Chapter 198, The First Women's College of the Great Yan Dynasty
After taking care of the housework, Yue Wangshu was finally free to do marketing for the girls' school.
In fact, the news of opening a girls' school has been out for a long time. Since it was overseen by the Imperial Mansion and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was difficult not to attract attention.
On this day, at the end of summer, relatives from all the clans came to the palace to pay their respects.
The Yuanzhi Hall was full of people, either concubines or clan members, and they were busy.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Concubine Xiang, who Yue Wangshu had arranged to follow, spoke up: "I heard that the Queen is going to open a girls' school?"
As soon as he said this, the whole palace fell into silence. The princesses, princes, princesses and ladies present all looked at the upright Queen Yue who was sitting on the phoenix throne.
The pearls on Yue Wangshu's temples were swaying, and she said without hesitation: "It is true."
The clan members present here were a little surprised for a while. Although there had been such rumors for a long time, and there were rumors that the women's school only used female teachers to teach and eunuchs and maids to serve, but it still seemed a bit unbelievable to them, so they did not dare.
Very convinced.
Concubine Rong was also an insider, so she smiled and said, "It's so good, why does the empress want to set up a girls' school?"
Yue Wangshu smiled and said, "I don't mean anything else. I just saw that many girls in other families are as illiterate as the blind people. I really felt that it was a pity. So I came up with the idea of setting up a girls' school."
Although Princess Ding disagreed, she still said quickly: "The Queen is kind and kind, which is naturally a good thing."
The queen is also a doting queen who has always won the Sacred Heart. Even if the clan members disagree, they will never raise it in person.
Yue Wangshu smiled: "I also know that, like the royal family, and those girls from princely families, there is no shortage of teachers. Therefore, for this female school, I only plan to recruit some middle-class and lower-class students from poor families.
When you wait for other people’s little girls, you don’t just teach them how to read and write, but more importantly, they learn the rules and etiquette, and the virtues of women.”
The clan members were dumbfounded for a moment. They were originally worried that the queen would force their own girls to go to the Raushi Women's School!
The co-author Queen Empress excluded them from the beginning?!
Immediately, I couldn't help but feel a little flustered and uneasy.
People, it's easier to be mean.
No one will cherish what is given for free.
But if you can't buy it even if you give money, it will be very frustrating.
Concubine Xiang smiled and said: "Other schools always select the best from the best. Why doesn't the Queen choose the best, but only the poorest?"
Yue Wangshu straightened his temples: "You aristocratic families, are you missing a ceremonial nun or a nun master? You don't have to compete with those ordinary little girls. Besides, girls' school is not like boys' school, both inside and outside.
You have to be cautious, and naturally you won’t be able to accept too many students.”
Concubine Rong nodded and said, "I see. Your Majesty is still kind and considerate."
Okay, this scene is finally done.
Later, each sect will personally release the news. If the major families know about it, naturally the middle-level families below will also know about it soon.
In this way, you won’t have to worry about your source of income.
Yue Wangshu looked at Yao Manzhi, who had always been as quiet as a wallflower: "Since Princess Chou is the first headmaster of Yuxiang Girls' School, you should be more concerned about the selection of female students."
Everyone's eyes suddenly turned to this young princess.
Yao Manzhi stood up slowly, curtsied and said, "Yes, I will do my best."
The queen established a school for girls, and the princess became the head of the mountain!
The quality of Yuxiang Academy has been raised high enough!
However, Yue Wangshu is still unavoidably worried. Can a new thing like a women's school be accepted? If there are not enough places to be recruited... that doesn't matter. Anyway, it has not been announced to the public how many places it will recruit. It is only said that there are not many places.
.Even if we only accept a dozen, we can say that we are full.
Well, don't be nervous, you can't lose your strength.
Yue Wangshu looked around elegantly at everyone present, but saw that the faces of the clan members present were different, some frowned, some were ready to make a move, and some were quite tangled.
Concubine Xiang saw this and smiled and said, "My concubine is very excited after hearing this. I really want to find a place for my own girl."
Yue Wangshu just said that he would not choose a girl from an aristocratic family, so he smiled and said: "It's not that I'm unreasonable, this is only the first year, why not wait until next year." - Now that the rules have been set, it won't work this year.
drop.
"I have made a note of it, my concubine. Don't regret it when the time comes!" Concubine Xiang immediately hit the snake and put it on the stick.
Yue Wangshu secretly laughed, I just asked you to compliment me, there is no need to be so serious...
Yao Manzhi, the head of the female academy, also smiled and said: "Then the queen will have to leave two places for me next year. I have several little nieces in my mother's family."
"Okay!" Yue Wangshu nodded happily, and you are quite good at following him.
The always indifferent Langui concubine Shen suddenly spoke: "Empress, the Shen family is just an ordinary scholar's family, not a wealthy family. We, the younger girls of the Shen family, shouldn't be turned away, right?"
Yue Wangshu was slightly surprised. She had not communicated with Lan Guifei in advance...
Then he could only say: "Whether to admit or not will be decided by Princess Chou on the basis of merit."
"I understand." Lan Guifei pursed her lips and smiled slightly, looking quite confident.
Next to Lan Guifei, Fang Guifei couldn't help but want to join in the fun, but she thought that her nieces were really inferior to girls from scholarly families. Wouldn't it be even more embarrassing if they were not admitted by then? So she closed her eyes.
mouth.
This late summer, everything inside and outside Gyeonggi is in full swing.
Especially Princess Chou’s door was about to be trampled down!
Such a grand occasion was something that Yao Manzhi, the initiator, never expected. Not to mention Gyeonggi, even the entire Zhili Province, and even middle-class families from neighboring provinces also came to sign up after hearing the news. Even this Earl's Mansion and that Minister's Mansion claimed to be middle-class families.
I can't find a decent etiquette nanny in my family...
Yao Manzhi is both sad and happy.
There were over a thousand applicants, and after repeated screening, 200 people were finally selected.
Yue Wangshu expected that there would be only a few dozen people, making up one or two classes.
Fortunately, the dormitory was specially built, so Yao Manzhi dared to recruit so many female students.
They are all young girls of seven or eight years old. Their family backgrounds are neither high nor low. Although they do not have to work hard, they rarely have the opportunity to study. These people have the best chance to change their destiny by entering a girls' school.
a group of people.
The textbooks are prepared early in the morning. You need to read the bad books, the Four Books, the etiquette of female celebrities, the music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even arithmetic, incense mixing, tea making, cooking... there are more than a dozen kinds of skills.
course!
In short, studying is very hard and will not be easier than studying for boys.
Hope they can persevere.
Yue Wangshu prayed silently, then put down the food booklet in his hand, "Hire a few more cooks, and the food expenses can be increased."
At least let them eat a little better.
Yao Manzhi couldn't help but whispered: "Then we will lose money..."
Yue Wangshu smiled and said: "You still expect to make money?" - Losing money is certain.
Yao Manzhi's face turned slightly red, "I just hope that I can make ends meet..." After all, the tuition fee is not high, and a middle-income family can easily pay it.
Yue Wangshu smiled and reassured: "It's okay. The income from Rose Ridge Imperial Manor will be placed in the name of the female school, and the rent will be used to make up for it."
Yao Manzhi silently estimated it, and then smiled with relief, that was enough.
The first girls' school in the Dayan Dynasty officially opened in the autumn of this year.
