The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1066 The Flood of the Times

No one objected, Fang Yun nodded and said: "Although there are few pedestrians in the early morning, the horses are only allowed to run on the left half of the road this time, and are not allowed to hurt people or other cars and horses, otherwise they will be disqualified from the competition and be sent to the Yamen for severe punishment! Of course, men are not allowed to use any power such as talent or boldness.”

Everyone was stunned. The Human Race Horse Festival has been held for so many years, but Fang Yun's requirements are so strict. It is common sense that horse racing cannot be done in the city. They did not expect that Fang Yun's restrictions would be so strict outside the city in a sparsely populated place.

Gao Yong explained: "It's not that Fang Xusheng is making things difficult for us. Carriages in Ning'an City are only allowed to drive on the left half of the road, because if they drive on the right, the whip will hit passers-by. Moreover, the length of the whip and the length of the whip are very strict. There are also restrictions so that it does not harm pedestrians. At the same time, the maximum speed was strictly stipulated. When it was first implemented, many people were fined, and Ning'an City complained. However, after it was implemented, the number of collisions with people and pedestrians in Ning'an City was less than one-tenth of the original number, and the whole city seemed orderly. sequence."

"I also know about this. It is said that Kongcheng has followed Ning'an City and implemented new street regulations two months ago. By the way, all new roads in Ning'an City are divided into roads and pedestrian paths. This is why Ning'an City's traffic has improved. The main reason. And there are eye-catching signs at intersections to slow down carriages and draw attention to pedestrians, which is a magic touch. "

"Would it be too much trouble to do this?"

"If a few people can be saved from death and dozens of people injured, it will be worth the trouble! It is said that in Ning'an City alone, at least thousands of people will be injured every year, and some children will even be killed. If it were replaced by the palace examination in previous years, just this A new rule of the road can make a person who is a Jinshi in the Imperial Examination get a B-level livelihood, and if he is lucky, he can even get an A-level!"

"Fang Xusheng has made so many contributions that various places have already adopted the slogan of 'learn from Ning'an in an all-round way'. Especially the center of the human race, Kongcheng, even keeps contacting Fang Xusheng, not only to learn, but also to know why."

"Okay, then when we participate in the Horse Cultural Association again in the future, we must advocate on the left half of the road and tell everyone about Fang Xusheng. Gradually, we can develop a habit."

Many readers nodded and readily accepted this new but beneficial thing.

Most of the women in the Women's Club stared at Fang Yun with admiration in their eyes. They were all women who had read poetry and books, and they also knew how important Fang Yun was to the changes in the human race.

Fang Yun first contacted the scholar and bachelor who were protecting him and asked them to monitor the game, mainly to avoid hurting passers-by. Then he stepped forward with his feet in the air and raised his hands.

"Get ready...start!"

Fang Yun gave an order and all the dragon horses started to move.

Thousands of dragon horses were running on one side of the road, very slowly at first, almost one horse after another.

However, these scholars are not in a hurry. Compared with the leader, human life is more important, or in other words, the performance in front of Fang Yun is the most important.

The dragon horse at the front began to accelerate, but whenever a pedestrian approached, it would slow down, and the knight behind would not catch up and slow down.

Twenty miles out of the capital, there were no pedestrians on the road, and even carriages were very rare. All the horses began to speed up.

The top ten are all men, but the eleventh one is a woman. Then there are men and women, and all the women are in the top seven hundred of the team. The last three hundred knights are all men.

Fang Yun thought about it carefully and realized that 99% of women who have read poetry and books are born into wealthy families or official families, while the average family background of women in the Women's Society is higher, and the women with the lowest status among these women are also the granddaughters of Hanlin or officials. The legitimate daughter of a famous family can borrow an excellent horse even if she doesn't have a horse at home.

On the other hand, less than half of those male scholars were born into wealthy or official families. Most of them came from mediocre families, from noble families or ordinary wealthy businessmen, and their horses were average.

Fang Yun looked at these men and nodded lightly. This place is the same as in ancient China. Although the rulers dominate, under the influence of Confucianism, class mobility is the smoothest and most active. This is far from other ancient countries. Incomparable.

Confucius' "education without distinction" laid a strong foundation. Anyone can receive education, and all educated people are equal. This idea is deeply rooted in the bone marrow and blood of the Chinese people. In conjunction with the imperial examination system, the people at the bottom can A poor family can eventually produce a noble son.

Mencius' "Everyone can be like Yao and Shun" is based on the principle of education without distinction. He actually said that everyone can become a saint. This terrible concept of equality is impossible to exist in other countries in ancient times.

Confucianism talks most about the king and his ministers, but all this is based on relative equality. If the king is not a king, then the ministers will not be ministers. The reason why Confucius traveled around the country was not because he could not get an official position, nor because he could not be an official. Rather, he did not assist the king who he thought was not worthy of assistance.

Mencius was even more bold, saying directly that killing a tyrant was not regicide, but killing a damned murderer, which was a righteous act.

It is the continuation of this kind of thinking that Confucianism boldly misinterprets "rule by hanging down the arch" and believes that the ideal society is that the king does nothing and only needs to let his ministers govern the world. They talk about the emperor as the emperor, but in their heart they still want to ignore the emperor. I don’t want to be the emperor’s dog or horse.

Then, Fang Yun shook his head slightly. The human race gave men from poor families a way to ascend, but now it blocked the way for women. It is understandable that they lack talent. Once they have sufficient talent, this channel must be opened.

"The great trend of the human race and the tide of the times are mighty and powerful, crushing all obstacles. If possible, I will crush those obstacles with my own hands! Or, what I am doing now is just to crush the obstacles one by one in advance..."

Fang Yun stepped on the clouds and flew high in the sky, looking at the heroic female knights with a smile on his face.

Soon, Fang Yun found that the rankings of the best dozen female knights continued to improve. They not only had excellent dragon horses, but also had the rare carefulness of men.

However, most of these male scholars had been on the battlefield and rode horses for a long time, and they were slightly better in skills.

Then, Fang Yun discovered the key point. These women are generally lighter than men!

In short-distance horse racing, the lighter the knight, the more advantages they have, and this advantage is more obvious in long-distance horse racing!

Fang Yun said helplessly, the world is indeed for thin people, too unfair!

When there were still fifty miles away from Tongshan, the competition entered a white-hot stage!

Among the top ten, there were two women!

Both women were extremely petite, and the lightest woman weighed less than half of the heaviest man!

The difference of hundreds of pounds was enough to become the heaviest chip on the scale in long-distance running, more important than skills.

In ancient times, when nomadic peoples ran hundreds of miles, they often rode three horses per person, taking turns riding war horses to reduce the burden on each war horse.

Zhao Hongzhuang was actually ranked second, and the distance between her and the first knight was less than five feet, which was a very close distance.

The male knights behind all had red eyes. Before, they boasted and even went against Fang Yun, the virtual saint, but now they were ranked behind some women. How could they tolerate it!

Some male knights were not careful and instinctively used their talents to drive the dragon horses, but they were discovered and lost their qualifications for the competition.

Tongshan was getting closer and closer, and Zhao Hongzhuang was getting closer and closer to the first male knight Gong Yangteng.

Gong Yangteng was 70 pounds heavier than Zhao Hongzhuang!

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