No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

The news of the woman passing the imperial examination was talked about for a long time, not only in Zhili, but also spread throughout the south.

When the Beijing Girls' School was established, the South was still on the sidelines.

Now that women can really pass the imperial examinations, people will see that there are special schools for girls in the capital. Wouldn't the south be at a disadvantage?

Especially in the aristocratic families, there is no shortage of talented women.

I used to think that studying was useless, but now that I see that I can take the imperial examination and become an official, I’m so anxious.

You said, you and she have a son and a daughter.

But other people’s sons and daughters all take the imperial examinations and become officials, and you only have one son, so isn’t your chance reduced by half?

So before the New Year, a proposal was submitted from Jiangnan to establish a girls' school.

And the court didn't need to spend any money. Several wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan donated money to build the Jiangnan Girls' School.

Not to mention that private schools in various places have begun to open girls' schools or accept female students.

Lin Mingyan shouted at the top of her lungs, but not many people responded to her female education.

It became popular just because people could take the imperial examinations.

"People are so realistic," Lin Mingyan shook her head helplessly as she looked at the application for a girls' school.

The Fourth Master chuckled on the side: "What's useful is the best publicity."

"When we first started promoting high-yield rice and wheat seeds, we encountered so much resistance."

"Wei Yi and Li Wei are at their wit's end. Some people are even suspicious, suspecting our court of some conspiracy."

"But you see, they planted it themselves for a year, and the people saw that the yield was indeed high, so they all rushed to get seeds."

This happened in the past. Lin Mingyan thought that with the cultivation of sweet potatoes, it would be easy to promote high-yield rice and wheat seeds.

But unexpectedly, they were used to the original rice and wheat seeds and did not trust other people's seeds at all.

They would not buy seeds from anyone, whether it was merchants or the imperial court.

Lin Mingyan said, "That's understandable. We only have so much land, and all the family needs are from the rice and wheat."

"If something really goes wrong, I wouldn't even dare to go to the authorities."

"Even if they come looking for us, won't we just beat them up and throw them out? It's normal for them to be afraid."

It was natural for people in ancient times to fear officials, which is incomparable to the situation today.

"That's true. Fortunately, things are better now," the Fourth Master shook his head. "They refused to give it away for free, and later they offered to buy it with money, and there was a limit on the number of people who could buy it. Now they have planted all of it."

"No matter what the process is like, the result is good now," Lin Mingyan was already very satisfied.

The Qing Dynasty today is completely different from when she first arrived.

Among food, clothing, housing and transportation, three have undergone earth-shaking changes.

As for housing, she's already promoting clean toilets and showers.

After all, cement can actually be developed at this time, but it takes a lot of effort.

Not to mention tiles, isn’t that our ancestors’ specialty?

It's just a change of shape, but the aesthetic is far superior to modern ones.

Jiuzhou Qingyan had already built bathrooms and toilets, and Lin Mingyan could finally enjoy them.

When historians see this in the future, it will probably be praised in several books internationally.

Lin Mingyan almost laughed out loud when she thought of this scene.

The Fourth Master saw that she had no idea what she was thinking about and was smiling like a cat that had stolen some fish. He couldn't help but pinch her face.

Feeling the soft touch of his fingertips, he couldn't help but sigh: Although she is getting older, Cha Cha doesn't look old at all.

"What are you thinking about? Huh?" The Fourth Master couldn't help but ask.

Lin Mingyan came back to her senses and smiled again: "I received a letter from Hu Rong a while ago, saying that he went to the West to study and has just returned."

"We landed at Guangzhou Port half a month ago. I think we'll be in Beijing in a few days."

Hu Rong and others were the first group of government-funded students sent abroad after the Fourth Master ascended the throne.

Although she knew that the West was not that advanced at that time, Lin Mingyan couldn't help but look forward to bringing something back.

Soon, Lin Mingyan knew what she had brought back.

Brought back a group of Western students!

Ok? ? ?

Lin Mingyan and the Fourth Master looked at each other and stared at Hu Rong who was kneeling below.

"My dear Hu, I told you to go to the West to study, so why did you bring people to the Qing Dynasty?" Lin Mingyan held his forehead.

No, we are going to learn from others' strengths, not to spread love and warmth.

Hu Rong said excitedly, "Your Majesty, Queen, you don't know!"

"Although Westerners have some relatively good technologies, I have also arranged for people to learn them."

"But compared to our Qing Dynasty, it's simply a barbaric place where people eat raw meat and drink blood and are still uncivilized!"

"These people, pitiful as they are, bleed when they are sick, and the barefoot doctors make holes in people's heads to treat diseases."

"Don't you think this is nonsense?"

"We have a doctor on board our ship. How could such a compassionate doctor bear to see such a tragic scene?"

"No, I saved some patients out of kindness."

"Who knew that word would spread like wildfire, and Westerners would kneel down and make the sign of the cross when they saw us, insisting we were some kind of gods."

"This is going on for a long time..."

Hu Rong knelt down, becoming more and more excited as he spoke, and the Western pocket watch on his cuff flashed with tiny golden lights as he gestured.

"Those red-haired foreigners, seeing our doctor cure an old woman with gout with moxibustion, actually put the silver needles in the church!"

"Some people drank Xiao Chaihu Decoction and said that colds can be cured so easily..."

After he finished his eloquent speech, Lin Mingyan put down the document in her hand and said, "So, you brought back 300 international students?"

Wow, this time Daqing has become a training base.

"To answer your Majesty!" Hu Rong slapped his thigh. "It was they who heard about the glory of the Qing Dynasty and cried out to 'naturalize as Chinese citizens'!"

"If you want to study medicine, you have to be able to read and write. Don't you have to learn the Four Books and Five Classics?"

"Those who want to learn porcelain firing, weaving, or embroidery also need to be able to speak the Qing dialect, right?"

"I thought, how can we teach so few people? So I brought them back!"

"Have you ever thought about so many people..." How much would it cost?

It would be easy to entertain one or two people, but three hundred people, the Ministry of Revenue and the Fourth Master would be heartbroken!

Hu Rong understood what was going on and quickly said, "They've already paid for the boat and tuition, how can we let them come for nothing?"

"Besides, in our Qing Dynasty, if you want to learn anything, you have to pay for it yourself~~~"

Oh, it costs money!

Lin Mingyan changed the subject: "Now that we're here, we should also show the style of the Great Dynasty. What do you say, Your Majesty?"

His Majesty saw her "face-changing" skills and almost couldn't help laughing: "The Queen is right. Let the Honglu Temple entertain us well and let everyone learn the Qing dialect first so that they can communicate smoothly."