"What the girl said, Da Miao!"

As soon as Yang Ying finished speaking, a young scholar stood up and retorted, saying: "It is useless for a woman to study!"

"A daughter should obey her father at home, her husband when she gets married, and her husband should follow her husband."

"Men make money outside, and women take care of the elderly and children at home. This is a matter of course. Why should girls be sophistical?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Yingdan said calmly: "I cannot agree with your remarks."

"We are all human beings, so why are men superior to women? Women can go out to earn money, and men can stay at home to take care of the elderly and children."

"I heard that in ancient times, young and middle-aged men were responsible for hunting, fishing and defending against wild beasts. Women were responsible for gathering, grilling food, sewing clothes, raising children and other heavy tasks. The elderly and children followed."

"At that time, women played a far greater role than women, so they occupied a dominant position. The leader was usually an older woman..."

What Yang Ying is talking about happened in ancient times.

That is, "matriarchal society"!

Women's productivity was much higher than that of men. In prehistoric times, men could only look for dead animals and often came back empty-handed. Later, they learned to hunt, but they often suffered heavy casualties.

Women collect 80% of food, mainly animals and plants (including reptiles, birds, insects, etc.).

Basically, it was an era when women provided for the whole clan, and men's biggest responsibility was to protect the tribe.

Matrilineal clans are maintained by maternal blood, and are passed on through maternal relationships, that is, from grandmother to mother, from mother to daughter, from daughter to granddaughter, and so on, without interruption.

Having a daughter does not mean the root is broken, but having only a son does not mean the root is broken. The girl must be adopted as the heir...

Among the ancient surnames, such as Jiang, Yao, Gui, Ji, An, Yan, Lou, Lai, Juan, etc., most of them come from the side of the character female, and the surname itself is composed of female and birth. It can be said that the surname originates from the female character, and the lineage is matrilineal.

Bloodline.

Even today, there are still some remote areas in Dawu that belong to matrilineal clans.

They practice exogamy, and their children follow their mothers, so they are a clan without a father or a husband.

"Miss Yang Ying, times have changed and things are no longer what they used to be!"

The scholar retorted: "You have to admit that in some aspects, women are indeed inferior to men."

"Plowing, fighting, plowing and fighting require nothing more than strength, and women have less strength than men. As for learning talent, it varies from person to person, but I think women are still inferior to men in this aspect."

"good!"

"color!"

The scholars all cheered and cheered.

The final result of this debate is obvious.

It is virtue for a woman to have no talent.

In fact, the civilized customs of this era were not so-called "men are superior to women". The status between men and women was roughly the same.

In the Dawu family legislation, women can have the same status as their husbands in some aspects. For example, women can kill their adulterous husbands, and a husband who beats his wife will be punished the same as a wife who beats her husband, etc.

This is reflected in the fact that women are very tolerant on the issue of remarriage. There is a rule that "if the husband dies and the wife marries herself, the one who takes her will not be punished."

However, even so, the scholars also believe that women should not be allowed to join the compulsory education sequence in Dawu...

Once a woman has books to read and achieves the same status as a man, how can she not be in chaos in the future?

What can they do if they kick their noses into their faces?

The vigorous development of feminism is very likely to cause some unnecessary social conflicts, which is something Qingji does not want to see.

In the end, the scholars and women voted, and Yang Ying's side received only 136 votes, so the proposal failed.

Seeing this, Yang Ying couldn't help but darken.

She knew she couldn't achieve her goal, but she still tried.

Qingji admired Yang Ying like this.

"Second and third sons, I would like to make a compromise. Women can also enroll in school and join the free education program after obtaining the consent of their parents."

"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"

The crowd shouted.

Qing Ji's approach is better than nothing.

It is extremely difficult for girls to get their parents to agree to their education and literacy.

Traditional ethical concepts are an important influencing factor.

Even in modern times, many people still think that raising girls is for other people!

In ancient times, even if there were families with an open mind and the ability to train their daughters to study, what they taught them was nothing more than how to care for their husbands and raise their children...

"Yang Ying, I would like to make you a living room official with an official rank of six hundred stones. You will be responsible for accompanying the Holy Master in the future, recording my words and deeds, and sending it to the History Museum at the end of the season to compile the "Living Notes". Are you willing to accept it?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ying immediately knelt down in flattery, kowtowed to Qingji and said, "Daughter of the people... I thank you for your divine grace!"

"good."

Qing Ji believed that someone should record his words and deeds and then compile them into a book, just like the Analects of Confucius, which recorded Confucius' words and deeds.

Of great significance!

In fact, many people around Qingji recorded his words and deeds and compiled them into some slips, but they have not been compiled yet.

It will probably be made public to the world after Qing Ji's death!

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"explain."

Yang Ying, who had just been named the living room keeper by Qingji, immediately started something, which made Qingji quite curious.

Did she come "prepared"?

"Your Majesty, after I, the Wu Dynasty, wiped out all the countries and unified the world, their descendants would take the country as their surname, or their surname as their surname, or their surname as their surname. The surnames have been confused."

"In that case, why doesn't Your Majesty let the surname and surname be combined into one, regardless of each other?"

As soon as Yang Ying's words came out, the scholars immediately caused an uproar.

I have to admit that Yang Ying's proposal is too bold.

As we all know, surnames and surnames have different meanings, and they are strictly distinguished by explicit provisions.

In ancient times, as the population multiplied, the primitive tribes divided into several new tribes. In order to express their own specificity, the new tribes had a common code name. This is "Shi", and Shi is a branch of the surname.

It was on this basis that the later Fuxi family of Taihao had the initiative of "correct surname", which gradually made the Chinese descendants more prosperous.

Men are called surnames, women are called surnames!

The rule of "it is not appropriate to marry someone with the same surname" lasted until the Zhou Dynasty.

The marriage system and the surname system are constantly enriched and established in the form of law...

Now, Yang Ying is trying to break this patriarchal system?

"No!"

Immediately, some scholars stood up and objected, saying: "Your Majesty, the surname is used to differentiate between marriages, and the surname is used to differentiate between high and low. If the surnames are confused and combined into one, how can there be distinction between aristocrats and commoners? How can there be a distinction between marriage?"

"Do not marry with the same surname. This has been an ancient rule. How can it be overturned?"

"Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"

Hearing this, before Qingji could say anything, Yang Ying retorted: "What a man with the same surname and not getting married! What you said is too ridiculous!"

"How many people with the surname Ji are there in the world?"
Chapter completed!