Time passed by in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the seventh year of Jianye.
This is the seventh year of Sheng Hong's accession to the throne.
Group after group of veteran ministers over fifty years of age have retired from official service. Most of those who succeeded them were young and promising new scholars.
Most of these new nobles in the officialdom were Jinshi scholars of the same age as Lu Chi. Naturally, Lu Chi was the leader and followed the young emperor. They formed an emerging force in the court that should not be underestimated.
The emperor has always had great respect and trust for several senior ministers. Several senior ministers who were over fifty years old occasionally had disputes and dissatisfaction with the emperor, but in general, the emperor and his ministers got along harmoniously and happily.
After the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel resigned from office, Chen Shilang took over.
Xie Jun, who has been the Minister of Rites for several years, can't help but feel a little regretful. He couldn't get into the cabinet, but actually it would be good to be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel...
Among the six books, the Ministry of Personnel is the well-deserved first. The Book of Personnel is also the first among the six. When the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel became an official, Xie Jun's mind became active. He specially asked the Xu family and Sun to lead Xie Zijin, the granddaughter of the Xie family and the head of the house.
Enter the palace to see Queen Xie.
There are some things that don’t need to be said explicitly, but a few hints. How can we not guess the emperor and empress’s plans?
It is a pity that Queen Xie has no intention of vigorously supporting her mother's family, and the emperor has no intention of promoting his father-in-law's official position.
The emperor issued an edict in the court to appoint Chen Shilang as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Xie Jun was disappointed in his heart, but he didn't show any emotion on his face and came forward to congratulate him enthusiastically. When Chen Shangshu was serving wine to celebrate, he also sent
A generous gift.
The Xie and Chen families were not close at first.
However, Chen Zhan was a classmate of the emperor and a close confidant, and Qin Sihun was a classmate and close friend of the queen, who often worked for the queen. The eldest grandson of the Chen family was studying in the palace. As a result, the Chen family and the Xie family quickly became closer.
In addition to the Chen family, the Lin family, the Lu family, the Zhao family and other famous families in the capital also frequently interacted with the Xie family.
Nowadays, the Xie Mansion has already got rid of the shadow cast by the soft-fed male owner in the past few years, and has become a prominent upstart in the capital.
This is the most real and tangible honor that Xie Mingxi has brought to the Xie family.
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Today's Xie Mansion is prosperous.
The second wife, Xie Yuanzhou and his wife, gave birth to another son in the past three years, totaling three sons. Yu Wan also gave birth to a son and a daughter for Xie Wei.
The eldest son, Xie Yuanting, had only one daughter. Sun became pregnant again a year ago and hoped to have a child at one stroke.
Fourth Miss Xie, Xie Rouxi, has grown up to be a girl from Pingting. She is thirteen years old and studying at Lianchi Academy. Although she is not as talented as Xie Mingxi, she is still famous.
Xie Wuye, Xie Yuanlou, is twelve years old this year and studying at Songzhu Academy. Xie Jun has high hopes for his young son and has taught Xie Yuanlou strictly since he was young.
Xie Yuanlou lived up to his expectations. He was very talented and diligent in studying. He was admitted to Songzhu Academy with the second place in the entrance exam two years ago. Now he is famous in Songzhu Academy.
Xie Yuanting, the eldest son of the Xie family... is also a story that makes people talk about it.
Xie Yuanting's qualifications were mediocre and his right leg was lame. No matter how diligently he studied, he could not become an official in the imperial examination. However, the biggest requirement of the Xie family for Xie Yuanting was not to get into trouble. From this point of view, Xie Yuanting completely achieved this goal.
Since the birth of his daughter Baozhu (Xie Yuanting refused to call his daughter by her full name and insisted on giving her the nickname Baozhu), Xie Yuanting has become a peerless good father who dotes on his daughter as much as she wants. He is comparable to the emperor who is famous in both the government and the public for doting on his daughter.
Sheng Hong spends most of his time every day occupied by government affairs and has no time to spend time with A Luo. Xie Yuanting, on the other hand, has nothing to do and spends most of his time with his daughter every day.
Before his daughter learned to speak, Xie Yuanting had already listed several pages of teaching plans. Since his daughter was two years old, he has taught her to read and read every day...
Sun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she held Xie Yuanting's ear and said, "Zi Jin is still young, and he can't even speak well. If he wants to study, he has to be enlightened after he is four years old."
Xie Yuanting cried out in pain and said bitterly: "My little Baozhu is born smart, it doesn't matter if he studies earlier."
After being beaten twice, Xie Yuanting did the next best thing and read to his daughter every day for half an hour.
Probably due to the influence of his eyes and ears, Xie Zijin was able to fluently recite the Three-Character Classic of Hundred Family Surnames at the age of three. After being officially enlightened at the age of four, his reading progress was extremely rapid, far better than that of children of the same age.
Seeing that his granddaughter was so smart, Xie Jun felt very proud. He stroked his beard and said with a proud smile: "Zi Jin has an excellent memory and can draw inferences from one instance to another, just like her aunt when she was a child."
Xie Yuanting: "..."
His daughter is obviously smarter than Xie Mingxi when she was young!
Xie Yuanting was dissatisfied, but he dared not say a word.
In fact, Xie Zijin not only has outstanding talent, but his appearance is also quite similar to Xie Mingxi's when he was young.
In the Xie family, being praised for looking like Xie Mingxi when she was young is the highest compliment.
In the mansions of various famous families in the capital, this has become a common lament among the female relatives: "As long as that girl in my family is as good as the queen, I will be so happy that I can't sleep all night long."
"Isn't that right? I also hope that my daughter at home will be smart and capable!"
In the past two years or so, there have been more than ten Gu schools, five charity halls, and more than ten women's workshops in the capital. There are also more and more shops, large and small, that employ women.
The girls' school is free of charge, and they are given two new clothes every quarter and a lunch is provided. People whose families are poor and reluctant to send their daughters to school send their children to Gu's school one after another for the new clothes and free lunch.
The charity hall was dedicated to taking in abandoned baby girls and girls. The women's workshops recruited women from poor families to work. There were many shops in the capital, and they began to be willing to accept women to work.
With their own labor, women can also earn money to support themselves and their children. In this way, women's status in the family has also been improved to a certain extent.
These are all things that Empress Xie vigorously promoted. Many female relatives of famous families actively participated in it. In addition to Lin Weiwei, Qin Sihun and others, there were also many famous ladies who studied at Lianchi Academy or Bailu Academy.
Perhaps their intentions at the beginning were not simple, and most of them were aiming to please Queen Xie. However, the good deeds and righteous deeds they performed were real, and they also changed the fate of many women.
Queen Xie's virtuous reputation is widely spread among women and is becoming more and more popular.
The capital is the center of Daqi, and the great improvement of women's status has directly or indirectly affected the entire Daqi.
This far-reaching change was carried out very peacefully and in a low-key manner. Even the ministers and officials in the DPRK did not take this matter to heart at first.
When this matter gradually became a thing, when the social atmosphere was slowly changing, and when some of the ministers were keenly aware of it, they were no longer able to stop it.
