In the spring of the second year of the New Yuan Dynasty, there were not many political affairs in the court. Zhou Jun took advantage of this gap to enjoy a rare period of vacation.
In the meantime, a thrilling thing happened in the harem - Xie Qin gave birth, and the fetal position was incorrect.
If this situation were changed to modern times, whether it was a caesarean section or a fetal position correction device, it could be solved.
However, in the Tang Dynasty, this was almost an unsolvable disaster. Even a time traveler like Zhou Jun could only do so in helplessness and pain, and made a decree to the imperial doctor that if the matter could not be done, the big ones would be protected but not the small ones.
However, what everyone did not expect was that the usually virtuous and gentle Jie Qin appeared to be extremely stubborn when it came to children.
No matter how much Wen Po persuaded her, Xie Qin insisted on giving birth to the child.
From noon until nightfall, Xie Qin screamed and struggled, never giving up, almost fighting with all her life, trying her best to give birth to this child.
With the desperate efforts of the pregnant woman, coupled with Wen Po's massage and the imperial doctor's acupuncture, Xie Qin finally gave birth to the child after almost exhausting all her strength after a long and painful journey of four hours.
Afterwards, in Po Wen's own words, she had delivered hundreds of babies for decades, and just like Xie Qin, she relied on endurance and willpower to give birth to a baby with an abnormal fetal position, and almost no children were born.
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Xie Qin finally gave birth to a son. Zhou Jun felt that this son had turned disaster into good luck, so he named him Zhou Ji (Li Ji).
After spending some time quietly in the palace with Jie Qin's mother and son, Zhou Jun was overjoyed but also knew that there was too much backlog of government work and he could not always be so leisurely.
After saying goodbye to Qin's mother and son, Zhou Jun collected his thoughts and began to handle government affairs intensively.
On this day, Zhou Jun finished handling the affairs of the court and ordered Fan Jinian to take the books and drive to the Xuanwen Hall and then to the back hall of the inner garden.
When Fan Jinian saw the emperor going straight to the apse, he first withdrew his servants and then notified the female officials in the inner garden to come and greet him.
In the back hall of the Xuanwen Hall, Yang Yuhuan, dressed in a moon-white undershirt, was swaying and extremely charming. When she heard that Zhou Jun was coming, she stopped playing the piano and walked out of the back hall overjoyed.
Regardless of the fact that there were still servants in the field, Yang Yuhuan quickly stepped forward, rushed into Zhou Jun's arms, and said softly: "Your Majesty has not been here for several days. I wonder if you still remember me."
Zhou Jun coughed slightly, lowered his head and said to Yang Yuhuan: "Let's talk business first."
Yang Yuhuan held Zhou Jun with his hand and said with a smile: "You are here, it's business, we will talk about the rest later."
Seeing this, Fan Jinian waved his hand in a familiar manner and asked the servants around him to move the books they brought to the printing room, leaving space for the emperor and the imperial concubine.
Zhou Jun followed Yang Yuhuan and walked into the garden of the back garden.
Yang Yuhuan first served Zhou Jun to sit down, then took the latest issue of "Datang Wenbao", pointed to the article above, and asked with a smile: "I just finished writing it a few days ago, how do you think?"
Zhou Jun took the newspaper and read it carefully.
Yang Yuhuan serialized a play called "Female Number One Scholar" in a newspaper. The plot tells the story of a woman who disguised herself as a man and went to Beijing to take the exam in place of her brother, and finally became the number one scholar in high school and became loyal to the imperial court.
This story references many elements, such as "Mulan Joins the Army" from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and "Nie Yinniang" that was previously serialized.
Zhou Jun can roughly guess the reason why Yang Yuhuan wrote this play.
Yang Yuhuan, who was scolded as a disaster by others, was unwilling to live with the infamy. "Nie Yinniang" allowed her to see the success of women, so the "Female Champion" came out.
After reading the script, Zhou Jun turned to look at Yang Yuhuan, who had a hopeful look on his face.
Zhou Jun nodded and said, "It's a good script, and I put my heart into it."
Hearing Zhou Jun's compliment, Yang Yuhuan was overjoyed and couldn't help but hugged the former's arm.
Feeling the turbulence in his arms, Zhou Jun was a little distraught. It took him a long time to suppress his desire and said to Yang Yuhuan: "The female champion in this play can only take part in the imperial examination incognito. Have you ever thought about it?"
, one day, women in the Tang Dynasty may not have to hide their identities and can participate in the imperial examinations openly?"
Yang Yuhuan was stunned for a moment, then straightened up and asked Zhou Jun: "Is Erlang serious about what he said?"
Zhou Jun: "Earlier, I discussed compulsory education with the officials of the Xuanwen Museum."
Yang Yuhuan: "I heard about this."
Zhou Jun: "This nationwide compulsory education is not only for boys, but also for girls. In other words, all children of school age must participate in education."
Yang Yuhuan: "What Erlang means is that girls can attend private schools or take imperial examinations?"
Zhou Jun: "At this moment, girls can participate in compulsory education. When they grow up, they can take the imperial examination. However, there are still a few important things about compulsory education."
Yang Yuhuan: "What's important?"
Zhou Jun: "First of all, in addition to the Thousand-Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, and Disciple Rules, I also hope to add some additional books to the teaching materials for children after they enter school."
Yang Yuhuan: "What books does Erlang want to add?"
Zhou Jun: "I plan to add four more courses. Craftsmanship can cultivate children's manual skills, arithmetic can cultivate children's calculation skills, music can cultivate children's interest in music, and calligraphy and painting can cultivate children's aesthetic level."
Yang Yuhuan: "These four courses... no one has ever taken them as a private school in the past. It makes sense for Erlang to say so."
Zhou Jun: "Among these four courses, I have been thinking about the compilation of the music and temperament course for a long time. You may be the most suitable person to compile the enlightenment textbook."
Yang Yuhuan was stunned on the spot: "Should I write the enlightenment textbook on music?"
Zhou Jun: "Throughout the Tang Dynasty, when it comes to the masters of music, the empress must be one of them."
Yang Yuhuan hesitated: "Throughout the ages, there has never been a woman compiling elementary school textbooks."
Zhou Jun smiled and pointed to the "Female Number One Scholar" in the Tang Dynasty newspaper: "Since you are so determined, why don't you give it a try?"
Yang Yuhuan looked at the words in the script and took a deep breath: "Since Erlang said so, then Yuhuan will try it."
Zhou Jun: "That's right, there is one more thing. Once the elementary education textbooks are determined, movable type printing will be used to start printing books in large quantities for the use of Tang Dynasty school children. The Xuanwen Museum is too small, and the newly built printing
I’m afraid the machine won’t be able to fit in, and the ink in the printing room is heavy, so I plan to move the printing work out of the Xuanwen Hall and choose another place for construction.”
Yang Yuhuan nodded: "If we want to print books for school children across the country, the Xuanwen Hall cannot accommodate it, so it is natural to move out."
Zhou Jun: "I plan to build a new industrial town in Guzang, southeast of Liangcheng. Under the leadership of the general supervisor, we will manufacture printing machines and build workshops. Then we will move a large number of copywriters to settle in this town and use it as a printing town.
Dafang manages it.”
Yang Yuhuan agreed. After a while, he suddenly asked about another thing: "I heard that Xie Jieyu in the palace gave birth to a son?"
Zhou Jun: "The fetal position was not correct. I wanted to keep the baby alive, but Xie Qin disagreed and insisted on keeping the baby. Fortunately, the mother and baby were safe in the end."
When Yang Yuhuan heard the word child, there was some mist in his eyes: "I can understand her. If I have a child, I will definitely regard him as a treasure and will not abandon him no matter what."
Zhou Jun then remembered that in history, Yang Yuhuan had no heirs for decades. History books inferred that it was due to infertility.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jun sighed, hugged Yang Yuhuan gently, and said to her: "You can't force this matter. The key is to depend on fate."
Yang Yuhuan hugged Zhou Jun tightly and said softly: "Erlang, please stay tonight."
Nephrite is in my arms, and the charming fragrance is warm.
Zhou Jun responded in a low voice.
This chapter has been completed!