Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

"The first girl is kind-hearted and knows how to take care of herself. The second girl is smart and knows how to protect herself. The third girl calmly tells the truth..."

"The twenty girls we recruited all have their own ideas and are very brave and can handle things independently."

"Since you have ideas, the academy will teach you how to deal with such things next time you encounter them, so as not to implicate yourself and help others."

The people had never heard such words before. They looked at each other for a moment, not knowing what to say.

The mother of the first wealthy family's daughter came forward to speak.

"Sir, my husband is a cloth merchant. I want to donate some clothes to the teachers and students of the academy to make school uniforms!"

Shen Lanxi glanced at Ji Xiuran. Money, here it comes.

The Women's Academy did not receive any funding from the imperial court, so naturally it did not have an accountant. Ji Xiuran personally went to negotiate with the wealthy merchant's wife.

After that, there are the school uniform styles and fabrics to be chosen and discussed.

Some people with quick thoughts also stood up.

"Sir, I am willing to donate tables and chairs to the academy." Her family is a furniture manufacturer.

"Sir, I am willing to donate pens, ink, paper and inkstone to the academy." Her family is in the business of studying tools.

"Sir, I am willing to donate five hundred taels of silver..." This was the mother of the girl who had not spoken and was not selected. She wanted to ask for a place for her daughter.

Shen Lanxi left everything to Ji Xiuran to handle.

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"The academy now has desks, chairs, benches, four treasures of the study, and school uniforms!"

"Yes!"

"The tuition for the gentlemen has also been paid!"

"Yes!"

"Master Ji, when selecting students for teaching, pick more poor students with good conduct and from poor families!"

"The civil service examination is about to begin. Those who come to participate are all the best from all over the country. Many of them can only sleep in dilapidated temples outside the city or squeeze into a dormitory with many people. The conditions are very difficult."

Ji Xiuran's eyes were filled with tears, he looked up at Shen Lanxi, and the next moment, he clasped his hands together respectfully.

"On behalf of those poor students, I would like to thank you, Lord Shen!"

After a long discussion and finalizing the next steps, Shen Lanxi handed over the girls' academy to Shen Yuanxu and Ji Xiuran, and she went to take care of other things.

The women's academy was running in full swing, but many officials in the court were not optimistic about it.

"Women should stay at home and learn to be frugal and manage the household. How can they show up in public every day?"

"This is simply heresy. I want to see how Shen Lanxi will explain to those girls if the girls' academy becomes a filthy place."

"Shen Lanxi is definitely harboring evil intentions. People are now talking about Shen Lanxi, saying that she opened a women's academy to teach girls from poor families to cling to the rich and powerful."

"She can't even think of teaching those girls the dirty tricks of the inner house. She's not teaching the girls sensible things, she's harming them!"

"Master Liu, you have to take the lead in stopping this matter. You must not let the Women's Academy continue!"

Liu Mingxin was also extremely worried and had a headache.

In the past two days, the girls in the family have been clamoring to go to the Women's Academy. Although the teacher they invited to the family was not a great scholar, he was also a very famous teacher in the capital. How could he be inferior to a small women's academy?

"A group of women surrounding a young student, how can that be proper?"

Liu Mingxin's eyes lit up. He had a good idea that would allow the girls' academy to close without him having to do it himself.

After the court meeting ended, Liu Mingxin immediately went to see the dean of Bailu Academy.

"Brother Daoxue, the civil service exam is coming soon, and students should focus on studying instead of going out and fooling around and wasting their studies."

Sun Daoxue put down the book and looked at Liu Mingxin, whose face was clearly filled with anger.

"Brother Mingxin, what do you think the imperial examination is about?"

Liu Mingxin was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Of course it is to pass the imperial examination, become an official in the court, and benefit the people!"

Sun Daoxue sighed and said, "There are tens of thousands of scholars in the world. Can they all pass the imperial examinations and become officials in the court?"

Liu Mingxin was stunned by this. He hesitated and said, "Of course not. The imperial examination is to select talents, so naturally we should select the best ones!"

Sun Daoxue: "What about those who were not hired?"

Liu Mingxin was stunned again.

Sun Daoxue: "I remember that Brother Mingxin also presided over the imperial examination. I wonder if you have ever been to the city wall where the results were announced. Many students failed the exam again and again even though they were already old. They had to repeat the exam again and again."

Liu Mingxin was silent for a moment and then said, "What does this have to do with what I told you?"

The imperial examination is like a vast army crossing a canoe. Those who fail can only blame themselves for not studying hard and not working hard, and cannot blame others.

Sun Daoxue glanced at Liu Mingxin, smiled helplessly and said, "Of course there is a connection. Those students who made the list will naturally be able to make the leap to success and become officials in the imperial court, receiving a salary from the court. But for those who didn't make the list, how do you expect them to make a living and support their families?"

Liu Mingxin was silent.

Sun Daoxue: "Are you going to let them take exams until they are old, and then do nothing but accept support from their families, and focus all their attention on studying?"

Is that realistic?

How many students used to be well-off and didn’t have to support a family? How many students’ families could really support a person who failed the exam year after year without any regrets?

"Brother Mingxin, studying is also a way to make a living, and it can also be used to support a family!" Sun Daoxue said meaningfully.

Liu Mingxin wanted to refute, but didn't know how to refute.

He has already been appointed as the regent minister and has great power in the government. He can't just tell his old friend that he doesn't allow students from the academy to attend classes at the women's academy and that he wants to make things difficult for Shen Lanxi, right?

"Brother Mingxin, you and I are both from the imperial examination system, and we are classmates and friends, but we have different ambitions. You go to the court to serve as an official, and I come to the academy to teach. You and I have different directions, and our understanding of things is also different."

"For teachers, it is our hope that everyone in the world can learn to read and understand the truth. There is no discrimination in education!"

Liu Mingxin was silent for a long time, then left in silence.

Even so, he still didn't think Shen Lanxi was right.

The court officials were all waiting for the people above to attack the women's academy. They waited and waited, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

When all grades of the girls' college were filled, no one stood up to resist.

Some people couldn't hold back any longer and found the Left Prime Minister Wu Yanzhi.

"Prime Minister, we cannot let Shen Lanxi continue to be so arrogant. Shen Lanxi is simply destroying the foundation of our Great Zhou."

Wu Yanzhi replied contemptuously: "It's just a few girls going to school, it's just a minor fight. The foundation of our Great Zhou is men. As long as Shen Lanxi doesn't touch our Great Zhou men, she can make a fuss as she wants. If it gets out of hand, His Majesty will naturally discipline her."

He would never be the first to stand out and be disliked by His Majesty.