After the villain was defeated, she still had power in the government

Xiaoqing was anxious and grabbed Xin Huarong's hand, "Arong, you won't really listen to her and send Silan to the academy, right? There are only men there. If Silan goes there, what will happen to her reputation? How can she get married in the future?"

Xin Huarong understood her concerns and said directly without keeping her in suspense: "It is sent. But it is not going to the women's academy - Meiyuan Academy."

"Meiyuan Academy?" Xiaoqing was stunned again.

Xin Huarong nodded slightly and said, "That academy was founded by Atang at the request of the late emperor, and it only accepts female students."

She didn't know how Atang persuaded the late emperor to agree to establish a girls' academy, a groundbreaking move that broke tradition and was unprecedented and will never be repeated.

But she will always remember Atang's bright eyes and determined expression when he told her the news.

"Atang said that a woman's life should not be limited to bearing children and raising her husband.

They came into this world not to carry on the family line, not to revolve around their husbands and children, and certainly not to be trapped in a small place called "home."

They came to this world, like everyone else, to see how flowers bloom, how water flows, how vast the blue sky is, and how bright the starry sky is.

They are flowers, birds, fish, and they are free.

They can take root in the earth, be as tenacious as grass, and be as full of vitality as trees;

They have strong wings that can soar into the sky and compete with eagles;

They have beautiful long tails, are not afraid of wind and waves, and dare to swim among the turbulent waves.

They just lacked an opportunity.

A chance for them to grow up normally.

Atang said that people often say that women are useless, petty-minded, only focus on petty love affairs, and short-sighted, etc. These shallow words are used to describe women.

Little do they know that this is not their nature.

What’s wrong are the rules of this world, the so-called traditions!

The world's dogmas constrain most women, forcing them to spend most of their time confined to this small space in the backyard.

The narrowness of space makes their cognition narrow, which eventually leads to behavioral errors.

If they were given a chance to go out and move around freely, they would not do that.”

Xin Huarong raised her eyes, looked at Xiaoqing's shocked face, and smiled slightly. When she heard these words, she was exactly as shocked as Xiaoqing.

Do you think Atang is crazy?

How can you say such a thing?!

But it cannot be denied that Atang’s words made her heart surge. Yes, who said that women are inferior to men?

It was obvious that when she was at her mother's house, she was more talented in accounting and business than her older brother who was taught by their father.

Just because she was a girl, her father ignored her talents, locked her up in the backyard, confined her to the boudoir, and did not allow her to inquire about or interfere in the family business.

This is not fair.

This was the first time that Xin Huarong had this realization.

“Ah Tang said that he didn’t know how much he could do, and he couldn’t immediately free women in the world from being bound by dogma.

What he could do was to allow women in the world to read and write like men, so that they could understand the wider world outside through the words in books and broaden their horizons...

Moreover, I heard from Silan that because the ministers in the court were opposed to the opening of Meiyuan Academy, after the death of the late emperor, Meiyuan Academy has been managed by the Ministry of Justice where Atang worked.

Of course, all expenses are also borne by the Ministry of Justice.

Over the years, Atang has opened classes in medicine, cooking, pastry, embroidery, woodworking, wine making and other skills that are useful for settling down and making a living. Any girl can go if they want to learn...

Silan has learned a lot of skills.

In order to avoid falling behind Silan and making her think that I, as a mother, was useless, I secretly found myself a female teacher while Silan was attending the academy. I planned to follow Silan to the academy after I finished the basic courses.

I heard that there is an arithmetic class in the academy, and the girls there are better than each other at calculating, I want to go and take a look..."

Having said that, Xin Huarong raised his head and looked directly at Xiaoqing. There was a look on his face that had never been seen before, and it seemed as if his whole body was shining.

She extended her hand towards her and invited her, "Xiaoqing, let's study together and go to the academy together. Atang is right, we are no worse than others, we just lack an opportunity."