Kangxi thought it would be a simple matter to persuade Wen Qing to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan. After all, the royal status is still very attractive to ordinary people, but she didn't expect that she would not accept it at all! Why even say that you can't inherit the throne and come back
This made him smile bitterly. He had heard that the rulers of some Western countries were women, but he never thought that the Qing Dynasty would have a female emperor. After all, the Qing Dynasty stipulated that women were not allowed to discuss politics. So he didn't pay attention to Wen Qing's words at all, and only took it as a joke.
"You really don't want to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan?" Now that things have happened, Kangxi desperately hopes that she will recognize her ancestors and return to her clan. It is not only out of appreciation, but also hopes that her things will not fall into the hands of others.
"Go back and be a canary in captivity. Even if you don't marry and get married, you won't be able to escape a political marriage, and then stay in the back house to care for your husband and teach your children for the rest of your life? Do you think it's appropriate?" Wen Qing looked at him, rare Seriously, "I have traveled around the world for fifteen years, and my knowledge and experience are by no means comparable to that of ordinary people. I have acquired the strengths of various countries, and I am proficient in agriculture, politics, engineering, medicine, military and other miscellaneous subjects. Those 'mysterious forces' you think All the things I have produced are all done by myself. I can research rice with a yield of thousands of catties per mu, and I can also research powerful weapons. The so-called Wen Ke An Bang, Wu Neng Ding Guo is nothing more than the same. So, you still Do you think it's appropriate for me to be a housewife?"
Kangxi was shocked, not only because of what she said, but also because those things really came from her hands. If this is true, her value is really inestimable! It's really too wasteful to just let her be a backdoor girl!
Kangxi was in a complicated mood for a while, and looked at her with an inexplicable expression. After a while, he sighed quietly, "Then what do you think?"
"I want to be an official in the court!" Wen Qing said without hesitation, first to be an official, and then to be an emperor, step by step, otherwise others might not be able to accept it all at once. "It is not without precedent for a woman to be an official. I am full of talent and experience. Why can't I be an official?"
Kangxi was not surprised when she said such shocking words, in fact, he had already thought of her plan before asking her. She never concealed the origin of her return from overseas, spent a lot of money to buy shops, sold all kinds of mysterious things, and used gimmicks to attract people's attention, just to attract his attention! I'm afraid she planned to show enough value to negotiate with him from the beginning.
And he had no choice but to follow her wishes, because he really couldn't bear such a talent! Besides, she is still her own child.
Of course, Kangxi didn't agree to her directly, and asked her to go back with a straight face. This girl is not afraid of anything, she dares to say anything, and she has to be discouraged.
Wen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, her goal should have been achieved, if Kangxi did not agree with her proposal, she would either die quietly or be imprisoned in the palace, and would not be able to leave the palace at all! Since she was let out of the palace, her proposal was almost the same.
Kangxi was also calm, and it was only after a month of calm that the news of Li Jia's death from a miscarriage came out of the palace. The moment Li Jiashi saw Wen Qing, she knew that the events of the past might not be able to go on, so she used the pregnancy pill to conceive her sixth child urgently. She thought that for the sake of the royal family, Kangxi would not touch her. Let her have ten months to buffer and think about countermeasures. Unexpectedly, this time Kangxi did not play his cards according to common sense.
Love wants her to live, hate wants her to die, Kangxi has long disliked her, but the crown prince defended her in many ways, Kangxi didn't want to hurt the relationship between father and son, so he tolerated her until today. But Wen Qing's appearance just gave him a reason, so Li Jia's tragedy happened.
Her Gongdou system can only make her beautiful to seduce men, or give out some pet products such as pregnancy pills, which have no force value. Kangxi wants to kill her without any effort at all. And it's done very cleanly, so people can't find any flaws.
The prince was devastated, Li Jia had already raised his favorability to over 90, and when she died, he seemed to have turned into a walking dead.
Seeing him like this, Kangxi became more and more annoyed. He already had the idea of abolishing the crown prince. Although it was just a fleeting idea, some things were not far away from being implemented once the idea came up. After another half month, Kangxi suddenly announced to take back the prince's eldest daughter—Aixinjueluo Wenqing.
The official statement is that when Li Jiashi gave birth to a pair of twins, the girl was naturally Wenqing. As soon as she was born, she was ordered by the Qin Tianjian to say that this girl is extremely noble, but she cannot see her family until she is sixteen years old, otherwise she will die early, so she was raised outside, and now she is passing her sixteenth birthday safely, so naturally Take it back.
Most people were very curious about the prince's daughter who appeared out of nowhere, but it was just a curiosity, and it didn't matter if it was just a question.
On the contrary, the cheap uncles were greatly shocked. No wonder she was so bold, she was not afraid to cheat the prince, and even called them uncles, so she knew her identity a long time ago!
"The eldest niece is really strict with her mouth. She even lied to Uncle Ten, and cheated Uncle Ten of a thousand taels of silver. Did you secretly watch our jokes at that time?"
"What's that one thousand taels of yours? This girl cheated me by more than a hundred thousand taels!" Yinzhen gritted her teeth and stared at Wen Qing.
"Uncle Jiu's words are so unreasonable. You are only allowed to cheat me with one hundred thousand taels of taels in one shop, and I am not allowed to cheat you? Relatives, the more cheated, the deeper the relationship! Besides, I partnered with you in the soap and glass business, you Did you make a lot of money?"
Before Yinzhen could speak, the silent Yinzhen interjected, "If the ninth brother is unwilling to do it, the eldest niece can come to the fourth uncle, and the fourth uncle will not cheat you!"
"Okay," Wen Qing agreed, "I really have a business that I want to partner with Fourth Uncle."
"What kind of business? The eldest niece will also bring Uncle Thirteen along!"
"No problem!" Wen Qing said with a smile.
"I said, it's too much for you to dig a wall in front of me!" Yinzhen said with a dark face.
"What do you mean by poaching? The eldest niece is not yours alone."
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In short, the process of Wen Qing's integration into the royal family went very smoothly, and everyone accepted her without any obstacles, especially the relationship with the few cheap uncles was very good.
In November, when the court was peaceful, Kangxi suddenly dropped a blockbuster—appointing Wen Qing as the county magistrate of Qing County.
As soon as this appointment came out, the court immediately exploded. Almost everyone opposed it, saying that it was an ancestor's precept that women should not discuss politics and should not be violated. But there are also several elder princes headed by the fourth elder brother who agree. They feel that Wen Qing's talent and ability are not inferior to men, so why not? Simply beyond them too much! Of course, such talents should not be confined to the backyard.
At that time, they didn't know that this eldest niece was going to compete with them for the throne in the future, so they all spoke well of her one by one. They would never have thought that Wen Qing's ambition was more than just the head of a county!
There was a turmoil in the court for a few days, but what Kangxi had already decided would naturally not be changed easily. Let the discussions in the court be in full swing, and when they said enough, he let Wen Qing take up the post vigorously and resolutely!
Of course, Wen Qing packed up her things and went to the post. Fortunately, Qingxian County is not far from the capital. It is estimated that Kangxi put her here for the convenience of inspection.
Although she is a seventh-rank Zhima official, Wen Qing thinks it is very good, one step at a time is the right way, if she is parachuted into a high official in the capital, no one will accept her. It's better to start from the local area. Anyway, Kangxi still has sixteen years to live. She has plenty of time to make political achievements and impress everyone.
After Wen Qing arrived in Qing County, there were some twists and turns at the beginning, but after being resolved by her ingeniously, there were no major problems. In fact, the people at the bottom don't care who the superior is at all, they only care about whether they can have enough food and clothing, and whoever can make their lives better will naturally get their support.
After taking office, Wen Qing first inspected the actual local conditions, then studied the most suitable wheat for the local area, and promoted the cultivation of high-yield foods such as potatoes and corn. At this time, potatoes have been introduced into China, but they have not been popularized and promoted. They will not be fully promoted until the Qianlong period, so Wen Qing moved this step forward. Wheat in the north can only be planted for one season, and potatoes and corn are planted just after the wheat is harvested, without any delay.
It happened that the weather was good this year, and the farmers had a good harvest. The average yield of wheat per mu reached 1,000 catties, and the average yield of potatoes was even more exaggerated, with an average yield of 1,500 catties! There is surplus food in a good year, and the people are happy to call Wenqing the reincarnation of Bodhisattva!
Next, Wen Qing reformed farm tools and irrigation technology, which improved the efficiency of agricultural production and liberated a group of laborers. Then a textile factory was built, and most of the recruits were female workers. Most of these women are rural women, and they will work in the fields when they are in the countryside, so there is no scruple about women not being allowed to show their faces. Moreover, textile factories are basically female workers, so there is nothing to guard against.
Wen Qing paid more attention to the textile factory. She had already applied the steam engine to the factory, which was an unprecedented reform. Because of the use of machines, the production efficiency of the factory is extremely high, and the cloth and sweaters produced are of high quality and low price, exquisite and durable, and are sold well all over the country.
The better the efficiency of the factory, the more wages the workers get, and the economic income determines the status of the family. This is true in modern times, and it was no different in ancient times. When the income of these female workers became the main source of income for the family, needless to say, their backs were naturally hardened virtually.
As the income of factory workers is getting higher and higher, and the life of farmers is getting better and better, those city people who claim to be sunny and snowy can't sit still, and slowly join the army of female workers.
At the same time, Wen Qing built a technical school to teach ordinary people a skill. At the beginning, it was divided into boys' and girls' schools, but later it was gradually merged under Wen Qing's intentional guidance.
Wen Qing didn't say that women should be self-reliant and women can hold up half the sky from the beginning, but subtly influenced them in education, commending some self-reliant and self-improving women to guide them. This kind of change is subtle, like a frog boiled in warm water, changing little by little, and when people notice it, they don't even feel that there is anything wrong, and they have accepted it unconsciously.
Reforming agriculture, building factories, recruiting female workers, building girls' schools... Wen Qing spent five years turning Qing County into a national textile trade center, and at the same time, let people see the different power of women.