In the outer room of Hou Men, she took advantage of her beauty to commit murder

Chapter 77

Luo Siyun introduced herself, while Li Xingyi looked at her with surprise and curiosity from time to time.

Luo Siyun actually knew so many things. He had previously thought that she had only read a few books and knew a little bit of truth at most. Unexpectedly, she had also studied historical records, was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and also knew medical skills. Know how to paint with ink and wash...

Thinking of her saying that she also grows and sells flowers, he can't help but think, what she doesn't know.

Even Cen Xiang couldn't help being a little surprised, but only for a moment. After all, it's not like he hasn't seen someone who is stronger than her.

After everyone introduced them, Cen Xiang compared them in his heart and nodded secretly, feeling quite satisfied.

Although the number of people was a little less than he had expected, the quality of what was left was good, which gave him some comfort.

"Very good, you are very nice!"

"The third level is no more poetry. I will ask a question. If I am satisfied with the answer, the rewards for the first three will remain the same, and the fourth No.5 will add two copybooks. How about it?"

"it is good!"

Cen Xiang nodded, swept the tables and chairs beside the open space, and said with a smile, "Well, there are seven sets of tables and chairs here, you all choose a seat to sit down!"

The five people looked at each other, nodded, and responded in unison, "Yes!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and found a suitable place to sit down, adjusted his posture, and then looked up at Xiang Cen.

Looking at the children sitting in front of the desk with sparkling eyes and a firm face looking at him, Cen Xiang smiled with satisfaction, and he stopped being secretive, and said directly.

"You all have clean paper and pen and ink on your desk, now..."

"...I have three questions. The first question is, what do you think of my measures to support business transactions, improve the status of merchants, and allow the descendants of merchants to participate in the imperial examination!"

"The second is that Rong'an College does not offer the learning content of the Four Books and Five Classics, but instead adds courses such as Qimen Bashu, Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry. Your thoughts and opinions on this; the third is to allow women to come out to earn money to support their families, thereby improving women's education. status……"

Speaking of this, he paused, ignoring everyone's increasingly shocked expressions, and continued, "...you can answer all of them, or you can choose a question to answer, and write an article based on your opinions and basis, no matter what Whether you support or oppose it, I hope you write truthfully, and I want your truest feelings!"

Luo Siyun and Li Xingyi looked at each other, Luo Siyun was full of doubts, and Li Xingyi was shocked.

Luo Siyun is from Huizhou, a woman close to the south of the Yangtze River. She was just a prostitute before. She is far away from the emperor. She only knows a little about the merits and demerits of Prime Minister Cen through the dialogue between Gao Tingyu and Cheng Wanyi, but no matter how deep she is, , she didn’t know, and didn’t know the seriousness of these problems.

As for the onlookers, they obviously knew the situation of this problem, and they were already "wow".

No one expected that Xiang Cen would actually ask such a question here.

To be honest, the three issues he raised, whether it is improving the status of merchants, not offering imperial examination courses, or adding women's status, have always been controversial.

If it wasn't for Cen Xiang's continuous support that really made Jing Guo develop very well, it is estimated that everyone's saliva would drown him.

Even so, some people doubted him.

Some people believe that Cen Xiang raised the status of merchants and allowed the descendants of merchants to participate in the imperial examination because he secretly accepted bribes from rich merchants.

In the future, he will definitely sell his official position because of taking bribes, and become that corrupt official...

As for creating more positions for women so that they can make money through their own efforts and become independent, many people think he is doing it for Mrs. Shum.

He hoped that Mrs. Cen could see more demeanor and not be restrained by the world. Many women envied Mrs. Cen even more because of this.

But this is everyone's guess, and no one dares to go to Prime Minister Cen to question him.

The academies' move to not offer imperial examination courses was more opposed by dignitaries than ordinary people.

After all, anyone with a little foresight knows that learning a craft is much more reliable than studying hard for 12 years in Han Chuang, and finally even a child student may not be able to pass the imperial examination.

Some people speculated that Cen Xiang would open such an academy because he had suffered too much when he was a child, and he saw too many poor people who couldn't read books and didn't have any skills.

More people think that these moves by Prime Minister Cen, no matter they are good or bad, are a kind of breaking and restructuring of the traditional rules, a bit provoking everyone's long-standing concepts, and many people don't accept it.

For example, in Luo Siyun's impression of the ancients, or the society under the feudal dynasty, what are their requirements for women? In other words, no matter when, they have someone they must obey, and that person is never themselves.

What the world labels women more is that she is diligent, thrifty, gentle and virtuous, dignified and beautiful, gentle and considerate... and basically all these words are a kind of restraint for women.

Everyone is used to it, even women have accepted this kind of restraint, thinking that women should be virtuous and virtuous, and when they should be meek and humble, someone stood up.

He tried to make women become like men, able to support their families and have their own voice, instead of being like an object, unable to have their own thoughts.

And this person is still a vested interest in this environment. Some people are puzzled and some agree, but most of them are doubts.

Cen Xiang has worked hard for more than ten years, but it has only given women a little freedom.

But it is undeniable that this trace of freedom is precious.

It is this kind of freedom that is enough to support a lady from a wealthy family to stand in front of the public and proudly say that she is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, has never read the books "Women's Training" and "Women's Precepts", and does not know anything about "married husband". With the concept of “obeying your husband, and obeying your son even if your husband dies”, you can also proudly tell everyone that the knowledge she has learned and the things she knows are no less or worse than men.

This sliver of freedom is enough to support a banquet, where everyone competes in poems and poems, and men and women are together, there is no so-called difference between men and women.

This kind of freedom is enough to support a small competition and allow everyone to calmly accept the final victory of the game. Among those who win, the number of women winning is no less or even more than that of men...

Who says women are inferior to men!
Cen Xiang used his own efforts to tell everyone that as long as they are given a chance, women are no worse than men, or even better...

Seeing the five people staring at each other silently, Cen Xiang raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Why, are you scared by my question?"

Su Yudan shook his head quickly, "No!"

Luo Siyun also shook his head. Seeing this, Li Xingyi and the other three also shook their heads.

"Then why don't you write?"

(End of this chapter)