On this day, the conflict between family and gender was unprecedentedly intense.
Husbands beat their wives, fathers beat their daughters, brothers beat their sisters …
The source of all these conflicts was whether or not women could participate in the imperial examinations.
Men tore apart women's books and threw away women's study treasures. They began to suppress women on a large scale.
However, another piece of news shook the entire Sheng Yuan Continent.
Jingguo introduced three sets of new laws.
The Women's Rights Protection Act, the Children's Rights Protection Act, and the Compulsory Education Act.
In the new laws, women and children's rights to education were inviolable. From the next year onwards, all children of Jingguo would have to receive six years of compulsory education from the age of seven, regardless of gender. The compulsory education would be extended in the future.
In Jingguo, any parents who obstructed their children's education would be sentenced to three to seven years in prison. If they publicly opposed the new laws, they would be charged with subverting the Jingguo regime and would be sentenced to at least ten years in prison.
In the process of compulsory education, all costs would be covered by the Jingguo Treasury. If they were unable to pay for it, the Xuemang Chamber of Commerce would provide it for free.
Before entering the Ancient Cliff Sea Land, Fang Yun had already proposed a five-year compulsory education. However, it was only a reform plan and had not become a law. Jingguo had not implemented it. Especially after Fang Yun entered the Ancient Cliff Sea Land, many reforms were stopped.
However, compulsory education was now officially legislated and would be enforced throughout the country.
At the same time, there was a seemingly insignificant change in the law. The age of criminal responsibility was greatly reduced. Above the age of criminal responsibility, the punishment would be the same. Age could not be a factor in sentencing.
The explanation for the change in the law was very clear. This was to allow children to understand the law at a very young age. Most of the children who committed crimes at a young age were of the same age. This was to protect children at a young age. At the same time, the human race was constantly improving. In ancient times, children in their teens knew nothing, and as their education level and the amount of information they received increased, young children matured faster and faster. Still unconditionally protecting young criminals was harming children and adult citizens who were truly law-abiding.
Unsurprisingly, the first to oppose the new laws were still the Jingguo people. Furthermore, it was the Jingguo Legalists.
After the three laws were introduced, there was a clear division in the rankings.
As for the Women's Rights Protection Act, most people opposed it. Only a small number of scholars who were abused by their parents or had witnessed their female relatives being abused supported it.
However, there was an overwhelming number of people who were against it.
As for the protection of children, there were more and more people who supported it. However, most of the scholars who held the authority of the parents were still against it. They felt that Fang Yun was going against the ancestral law and denying the ancestors.
The Compulsory Education Law caused the most heated debate.
Some people were against it, but many people with lofty ideals felt that forcing boys to undergo elementary education was a huge step forward. They highly praised Fang Yun, but did not mention the girls. Only a very small number of people supported girls to study.
As a result, the battle against Fang Yun was split into countless smaller battles.
Everyone was no longer scolding Fang Yun. Instead, they were fiercely debating the new law.
Someone ridiculed. Fang Yun just threw a piece of bone, and a group of dogs began to crazily snatch it.
It was impossible for humans to remain rational.
On the second day after the three new laws were announced in Jingguo, Lord Wu issued an imperial edict to fully implement the Compulsory Education Law, but it did not involve the other two laws.
Those who opposed the new law immediately mocked Lord Wu as "Lord Wu Learning to Walk".
Who would have thought that the Martial Lord acted as if he had obtained a treasure? He openly sent a special envoy to Jing Country, and with great fanfare, asked Fang Yun to bestow a personally written holy book 'The Martial Lord learns to walk'. Fang Yun's clone was in Jingjing, and he directly gave him a treasure of calligraphy.
Lord Wu directly hung the words "Lord Wu Learning to Walk" behind the dragon throne. He repeatedly read it during and after court every day, as if he had obtained a treasure.
The entire human race was shocked by Lord Wu's shamelessness.
The more they argued, the clearer the argument became. Soon, the debate about the Compulsory Education Law stopped.
This was because the Dongsheng Pavilion announced that it recommended that countries promote the Compulsory Education Law under certain conditions. It also highly praised Jingguo and Wu Guo.
Soon, everyone learned of a major event. Because of the birth of the Compulsory Education Law, the human race's Path of Education and all the other Paths, whether it was Confucianism, Legalism, Gonggong, Agriculture, or Military, were rapidly improving!
This law's contribution was far greater than Shang Yang's reform. It could be said to be the law that helped the Path the most in human history.
In the face of such a great contribution, even those who were most hostile to Fang Yun had to shut up.
This was because the price of being stubborn in the face of ironclad facts could be broken courage and the collapse of the literary palace.
Thus, everyone turned to attack the other two new laws.
The victory of the Compulsory Education Law changed the views of some scholars. There were many more scholars who supported the protection of children, and gradually more scholars who supported the protection of women.
What many scholars did not expect was that the number of non-scholars who supported these two laws began to increase.
Soon, everyone found the culprit.
Xiangzhou's People's Daily had already spread to various countries. Especially after Lord Qing's death, even Gyeongo did not dare to obstruct People's Daily.
In these days, People's Daily had been publishing all kinds of negative news about the abuse of women and children. This gave the human race a clear understanding of the treatment of women and children.
The views of those men who were filial to their mothers, loved their wives, and loved their daughters slowly changed.
A small number of scholars who had originally opposed these two laws sighed to the heavens when they heard the truth. They knew that the tide had turned.
They knew that compared to Fang Yun, they were far inferior in all aspects. It was not an ant against an elephant, but an ant against the Dragon Sage!
Thus, in order to continue opposing Fang Yun, these people reduced the discussion of the new laws and instead attacked Fang Yun's policy of increasing the number of people in the imperial examinations.
Just as the second wave of attacks on Fang Yun was reaching its peak, Fang Yun personally issued an edict in Notre-Dame.
Fang Yun officially became this year's Chief Examiner and announced that the number of scholars who were admitted to the imperial examinations would be increased by 30%!
The scholars still had complaints, but the scholars, scholars, and scholars were very happy. 30% was a rather large number.
This was because women could only participate in the scholars' examinations. Even if there were geniuses who continued to participate in the scholars' examinations, there would only be a few thousand of them. The impact on the scholars was negligible.
Thus, some of the people who had been particularly aggressive gave up their opposition and became silent.
After eating someone else's food, their mouths were soft.
Many scholars suspected that Fang Yun's actions were actually a compromise with the scholars. Since he had received benefits, there was no need to pursue the matter. He would wait and see.
The voices of opposition suddenly decreased.
The rankings finally returned to normal. Although there were still people attacking Fang Yun every day for allowing women to participate in the imperial examinations, the momentum was no longer as strong as before.
However, opposition to Fang Yun was still the biggest wave on the rankings.
The scholars of Gyeongo were still the backbone of this wave.
Until Fang Yun issued the second edict.
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