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

Wang Xiangzhi, the head of the Ministry of Rites, returned home angrily and started to curse: "Women should stay at home to learn the rules of women's conduct and the three obediences and four virtues. It is totally disgraceful and meaningless to show up in public every day and only think about competing with men for profit!"

His wife Zhang came forward with a smile and said, "Master, why are you so angry? Be careful not to get sick." She comforted him and poured him a cup of hot tea.

Wang Xiangzhi angrily slammed the table: "It really makes me angry."

Zhang had a smile on her face, but the smile did not reach her eyes. She waited quietly by the side, and only spoke when she saw that Wang Xiangzhi was no longer so angry.

"It's time to pay the concubine tax this month. The court has issued a new law requiring the head of the household and the mistress of the household to pay the tax together. I went to pay it today, but the government saw that I was the only one there, so they just let me go back."

Wang Xiangzhi was so angry that he slammed the table again. If he went, he would lose all his face.

What kind of crappy law did Shen Lanxi change? It is simply targeting men on purpose and leaving them no way to survive.

Wang Xiangzhi stood up and was about to leave. Just as he reached the door, his two daughters came back happily.

"Father, it just so happens that my sister and I are going to apply for the imperial examination, and we need your signature here."

Wang Xiangzhi felt as if he was struck by lightning. He stared blankly at the registration form his daughter stuffed into his hand, then turned around and questioned Zhang in anger.

"Who told you to send your daughter to a girls' college?"

The same thing also happened to other court officials and ordinary people's homes.

Two days later, women began to submit their registration forms one after another.

On the third day at court, Shen Lanxi brought up the imperial examination for women again.

"No, I object."

"I object, too."

Shen Lanxi looked at the head of the Ministry of Rites and asked, "Lord Wang, you don't object this time?"

Wang Xiangzhi's face turned red and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

What could he say? Could he say that if Zhang didn't agree, he would ask for a divorce? Would he go to the government and accuse her of favoring his concubine over his wife?

Shen Lanxi is simply the greatest scourge of the Great Zhou Dynasty. She is going to destroy his family and make him live in eternal damnation!

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty agrees."

Shen Lanxi chuckled: "Lord Wang must be someone who loves his daughter very much and cares about his family."

Wang Xiangzhi's face turned red, as if he had been slapped dozens of times.

Many court officials looked at Wang Xiangzhi as if he were a traitor.

Wang Xiangzhi had so much grievances that he could not express them in words, and his head was lowered so low that it almost fell to the ground.

"I agree, too."

"I agree too!"

"I agree..."

Shen Lanxi looked at the number of people who agreed and disagreed, nodded with satisfaction and said, "There are more people who agree than those who disagree, which means the minority obeys the majority."

Many court officials stared in dismay, this was not the way it was calculated.

Those who disagree are all senior officials above the third rank, and those who agree are mostly below the third rank. We should listen to those of higher ranks, and those of lower ranks are not qualified to express their opinions.

The three regents, who were in name only, looked at each other in silence.

Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Since women who are taking the civil examination can participate, women who are taking the martial examination can also participate."

Some court officials subconsciously disagreed, but Shen Lanxi continued, "On the battlefield, women kill enemies just like men. It doesn't make sense that men should make great achievements while women are only fit to be soldiers and kill enemies. They don't deserve the same treatment."

The court officials were silent. They didn't know about other teams, but many of the soldiers brought by Shen Lanxi were female guards, and there were also many female doctors.

They saw him off at the city gate several times and saw it with their own eyes.

Besides, they didn't believe that women could beat men. Most women were weak and didn't even dare to kill a chicken.

The assistant minister of the Ministry of War came up with a plan: "I think we can let women take the military examination first. If it goes well, we can gradually allow women to participate."

If no one shows up, or it doesn’t go well, hmm…

The eyes of the assistant minister of the Ministry of War were filled with the gleam of success.

Shen Lanxi glanced at the Minister of War and said with a smile, "Okay, I think what Lord Chen said is very true. Lord Chen is worthy of being the head of the Ministry of War. He really cares about everything in the Ministry of War."

Chen Qing, the Minister of War, looked choked. Why did he feel that Shen Lanxi did it on purpose?

After thinking about it, he shook his head again. It was he who proposed the idea of ​​women participating in the martial arts examination, so Shen Lanxi couldn't have known it beforehand.

After the court session, Shen Lanxi immediately asked someone to deliver a message to the Express.

The next day, the news that the Minister of War strongly advocated that women take part in the military examination was published in the most eye-catching position on the front page of the express. Even storytellers and street vendors were talking about it.

When the Minister of War learned about this, he felt dizzy and almost fainted, and was unable to make it to the morning court.

The officials who refused to accept the Vice Minister of War surrounded him after the court session.

"Master Chen, didn't we agree on this before? You betrayed us and joined Shen Lanxi, making us feel like a nobody."

"Master Chen, you are pushing us out to take the blame, and you yourself have gained a reputation as a good person."

"Master Chen, how could you do this..."

Chen Qing only felt anger rising up, his forehead was in sharp pain, his eyes went dark, and he fell forward.

At the morning court the next day, Shen Lanxi directly picked Chen Qing out to make a fuss.

"Lord Chen worked diligently on state affairs, working day and night, until his body could no longer bear it and he fell ill."

"This king feels deeply saddened, but is also proud that my Great Zhou has such an important official!"

"After the court session, I will report this to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to reward Lord Chen handsomely."

"The Minister of War has asked for leave, but official duties cannot be left unattended. The Junior Secretary of War will temporarily handle the affairs of the Ministry of War on behalf of Mr. Chen!"

The Junior Secretary of the Ministry of War knelt down to express his gratitude.

As for the rewards that Shen Lanxi mentioned, of course, they were just for the purpose of making a fuss in the court. As for the things, there was nothing.

The Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War had only asked for a day off, but he did not expect that his post would be temporarily taken over by someone else while he was taking medicine at home. He was so angry that his eyes went dark and he fainted again.

When Shen Lanxi received the leave request from the Chen family, she didn't even look at it and directly asked Che Mingyuan to handle it.

Che Mingyuan took a red pen and casually added a stroke on the one, changing it to ten.

Ten days of vacation should be enough for Chen Qing to have a good rest, right?

Good news came from Shu again. Shen Lanxi was so happy that she waved her hand and reduced the agricultural tax by 20%.

One court official suggested: "Why not grant amnesty to the entire nation?"

Shen Lanxi said: "The people imprisoned in the prison are already guilty of crimes that cannot be pardoned by the society. Such people do not deserve to be pardoned." Besides, the imperial court does not keep idle people in the prisons.

All those who should be killed have been killed, and the rest have been sent to open up wasteland and cultivate the land. The prison cells are empty, who should be pardoned?

Shen Lanxi continued: "Instead of pardoning those scum and letting them go out to harm the people, it is better to reduce some taxes so that the people can have more rice during the New Year and have fish and meat to celebrate the New Year."

Liu Mingxian: "The Regent is wise!"

Shen Lanxi glanced at him and smiled faintly.

Less than two days after the victory news came from Shu, victory news also came from Qianzhou.

Shen Lanxi held her hand for a moment longer, and the agricultural tax was reduced by another 10%!

The Ministry of Revenue was unwilling and was about to resist when Liu Yan came back and unfolded the memorial.

"Regent, I received a report from Qingyang County today that a cow at a Qingyang County breeding farm gave birth to six cows in one litter, and all of them survived."

"There's also good news from the breeding farm in Baishu County. The hens lay three eggs a day, and each one is as big as a goose egg..."