Yuan Xi discovered that he was actually quite mentally abnormal.
The more Mrs. Wu acted dignified and elegant for a while, the more he wanted to see Mrs. Wu break her guard.
Of course, Mrs. Wu would not let his evil intentions succeed easily. Although Yuan Xi made several moves when no one was around, Mrs. Wu still expressed her disdain for Yuan Xi's behavior verbally and righteously.
But later, when Mrs. Wu's inconsistent accusations were discovered, Yuan Xi went even further. Mrs. Wu resisted symbolically, but finally gave up.
Seeing Yuan Xi scooping up the concoction with a wooden spoon and bringing it to her mouth, Mrs. Wu was so angry and anxious that she gouged out Yuan Xi's eyes.
Yuan Xitian smiled shamelessly and said, "Don't worry, madam, no one can see it."
Mrs. Wu thought to herself that this would be more troublesome, okay?
It would be fine if there was someone around. Yuan Xi would not act so wantonly. Now, it's good. As soon as Yuan Xi closed the door, nothing happened to the two of them inside. People outside didn't believe it either!
She said angrily: "They are all people with status, sir, please respect yourself!"
Yuan Xi chuckled and said, "Why don't I know your identity?"
"Hey, I remembered, you are my wife, when are you coming?"
Mrs. Wu was furious: "Who agreed to marry you!"
"You are so shameless!"
Yuan Xi sighed, "I also know that Madam definitely wants to go back."
"It's not sweet to be forced. If my wife still doesn't change her mind after giving birth to the child, and if she can agree to a condition, I may not be able to send her back."
Mrs. Wu glanced at Yuan Xi: "Don't even think about lying to me!"
"Are you so kind?"
Yuan Xi sighed: "It's true, and I promise not to reveal a single bit of my wife's affairs here."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wu felt a little hopeful, "Really?"
"What conditions?"
Yuan Xi said without hesitation: "One more?"
Mrs. Wu almost cried in anger, "Are you still the leader of a state like this?"
Yuan Xi sighed, "Madam, have you ever thought about it, if you go back and see me and Bo Fu killing each other on the battlefield, how will you deal with yourself if one of you dies at the hands of the other?"
"When Madam returns, will she help Bo Fu deal with me?"
Mrs. Wu bit her lip, "When I go back, I will persuade Bo Fu to have a good relationship with the young master."
Yuan Xi sighed: "Is it possible?"
"It is said that from what I know, Bo Fu takes orders from Yuan Shu, right?"
"Now that Lord Ben Chu and Yuan Shu are fighting to the death, what can Bo Fu change?"
Mrs. Wu said dullly: "Isn't the young master also taking orders from Mr. Benchu?"
Yuan Xi laughed after hearing this, "Madam, you are very smart, open your mouth!"
Mrs. Wu was upset and subconsciously opened her mouth slightly. Yuan Xi stretched out the medicine spoon in his hand.
Mrs. Wu opened her mouth to drink. This time she reacted, and her eyebrows stood up in anger. She raised her hand and hit Yuan Xi, "You're a loser!"
Yuan Xi received a blow and said with a smile: "Madam, although you want to hit me, don't be angry, lest you cause fetal contractions."
Mrs. Wu hit her a few times and was about to pick up the wooden plate on the table. Yuan Xi saw that the situation was not good and quickly ran away.
Looking at Yuan Xi's embarrassed back, Mrs. Wu suddenly felt that she was in a much better mood, and her endless troubles seemed to be forgotten.
She found that she had been staying with Yuan Xi for a long time, and she seemed to have become younger, as if she had returned to the carefree self she had before getting married.
An idea came to Mrs. Wu's mind. If she had been born more than ten years later and met Yuan Xi again, she would have been happier than marrying Sun Jian, right?
She was horrified and quickly pushed the thought out of her mind, cursing herself for being shameless. She was already an old lady with several children, so what were she thinking!
Yuan Xi ran outside and saw that Cao Xian and Cao Jie were having fun with the two girls and did not bother them. He was in a good mood and came to the study to find Cai Zhaoji.
As a result, the study room was empty, so he slapped his head and remembered that today was the day when Cai Zhaoji went to teach at a free school.
The earliest record of women teaching students can be found in the pre-Qin Dynasty. The Chu Ci "Ode to the Goddess" mentions that "therefore, he waved his ornaments, sang the jade luan, wore dowry clothes, restrained his appearance, looked after the female master, and ordered the master."
"Ge Qin" in "The Book of Songs·Zhou Nan" says, "If you tell the master, you will return home."
However, female teachers were mostly called professors among aristocratic women and had no connection with common people. Most of the things they taught were moral books such as women's commandments, which were not very practical.
But even so, there is still a gap between the early childhood basic education of nobles and common people.
You must know that the enlightenment of many scholars when they were young was their mothers, because their mothers were mostly ladies of the family, well-informed and courteous, and their knowledge and upbringing directly determined the scholars' future study habits and ethics.
From the earliest female teachers to the present, very few have left their names. The first one to leave her name in the history books was Ban Zhao during the Eastern Han Dynasty, who participated in the compilation of the Han Dynasty and wrote the female commandments. Because of her husband's surname Cao, so he is also called the Cao family.
Ban Zhao's father, Ban Biao, wrote more than 60 chapters in "Historical Records". On this basis, his eldest brother Ban Gu and his second brother Ban Chao compiled the "Book of Han".
Later, Ban Chao decided to join the army, but Ban Gu died unjustly in prison before completing the book, leaving the most difficult Eight Tables and Astronomical Records unfinished. After Ban Zhao was ordered to enter the palace, he compiled the scattered chapters into a book, and supplemented the "Book of Han" Write eight tables and complete the astronomy.
In order to complete the "Han Shu", Ban Zhao spent thirty years. Looking at the women who participated in the compilation of history as scholars over the thousands of years, Ban Zhao was the only one.
Emperor He of the Han Dynasty summoned Ban Zhao to the palace many times and asked her to teach the female family members in the harem. Ban Zhao became a female palace teacher and taught a wide range of subjects, including Confucian classics and astronomy. The queen and nobles all respectfully addressed Ban Zhao as "everyone".
As the compiler of the Han Dynasty, there were many male scholars who performed discipleship rituals for Ban Zhao. Due to the differences between men and women, male disciples usually knelt outside the library to listen. One of them was named Ma Rong, who later became a great Confucian scholar at home and became a disciple. Thousands of people, one of them was Lu Zhi.
The Han Dynasty attached great importance to the inheritance and family status of masters and disciples. Therefore, after Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan became Lu Zhi's disciples, they became famous among the gentry. It must be said that their status as Lu Zhi's disciples played a great role.
But because of this, Lu Zhi later switched to Yuan Shao, leaving Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei who were against Yuan Shao at a loss. Liu Bei left Gongsun Zan, which may also be partly responsible.
Yuan Xi established a volunteer school to enlighten the people's wisdom, but at this time of competition for the world, he should not have done it in such a hurry.
This kind of thing should be the best time to implement it when the world is at peace, the country is at peace, and life is prosperous.
Yuan Xi definitely does not do things without asking for anything in return. The promotion of voluntary studies at this time was carefully considered.
One is to gain fame.
Establishing a voluntary school and enlightening the people of the world is an act of a saint. It can echo the rumors about his real person, thus greatly improving his reputation.
The second is to train and select officials.
One of the charges for Xu Jie's murder was corruption and perversion of the law. Yuan Xi personally tested the officials he promoted and found that most of them were unlearned and unskilled. They bribed Xu Jie to buy their posts.
After Yuan Xi killed Xu Jie, he deposed all unqualified officials and re-selected them. Free learning became an important means of selecting and training officials.
The third is to use identity to suppress.
He presides over the establishment of a free school and is the mentor and sponsor of all those who benefit from it. These people need to think carefully if they want to betray him in the future.
Yuan Xi was a man who couldn't get up early without any benefit, and his calculations had already been made in his heart. Yi Xue not only taught men, but also taught women. With a two-pronged approach, no one could escape from his grasp.
Through volunteer studies, he made Cai Zhaoji his master and taught basic knowledge to women of different status, so that they could teach their children and grandchildren after they got married, thus planting a seed of hope that would blossom everywhere in the future.
What it covers is not limited to Confucian classics, but a set of miscellaneous books compiled by Yuan Xi and Cai Zhaoji by condensing all kinds of knowledge, from basic literacy to textile tips, from hygiene habits to food cooking, to Diseases and first aid are all covered.
There are many things in it that actually conflict with the orthodox Confucian classics. Yuan Xi dares to teach these, but thanks to the chaos in the world at this time, the collapse of etiquette and the collapse of music, no one cares about what Youzhou's righteousness teaches.
This is a great time to establish new rules!
Therefore, a time of great chaos is also a time of great struggle, full of opportunities and challenges.
This thing may not have obvious results for several years, but the sooner you do it, the sooner you will reap the rewards. If this model is successful and is implemented all over the world in the future, Cai Zhaoji, Hua Tuo and others will also leave their names in history, right?
He closed the door of the study and returned to the room, only to find Zhen Mi sitting on the couch in front of the window, with some accounts spread out in front of her, doing abacus in one hand, and writing something on the bamboo slips with a brush in the other.
She was so engrossed at this moment that she didn't even know Yuan Xi had come in.
When Yuan Xi saw Zhen Mi's fingers flying, he couldn't help but think of some scenes at night, and thought that Zhen Mi was quite talented in this field.
While Zhen Mi was calculating, she was rubbing her forehead, which was also as white as jade, with her green and jade fingers. She was obviously thinking about something that took a lot of energy.
Yuan Xi didn't want to disturb her. After Zhen Mi had counted for a full quarter of an hour, he stopped his hand and said, "Don't tire yourself out. Go out and do some exercise when you have time."
Only then did Zhen Mi wake up, turned her face and said with a smile: "My husband is here, I don't have anything to do."
She pointed to Cao Xian and others outside the window, and said with a smile: "They are young, so they have no worries about playing Wuqinxi."
"As my wife, if I openly turn over and lean on my back, I'm afraid others will criticize my husband's family tradition, so I can only secretly box in the house."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It's really hard for you."
"What are you counting?"
Zhen Mi replied: "I am calculating the amount of iron ore transported to Jicheng."
"My husband proposed to test a new steel forging method. In the past month, the Zhen family has transported a large amount of iron ore from Yuyang to Jicheng through the trade route. I am calculating how much manpower time it will take to smelt and forge it."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi said: "It just so happens that I am going out to see if there is any progress in this new law."
Seeing Zhen Mi's eagerness to try, he said, "You haven't recovered from your illness for a while, and the air in the blacksmith shop is not good. Please wait for a while before going out."
After hearing this, Zhen Mi could only nod her head, regretfully.
(End of chapter)
