For children over ten years old, Ling Yu also specially organizes skill classes.

Children from poor families, who are like those wealthy ladies in the imperial capital, and the young masters from aristocratic families who play chess, calligraphy and painting every day, moaning without any illness.

Ling Yu felt that having a skill that could make a living would be the best help to them.

These skill classes cover handicrafts, manufacturing, medicine, etc., and are divided into classes according to children's interests and specialties.

These skill classes are not only offered in girls’ schools, but also in boys’ schools.

As a result, the masters needed were from all aspects, and Ling Yu examined the character of the recommended masters one by one.

Education is the foundation of a country, and Ling Yu does not want a master with bad moral character to mislead his children.

It's easy to find a wife on the men's side, but it's a bit more difficult to find a wife on the women's side.

Many women have a wait-and-see attitude. They have received traditional education and feel that it is not good to be in the public eye.

In addition to the masters who played music, chess, calligraphy and painting, only Mei Niang from Linlang Pavilion was recruited to teach embroidery.

Ling Yu raised his salary, but he was unable to impress these women who were watching.

Ling Yu was at a loss, and when she finally saw the female official from the Charity Bureau, Ling Yu's heart moved.

At this time, it was rare for women to serve as officials. Although the female officials in the palace had grades, they were all below the sixth grade. No matter how good they were, they would never be promoted in their lifetime.

Moreover, the salary he received was different from that of male officials of the same rank.

If people go to higher places, they will have no motivation if they don’t have benefits.

In Ling Yu's eyes, there is no distinction between high and low work. Since everyone has put in their labor, why can't equal officials receive equal pay?

Female officials can also be inspected by the Ministry of Personnel every year just like male officials, and those with outstanding abilities will be promoted to positions and titles.

She discussed this plan directly with Xiao Lintian. When Ling Yu told Xiao Lintian, he also felt that the treatment of female officers was unfair.

With Ling Yu by his side, Xiao Lintian realized that women are not inferior to men, so he felt that women should be given a chance.

It's just that Xiao Lintian is an ancient after all, and his thoughts are not as open as Ling Yu's. The biggest concession he made is that women can be promoted to the fourth rank and enjoy the same treatment as the same rank.

But you cannot enter the Jinluan Hall to discuss political affairs.

It is Xiao Lintian's deep-rooted belief that women cannot participate in politics.

Ling Yu sneered at this, but then thought about it, even Xiao Lintian, as the emperor, could not accept such a concept, and it was impossible for the officials to accept it.

It seems that such a concept can only be developed slowly, slowly instilled in them, and let them change subtly.

Otherwise, if you insist on it yourself, you will only end up doing good things and doing bad things.

Being able to obtain a fourth-grade official rank for women and equal pay for equal work is already the greatest progress.

Ling Yu did not insist, and classified the female concubine as a female official. Once hired, she would be an eighth-grade official, enjoy the treatment of an eighth-grade official, and if she excelled in the year-end assessment, she could be promoted step by step like male officials.

Even if Ling Yu took a step back, Xiao Lintian still aroused opposition from the ministers when he proposed on the first day after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work and raise the rank of female officials to the fourth rank.

Zhao Hui took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, female officials have been below the sixth rank, and they have been strictly enforced for hundreds of years. Your Majesty, you cannot change the law as you please and give them higher ranks!"

Mr. Li, a member of Zhao Hui's party, also plausibly said: "Women's abilities are limited. Their duties are to look after their husbands, raise their children, and take care of the backyard!"

"The Emperor asked them to get equal pay for equal work as us. This will encourage their ambition to live restless in their families! This trend must not last forever!"

When those fourth-rank officials thought that women could be promoted to the fourth rank like themselves in the future, they also stood up to oppose it.


Chapter completed!