GBP Chapter 802 So the people of Ningyang County are like ginseng fruits that have become spirits?
Chapter 802 So the people of Ningyang County are like ginseng fruits that have become spirits?
Both are about taking advantage of loopholes, but some people only focus on their own sons-in-law taking advantage of them.
I won't name any particular emperor here.
Empress Ma sighed helplessly, and said slowly while considering her words, "I'll write a letter to Jin'er later and ask her to get that kindergarten up and running in Ningyang County first."
"Kindergartens are simply about having some women look after children."
"There is no need for the Ministry of Personnel to specially dispatch officials and clerks, nor is it necessary for the national treasury to allocate too much money for subsidies."
"We could even consider dividing it by workshops."
"For example, in a cluster of workshops, a kindergarten and a community school can be established."
"The necessary expenses will be covered partly by the county treasury of Ningyang and partly by the workshops."
"Just throw this problem at Jin'er, and your good son-in-law will naturally find a way to solve it."
"Once we see if it works, you can have other states follow suit."
“Even manpower can be drawn from Ningyang County.”
As Empress Ma finished speaking, Emperor Zhu immediately laughed.
It has to be our girl!
Ningyang County is a pilot county directly under the Cabinet.
The problem of a lack of manpower and female workers first appeared in Ningyang.
Our sister threw the problem back to Ningyang County, which is equivalent to passing the problem from our hands to some scoundrel.
Most importantly, kindergartens don't need civil servants; they only need a large number of female officials.
In other words, a group of female officials trained by Jin'er and Yu'er will soon appear in Ningyang County.
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu suddenly frowned slightly and looked at Empress Ma, saying, "Sister, we have another idea."
Empress Ma remained silent, quietly waiting for Emperor Zhu's performance.
"There were female officials in the palace. When Kong Xixue and Kong Xilu were compiling the Hongwu Dictionary and the Hongwu Encyclopedia, they had already used female scribes."
"As for Ningyang County, it had already begun using female clerks long ago."
"In addition, there are girls' schools in the capital and Ningyang County, so the number of female students is not small now."
"Or, while Jin'er and the others are setting up the kindergarten, let's get local government offices to start using female clerks too?"
"We can start with kindergarten."
Empress Ma frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, she said, "This requires more careful consideration."
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "Why?"
Empress Ma did not directly answer Emperor Zhu's question, but instead asked in return: "What did Empress Wu rely on to usurp the Tang throne?"
"Is it because of Li Xiaojiu's favoritism towards her?"
"Or is it because she is shrewd, resourceful, and possesses the strategic brilliance to govern a country?"
"neither."
"She rose to power by stepping on the reputations of virtuous empresses throughout history, such as Empress Lü, Empress Dowager Dou, and Empress Zhangsun."
“From her time onward, the Tang, Song and even Yuan dynasties all took strict precautions against the interference of the empress dowager in politics, fearing that another Empress Wu would emerge.”
At this point, Empress Ma couldn't help but sigh softly and said, "As the saying goes, the same rice feeds a hundred different kinds of people."
"It's better if there are fewer female clerks, but if there are too many, there will inevitably be one or two ambitious ones among them."
"What if they're no longer content with being clerks and instead dream of becoming officials? How will you handle that?"
"If one day, some women feel that since women can also study and become officials, and are no less capable than men, and then turn around and think about using men, how would you deal with that?"
"Even if such women are a minority, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch, and one or two unscrupulous people may well ruin the reputation of all women in the world."
Emperor Zhu was somewhat bewildered.
After a long while, Emperor Zhu frowned and asked, "What about Ningyang County?"
"That scoundrel employed a large number of female scribes in Ningyang County. Even Kong Xixue and Kong Xilu had a large number of female scribes assigned to them to help them compile the Hongwu Dictionary and the Hongwu Encyclopedia."
"Their achievements, no matter how great, are certainly undeniable."
"If we were to stop employing female clerks because of this, wouldn't that be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater?"
Empress Ma chuckled and said, "That's the problem."
"The situation in Ningyang County is ultimately different from that in any other prefecture or county."
"Not to mention your good son-in-law's reputation in Ningyang County, even the female clerks in Ningyang County have all come from hard times. They know that the opportunity to study and become clerks is rare, so they will cherish it even more."
"As for the female clerks under Kong Xixue and Kong Xilu, think about it carefully, weren't they all handpicked from the best of the best?"
"But what about those who have not suffered, or those who have suffered but whose hearts are not upright?"
"With the vigorous promotion of female clerks in various prefectures and counties, will the selection criteria for their character be relaxed?"
"As the saying goes, one should take a concubine for beauty, but marry a wife for virtue."
"Where there is beauty, there is ugliness; where there is virtue, there is vice."
Empress Ma shook her head slightly and sighed softly, "It's difficult. Although I also want women to be able to study and become officials just like men, I'm afraid that there will be one or two people with bad intentions who will harm the women of the world."
After a long silence, Empress Ma suddenly raised her head, looked at Emperor Zhu, and said, "Let's start the pilot program in Ningyang County."
"If there are no problems in Ningyang County, then we can try it out in Dengzhou Prefecture, Jinghai, Luanxian and other places."
"Gradually extend this to the entire Shandong Provincial Administration Commission."
"I'll give that girl some more instructions later."
"If we can't do it in one generation, then we'll do it in two generations."
"Now that I have become the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, I should also find a way out for women all over the world."
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"Female officer?"
"kindergarten?"
Jin'er read the letter in her hand over and over again, and finally couldn't help but put her hand to her forehead and say, "My godmother has finally made her move, and she has set her sights on the girls of our Ningyang County."
Yu'er took the letter from Jin'er, read it several times, and couldn't help but let out a soft hum.
Why? My godfather keeps an eye on the students and people of Ningyang County every day, and now my godmother has her eye on the girls of Ningyang County too. So the people of Ningyang County are all ginseng fruits that have come to life, and they all smell incredibly sweet.
Besides, is my stepmother eyeing the girls in our Ningyang County?
Yes, no.
She had her sights set on the female officials and clerks in the princess's residence.
However, all the female officials and clerks in the princess's residence have already been engaged. Will sending them out to work as clerks now affect their marriages in the future?
Yu'er frowned slightly, pondered for a while, and then looked at Jin'er and asked, "Sister, what should we do?"
Jin'er's eyes darted around, and she suddenly laughed: "This matter is actually easy to handle."