Han Dao world

If you visit these two counties, you may gain some insight.

Tian Chou was very interested and decided to follow the emperor for a while to get a closer look at the emperor's thoughts on Zhongxing Dahan.

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A few days later, the review was held as scheduled.

The school grounds are arranged in the Lushui River Valley outside Guzang City.

Before dawn, the hillsides on both sides of the valley were full of common people, discussing enthusiastically, looking at the high platform built on the hillside from time to time, waiting for the appearance of the emperor.

When the first ray of sunlight crossed the mountain and entered the valley, the sound of majestic drums sounded.

The people immediately quieted down, and countless eyes looked over.

Tian Chou, who was crowded in the crowd watching the ceremony, also looked over, and his eyes lit up immediately.

The emperor Liu Xie rode a tall horse with gorgeous armor.He didn't wear a helmet, but he wore a crown, not angry and majestic.

Empress Fushou did not wear armor, but was dressed in a well-tailored costume, which was both graceful and luxurious, yet capable.

There are twenty servants around them, half men and half women, all young people.The man is on the right side of the emperor, and the woman is on the left side of the queen.Behind the servant, followed by two hundred knights, equally divided between men and women.They wear helmets and armor, with knives, bows and arrows around their waists, and spears in their hands. Colorful laces are tied on the spears, which flutter in the wind.

The battle flags were flying and the drums were playing. Although the number of people was not large, they revealed a mighty force that people could not be underestimated.

What surprised Tian Chou the most was the female cavalry.

Apart from the fact that these hundred female riders were slightly slender than the males, their military looks and postures were the same.They hold their heads high and their chests high, holding the reins in one hand and spears in the other, with extraordinary momentum.What's even more amazing is that the horses under their crotches walk neatly, without neighing or whistling, but they feel ready to start at any time to launch a fatal blow to the enemy.

"Oh—" Countless people whispered.

"Look, look, the emperor is coming."

"Female cavalry, those are female cavalry." A young woman covered her mouth with a trembling voice. "It turns out that women can really be knights."

"I've already said it." Someone next to him pretended to be disdainful. "My second aunt's daughter is a female knight..."

"Hey, is your second aunt's daughter such a female knight? She joined the army after the Great War, and she is not qualified to serve as the queen's attendant at all."

"You...you are talking nonsense."

Tian Chou turned his head and took a look, and saw two young men staring at each other as if they were cross-eyed, but the young woman on the side didn't hear it, her eyes were all fixed on the female knight beside the queen, her face eager to try.

"Okay, little girl, don't even think about it." A young man persuaded: "A female knight is one in a million, and she must be proficient in bow and horse. It's too late for you to practice martial arts now. Just look at it, no Think about it."

"It's too late for me to practice martial arts, but it's not too late to study." The woman didn't turn her head. "Even if I can't be a knight, I can do other things. Don't stop me, or break up. All in all, all in all, don't want me to be a cook and serve you every day."

"I didn't..." the man said aggrievedly: "Look, the book I just bought for you, Master Cai's new book, cost three sheepskins."

Tian Chou glanced at it. The man was holding two rolls of paper in his arms. The handwriting on them was very neat and meticulous.

Tian Chou was very curious, so he saluted the young man and borrowed it to take a look.

The first volume is "Scholar's Lun", the author is Cai Yan, and Tian Chou was startled by the opening sentence.

Both men and women are also gentlemen.

Chapter 547 Exercise

Cai Yan's reasoning is not profound, even a little plain.

Heaven and earth are divided into yin and yang, and people are divided into men and women.Yin and Yang combine to create all things, men and women combine to reproduce.

After Cai Yan explained the truth, he changed the subject and began to prove that although there are differences between men and women, there is no natural gap in other aspects except for the difference in body structure and the irreplaceable differences in reproduction. Women can do anything that can be done, and they can do it very well, no less than men.

After reading this, Tian Chou understood what Cai Yan meant, but felt something was wrong.

Just as he was thinking about the problem, there was a burst of earth-shattering cheers in his ear.

"Wolf ride! Wolf ride!"

Tian Chou looked up, and it turned out that the review had already started, and the wolf rider was practicing tactics.

Hundreds of cavalry galloped out of the formation and rushed across the valley.The horse's hooves kicked up the snow-white spray, muddying the clear river water, and rushed to the opponent with water droplets.

Dozens of tents were scattered on the grass where they faced each other, and there were straw figures in the shape of Xianbei standing in front of the tents.The wolf galloped between the tents, wielding the knives and spears in its hands, making chopping and stabbing movements, and fell the straw man to the ground.

This is a common tactic of cavalry, and there is nothing unusual about it.The difference between the wolf riders is that they don't rush all the way to the past, but keep turning back, making it impossible to figure out their trajectory.

But Tian Chou soon understood the danger of this tactic.

Nearly a hundred elites were running non-stop on the vast grassland.There is no rear, no luggage, supplies are captured, and means of killing and destruction are used.Like a pack of wolves, its whereabouts are erratic. Once it finds an opportunity, it will rush to bite, tear its opponents into pieces, and swallow them clean.

They actually have another name: horse thief.It's just that their equipment is better than horse thieves, their training is better, and their killing is more ruthless.

They are not for looting, but for destroying.

This method of warfare will collapse the nomads on the grasslands.

Nomads also want to produce and graze. They are not always in a state of war. They usually live scattered in different places in the unit of villages. There may be only a few villages within a radius of more than ten miles. There are only a dozen men and women together. When encountering this kind of cavalry, there is almost no power to fight back.

This method of warfare is very brutal, but there is a premise that the hundred cavalry must not only have strong combat effectiveness, but also have extremely strong survivability.Not only can they not get lost on the grassland, but they must also be able to face the harsh conditions of food and water shortages at any time.

It's normal to see no people for hundreds of miles above the grassland.

Tian Chou came to a conclusion almost instantly. This is another very practical tactic, but it is difficult to implement.The threat to the Xianbei people is great, but few people can carry it out.

Even Gongsun Zan, known for his bravery and skill in combat, could not do it.He didn't have the ability to fight deep into the grassland, so he couldn't pose a fatal threat to Xianbei and Wuhuan, but only aroused their anger.

The exercise of the wolf cavalry was over, and the Habayashi cavalry and the Beijun cavalry started to move. They also only had a hundred cavalry, walking towards each other and crossing each other. The nearest time was only twenty or thirty steps.

The flags were intertwined, the smoke and dust billowed on the battlefield, and there was such a familiar smell, which made people feel excited and fearful.The teenagers and girls around Tian Chou who were shouting fiercely stopped talking, and clenched their fists one by one, secretly exerting force.

The cavalry staggered twice and returned to the main formation.

Armor rides out.

Thirty armored cavalry were divided into three teams, ten cavalry in each team, first rehearsed the vertical attack sagittal formation and geese formation, and then rehearsed the horizontal formation.No matter what kind of tactics they used and how they cooperated, the three teams always maintained a complete formation without any confusion.

A strict formation itself can bring great coercion. Anyone who has experience in fighting cavalry can imagine what it would be like to see such a group of opponents on the battlefield.

The cavalry duel is not only a contest of martial arts, but also courage.

No matter how good your martial arts skills are, seeing the cavalry rushing towards you, approaching quickly, and the huge body of the war horse may hit you in the next moment, many people will feel fear in their hearts.Only well-trained infantry can form formations to face cavalry, and only knights who can overcome the fear of death can meet them instead of turning around and fleeing.

Tian Chou could understand why the Xianbei people were defeated.The Xianbei cavalry, who mainly focus on cavalry and shooting, and supplemented by impact, find it difficult to keep calm in the face of such cavalry, and there is a high probability that they will choose to retreat.

After the armor cavalry exercise, there was a brief calm on the battlefield.

Hundreds of craftsmen appeared on the practice field, put down more than a dozen horses, scattered the carts, and placed straw figures in the middle. The originally empty and flat school field immediately became chaotic.

Everyone was puzzled, and there was no sound.

After a while, the war drums sounded again, the horn blew, and the ten female knights kicked their horses lightly and stepped out slowly.

A female knight walking in the front stood upright, holding a battle flag.

Nine knights spread out on both sides of the battle flag. They were tall and handsome, wearing helmets decorated with snow-white helmets and close-fitting battle armor.She wears a sword, bow and crossbow at her waist, and holds a spear in her hand, which is also tied with a snow-white tassel, fluttering in the wind.

Their war horses are also carefully selected Xiliang horses, all of which are bay red horses, matched with the female knight's white, which are dazzling.

The crowd of onlookers boiled again.

Tian Chou also laughed.He has seen the status of the female knight on duty, and she is definitely not what she is now.However, he also had to admit that such a female knight was more beautiful and more impressive.

After saluting to the emperor and queen, the female knights began to accelerate, and after performing some conventional tactics, they rushed into the obstacles formed by repelling horses and carts.They unite as one, galloping back and forth between obstacles, bypassing carts, jumping over horses, pulling out their bright sabers while the horses are leaping, raising their spears, drawing their bows and crossbows, and knocking down the scattered straw figures one by one. cut down.

The preceding maneuvers are all good, but the one of the female knight is undoubtedly the best to watch.From the moment they appeared on the stage, there were waves of applause, and the people on both sides of Tian Chou, regardless of gender, became more excited than each other, and their palms were red.

"Look, look, it's so sassy." The girl hopped her feet, her face flushed.

"Hmm." The young man nodded subconsciously without taking his eyes off.

Tian Chou squinted his eyes, but the smile on his face was a little stiff, and the unfinished article in his hand was crumpled into a ball.

He originally thought that the female cavalry was just a decoration, just the whim of the young emperor.After watching the performance of these female knights, he realized a problem.The emperor set up female cavalry not necessarily because he wanted these female knights to become an army, but he hoped to prove one thing through these female knights.

What a man can do, a woman can do as well, although it may be difficult.

I can join the army now, but can I be an official in the future?Will there be a woman in the hall of the big man?

Tian Chou stood there blankly, everything in front of him disappeared, all the hustle and bustle went away from him, and only one strange thought remained.

Male superiority and female inferiority will be a thing of the past. Ban Zhao wrote "The Commandments for Women" and it will be terminated by Cai Yan's "Scholar's Discourse".The emperor not only wants to rejuvenate the big man, he also wants to build a big man who can stand shoulder to shoulder with men and women.

Is this a last resort to save the nation, or is it a deliberate attempt to destroy the old and establish the new?

Chapter 548

Tian Chou didn't know when the exercise ended. He only knew that the people onlookers were very satisfied, and they didn't want to leave for a long time.Wherever he went, he could always hear people's praise for the exercise.

Tian Chou went around the market, found a bookseller, and wanted to buy some books.

The borrowed "Scholar's Discourse" was crumpled by him. The young man was very dissatisfied, but he still took it away.He wanted to read it a few more times to understand the emperor's intentions.

Cai Yan is a female official next to the emperor, and her articles probably represent the meaning of the emperor.

But he was quickly disappointed.Almost all the books were sold out, and the bookseller looked regretful that he hadn't been able to buy more.

When Tian Chou asked, he realized that these books had been transported thousands of miles from Hedong.At present, only Wenxiu Bookstore in Hedong can print books quickly, and other places can't do it.However, Hanyang is preparing to build a bookstore, and there will be books in half a year.

Only then did Tian Chou realize that the article he saw yesterday was not copied, but printed, and because of this, a scholar's theory can be exchanged for only a piece of sheepskin.The young man said that after spending three sheepskins, he should have bought more than one book.

It is said that the best-selling book is a calligraphy book called "Simplified Shuowen Jiezi", which contains [-] commonly used characters.Learning these [-] characters can satisfy most of the reading and writing tasks.

To Tian Chou's surprise, the author of this "Simplified Shuowen Jiezi" is also a woman. There are three people, one of whom is Yuan Quan, who is said to be a descendant of the Yuan family in Runan.

Tian Chou had some impressions, as if he had heard Zhao Yun mention it.

Back in the camp, Tian Chou found Zhao Yun and asked about it.Zhao Yun laughed after hearing this, and called a personal guard to ask Cai Yan and Yuan Quan for a book each.

"Are there many of them?"

"Not many. After the books were printed, Wenxiu Bookstore sent over a hundred copies each for them to give away as embellishments. These two books have just arrived, so they probably haven't been delivered yet."

"One hundred sets, as a pen?" Tian Chou was taken aback.He remembered that the bookseller said that a book was worth a sheepskin, but a hundred books were worth a hundred sheepskins.Even if the cost is not so high, there are at least thirty or fifty.

Is writing articles so profitable?

"Cai Lingshi drew a picture of suppressing the rebellion for General Zhenxi. Guess how much it cost?"

Tian Chou also knew the joke, so he couldn't help laughing: "It shouldn't be low."

"One hundred gold." Zhao Yun also smiled. "But Cai Lingshi is generally unwilling to do this kind of thing. She would rather write articles and support herself without any problems."

Tian Chou smiled bitterly, thinking that one article can be exchanged for a hundred sheepskins, and she must be able to support herself.

From this, he thought of a question, would a woman who can support herself by writing articles respect her husband as the head of the family?After all, don't show your face when writing articles, you can do it at home.An ordinary man, even if he is a petty official, may not be able to earn the same amount of money through hard work.

"This outline is going to be messed up." Tian Chou said with emotion.

"It's not chaos, but a return to normalcy."

Tian Chou looked at Zhao Yun in surprise. "Do you also think that it is normal for men and women to be indistinguishable?"

"I just think it's more in line with the truth." Zhao Yun patted the saber on his waist. "Women may not be as strong as men in terms of physical strength, but the gap is not irreparable. A woman who has undergone strict training can also defeat a man who has not been trained or has not been trained strictly. Some women with good talents can even compete with men." Most men compete with each other."

Tian Chou frowned. "So, the emperor wants men and women to be no different. Women can not only write articles, but also serve in the army. Will they be allowed to be officials in the future?"

"Cai Lingshi is an official, and she is Lantai Lingshi." Zhao Yun corrected: "Master Ma, Master Wang, and Master Yuan are also officials."

Tian Chou was startled, and then he realized.Zhao Yun had mentioned this matter before, but he didn't take it to heart, and took Cai Yan as an ordinary female official for granted.Female officials are also officials, but they are later court officials, not former court officials.

But Lantai Lingshi belongs to Yushi Zhongcheng, an official of the former court, and an official of the foreign court.

Cai Yan has long been a real official.

At this time, Zhao Yun's personal guard came back with only a copy of "Scholar's Discourse" in his hand.Yuan Quan's "Simplified Shuowen Jiezi" was taken away as soon as he got it, and a hundred copies were not enough.She has already ordered from Wenxiu Bookstore, and will give it to Tian Jun Fuzheng when it arrives.

Tian Chou looked at the "Scholar's Lun" in his hand, and didn't know what to say.

His worldview continues to crumble.

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Xingzai set off again and rushed to Jincheng.

For several days, Tian Chou was studying Cai Yan's "On Scholars".He read it over and over again, almost memorizing it, trying to find flaws and refute it.

He has an instinctive fear and wants to prevent the situation from getting worse.

But he knew very well that he could write articles to refute Cai Yan, but he could not prevent the emperor from promoting this concept in Liangzhou.Liangzhou is no different than the Central Plains, and there are not so many concepts of male superiority and female inferiority.In normal labor, women do no less than men, and there are women in grazing and farming.When thieves came to attack, there were not a few women who held spears and drew bows to fight.

The emperor chose Liangzhou as the starting point, probably after careful consideration.