Tragic death on wedding night, replacement doctor concubine reborn to kill the whole family

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Some paper fell.

Xiao Yao picked it up and saw that it was a small note written by Xie Yunchu, which was sent to the capital together with the memorial.

Seeing the deep affection he expressed, Xiao Yao felt much better.

She sighed, picked up the rice paper again, and picked up the pen: "My thoughts of you are like the full moon, whose brightness fades every night." She wrote him a reply using the imperial cinnabar pen.

Before Zuo Ruiyang and Duke Xie arrived, Xiao Yao had her meal first. About half an hour later, Xie Yanheng and Zuo Ruiyang entered the palace together and met the emperor in the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, long live the emperor."

"Your Majesty, I, Zuo Ruiyang, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor."

Xiao Yao stood up from the dragon table and said, "My two beloved ministers, please stand up."

Xie Yanheng and Zuo Ruiyang stood up and asked, "Why did the emperor summon us here?"

Xiao Yao didn't say much, but handed the memorial submitted by Xie Yunchu to Zuo Ruiyang.

After Zuo Ruiyang received the memorial, Xie Yanheng also tilted his head to look at it. After reading it, Zuo Ruiyang said, "This, this Tao Wenjun is obviously slandered."

"I think so too."

Zuo Ruiyang said: "Xie Fengjun, he should be able to handle this matter completely."

Xiao Yao said: "Of course I believe Yun Chu can handle this matter well, but, in this world, such unfair and even degrading things are very likely to happen every day. I asked the two of you to come here to rectify it from the source. This is the only way to live up to the decree issued by my father during his reign and give women a platform to showcase their talents!"

Zuo Ruiyang opened his mouth and looked at Xie Yanheng.

Xie Yanheng said: "It is a blessing for women all over the world that the emperor can serve the people and care about women like this. However, it has been a long-standing tradition that men are in charge of the outside world and women are in charge of the inside world—" Obey your father at home, obey your husband after marriage, and obey your son after your husband's death.

When women are in the spotlight, many things become out of control.

Zuo Ruiyang and Xie Yanheng themselves did not think it was so outrageous, but if they really wanted to implement gender equality without distinguishing between the highest and the lowest, there would be chaos!

"Prime Minister Zuo, you have daughters and granddaughters in your family, right?"

"Well, Your Majesty, yes." The daughters are all married and have children, and there are a few granddaughters.

"Among the granddaughters of the Prime Minister's Mansion, are there any smart ones who have not been trained because they are girls?"

"Of course there is."

"If they are trained in the same way as men, are they really worse than men?"

Zuo Ruiyang clasped his fists and said, "It won't be too bad."

Xiao Yao nodded and looked at Xie Yanheng. Xie Yanheng said, "Hundreds of years ago, there were also female generals, female scholars, and female poets in the previous dynasty, but they were short-lived. Many outstanding women were buried in the long river of history by the mountain of prejudice. I absolutely support what the emperor wants to do, but it is very likely to cause opposition from the aristocratic families, many powerful people, and male chauvinism."

For Xie Yanheng, as he had two daughters with Ou Yurong, he was not too worried about his daughters' future in-laws. With the reputation of his Duke's Mansion, anyone who dared to bully his daughters would be courting death!

But, he has his daughter under his protection, but what about the daughters of the people below?

What about the daughter of a commoner?

What about the daughters of those who were slaves?

This thought involved a lot of things. "I wonder to what extent the emperor wants to reform."

To what extent has the reform gone?

Xiao Yao had never thought about it deeply before. She was even confused for a while after ascending the throne and even felt that the throne was not valuable at all.

I thought of what Tao Wenjun wrote in the article: women, as the subjects of childbearing, have always been accessories of men.

Women should be obedient, tolerant, and take concubines to produce offspring for their husbands. So why can men have three or four wives?

When they are at home, they are not nurtured or valued, and after they get married, it is taken for granted that they devote their bodies to bearing children.

Their roles have always been like those of animals and goods. They have no right to autonomy at all and they just need to be obedient!

During those years, when I was reviewing memorials for my father, all I saw were reports from men. I had never seen the voices of women!

It’s true—it gives me chills down my spine just thinking about it.

"Let's start with the girls' admission."

"Both boys and girls will go to school together?" Zuo Ruiyang asked.

Xiao Yao thought about it for a long time and decided that it might not be a good opportunity for boys and girls to be in the same school right now.

Seeing the emperor's hesitation, Zuo Ruiyang said, "Then we should first arrest the girls' school quality."

Xie Yanheng said: "The most fundamental reason for the lack of girls' schools nowadays is that very few families send their daughters to school."

Even in his family, Xie Ying and Xie Jiaojiao were studying in the clan school, and what they learned was different from what the men learned.

However, this year, Xie Jiaojiao went to the girls' school run by the royal family, and from the tone of her voice, she said she wanted to take part in the imperial examination.

But given Xie Jiaojiao's enthusiastic personality, Xie Yanheng didn't think she would be able to achieve any good results in the exam.

Xiao Yao said: "Yes, this is the question I have been thinking about, so, do you two have any good ideas?"

Zuo Ruiyang and Xie Yanheng looked at each other.

They all knew that daughters from large families also went to school, but what they learned was different from what the boys learned.

Therefore, the royal school had already been started during the reign of the retired emperor, but the result was - no result.

Not only that, many of those schools no longer have students.

The only exception is that when it comes to female businessmen, many married women have embarked on the road of business, but the space for their survival is far less than that of men.

After thinking for a long time, Zuo Ruiyang said, "This is a long and arduous journey. Your Majesty, if you want to let girls start with school, then you can give it a try. If a family sends a girl to school, they can also be exempted from part of the family's taxes, just like the scholars and juren."

But this alone is not enough to impress most people. Even he feels that the ultimate destination of a woman is to marry a good man. If she goes to school and becomes an official, which delays her age, she will become an older woman and it will be troublesome to arrange marriage.

Thinking this way, Zuo Ruiyang told the emperor the truth.

Xiao Yao said: "Left Prime Minister, you don't have to think about these things. Just do your best. I believe in your ability. I will let the world see that women can also make achievements!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." After all, the reason Zuo Ruiyang could return to the capital was also due to the support and kindness of the Emperor.

However, Zuo Ruiyang is not optimistic about the extent to which this matter can be achieved. It is a bit of a foolish dream to want to overthrow the mountain that has existed for thousands of years.

Afterwards, Xiao Yao ordered Xie Yanheng to personally visit the royal academies in various places, and together with Zuo Ruiyang, promote the admission of girls.

Xie Yanheng accepted the order and expressed his gratitude. It must be said that the emperor's decision coincided with his plan to take Ou Yurong on a journey to various places again. Perhaps one day in the future, he would meet the emperor and the empress dowager.

Xie Yanheng and Zuo Ruiyang walked out of the imperial study and smiled at each other.

"Thank you, Duke. Our emperor is still young." Zuo Ruiyang sighed.