Wang Gongchen, who served as the chief censor, was originally a conservative and conservative person. He was the top scholar in high school at a young age and was quite arrogant. Because he was often ridiculed by Ouyang Xiu, who was very literary and talented, he was originally a brother-in-law relationship. They were not harmonious, but had a gap.

In opposing Fan Zhongyan's implementation of the new policy, in addition to his personality, Wang Gongchen was also a long-time friend of Fan Zhongyan. He strongly supported Fan Zhongyan's implementation of the new policy, making Wang Gongchen "hate the house and the mistress" and did not rule out the existence of personal grudges.

In the memorial written by Fan Zhongyan, Wang Gongchen secretly speculated that about the content related to "building a school", Ouyang Xiu was probably written by Fan Zhongyan, so it became one of his specific targets of attack.

After Fan Zhongyan defended himself in the way of inferiority to Shang Yang, Wang Gongchen once again took the scepter and expressed his objection. However, he first praised Fan Zhongyan and said: "It makes sense to call your Majesty, what Fan Xiwen said just now. As Fan Xiwen said, the Qin State in the Spring and Autumn Period was precisely because of the beginning of Shang Yang's reform that Qin State changed from a weak Qin to a strong Qin. Qin State was able to finally sweep and unify the six countries, and Shang Yang's reforms were of course of great contribution."

Speaking of this, Wang Gongchen paused for a few moments, suddenly changed his tone, his voice raised eight degrees, and continued: "However, I think that the above memorial of Fan Xiwen is written in a joint school in a village with three or five, requiring men and women to be admitted. If a man is under 20 years old and a woman is under 20 years old and not married, she will be admitted according to a ratio of 3 to 1.

"Men and women are not close to each other, but they have been there since ancient times, so how can they be changed at will? If a man and a woman are in the same room, wouldn't it be a bad habit? What's more, a woman's lack of talent is virtue. A woman's virtue does not depend on how much she reads, but on her body as jade before she leaves the house; after she leaves the house, she takes care of her husband and children; if a man dies early, she must be a chaste and virtuous woman, which is a model virtue of a woman.

"In addition, to establish schools in the villages of Sanwu, looking at our Song Dynasty, we have more than a thousand teachers to hire teachers. Building a school requires a lot of manpower and material resources. How can it be done within three to five days? Therefore, in my opinion, it is impossible to run schools in our Song Dynasty, especially men and women who can sign up for study."

Regarding Ouyang Xiu's own "women's school" at home and recruiting more than a dozen ministers in court with good private relationships with Ouyang Xiu, the court is well-known to all civil and military officials. Wang Gongchen and Ouyang Xiu have a brother-in-law relationship, so naturally they also know about this matter, so they seemed to take this opportunity to take advantage of the topic.

However, only a few people knew about the study of Princess Kang Huiruo, the eldest daughter of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen and Concubine Miao, who was born to study at the "women's school" opened by Ouyang Xiu's home. Among the ministers in the court, only Ouyang Xiu himself, Fan Zhongyan, Bao Zheng, and Yan Shu, there was no one else.

Faced with Wang Gongchen's sarcasm, Ouyang Xiu naturally couldn't bear it anymore. As soon as Wang Gongchen finished speaking, Ouyang Xiu immediately took the scepter and retorted to Wang Gongchen: "I'll call you to your Majesty. My little minister thinks that Wang Gongchen's words were biased.

"In the memorial, Mr. Fan proposed that a school in three or five villages could be recruited, which is to improve the cultural level and knowledge literacy of the people of our Song Dynasty. The old rules such as "Women without talent are virtues" are no longer suitable.

"Take the old lady (Liu E) who has passed away, and the Saint Cao who is now in the prime of China, both of them are examples and role models of my Song Dynasty. Not only are they beautiful, but their talent is also better than many Jinshi Hanlins. As the female models of my Song Dynasty, the Grand lady and Saint Cao are the mothers in the world and set an example for women in the world.

"What's wrong with my folk woman in the Song Dynasty who can read and write? I'm so offended and said frankly. I'll ask, wasn't the Grand Empress also a folk woman before entering the palace? If my Grand Empress had become a trend of reading, and being able to recite poetry and articles will play a greater role in taking care of my husband and children. It was under the careful guidance of the Grand Empress that Your Majesty became the lord of my Song Dynasty. This is the best example.

"As for the fact that men and women are in the same room, it is an injustice. The minister believes that in the future, schools established by the imperial government can set up special schoolhouses and girls in the school, so that the boys and girls who are admitted can be separated. What's more, in the school, what's wrong with learning the books of sages, and enlightenment and education are the ways of gentlemen. Even if men and women are in the same schoolhouse, what's wrong?"

As he said that he had stopped for a few moments, after calming down, his tone suddenly changed, his voice increased by eight degrees, and he continued to speak: "However, I should not be too hasty about what Mr. Fan said in the memorial that I should try my best to pursue and achieve equal rights between men and women. According to my understanding, the content of the reform in this regard was written by Wang Sicheng of the Street Department. He was young and energetic, had a wonderful idea, and deserved praise.

"But if we carry out drastic reforms and implement the new law in our Song Dynasty, we should not listen to the shocking content mentioned by Wang Sicheng. We should implement the feasible content as soon as possible after weighing the pros and cons. As for content that is too novel, we should suspend the implementation. The above is the opinion of the minister, and I hope your majesty will make it clear."

What Wang Gongchen never expected was that Ouyang Xiu first refuted him passionately in front of the court officials and the Zhao Guan family, but finally said that the above content was not what he mentioned but someone else, and that this person was Wang Hao, a street chief who was as big as a sesame and mung bean, which made him feel very dull.

When Ouyang Xiu finished speaking, Wang Gongchen, who was holding anger in his heart, did not wait for Ouyang Xiu to withdraw from the class and then left the list with his hand and continued to attack the school that was proposed in Fan Zhongyan's memorial, which could be read by both men and women, and sarcastically said: "What Ouyang Xiu said just now was actually mentioned by a small street chief and used by Fan Xiwen. This is really a big deal about the world.

"If this matter was mentioned by Ouyang Xiu, one of the flag bearers of the literary world in the Song Dynasty, I, Wang, was dissatisfied with me, but I, was still acceptable. However, this matter was mentioned by a small official of the eighth rank. Moreover, this person was born in the army and didn't know many of them, but he mentioned building a school. I, Wang, felt that many of the people present might have the same idea as Wang."

As expected, as soon as Wang Gongchen finished speaking, seven or eight court ministers above the fifth rank had echoed what Wang Gongchen said just now, and naturally expressed contempt and ridicule Wang Hao, who was the chief of the street chief.

Zhao Zhen, the Song Renzong, who was originally sitting in the hall, felt very uncomfortable when he heard the seven or eight court ministers headed by Wang Gongchen and criticized Wang Hao, whom he admired, with merciless verbal criticism.

This is secondarily. What made Song Renzong Zhao Zhen even more sad was that at first he had high hopes for the content of the new reform policy listed in Fan Zhongyan's memorial, which made him feel a sense of despair.

Although Song Renzong Zhao Zhen wanted to refute Wang Gongchen and others, he could not find a tenable argument. After all, Wang Hao was indeed a small official from the eighth rank and was from the army. Before he served as the Secretary of the Streets, he was just a big-headed soldier in the Kaifeng Prefecture Army. He had never heard of Wang Hao reading poetry and books, so he could only swallow his anger.
Chapter completed!