The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 351 Untitled
"The improvement of women's status is an inevitable trend of history, which cannot be reversed by any etiquette or law."

Chen Jingke ended his lecture with this sentence.

Fuqing naturally would not doubt his words and was very happy about this conclusion.

But being happy doesn't mean she dares to do something.

Precisely because she knows more about politics, she is even more restrained.

"But the current etiquette is very strict for women. If I show up in public, it might cause gossip."

Chen Jingke encouraged her: "Don't be afraid, you are the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to do anything to you?"

The emperor's sisters can be given the title of princess, but whether or not to do so depends entirely on the emperor's wishes.

Given Chen Jingke's importance, Zhu Biao conferred the title of Princess on Fuqing just a few days after he ascended the throne.

Also granted the title were the two daughters born to Empress Ma, Princess Ningguo and Princess Anqing.

Fuqing is the only princess who was not a legitimate princess but was given the title of eldest princess. One can imagine how special her status is.

And because of her versatile personality, she even surpassed the two eldest princesses Ningguo and Anqing in popularity.

When she shows up in public, no one dares to say anything about her to her face.

Of course, there will be a lot of gossip behind the scenes, but...

"As long as I don't care, my parents don't care, the emperor, the queen, and your majesty don't care, what does it matter if they say whatever they want?"

Fuqing's heart trembled, and he looked deep in thought.

Yes, he is so supportive, what do I have to be afraid of?
With my current status, who dares to criticize me with etiquette?
What's more, what I did was in line with the court's policy and the trend of historical development.

She was an extremely intelligent woman, and once she got rid of the shackles in her heart, her mind suddenly became flexible.

Since improving the status of women is a historical trend, if I take the lead, I will be leading the historical trend.

Maybe it will be remembered forever in the future.

As a princess, Chen Jingke's wife, and novelist, it was inevitable that she would leave her name in history books.

But even if the name is left in history books, the position and weight it occupies are different.

Who doesn't want to add a few more adjectives after their name?

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. However, her habitual reserve made her lack confidence.

"Can I really?"

Instead of encouraging him, Chen Jingke said, "You can start from a small point and help King Zhou to establish a medical school."

"King Zhou and I have some status in the medical community, and many people are looking forward to the completion of this medical school."

"You go and help, and no one dares to say anything."

Fuqing couldn't help but smile. These two really have a certain status in the medical community.

I helped to establish the medical school, so even if some people don’t like it, they probably wouldn’t dare to say anything.

You can complain about other things, but if you dare to comment on this matter of medical school, you'd better pray that your family will never get sick.

Medical school was indeed a perfect starting point for her to try to break the shackles of etiquette.

Thinking of this, all her worries disappeared.

"Okay, I'll listen to you and go find Brother Five tomorrow."

Chen Jingke was very happy to see that she agreed, so he talked about some long-term plans:
"Go over there and help first, and then slowly take over the administrative work."

"Then I used my position as a manager to guide them to study obstetrics..."

"It's about things like physical examinations for pregnant women and delivery, to reduce the risk of delivery."

"As a woman, it's natural for you to care about this kind of thing."

"Even if others knew, they wouldn't say anything. Instead, they would think you are kind-hearted."

"Then we can further subdivide obstetrics and gynecology, adopt some orphans, and let them learn obstetrics and gynecology from a young age..."

"Your best friends and sisters, if they are talented and their families don't mind them being in the spotlight, can also be invited to come and help."

"We can also form a poetry club and invite the wives of officials and dignitaries to join us."

"As for what to do after joining, isn't it up to you to decide?"

"As long as you don't take them to do anything shocking, no one will dare to say anything."

"When the time is right, we can open a girls' college..."

The saying "A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent" only appeared in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Although the status of women was very low at that time, it had not reached the abnormal level it later became.

But even so, opening a girls' college was a bit shocking, so Chen Jingke said to wait until the time is right.

As for when this day will come...I believe it won't be too far away.

Of course, he wouldn't do nothing.

His idea of ​​a world of universal harmony includes content about changes in the status of women.

However, he did not say anything directly. From the perspective of human rights, women should also have a high status.

This is just nonsense.

Instead, it is predicted based on social science research that as the times change, women will participate more in social activities and their status will improve.

As for what the moralists would think...

Chen Jingke said, let them die.

After that, the couple sat together and talked about how to do it.

Because the conversation was so in-depth, Chen Jingke almost couldn't get out of bed the next day.
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After breakfast, Fuqing happily went to find Zhu Su to discuss the construction of the medical school.

Chen Jingke stayed at home and picked up the Fantasy Travels and started reading it before Fang Xiaoru arrived.

He had already watched this thing several times and was already familiar with its contents, so there was really nothing to see.

So I just flipped through it and put it aside.

When Fuqing comes back, we will publish and distribute it directly.

He has published several books, and his pen name "Jingqing Jushi" is well-known in the Ming Dynasty novel world.

So many people have published their works under this name.

Especially the series of "The Story of the Prince Consort". It is said that now no matter who writes the book, it will be registered under the name of Mr. Jingqing.

It is somewhat similar to the pirated yellow book series "Huang Yi's Works" in the previous life.

Some of these fake works are complete bullshit, but there are also quite a few good ones.

Sometimes Chen Jingke wondered whether future historians would be so overwhelmed that they would want to kill someone when studying this period of history.

Although the pen name Jingqing Jushi has been somewhat corrupted in some places.

But all major booksellers know that the person in Luoyang City is the real owner of this pen name.

In addition, Fuqing has published several books and already has mature channels for publicity and distribution.

So you don't have to worry about being misunderstood as a fake.

However, it is conceivable that after the publication of Fantasy Travels, the name Jingqing Jushi will become famous again.

There will inevitably be a large number of pirated books that are disguised as genuine ones.

By then, I guess a lot of people will curse me again.

Just as I finished reading the book, Fang Xiaoru appeared with Ye Yunliu and others.

Since they were all old acquaintances, there was no need for much politeness between the two sides. They simply exchanged greetings and sat down.

What they are going to discuss today is the content of the last article, which is also the summary of Fangxue's materialism.

Over the past few months, the two have been analyzing and discussing the first article, and today they are finally about to complete the final work.

So everyone was a little excited.

Chen Jingke himself was also very happy. This exchange was equivalent to Fang Xiaoru helping him sort out his knowledge system from scratch.

Not only did it allow his fragmentary knowledge of materialism to be formally systematized, but it also gave him a deeper understanding of Chinese culture.

Not only the materialistic part of Chinese culture, but also the idealistic part has been deeply understood. After all, if you want to study materialism, you must also understand idealism, so that you can look at materialistic thought more dialectically.

In fact, there is no distinction between materialism and idealism in classical Chinese philosophy.

The same ideological system can include both materialistic and idealistic ideas.

The key is that these two completely different ideas can actually argue with each other without any conflict.

It can only be said that the attribute of Chinese culture in terms of inclusiveness is stretched to its limit.

Chen Jingke and Fang Xiaoru singled out the materialistic aspect of Chinese thought, which is actually a kind of one-sidedness.

This cannot be blamed on them. Confucianism has been advancing rapidly on the path of idealism since the beginning of Neo-Confucianism.

They can only follow suit.

But it’s not a big problem, as they are all part of Chinese culture.

A monopoly is often demonized, and the collision of two ideas can produce more brilliant sparks.

In short, with the help of Fang Xiaoru, Chen Jingke finally built a complete knowledge system of his own.

When this knowledge system took shape, the bottleneck of Datong thought that had troubled him was also broken.

The road ahead is smooth.

For Fang Xiaoru, his gains were equally huge.

Through communication with Chen Jingke, the threshold for learning materialism was successfully lowered.

The materialistic thought has also become more complete.

More importantly, the analysis of many contents is more in-depth.

In many places, completely different dialectical views have been put forward based on Chen Jingke's ideas.

Philosophy itself is human's analysis of the universe and is phased.

Everyone has his own understanding and everyone has his own reasons.

It is like, we pursue success, but also appreciate the secluded life of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence.

It is normal to have different views on the same issue in the same book.

Chinese thought, in particular, is inherently dialectical.

Materialism and idealism can be put together perfectly, let alone two different viewpoints under the same materialistic thought.

Moreover, many of Chen Jingke's ideas also inspired him and helped him find the direction to move forward.

For him, this is the biggest gain.

As observers, Ye Yunliu and others gained a lot and gained a deeper understanding of Chinese culture and materialism.

In the past they could only read from the script, but now they have their own understanding and ideas.

Even if we leave the textbooks, we can still explain materialism clearly.

This laid a solid foundation for the future promotion of materialism.

Moreover, witnessing the collision of ideas between the two scholars made them even more amazed.

In particular, Chen Jingke's knowledge repeatedly refreshed their understanding of genius.

It also makes them completely unable to feel proud.

After the discussion, Fang Xiaoru did not leave as usual, but laughed and said:
"Haha... I knew Jing Ke wouldn't let me down."

Chen Jingke also said happily: "Thank you Brother Fang for your help. I also feel enlightened."

After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

Ye Yunliu and others were also very excited and quickly recorded this scene.

It will be compiled into a book later and it will be a classic handed down from generation to generation.

What's a good name? Fangzi or Chenzi?
But there's no rush.

There will definitely be more in-depth exchanges between the two in the future, so I’ll record more.

At this moment, Ye Yunliu set a goal for himself.

Fang Xiaoru ignored his disciple's thoughts. After laughing, he said solemnly:
"Please allow me to write your name before mine."

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "Just write it in the preface... You're welcome, because I've also written a book and need your help."

"I will also write about you in the preface of my book then."

Fang Xiaoru had long known that he had developed his own set of ideas that needed to be kept secret.

So even though I was curious, I never asked.

Seeing him say this, I didn't say anything more: "That's fine."

Ye Yunliu and others were also very excited when they heard this.

I thought the discussion was about to end, but I didn’t expect there would be another round?
However, they soon realized that they were too happy too early.

After talking for a while, Fang Xiaoru took them away without even talking about Chen Jingke's book.

And after returning to the academy, he called everyone over.

He instructed the ten scholars to compile the improved materialism into a book as soon as possible and then pass it on to everyone.

It is too late this year. At the beginning of next year, he will lead everyone to formally promote materialistic thinking.

Naturally, everyone had no objection to this, nor did they dare to have any objection.

But the next day, Fang Xiaoru went to Chen Jingke's house alone, without even bringing Ye Yunliu with him.

This made everyone very disappointed.

But they didn't complain. It was already a great blessing for them to listen to the lectures for several months for free.

To ask for more is to be unsatisfied.

Ye Yunliu felt even more melancholy than others. He had just said yesterday that he would record their discussion, but today he was rejected.

It's sad to be rejected halfway through starting a business.

On the other hand, Chen Jingke also went to the palace after Fang Xiaoru left.

I told Zhu Biao and others about my next plan, the subtext being that I was going to be in seclusion recently and please don't disturb me if you have nothing to do.

Naturally, everyone knows the importance of the idea of ​​Datong.

In other words, under the influence of Chen Jingke, the core class has already realized the importance of ideas to a political group.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to truly break out of the framework drawn by its predecessors, it had to be guided by a more advanced set of ideas.

As for what this set of ideas is like, everyone agreed that Chen Jingke was the one who understood it best.

If he can't do it, it will be even more impossible for others to complete the task.

So they have been paying attention to Chen Jingke's progress.

Everyone knew that he was in a bottleneck, but they were powerless to do anything.

The key is that this matter needs to be kept confidential and cannot be known by others. This is the most troublesome thing.

We can only hope that he can find a way to break through.

Fang Xiaoru's joining made everyone feel a lot more relaxed.

Now that Chen Jingke has decided to go into seclusion, it means that he has completed his accumulation, and everyone is looking forward to it.

Zhu Biao immediately approved his vacation so that he would not have to worry about government affairs and could focus on perfecting the Great Harmony Thought.

After leaving the palace, Chen Jingke went to the academy again.

But he didn't say much here, just told everyone to study hard and not worry about things outside.

After that, he returned home and waited for Fang Xiaoru's arrival.

The next day, Fang Xiaoru arrived as promised.

The two of them still didn't exchange pleasantries, Chen Jingke got straight to the point:
"Do you remember the two words I told you when you decided to travel around the world?"

(End of this chapter)