novelhk Chapter 244 Collecting Signatures
Chapter 244 Collecting Signatures
Jun Mo and Yu Jiuer came to the petition propaganda square.
In the past, this was the square where court notices or imperial examination lists were posted. Now it has been requisitioned by Jun Mo, Gong Shang Buhui, to publicize the women's special examination and collect signatures.
A petition several meters long was placed on a long table waiting for people to sign it.
At this time, Shang Buhui and his servants had already started the first wave of publicity.
The ladies from well-off families who knew Shang Buhui and some courageous ladies from noble families had already followed Shang Buhui's name and signed their own names.
Seeing Yu Jiuer appear, Shang Buhui jumped up to her happily and said, "Sister Yu, did the emperor let you out?"
Yu Jiuer smiled and replied, "Well, I played a little trick and let a goblin go to jail for me and I got out! I'll tell you in detail when I have time. How is your side now? How many people have signed?"
Speaking of this, Shang Buhui's bright face suddenly dimmed.
"I called all my relatives and friends here, and Yu Tao is still helping with promotion at Linglong Pavilion, but we have only signed over 3,000 people." Shang Buhui said with a frustrated look on his face, apologizing to Yu Jiuer.
"I'm sorry! I was too conceited and thought this was easy, but I didn't expect that in the capital, few of those talented women who used to talk big were willing to sign and fight for women's rights?
If only I could bribe them with money, I could collect 10,000 signatures today! But the court won't allow it... I'm afraid it's impossible to collect 100,000 signatures, right?"
"If we can't bribe them, can't we give some gifts to those who have signed?" Jun Mo said seriously, "For every woman who comes to sign, we will give each of them a piece of Linglong Pavilion's facial soap as a thank you. Isn't that reasonable?"
Yu Jiuer nodded in agreement: "After giving away the facial soap, there are also 'Qingyu' skin care products. It's only natural to take out some to thank the women who signed!"
"It's all aboveboard, who dares to say anything?" Jun Mo said again.
Yu Jiuer nodded again: "Yes! It's a matter of personal relationships, no one will say anything!"
Shang Buhui looked at them singing the same tune and was speechless.
This couple had the same shameless nature and they exploited loopholes in the law so confidently that she felt inferior to them.
Shang Buhui asked weakly: "What about those women who have signed in front..."
Yu Jiuer's eyes flashed with the cunning of a businessman, and she immediately said, "Find their address and send them a thank-you gift! We can't let them come all the way here for an autograph and get nothing, right?"
Shang Buhui came from a merchant family and naturally knew that giving a thank-you gift was certainly not as simple as just giving a thank-you gift. It was a rare opportunity for publicity.
With someone's support, she immediately went to do it happily!
Sure enough, once the thank-you gift was given out, it attracted another wave of people.
But this is still half of 10,000 people, let alone 100,000 people.
Jun Mo frowned slightly and said to Yu Jiuer, "I'll go and tell my subordinates about the women's imperial examination!"
Yu Jiuer was also anxious, and nodded while pretending to be calm.
She knew clearly that he was not going there to promote the document. He was simply trying to coerce his subordinates to get all the women in his family to sign.
Not long after, Yu Jiuer actually saw Wei Zheng running towards her holding a little girl of one or two years old.
She couldn't help but twitch her eyes, and whispered, "Deputy General Wei, isn't this too much to ask?"
Wei Zheng said seriously: "This is my eldest brother's daughter, so at least she counts as a head!"
Shang Buhui still followed the rules and handed the little girl a brush. He covered his eyes and said, "I hope she doesn't eat the brush!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl really grabbed the brush and put it in her mouth.
Yu Jiuer quickly intercepted it and waved her hands at Wei Zheng in disdain: "Don't embarrass yourself, take it away!"
After a while, Yu Jiuer saw Butler Feng supporting an 80-year-old woman over.
Yu Jiuer blinked, unable to believe her eyes. Butler Feng actually invited his mother from a hundred miles away in such a hurry?
Could you please not be so outrageous?
Is she that hungry?
However, the promotion has been going on from the Chen hour to the You hour now, and it is getting dark, so Yu Jiuer can't help but feel a little anxious.
The people who were watching the excitement began to discuss:
"At this rate, it would be impossible to collect 100,000 signatures in a month, let alone ten days!"
"This concubine of Prince Jing has good ideas, but unfortunately she doesn't see the reality clearly! These days, how many girls have the courage to take the imperial examination? Isn't this nonsense?"
"Anyway, we will definitely not get 100,000 signatures in ten days, so let's just watch the fun!"
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Yu Jiuer thought for a moment and said to Shang Buqun, "Sister Shang, we have to re-plan our publicity."
"How to do it?"
"First, we can't put all our eggs in one basket. We have to set up multiple publicity points and write more slogans to distribute them everywhere. Second, we have to take advantage of the celebrity effect and find some people with good backgrounds, high prestige and who are loved by the people to help with publicity. Third..." Yu Jiuer paused.
Shang Buqun asked anxiously: "What is the third one?"
Yu Jiuer said proudly: "Third, if the emperor agrees to open a special examination for women, Yinshan County is willing to fund the establishment of a girls' school in the capital, so that all talented and ambitious women can come to school for free, with free food and accommodation!"
"Good idea! This way, those hesitant women will definitely come for autographs." Shang Buhui seemed to have found his life goal, his eyes were full of light, and he said excitedly,
"Opening a school is a contribution to me, Shang Buhui. I don't even know where to spend my dowry. I would love to be able to make some contribution to women all over the world!"
Yu Jiuer said sincerely: "Good sister, thank you for your support! With your joining, I will be able to allocate more places for female students in the future. Let us work together to help the women of the Great Dong Dynasty!"
"Well! Let's write more promotional slogans quickly, and I will hire more people to help distribute the promotions tomorrow!" Shang Buqun couldn't wait to unfold the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and let Yu Jiuer write the promotional content.
She believed that Yu Jiuer was her guide in life, and as long as she followed her footsteps, she would be able to achieve higher value in life!
Yu Jiuer thought about it, and wrote one slogan after another in front of the people watching the excitement: "The heaven is vigorous, and women are constantly striving for self-improvement. The earth is gentle, and women are virtuous and carry the world;
Don't say that women are not heroes, the dragon springs are chirping on the wall every night;
Don't stop chasing the wind and the moon, the spring mountains are at the end of the plains;
A young man might as well dream of catching stars, and dare to draw a mulberry bow and shoot at a jade scale.
From now on, I will give flowers to myself and ride my horse through the flowers towards freedom! ......"
Every time Yu Jiuer wrote a sentence, Shang Buhui would proudly read it out loud.
There were many learned people among the people at the feet of the emperor. When they heard these soul-stirring verses, the whole audience was shocked:
"Tomorrow I will ask my sister to come out and see, this is where the value of life lies!"
"Could it be that the person who wrote the poem is the concubine of Prince Jing who wrote the petition? Such talent is truly rare in the world!"
"Just now I saw Prince Jing bringing her here. She must be Prince Jing's concubine. Prince Jing is so lucky to marry such a talented and beautiful woman. How lucky!"
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Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Rong in the crowd revealed an expression of pride on his face.
He ordered his attendants: "Go back and ask all the women in your family to sign!"
They were busy until nightfall, and Yu Jiuer's wrists were sore from writing. Shang Buhui was very tactful and called several talented women to follow Yu Jiuer's steps in copying the slogans so that they could be promoted everywhere tomorrow.
After closing the stall, Yu Jiuer suddenly said to Shang Buhui: "Is the Prime Minister free tomorrow? I wonder if you can ask him to come to the square? Once he comes, he will definitely attract a lot of women!"
Shang Buhui's eyes lit up: "Oh! How could I forget about him? It's so stupid to leave such a good person unused! I will tie him up tomorrow!"