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"Hello, Director Lu." The young ladies bowed one after another in return.

If it were half a year ago, they would call each other Madam Liang Guo, but now, people all over the world respectfully call each other Director Lu.

The maids brought in a lot of cushions and finally locked the door tightly.

They lit the candles, surrounded Lu Liangxi and Empress Changsun, and sat cross-legged on the ground together.

Close distance, dim vision and closed space make this kind of conversation the easiest way to shorten the distance.

This was the method that Master Li used when he first had a heart-to-heart talk with the ladies in the woolen yarn factory. Everyone was very emotional and cried loudly, but after leaving the factory they were so embarrassed that they wished they could die on the spot.

"Do you all want to see Linglong?" Lu Liangxi asked softly. None of the ladies present were illiterate. Even the maids had to learn from their wives.

"Look!" A loyal fan of Linglong immediately got excited: "I wrote down all the good sentences in it."

"Me too!" Several voices echoed, and everyone looked at each other and chuckled.

Many of them have secretly submitted their manuscripts. Although they dare not even take the royalties, as long as their manuscripts are published, they are happy for quite a while.

“I still remember when the first issue of Linglong was published, I bought it and opened the first article.”

Lu Liangxi's voice was gentle, like the trickling of water and the warm breeze: "The name of the article is - "The Life of Women". It is only a thousand words, but I don't have the courage to finish reading it..."

The orange candlelight dyed the ladies' eyes. They talked about everything from magazines to the value of women, from playing the piano and copying scriptures to the interests of family and country.

Some were sobbing softly, some were filled with indignation, some had determined eyes, and some were afraid and terrified.

Lu Liangxi felt relieved and determined that the matter would be accomplished.

She discussed this matter with Qiao Lang, talking about the value of labor, productivity needs, how much benefit women can bring, and how much tax revenue they can bring to the Tang Dynasty.

And talking with ladies is about women's power and the meaning of life.

Just like Li Yin never discussed gender equality with Li Shimin, and never talked to him about women's will.

Doesn’t Li Shimin know this?

He knows.

All feudal monarchs knew this, except the incompetent emperors.

But due to the small peasant economy and the nature of feudal society, they had to do so.

If productivity is poor, people will be poor and society will be unstable.

As exploitation and oppression go on layer by layer, only the most docile, kind and easily restrained people are placed at the bottom, and then the infrastructure of the entire society can be stabilized.

Li Yin never asked Li Shimin to improve the status of women, not even a word of it.

This kind of thinking is particularly ridiculous in the eyes of the other party and those in higher positions.

She just told Li Shimin that if he wanted to develop rapidly, all labor forces had to play their due value, otherwise it would delay the Tang Dynasty's recovery of its territory.

If you want to grow the population quickly, you must give birth to children scientifically and wait until women are well grown before preparing for pregnancy. This is much better than having two lives with one corpse.

She cannot state things from her own perspective, but must think from the other person's perspective and hit the pain points directly.

Of course, kings are not so easy to fool. It is difficult to convince them with just a few words!

So Li Yin had done everything before she spoke.

She wouldn't say that this was feasible or credible, but just believe me, I'll let you see the real thing later.

Instead, he pointed directly at the object and told the other party:

Look, I did it, do you believe it now?

Before she encouraged the ladies to go out to work, she had already improved the lives of the people around her from barely making ends meet to having enough food and clothing.

If life is good, society will be stable and people will be more tolerant of women. (Skirt effect)

When Li Shimin saw the results, he agreed to the expansion of the woolen yarn factory.

The status of women will also be improved unconsciously.

……

Today's court meeting did not go smoothly.

Everyone had too much work to do in submitting petitions and at the same time discussing various issues regarding the new law.

So there is more work.

Wei Zheng glanced at the pendulum clock in the main hall. It was already 11:10. According to the schedule of the usual court meetings, he would be on his way home now.

Wei Zheng was stunned, and the Minister of Rites Lu Kuan (dou Lu Kuan) beside him stood up.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Games will definitely become a long-term event in the future. Relevant rules need to be formulated for each event, and other sports should be added..."

As soon as Lu Kuan finished speaking, Duan Lun stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the water conservancy in the city has been replanned, but there is a serious shortage of manpower and it is impossible to build ditches. If this problem is not solved, the city will not be able to pave cement roads."

"Your Majesty." Hou Junji stepped forward and said, "The Ministry of War needs to purchase soap, alcohol and other military supplies again."

"Your Majesty, we should hold more imperial examinations next year. The court is extremely short of manpower."

"His Majesty……"

"Dang! Dang! Dang..."

The pendulum clock in the hall rang twelve times, and everyone turned their heads unconsciously and looked at the dial in unison.

It's twelve o'clock!

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Yu's weak voice sounded: "Since I got the clock, I have never slept well again!"

He had a ferocious expression on his face: "Even if I'm dreaming, I'm going to be late!"

All the ministers nodded in unison.

Li Shimin's face was calm, without any desire or demand: "Gentlemen, please relax and get used to it."

"I have one in my bedroom, so why should you be in trouble if you don't have any at home?"

A divine light appeared on his face, and he spoke in a long tone -

"Look at me, I'm doing so well now."

After saying this, Li Shimin smiled in a formal manner with his big white teeth.

A group of old men widened their eyes and took a few breaths of cold air.

You are worthy of me, my majesty!

Li Shimin continued calmly: "Today at noon we will have, um... hamburgers and pizza, with stomach-nourishing porridge. Everyone, remember to eat less chicken and drink more porridge."

After that, the palace servants from the Imperial Food Bureau brought plates of food into the hall, and the aroma of fried chicken instantly filled the air.

A large table was placed in the center, piled high with food.

"Just take whatever you want to eat."

As he spoke, Li Shimin reached out for a plate, put a few pieces of fried chicken fillet on it, then squeezed salad dressing on it and sprinkled pepper on it.

The ministers followed suit and soon immersed themselves in the joy of the carbohydrate bomb.

Today's court meeting lasted a whole day, and the symposium for the ladies in the harem also lasted a whole day.

When both sides finished, their eyes were red.

Fang Xuanling and others were standing at the door waiting for their wives. Soon they saw a group of vigorous and high-spirited women approaching from a distance.

They walked with their heads held high and murderous looks in their eyes.

"???"

The old men were all confused and bewildered, but they couldn't ask at the palace gate.

Pei sat hesitantly in the back seat behind Wei Zheng.

"Ma'am, are you seated?"

Pei said nothing.

"..." Wei Zheng was speechless, but still reminded: "I'm going to start pedaling."

Pei still kept her head down and said nothing.

It was not until the two of them had ridden more than half the way that Pei came to his senses.

She mustered up the courage to ask, "Xuancheng, can you buy me a big bike?"

"What?"

Wei Zheng glanced at the door of his house, and before he could continue speaking, he heard his wife continue to say -

“I knew it wouldn’t work.”

After that, she said in a low voice: "I have suffered a lot in my life with you..."

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Wei Zheng was stunned, as this was one of the few requests his wife had ever made to him.

Isn’t it just a two-stringed car?

He won't take the blame for the hardship!

Wei Zheng turned the car smoothly.

"You should have told me earlier. We're already home. What if Liuweizhai is closed?"