The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

After seeing the divine tower of Half God, Fang Xun had the idea of ​​building a divine tower of his own in reality.

However, as soon as he returned to Jiangnan, he was entangled in various things. Now that Xing Shanlie and Wan Tianyang were both killed by him, Fang Xun was finally able to spare some time to worry about the affairs of the Divine Tower.

He simply mentioned the divine tower to Yang Shi without giving any further introduction, and then continued.

"Master Yang Shi, I can help Master Yue. How will you repay me?"

The most that existed between him and the Yinyue Sect was a brief romance with Xue Qianrou, but that was just a matter of mutual benefit, and of course it was impossible for him to help her for free.

Yang Shi replied calmly: "The entire Yinyue Sect will submit to the King of Yue, but the prerequisite is that the Marquis can save Mingyu!"

Fang Xun smiled immediately after hearing this: "Okay! It's a deal!"

Please ask Sect Master Yang Shi to go back to the mountain gate and wait. After I finish dealing with trivial matters, I will set off to your sect to diagnose Sect Master Yue!"

"High-five!"

After three consecutive high-fives, the two sides reached an agreement. Yang Shi left a few words and then left.

"I am waiting for the arrival of Lord Lin Chuan in Huangzhou!"

Watching the other party's departing figure, Zhen Yangzi suddenly frowned and said, "My Lord, will the Yin Yue Sect really surrender to the King of Yue so easily?"

With just a few words, Yang Shi made the decision to lead his faction to join the Prince of Yue's Palace. Although the prerequisite was that Fang Xun cured Yue Mingyu, he still felt that the other party was a bit hasty.

Before Fang Xun could even open his mouth to answer his question, Yuan Tiangang smiled and said, "Master Zhen Yangzi, don't forget that His Royal Highness the King of Yue is also a woman."

Zhen Yangzi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.

"Yes, Your Highness is also a woman. For a sect like the Yinyue Sect that only has women, she is indeed very attractive."

Yuan Tiangang just smiled and said nothing more. He had witnessed Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne with his own eyes, so he reacted faster to such things.

The public school in Dongting Prefecture is open to all children of appropriate age for free, regardless of gender, and the same applies to the examination system.

In this era where men have been superior to women since ancient times, it has also been criticized a lot.

Unfortunately, this is also a world where the strong are respected. Fang Xun's fist is so powerful that he can confiscate anyone's property whenever he wants, so although he has been criticized a lot, the officials under him can only carry out his will obediently.

Of course, Yang Shi would not have acted on impulse and joined the group just to repay Fang Xun for saving her lover. She saw the future development trend of the Yue Palace.

Now women under the rule of the King of Yue could go to school and take examinations.

If the Central Plains can be established and the world can be unified in the future, it is not impossible for women to become generals or prime ministers.

After coming to Jiangnan, she witnessed many things with her own eyes, and made this decision after careful consideration over the past few days.

It is obvious that if they had to choose one side to support among all the parties in the world, the Yinyue Sect, which consists only of women, would naturally choose to support Yu Jiaolong.

After Zhen Yangzi figured this out, he still had some doubts in his heart and said with a wry smile.

"My Lord, I have heard about the various public schools. It is fine that the examinations do not use Confucian classics or poetry, but is it a bit strange to allow women to participate in the examinations?"

Fang Xun sighed when he heard this: "Since ancient times, the prejudice of male superiority and female inferiority has been deeply rooted, but I never thought that the Taoist priest would..."

Zhen Yangzi quickly explained, "My Lord, you misunderstood. I am worried that this move will lose the hearts of the people and will be detrimental to the foundation of my rule."

He didn't really look down on women, but he cared about the human heart, or in other words, the heart of Confucian scholars. The influence of Confucianism was deeply rooted and penetrated into every aspect of people's daily life.

Rulers of all dynasties could ignore everything, but they dared not ignore the voices of scholars, because the channels for upward mobility had been monopolized by major families and academies across the world.

If Confucianism is not used to govern the country, the number of officials required for governance must be increased more than tenfold in order to achieve the effect of Confucianism.

If one wants to extend the ruling power to towns and villages, the number of officials must be increased by hundreds of times.

Even though they were very unhappy with Confucianism, emperors of all dynasties still had to appoint Confucian scholars as officials because this was the foundation of their rule.

This is a very realistic problem, and it is exactly what Zhen Yangzi is worried about.

Fang Xun immediately laughed: "My reputation within the Confucian school is hated by gods and ghosts, and Zhaoning, as a woman, will never be recognized by them as an orthodox.

If that's the case, why should we care about the feelings of the scholars in the world? Isn't the Jiangnan Guard's daily raids just to dig up their roots?"

Zhen Yangzi was startled and dumbfounded.

Fang Xun comforted him again: "Master, don't worry. You should know that in addition to scholars, there are more poor people in the world. It doesn't matter whether the scholars like it or not, as long as the people like it!"

After listening to this, Zhen Yangzi thought for a while and found that what Fang Xun said was true.

Now that I think about it, the Prince of Yue's Palace had actually long been planning to replace the Confucian education system and cultivate its own talents.

Whether it was the reform of public schools and the examination system, or the large-scale confiscation of property and extermination of clans in the name of measuring land and checking population, all of these were undermining the ruling foundation of the Confucian system.

It's still a short time now and we can't see any obvious clues.

But as the scale of public schools continues to expand, more and more talented people are graduating.

In addition, every family of the gentry and wealthy was raided, which not only obtained a large amount of wealth, but also left a gap for the new public school system to fill little by little. One day, the entire Confucian system will be completely replaced.

After Zhen Yangzi figured this out, he sighed and said, "My Lord is really far-sighted and has planned it all out long ago. However, the task is still arduous and the road ahead is long. This will inevitably usher in a frenzied suppression by the Confucian School. I hope that My Lord can be prepared."

Fang Xun said calmly: "Everything else is empty, it's just strength. As long as I have enough strength, even if the Confucian sect launches a crazy counterattack, it will not cause any harm to me."

After a pause, he changed the subject and did not continue discussing this topic, but brought up the Divine Tower again.

"Regarding the Divine Pagoda, the two Taoist priests will still need to worry about it."

Yuan Tiangang nodded and said, "It is our responsibility to build the City God Tower as quickly as possible."

Zhen Yangzi, who knew nothing about the divine tower, asked.

"The divine tower that Lord Hou mentioned, could it be that he is preparing to open up a secret cave realm?"

Fang Xun was stunned for a moment: "Dongtian Secret Realm?"

Zhen Yangzi was surprised by his puzzled look: "Could it be that the Marquis doesn't know about the secret realm of the cave?"

"I really don't know," Fang Xun said curiously, "Master, why don't you tell me in detail."

Yuan Tiangang on the side also looked at Zhen Yangzi with an inquiring look.

After seeing that the two really didn't know, Zhen Yangzi hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking: "." (End of this chapter)