Daming 1805

Chapter 244 Thai and Western Female Translator

New York and surrounding New Jersey, Connecticut and other states, as well as political families throughout the United States, as well as businessmen with a certain net worth such as John Jacob Astor, are discussing and preparing to take the New York imperial examination.

Relevant news quickly spread beyond the borders of the United States, and many Canadians also received the news.

After that, it even spread to the mainland of Taixi, and intellectuals from all over the world were eager to participate.

The New York imperial examination quickly became the hottest topic in the Western world.

So much so that it is about to overwhelm the heat of Napoleon becoming king and the independence of Canada and the United States.

It was mainly the joining of Ming Dynasty that forced Napoleon to stop his offensive, and the progress of the war between the two sides also came to a standstill.

The two sides began to build defensive positions on the long front in central Virginia, western North Carolina, and southern Tennessee.

Waiting for the troops dispatched by Britain and France to arrive in Yinzhou, the real battle to the death.

This situation was promoted by the Thai and Western media as mediation, and the two colonies of Dongyi Kingdom were the rewards of Ming Dynasty for mediating the Yinzhou war.

While preparing for the formal imperial examinations, the two Changshi mansions of Dongyi Kingdom had to ask Xichang to help them temporarily recruit a group of translators in advance in order to receive the subordinate counties and deal with more officials.

For the time being, they will be used as external hires, and after they pass the assessment, they will be formally assigned to Dongyi Kingdom.

George Thomas Stangdong, a peripheral member of the West Factory, also hung up the establishment of the Dongyi Kingdom court through this channel.

Si Dangdong didn't just come here to rub the establishment, he also came to cooperate with Ruan Yuan to work with Dongyi country nationals and even citizens.

Thomas Stockton, who openly consulted with the right long history in Wilmington, was also selected and hired.

Stockton was a graduate of the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton University.

Stockton has been a soldier in history, the highest rank is a major of infantry, and he is the No.30 governor of Delaware for three terms.

Stockton, who is 25 years old this year, can be regarded as relatively capable among young people of the same age.

According to Xichang's suggestion, Ruan Yuan took Thomas and Stockton with him as his translator and informal staff.

This morning, when Stangton was sorting out the list of translators sent to the counties, he suddenly thought of a problem.

So Sidangdong immediately went to ask Ruan Yuan for instructions:

"Dong Weng, the translators including his subordinates are now regarded as civil servants of the Changshi Mansion of the Dongyi Kingdom.

"Besides, translation can be regarded as a bridge between the palace and the people, so should they show something in the crown and uniform?

"Should we continue to wear everyday clothes, or should we change to Ming's traditional clerical clothes?"

Ruan Yuan was planning the details of the exam, and when he heard this question, he thought of Zhu Jingyuan's reply.

It is mainly the Thai and Western people that Dongyi will use in the future, and the Thai and Western civil servants in Dongyi, how should they be screened.

Ruan Yuan actually did not doubt Zhu Jingyuan's judgment.

Like most traditional Ming people, Ruan Yuan actually doesn't like people who completely abandon their ethnic group.

In ancient times, people who surrendered easily and flattered foreigners did not have much favor.

But the senior officials of Ming Dynasty all remembered His Majesty Emperor Shizu's reminder:

"Don't expect everyone to be always loyal, clean, and right.

"If you only want to find perfect ministers and subordinates, you will inevitably fall into a situation where no one is available.

"Bringing flawed people to work is a skill that all decision makers should have."

Ruan Yuan also understands that in order for these people to play a role, they must first be seen clearly.

And to see a person clearly, sometimes it only takes a few words, sometimes it may take many days.

You can conduct special surveys and evaluations, or you can find opportunities to evaluate them at any time.

So Ruan Yuan ordered:
"Dangdong, go and gather the hired translators, let's have a small meeting to discuss it."

Staunton was obviously a little surprised:
"Dong Weng, do the translators need to talk about this kind of thing? You can just decide it."

Ruan Yuan thought for a while, and reminded Stangdong:

"I want to hear everyone's opinions, just to understand everyone's mentality..."

Staunton suddenly realized:
"I'll make arrangements right now."

Half an hour later, in the medium conference room of Dongyi Youchangshi Mansion, all 24 translators recruited locally arrived.

The translators sat in their seats, obviously a little nervous and excited.

Sensing that Ruan Yuan was watching from above, they all sat upright, not daring to breathe.

Ruan Yuan looked at the "bridges" between Ming and Xi as a whole again.

Staunton was on my left, Stockton was on my right, and more than 20 other translators lined up on both sides.

When recommending people, Xichang chose as young as possible, and the translators present were all between the ages of 30 and [-].

Among them are six women who were specially selected by Xichang.

Taixi's women are of course far more open than Daming's women in terms of personal life.

The reason is that monogamy is restricted by religion, which makes the mistress phenomenon a conventional phenomenon.

If women in the whole society are very conservative, if adultery is a felony like Daming, how can the nobles of Taixi legally get more women?

Kings and top aristocrats can't hang out in brothels all day long.

Therefore, Thai and Western women are only open in the relationship between men and women, and are still subject to various restrictions in normal life.

They can't wear trousers, and clothes can't show limbs, but they can show breasts.

Their political status is also not high.

In the original history, it cannot be said that there were no female officials in Taixi in the nineteenth century and before. It can only be said that there were very few female officials.

They were all given official status for some special reason, or by special people with special purposes.

In other words, their status cannot be copied.

There is no normal path to becoming an official that is ubiquitous and publicized.

In Tessie, where parliamentary politics was common, women's suffrage did not officially begin until the early twentieth century.

In this world, due to the initiative of the ancestor emperor Zhu Cihong, women in Ming Dynasty had to rely on the same opportunities as men to go to school and take the imperial examination.

Since then, they have obtained political rights that are nominally very similar to those of men.

In Shenzhou Daming, fair schooling and imperial examinations are the most important political rights, which is equivalent to women in Western and Western countries gaining the right to vote.

Although the government did not take the initiative to promote and take care of it, coupled with the influence of social atmosphere, there are still relatively few women who actually serve as officials.

However, the names of several female officials can be frequently seen on the list of officials in various places.

They are already ubiquitous.

It is no longer dependent on the special needs of some people, and it is no longer because of some special circumstances that you accidentally become an official.

Their identities and achievements can be copied.

If other women yearn for them, as long as they study and take the imperial examination, they will have the opportunity to become officials like them.

The popularity of Ming studies in the Western continent also led to a relative improvement in the political status of women in Western countries.

However, Thai and Western women in this world seldom compete for the right to vote, but naturally choose another path.

Under the banner of learning from the Ming Dynasty, the Thai and Western courts were required to adopt a common system of appointment and removal of civil servants and officials.

In other words, most of them are anti-election and support the imperial examination.

Because fighting for the right to vote is not as fast as the general imperial examination system in many cases.

Given women's suffrage, female elites have to participate in elections and mobilize ordinary women.

Moreover, the right to vote and the right to be elected are not the same thing. Being able to vote for others does not mean allowing others to vote for oneself.

But if the imperial examination system is popularized, as long as they study hard, they will have the opportunity to become officials directly.

The key point is that to promote the universal imperial examination system, you can go to Daming's tiger skin, and Daming Xichang will secretly give some support.

This has also led to the fact that most of the elite women in Thailand and the West generally admire and support the culture and system of Ming Dynasty.

So Dongyi Kingdom found a lot of Thai and Western elite women who were willing to work here with the help of translators.

These translators are all born at least in the middle class, at least in the well-to-do class.

Otherwise, I would not have the opportunity to go to school, let alone master the elegant dialect of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the translators can be regarded as the face of the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty. Although their status is similar to that of the translators in the anti-Japanese dramas, it is impossible for them to be selected as clowns. They must be positive characters.

Therefore, the selected 24 translations are not ugly in appearance.

Most of them are above the middle level, and a few men and women can even be said to be very handsome.

In terms of their attire, only three of them wore traditional Thai-Western attire, all of them men.

All six women wore Ming-style aoqun, and seven men also wore Ming-style gowns.

The last eight boys wore the "New Ming-style Thai-Western formal attire" designed by Dashi Prince.

Staunton wore a Ming gown, Stockton a new suit.

Changshifu didn't ask them how to dress before.

So how they choose their clothes can explain their attitude to a certain extent.

Ruan Yuan felt that these people could be divided into three or four different types simply by looking at their clothes.

When the local people saw them, they definitely felt differently.

　I watched people tearing up in the post bar too much, but I forgot to update it...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)