The Concubine of the Red Chamber is a little flower essence

The female officer recruitment examination is held in Gongzhengsi of the Sixth Bureau, and the examination starts on the eighth day of February.

In view of the woman's physical strength, the exam is divided into three days, one article is completed every day, and the test questions are published before the exam. They are not things in books, and they are not afraid of someone cheating.

The exam questions cannot be leaked, except for Yuan Chun, no one knows the exam questions.

Although candidates can't just hang out casually, they can go to the imperial dining room to have meals independently and communicate with each other.

Because it is recruiting female officials from the Ministry of Women, Daiyu is the main examiner.

Originally, 36 female officers were recruited. Except for Daiyu who had hired Xue Baoqin, Yingchun, Xichun, Jia Hui, Jia Xuan, and Zhang's young wife, the remaining [-] female officials will be selected from among the applicants.

The age for female officers to sign up is 13 years and above.

Thirty of the sixty candidates were selected, and the admissions were very large.

This is also helpless, half of the 120 examinees are Mongolian children between the ages of six and 11. They are too young to be an official, no matter how capable they are.

Daiyu felt that she was not interested before, so she chose one of the two, and she was suspected of picking a general among the dwarfs.

After the examination papers were collected, Daiyu changed her mind, and each of the sixty-point examination papers seemed to have merits.

Daiyu said: "It's really hard to make a choice. It's rare for them to have the courage to take the exam. If they fail, they will be hit hard."

Yuanchun looked at this test paper from a rich girl in the south of the Yangtze River, and she answered the purpose of applying for the female officer: to master her own marriage autonomy and be a self-reliant person.

She applied for the female officer exam because she didn't want her aunt to use her marriage and her younger sister's marriage to pave the way for her brothers and sisters.

She didn't want to be a concubine, and be suppressed by her aunt like her mother, and be looked down upon by others.

It was her aunt who wanted to give her to a high-ranking official as a concubine to protect the family's business.

In order to be able to win, she even wrote in the questionnaire below whether she could serve for three years in the answer: She is willing to learn from Gongzheng Secretary Fan Gongzheng and serve the Queen Mother for life.

Yuan Chun saw the exuberant vigor from the test paper, and also saw the girl's depression of wanting to be born a man.

Yuan Chun pointed at the test paper: "How many people are guaranteed to serve for three years? Use this as the primary selection criterion."

A three-year term is the most basic requirement.

Nowadays, due to the influence of the royal family and nobles in the Great Moon Dynasty, many people have basically acquiesced in the custom of marrying women at the age of 20 and men at the age of [-].

This is also Yuanchun's unremitting efforts for the next ten years, and also the credit of Emperor Jiahe and Concubine De. They walked forward and backward, and the descendants of the royal family kept their filial piety for five years.

Inadvertently, the royal marriage age was raised by five years.

Nowadays, women in the royal family don't feel ugly when they get married at the age of 20.

In the past, a 20-year-old girl would be laughed at if she didn't get married.

Moreover, Yuanchun also proposed to increase the law of punishing parents for not getting married at the age of 16 in the Da Yue Dynasty.

It's just that the law has not yet been passed.

Therefore, with the support of the Empress Dowager Yuanchun, girls from thirteen to fifteen years old did not reject being an official for three years at all.

After such a primary election, there are still forty people left.

Yuan Chun looked at the calligraphy of these 40 people one by one, and then looked at their goals and ideals for applying for the exam. He mentioned that after the service ended, those who asked the Queen Mother to set up female households for them stayed.

There are four such test papers. Looking at the place of origin, all of them come from wealthy businessmen on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River.

This shows a problem, Jiangnan women are more courageous and assertive than women from real farming families.

Perhaps because of the unfair treatment they received, they have a weaker sense of belonging to the family.

For the family, this kind of person will be scolded as unfilial and white-eyed wolf.

Yuan Chun likes this kind of independent girl.

We are born as human beings, and all living beings are equal.

Why should the sisters of a family be scolded as white-eyed wolves if they don't want to be treated as cattle and horses?

It can be said that all 40 people can stay, and if there are ten more people, the salary will only be 600 taels a year.

Of course, there is no rule, there is no way to become Fangyuan, and Yizhi is also a golden word, which cannot be changed overnight.

Ten people must be brushed down.

The second time I used calligraphy as a ruler.

To be honest, except for the calligraphy of the daughter of a concubine in Kyoto, the daughter of a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River and the daughter of the Ning family, it cannot be called calligraphy.

Everyone with good calligraphy is a lady, and people don't want to be the rafters of the family.

Although all officials agreed to the women's imperial examination, the undercurrent in the court has never subsided.

Everyone is guessing in their hearts, just to see how long the relationship between His Majesty and the Queen Mother can last. Once the Queen Mother and His Majesty fall apart, the Women's Union Department may die.

Daiyu once again used calligraphy to measure, and it was really a general among dwarfs.

Then I encountered a special case when I took one of the two.

The girl with slightly better handwriting has no sense of independence, her handwriting is poor, and even the one with a typo clearly expresses her resentment for being a girl, and also expresses her yearning for independence and becoming an independent individual.

No sense of self-awareness This is Dou Qiaoniang from a farming family. It can be seen that she is loved by her elder brother. She has an elder brother who is studying, and persuaded her parents to allow her to apply for the exam.

The ideal written by this peasant girl is to learn skills and gain knowledge, and set up a shop after returning to her hometown to provide for her brothers to study and get promoted.

She doesn't feel that she is promising, and being a female official is a glorious lintel.

Subconsciously feel that women are inferior to men.

I feel resentful about being treated unfairly as a woman, and I really hope to be strong and independent. This girl is the daughter of a scholar in a private school. Her mother embroidered and provided her father with a scholar. On the contrary, her grandparents and father were not grateful, so she used her mother to embroider. It's nothing more than taking concubines and having children with the money, but also promoting the concubine and suppressing her mother.

Because her mother's eyes were damaged by embroidery for a long time, she could no longer embroider.

This time, he wanted her to marry a villain who beat his wife to death in exchange for a dowry gift of 20 taels of silver.

Because of this, her mother risked her life not to sue the officials. In the end, she voluntarily resigned to make room for the concubine, in exchange for Miss Yu to go to Beijing to join the Taixue.

When she arrived in Kyoto, she learned about the recruitment of female officials, and immediately applied for the exam.

She does not have the requirement of not being married and being a female official for the rest of her life. She hopes to become strong, protect her mother, let her mother live in peace and contentment, and enjoy her grandchildren.

She also hoped to expose her father's ungratefulness for pampering his concubine and destroying his wife.

Because her grandfather was her father's teacher, his father's private school was originally owned by her grandfather.

As a result, less than three years after her grandfather passed away, her father retaliated and divorced his wife.

Her mother also forbade her to publicize her father's evil, saying that doing so would ruin her own reputation and her life.

Yuanchun and Daiyu were in a dilemma at the same time.

The first girl did not have the independent consciousness of being the master of the family, but she was peaceful in body and mind and had a happy family.

As long as someone guides them, it may not be impossible to awaken and contribute to the rise of women.

Moreover, it is also a great courage for her to ask to study and walk out of the mountain village.

Her thinking is formed by the custom of thousands of years, and it cannot be blamed.

The latter girl was radical and assertive, but she was resentful, and she was afraid that such resentment would affect her character, and she would not be able to make correct judgments about people and things.

Daiyu also said, "Is this examinee harboring hatred?"

Yuan Chun said: "However, did you see that she didn't say that she would be a female official for life, she said that she wanted to protect her mother, let her have grandchildren and enjoy her old age, this shows that she has love in her heart and longs for happiness."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Her mother forbade her to publicize her father's and nephew's ungratefulness, but she brought her father's crimes before the Empress Dowager. Her father's future is in jeopardy."

Yuan Chun nodded: "This scholar is indeed not suitable to be an official. He can't treat the daughter of a benevolent teacher well, and he can't treat his benefactor's first spouse well. How can we expect him to treat the people well? A concubine can influence his thoughts, and he will never become a man who makes decisions for the people. An upright official. Do not spread the contents of this test paper to the outside world, this dynasty must be benevolent and filial to rule the country, and if it is spread, it will hinder her as a female official."

As for the father, Yuan Chun didn't bother to care about it. With such a broad mind and vision, it is impossible to go very far.

Daiyu raised her eyebrows: "Take this Yu Xiuying?"

Yuan Chun nodded: "Being a female official requires perseverance and sharpness. Her mother has come to Beijing, and she also needs the salary of five taels of silver to settle down. That girl Luo went to Taixue to study for a few years. Didn't she want to write a skill and return to her hometown to start a business?" If she behaves well at that time, arrange for her to work in the Huimin Bureau. She has a peaceful personality and does business peacefully to make money, which is her strength."

Afterwards, Yuan Chun summoned the [-] female officials who were selected to give encouragement.

Then, they were handed over to Fan Gongzheng for short-term training. As female officials, they often had to go in and out of the palace, and court etiquette needed to be practiced, so as not to be attacked or get into trouble they shouldn't have.

Yuanchun temporarily added an additional condition, the person who accompanied the student to take the exam could go to various places in Nanyuan to apply for errands, and Nanyuan preferred to arrange for the family members of female officials.

The Huimin Department has guards and Hu Yuanlin guards, which is safer than living outside, and also has a stable income.

This is actually opening the door to Yu Xiuying's convenience.

She herself is a life-fighting person, and she also likes people who dare to fight.

Yu Xiuying and her mother are such people who dare to risk their lives.

There was no such thing before. The daughter of a wealthy family from the south of the Yangtze River has a residence in the capital, and there is a maid and old lady, so there is no need for errands.

Candidates from farm families, in order to save money, went to Beijing according to the arrangement of the Yamen, and they rode on the carriages arranged by the Huimin Department, and no family members went to Beijing to accompany them.

Over the years, the empress dowager's virtuous reputation has spread far and wide in the countryside, and she is like a bodhisattva who saves suffering in the hearts of the people.

The Huimin Bureau established by the Empress Dowager has won the trust of the people, and they feel that it is very safe to hand over the girl to the female officials of the Huimin Bureau.

For example, Dou Qiaoniang's elder brother has come to Beijing. He is here to study, and at most he will copy books for the bookstore to make money, and he will never go to Nanyuan to work.

Most of Nanyuan's teachers are compulsory teachers, and he has no income when he goes there.

Many ladies in Kyoto are unwilling to become officials, but they are willing to go to Nanyuan to teach those orphans to study, and to show favor in front of the Queen Mother.

Your Majesty has not yet indicated marriage, and the noble daughters in Kyoto have a chance.

Not everyone is like Jia Daishan who doesn't want his granddaughter to enter the palace.

Most of them are Jia Mu Wang's family, hoping that the girl will fly to the branch.