Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Chapter 162 Women's Journal

After the story ended, there were applause and applause.Xiao Yu frowned. At this moment, there was a woman's coquettish laughter faintly coming from the next door. The laughter was very unrestrained. He stood up with a straight face, and flicked his sleeves: "Go, go home."

When the three of them left the teahouse, Xiao Yu looked back at the Ningxiang Pavilion and said, "The fragrance of the Ningxiang Pavilion is probably not only the fragrance of tea, but also the fragrance of women. You brazenly do this kind of thing!"

What is the difference between a teahouse and a nightclub?And where did those tea slaves come from?According to the current social customs, it is impossible for a woman from a good family to come out to do such a thing, and prostitutes have long been outlawed, so the only women who can act on occasions like this are private prostitutes kept by wealthy families.

Xiao Yu walked forward sullenly with his hands behind his back. Although he has been advocating equality between men and women and encouraging women to go to school and become officials, the discrimination against women in this society cannot be reversed immediately.Judging from the reactions of the elders in the teahouse, you can tell that you are the only one wishing to promote equality between men and women.

Pei Linzhi chased after him: "Mr. Lang, are you angry?"

Xiao Yu glanced at him sideways: "Do you think women are inferior to men?"

Pei Linzhi was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said, "Which aspect is Mr. Lang referring to?"

Xiao Yu's tone was not very good: "Anything is fine, just say whatever you want."

Pei Linzhi thought for a while: "In terms of intelligence, women are not necessarily inferior to men, as can be seen from Mr. Su. But in terms of physical strength, women are inherently inferior to men. This is also an indisputable fact."

Hearing what he said, Xiao Yu finally felt more at ease: "You are right! But women can basically do what men can do. They can study and become officials, teach and educate people, chop firewood and carry water, and even fight on the battlefield. I think those gangs The old stubborn objected to women showing their faces in public, because they were afraid that women would show their intelligence and wisdom and climb over their heads, so that they would no longer be able to be domineering."

When Pei Linzhi heard this, he felt that Xiao Yu was very cute. He didn't marry a wife or have a daughter, but he respected and loved her so much, which is really commendable.

Xiao Yu said: "Rin Zhi, send someone to investigate tomorrow, who opened the Ningxiang Pavilion, and by the way, investigate the origins of those tea slaves."

"Okay, Langjun."

After returning to the palace, Xiao Yu lay on the couch, thinking about the teahouse, but still couldn't fall asleep. He raised his foot, put it on Pei Linzhi's body, and said sullenly, "If I hadn't gone in person, I wouldn't have known how to return like this." It is estimated that even if the officials of the DPRK and China go, they will not think it is a big deal when they see this scene, and they will definitely not tell me."

"Male superiority and female inferiority have existed since ancient times. Changing the public's concept cannot be done overnight." Pei Linzhi raised his hand and touched his cold arm. Xiao Yu's physique was cold, and his body was icy cold in summer, so it was very comfortable to touch.

"It's not easy, so I have to push hard. Tomorrow, I have to ask the Ministry of Rites to collect the roster of students and let me see what the ratio of males and females is." Xiao Yu yawned as he said.

Pei Linzhi kissed him on the forehead: "Go to bed early if you're sleepy."

Xiao Yu closed his eyes, and opened them again after a while: "No, I can't sleep, I drank too much tea."

Pei Linzhi said: "Then let's do something else, and we can fall asleep when we get tired after a while." After speaking, he turned his face and kissed her.

At the end of the morning court on the second day, Xiao Yu said, "Master Wang, I need to see the rosters of students from various schools this year. When can you send them to me?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qi hurriedly said: "I will send it to Your Majesty later."

Xiao Yu said, "We need the most detailed information."

Wang Qi was full of question marks, but he didn't ask too much: "Follow orders!"

Later Xiao Yu received the roster from the Minister of Rituals. The Ministry of Rites was very orderly. It recorded all the schools in all states, counties and counties. The number of students in each school was listed, and many of them marked the number of male and female students. Some are not labeled.

Xiao Yu glanced roughly, and asked: "There is no gender marked here, all of them are male students, and there are no female students?"

The Minister of Rites was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Some are, and some counties and counties have no points in statistics, and it is not clear whether there are female students."

Xiao Yu said: "When the list is counted in the next semester, the gender will also be marked."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Yu browsed for a while, and found that the number of female students is surprisingly small. Generally speaking, there are at least a hundred students in a county, but the number of female students will not exceed ten.In the most places, it will not exceed one-tenth.

Xiao Yu sighed, and said: "The proportion of female students enrolling in school is astonishingly low. This is related to the propaganda of the Ministry of Rites. It must be well publicized to increase the number of girls enrolled in school."

The servant of the Ministry of Rites replied respectfully: "Observe the order!"

Xiao Yu also said: "Large families usually run private schools at home to teach their female disciples. We might as well set up girls' schools in various states and counties to separate male and female students. I think it can increase the enrollment rate."

Although the imperial court runs schools for free, it has not yet advocated compulsory education. It cannot force all school-age children to enroll, but can only advocate and encourage schoolchildren to enroll as much as possible.

Many people think that they are worried that their daughters will mix with men, and they are afraid of causing some accidents and ruining their reputation, so they simply don't let girls go to school. If there is a special girls' school, there must be less worries.

"If there is any well-educated female family member who is willing to come out to be a school teacher, it must be welcomed and publicized. This dynasty encourages women to go out of the courtyard and make equal contributions to the court and the country as men." Xiao Yu said.

The servant of the Ministry of Rites clasped his fists: "I obey the order."

After leaving court, Pei Linzhi, who went to handle the handover with Guan Shan, came back. He picked up Xiao Yu's teacup and took a sip of tea: "The handover is almost done, and Guan Shan can leave tomorrow."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "We are only three months old and we are going to be separated, Guan Shan is really willing to part with it."

Pei Linzhi said: "I'm definitely not willing to part with it, but Guan Shan has always wanted to go to the battlefield, and I have to give him a chance. Now the military training is a good opportunity for him to get acquainted with the soldiers."

Thinking of the cruelty and danger of war, Xiao Yu couldn't help rubbing the back of his hand: "I hope the world will be peaceful soon, and everyone will be safe and sound."

Pei Linzhi knew what he was referring to, and grabbed his hand in the palm of his hand: "We will pay attention."

After a while, Pei Linzhi said: "The matter of Ningxiang Pavilion has been investigated by someone. This Ningxiang Pavilion is a business name owned by the Cui family, and it was sold to the Qian family. The Qian family was originally behind the largest brothel in Beijing. Boss, the brothel was sealed up, so he opened this teahouse. The girl in the teahouse is the maid of the Qian family. It is said that the Qian family loves to buy young girls and has raised hundreds of them. Now the brothel has been sealed up, and the fields have been confiscated Let's go, I think I don't want to support so many idlers, so I sent these women out to do this kind of joke business."

Xiao Yu sneered: "The rich kids in the city don't have a brothel to go to have fun. Ningxiang Pavilion is a good place to go. No wonder the business is booming. Let someone go to secretly investigate whether those tea slaves are in the skin and meat business. If so, Then the Ningxiang Pavilion was sealed up, and those girls were also sent to the factory to work."

"it is good."

Xiao Yu said again: "Let someone investigate secretly again, if there are any shops selling dog meat under false pretences in the city, if they find out, they will be shut down."

"it is good."

Xiao Yu thought that even if his eyelids are like this, those invisible places may be even worse. In this era, transportation and information dissemination are not smooth. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. OK.

So he thought about dedicating a new issue of the "Spark" to women's issues.

In addition, a women's magazine has to be created and distributed to women who can read and write. Women's minds also need to be liberated, so as to truly improve their status. After all, all respect is won by their own strength. .

Women's magazines should be edited by women. Let Su Ying be the editor. Shuangluo and Qingyou are also welcome. Like "Spark", it is widely soliciting contributions. I don't know if there are any knowledgeable women who are willing to contribute.

Two days later, the officials led people to seal the Ningxiang Pavilion and took away hundreds of tea slaves in the teahouse.The owner of Ningxiang Pavilion was also summoned to the government for trial and punishment. The teahouse was ordered to close its doors for rectification for a month and fined a thousand taels of silver.

At the same time, the government put up a notice to inform the whole process of the illegal operation of Ningxiang Pavilion, as a warning and admonishment, and those businesses who tried to test wildly on the edge of danger would no longer dare to do anything wrong.

Xiao Yu also punished the Cui family who sold the business name to the Qian family, and imposed a fine.Although the imperial court does not prohibit the transfer of business names, the transferor must assume the role of supervision over the transferred business name. If the other party uses it to operate illegal transactions, the transferor will also be held accountable.

This is to prevent people with channels from monopolizing and reselling the business name, so that people who really need the business name cannot get it. Buying from others will increase operating costs.

There are also several shops in Jianye City that have been investigated for illegal operations this time. The problems vary in size and are not as serious as Ningxiang Pavilion. Some are fined, and some are only required to suspend business for rectification.

Regarding the matter of running a women's magazine, Xiao Yu called Su Ying over and told her that Su Ying agreed, "Your Majesty, you want me to be the editor-in-chief of this magazine?"

Xiao Yu nodded: "Yes, I just want to ask you if you are busy, if not, I will think of another way."

Su Ying quickly waved her hand: "No, no, Your Majesty, I can be busy. The yamen usually leaves the office before the end of the day, and I still have a lot of free time every day. Your Majesty said that this publication is issued once a month or even every two months." , the minister will definitely be able to come over busy, and it will be done properly."

Xiao Yu smiled with satisfaction: "That's very good. Then Master Su will have to work hard."

Su Ying said sincerely: "I should be grateful to Your Majesty. Your Majesty is so considerate of us women, and always wants to stand up for us. If it weren't for Your Majesty, I wouldn't be where I am today. I am willing to do my part for the women's journal. Help more sisters stand up."

Xiao Yu asked again: "Master Su, have you ever had contact with the female relatives of other noble families in the court?"

Su Ying was taken aback, and said: "I only have occasional contacts with the family members of some adults in our household department. I have to go to the Yamen on weekdays, so it's better for those wives to be free."

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "In the future, Lord Su can find opportunities to get in touch with the women's family members of Lord Chaozhong. They will be readers and even writers of women's magazines in the future."

A surprised smile appeared on Su Ying's face: "That's right, Your Majesty really reminded me. That's how it should be. In the future, our readers will be them first."

How many girls from common people's families go to school, who can read and write, only the girls from wealthy families can read and write, and the readers of women's periodicals can only be them.

Su Ying's personality is aggressive and outgoing, but as the only female official in the court, she is completely independent, so she basically can't chat with other women.

It was inevitable that her vision was completely different from those housewives in the boudoir.But for the sake of women's magazines, and for more women to join her team, she is willing to take the initiative to contact those boudoir women.

If Xiao Yu had a queen, this kind of matter could be easily resolved by the queen holding a lady's party.But he didn't, this matter can only be left to Su Ying.Fortunately, Su Ying is also capable, which reassures him a lot.

"Shuangluo, Qingyou, Yu'er, and Xiaochun can also help you. You can discuss it yourself. Or you can find other helpers from other places."

Su Ying hurriedly saluted: "The minister accepts the decree!"

Su Ying took the order, and began to work on the first issue of the women's magazine. The title of the publication was "Women", which was decided after discussion between Xiao Yu and Su Ying.

Tentatively scheduled for two months.Xiao Yu personally wrote articles for the inaugural issue, while Su Ying, Shuang Luo and others wrote the rest.

Su Ying actively contacted the family members of the ministers of the court and China, and also met several insightful women, one of which was Du Linglan, a talented woman from the Du family.

Du Linglan thought that she had escaped death, but after listening to Xiao Yu's words conveyed by her grandfather, she regained her vitality. After she recovered her health, she opened a private school at home to educate the young girls in the family and relatives and friends, so that they could find their own value a feeling of.

Su Ying didn't get in touch with Du Linglan at first, but after hearing about Du Linglan, she took the initiative to visit her.The two chatted happily, and Su Ying actively invited her to write for "Heroine" and also invited her to be an editor.

Du Linglan learned that this publication was initiated by Xiao Yu, and she fully agreed to it.Although she knew that it was impossible to continue her relationship, at least through this publication, she could still have a little contact with him.

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