It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 773

After a day of repeated discussions, the emperor led a group of confidant ministers to perfect the solution mentioned by Meng Mingzhou before finally finalizing it.

Although this matter is not a big deal to some officials, nor is it very important.

But the emperor valued it very much. After all, those children were his subjects, and he really couldn't bear to let those children fend for themselves, so the emperor was in a good mood for the smooth resolution at this time.

"You all know how to solve it now, so the most important thing now is, how to choose the director of this orphanage?"

Hubu Shangshu stood up and spoke first, "Your Majesty, orphans can be male or female. It doesn't matter if they are still young, but when they get older in a few years, it is not suitable for them to be mixed in the same courtyard..."

Elder Zhang Ge nodded in agreement, "Your Majesty, what Lord Shangshu said is very true..."

Grand Maester, "Your Majesty..."

Meng Mingzhou listened to them talking about the problem and not the solution. He turned his head to look at the hourglass not far away, and found that it was getting late, so he was in a hurry.

This morning Su Rui also said that he was waiting for him to come back to eat hot pot tonight, and he didn't have time to continue playing Tai Chi with them, so she stood up after thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, I don't think this is a problem..."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Ming Zhou, what is your solution?"

Meng Mingzhou took it for granted, "Since men and women are not suitable for managing together, why not just divide them into two courtyards?"

Li Ge frowned, "Then you mean to recruit two deans?"

Meng Mingzhou nodded, "Well, there are differences between men and women. The male orphanage recruits a male director, and the daughter orphanage naturally recruits a female director, isn't it good?"

The bachelor's face was not good, "How can that be done? How can a woman be an official?"

His Majesty said at the time that the orphanage will be a royal orphanage in the future, and the dean inside will also have an official status. Identity is always better than white body...

Meng Mingzhou sneered, "What the scholar said is wrong, why can't a woman be an official? In ancient times, there were women who served in the army instead of their father..."

Grand Bachelor, "That's also..."

The emperor "coughed", and the two arguing immediately quieted down. He turned his head and looked at Grand Master Dong who had not spoken.

"Master Dong, what do you think about women being officials?"

Taishi Dong stroked his beard with a smile, and said slowly, "I think what Master Meng said is absolutely right. Women are not inferior to men. When we founded the country, there were women who were officials, and they were no worse than men..."

"Besides, I think it's more suitable for a woman to be the dean than a man. After all, all the women in the women's orphanage are women. In the future, the cooks and sundries in the orphanage will definitely be women, and most of the teachers who teach the children must be women. , then in this case, it must be more convenient for the female head..."

"The most important thing is that if there is a woman as the dean, then many women in the back house will be more active..."

The words were not finished, but everyone present were not fools and could understand.

The emperor was also very satisfied when he heard the words. He looked at the Secretary of the Household Department, "I remember that the Household Department reported that there was about 20 acres of wasteland fifteen miles north of the city a few years ago?"

Hubu Shangshu hurriedly stood up and bowed after hearing the words, "Your Majesty remembers correctly, there is a piece of wasteland of 23 mu. When I discussed with Your Majesty, I wanted to sell it for the national treasury..."

The emperor nodded slightly, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and said after a while, "Even if it is sold, one mu of land does not exceed 20 taels, and there is not much money in more than 20 mu. Why don't we build two royal orphanages here? ···”

"The male orphanage covers an area of ​​ten acres, and the female orphanage covers an area of ​​thirteen acres..."

The emperor sat behind the desk, and the few people standing in the hall listened quietly.

In the end, he explained, "Although Master Meng proposed this matter, he belongs to the Ministry of War after all, so it is not under his control..."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the other people, "Who do you think is the most appropriate to assign this matter to?"

Several people looked at each other, Zhang Ge stood up and spoke first, "Your Majesty, I think..."

Su Rui got up from Meng Mingzhou's arms in surprise, "So, this matter should be left to Prince An?"

Meng Mingzhou nodded, "Well, Mr. Zhang Ge's best idea is King Heng, but His Majesty disagrees..."

Su Rui raised her eyebrows, "King Heng? Yes, the fifth son of the first emperor?"

"Well, Your Majesty will not let King Heng have real power."

Meng Mingzhou pulled Su Rui back to bed, even though it was late February, it was still cold, even though there were earth dragons in the house, but because Su Rui felt that the weather was dry in winter, if the earth dragons in the house were hot, they would burn It will be drier, so the temperature will not be very high all the time.

Su Rui was a little puzzled, "Why? Isn't Heng Wang the younger brother of His Majesty? Although he is not the same mother..."

Meng Mingzhou tilted his head and kissed Su Rui's forehead, and said with a broken smile, "You have so much curiosity..."

Having said that, Meng Mingzhou still explained, "King Heng has a good relationship with the deposed prince..."

With just this sentence, Su Rui understood, and said instead, "Prince An will be engaged to Wan'er in the future, and Prince An is very busy these days, do you still have time to be busy with the Royal Orphanage?"

Meng Mingzhou played with Su Rui's hand, "Your Majesty asked King Ming to help. King Ming was in poor health since he was a child. Although he grew up a lot, he never got along with the prince when he was most favored by the prince. It's because he is detained in the Prince's Mansion every day and rarely goes out..."

Seeing that Su Rui wanted to say something else, Meng Mingzhou's eyes were dark and he turned over and lay on Su Rui's body, "Madam, my husband understands that you have been worrying about Wan'er's engagement for the past few days, so I haven't troubled you, but now I see you And if you have the leisure time to worry about others, why don't you take good care of your husband and me?"

"I, uh, no..."

Su Rui opened her mouth and wanted to say that she was tired of dealing with Su Wan's engagement needs for a hundred days, and she really didn't want to make a fuss, but before she could say anything, her lips were blocked by Meng Mingzhou.

Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia who were watching the night outside the door looked at each other when they heard the movement inside the house.

Xiao Qiu whispered, "I'll go and tell the small kitchen to keep hot water ready at all times..."

Xiaoxia nodded slightly, and said in a cheerful tone, "Sister Xiaoqiu, go, I will take care of it..."

Watching Xiaoqiu walk away, Xiaoxia turned her head to listen to the movement in the house, and couldn't help but blush. Although she was a spy trained since childhood, she was still a girl after all, and she hadn't been through personnel affairs yet. To such an extent, she was so shy that she wanted to cover her ears every time she turned around at night...
(End of this chapter)