The reason they moved to Suzhou was actually because of the academies and technical colleges in Suzhou.
Jiang Er donated money to build Taiping Academy, Taiping Girls' Academy, Taiping Technical College, and Taiping Girls' Technical College.
There are four schools in total, divided not only into boys' and girls' schools, but also into colleges and technical colleges.
The courses taught in the men's academy were similar to those in other academies, except that they followed the six arts of a gentleman and added courses in rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy and mathematics, that is, etiquette classes, music classes, physical education classes, calligraphy classes, and arithmetic classes.
Physical education classes include horse riding, archery, swordsmanship and other subjects.
Some people thought it was inappropriate, so Jiang Er directly brought up the Six Arts of a Gentleman and successfully shut these people up.
Women's academies taught the eight arts of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers and tea, as well as needlework, cooking and pharmacology.
Of course, the Four Books and Five Classics and arithmetic courses are also indispensable.
Just to silence the gossips, the courses offered by the women's academy are more like training ladies from noble families and girls from wealthy families.
As a result, many parents are willing to send their daughters to girls' colleges for further studies.
As the name suggests, technical colleges teach various skills and train various craftsmen.
The status of a craftsman is not as high as that of a scholar, but if he learns the skills well, he will be able to support his family.
Therefore, many children from poor families and ordinary people are willing to enter the academy to learn skills.
Most of these people are older, and as long as they learn a skill, they can quickly work and earn money.
Moreover, it is much easier to learn a skill by attending a technical college than by becoming an apprentice. In the past, when there were no such technical colleges, ordinary people who wanted to learn a craft could only go to the master's house with gifts and ask him to accept them as their apprentice.
Even if you successfully become an apprentice, you still have to work for free for several years before you can learn any skills.
Technical colleges are different. As long as you go in, you can learn some skills.
Although the teachers will inevitably hide their skills and be unwilling to show their true abilities, even so, it is still better than being an apprentice.
In addition, the college will grade these teachers based on their teaching results. The more outstanding graduates a professor produces, the higher the rating and the better the treatment.
This will motivate these masters to pass on their skills and train their students seriously.
Because of these conveniences, the college has received many students, and many craftsmen are willing to come to the college to teach and impart their skills.
After the news spread, people came from other places to learn the skills.
The hundred-year-old biological mother and stepfather had actually heard the news a long time ago and wanted to bring the child here to study, but the family did not have enough money, so the two of them never dared to make up their minds, and the matter was delayed.
It was not until Baisui secretly sent them twenty taels of silver that the two decided to move to Suzhou to learn skills.
Because the academy offered free classes for seven days, they first sent their two children to the boys' academy and the girls' academy respectively. Then the 100-year-old stepfather found a job and sent the 100-year-old biological mother to a technical college to study cooking.
In fact, he also wanted to learn cooking skills. After learning, he could become a chef and earn a lot of money.
But the family needed someone to work and earn money, so he had to work himself and sent his wife to learn cooking, so that after his wife learned it, she could teach him when she came back.
Xie Ying secretly followed the two of them for a while. Seeing that they were always honest and dutiful, and their children were also studying hard, she had a good impression of them.
To her surprise, their son was not a good student, but was quite talented in martial arts. However, their daughter was a good student, and she even received an excellent grade in the seven-day assessment, allowing her to continue attending classes for free.
Xie Ying couldn't help but ask Bai Sui: "Your brother and sister are quite talented, what are your plans?"
Baisui seemed to be in a good mood and said with a smile: "If the princess thinks they have good talents, she can show her favor."
Xie Ying looked at her in surprise: "If I give them a favor, they will have to work for me in the future. Have you thought it through?"
Baisui nodded and said as a matter of course: "The princess has shown kindness, so they naturally have to repay the princess's kindness. Moreover, it is their great honor to work for the princess."
Xie Ying is both a lucky star and a god of wealth, so working for her is a great job!
Baisui felt that she was still very considerate of her younger siblings.
Xie Ying thought that Baisui would provide funding himself, but who knew that he actually thought so highly of her as a boss that he would rather let her do him a favor.
She thought for a moment and said, "Then let's wait and see. I don't accept just anyone."
Baisui nodded again: "We should take a closer look. They haven't been in the academy for long. They may look okay now, but they may not be okay in the future."
Xie Ying: “…”
You are really my sister!
Although she was secretly complaining, Xie Ying still planned to observe for a while longer.
She was not only observing Baisui's brother and sister, but also observing others.
What was the purpose of her and Situ Yuan setting up these schools? Wasn't it to cultivate the talents they needed?
Why did Situ Yuan only make the bicycle recently?
Isn’t it because there are too few capable people and it takes time to train them?
With Situ Yuan's status, he was able to find many skilled craftsmen. However, once he used them, he would find many problems, making it difficult to use them.
Situ Yuan had to train them little by little and set standards for them.
Moreover, most of these skilled craftsmen had to work for the imperial court and could not always follow Situ Yuan, so they needed to train more outstanding craftsmen.
Situ Yuan has a lot of things to do now, so the task of selecting talents from academies and colleges naturally falls on Xie Ying.
It just so happens that she is still young and doesn't need to do anything else.
Xie Ying has discovered quite a few good talents, such as the centenarian brothers and sisters.
She silently paid attention to these promising young people, hoping that they would thrive. If any outstanding young people were unable to continue their studies due to poverty, Xie Ying would come forward to provide financial support.
But she pays more attention to girls than boys.
Because in ancient times, women's situation was much more difficult than men's. Apart from getting married or becoming maids in wealthy families, they had almost no other options.
Xie Ying is still just a little girl and cannot help all the women in the world, but she is willing to help these talented young women and give them a chance to move up, which can be regarded as setting an example for the people of the world.
We must let the world see that women are just as smart as men, and can use their wisdom to earn money and support their families. Not allowing women to read and write is like killing the chicken to get the eggs, which is extremely foolish!
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