Daming: I help my wife be the empress

The eighth day of the first month of the second year of Zhaowu.

Yingtian Mansion, the Forbidden City.

Zhu Yuxi convened a meeting in the Hall of Martial Arts to discuss issues related to education, including cabinet ministers, officials of the fifth rank and above in the Ministry of Rites, Nanzhili Tixue envoys, and Yingtianfu Fuxue.

This is already the second educational conference in the second year of Zhaowu.

Since the various yamen opened for operation one after another on the third day of the third day, Zhu Yuxi first held a military meeting, followed by an education meeting on the fifth day of the first day.

In the first education special meeting, it was mainly decided to implement three-year primary school compulsory education in Yingtianfu, Shuntianfu and Chengdu.

Among them, about the use of new textbooks in primary schools, Zhu Yuxi had already discussed with the ministers.

The ministers also know that some knowledge of later generations is more useful for solving various problems of Ming Dynasty and making Ming Dynasty stronger and stronger. Besides, Zhu Yuxi did not completely abandon Confucianism in primary school education.

Therefore, after reading the three-year elementary school textbook compiled by "Emperor" Hao Guangming and other "immortals", all the officials basically agreed.

But there has been some debate over whether girls should be included in the three-year compulsory primary education.

Facing the female emperor, Aimee Zhu, many words that were often used to teach women such as "women should be at home with their husbands and children", "women are virtuous if they are ignorant" can't be said.

Those who oppose it, therefore, question it from the other side.

The scene that day was like this——

Chen Zizhuang, the newly appointed left servant of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to speak out: "Your Majesty's desire to educate women is certainly a good intention. However, for the common people, this move is too shocking, not to mention that it must be enforced, and I am afraid it will cause public resentment."

Chen Zizhuang is just 50 years old this year. He was a Tanhua in the 47th year of Wanli. Later, he was an official to the Minister of Rites during the Chongzhen period, and he was also the Minister of Rites in the Hongguang Dynasty.

Therefore, although he is from Cantonese, he speaks Mandarin very standard.

He is talented and knowledgeable. He is not only a famous poet in Lingnan, but also has studied the economics of the Ming Dynasty.

But at the same time, he is also quite a traditional Confucian scholar, and when he first became an official, he was famous for being outspoken and outspoken.

Although Aimee Zhu herself and the existence of a few strange women such as Qin Liangyu, Hong Niangzi, and Liu Shuying have changed his impression of women, he still believes that Aimee Zhu's plan to include girls in compulsory education is too radical and will cause public resentment.

After all, in the perception of most people in Ming Dynasty, women do not need to be literate.

No, after Chen Zizhuang, Huang Wenhuan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and followed him: "Your Majesty, the imperial court's desire to make school-age boys receive three-year compulsory education may not be possible, and if girls are added, the common people may not agree.

At the time of introduction, the entire compulsory education may come to a standstill, please think twice, Your Majesty. "

To Zhu Yu's surprise, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Rites became the vanguard against girls' schooling, but Huang Daozhou, the Minister of Rites and cabinet minister, did not say a word.

Aimee Zhu had expected that some ministers would object to the schooling of girls, but during the court discussion, as the emperor, she could not end easily, so she asked her secretary Liu Shuying to participate in the education meeting to speak out for her. …

Since Liu Shuying followed Aimee Zhu, she has been influenced by a lot of cognitions of later generations, not to mention that she was ordered by Aimee Zhu for this education meeting.

At this time, he got up and said: "The two servants both said that the school of girls is shocking and not understood by the world, but why don't they talk about the benefits of school for girls?"

Seeing Liu Shuying standing up to speak and participating in the meeting, many ministers couldn't help frowning.

Chen Zizhuang directly said to Auntie Zhu: "Your Majesty, Liu Shuying, as a secretary, speaks carelessly at these meetings. It is really against the law. Your Majesty, please depose her!"

To depose him is to expel him.

Before that, Auntie Zhu did not say that secretariat personnel could participate in such meetings, but she also did not say that she could not.

So Auntie Zhu said: "The matter today involves the issue of women's education, so I allow Liu Shuying to participate. Why, Chen Shilang is afraid that he will not be able to argue with Liu Shuying, a woman?"

Aunt Zhu said it was a special case, so Chen Zizhuang couldn't hold on to it, so he said, "I'm not afraid."

Then he looked at Liu Shuying and asked, "Secretary Liu said that women's enrollment is beneficial to the country. Can you give an example?"

Although Chen Zizhuang has not been in the Zhaowu Dynasty for a long time, he has obviously learned the new court defense rules, that is, to talk more about data and strength, instead of talking in general and making empty claims.

Liu Shuying had been prepared for a long time, and said with a smile: "First, women must be educated when they enter school, so that they will know loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, gain wisdom and get rid of ignorance. If a mother is wise, her children will also grow wisdom more easily.

Second, if women are successful in their studies, they can serve the country like men in the first place, and they can better manage housework and educate children in the second place.If the family needs it, it can also support the family. "

Hearing this, Chen Zizhuang subconsciously wanted to reprimand "ridiculous".

Fortunately, he reacted in time and did not speak.

He probably agrees with Liu Shuying's first point.

He wanted to refute the second point, but considering the real examples of Hong Niangzi, Liu Shuying, etc., and Zhu Yuxi, the empress, he really couldn't open his mouth.

At this time Liu Shuying continued: "Thirdly, if we can start with education, gradually liberate the power of our Daming women, and make women do more things, then our Daming can quickly double the available manpower.

Besides, men of the Ming Dynasty can appear as talented as Chen Shilang and other ministers after being educated. If women can also be educated, not to mention that there will be so many talents, even if only half of them appear, isn't it a big deal for Daming Is it a good thing? "

When Liu Shuying said this, she stopped.

Chen Zizhuang was already dumbfounded.

Most of the other ministers are also like this.

Only then did they realize that Aimee Zhu didn't just want girls to receive compulsory education, but wanted to undo some of the shackles that China has imposed on women for more than 2000 years!
But how can this work?

Chen Zizhuang didn't know why he objected, he just instinctively felt it was wrong.

Just when Chen Zizhuang and Huang Wenhuan were speechless, the first assistant Yuan Jixian spoke.

"Your Majesty, whether it is to allow girls to receive compulsory education, or to liberate the manpower of our Daming women in the future, it may be a good thing.

However, if His Majesty acts too eagerly, I am afraid that not only will it be difficult to achieve results, but it will also make it even more difficult to accomplish this matter in the future.

Your Majesty is still young, why don't you implement it slowly, so that the people of Ming Dynasty can slowly accept this matter and make changes gradually? "

Yuan Jixian also opposed girls' acceptance of compulsory education and the emancipation of women.

But he knew that since Auntie Zhu had brought this matter up, she must have made a lot of determination, and it might be difficult to stop her.

Therefore, he just wanted to slow down Aimee Zhu's pace - if it could be delayed for a few decades, when Aimee Zhu "turned into a fairy" and her son succeeded her, things would be much easier.

As long as the new emperor is no longer a woman, presumably he will not be so persistent in liberating women.

Liu Shuying obviously didn't expect Yuan Jixian to use this move of "Bone Melting Palm", and she didn't know how to refute it.

Seeing this, Auntie Zhu prepared to end herself in a hurry.

However, before she could open her mouth, another cabinet minister opened her mouth to refute Yuan Jixian.