Great Qin Shi Empress

==·Pros and Cons·==

Before the decree was officially promulgated, Xiao He actually thought about interceding for the people of Chu, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find a suitable entry point.

Even if he thought of countless ways in his mind, most of the final result would be completely negated by himself.

Because this is not the first time.

How long has it been since the last time you angered His Majesty and directly dismissed all the male officials in Chu?In such a short period of time, the local people forgot the agony of the last time, and once again tossed about this kind of thing, Xiao He's words of pleading slipped to his lips, and he couldn't say it out.

and……

Xiao He wanted to hide his face and run away every time he heard his colleagues talk about the latest survey of the enrollment data of various places in Chudi.

This is really embarrassing!

Fortunately, his colleagues understood what kind of person he was when they got along with him. Not only did they not despise him because of this, but they sympathized with him when they knew that Xiao He lost his official position because of being implicated by those brain-dead and had to leave his hometown to seek a way out in Xianyang.

Although, Xiao He didn't want this kind of sympathy.

Seeing that Xiao He has been in a bad mood these days, Zhang Liang couldn't help but feel helpless.

He also knew that it was because Xiao He was from Chu, so he couldn't bear it.But this is also a helpless thing. After all, there are always various situations in Chudi, and they always do things to "provoke" His Majesty's authority. It is only natural that they will be dealt with by His Majesty one after another.

Yes, Zhang Liang thought that what the people of Chu did was provocative.

Because His Majesty's thoughts were revealed when he directly promoted women to be officials all over the world regardless of courtiers' objections. Noble or Qianshou, he can use it.

And before he ordered the men from Chu to be banned from being officials in a fit of anger, it can be seen how much His Majesty hated others who disobeyed his decision and used conspiracy to suppress talents.

But even under such circumstances, the people of Chu land once again made a move to tease the tiger's beard...

If it were someone else, Zhang Liang might just let it go.

But Xiao He is really capable.

So he thought about it, then went directly to Xiao He, and simply handed over the matter to him to keep an eye on.

Xiao He was stunned for a moment, and immediately thanked him again and again.

Because the literacy rate is not high, many people actually don't understand so many principles, but even the most ignorant people know how to weigh the pros and cons.

Whether one hundred yuan or sixty yuan is less, the common people are not so stupid as to not know.

As a result, many people not only started to save money for their children, those who had more sons even began to find ways to discuss with those who had more daughters, one to see if they could reduce their own children’s tuition fees by subsidizing the other’s daughters to go to school; I want to bargain with the other party to see if the two can each pay a part of the tuition.

For a while, those families with more daughters became the most popular families in the area.

The daughter in the family also gradually got rid of the previous predicament.

Not that no one wants to object.

Among them, those families with a lot of sons are particularly opposed. After all, it is okay to support other people's daughters to go to school, but if there are too many people, there is always a feeling of being taken advantage of.

They made a fuss in front of the local sheriff or county magistrate.

The county guard and magistrate were dissatisfied, so they could only report the matter to Xiao He who is now in charge of the matter.

Xiao He: "..."

It's all come to this point, are you still making a fuss?

He originally thought that if the people in Sishui County could be more peaceful, his subordinates might let go and accommodate them within the scope of the law. Now, when he heard this, his whole face suddenly turned pale: " If you think this method is inappropriate, His Majesty has proposed another method."

The troublemakers were happy because of this, but more people sensed something was wrong from the other party's expression.

Xiao He didn't care about their emotions: "Your Majesty said, if you are unwilling to accept this condition, our county can directly limit the number of places, the tuition fee remains unchanged, it is still [-] yuan, but the quota for men and women is strictly stipulated. Girls How many boys can be admitted to school can only be admitted to school."

"Of course, those who send their girls to study will also have priority in getting admission."

He looked around the crowd with a sneer: "What do you all think of Your Majesty's solution?"

A group of people who came to make trouble were originally people with many sons in their families. When they heard this rule, they exploded on the spot.

If this kind of decree is really implemented, it is likely that many of them will not be able to send people to study even if they can afford the money. After all, some people are old and stubborn, and they will never let their daughters go to school.

Even if someone offered money to sponsor, they would only be rejected——

Not everyone is short of those dozens of dollars.

When the time comes, all his sons will be sent to study, and the remaining daughters will all be locked up at home to work, so what can others do?

If they want to impress these people, they are afraid that not only will they have to spend more money to "buy places" from those people, but they will not be able to openly let people know which girl's tuition fee is the same as now. I made it myself!

not to mention……

Xiao He looked at everyone: "You know, all the money you support girls has been recorded by the government. After they graduate from school and start making money, the government will directly send the bills to those girls and ask them to return the money to you .”

"Just treat it as if you have saved some money and put it in the government, and take it out when the time comes."

——It is the imperial court's duty to provide students with books. Even if they hate the actions of these common people, the imperial court cannot allow them to do so openly.

But when the students pay back the money after they finish their studies, there will be no problem.

It was promulgated together with this regulation, and once the sponsor and the student agree to enroll in school, even the parents cannot prevent or delay the child's enrolment, otherwise the imperial court will directly connect with the surrounding neighbors and their grandparents and grandchildren. Those involved will no longer be able to send their children to school.

In addition, there is another "note"——

The school is divided into elementary school, junior high school and high school. After completing each stage, a graduation certificate will be issued. If you want to enter the imperial court as an official, officials must have at least a high school degree, and small officials must have at least a junior high school. Government-owned enterprises such as textile factories The managers of factories such as , garment workshops, etc. also need at least a primary school education.

The Academy no longer enrolls students, and now all students who have not yet graduated from the Academy will be closed immediately after they complete their studies. If they want to learn Qin Law, they must enroll and finish elementary school, and they will not formally learn Qin Law until junior high school.

There are many similar measures. In a word, after the first batch of students complete their studies and graduate, their academic qualifications will become the best passport in the eyes of everyone.

Although it will not be difficult to move forward without a degree, there will definitely not be such students with degrees in the future.

Comparing the two, it is clear at a glance which is better.

A group of people fell silent.

Seeing this, Xiao He heaved a sigh of relief.

Although he only worked in Peixian County back then, because he was valued by the magistrate of Peixian County, he often came to the county to handle errands. He was also good at making friends, so it was inevitable that he had dealt with many people in the county.

A bit of old love, a bit of worry, and a bit of responsibility.

Worried that these people would mess around again and anger His Majesty, and then promulgate harsher measures and give them harsher sanctions, Xiao He treated himself like an old mother, and took out the announcement issued by the imperial court and broke them into pieces word by word. I spoke clearly.

He earnestly persuaded his fellow villagers: "Do whatever the imperial court asks you to do, and stop fooling around. Let me tell you directly, that is, Chu has a large area and a large population. If it is cut across the board, it will affect the operation of the entire Qin State." Otherwise, His Majesty would have ordered people not to admit boys to school as early as you have been tossing over and over again."

"What His Majesty wants is talents, the more talents the better, he doesn't care about men or women."

"Even if you are stubborn and insist on suppressing your own female relatives, it is impossible for His Majesty to hold your nose and use your useless son. He will only do the opposite and directly cut off the future of the men of Chu. And lift up the women of Chu to show you how useless you are!"

Your Majesty is not one to be threatened.

If he really dared to threaten him, he would slap you with a backhand and it would be tolerant, and he would even kill you directly!

A group of people looked at each other and couldn't help swallowing.

At this moment, they finally remembered the reputation of Qin Wang Yingzheng that was spread outside, and they promised repeatedly that they would obediently find someone to help them when they went back.

Seeing that they were obedient, Xiao He couldn't help saying a few more words: "If the family has enough money, you might as well help a few more girls to study."

Seeing that the face of the person in front of him was not right, Xiao He couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

If it wasn't for his fellow countrymen, he really didn't want to care about this mess!

Xiao He took a deep breath and explained: "This school is used by His Majesty to cultivate talents, so the tuition you pay is actually the lowest price, and one hundred yuan is the real tuition. But the imperial court can't let the waste study at a loss. So there will be an exam every year after the end of the study, and you can go to higher education if you pass the exam.”

"It was okay in elementary school, but you can enroll if you can pay the tuition fee. Even if you can't go to school with poor grades, no one will kick your child out. But junior high school and high school have to take exams. Once the academic performance is not up to standard, what should I do? Pay a high price to study, or you can only go home."

"I asked you to support a few more girls because once a girl fails to study well and is eliminated, you have to find another girl to support."

As for whether there is a possibility that my son is repeated and cannot go to school, but the little girl I sponsor can go all the way to school without hindrance?

Of course there are.

After Xiao He saw with his own eyes Lu Zhi appearing next to the governor of Sishui County as the county magistrate, he once again clearly realized that women are never inferior to men, they just lack a chance to show themselves.

But, do these people in front of him think that his son can't even compare to a little girl?

Sure enough, the group of people immediately showed a deeply appreciative expression.

Soon, Xiao He really found out that there were many girls among the applicants: the number of girls in the second batch of applicants not only caught up with the men who applied, but also faintly surpassed a few.

==·Details·==

Although there must be some girls who are not able to study, Xiao He thinks he has tried his best.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not for other reasons, the main thing is to hope that through this incident, His Majesty's impression of Sishui County can be restored.

However, after knowing this, Ying Zheng still had a bad impression of Surabaya County and even Chudi as a whole. On the contrary, he admired him for his dedication and success in getting more girls into school.

He boasted to Lin Qian without hesitation: "It's rare to see someone who, after becoming an official, can still consider them from the perspective of the head of Guizhou, and achieve his goal with such a gentle means. Maybe he is really more strategic in the direction of strategy and military affairs." No one else, but he should be very good at appeasing people's hearts and governing people."

Lin Qian laughed: "You have arrangements for Xiao He?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "Xiao He is more suitable to promote some new things."

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment, subconsciously thinking of the newspaper.

Ying Zheng shook his head: "Since you said that the pamphlet written by Zhang Tingwei has already taken the form of a newspaper, it is more appropriate to entrust this matter to him. If Xiao He said it, the widow decided to send him to be responsible for promoting pig raising."

It took Lin Qian a while to realize that the source of the so-called promotion of pig farming was still herself——

She was suddenly greedy for pork, so she bought two piglets from an old man. After talking about how the piglets should be castrated and fed, Lin Qian gave them to the servant to feed them.

However, the black-skinned pigs in China grow very slowly, and it takes a year to be slaughtered with pig feed. Without pig feed, it takes about a year and a half to reach the slaughter standard.

Because it took too long to feed, except for the first two months, Lin Qian still remembered this matter, and then completely forgot that she also "raised" two pigs to satisfy her cravings.As for the idea of ​​asking Ying Zheng to boast a few words, or using pork for a banquet so that civil and military officials can eat it so that they can advertise, I have completely forgotten about it.

Suddenly hearing the promotion of raising pigs, Lin Qian began to salivate subconsciously: "Can the black pigs be slaughtered?"

Ying Zheng laughed: "A letter from Xianyang said that it is ready to be slaughtered."

Lin Qian was a little excited: "This is great. We have been out for several months this time, and it is almost time to go back."

As she said that, she looked at Ying Zheng, "When I go back, I will ask the kitchen to make some pork delicacies for you to eat."

Seeing her excited face, Ying Zheng nodded his head even though he still had some resistance to pork.

The two talked for a while before Lin Qian calmed down: "It won't take much time to promote pork, right? After this matter is over, where do you plan to arrange Xiao He?"

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Didn't you get a lot of grass seeds from the modern host before?"

Lin Qian paused first, and then realized: "You want Xiao He to promote grass seeds and let those Huns settle down?"

Ying Zheng smiled calmly: "It's always inappropriate for the Huns to live without a fixed place."

Lin Qian laughed helplessly, but didn't say anything.

The second day after the two chatted, they went to the academy together.

Although the academy may be banned within two years, it still occupies a low position for now. At least if you want to be enlightened, you must go to the academy.

The brand-new editions of Three Hundred Thousand and Enlightenment of Rhythm compiled by Li Si and others have been sent to schools all over the world.

The two took time to go to the school, just in time for the school to open a literacy class.

Although this literacy class was originally intended to literacy for adults, after such a long period of hard work, there are actually not many adults who are willing to come to the academy. Ready for little ones.

However, most of the students inside were boys before, but now there are many girls.

And the number of girls seems to be much more than boys.

Seeing this, Ying Zheng had a somewhat satisfied smile on his face.

Lin Qian laughed: "Why, are you happy to see that the labor force that will devote themselves to Daqin in the future has increased by more than half?"

Ying Zheng glanced at her: "Are you unhappy?"

Lin Qian looked at those little girls who seemed to have understood how precious the opportunity to study is at such a young age, and smiled with lips curled up: "Of course I am happy, and I am very happy."

She turned her head with a smile, took Ying Zheng's hand and walked out, "Let's go to school and have a look."

Ying Zheng nodded: "It's just a matter of time to see how the sheriff of Sishui County arranges those children."

Lin Qian was stunned, and looked at him with some doubts: "Those students still need to arrange?"

Yingzheng looked at her helplessly: "Forget that the schools in Sishui County have always divided classes between men and women? If you want to eliminate people's prejudice against women, then you can't let people divide the two groups against each other. The so-called distinction between men and women prevails in I don’t want to see what Qi Chu and other places say.”

Although there are differences between men and women, there is no need to avoid each other like snakes and scorpions, it is enough to get along with each other normally.

Lin Qian thought for a while and asked, "Just like what you did to the Xiongnu and Baiyue?"

Ying Zheng led Lin Qian out of the academy, and said as he walked, "Maybe the method is different, but in the end it will only point to one result."

The two of them didn't know that there was a dispute between the sheriff of Sishui County and the county magistrate about this matter before.

After hearing the data that Xiao He said at the beginning, the county guard specially sent someone to the neighboring Dang County to inquire about the details, and finally found out without any surprise that what Xiao He said was not half a lie.

Now the reason for the imbalance of male to female ratio in schools in Sishui County has been found out. Although the county guard was fined with salary, he managed to keep his official position.

It's just that the sheriff felt guilty and wanted to do something to make up for it.

He remembered that when Ying Zheng heard that the school was divided into male and female classes, his expression seemed not very good-looking, so he wondered if he could save one or two.

The way the county guard thought of was to follow the example of Dang County.

His idea was that since Dang County was not accused by His Majesty of doing so, it meant that at least there was nothing wrong with this approach.

But Lu Zhi directly raised objections after listening to the sheriff's thoughts.

Lu Zhi made it very clear: "Dang County was not blamed, it was only because His Majesty and his party never noticed the imbalance of the ratio of male to female students in Chudi School when they passed through Dang County, so naturally they didn't pay attention to the age of the students. But This does not mean that His Majesty agrees with the actions of the sheriff of Dang County."

"Furthermore..." Lu Zhi thought of what the sheriff of Dangjun and the magistrate had done in the past, and couldn't help but remind the sheriff, "What the sheriff of Dangjun is doing now is not necessarily the same. Because she also agrees with things like whether men and women give or take kisses."

The sheriff didn't think so before, but when Lu Zhi mentioned the sheriff of Dangjun, he couldn't help hesitating.

Speaking of which, Dang County has always been a bit special in Chudi.

What's so special about it?

Especially after His Majesty issued an order not to allow men from Chu to serve as officials in Chu, the governor of Nadang County immediately wrote a memorial to Xianyang, asking the court to select all female officials when assigning officials to Dang County.

The amazing thing is that when Xianyang dispatched officials, he really listened to the words of the sheriff of Dangjun.

Therefore, Dang County became the land of Chu...

No, it may be the only government in the whole world that is composed of all female officials from county to county.

And what this group of women have done in Dang County these years, for example, after a wife is beaten by her husband, not only will she shave her husband’s beard according to law, but if the wife is seriously injured, she will be punished severely, although it is not enough to throw her away for repairs. city ​​gate, but...

This group of women will directly order them to reconcile.

If the woman is worried that life will be difficult after divorce, they will help someone find a husband with better conditions.

And like directly equating rape and "thieves hurting people", all criminals were thrown to repair the city gate; or they provided savings services for women in Dang County. Take it to the official office and deposit it; and...

There are many similar things, and the sheriff of Sishui County, as a neighbor, naturally heard of it.

The way of classifying this time does not seem to be their style.

Lu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief: "The sheriff might as well write to the sheriff of Dang County? Although Sishui County and Dang County are neighbors, there is no conflict. If you write to ask, the other party will definitely answer."

After a pause, "In your letter, maybe you can try to mention something that His Majesty seems to be dissatisfied with the division of men and women. If the Dang County Sheriff appreciates it, he will definitely not conceal their purpose for doing so."

The sheriff was stunned, and nodded immediately: "That's very good!"

Liu, the sheriff of Dang County, received the letter quickly, and after reading it, he called Wu Le directly.

After reading it, Wu Le smiled and said: "What's so great about it, Your Majesty is wise and powerful. We only need to write a letter to explain the reason for doing this, and His Majesty will definitely not blame us."

As before, it is impossible to strictly control the age difference of students for a long time——

It is only feasible for the students in the first one or two classes, and then all the students will be of the same age. Even if they want to divide them into classes like this, it is impossible.

But the peers at that time, they were young.

Because the average life expectancy is not high, the people at this time not only get married early, but also start their education early: anyone whose family has the conditions to send their children to study will give their children enlightenment when they are three or four years old.

This age can't reach the seven years old who need to divide the seats.

Fundamentally speaking, their actions coincided with Ying Zheng's ideas.

It's just that they didn't disregard the objections of the people and forcefully group everyone together. Instead, they thought about it slowly. The subtle influence of the past few years at the age of seven has made the common people accept the fact that boys and girls are in mixed classes.

They did this at first, not because they thought there was anything wrong with separating men and women into classes.

It's just that Wu Le, a person with a temper as hard as a rock, received the parents of those schoolgirls, and when they made this request, the look on his face looked like his own daughter would be at a disadvantage if she stayed in the same room with her peers for a long time He was particularly upset with his dirty and tarnished expression, so he approached Sheriff Liu to make a suggestion, and it was only after the suggestion was adopted that he did so.

Although the methods were different, Liu and Wu Le believed that the final goal must be the same, so they didn't panic after receiving the letter.

But for the sake of the Sishui County Sheriff's disclosure of the news, Liu told the other party all of his follow-up actions.

Thanks to this letter, the Sheriff of Sishui County was able to answer fluently when Ying Zheng asked him to ask again.

Ying Zheng frowned after hearing why he imitated Dang County's approach.

It's not that there's anything wrong with it, but...

too slow.

It took several years to bear fruit, which was too slow for Ying Zheng.

Lin Qian was amused, and persuaded: "Although the effect is slow, the method of boiling frogs in warm water is indeed less likely to cause the people to rebound."

Ying Zheng turned to look at her: "You also agree with this approach?"

Lin Qian laughed: "It's not that I agree, but this kind of practice that may challenge the local people's inherent concepts. If it is forcibly reversed, it will easily cause counterproductive effects. Finally, the situation has turned for the better, and there is no need for side effects."

The common people in Chu have been influenced by Confucianism for a long time, and they are indeed different from the common people in Qin.

Ying Zheng frowned: "Chu Di..."

Sometimes Yingzheng couldn't help but think that when Chu State occupied such a large piece of fertile land, its population and food production ranked first among the seven countries all the year round, but in the end, the big nobles in the country ceded their lands for self-government. The state of Qin, which was never seen by them before, was destroyed...

There must be a pot of these strange thoughts in it, right?

How much talent is wasted? !

== · Competition · ==

After learning from the sheriff's office of the decree just issued by the court, Xiang Liang immediately took a deep breath.

They have a lot of family members, and even though few of them are good at farming and doing business, relying on the knowledge and skills they have learned in the past few decades, they have gradually saved some money.

At least it is not difficult for the Xiang family to send all the males in the family to study.

but now……

He looked at the other Xiang family members with expressions that were not really good-looking.

Someone asked cautiously: "But the money at home is not enough?"

Xiang Liang shook his head: "The money is enough, but if the girls are sent to school, the tuition expenses will be doubled, and everyone will have to work harder next year."

The man said with a smile: "It's good to have money, whether you are tired or not, as long as the child is good, what's the problem?"

Xiang Liang paused, and his eyes fell on the other party.

After a while, he remembered that the speaker had only one daughter with his wife, and needed to rely on others to take care of him when he was old, so he was always a good old man, and he didn't easily offend others or express his opinions easily.

today……

Xiang Liang paused, maybe he felt that there was hope in the future?

According to Qin law, a family cannot have two strong laborers. If the children grow up and do not divide the family, the corvee service and military service will be doubled.

Naturally, the Xiang family did not dare to violate it.

But many things have policies and countermeasures, and the face and private are not the same thing.

Although the Xiang family went to the government to divide the family and set up a household, but the fields of each family were deliberately replaced with those next to each other, and all the money earned by each family was also handed over to Xiang Liang, the head of the family.Even if everyone does not live together, they are still a whole.

Xiang Liang looked at the other party's expectant eyes, his eyes flickered.

Looking at the others, I saw quite a few happy Xiang family members among them.

There are actually more daughters in the Xiang family who haven't reached Ji than men——

This is mainly because the son of the Xiang family will go to the battlefield with his father at the age of twelve or thirteen. He does not necessarily go to battle to kill the enemy, but he also needs to do some logistics work. When his father discusses the situation and strategies with others, he will also listen in. Under the influence of ears and eyes, he can finally grow into a real general.

Therefore, Xiang Liang's previous plan was to select some of the current school-age girls to go to school, and the rest would still be able to read and write at home as in the past, and learning some needlework and embroidery would be enough.

I called everyone here today because I also wanted to select a girl who went to study as soon as possible.

Send more girls to school?Xiang Liang never thought about it.

The life of the Xiang family has just passed a little bit, and he doesn't want to lower his living standard for these girls.

But looking at the current situation, Xiang Yan knew that her plan had failed.

The money of the Xiang family was obtained through the joint efforts of everyone. If he insisted on doing his own thing, the "Xiang family", which had already been gathered with a dishonorable name, might fall apart.

It's not that no one thinks like him, but...

Facing the slightly nervous gaze of the person who spoke up, Xiang Yan suddenly curled her lips, and said in a relieved tone: "It's true, if the child lives well, it doesn't matter to us parents even if it is more difficult and tiring. The sons of the family have always been talented and intelligent, and I think my daughter is also one of the best."

"Those ordinary Guizhou capitals can become sheriffs and magistrates, and the daughter of our Xiang family will be no different."

As soon as Xiang Liang's words came out, the faces of those who were still somewhat resistant also softened.

The person who spoke at the very beginning looked even more excited, as if he had been pumped with chicken blood: "Don't worry, Patriarch, my girl likes reading very much. In the past two years, I can't even compare with me. I will definitely be able to contribute to the Xiang family in the future." force!"

Xiang Liang paused: "Who is your daughter?"

The man quickly said his daughter's name.

Xiang Liang didn't have much impression: "Since she likes to read, which one has she read?"

The man had a proud expression on his face: "My daughter has finished reading all the books we have written silently over the years, and in the past two years, I have been asked to go to the book store to find some jobs to copy books and help write letters, earning a lot of money." A lot of private money, before the decree was issued, she also said that she would go to the school to enroll by herself next year."

Xiang Liang's eyes widened.

He got up immediately: "Take me to see your daughter."

The man was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and walked ahead to lead the way, and the others followed after seeing this.

As soon as he entered the yard, Xiang Liang saw a girl sitting by the window and copying something with a brush. His eyes lit up: just this effort to study seriously made people feel much more comfortable than that brat Xiang Yu.

Xiang Liang stepped forward in twos and threes: "Are you Xiang You?"

Xiang You paused, put down the book slowly, and turned her head to meet Xiang Liang's eyes.

After a while, she got up and bowed curtly: "Go home, my niece Xiang You."

Xiang Liang saw his every move and was even more satisfied in his heart.

Looking down, I found that what Xiang You was copying was the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" that was recently restored and put on sale: "Do you like this book very much?"

Xiang You said calmly: "No, my niece likes all books."

Xiang Liang frowned: "You can't chew too much."

Xiang You looked at Xiang Liang, lowered her head and smiled, "I have to talk about who is better... My niece likes Xiang Yu's science textbooks more, that's very interesting."

Xiang Liang looked at her straight: "Have you read Xiang Yu's textbook?"

Xiang You smiled: "Xiang Yu is too smart. Everything in the world seems too simple to him, so he can't settle down. After school, he has friends to accompany him, so he will listen carefully, but he still can't do his homework well. Niece If you ask him to borrow a book, you just need to agree to help him with his homework."

She looked at Xiang Liang, "Those topics are quite simple, and my niece will be able to understand them at a glance, so Xiang Yu won't be delayed."

Xiang Liang's expression became extremely serious: "You know how to do Xiang Yu's homework?"

Xiang You nodded lightly: "Don't dare to lie to Uncle."

Xiang Liang suddenly closed his eyes, opened them after a long time, and looked at Xiang You seriously: "I will give you a chance to be in the same class as Xiang Yu. For one month, if you can keep up with the teacher's progress and surpass Xiang Yu, you can stay Read on, if not, wait for next year with those sisters."

Xiang You's eyes lit up instantly: "Uncle, don't worry, my niece will definitely live up to your expectations."

Xiang Liang took a deep look at her, then turned around and left.

Someone asked him where he was going, and he replied directly: "Go to the sheriff!"

……

The next day, Xiang Yu was in class when he saw a familiar figure led in by the teacher: "This is a transfer student from our class. His learning progress is the same as ours, so he will study with us in the future."

Xiang Yu, who was originally lying on the table, stood up with a "whoosh": "Xiang Mi, why are you here?"

Xiang You smiled: "You said that no matter how smart I am, I won't be able to go to school, so I'm here."

Xiang Yu looked at Shang Xiangyou, thinking of the details of dealing with her in the past, instantly felt like an enemy, and his whole body cheered up: "I will not lose to you!"

Xiang You nodded: "We'll wait and see."

After speaking, he looked around and found that only Xiang Yu had a seat, so he sat down next to him.

Xiang Yu: "..."

Situations like the Xiang family happened all over the country.

Although not everyone has the same conditions as the Xiang family, there are still many families who didn't value their daughters at first. After sending them to the school, they found that their daughters are not only more well-behaved and sensible than their sons, but also more talented in reading.

It seems that daughters are more likely to bring them a better life than sons.

Although not everyone has changed their attitudes because of this, at least some families who don't care much about the concept of male superiority to female inferiority have begun to tilt family resources on their daughters.

After all, some ideas have only been born for 200 years, and have not yet fully penetrated into the hearts of the people.

==Pork==

Because of what happened in Chu, Ying Zheng and Lin Qian were less happy to go on tour. The group walked around the counties and counties of Chu and then went south to Yuedi.

After seeing all the tribes in Baiyue, they went back home.

Xu had the experience of Sishui County before, when Ying Zheng and others went to other counties and counties, they did not encounter any major problems, and the journey was uneventful.

After returning to Xianyang, after everyone rested for a few days, Ying Zheng directly ordered Zhang Liang and Xiao He to be called into the palace.

The two entered the palace together and sat aside after saluting.

Ying Zheng said, "Now I have two tasks that I want to entrust to you two. One is to start a newspaper, and the other is to promote pork and let more people raise pigs."

Both of them raised their heads and looked at Ying Zheng in astonishment.

[What are newspapers?Pork is so fishy and unpalatable, why should more people feed it? 】

Ying Zheng looked at the two of them: "Zhang Liang has written more than a dozen pamphlets, and he is quite familiar with starting a newspaper, so I will leave this matter to you; The widow has decided to put you in charge of promoting pork and raising pigs."

"Do you two have an opinion?"

Xiao He was a little excited, but he still turned his head to look at Zhang Liang.

After all, he is Zhang Liang's official, so it's not easy to answer beyond him.

Zhang Liang thought for a while, and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what is the 'newspaper' you are talking about? What is it related to those pamphlets written by Wei Chen?"

Ying Zheng had been prepared for a long time, and raised his hand to ask the servant to hand over several translated newspapers to Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang took it and looked down slowly.

After a while, his eyes became brighter and brighter. He looked up at Ying Zheng and said, "If His Majesty entrusts me with the task of creating something like this... newspaper, I am willing to take it."

Ying Zheng nodded, and asked someone to bring a stack of newspapers as high as half an adult's arm, and put them all in Zhang Liang's hands.

Zhang Liang was stunned: "Your Majesty, this is..."

Ying Zheng smiled: "These are different types of newspapers, you learn the advantages of them, and then create a few more newspapers."

Zhang Liang nodded repeatedly.

Ying Zheng looked at Xiao He again: "Does Xiao Aiqing have any questions?"

Xiao He's eyes fell on Zhang Liang, and then he said, "I want to know why your majesty wants to promote pork, and why do you want more people to feed pigs?"

Ying Zheng laughed: "Because pigs grow fast, they are easy to feed, and they don't get sick easily."

Modern large white pigs are very easy to get sick, but the local black pigs in China actually have very good immunity and are not easy to get sick, but the time for slaughter is too long.

Xiao He couldn't help asking: "But the pork is fishy, ​​so it doesn't taste good?"

Ying Zheng did not deny it, but said: "Gu Fenghou has found a way to make pork less fishy, ​​taste better and reduce the growth time by several months.