Chapter 946 - 942: Alliance Between Two Nations
What is the difference between opposing women entering the school to take imperial exams and opposing Bai Qingyan, a woman, ascending the throne?
The officials of the Zhou Dynasty did not dare to oppose, but this decree stirred up a great storm in the hearts of the Yan envoy, Xiao Rongyan, and the Xiliang envoy and Li Zhijie.
Li Zhijie’s palm tightened, in Xiliang... the status of women is higher than that of women in the Jin Kingdom, yet even their Empress of Xiliang did not dare, after ascending the throne, to go against the world’s tradition and have the idea of appointing women as officials.
Bai Qingyan dare to make such a move upon her initial ascension. Is it truly feeling assured of success, or is it acting impulsively, thinking she can challenge the established protocol simply because she became the Empress of Zhou?
Xiao Rongyan, standing behind the "Ninth Prince of Yan," nonchalantly glanced around, noticing that almost half of the Zhou Dynasty officials looked displeased. He subtly sweated on behalf of Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan seemed too hasty in employing women as officials...
Haste is not always a good thing. Xiao Rongyan’s mother, Empress Ji, once wanted to elevate the status of women, allowing them to enter the court as officials, but eventually caused Yan Kingdom scholars to oppose, even causing them to gather at the palace gates, fiercely criticizing his mother as a demon empress misleading the country.
King of Hedong lowered his eyelids, his lips slightly curved. Indeed... Bai Qingyan is indeed moving forward with the idea of employing women as officials.
In this way, the efforts made to influence the scholars during this period were not in vain, and he could make something out of this matter.
When the decree was read, the officials of Zhou kneeled in gratitude.