Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the instructions for the northwest for the time being. What he was most worried about was the battle with Timur. It was best to avoid it, but for such a big event, he had to prepare for the worst.
The second day is the first day of February, which is not an important day originally. But on the first day of the lunar new year, Xiyao gave birth to Wen Yin, and it has been a month since she was born. Today is Wen Yin's full moon, so Yunxi did not
At noon, I rushed to Kunning Palace to celebrate Wen Yin's full moon and to celebrate Xiyao's confinement.
Everyone knows that Yunxi attaches great importance to Xiyao's confinement, and it is Wenyin's full moon, so people in the palace such as Yunlan and others came over, and those outside the palace who could not enter the palace were also given gifts. Yunxi came.
After arriving at Kunning Palace, he saw many gifts from his aunts.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a total of sixteen daughters and two nieces. Now Princess Chongning, the second daughter of Taizu, Princess Shouchun, the ninth daughter, the tenth princess, the thirteenth princess, and the emperor's niece Princess Fucheng have died one after another. The remaining eldest princesses include
At this time, Princess Ningguo, who lived in Chuzhou with her consort Mei Yin, sent gifts. Among them, Princess Fuqing's gift was the most valuable.
Baoqing's gift was the simplest, just giving some children's toys to Wen Yin. Yunxi and Xiyao had always raised Baoqing as their daughter and didn't care.
But seeing Baoqing and Siqi, Xiyao remembered something again. After lunch, she said to Yunxi: "Husband, Baoqing and Siqi are seven years old this year. We can no longer shirk school. After all,
What should we do?" Xiyao thought of this matter last year and discussed it with Yunxi, but Yunxi didn't have any good ideas at that time, so he just said we would wait until next year; now that next year has arrived, the two of them are already seven years old, and they can't delay it any longer.
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"My husband is also thinking about this matter. After much thought, I finally felt that the education methods of the princess and princess must be reformed."
"Those who are now in their teens, such as Yunzhi and others, will not change; for the clan girls aged seven to nine this year, the current 'Royal Girls' School' will be abolished and a girls' school in the capital will be established. All officials of the seventh rank or above in the capital, hereditary civil and military officials, will
Daughters of lords and lords of the same age can all choose to enroll in school. If officials of seventh rank or above from other places are willing to send their daughters to school, they can do so."
"Girls in the clan do not have to pay tuition fees, while other girls pay certain tuition fees."
"The school system is set to nine years, from the age of seven to fifteen, and no grade skipping is allowed."
"To reassure the officials, all the gentlemen are female officials inside the palace or educated women outside the palace, and it is strictly forbidden for any man to enter the school, including me."
Xiyao was stunned for a moment when Yunxi told her idea. She knew that Yunxi was very obsessed with schools and had established a martial arts hall and a royal academy successively, but she didn't expect that he would establish a girls' school.
Yunxi himself felt that this idea was a bit ahead of the times, but he also had his own goals and would not give in. If it didn't work, he would make a ration and let all the girls of the right age from the Xungui family enter school.
After a long while, Xiyao said: "My husband will not do this just to solve the problem of Siqi's study. What is your purpose?"
"First of all, of course, it is to solve the matter of Siqi's study. Her status is embarrassing and it was discussed last year."
"The second step is to choose a princess for the royal family, and even choose a queen for Wen Yuan in the future."
"I am very lucky," Yunxi looked at Xiyao and said, "I met a queen like you, Yao'er, but our children may not be as lucky as me. We may not be able to choose a suitable queen or princess just based on hearsay."
Xiyao blushed at what he said and turned away. Yunxi smiled and continued: "As for a qualified queen, the princess is very important and must be taken seriously. So in order to better select the concubine, I
Determined to establish a girls’ school.”
"You or Xiyi or other concubines can go to the school in person and choose the girls you like. If Baoqing, Siqi, Min'er and others get along with them in the school, they will definitely be able to treat those girls with bad character.
Eliminate it: It is easy for a person to pretend for a few days, but if he pretends for several years and gets along day and night, his true temperament will definitely be revealed."
"And it is easy for them to communicate with peers. Wen Yuan, Wen Qi, and Wen Yin will probably tell Min'er and the others what they think about their wives in the future, and Min'er and the others will also make suggestions to us based on their thoughts.
Candidate. In this way, we can definitely select a suitable concubine."
Xiyao was shocked by Yunxi's idea. In the previous generation, there were emperors who selected a girl as a princess when she was less than ten years old, but it was unheard of to choose a concubine through Yunxi's method.
But after Xiyao came to her senses, she first asked an unrelated question: "Husband, haven't you thought about betrothing Siqi to Wenyuan as his wife?"
Siqi entered the palace shortly after she was born and was raised by sisters Xiyao. Xiyao knew Siqi very well and felt that she had a very good temperament, at least now it seems that she is suitable to be a queen. She had this idea last year, so she has this
Just ask.
"Siqi," Yunxi muttered, "she is more than two years older than Wenyuan."
"Just two and a half years older, it doesn't count," Xiyao said.
"It depends on their thoughts in the future. If Wenyuan likes Siqi and Siqi doesn't resist, he can make Siqi his queen. If neither of them has any thoughts, that's it." Yunhe said.
Xiyao nodded. The harmonious relationship between the queen and the emperor is very important and may even affect the stability of the country. If they hate each other in the future, it is better not to get together.
Xiyao thought about it at this time and felt that it was not impossible to set up a girls' school. As long as the palace ban could be guaranteed, there would be officials willing to send their daughters to the school to study.
So she asked: "Husband, how can we prevent palace confinement?"
"The location of the school was chosen in the imperial city close to the palace city. There are still some free places in the imperial city where schools and dormitories can be built."
"The school adopts fully closed teaching. On the 15th, 16th and 17th of every month, students are allowed to go home during the three-day holiday. During the rest of the time, no students are allowed to leave the school. Students' fathers, brothers, and male servants are not allowed to enter the school at any time.
, the mother is not allowed to enter the school. If there are students who are unwilling or unable to go home, they can also stay in the school dormitory."
"No man is allowed to enter the school, including me and all the princes. I summoned all the eunuchs and maids who guard the school and told them: If I want to enter the school and they stop me, I may execute them in anger.
But their families can be saved, and I will receive some compensation later; if they put me in school, I will definitely deal with their whole family later."
Yunxi established extremely strict regulations to ensure that no bad reputation would spread.
Xiyao thought for a while and felt that there was no better way. After asking for a few more details, she decided to set up a girls' school.