Li Shangshu finally agreed.
The Crown Princess and Mingda immediately asked people to choose a location, and the two even walked around the streets and alleys of the capital in person, making sure to choose an excellent place to set up a girls' school.
The Crown Princess crossed out a lot from the list of courses that the royal princess mainly studied, shook her head and said: "Since there are not only clan girls and daughters of honorable families in the girls' school, but also small folk ladies from small households, then these are not suitable. .”
Mingda nodded and agreed, "But riding and archery don't have to be removed."
She glanced at it and said, "These are the things that the clan daughters and noble daughters of aristocratic families need to learn."
The princess frowned slightly, "Keep it, I'm afraid students with ordinary backgrounds can't afford such expenses."
Ming Da smiled and said: "You can refer to the Imperial College and other schools. I heard from Man Bao that when Bai Shan was studying in the school, the bows and arrows used in the school were all from the school. Students don't need to buy them separately. As for the horses , except for very wealthy families, most students rent horses for practice.”
"Yizhou Prefecture School cooperated with the horse farm of Yizhou Prince's Mansion back then, and our women's school can also find a horse farm to cooperate with," Ming Da said: "The horses in our school can be used for the usual classes, and the horses from the horse farm can be rented for practice. It shouldn't be very expensive."
The Crown Princess raised her eyebrows, "Sir Bai still needs to rent a horse from a family like that?"
Ming Da laughed and said, "They only bought their own horses after they came to the capital. In the past, the horses used in the school were mainly rented."
The princess nodded, "Okay, this matter will be done as you said."
"However," she said after a pause, "I still think that students with different identities and different ambitions should be taught separately."
"Isn't the Imperial Medical Office recruiting a group of students all at once, and they will be divided into classes after studying in the school for a year. Those who want to learn physical therapy can learn physical therapy, and those who want to learn acupuncture and moxibustion can learn acupuncture?" said the princess. : "When the time comes, we will also teach them separately, what do you think?"
Mingda frowned, "Isn't that the academy is making them cliques? At that time, there will definitely be a group of clan girls, a group of aristocratic families, a group of nobles, and another group of ordinary people."
This is not the same as her thinking.
"But it's not the best policy to put them together to study together," said the princess, "Every family's situation is different, the foundation is different, and the study after school is also different. Students from ordinary families are put together. Even being crushed, I'm afraid it will be even worse for them."
Mingda frowned, momentarily embarrassed.
When Bai Er heard about it, he said to her: "Don't worry, put them together to study, one year may be to see the background of the family background, after two or three years, the influence of these things will be small."
He said confidently: "At that time, what will really affect the grades is the level of intelligence and hard work. Just look at Zhou Man and me."
Mingda couldn't turn the corner for a while, and asked, "What does this have to do with you and Zhou Man?"
"Why doesn't it matter? It matters a lot," Bai Erlang put down his pen, put the mediocre manuscript aside, and said to Mingda seriously: "Those ladies from small households, no matter how poor they were when Zhou Man first entered school? "
"When Zhou Man first entered school, all the books she used were hand-copied by her husband. Besides, she didn't have any books of her own, but I was different," Bai Erlang said: "At that time, there were too many books in my house. A whole room. So when she first entered school, I was the one who bullied her."
Mingda: "...but I heard that as soon as she and Bai Shan entered school, you were beaten by your father-in-law because you bullied them."
Bai Erlang choked, and after a while he waved his hand and said, "That's not important, it's all because adults got involved. Among the classmates, I was the one who bullied them."
Mingda nodded, "And then?"
"And as time went by, I learned more and more things, and Zhou Man bullied me, I mean academically," Bai Erlang said: "Could it be that her family background is better than mine? Is the background deeper than my family?"
"Of course not. The reason why she can bully me is because she has a better brain than me and works a little harder than me. So what kind of family background is not so important after two or three years of enrollment."
"The children of Xiaohu's family are still girls. If they can be admitted to the women's school, their intelligence and perseverance are extraordinary. They may not be inferior to the daughters of the clan and noble families."
Bai Erlang felt that there was no need for them to think too much, "No one can think perfectly about things in this world, so it's better to let them go to advance by themselves. You see, the Imperial Medical Office recruits students directly when they apply for the exam. Classes have been assigned, but now they study uniformly for one year, and then divide according to their qualifications and choices."
"It can be seen that things in this world are not static. Anyway, you and the princess are the head of the mountain, and the academy is yours. When the time comes, the rules are not suitable, and you have to change them."
Mingda thought seriously, nodded after a long time, and then looked at Bai Erlang in surprise: "Did you think of these words yourself?"
Bai Erlang shook his head and said, "Did you underestimate me?"
He shook the manuscript paper and said, "I am also a person who has written five books, and a person who can write books, will I be short?"
Mingda couldn't help bursting out laughing, and looked at him with smiles all over his eyes, "It's not bad, but you can tell me about writing a book, but you can't talk about it in front of Father."
Bai Erlang muttered: "I'm not stupid, so I wouldn't mention it before His Majesty."
"However, it's better to ask Zhou Man's opinion on this matter," Mingda pondered. "She participated in the establishment of the Imperial Medical Office, and she has experience in running schools."
Bai Erlang then handed her the letter paper and pen, "Come on, husband, I'll add fragrance to your blue sleeves."
Mingda was amused by his words, couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.
"That's what you want to do. It's just a girls' school. I see that you have been smiling less recently and always look sad. This is a good thing. You should smile more. Otherwise, His Majesty will regret agreeing to allow you to run a girls' school."
Mingda wrote a letter to Zhou Man, and by the time the letter was delivered to Beihai County, the autumn tax had almost been collected. It was the time when the county government was the busiest and the medical office was the most leisurely.
Because she had two students and two apprentices under her command, she was very free, so after receiving the letter, she leisurely opened it and read it.
When Zheng Gu sent the letter, he asked some things by the way, "Master, is there any news about the brochure that was handed in last time? Shi Shuling sent another letter to ask for news."
While opening the letter, Zhou Man said: "Zhezi is still in Menxia Province. Xiaoyuan is sending a letter saying that even the Imperial Medical Office cannot unify opinions. It is even more difficult to unify with Menxia Province, so this matter has been shelved for the time being. However, Xiaoyuan is working on it." Trying to convince everyone.