No one objected, Fang Yun nodded and said, "Although there are few pedestrians in the early morning, the horses are only allowed to run on the left half of the road. No one or other vehicles or horses may be injured. Otherwise, they will be disqualified and sent to the government for severe judgment! Of course, men are not allowed to use any power such as talent or literary courage."
Everyone was stunned. The Human Race's Horse Racing Contest had been held for so many years, and only Fang Yun had such strict requirements. It was common sense that horse racing was not allowed in the city, but they did not expect that Fang Yun's restrictions would be so strict outside the city in sparsely populated areas.
Gao Yong explained, "It's not that Fang Xusheng is making things difficult for us. The carriages in Ning'an City are only allowed to go on the left half of the road, because if they go on the right, the whips will hit passers-by. There are also restrictions on the length of the whips and the length of the whips so that they don't hurt pedestrians. At the same time, the maximum speed is strictly stipulated. When it was first implemented, many people were fined and Ning'an City complained a lot. But after the implementation, the number of accidents involving collisions and pedestrians in Ning'an City was less than one-tenth of the original number. The whole city looks orderly."
"I know about this, too. It is said that Kongcheng has followed Ning'ancheng's example and implemented new street regulations two months ago. By the way, all new roads in Ning'ancheng are divided into roads and sidewalks, which is the main reason why the roads in Ning'ancheng have become better. There are also eye-catching signs at the intersections to slow down carriages and alert pedestrians. It is simply a stroke of genius."
"Would it be too much trouble to do this?"
"If we can save a few lives and dozens of injuries, this trouble is worth it! It is said that at least thousands of people are injured in Ning'an City every year, and some children are even killed. If it were the palace examination in previous years, this new road rule alone would allow a palace examination candidate to get a B-level or even an A-level if he is lucky!"
"Fang Xusheng has made so many contributions that the slogan of 'learning from Ning'an in all aspects' has been spread everywhere. Especially in Kongcheng, the center of the human race, people are constantly contacting Fang Xusheng, not only to learn, but also to know why."
"Okay, then next time we participate in the Junma Literary Conference, we must advocate taking the left half of the road and tell everyone about Fang Xusheng. Gradually, we can develop a habit of it."
Many readers nodded, gladly accepting this new but beneficial thing.
Most of the women in the Women's Society stared at Fang Yun with admiration in their eyes. They were all well-read women and knew how important Fang Yun was to the changes in the human race.
Fang Yun first contacted the great scholars and university scholars who were protecting him and asked them to monitor the game. The main thing was not to hurt passers-by, then he stepped on Pingbu Qingyun in the air and raised his hand.
"ready, go!"
At Fang Yun's command, all the dragon horses started moving.
Thousands of dragon horses were running on one side of the road, very slowly at first, almost horse to horse.
However, these scholars were not in a hurry. Compared with the champion, human life was more important, or in other words, their performance in front of Fang Yun was the most important.
The dragon horse at the front began to speed up, but whenever it encountered pedestrians approaching, it would slow down, and the riders behind would not catch up and slow down accordingly.
Twenty miles outside the capital, there were no pedestrians on the road, and even horse-drawn carriages were very rare. All the dragon horses began to speed up.
The top ten were all men. But the eleventh was a woman, and after that there were men and women, and all the women were in the first seven hundred of the team. The last three hundred knights were all men.
Fang Yun understood after careful consideration that ninety-nine percent of the well-read women were born in wealthy families or families of officials, and the women in the Women's Society had a higher average family background. The lowest status among these women was the granddaughter of a Hanlin or the legitimate daughter of a famous family. Even if they did not have a dragon horse of their own, they could still borrow an excellent horse.
On the other hand, less than half of the male scholars were born into wealthy or official families. Most of them came from ordinary families. At best, they were from prominent families or ordinary wealthy businessmen, and their backgrounds were very ordinary.
Fang Yun looked at these men and nodded slightly. This place was the same as in the ancient times of the ancient China. Although the rulers held a dominant position, under the influence of Confucianism, class mobility was the smoothest and most active, which was far beyond the reach of other ancient countries.
Confucius's "teaching without distinction of classes" laid a strong foundation. Anyone can receive an education and those who receive an education are equal. This idea is deeply rooted in the Chinese people's bones and blood. Combined with the imperial examination system, it allows even the poorest families to eventually produce noble sons.
Mencius's idea that "everyone can become Yao and Shun" is based on the principle of teaching everyone without distinction of class. It actually means that everyone can become a saint. This terrifying concept of equality that is ingrained in the bones would have been impossible to exist in other countries in ancient times.
Confucianism emphasizes the relationship between rulers and subjects, but all this is based on relative equality. If the ruler is not a ruler, then the subjects may not be subjects. The reason why Confucius traveled around the countries was not because he could not get an official position, nor because he did not know how to be an official, but because he did not want to assist a ruler whom he thought was not worthy of assisting.
Mencius was even bolder, saying directly that killing a tyrant was not regicide, but killing a murderer who deserved to die, which was a righteous act.
It is the continuation of this kind of thinking that led Confucianism to brazenly misinterpret "ruling by sitting back and doing nothing", believing that the ideal society is one in which the king does nothing but let his subjects govern the world. They pay lip service to the emperor as the Son of Heaven, but deep down they still want to undermine the emperor and do not want to be his lackeys.
Then, Fang Yun shook his head gently again. The human race had given men from poor families a channel for upward mobility, but now the channel for upward mobility for women had been blocked. This was understandable when one lacked talent, but once one had sufficient talent, this channel must be opened.
"The great trend of the human race and the tide of the times are so strong that they will crush all obstacles. If possible, I will crush those obstacles with my own hands! Or, what I am doing now is just to crush the obstacles one by one in advance..."
Fang Yun was rising rapidly in the sky, flying high in the sky, looking at the heroic female knights with a smile on his face.
Soon, Fang Yun discovered that the rankings of the top dozen female knights were constantly improving. Not only did they have excellent dragon horses, they also had a meticulousness that was rare among men.
However, most of these male scholars had been on the battlefield and had ridden horses for a long time, so they were slightly better in skills.
Later, Fang Yun discovered the key point: these women were generally lighter than men!
In short-distance horse racing, the lighter the rider, the more advantage he has, and this advantage is even more obvious in long-distance horse racing!
Fang Yun thought helplessly, the world really belongs to the thin people, it's so unfair!
When they were still fifty miles away from Tongshan, the competition became fierce!
Among the top ten, there are two women!
Both women were extremely petite, the lightest one's weight was not even half of the heaviest man!
A difference of hundreds of pounds is enough to become the heaviest chip on the scale in long-distance running, more important than skills.
When ancient nomadic peoples marched hundreds of miles, they would often ride three horses each, and they would take turns riding the horses to reduce the burden on each horse.
Zhao Hongzhuang was actually ranked second, and was less than five meters away from the first knight, which was a very close distance.
The male knights behind all had red eyes. They had boasted before and even went against Fang Yun, the virtual saint. Now they were actually standing behind some women. This was intolerable!
Some male knights accidentally and instinctively used their talents to drive their dragon horses, but were discovered and disqualified from the competition.
Tongshan was getting closer and closer, and Zhao Hongzhuang was getting closer and closer to the leading male knight Gong Yangteng.
Gong Yangteng weighs 70 kilograms more than Zhao Hongzhuang! .
(To be continued…)