Eight hundred and sixtieth chapters knowledgeable?
No matter what the emperor's original intention was, according to what Zhang Shou said to Zhu Ying, he had already summarized incisively what he had to do when he was a teacher to the tiger, and that was... nonsense! When Zhu Ying heard this, he once laughed.
I was so excited that I even quietly ran over to listen once, and I almost wanted to go and listen to the fun every day.
After all, wasn't she attracted by Zhang Shou's eclectic conversation in the first place?
However, she herself is not an idle person now, because those six Goryeo daughters were directly allocated to girls' schools by the emperor's hand. Therefore, she had to get to know these girls well and then arrange them well. The result was just now
As soon as they met, her blazing fire of vigilance was immediately doused with a basin of ice water.
She planned and prepared in advance as if people were her own age. As a result... the two eldest ones were a little younger than her, but the other four could not be more than fourteen years old at most! The timid look of the youngest one made her
It almost feels like I have just turned ten!
After Zhu Ying asked her in person, she found that her judgment was generally correct. Among the six girls from Korea, the oldest was sixteen years old, two years younger than her who was one year older during the Chinese New Year, and the youngest was eleven years old.
It was as childish as a child. Even though she had never had any good impressions of Korean girls, she still softened her heart when she was looked at by those aggrieved eyes.
Miss Zhu, who is said to be arrogant and domineering outside, has always been arrogant on the outside but gentle on the heart. Zhang Shou said this, but she has never felt that she is gentle. However, at this moment, Zhu Ying finally realized that clearly
It's the outsiders who she thinks she should hate and resent...at least it doesn't matter at all, but she can't ignore them. Isn't this gentle?
Well, her heart is really too soft, and I don’t know how the girls in Korea were chosen. All the girls looked weak and timid, and the youngest one was even a little naive, but never mind at this time.
Whoever, the posture of bowing deeply is exactly the same.
She took a deep breath and then said with a straight face: "Everyone, raise your heads. This is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, not your place. I don't care what others said when they taught you etiquette, but in a place like a women's school
, the first thing we teach is to hold your head high and chest out, and look straight. As a woman, you should neither be humble nor arrogant. Don’t always look humble and aggrieved!"
Even when women had the highest status in the Han and Tang Dynasties, there was Ban Zhao who wrote "Girls' Commandments". Not to mention that since the Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism has become popular and women have more and more shackles. Even the Taizu of this dynasty once sternly condemned foot binding and
Despite the ancestral teachings, there are still perverted people among the people who practice this method. Therefore, the posture of a woman with her head lowered and her eyes lowered is even more natural in many families.
As for the Lee family in Korea, where women had a lower status, not to mention that the etiquette was changed from the etiquette of the Song and Ming Dynasties, and even some parts that were more in line with the national tradition were deliberately added, and the words "early marriage" were even more
It was implemented more thoroughly than in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ying disliked that the girls sent here were too young and childish, but put them over there...
This is the normal age for marriage for royal and even aristocratic women. Sixteen-year-old girls are already too old, so the two still delayed their wedding due to family matters. They are quite sweet-looking, and the chamberlain who selected them felt that they could treat the emperor tomorrow.
I have an appetite, so I was stuffed in just to make up the numbers!
Of course Zhu Ying didn't know that because Shizong and Gaozong liked soft and cute young girls, the Li family in Korea still selected these people who looked younger than the other at first glance according to the preferences of the two emperors.
A lady. And precisely because she was young, had no experience, and was not intimidated, Zhu Ying said this with a straight face, and they all nodded immediately.
But when they really wanted to raise their heads, everyone was trembling with fear. It wasn't until Zhu Ying scolded them again that the frightened deer stood up straight in a panic, trying to raise their heads to look at Zhu Ying's level. But what they saw was that the face was so beautiful that it was incomparably beautiful.
However, some people lowered their heads or averted their eyes because they were ashamed of themselves. In the end, except for the youngest, no one dared to continue looking at Zhu Ying.
Faced with such a situation, even though she could understand it in her heart. After all, among the first batch of girls admitted to the women's school, some were afraid of her when they saw her, but Zhu Ying still couldn't help but get angry.
Fortunately, the eldest lady warned herself over and over again not to act too hastily, and finally calmed down her anger, but her voice finally revealed a bit of dissatisfaction: "Someone tampered with the edict before, so the King of Korea sent you here, and the emperor was waiting to take care of you.
You sent them back, but what did your envoy say? It would only be worse if you were sent back. Now, I ask you..."
"Do you want to go back or stay?" Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Ying heard a loud voice: "I want to go back!"
However, before she even had time to admire the youngest girl, she saw a hand next to her suddenly pull her over, and then another girl panicked and covered the little girl's mouth with one hand. Immediately afterwards, that
The oldest girl, however, bravely opened her arms to block the others.
"She is still young and ignorant, so please forgive me. It is impossible for us to go back. Our family is one of the top families in the country. Our sisters are either married to the royal family or married to children of other well-matched families.
Even if the imperial edict was really tampered with, if we were sent back, no one would say it was a mistake before..."
"Rather, they will only say that the Celestial Empire looks down on us! For the sake of the family's reputation, no matter how much our parents loved us in the past, they will not accept us daughters. And our brothers and sisters will also suffer from unsatisfactory careers and marriages.
And hate us. So, although I also want to go back, I can’t."
Zhu Ying didn't think that people from the same hometown or clan would naturally share the same hatred and hatred, let alone have the same external thoughts just because they were in the same situation. Although she didn't read much history, her eldest brother liked reading, and Zhang Shou did.
People have a lot of messy stories, so she has also heard many stories about sisters and friends who were once close to her and turned against each other.
So, seeing this scene at this moment, and seeing the eldest girl trying to look directly at her, she was not angry but happy: "It's good to be able to defend openly, and I finally have some courage. And that
The little girl who said she wanted to go back was also good. The two who covered her mouth and pulled people away were also good."
At this point, she glanced at the two remaining stunned girls over there with some disgust, but said lightly: "Since your envoy said so and you think so yourself, then you can stay in peace.
It's good here. There is no shortage of people in the palace, and if you girls who are being waited on at home are asked to wait on others, I think you won't be very good at it."
"And just like sharing vegetables and meat, letting the bosses in the court take you back to warm your bed, I guess you don't want this."
Seeing that the faces of several girls turned pale, the oldest one bit her lips and nodded slightly. Zhu Ying then continued: "So, the emperor is kind-hearted and after thinking about it, he sent you here. This is a new building.
For women’s studies, the current Princess Yongping is in charge, followed by me, and the talented Lady Hong who teaches painting in Ciqing Palace.”
They were sent here early in the morning, along with all their luggage. As the envoy, Councilor Li Cao didn't give any more instructions, let alone explain what was going on. The six girls were all worried at first.
Ever since the news of the death of the second prince of the Celestial Dynasty came, they felt that the so-called path of entering the palace as a concubine was completely impossible, and they were afraid that they would be casually left to become concubines by those officials.
As legitimate daughters, they have seen the humble posture of the concubines at home, treating their brothers and sisters as servants. Who can be willing to end up like this? Therefore, after hearing the last part of Zhu Ying's words, the age
The two oldest ones breathed a long sigh of relief and then felt their legs were a little weak.
However, this one was not optimistic. Just now, the childish young girl broke through the other people's mouth-covering offensive, opened her mouth and shouted: "Then are we going to study in a girls' school in the future?"
Zhu Ying has always disliked people who follow too many rules - after all, the eldest lady herself doesn't like those kinds of rules. In addition, at this time, she felt that these six Korean girls finally had a little bit of interest, so she walked forward with a smile.
, suddenly reached out and pinched the right cheek that still had baby fat, and then smiled.
"The first batch of students in the women's school have been recruited. Among them are daughters from famous families, some from small families, and a few specially selected girls. Firstly, you have not passed the examination. Secondly, many of you have also studied. You are here.
Let’s give some tips to the ladies and make a history of women.”
Although I am very unfamiliar with the title of female history, and it is obviously not a job worthy of attention, but when several Korean women looked at me, they all felt that this was the best result.
As a result, the next moment, the little girl, who had been having a headache since the beginning, spoke again: "I have read books, but I don't know a few words in total. Why can't I read? Sisters, you have read many books.
?"
Zhu Ying saw that each of the girls wanted to lower their heads as low as possible, as if they wanted to crawl into the cracks of the ground. She couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then suddenly burst into laughter.
She was laughed at as being ignorant and unskilled, so she never got along with talented girls like Princess Yongping. I was really worried before that if there were any talented girls among the Korean tribute girls this time, would they be arrogant and so on?
, and in the end, it was this little girl who was so unabashed that she exposed the lie of the Korean envoy!
She couldn't help but tugged the other person's cheek affectionately again, and asked in a very casual tone: "Then what books have you read and how many words do you know?"
"I've read "The Thousand Character Essay"! I know about four to five hundred characters in it, but I'm not very good at writing it."
The little girl's answer was very straightforward, but it also fully exposed her knowledge. However, she did not see the miserable expressions of the others and continued to say enthusiastically, "I really want to study, but my father said that girls don't have to
It doesn’t matter if you study, as long as my elder brother and younger brother study.”
Seeing that Zhu Ying did not scold, several other Korean girls looked at me and honestly told what they had learned one by one. So, the Li Cao counselor said that he was well-educated and carefully selected from the famous family.
Qianjin, his true nature is revealed.
Half of them can read but can't write very well. As for the other half...that is, three people, they can't even recognize Chinese characters!
If Zhang Shou were here, facing this delicate situation, he would definitely smile and feel that it is very normal. The most basic education of reading and writing was only really popularized in the world where he came from.
No matter which dynasty in history, even the Song and Ming dynasties, it was not much better. Even in the so-called scholarly and official families, not all women were literate.
As for that poor country on the Koryo Peninsula...the so-called rich family can't allow all girls to write good books?
Although Zhu Ying once again lowered her evaluation of these Korean girls, she felt that the youngest girl was unpretentious and quite interesting. She said in a nonchalant tone: "Well, let me take you to the study first.
, those who can recognize the titles of the books clearly will be the female historians who tidy up the study room, and the others... I will think about what you can do."
No one dared to object to such an arrangement. In fact, they were already embarrassed when the youngest girl exposed the true face of everyone's so-called knowledgeable people.
It's just that in the past, tribute girls entered the palace, and whether they were literate or not was secondary. Whether they could please the emperor was the most important, so even if they were exposed, it wouldn't be a big deal. But this time, after a series of incidents, they all
Afraid of being held accountable for this.
Now that she had put down the huge stone in her heart and followed Zhu Ying out, the oldest Korean woman asked cautiously: "From now on, when we serve in the women's school, we will naturally follow orders, but we don't know that you are...
…”
Zhu Ying was now married, so she naturally wore her hair in a woman's bun, so when she heard the word "noble", she was stunned for a while, and then she laughed. Except for the youngest girl, everyone else
She was silent for a moment, then stopped, and then said calmly: "You can put away the word noble, I am not from the palace."
"The Emperor is almost like half a father to me. I am Zhu Ying, the wife of Zhang Jiuzhang, the counselor of the East Palace, and the daughter of Duke Zhao. So when you see me in the future, you can call me Inspector Zhu, or you can call me Yiren as an honorific. Of course, you don't need to add
The honorific doesn’t matter, wasn’t that how you all came here just now?”
The eldest woman was hurriedly thinking that although she could only read roughly, someone had urgently taught them some of the most necessary things before coming to Ming Dynasty, such as what kind of title a duke of the country held, and what were the levels of married women inside and outside the country.
——So, she was a little surprised that Zhu Ying, who was born in the Duke's palace, actually ranked her husband, who was clearly not a high-ranking official, at the front.
But after all, this was someone else's business, and she just kept it in mind. When she followed Zhu Ying to the so-called study, she saw the tall bookshelves against the walls that could almost reach the sky, and the neatly arranged bookshelf in the middle.
While she was amazed by the neatly arranged low bookshelves, she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of herself.
Zhu Ying glanced at them, and then said with a smile: "Okay, pick ten books by yourself, and then read the titles!"