The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1720 Women’s School

Vulgar Chinese characters are easy to learn and use, and are loved by some readers. In order to save time when copying and writing letters, many readers will switch to common Chinese characters instead of complicated traditional Chinese characters.

Saving half the writing time can often create a huge gap between two readers who are similar in all aspects.

Nowadays, human scholars use traditional Chinese characters to write in formal occasions, but in private or non-important occasions, secular characters are often used, including the calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi who often uses secular characters in the process of calligraphy writing. The famous "Lanting" "Collection Preface" contains multiple vulgar characters.

The ceremonial hall of the Holy Court once tried to crack down on the secular characters in order to let the people "write the same script", but with little effect, and finally gave up.

However, during the imperial examination, some conservative examiners will lower the grade if there are too many popular characters in the examination paper. Hundreds of years ago, there was a student from Qiguo. He answered many questions correctly during the exam, but was ranked C. Afterwards, he went to the capital to beat the drum and found out what the problem was. He had to retake the exam for the second time. All of them used traditional Chinese characters and became the head of a county. Finally, he became a bachelor and became famous in the country.

Fang Yun said: "So, if Minbao is written mostly in popular Chinese characters and vernacular, it will be very popular?"

Zeng Yuan showed a look of embarrassment and said: "The reason why your novels such as "The Legend of White Snake" are so popular is that the whole vernacular text does play an important role, but in my opinion, these novels have very little effect on the human race. Your novels are very popular." Other poems and articles are fundamental.”

"Oh? You seem to have an opinion about me? Say it now and I'll listen." Fang Yun instinctively used the great scholar's ability to detect objects, knowledge and sincerity, and realized that he had to talk to Zeng Yuan, otherwise it would be too long , it is very likely to form contradictions or even conflicts, which will eventually get out of hand.

Frank communication may not resolve conflicts, but it will at least alleviate them.

"I'm afraid the students' opinions are not in your eyes." Zeng Yuan said modestly.

"Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. In terms of experience and understanding of all levels of Shengyuan Continent, you are far above me. Confucius said that when three people walk together, there must be my teacher. How can you belittle yourself? Tell me, I'm listening." Fang Yun said.

Zeng didn't want to say it at first, but there was undoubted power in Fang Yun's tone. He had to say: "Whether you open the Fang Library, start to gradually open an academy, or even start the "Min Bao", I support it. Because Doing this will not only be good for the human race, but will also have a huge impact on your reputation, strength and power. Help, for up to ten years, after your academy and "Min Bao" spread across the Shengyuan Continent, even if you are just a virtual saint, the Fang family will have the same status as the half-sage family. I will always implement your plan and be responsible for the library. The Academy and Minbao are because even an ordinary person like me can see your greatness and foresight.”

Fang Yun smiled slightly and said nothing because he wanted to hear what he said next.

When Zeng Yuan saw Fang Yun's smile, he knew that the other party was not complacent, but knew that his words were about to turn a corner, so he changed the subject.

"However, there are two things that I don't understand very much, and I have some complaints about you... Of course, this does not affect my implementation of your plan. To be honest, my future status in the history books will depend entirely on you. , It all depends on the results of doing these things for you. The first thing I don’t understand is that in addition to building a normal academy, you also build a girls’ school under the banner of a girls’ school.”

The scale of private schools, schools and academies increased successively.

Private schools are usually taught by just one teacher. As long as the students are children, they can be opened after reporting to the local government.

There are generally less than ten teachers in the school, and they are basically ethnic studies. Generally, they only recruit children of the same clan or relatives and friends. They are relatively closed. They only need to be recommended by the head of a prominent family and the head of the village or pavilion, and then report to the local government before it can be opened. .

The academy is different. It recruits students from all places. The dean must at least be a candidate. It requires extremely cumbersome review procedures, and it must be approved by the state-level yamen before it can be opened.

The human race has long had girls' schools, but the only girls' academy is the Women's Academy outside Kongcheng.

"Oh? What's the harm in building a larger girls' school?" Fang Yun asked.

Zeng Yuan said helplessly: "People in high positions are not blind. Now almost every family knows that you are establishing a women's school. However, you strictly control the scale and quantity and do not touch the bottom line of the Holy Academy and each family. Naturally, you will not Someone will stand up. Even so, you have made a lot of enemies because of these women's schools. What's more, ordinary academies are basically there. To make money, you will not lose money no matter how bad the recession is. You just earn more and earn less. But the rules you set for the girls' school cannot make money. The expenses of more than 10,000 girls' schools have been very huge, even if there are some wealthy people. The girls in the family are willing to donate, and the annual cost is more than 20 million taels of silver. Moreover, you want to continue to increase the number of girls’ schools.”

Zeng Yuan glanced at Fang Yun and found that Fang Yun's expression remained unchanged, and continued: "The students think that you'd better give up the women's school. Of course, you can establish a symbolic women's school in the capital of each country to attract the powerful people of each country. Female, you invest less and gain more. Recruiting a group of women from poor families every year who do not pay but get rewards for good test scores does not make much sense to me, not to mention those from conservative aristocratic families, even those men from poor families think that you are here. It’s a waste of money, which is very offensive to you.”

"If I spend my own money to build a school, what does it have to do with them?" Fang Yun said.

"That's what you said, but... you are the virtual saint of the human race after all, and you are the role model of the human race. You must lead the human race in the right direction, and establishing a women's school seems to be a wrong direction." Zeng Yuan said helplessly.

"Whether it is right or not is not decided by them or me, but by the future." Fang Yun said.

"But for the Holy Academy and the most powerful group of scholars, your current behavior is wrong. Before all men have obtained a literary title, any woman who obtains a literary title is wrong. In other words, it is more valuable to use the Fang family's money in a men's academy instead of using it in a women's school."

Fang Yun looked at Zeng Yuan and said slowly: "You are bound by the secular world and prejudice. I will not blame you, but I believe that one day, people will find that this money is used in a women's school, which is more meaningful and valuable to the human race."

"The semi-saints of all generations have not been able to let women participate in the imperial examinations. Why are you so confident?" Zeng Yuan asked.

"Before King Wen of Zhou slaughtered the demons with the Book of Changes, everyone thought that the Shang Dynasty was invincible; before Confucius forced the saints of the demon world to sign a thousand-year non-war treaty, everyone thought that the saints of the demon world were invincible; before the first battle between the two worlds, everyone thought that the human race could not withstand the attack of the demon world. It is precisely because I am a virtual saint that I have to cut through the thorns and thorns and explore the way for the human race. I don't need understanding, sympathy, or even help. The only thing I need is for you to not stop me."

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