"You are worth teaching." Li Yi was very satisfied with the little fatty's performance. He patted him on the head and said, "Today, I will have the textbooks you will be teaching sent to the palace. You should familiarize yourself with the content in the next few days and think about how to teach them."
Monarch Jin raised his head and asked expectantly, "Can I really be the superintendent?"
"You are a prince and a teacher of the School of Mathematics. As long as your mathematics skills are much better than others, who would dare to object to you being the superintendent?" Li Yi felt like a big bad wolf now.
However, the name of superintendent did not sound good. It sounded like a eunuch in charge of the School of Mathematics. It was inauspicious. The mention of the word always reminded him of Changde's old face. Next time, he suggested to the old emperor that he should change the title of superintendent to dean.
"Superintendent …" Monarch Jin nodded fiercely. "I will!"
Li Yi suddenly sniffed and asked, "What's that smell?"
Monarch Jin was startled. Then, he waved the food box in his hand and said, "I just got the poached chicken from the dining hall. I haven't had time to eat it yet …"
"Poached chicken …" Li Yi looked at the food box in Li Han's hand and murmured.
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"You are so fat at such a young age. How will you look in the future?" As a teacher, he not only had to care about his students' studies, but he also had to care about their lives and health. Li Yi touched Monarch Jin's head and said, "In the future, you should exercise more and eat more fruits and less meat. Only with a strong body will you have the strength to learn more advanced mathematics …"
Monarch Jin looked at the teacher's back as he walked away. His hands were empty. The poached chicken that he pretended to be in the food box had flown away. He swallowed his saliva, and his face showed confusion again.
"Didn't I say that it's better to be heavier?"
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In the Political Hall, Emperor Jing was expressionless. All the officials were silent. The Princess Royal Highness frowned, and a white-haired old man in front of the hall was spitting.
"Ridiculous, this is ridiculous!"
The old man's face was filled with anger. He waved his sleeve and said, "Obey your father at home, obey your husband when married, obey your son when your husband is dead, these are the three …. Marriage is an important matter, how can it be treated as a child's play? A girl not getting married at the age of sixteen is an evil act that will shake the foundation of the country. Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
Emperor Jing remained silent, and the officials did not speak either. The entire court had clearly become the old man's one-man show.
All the officials and generals in the court looked at each other, then at the old man who was still talking, and continued to remain silent.
The Empress and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess asked for permission for the women to delay the age of marriage until after the age of sixteen. They also urged the Imperial Physician Bureau to do many things to reduce the possibility of a woman dying from a difficult birth. This matter had already spread throughout the entire capital. From the noble ladies to the common women, there was no one who was not grateful. Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess had an unparalleled reputation among the women of the capital.
Even they shuddered when they saw the statistics. Women giving birth was the gate of death. This was a well-known fact. However, no one had thought that the crux of the matter was the age of childbirth.
The population was important, but this matter involved the Empress and the Eldest Princess. Even the Emperor seemed to have a tacit attitude. Other than those highly respected scholars, who dared to say anything?
Besides, who didn't have a girl in their family?
One wrong word, and the women in the family would probably rebel.
"Shaking the foundation of the country? Isn't Great Scholar Han being too alarmist?"
MIngzhu looked at the old man and said in a cold voice, "When a woman gets married at the age of thirteen, three or four out of ten will die from a difficult birth. If it is delayed by three years, it will be reduced to less than ten percent. If it is supplemented by the scientific midwifery methods of the Imperial Physician Bureau, it will be even lower. If this is carried out, how many less women will there be in the world? Besides, after this is carried out, it can also encourage women of the right age to have more children. The court will give additional subsidies to increase the population. How can this shake the foundation of the country? "
Because she knew that this matter would encounter a lot of resistance, MIngzhu had already made preparations before entering the court.
"If something goes wrong without confirmation, who can bear the responsibility?" Great Scholar Han faced Emperor Jing and said loudly, "Women are not allowed to participate in politics. This is an ancestral rule. How can women talk nonsense in the court?"
MIngzhu's expression gradually turned cold. She asked, "Great Scholar Han, do you want to disregard the lives of the young women of the Jing Kingdom?"
The old man said passionately, "Men are the masters and women are the assistants. It is the duty of a woman to bear children for her husband and carry on the family line for her husband. The royal family should set an example for the world. Why is Her Royal Highness unmarried at the age of 18? Is this the example of the royal family? "
One was the Eldest Princess of the court, and the other was a famous scholar. The two of them opposed each other fiercely and did not give in to each other.
The court officials looked at each other. Although the Princess was a woman, she did not lose to a man in terms of toughness. Great Scholar Han was also famous for being stubborn. He had repeatedly obstructed the Emperor's new policies. Even the two Prime Ministers lowered their heads and did not speak. There was no one else who dared to reprimand the royal family in the court like this except for him.
"Are you saying that I, a woman, was born to be a tool to carry on the family line, and a woman's life is not important?" MIngzhu's eyes flashed coldly as she looked at the old man and asked.
The old man said righteously, "For the sake of the country, what's wrong with making some sacrifices?"
"Old thing, say one more word!"
Under the gaze of Emperor Jing and the officials, the Eldest Princess pointed at Great Scholar Han's nose and said something that made everyone dumbfounded.
Great Scholar Han's face was pale, and his lips were trembling. As a great scholar, he was called an "old thing" by a princess in front of the Emperor and the court officials. Among the great scholars of the Jing Kingdom, besides him, who else had such treatment?
"As, as a princess, how can, how can you say such filthy words …" His body was trembling, and his voice was also trembling.
Her Highness did not say a word and walked straight to Great Scholar Han's side.
Emperor Jing's expression suddenly changed, and he said, "Quick, quickly stop MIngzhu!"
By the time they realized that something was wrong, the guards had already come in from outside the door. Everyone knew Her Highness's temper. Although she was usually gentle and humble, if she was really angry, it was possible that she would kill Great Scholar Han with a sword in the court!
Fortunately, fortunately, weapons were not allowed in the golden hall …
A guard stood in front of MIngzhu and said in panic, "Your Highness, you can't!"
Then he stopped in his tracks, as if he remembered something, and looked at the saber at his waist.
Coincidentally, MIngzhu also looked in that direction.
Swoosh!
A silver stripe flashed, and the court officials only saw a bright light in front of them. Great Scholar Han fell to the ground on his butt. His hair was messy, and his bun was untied. His white hair danced in the air …
Some of the court officials' legs were already trembling.
Her Highness, she really dared to do it!
Although she only chopped off Great Scholar Han's hair, this was the golden hall!
Emperor Jing stood up from the dragon throne, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "We will discuss this matter tomorrow. Someone come, take Her Highness away … and summon the imperial physician."
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Great Scholar Han was supported to the imperial physician's office, and Her Highness was also taken away. It was not wrong to use weapons in the court, and behead was not an exaggeration. However, the person who did it was Her Highness, so the result was different.
Great Scholar Han did not think through his words just now. Women were only tools to carry on the family line, so a woman's life was not important?
Her Highness was not a woman? Her Majesty the Empress was not a woman? Great Scholar Han's mother was not a woman?
No one knew how His Majesty would punish Her Highness, but Great Scholar Han's nightmare had just begun.
Thinking of Her Highness's influence among the women in the capital, everyone's heart trembled.
Emperor Jing's face was gloomy, the officials whispered, and the censors rubbed their palms. The court was in a mess because of Her Highness's stunning saber strike.
"Pfft!"
Li Yi spat all the water in his mouth onto Li Xuan's face. He asked in shock, "What did you say? MIngzhu killed Great Scholar Han in the court?"
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