After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

The first year of the Yuan Dynasty, October 15th.

Sunny and cloudy.

According to historical records, Liu Ji, a Jinshi from Kaiyang County, Zijing Prefecture, led 90,000 people from Kyoto to take to the streets to request the Empress to ascend the throne.

Later, the Princess Guardian of the Country, envoys from various countries, and officials of the current dynasty followed.

More than 100,000 people from half of the capital city gathered at the foot of the palace, led by Liu Ji, a Jinshi from Kaiyang County, and they all pleaded with the Queen Mother to ascend the throne.

Upon hearing the news, Emperor Yuanchu came and humbly stepped down as the virtuous king, abdicating the throne to the Empress Dowager of Heaven.

The Queen Mother declined the offer three times, as she could not bear to go against the wishes of the people of Shengguo.

Therefore, on the first day of November, an altar was set up to offer sacrifices to heaven, and then he put on the yellow robe and ascended the throne as emperor.

He was named Ziwei Emperor and changed the country's name to Cangxu.

December, the first year of Cangxu.

It was the middle of winter, and Emperor Ziwei issued several new decrees in succession.

First, change the old system of imperial succession.

From now on, the wife will succeed the husband after his death. If the emperor has no wife, his children will inherit according to the order of seniority and legitimate sons.

Second, open a gynecology department.

From now on, all citizens of Shengguo, regardless of gender, who have not committed any crime, can take part in the imperial examination and serve as officials in the court.

Thirdly, the Xianwang was granted an additional fief of 2,000 households and was allowed to build a Xianwang Palace.

The fourth and final will.

The eldest princess was both virtuous and talented in both civil and military affairs. She also made great military achievements for the Sheng Kingdom and was a great contributor to the founding of the Sheng Kingdom.

Now the people are in favor of this, and all officials have jointly requested that the eldest princess be named crown prince, and the prince consort be named crown prince's husband.

Emperor Ziwei agreed.

He resigned and lived in the Eastern Palace, and named the Crown Prince and his wife's second son, Baili Mao, as the Crown Prince.

The orders of Emperor Ziwei were spread one after another, and the people of Kyoto were all excited when they heard them.

"Master, Master!"

Yin Le shouted with joy and rushed into the house through the snow.

Before he even entered the main hall to see the main person, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Women can also take the imperial examinations!"

Qin Yao, who was warming herself by the fire in the living room and was feeling drowsy, opened her eyes.

A gust of cold wind blew, the door curtain was lifted, and Yin Le, with a flushed face, ran in and picked up Si Niang, who was sleeping beside A Niang.

"Fourth Mother, you must study hard and obtain an honor in the future. My senior sister will depend on you in the future!" Yin Le said excitedly.

Si Niang was suddenly awakened and was still a little dazed.

After a pause, he grinned and said, "Senior Sister Le, am I dreaming? In my dream, a woman can take the imperial examination?"

Yin Le didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and flicked the little girl's forehead, "Wake up, I'm telling the truth, not a dream. The new policy just announced means that women can take the imperial examinations and serve as court ladies in the future!"

Si Niang finally came to her senses and stood up with a scream of "Ah!" She confirmed again in disbelief: "Senior Sister Le, don't lie to me."

"I'm not lying to you." Yin Le raised his hand and pointed to the street outside the door. "The notice just posted is at the archway in the market. If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see it."

Si Niang nodded immediately and said she wanted to go and see.

Yin Le pulled her and was about to walk out.

Qin Yao coughed twice, and the two sisters finally realized that the head of the family was still there, and they chuckled.

"Let's go together." Qin Yao lifted the thin quilt on her knees, stood up and said with a smile.

Awang, Erlang and Sanlang, who had rushed to the main hall upon hearing the noise, hurriedly followed.

Liu Ji is not here.

He was summoned to the palace early in the morning, and he didn't know what Xu Wenqing was going to do to him.

But Qin Yao guessed that it should be to thank the first hero who built the grand stage for her Xu Wenqing to ascend the throne.

The family arrived at the archway of the market town. There was already a circle of people gathered on the notice board to join in the fun. Awang Yinle led the way and successfully squeezed to the front with his three children.

Si Niang was short, so she stretched out her hands and asked Uncle Awang to pick her up.

Sanlang also acted coquettishly and asked for a hug, but was sneered back by Erlang.

But after all, he is my own brother, so I have to pamper him no matter how stupid he is.

Erlang stood on tiptoe, reading aloud to the anxious Sanlang as he looked at it.

Just as Yin Le said, both men and women can take part in the imperial examinations in the future.

And there is one thing that Yin Le didn’t mention.

The prince converted the girls' school into an official girls' school. From then on, any female students in the girls' school who performed well in school could be promoted to official positions as an exception.

"Girls' Academy?" Sanlang murmured, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he excitedly pulled Erlang's sleeve and asked:
"Second brother, is Fourth Mother right, is she right?"

Erlang laughed, "Why are you stuttering again? Yes, the women's garden where Si Niang is is the official women's school listed in the notice."

Sanlang nodded repeatedly. This was what he wanted to say. His second brother still understood him.

"Then won't Si Niang be able to become an official in the future?" Awang asked in surprise.

Erlang nodded, "If according to the notice, Si Niang is in the female garden, as long as she performs well, she can be promoted to a female official as an exception."

Yin Le was overjoyed, and he led the children out of the crowd, grabbed Qin Yao's hand and said happily:

"Master, this is great, this is really great!"

If she were ten years younger, she would definitely study hard, take the imperial examination, and become a court lady.

"Mother." Si Niang hugged Qin Yao's arm and said with longing: "I want to be a female inspector in the future! I want to eliminate all corrupt officials in the world and speak for the people."

Qin Yao pinched the little girl's face, which was red from the cold or excitement, with relief, "Okay, mother believes that Si Niang will get what she wants."

Qin Yao raised her eyes and looked at the notice, which was written clearly in black and white.

Xu Wenqing, you are great!
The other party seemed to have heard Qin Yao's thoughts.

The family returned home happily as soon as they stepped through the door.

Soon after, a group of palace servants came on horseback, holding the imperial edict high.

Just in time, it stopped at the doorstep of Qin Yao's house.

The leading female official shouted: "Liu family, accept the order!"

Qin Yao and the others looked at each other, surprised and happy.

This is the first time I've experienced something like this in my life, and I don't know what to do.

Awang was knowledgeable and quickly brought the incense table, put fresh fruits and incense burner on it, then knelt down and demonstrated.

Yin Le hurriedly led the children to kneel down respectfully.

When it was Qin Yao's turn, the leading female official hurriedly added: "Your Majesty has given your order, Qin Yao just needs to stand and listen."

Qin Yao nodded, stood in the front, and smiled politely at the beautiful female official.

The female official with a serious expression actually responded to her, nodded slightly, and began to read the imperial edict.

Qin Yao filtered out those fancy prefixes and only listened to the key points.

".Liu Ji was appointed as the Director of the Imperial City Department, in charge of the palace ban, the night guards around the palace, and intelligence gathering, and he received a salary of the fifth rank."

"Liu Ji's wife Qin Yao was conferred the title of a fifth-rank county lady, and was granted a residence of the Duke of Wei in the east of the city, four colored glaze cups, one hundred bolts of silk and satin, a set of court dress for ladies, a pearl, a jade belt, and a crown. In addition, there was an imperial farm, five thousand taels of gold, twenty thousand taels of silver, five hundred catties of pearl rice as tribute, five Tuluo gems, and one dou of white jade pearls from the North Sea as tribute."

It was Liu Ji who was given the official title, but all the good things were given to his wife.

Moreover, the number of rewards and their high value are simply staggering.

Those who don’t know would think that she was not given the title of a county lady but a princess.

Even the princess of this prosperous dynasty did not receive so many rewards.

The female official read for two quarters of an hour before she finished reading out the last reward.

Perhaps because she took too long to breathe, after reading the series of rewards, the female official began to breathe rapidly and took several deep breaths before she recovered. (End of this chapter)