Xu Yunjin carried Xiao Xi'er to his room, the sisters didn't speak all the way, and when they entered the room and put her on the bed, Xiao Xi'er said a little nervously:

"Sister, won't I be your sister in the future?"

Xu Yunjin felt a pain in his heart and touched her little face, "Who said that, Sister Ah said, no matter whose family you are, your child will always be my sister, but you are delivered by me personally, unless you don't want Sister A, otherwise no one can snatch you away from our house."

Xiao Xi'er pursed her mouth when she heard this, and tears rolled down her eyes, "Then will I still live here in the future?" Do you still eat and sleep here?"

She had been in this house since she could remember, and now she knew that she might leave, and she suddenly felt like a flower and bones wilted.

"Of course, tomorrow I will have someone build a new house next to my home, and then I will open a door between the two houses, and you can go wherever you want, and this will always be your home.

You are the heart and soul of our family, if it weren't for you, grandma and they wouldn't be able to eat well, if your brother Yunzhao didn't have a sister, I'm afraid he would cry his nose, and Xiao Yunfeng still wanted your sister to protect it, we would all be unhappy if you didn't live at home."

The little girl was clever but young, and if she didn't tell her about it, she shut herself out.

Xu Yunjin coaxed in the house for a while, the little girl rubbed her eyes and was about to sleep, and she got up early in the morning because she was going home today.

After experiencing this again, she cried for a long time and had no strength, seeing that she wanted to sleep, Xu Yunjin took off her coat and covered her with a quilt, "Sleep."

The little girl tugged at her hand, afraid that she would leave, "Sister sleep together."

Xu Yunjin was also afraid that she would not be able to sleep well, so he simply took off his shoes, took her in his arms and patted her back, and after a while, there was a small breathing sound in his ears.

Looking at Xiao Xi'er's still a little red and swollen eyes, Xu Yunjin breathed a sigh of relief, and finally passed her identity for the time being, hoping that there would be no stubble.

Thinking about it, she also closed her eyes and fell asleep.

This sleep lasted until the end of Shen Shi, Xiao Xi'er was woken up by hunger, and after waking up, she seemed to have accepted the change in identity, although it was not as noisy as before, but fortunately she didn't cry anymore.

In the next few days, the atmosphere of the Xu family was relatively sluggish, and Xu Yunjin had a follower behind him wherever he went.

It wasn't until Xiao Xi'er was sure that she was no different from before that she became cheerful again and followed her to the village school to study, that the Xu family breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that she was young and couldn't turn around, and it was not a good thing to worry too much.

At this point, Xiao Xi'er's name changed from Xu Chenxi to Zhou Chenxi, in fact, Zhou is the surname of Xiao Xi'er's grandmother, and Xu Yunjin waited for the day when her name changed back to Ji Chenxi.

The day after Xiao Xi'er called Mrs. Zhou's grandmother, Xu Yunjin asked the Zhou family to move Mrs. Ji's grave back with great fanfare.

When I worship again this year, I don't have to look in that direction from afar, Xiao Xi'er can finally kowtow to Mrs. Ji and call her mother in a bright way.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Yunjin's heart was sad and happy.

On the 10th day of the fifth month, the imperial court suddenly issued three decrees at once, and the notices were pasted all over the country for the first time, of course, so many notices were not handwritten, but printed by the printing house.

When Qi Ren knew about the printing house, he was excited for a while, and personally paid out of his pocket to let the new textbooks be printed first, and now the workload of the printing house is huge.

The contents of these three decrees shocked the whole country.

The first is the emergency plan for natural disasters and epidemics in the country, which Xu Yunjin put forward when he was in disaster relief.

It's just that because of the high cost of this measure and the obstruction of any faction in the court, it has not been determined until now.

The whole plan was clearly written, each article was carefully listed, and each county government was responsible for conveying this decree to the ears of every common people.

Even Xu Yunjin's proposal to build resettlement centers is to give priority to the construction of poor and disaster-prone places, truly putting the poor people first, rather than building them in prosperous places to add icing on the cake.

The second decree was Xu Yunjin's idea of developing the economy of various places according to local conditions when he was in Mulberry Village, and Qi Ren decided to appoint officials with this ability to explore the advantages of some places.

This kind of official is called "walking", and the official office is eight grades, which is lower than the county order, but the requirements are high, and only those who have obtained meritorious service can do it.

At first, no one wanted to go, and they studied hard for decades, and their youngest wish was to be a Qipin county order, rather than a "walk" in the fields.

Until the appearance of a person.

That person is Zhao Taishi's eldest grandson, Zhao Ting's eldest son Zhao Shuyou.

Two years ago, Zhao Shuyou, who was eighteen years old, participated in the Autumn Festival at the same time as Xu Wen and Zhao Jin, and was admitted to the Juren at one time, but the results were not particularly outstanding, although he was already among the best among many noble children.

Zhao Shuyou thinks that he is not particularly smart, and when it comes to studying, he is not as good as his second brothers Zhao Shuming and Xu Yunqing, so he wants to be close to the lives of the people to temper himself.

He was already a good person, just in line, and when he got the news, he went to sign up for the exam as soon as possible, without even discussing it with his family.

Taishi Zhao didn't get angry when he found out, but patted him on the shoulder with relief and said that he had grown up. c

Zhao Shuyou's fiancée even sent a letter saying that if he went to the countryside, she was willing to wait for him, which made him more confident to meet the upcoming test.

In the days that followed, a steady stream of people realized the benefits of "going to the grassroots" and signed up to take the exam.

And the third decree is also the most shocking.

Qi Ren ordered the abolition of the law that women were unmarried at 18 and forced to marry at the age of 22, and allowed women to freely go to school, do business, take examiners, and join the army.

Each region can set up its own women's colleges, but it must be registered with the government and must be assessed by officials sent by the government every year, which has been resisted by more than half of the officials.

Even the people who originally belonged to the Qi Ren faction raised objections, saying that it was a mistake for female examiners to join the army, and they agreed that women should study more and even open academies, but they did not agree that women also had the qualifications for the imperial examination and joining the army.

Hundreds of ministers argued in the court for nearly half a month, and finally Zhao Taishi and Yao Yong fought against Confucianism and won a complete victory.

After everything was done, these three decrees were sent to inform the people of Daqi, and when Xu Yunjin heard the news, he jumped for joy.

Pei Ran and Qi Ying looked at her and smiled at each other.

Qi Ying took her hand and said, "Thanks to this decree, otherwise I would have been arranged to marry in the future."

The moment she heard the news, she breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how she said it, she was also the lord of the royal family, and she had not yet married at the age of eighteen, and she was afraid that she would be ridiculed by the world for the royal family.

Even if the emperor has no opinion, the clan still has gossip, and now with this decree, she can be free for a few more years.

"Sister Sakura, don't worry, the king of the county loves you so much, he will definitely find you a good family." Xu Yunjin comforted her.

Qi Huan returned to Beijing to find a job, Qi Ren was quite optimistic about him, and thought about it and arranged him into the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

The Five Cities Terracotta Division is the security agency of Daqi Kyoto, and the official office is the Liupin Yamen, in addition to the Central City Terracotta Division, the responsibility of the rest of the four cities in the southeast and northwest is the security around the imperial city, and there are a bunch of big and small things.

Because the officials are small and the posts are small, there are many things and little money, and in Kyoto, which is full of people, they are basically the ones who carry the black pot and are excluded and wronged.

Qi Ren arranged people in the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division, and served as the commander of the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division, specifically responsible for the security patrol of the imperial city.

Although this official position is not a big official, it is a matter of time before he is promoted in the future with his ability, and besides, the Zhongcheng Terracotta Division is generally held by someone who the emperor trusts very much, after all, it is related to the safety of the imperial city.

Qi Huan was still very satisfied with this arrangement, although he couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, but he also understood Qi Ren's hard work, and went to the yamen every day to handle official business, and personally led people to patrol when necessary.

When Qi Ying received her brother's letter, she was happy for him from the bottom of her heart, she knew that her brother had always been ambitious, and she didn't want to let herself be a drag on him.

The day after the decree was issued, Xu Yunjin didn't know what had changed in the schools in other places, but Chu Shunqiu came to find her.

"Group leader, I don't know what you plan to do with the girl in the village school? They all wanted examiners, and early this morning several girls blocked the door of the men's class, asking to come to my class."

Chu Shunqiu is not the kind of pedantic person, but it is still the early stage of the promulgation of the decree, and if men and women are allowed to share classes in the same room, I am afraid that there will be a lot of bad voices from the outside world.

"Mr. Chu don't worry, it's hard to say anything else, but in our village, you can teach them knowledge at will, and no one will gossip, as for the future, the village society will have more reasonable arrangements."

With Xu Yunjin's assurance, Chu Shunqiu returned to the village with satisfaction.

He was leaving in September and walked slowly all the way to Kyoto, just to make up for the regret that he had not traveled on his way to school.

Although he is very reluctant to this place, at present, only Wanhao Village in Daqi has such a school, and he also wants to do his best to make such a school bloom everywhere in Daqi.

Early in the morning of the third day, the girls of the village school went to the men's class according to the rules after taking the morning class at Leng Niangzi's place.

However, they went to Master Duan's class, Master Duan was responsible for enlightening the boys under the age of ten, more than two years have passed, and the children in that class have now made great progress, and in another two years, Master Duan may not be able to teach them.

Although the girls also studied for two years, they did not participate in the imperial examination before, and the content they learned was not as good as that of the men.

So it is wisest to go to Master Duan's subordinates, but not all the girls went, and the girls who went were relatively young.

The older ones are already eager to go out and make a name for themselves, and they don't have a strong heart for the imperial examination.

There are also some girls who prefer that kind of peaceful life, so they still choose to study under Leng Niangzi, everyone has their own ambitions, and Xu Yunjin supports everyone's choice.