After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Chapter 32 The Flame of Feminism

Xu Yinxi racked her brains, only to feel in a state of chaos. She couldn't seem to find an adjective to describe her unwillingness at the moment.

Xu Zhenying smiled slightly: "It's as if a woman is just a belonging of a man, rather than an independent and complete person."

"Yes, it belongs!" Xu Yinxi's mind suddenly exploded, and his eyes lit up. It was as if all the clouds in front of his eyes dispersed, revealing a naked and cruel corner of the world. As if he had been baptized, Xu Yinxi's whole body suddenly became enlightened. Cheerful, "It belongs to the father before getting married, to the husband after marriage, and to the son after the husband dies. Isn't it just a belonging? Sixth sister, you are really amazing."

Xu Zhenying thought to herself that under the wave of mainstream thought a thousand years ago, there was actually the awakening of the seeds of feminism.

It seems that the ancients are not all immutable.

Xu Yinxi muttered to herself and continued: "If you can't be independent and have your own thoughts, you're just an object -"

At the end of the sentence, Xu Yinxi couldn't help but fell into deep thought, feeling a little sad and angry. She frowned and said, "But why? We are both human beings, so why are women so dwarfed? Compared with men, women can't farm or be officials. , what can’t be done?”

"Wrong." Xu Zhenying smiled and said calmly, "Of course women can also be officials."

"Ah?" Xu Yinxi's eyes widened, and then she covered her mouth, "How can a woman be an official in this world? I have never heard of such a ridiculous thing in the past!"

"What's so absurd?" Xu Zhenying said slowly, "Being an official is not a difficult task. The Zhou Dynasty had a complete system for cultivating talents. Although there are still many shortcomings, it can be copied and used as a reference. , and does not vary from person to person. As long as you have certain material conditions, coupled with years of repeated study and a grasp of current affairs and politics, it is not difficult to become an official. The difficulty is that productivity limits the level of social development, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc. It is difficult to purchase, the circulation of information lags behind, the productivity of fertile land is low, and the ruling class monopolizes educational resources, it is naturally difficult for ordinary people to get ahead, let alone women."

Xu Yinxi was so dizzy from the unfamiliar vocabulary that she had no time to think about where Xu Zhenying knew these things. Xu Yinxi only felt short of breath. She still found it difficult to digest each word.

After Xu Zhenying finished speaking, he thought for a moment and explained in a straightforward way, "Let's put it this way. For example, if the current price of pens, inks, paper and inkstones due to improvements in production technology, the price will drop from a few dollars to the original price. After turning into a few cents, will the children from the farmers’ families buy some and bring them back to practice calligraphy?”

Xu Yinxi was not completely uninterested in production. She also knew a little about the lives of farmers. She immediately nodded and said: "Of course!! A few pennies are not expensive, and they can definitely pay for it!"

"Under this condition, plus one more, teachers are easy to obtain... uh... that means there are many, many teachers now, and even in a rural area, half of the people can be literate. The private schools opened by these people are cheap and only It only takes dozens of essays to take a whole year of classes——"

Without waiting for Xu Yinxi to continue speaking, Xu Yinxi immediately replied: "Then I'm sure all the children from farmers' families will be sent there!"

She then thought again, "But the children who go to school like that will only be boys!"

"Then if one acre of crops grows from two to three hundred kilograms to one thousand kilograms, and everyone in the family has enough to eat, and at this time the court suddenly orders allowing girls to take the imperial examination, do you think these farmers will send their daughters away? Reading?"

Xu Yinxi was stunned. She began to imagine such a scene crazily in her mind. She was shocked for a while, and then said after a long time: "If that's the case... why not send them to study? There is no need for them to work in the fields, and the harvest is sufficient. How much money can be spent on it?" You might be able to train a female officer with ten pieces of paper, so why not do something like this with little loss and no loss?"

Xu Zhenying smiled happily, "If you have the same textbooks, the same teachers, the same study time, and your parents are willing to pay equally, do you still think it is difficult for a woman to become an official?"

"It's not difficult!" Xu Yinxi clenched her fists and her eyes were frighteningly bright. "If this is the case, I can guarantee that I will never lose to any man! I even... I even..." Xu Yinxi anxiously wanted to organize The language is almost eloquent, "I can even be more powerful than my father! No, I will definitely be more powerful than him!"

"So...it's not that women can't be officials, it's that society as a whole doesn't allow women to be officials."

At this time, suddenly a dark shadow came out from the corner, and his voice asked three times in an urgent manner: "What do you mean by society?! What do you mean by productivity?! What are monopoly resources?!"

The sound was like a shocking sound that startled Xu Zhenying.

Xu Yinxi hurriedly stepped forward, subconsciously covering Xu Zhenying's feet, and stopped her in front of her, like a hen protecting her chicks, "You...what are you going to do?!"

Xu Zhenying poked his head out from behind Xu Yinxi, "It doesn't matter, they are exiled together."

The person who came was a slender man wearing a dark gown. He looked like he was in his prime years. He had wide eyes and looked eager.

Behind him was a tall, thick-set man with a dark face. He was extremely tall. When in the shadows, he was like a tall mountain, giving people a huge sense of oppression. But with his head exposed and smiling, he looked inexplicably stupid in contrast.

Seeing Xu Zhenying looking at him, the man felt rude and hurriedly handed over his hand, surnamed Li, saying, "You two girls, this is really offensive. Han Ruqing, a branch of the Han family in Xiayin Mountain, wanted to go into the inn to beg for some food, but he overheard the two girls talking. , I was fascinated by it for a moment, and then...just..."

Xu Zhenying glanced at the tall man again.

Han Ruqing immediately touched his head and said, "This is a friend I just met today. His name is Liu Dazhuang. He is a very generous man. He even lent me two cornbread at noon."

Wo Wo Tou, can you still borrow it?
The tall man said: "I didn't want to eavesdrop. I just happened to come here and heard what you two girls said about being an official. I felt a little curious so I listened a few times."

Xu Yinxi's expression changed slightly, and she bit Xu Zhenying's ear: "The Shanyin Han family, a century-old family, has produced three queens, eight Hanlins, and three chief ministers. The current chief minister Han is a member of the Shanyin Han family."

Xu Zhenying was stunned, but Han Ruqing had already announced his family name: "The Han family in Shanyin is somewhat famous, but that's all the glory of the direct branch. My family is just a side branch, taking care of some ancestral property and barely surviving starvation. . Moreover, I have been removed from the family——"

Xu Zhenying and Xu Yinxi were both stunned.

Being expelled from the family was such a big deal in ancient times, but this young man actually smiled and didn't take it seriously.

Isn't this a fool?

(End of this chapter)