Because the Son of Heaven insisted on implementing the entrance examination, Yu Bailu had to continue the examination.

This made her quite discouraged and frightened.

And a few days later, Sun Ying and Yu Bailu's answers arrived in the queen's palace.

After reading it, the queen reviewed it with Concubine Yang, Concubine Liu, Xu Weizhen, and Princess Yongning.

"There are indeed a few who answered well, and they are considered talented women."

"But there are a lot of blank papers."

When Empress Du reviewed these answer sheets, she sighed.

And Xu Weizhen played at this time: "Qi Niangniang, this is because many girls who are candidates can't write, but only know words." ”

"It's not surprising that if you meet a stubborn parent, I'm afraid you won't even recognize the words."

Queen Du said a word after hearing this.

Concubine Yang and Concubine Liu are both known to agree.

Then, the review continues.

It wasn't until the review was completed that the queen and the two concubines sent the answer sheet to Zhu Yijun together.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, among the girls who entered the palace this time, there are many talented women, and their awareness of the new ceremony is also very high, and they can be regarded as the best in the show."

Queen Du said this with a smile after seeing Zhu Yijun.

Concubine Yang and Concubine Liu also looked at each other and smiled.

"It's good to have!"

Zhu Yijun also stood up from the collapse with a smile, walked to the middle of the fragrant first queen and two concubines, took the answer sheet from the queen's hand, and then walked into the corridor of the main hall, while reading these answer sheets through the summer sunlight through the Xuan window.

The first and second concubines followed in a fluttering manner, the tulle skirt that was over the feet dragged the ground, and the slender white neck was raised high, staring at Zhu Yijun's back, waiting for Zhu Yijun to comment on these answers.

"You guys did a good job!"

"I didn't let the pearl be dusted, but what makes me happy is that the Wanli Dynasty is really new, and even among these little girls who are only cardamom years, there are a few who are conscious."

"In this way, it will not really make future generations laugh, saying that the talented daughter of this dynasty can only find the wind and dust girl from the Qinhuai River."

After Zhu Yijun said with a smile, he said, "Queen! ”

"The concubine is here."

Empress Du answered at this time.

Zhu Yijun then instructed: "Let Tian Yi tell the people of the female study, focus on cultivating the first-class and second-class girls here, give priority to arranging to work beside you and me in the future, and don't give up the rest, let them learn some enlightened things in these days in the palace, and they will not be blind when they go back in the future, and they will be turned into slaves of the old rites in a daze." ”

Queen Du folded her hands and bent down to say yes.

Female Studies.

It is located in the east of the Forbidden City, a place called Yonghe Palace.

It is far away from the outer court, but it is also very quiet, the trees are lush, most of them are towering into the clouds, Rao is summer, it is also cool to the bones, the breeze passes, the dragon is fine, it is suitable for reading.

Because Zhu Yijun has set up a women's school here, there are no other furnishings here.

The entire hall is full of tables and chairs.

The adjacent Jingyang Palace has also become an attached library and dormitory, which is dedicated to storing all kinds of books and bunk beds for teachers and students to consult when they rest and study, and even the garden outside the hall has been renovated into a pulpit.

Yu Bailu was assigned to study in Class C here.

The so-called Class C is naturally the third class, and according to the arrangement of women's studies, it belongs to the enlightenment class that is not familiar with literature, ink and arithmetic.

This meant that Yu needed to start her education all over again.

No way.

The old society made her only accept domestication in the old rites, not education, so although she knew a lot of truths, she knew very little knowledge, and even this domestication made her lose the ability and motivation to take the initiative to accept knowledge.

This requires the imperial court to take the initiative to transform a girl like her, who is deeply affected by the old rites.

In fact.

If it weren't for Zhu Yijun's use of Zhang Juzheng's name, and the economic and military foundation brought about by the early reform of Longwan, he put forward the new idea of "seeking truth from facts", and Yu Youding and others were influenced by him to put forward the concept of "new rites".

Many scholars and doctors in this era have begun to be influenced by the old rites and rest on their laurels, thinking that if they learn the Confucian classics well, they don't need to read other books, and even some go to extremes, thinking that knowledge comes from their own inner feelings, and they only need to sit and talk about their hearts, so that they can understand the principles of the world, whether they are leading troops or auxiliary politics.

As for women, not to mention.

The first is the idea of "a woman's lack of talent is virtue", so that the more scholars the family, the more they suppress the aura of women, and do not allow women to read miscellaneous books and learn all kinds of knowledge, but in order to meet the needs of scholars to find interesting souls outside, they are cultivated all kinds of knowledge of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Therefore, Yu Bailu's situation is really not surprising.

Of course, not all families will cultivate women like this, actively suppressing their daughter's personality and not letting them have knowledge and wisdom.

There are also enlightened people.

There are also those who are extremely open to the initiative to join Western sects.

In a word.

In this era, there are both enlightened and conservative people, and there are also extreme examples.

It was only before the introduction of the New Rite that there was no doubt that in the end it was the conservatives who prevailed over the enlightened.

In particular, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs in history, the old-fashioned and self-styled faction completely gained the upper hand.

But now, because Emperor Zhu Yijun supports Xinli's relationship, he intends to change the model of the whole country from internal exploitation to external exploitation, and he also takes the initiative to open up the people's wisdom, not only for men, but also for women, especially the younger generation of girls.

Yu Bailu didn't know that she had met a good emperor, and she had also encountered a good era that no longer domesticated her in the direction of slavery.

She only feels lost now, frustrated that she was not looked down upon differently for boldly questioning the examination system, and still fell to Class C, becoming the worst person to be characterized as the selected girl.

"Yu Bailu!"

"I read your information, Ling Zun is a thousand-household official, but why don't you even know Li Du, it's really so good-looking!"

Princess Yongning, who was a professor of women's studies, suddenly walked up to Yu Bailu at this time, and saw that she was still looking at her scroll, so she came over and called her at this time.

Yu Bailu blushed on the spot, lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head.

"This is Her Royal Highness Princess Yongning!"

The maid beside Princess Yongning was busy introducing it at this time.

Yu Bailu let out an "ah" after hearing this, and then hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

Princess Yongning hurriedly supported her: "Now I don't want to kneel and salute, because the new ceremony advocates the friendship of compatriots, what about you, you should be glad that you are Han Chinese, or a military child, otherwise, with your actions that day, the first person to be expelled from the palace is you!" ”

"You remember, don't be smart in the future, while trying to maintain the old rites, and at the same time using the new rites, trying to break the rules that are unfavorable to you, there is no such good thing in the world."

Yu Bailu had to stand up straight, and began to look at the royal court she was in in surprise.

"Next, be sure to study hard, the meaning of the imperial brother, in principle, do not give up teaching any compatriot to open wisdom, but if you are stubborn, you should also know the consequences at that time!"

After Princess Yongning said this, she turned the teaching stick in her hand with her hands behind her back, and then lifted the frameless glass on the bridge of her nose and entered the classroom.

Yu Bailu said yes here, looking at Princess Yongning's cold, confident and generous appearance with envy.

After this, Yu Bailu also studied hard, and even forgot about the sun and the moon.

Sun Ying of Class A is the same, forgetting to sleep and eat to absorb the knowledge that she can't reach in the folk.

She has even applied to join the mutual aid club presided over by the queen, which is intended to help the palace people with weak learning ability, and has begun to participate in some palace affairs.

Chamberlain.

A place where the ruling ministers face the saints and discuss politics.

But the emperor didn't come here often, and sometimes he would be lazy, mingling with the concubines in the back garden, or meeting relatives and friends, and putting government affairs aside.

During this time, even more so.

Because the First World War of Luzon had ended, and an edict was issued to exempt the world from conscription, the world seemed to be fine for the time being, and the emperor was idle.

Therefore, recently, there are basically only a few ruling ministers here to discuss important matters.

And Zhu Yijun's education of the new girls in the palace in the inner court has naturally made Shen Shixing, Qi Jiguang, Wang Xijue and other ruling ministers know about it.

"In Yuanfu's opinion, what is the intention of His Majesty to order the palace maid to study?"

On this day, Wang Xijue took the initiative to ask Shen Shixing in the Imperial Division.

Shen Shixing did not answer.

And Shen Li said first at this time: "In my opinion, it is intended to be able to go out of the palace to inspect the world in the future!" ”

Qi Jiguang and Wang Xijue both looked over.

Shen Li then said: "The Son of Heaven attaches great importance to geography, and he has specially ordered the Ministry of Military Affairs to make more accurate maps, and even to accurately draw overseas places, and even to write about the mountains and rivers to let him know, which shows that His Majesty has long been fascinated by the outside. And if you want to leave the palace, you have to let the people around you understand that he is not tired of the people and faint king's move to leave the palace, so you have to teach the palace people to understand first. ”

"That's what I mean, too."

Wang Xijue echoed at this time, and then said: "But I don't want Your Majesty to leave the palace!" ”

Shen Shixing stopped the pen in his hand at this time, picked up the folding fan and fanned the wind, and looked at Wang Xijue: "Elder Ge, let's talk about it, why don't you want Your Majesty to leave the palace." ”

"That's it! I want to listen to the high opinion of Wang Ge Lao. ”

"It stands to reason that now that the treasury is full and the domestic treasury has risen sharply year after year, if Your Majesty wants to go out of Beijing to inspect the world, as long as you are willing to give your internal funds to show compassion for the people, you can take the opportunity of the parade to spread wealth to the people and promote the prosperity of commercial goods and transportation."

Qi Jiguang asked at this time.

Wang Xuan, the secretary of the ministry, echoed and said: "Yes, with the recent development of Luzon, more than 3.67 million catties of chalcopyrite and more than 1.59 million catties of gold ore have been transported back!" ”

"Therefore, it is possible to mint copper coins to facilitate the trading of small people!"

"If Your Majesty goes out of Beijing, it will take this opportunity to let more peddlers and pawns prosper in business, and let more newly minted copper coins circulate!"

"In addition, there is also a lot of gold, and it is also suitable for Your Majesty to use gold as a stacking capital, try to issue some large new treasure notes, and first circulate between the royal family and the government, so that in the future, large transactions will not need to carry a large number of heavy silver dollars, and it will be conducive to the prosperity of the trade route."

(End of chapter)