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Chapter 222 Li Ying ()

Magistrate Cui didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He opened his mouth and called the door: "Cousin, open the door."

After waiting for a moment, the door opened.

There was no trace of tiredness on Li Ying's face, and she was even a little strangely excited. Her eyes were shining: "Cousin, I wrote a plan. Come and take a look at it for me. It's best to polish it and change it. I will present it to the princess tomorrow."

Magistrate Cui: "..."

"Mom!" Erlang shouted vaguely, waving his little arms vigorously: "Mother, hug me!"

Dalang also moved closer to his mother.

Li Ying pursed her lips and smiled, hugged her younger son, hugged her older son, and urged: "Cousin, why are you still lingering? Hurry up."

Magistrate Cui laughed dumbly, walked to the desk, picked up the plan that Li Ying had worked hard to write for a long time, and read it carefully.

Li Ying has been extremely intelligent since she was a child and has read poetry and books. However, the Li family keeps a low profile and never allows unmarried girls to appear in public. Therefore, there is no reputation as a talented woman. Magistrate Cui is Li Ying's cousin. They grew up together, so they naturally know this.

After the two got married, Magistrate Cui became busy with official duties, and Li Ying occasionally helped her husband write official documents. With Li Ying's ability, there is no problem in writing such a plan. The only thing that needs to be changed...

"Cousin, aren't these sentences inappropriate?" Magistrate Cui pointed to the last paragraph and suggested tactfully: "You want to run a good girls' school, and you have a good intention. You want it to be better than a boys' school, right? Somewhat passed?”

“If nothing else, just the size and the number of students enrolled, it’s a huge gap.”

"There are more than forty boys, and only five girls. These five may not be able to study for a few years. Maybe in a year or two, they will all go home to plant mulberry, raise silkworms and weave cloth. "

Magistrate Cui didn't mean to stab his wife in the heart, he was worried about it too!
Li Ying sighed softly: "My cousin said it is true. This is the biggest problem facing female students. However, no matter how difficult the matter is, we have to do it step by step."

"The princess trusts me so much and entrusts me with important responsibilities. I will do my best to live up to the princess's high expectations."

Magistrate Cui laughed again: "I have never realized that you are so strong before!"

Li Ying smiled slightly: "I have never been given such an opportunity before."

This is true.

Born into a wealthy family, with no worries about food and clothing, and studying since childhood, this is a life that ordinary girls cannot live. But it also means a lot of rules and restrictions.

Magistrate Cui whispered pityingly: "My cousin is very smart and talented. If he were a man, he might be better than me if he took the imperial examination."

Li Ying smiled and said: "What are you talking about? God made me born a daughter, and I have never felt sorry for myself. It's just a little regretful that I stay at home all day long to care for my husband and raise children, and can't go out all the time. This year You asked me to go to a women's school to be a tutor, and I'm very happy to get the princess's approval. "

"I am full of energy now. I can't wait to make some achievements immediately and let the princess look at me in a new light."

Magistrate Cui smiled and said: "Okay, okay, we husband and wife work together to do things, which will impress the princess."

Li Ying frowned and smiled.

Li Shi, Li Ying.

One word difference, but for her, it was a completely different feeling.

It was as if a whole new world had opened up in an instant.

In that world, there were princesses, Chen Sheren, Miss Sun who worked as a military doctor in the military camp, and Miss Kong who taught the soldiers how to read. Now, there is another one of her. Not the girl from the Li family, not Cui's wife, not the biological mother of the elder son Erlang.

But she is Li Ying.

This feeling is novel and wonderful.

"Mom!" Erlang was unwilling to be ignored and shook his mother's arm hard; "Mom, look at me."

Li Ying came back to her senses and smiled at her son: "Let's go, mother will take you to have dinner."

……

"The princess is particularly kind to Li Ying."

In the study on the other side, Chen Sheren, who had had dinner and had nothing to do, came to talk to the princess, and he opened his mouth to mention Li Ying, the wife of County Magistrate Cui.

Jiang Shaohua smiled and hummed: "It's rare for men to read, and even fewer women to read and write. It's rare that County Magistrate Cui is broad-minded and open-minded, and took the initiative to let his wife be a female student. I want to play an important role. ”

"Sun Zelan works as a military doctor in the guard camp, Kong Qingwan works as a master in the military camp, and you work as a sacrificial servant by my side. Now, there is another female student, Li Ying."

"Step by step, implement slowly. Hopefully, in the future, more and more families in Nanyang County will let their daughters read and write."

Chen Jinyu nodded repeatedly and smiled happily: "The princess is right. Look at that girl Lu, she has great ambitions at such a young age."

Jiang Shaohua also laughed: "If the Lu family is really willing to let the eldest girl study in a girls' school, when she is fourteen or fifteen years old, she will be allowed to work in the palace as an errand."

The princess kept her word, and her words certainly counted.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, Li Ying came with an unchanged plan.

Chen Jinyu welcomed Li Ying into the study with a smile and presented the plan to the princess. Jiang Shaohua read it carefully, and when he saw the last paragraph, he couldn't help laughing: "It's good to have this spirit. However, this goal is set high and cannot be achieved in three to five years."

Li Ying didn't sleep well last night. There were some faint green shadows under her eyes, but she was surprisingly energetic: "The princess said, I am..."

"You are a female scholar and the first dean," Jiang Shaohua suddenly interrupted Li Ying with a smile: "In front of this princess, you can call yourself a minister."

Li Ying was shocked and blurted out: "I have no official position, how dare I call myself such."

Jiang Shaohua smiled slightly: "There are no female officials in the imperial court. Nanyang County has set a precedent. There is Chen Sheren and Miss Sun as a military doctor. It doesn't hurt to have one more Dean Li."

Li Ying's whole body trembled, her beautiful face quickly blushed, and her voice trembled a little: "I... I thank the princess for your great kindness."

Jiang Shaohua smiled and said: "There is no approval from the imperial court, and there is no formal appointment from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. However, in Nanyang County, the princess has the final say. From now on, you will be in charge of the Ye County Girls' School. You will receive a salary every month. When Magistrate Cui goes to the palace next year, you go with him."

Li Ying suppressed the huge waves in her heart and bowed respectfully: "I have recorded the princess's words."

Jiang Shaohua nodded briefly, and after reading the plan, he said to Li Ying: "Except for the last paragraph, the rest are written in a practical and feasible way. This is the first girls' school in Nanyang County. No one knows what to do. We It’s like crossing the river by feeling for the stones, not knowing the depth.”

"However, things are done by nature, not imagined. If you have the heart, just do it slowly. It will be done one day."

"Although the journey is long, we will get there soon."