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For Jiang Shaohua today, founding a girls' college is not a difficult task.

Choosing a spacious house, Cui Wenxiu stayed as the head of the mountain, and was exempted from tuition and lunch. Just to take advantage of this, many people would rush to send their daughters to study. Not to mention, the imperial court's female examinations made everyone see that women had better options besides getting married and having children.

Let women go out of their homes, learn to read and write, and work like men. This road is still long, but there is a clear direction. Just keep going step by step.

Cui Wenxiu asked with a smile: "If we want to run a women's college, we need to recruit a group of female teachers. I think there are many talented women who failed the women's exam this time. How about hiring some of them to be teachers in the academy?"

One hundred and four people took the exam, twenty were selected, and eighty-four failed. They were all considered the most talented women in Daliang at the moment. With a little training, they could be qualified for the position of female tutor.

Jiang Shaohua nodded happily: "This is a good idea. I'll leave this matter to you!"

As the Son of Heaven, it is impossible for him to do everything himself, so he needs a group of loyal and capable female officials under him.

Cui Wenxiu bowed and accepted the order.

After finishing the business, Jiang Shaohua chatted with the two for a while, talking about some interesting things in the fourteen counties of Nanyang County.

Unfortunately, the relaxing and joyful moment soon came to an end.

Chen Changshi and Wang Zhongshuling came with a pile of memorials.

Cui Wenxiu and Li Ying hurriedly bowed and left. After leaving, the two went to look for Lu Zhen first.

Chen Sheren smiled and said, "Lu Zhen will follow you out of the palace first. Starting tomorrow, he will be on duty in the palace and will live in the Zhaohe Palace from now on. He will have two days off a month."

Of course, after being busy on duty, the two days of rest time are often occupied by errands. For example, Chen Sheren has had very few days of rest in the past six months.

Lu Zhen suppressed his excitement and bowed in a serious manner in response.

Chen Sheren was amused and resisted the urge to reach out and touch Lu Zhen's hair.

Lu Zhen is the top scorer in the female category. The emperor wants to use her as an example to inspire all the women in Daliang to study hard and completely change the world's concept of favoring boys over girls. It can also be said that Lu Zhen's every word and action in the future will be noticed by everyone. This is an honor, but also a heavy burden.

Lu Zhen was a very smart girl. Although Chen Sheren didn't say anything, she had also thought of this. At this time, she showed a calmness beyond her age.

It was not until they left the palace and got on the carriage that Lu Zhen revealed his true nature and cheered excitedly: "Today was like a dream!"

"Master, Principal, am I really the top student in the Women's Department?"

Cui Wenxiu and Li Ying responded with a smile.

"I will be working in the palace starting tomorrow?" Lu Zhen's big eyes were brighter than the stars in the sky.

"Of course." Cui Wenxiu and Li Ying nodded in unison again.

Lu Zhen grinned. He kept laughing all the way until he arrived at the Cui family's house. Wow! A bunch of people were waiting to greet him at the door.

Among them were members of the Qinghe Cui clan and members of the Li clan. Unfortunately, Lu Zhen's family was all in Ye County. Lu Zhen's family didn't know the good news that she had passed the imperial examination and was kept in the palace to serve.
That night, every family whose daughter passed the imperial examination was filled with joy, no less than when a son passed the imperial examination.

In fact, the female Jinshi of the first women's imperial examination were much more valuable than the male Jinshi. Her Majesty's strong support for them clearly showed that she would make important use of female officials in the future. They were the lucky ones who drank the first mouthful of hot soup. Entering the officialdom and taking a step ahead meant that everything would be one step faster than others in the future. How could this not make people excited?
When Li Fangfei returned home, all the Li family members, young and old, came out to greet her. The future and hope of the Li family had always been on Li Boyuan. Unfortunately, Li Boyuan died tragically in the palace coup. Li Shangshu also died in the palace coup. Now, the Li family has a female Jinshi, and she is retained by the emperor in the palace. This is not much different from Li Boyuan's former emperor's servant.

Li Fangfei walked into the house surrounded by her family and clansmen. All the surging emotions turned into one thought.

She must work hard and become the confidant of the Empress. Perhaps one day, she will become the head of the Li family.

Traditionally, the head of a household was a man, and women could only take care of the trivial matters in the inner house. There had never been a precedent for a woman to be the head of a household. However, Daliang had a female emperor, and women could participate in the imperial examinations and serve as officials in the court, so why couldn't they be the head of a household?
Rules and conventions can be broken.

When Wang Shu returned to the Wang family, he was also treated with great fanfare and enthusiasm.

The injury on Prime Minister Wang's shoulder has almost healed. Apart from being unable to bear weight, he can walk without any hindrance. However, Prime Minister Wang is not very willing to see outsiders.

Today, Prime Minister Wang was in a good mood and specially greeted his niece Wang Shu outside the study.

"Good! Good! Good!" Prime Minister Wang was all smiles, praising him with three words of praise: "You are great! You passed the first place in the exam, and you will be able to serve the emperor in the future, which is very good."

Wang Shu had always been disliked by her elders because of her stubborn temper. Today, she passed the imperial examination and became a female Jinshi. Seeing the delighted faces of her elders, she felt very happy.

She immediately responded, "It was with the strong support of my brothers that I was able to take the women's exam."

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There were several thousand members of the Wang family in the capital, and there were at least eighty girls of marriageable age. Wang Shu stood out partly because she was the best student, and partly because of Wang Jin's support.

In short, Prime Minister Wang didn't like Wang Shu very much.

Wang Shu immediately retorted, and Prime Minister Wang felt a little unhappy. However, he was an old fox, and he could control his temper. He smiled at his niece and said, "Silang has been in the palace for many years, and now he is the emperor's confidant and close minister. You are working in the palace, if there is anything you don't understand, you might as well ask him more."

Wang Shu replied, "The emperor ordered the three of us to follow Chen Sheren to learn the rules and regulations. If there is anything I don't know, I will ask Chen Sheren."

Prime Minister Wang: "..."

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That night, Lu Zhen was extremely excited and couldn't sleep at all.

At five o'clock the next morning, Lu Zhen took a carriage and went to the palace to work.

Li Ying wanted to see her off, but Cui Wenxiu stopped her: "She is a smart child, and Chen Sheren will teach her well. We have nothing to worry about."

"I am going to invite some female teachers today. If you are free, you can go with me."

Li Ying readily agreed.

Of the eighty-four women who failed the exam, some had already left the capital, some were from prominent families and were not willing to show their faces in public, and some were married and if they wanted to work as officials, they had to get the approval of their husbands and parents-in-law.

Cui Wenxiu thought about it and circled a dozen names. (End of this chapter)