The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1065 Friends of Women

When Fang Yun appeared, everyone stopped talking and came closer.

Most of the male scholars were a little restrained, fearing that what they said or did would offend Fang Yun. On the contrary, the women on horseback were outgoing and relaxed. In this era of patriarchal society, only women with this kind of personality could break through all kinds of constraints and join the famous Women's Society.

Fang Yun swept his eyes over thousands of people, quickly imprinted all of them in his mind, and immediately recognized most of them.

Although those women did not have literary titles, they were members of the Jingguo branch of the "Women's Society", the first literary society of the human race.

Women did not have literary titles, so those talented women were particularly united, and the Women's Society was established in Kongcheng, and branches were established in various countries.

Women's clothes were a kind of accessories. In the Han Dynasty, they became headscarves and hair accessories exclusively for women, so women were referred to as women.

Every woman in the Women's Society was well-educated, and many of them were proficient in classics, articles, poetry, songs, and music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

All scholars admit that if the women of the Jinguo Society become men, they will at least have the level of Juren, and it is not surprising that they will become great scholars in the end.

Unfortunately, due to their lack of talent, the women of the Jinguo Society are full of poetry and books, but it is difficult to achieve real success.

Recently, due to the arrival of Wenqu, the talent of the human race has greatly increased, and the Jinguo Society has become more active. Some members even walked under the Daofeng Mountain with banners, petitioning for women, hoping that the human race can open the lowest Tongsheng Wenwei to women, so that women can also serve the human race.

Ninety-nine percent of the scholars regarded this as a joke, after all, there has never been a precedent for women to become scholars.

The other ten percent were just sympathetic.

Only Fang Yun posted an article on the discussion board, supporting the women of the Jinguo Society, and believed that once they have enough talent, women should be allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

Most of the scholars who responded to this article were neutral, and no one particularly supported Fang Yun.

A few scholars opposed and even attacked Fang Yun, believing that unless every man could become a Tongsheng, women should never be allowed to participate in the imperial examination. Some scholars even quoted the content of the saints' classics that favored men over women to refute, and scolded Fang Yun.

There are also a few extreme scholars who went to the Lidian to report Fang Yun, believing that Fang Yun was shaking the foundation of the human race.

The people in the Lidian were the most old-fashioned and conservative, and all the reforms in the Lidian were forced by scholars. Although they didn't like Fang Yun's remarks, Fang Yun didn't curse anyone, didn't attack anyone, and didn't belittle anyone on the discussion list. He just put forward a novel argument that the Lidian had no right to govern.

Although women couldn't read the discussion list, they all had male relatives. This news quickly spread to the Jinguo Society, making all the members of the Jinguo Society ecstatic. They even copied Fang Yun's article and placed it in the main hall of the Jinguo Society headquarters as the "treasure of the town society", and named Fang Yun as "Jinguo Daxian" and "Friend of Beautiful Women".

Fang Yun smiled after hearing this. She didn't expect that she would become a friend of women.

However, Fang Yun didn't write that article casually. She wrote some reasons why women could participate in the imperial examinations, put forward the idea of ​​step-by-step opening, and even pointed out the right direction for some women to pursue their rights. The women of the Women's Society extracted these contents and wrote them into the general outline of the Women's Society. They wrote Fang Yun's name after Confucius and became the second "honorary head of the society" recognized by the Women's Society.

In addition to Confucius and Fang Yun, even the six sub-sages and all the semi-sages were not regarded as honorary heads of the society by them.

There are rumors that after a while, the Women's Society will formally invite Fang Yun to participate in their internal literary meeting and join in the celebration.

The women of the Women's Society took this matter very seriously, and Fang Yun didn't joke about it, but this matter made all the scholars in the world laugh. Even if those with high cultivation didn't agree, they didn't make fun of it. However, many scholars regarded this matter as a joke, thinking that it would become a stain on Fang Yun's life. Some people also hoped that Fang Yun would draw a clear line with the Women's Society to avoid becoming a laughing stock and affecting his literary reputation.

These people thought Fang Yun would either turn down the honorary head of the society or remain silent, but Fang Yun gladly accepted it and said that if she had free time in the future, she would definitely discuss literature and classics with the female scholars of the Women's Society to promote the development of the Women's Society.

Many scholars could not accept Fang Yun calling women "female scholars" and refuted them on the discussion board.

When Fang Yun accepted the honorary head of the society last month, her literary reputation was immediately damaged. If Fang Yun had not become the unprecedented top ten scholar a few days later, this incident would have been enough to reduce one-fifth of her literary reputation.

Even though Fang Yun's reputation is now at its peak, under the promotion of some people in secret, Fang Yun has lost a full tenth of his literary reputation, which has caused dissatisfaction among many scholars.

Many people persuaded Fang Yun, but Fang Yun was determined not to take back those remarks. As a person who once lived in another era and traveled through the long river of history for thousands of years, if he did not even have the mind and bearing to support the women's imperial examination, it would be an insult to the sages and a betrayal of the past era.

Later, Fang Yun was annoyed by some people's persuasion, so he just said that if he took back those words, it would damage his literary courage, and those people would not mention it again.

When these women saw Fang Yun, they immediately shouted loudly.

"Meet the head of Fangshe!"

Some women laughed and obviously found this title interesting.

Fang Yun smiled and nodded, indicating that he accepted this title.

The other men showed helplessness, but Fang Yun was called a mad king after all, and if he didn't do something against common sense, people would think it was weird.

Fang Yun's eyes fell on Zhao Hongzhuang in the crowd, and the two of them looked at each other, nodded gently, and smiled at each other.

A young scholar said loudly: "Fang Xusheng, why are you convening this horse literary meeting? Can you tell me in advance?"

"Yes, you are so mysterious this time, we don't even know what's going on."

"Okay, please stop saying a few words. Your Highness, Prince Ji, has his own sense of proportion."

Fang Yun did not speak immediately, but thought in his heart.

Because one of the Six Arts of the Gentleman is riding and archery, and riding and archery can cultivate the bloodiness and bravery of the human race, the human race has always attached great importance to it, so the Horse Wenhui was used.

Horse literary gatherings are generally held only among young people, and scholars from military families like this kind of literary gathering the most. Especially in the military countries that advocate fighting, the proportion of the Horse Literary Society accounts for 10% of the total number of literary societies, while the Horse Literary Society in other countries does not even account for 1%.

The first focus of the horse cultural gathering is riding and shooting, and the second focus is poetry and verbal exchanges. Generally, many venues and facilities need to be prepared before the event is held.

Fang Yun had never wanted to hold the Horse Cultural Festival, but now that everyone is looking forward to it, he might as well go with the flow.

However, Fang Yun looked at the sky. It was late in winter. The sun had not risen yet. There were not many pedestrians on the road. There were not many people traveling between the capital and Tongshan. Moreover, there were great Confucians and bachelors secretly protecting them, so it could be guaranteed. Will not hurt pedestrians.

Fang Yun said with a smile: "I returned to Beijing in a hurry and lacked preparation. The horse literary meeting does not need to be too complicated, just simple. Riding a dragon horse and galloping for three hundred miles. The first one to reach Tongshan will get a Hanlin cultural treasure. The second is the Jinshi Wenbao, and the third is the Juren Wenbao. As for the rest, just take a look."

Everyone laughed.

The children of those aristocratic families didn't care about Fang Yun's prizes, but the others were excited. Even if they were from a wealthy family, as long as they were not outstanding legitimate sons, it would be difficult for them to get a Hanlin cultural treasure. Being able to choose means that you can choose whatever you lack.

No one doubted Fang Yun at all, because after becoming Xusheng, Fang Yun received many gifts from aristocratic families. There were not many literary treasures from great Confucian scholars, but there were many literary treasures from bachelors or below.

Everyone knows that Fang Yun will get married soon, and he will definitely receive many treasures by then. This little treasure is just a drop in the bucket for Fang Yun.

Suddenly, Zhao Hongzhuang raised her chin and said loudly: "May I ask His Highness King Ji, what should we do if we women win the championship and cannot use cultural treasures?"

Some male scholars burst into laughter, and one person laughed loudly: "Princess Hongzhuang, there are many young talents from the capital gathered here. If we lose to your Women's Club, I'm afraid I won't be able to see anyone in the future!"

Zhao Hongzhuang said proudly: "Women like us are also among the young talents!"

Some of the male scholars began to laugh again.

"Fellow literary friends, are you willing to hand over the leader of today's Horse Literary Society?"

"I don't want to!" The male scholars laughed.

Fang Yun said: "Princess Hongzhuang, Wenbao is a common prize at cultural fairs. You can't use it now, and you may not be able to use it in the future. What's more, Wenbao is the most cherished thing of the human race and can be exchanged for anything you like. Horse Wenhui, regardless of gender, I should treat them equally. If I treat you Please take care of me, some of you will think that I underestimate women, so as a participant, I would like to make a suggestion. If the women win today, then every man present can be asked to do so. The Women’s Society does what it can.”

The girls in the Women's Society's eyes lit up, and then they secretly praised Fang Yun for being a virtual saint, but he was different from ordinary men.

Fang Yun does not give preferential treatment to women because of differences between men and women. This is the basic quality that a founder of a cultural association should have. It is both fair and respectful to women.

But then speaking as a participant in a cultural association, defending these women is to acknowledge an objective fact. Compared with those male scholars who have received talent initiation, women's bodies are indeed much worse.

The rewards are fair, but the game itself is unfair. Once the women win, it is natural to give them more benefits.

Some sophisticated men also saw that Fang Yun was still helping the women, because Fang Yun didn't mention anything about what would happen if the women didn't win the championship. Since the dignified Ji Wang and Xu Sheng had already said it, there was no need for them to stand up and remind them. People are annoying.

Gentlemen are harmonious but different. At this time, even if you don't agree with Fang Yun's support for the woman, you should still live in harmony, because Fang Yun's behavior is in line with the etiquette of a gentleman. He can only watch on the sidelines and should not let the dignified Xusheng be put down because of a trivial matter.

Zhao Hongzhuang immediately said: "Okay! Then just as Fang Xusheng said, if our women win, every man present must do something within his power for our women's society!"

Fang Yun looked around at everyone and asked, "All the good men of Jingguo, who disagrees?"

Although some men were displeased, they did not like to object in public. After all, it violated the golden rule, so they did not speak.