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"At present, there is still a part of the potential labor force being wasted by us and not fully utilized..."

Wu Changqing's words made everyone prick up their ears.

An important factor restricting the development of Dahua at present is the lack of labor, otherwise they would not have to import food on a large scale.

The food produced in the country is actually quite enough to eat.

Importing grain is to allow more farmers to invest in industrial construction.

Hearing Wu Changqing say that there is still labor that has not been utilized, they all fell into thinking.

Some smart people have vaguely guessed which part of the people Wu Changqing was talking about.

"There are many jobs in society that women can do. Even in some industries, women are more attentive, but they have an advantage. For example, in the service industry, women can do things that shop assistants can do, and they will do better.

Another example is translators, accountants, teachers, textile workers. Any job that does not require much physical strength can be done by women after training. Women's wages generally do not need to be as high as men's, which can also reduce costs in some industries.

After women seized these jobs, those men with strength could go to factories or construction sites. It is very difficult to find workers to build roads now. If there are enough workers, the construction of roads will be faster.

And the significance of transportation to development is particularly important..."

Wu Changqing said a lot.

Makes sense, everyone knows it.

However, everyone has a concern.

Tang Ruowen said: "But if these women go to work, they are afraid of attracting criticism. Just like being a shop assistant, it is inevitable that there will be rogues in the market taking the opportunity to wipe out the oil, which will have serious consequences for the women's reputation.

When a woman works as an accountant and translator, she will inevitably have to communicate and contact with the boss in private, which will inevitably lead to indecent things. "

At present, there are actually many women in Dahua who go out to work, but they are only in some special fields, such as women's concentration camps such as textile factories.

The workers inside are all women, so it's not a big problem.

But if you enter other industries, there will be a lot of trouble and will cause a lot of criticism.

A woman's reputation is still very important. Some women whose reputations are damaged are willing to commit suicide, but they cannot bear the accusations of others.

"Relevant laws can be formulated to protect women from being humiliated, and some public opinion guidance can be carried out at the same time. There are also women working now, I think the people will eventually be able to accept and adapt."

Ma Shiying said that as the Minister of Communications, he has always been worried about the difficulty of recruiting workers.

Now that Dahua has cancelled corvée, it is not easy to recruit workers to build roads.

Therefore, he is very supportive of Wu Changqing's idea of ​​letting women grab those jobs that don't require physical strength and forcing those men to build roads.

"The law is not omnipotent. Even if the bad guys are punished, those women who have been humiliated will be shamed in the future."

Gu Yanwu said.

"However, for my tens of millions of women in Dahua, it is indeed a great waste to not use these labor resources."

Ruan Dacheng said.

Most of them, the radicals who hoped for the rapid development of Dahua, supported Wu Changqing's ideas.

On the other hand, some conservatives, such as some officials in the Ministry of Rites, Personnel, Punishment and other departments, hope that there will be less drastic changes in society, and that life will be fine now.

After much debate, the radicals prevailed.

Mainly because Wu Changqing supported them, and the conservatives did not dare to fight too fiercely, for fear of angering Wu Changqing.

The momentum is weak, and naturally it is impossible to win.

In the end, Wu Changqing made the final decision: "Development is necessary, of course, it must be combined with the status quo, and it needs to be carried out step by step. Like some industries that are prone to controversy, women are not encouraged to enter for the time being.

However, in some industries with little influence, women are encouraged to work. For example, book translation, scientific research, literary creation, gynecological doctor and so on can be done at home.

Most of these industries require cultural knowledge, so I decided to set up a special women's college to accept only female students. At the same time, it is stipulated that girls must also be enrolled in the same school as boys, and when they grow up, they will be promoted to women's colleges when they are successful..."

Wu Changqing took the opportunity to propose the establishment of a women's college.

This request is reasonable, after all, he is compromising with conservatives and preventing those women from going to work as shop assistants, vendors, and intermediaries that require frequent dealings with men.

For those women to work in industries where their reputations are not easily damaged, they need to have a certain amount of cultural knowledge.

This naturally requires the establishment of specialized colleges to impart knowledge.

Until this time, everyone knew Wu Changqing's purpose.

But it's too late to know, they can't find a good reason to object at this time.

After all, development is Dahua's basic national policy. Anyone who dares to stop Dahua's development will be against Wu Changqing and the whole world, and such pedantic elements must be resolutely cleaned up.

"I think His Majesty's law is very good. It not only gets a lot of labor, but also won't cause too much criticism. Let the people from the Propaganda Department guide more in the newspapers, and the people should easily accept it."

Ma Shiying said.

In the days when women first started working in textile factories, this issue also caused a lot of controversy in the society.

But when the women brought their wages home, the voice was much quieter.

Saying one thousand, saying ten thousand, nothing is more important than improving life.

Other people's wives earn one or two yuan a month to go home, and their own wives eat dry meals at home every month. Under this strong contrast, those people naturally accept the phenomenon of working in textile factories.

"My minister agrees."

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Several other ministers chose to agree, and the remaining Tang Ruowen and Gu Yanwu could only helplessly choose to agree.

After all, there is no point in their opposition.

They only have the power to make suggestions to Wu Changqing, and whether they will listen or not will depend on Wu Changqing.

That is, on big things, they have no decision-making power.

In the current Dahua, imperial power is highly concentrated.

The power of the emperor is much greater than that in the Ming Dynasty.

They are just some executors, and their power is much smaller than that of the Shangshu in the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the reason why they are willing to take risks and try their best to decentralize power from Wu Changqing's hands. In fact, they have very little power now.

The power is too small to protect the interests of their class.

The cooperation with Wu Changqing is good now, and the prosperity and wealth of their class are still guaranteed.

But if Wu Changqing suddenly turned his face one day, they would not have the ability to resist, which was terrible.

If they were fortunate enough to earn their wealth for more than ten years and decades, they would be smuggled away by Wu Changqing at one time, and they would be so angry that they vomited blood and died.

Although this possibility is extremely small, they have to guard against it.