kind of story is written in this Jane Eyre??" ”

"It's nothing more than ordinary words," Li Ju quickly explained, "It's nothing more than persuading people to be good." ”

"I see," the Queen Mother laughed mysteriously, she put down the stubble and continued to talk about other things, "How many times have you been to the female school, how do you feel?" ”

In the past, Empress Xiaozhe and Princess Rongshou proposed to establish a women's school, which was a grand event in those years, and so many years have passed, doubts and criticisms have never stopped, but women's schools have been thriving, primary school is a big guy to read together, to the middle school changed to a male and female branch system, China's population base is too large, so big that even if such a dozen years of education investment, the number of scholars is only rare, not to mention that the spring and autumn examinations can be admitted to the official, women's school is a piece that the Empress Dowager Cixi attaches great importance to, But she rarely asks on weekdays, if she asks officials, I'm afraid that she will hear the voice of singing praises and virtues, and she can't know the inside story. "Although you have only been there, you must have seen a lot of things that you can't see outside."

"Yes," Li Ju thought for a while, "I feel that women's studies are very prosperous outside, and the same is true for courtiers who have just entered women's schools, but the situation inside is a little difficult." ”

"What a difficulty."

"Scholars of literature do not understand science, and scholars of science do not understand liberal arts, and the two are clearly distinguished, which is originally fine," Li Julian looked at the face of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and quickly explained, "I just heard that in the past few years, it has become more and more intensified, and scholars of science and theory do not know how to write, and scholars of literature do not know how to calculate multiplication and division, and they attack each other, and they all think that the people of the other party are not orthodox." ”

"Not orthodox?" The Empress Dowager Cixi was originally smiling, but when she heard this paragraph, she couldn't help but be a little silent, but she still asked, "Then you must belong to the liberal arts faction?" ”

"The courtiers are just passers-by, so they don't dare to interfere more, they just go with the flow." Although Li Julian did not admit it directly, it was already a tacit acquiescence.

"This matter looks like a trivial matter, but I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter," the Empress Dowager Cixi said indifferently, "This still has something to do with people outside, since this is the case for women's studies, it must be the same for universities in various places, and this is not busy," this is not a matter of discussion, and there is no need to talk about these serious topics, the Queen Mother laughed, "I see that you are very kind, and your conversation is also very good, Li Hongzhang is a good tutor, after your father left Beijing, he deliberately left you behind, it is probably accurate," the Queen Mother stretched out her hand and nodded a little towards Ju Couple's nose, " Know your heart for me. ”

Li Jujiao smiled slightly and thanked him humbly, "Thank you Niangniang, the courtiers don't dare." ”

"Your mother also followed your father to Tianjin?"

"Yes," Li Ju replied, "My father said that he would make the local area his home when he was an official, so he left his courtiers and daughters, and his mother and brothers brought them with him." ”

"Then you won't be busy walking," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "It's all said, we're not outsiders," her words seemed to have a deep meaning, "The Old Summer Palace has a very good view, so you can stay in the garden for a few days and talk to my old woman." ”

Li Juju felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stood up and thanked politely, "What is the identity of the courtier, how dare she come to live in the Old Summer Palace, I really don't dare to be it." ”

"But there's nothing you don't dare to be, I say dare to be a dare to be, you live outside and you are also alone, living in the Old Summer Palace, and having someone as your companion, isn't it better?" The Queen Mother said with a smile, but the tone of her words was very resolute, "It's so decided, ask your maid to follow the people sent by Xiao Lizi to bring the package in, you can live with peace of mind, the weather has been hot recently, and the place in the Old Summer Palace is the coolest." ”

Li Ju couldn't, so he had to squat down and thank, "Thank you Queen Mother." ”

Li Lianying came to ask where she wanted Li Ju to live, and the Queen Mother thought about it, "Ju Couple likes to read, so let her live in Shuimu Mingse on the edge of Wenyuan Pavilion, which is clean and elegant, close to Wenyuan Pavilion, and she can read more books by herself when she is free." ”

So he talked about the rest of the gossip, and the Queen Mother asked: "You followed your father in the mountains and rivers, but there is any news on the mountains and rivers?" You can tell me about it. ”

Li Julian has been reminded by his father Li Hongzhang early on, "The Queen Mother doesn't like to listen to empty words, and naturally she doesn't like to listen to lies, but if you want to tell some truths, you can't say it all, you want the Queen Mother to know some things, but you can't talk about things too thoroughly and too clearly, after all, we are just one-sided, if the Queen Mother really thinks that this matter is important, she will naturally send someone to investigate, this must be remembered." ”

"The foreigners on the ground in Henan, Shandong, are now more and more numerous, Jinan City, not a hundred and eighty steps, you can see three or three foreigners, the courtiers are very curious, they are not far away to do business, how can there be a plan to live here for a long time? So I also talked to them from time to time, and the big guy almost meant it, saying that although the people of the Qing Dynasty were very curious about foreigners, they were polite and very friendly, and the environment was pleasant, except that it was too far away from Europe, there was no other inconvenient place, so they were willing to stay. This is all the virtue and politics of the Queen Mother, so that foreigners are willing to stay with us. ”

The Queen Mother smiled slightly, "This said, although most of the credit is not mine, but I can also receive a collar, these years if the foreigners are still the same as before, it is really laughing to the dead, I heard that when the Xuanzong Dynasty, I thought that the foreigners were the incarnation of the sheep spirit, and painted the pattern of the tiger on the ship of the sailor, thinking that this would scare the foreigners, and said that if the foreigners do not drink our tea, their stomachs will burst and die, such nonsense, now it is nothing, it is nothing more than a rare sight, I have seen a lot, so naturally I am not used to it. ”

"Yes," Li Ju said, "After the Westernization, many foreigners came in and out, and foreigners are still rare in the inland land, but in the southeast coast, there are already a lot of them. ”

The Queen Mother didn't speak, and Li Ju continued to say, "There are many foreigners, but not all of them are peaceful. ”

PS: I recommend the "Good Voice of the Great Song" written by a good friend...... No, no, no, it's a good butcher of the Great Song Dynasty, it's worth seeing. (To be continued.) )