My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 739 Girls' School

"Your Highness~, please teach me!"

We were about to arrive in Xijing, but Helen held Zhu Zhanhe's arm and kept saying coquettishly.

Helen finally got a girl's school from Zhu Zhanhe, but she had no clue at all. She didn't even know where to start, and the only one who could teach her was Zhu Zhanhe.

"The tasks you take on must be completed by yourself. If you need anything, you can give me a list. As long as it is a reasonable request, I will definitely help you!"

Zhu Zhanhe said deliberately while holding back his smile.

"But what should be the first step in establishing a girls' school?"

Helen was almost crying. She was about to arrive in Xijing City, but she had no idea about the girls' school. If Zhu Zhanhe really handed over all these things to her, I'm afraid she would have to cry a lot. .

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Zhanhe stopped teasing Helen and asked with a smile again: "Are you sure you want me to teach you?"

"I'm sure, I'm very sure. I was wrong. I overestimated my ability. If Your Highness doesn't teach me, I might mess up the girls' school, which will only disappoint Your Highness!"

When Helen heard Zhu Zhanhe relent, she immediately sat up straight, her head spinning like a chicken eating rice.

In fact, it was really difficult for Helen to hand over the girls' school to Helen. At her age, in future generations, she would only be a little girl who had just entered high school. Even though women in this era matured precociously, Helen still did not have any management experience. Asking her to build a girls' school from scratch is simply a fantasy.

"Okay, then I will tell you the steps to establish a girls' school."

Zhu Zhanhe said, sorting out his thoughts before speaking again.

"To establish a girls' school, the first step is to find a location. Xijing has a vast area and many buildings. It is not difficult to find a suitable location, but you can't just find a place to open a girls' school!"

"Why? Don't schools just need to find a large place? I think all primary schools in Xijing are like this. Some primary schools were even cemeteries before."

Helen asked in confusion after hearing this.

There were only two primary schools in Xijing at first, and the location was very random. One was an abandoned military camp, and the other was similar. Later, several more primary schools were added. It is enough that the children can go to school nearby.

"Other primary schools can choose the location they like, but girls' schools can't!"

Zhu Zhanhe shook his head, and then explained.

"Affected by traditions and customs, most people in the Han Dynasty are unwilling to send girls to school. Even a few people who are willing to let girls go to school will worry about the safety of girls in school. Fortunately, the people in the Han Dynasty still trust the government, so It is best to choose a girls’ school near a government office or even an imperial city, so as to increase the people’s trust in the girls’ school!”

"It makes sense. If a girls' school is built next to the imperial city, it will make people think that the girls' school is not only safe, but also related to the royal family. There will definitely be more people willing to send their girls to the school!"

Helen's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately clapped her hands excitedly.

"Don't be too happy first. The location selection is only the first step. The next step is more important, that is, where will the teacher come from? Although you are knowledgeable, you can't teach everything by yourself, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe poured cold water on the excited Helen.

"This one……"

Helen immediately grimaced when she heard this. There were too few literate women in the Han Dynasty. There were quite a few literate women among the nobles, but how could they come to teach in the school?
"Why don't you, Your Highness, issue an order to let the girls from noble families come to teach in girls' schools? They have nothing else to do when they are at home anyway!"

Helen thought for a long time, and finally came up with a bad idea.

"Who said that noble women have nothing to do at home? They also need to learn a lot of things. Some even have to manage the house. Moreover, the nobles have stricter family education. How could they agree to let them appear in public? It is even more impossible for me to give orders unless I crazy!"

Zhu Zhanhe rolled his eyes at Helen, only a little girl like her with little social experience could come up with such a method.

"What should I do? I can't really let me teach students by myself, can I?"

Helen was suddenly discouraged and said with a bit of frustration.

"Idiot, you can't stop staring at those noble women. There are some women who are also literate!"

Zhu Zhanhe reminded kindly.

"Are you there?" Helen asked with her eyes widened. She was thinking desperately in her little mind, but she couldn't figure out where these women were.

"You usually live in the palace. Don't you know that many of the female officials and maids in the palace are literate?"

Zhu Zhanhe was speechless and could only remind him patiently again.

"I remembered that the women in the palace are indeed literate. For example, Wang Siyan, whom I know, has read many books. I can recognize Chinese characters thanks to her teachings!"

Hearing this, Helen finally came to her senses and immediately clapped her hands excitedly and said.

The female official system was established by Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Gaoxu came to Tianzhu, he also established the female official system. The most basic requirement for the maids in the palace to become female officials was literacy. Therefore, the female officials in the palace even had schools to allow some maids to have free time. When you have nothing to do, you can learn to read and master a certain culture.

After the palace maids became literate, it would be best if they could become female officials. Even if they could not do so, literate women would be more popular than illiterate women when they left the palace to marry. Therefore, the enthusiasm of the palace maids for learning was still very high, at least in the Han Palace. Most of the palace maids are literate.

"Just understand. After I return to the palace, I will ask people to select some knowledgeable people from these palace ladies. Then you can use the teaching materials to teach these palace ladies first, so that they can master the content of the teaching materials, so that the teacher's problem can be solved. Got it!"

Zhu Zhanhe sighed and said that he regretted leaving the girls' school to Helen. She didn't know anything and had to worry about everything by herself. If he had known this, he might as well have been responsible for it himself.

"There's more, there's more, now that the teacher is here, what should we do next?"

Helen didn't feel useless at all, and asked Zhu Zhanhe excitedly again.

There was no other way, so Zhu Zhanhe had no choice but to be patient and explain to her some details that needed to be paid attention to when opening a school, as well as enrollment and management matters.

Although Helen had no experience, she was very smart. Zhu Zhanhe only had to tell her once and she would immediately remember it in her heart. This finally comforted Zhu Zhanhe a little. At least this girl was not stupid enough.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Zhanhe returned to Xijing. Helen didn't even bother to rest, and immediately went to find the location of the girls' school in person. In the end, Zhu Zhanhe persuaded her because he already had a suitable one in his mind. Location.

The next morning, Zhu Zhanhe took care of the matters at hand, and then at Helen's urging, he took her out of Zhan Shi's Mansion and came to the Imperial City of Han Dynasty which was under construction.

After such a long period of construction, the construction progress of the Imperial City of the Han Dynasty has reached more than half. The outer city walls and several main palaces inside have been completed, and the remaining palaces are also under intense construction.

The imperial city was built not only to satisfy the emperor's selfish desires, but also to meet political needs. For example, the imperial city was divided into two parts: the back city, where the emperor and his concubines lived, and the front city, which housed the imperial court. Various government agencies, such as Liubu, Taimiao, etc.

Zhu Zhanhe took Helen to the east of the Imperial City. There is a city gate here. The name of the city gate is also copied from the Imperial City of Nanjing. It is called Donghua Gate. The East Factory was established next to Donghua Gate back then, so there is He got the name Dongchang.

Now the Han Dynasty has also established Dongchang. The location of Dongchang is not in the imperial city. Instead, like Jinyiwei, they both have independent yamen in the city. The admiral of Dongchang is still Cao Lei. After all, he is Zhu Zhanhe's confidant. At the beginning, A big man also came with him.

There are also many buildings on both sides of Donghua Gate, and these constructions are all for external use. They are mainly for the establishment of some auxiliary institutions of the imperial city, such as the Dongchang and Printing Office mentioned above. Of course, these buildings are still empty now. of.

Zhu Zhanhe took Helen to the courtyard closest to Donghua Gate. He saw that there were rows of newly built houses here. They looked very neat. Although they were not beautiful, they were very practical.

"How about this place? It's enough for you to open a girls' school!"

Zhu Zhanhe pointed at the courtyard and said.

Although this courtyard is not as good as the schools of later generations, there are still more than a dozen houses, and the enrollment scale of the girls' school was certainly not large at the beginning, so these houses can already meet the initial needs.

If the size of the girls' school expands in the future, it will not be too late to find a new location.

"Your Highness really plans to turn this place into a girls' school?"

Helen looked at the courtyard with starry eyes, still a little unbelievable for a moment.

She has been in Dahan for so long, so she naturally knows what the Imperial City means. Being able to have such a large courtyard next to the gate of the Imperial City is a privilege that many yamen do not have.

"Half of the world is made up of women. If a man wants to bring out the power of women, he must be willing to spend money. Therefore, if a girls' school is to be built, then build the best one. Once it becomes a hit, it will definitely attract more girls to come. Come and learn!”

Zhu Zhanhe explained with a slight smile.

During this time, he also thought clearly that instead of letting so many women stay at home to raise their husbands and raise children, it would be better for them to get out of the boudoir and participate in the vigorous social construction of the Han Dynasty. After all, steam engines have appeared now, and productivity will usher in a new era. An outbreak period will have a huge impact on all aspects of society.

The relationship between men and women is no exception. For example, equality between men and women, equal pay for equal work, etc. will appear in later generations. These concepts will definitely appear one after another. Instead of passively accepting them, it is better to start guiding them now, so that the impact on society will be smaller.

(End of this chapter)