Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 685: The Church Observer uses the patriarchal order to continue to gaze at the undefinable woman and collapse her into a certain state

The next day, Guo Kang got up early in the morning to organize his speech. After finishing the materials needed for the meeting, he wrote some things to prepare a reply to Tuo Huan. After that, his entourage of clerks got up one after another, had breakfast, and then started working on time.

Another half hour later, Wu Han rushed in. Guo Kang looked up at him and handed him a document.

"I have revised the school plan. Please check if there are any typos or omissions. If not, send a copy directly to Cairo and let the provincial government and Cairo government implement it."

Wu Han was feeling a little guilty at first, but when he saw that he didn't mention being late, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the document and started looking through it.

"Should we send a copy of this document to Taiji as well?" Wu Han asked again after checking.

"No need. His document yesterday said that he had already issued an order to the government office to expand the school. I will revise the detailed plan and let them execute it directly." Guo Kang said: "The school for boys, the school for girls, and the school for adult men and women that have not been written here are just complicated in terms of specific arrangements. In terms of the general direction, there is actually not much that needs to be paid attention to, so there is no need to take up his time."

"I write summary reports for Taiji, Master Wang and others at the camp every day." He raised another booklet and said, "Things like this that can be described in a few words can be put in the summary."

"Yes, I'll send it right away." Wu Han stood up and sorted out the documents: "Then do you want to arrange for these schools together? This will save us some trouble."

"That won't work." Guo Kang immediately denied it and specifically ordered: "Each school must have a separate document. The management agencies that are established must also be separate. Although the two campuses for boys and girls are planned to be built together, they must be separated by a wall, and a wide enough gate must be left on the wall. The school for adult boys and girls must be placed next to the construction site, not together with other schools, and the management of the school will be the responsibility of each construction site."

"Oh, I see. It's not good for adults and children to be close to each other. Adult education is part of the job, and it's more convenient at the construction site." Wu Han understood: "As for children, boys and girls are separated, which is more polite. Even if the school is put together for convenience, it's better to separate them - but why add such a big door?"

"After we build the school, educated people, especially women, will attack us." Guo Kang sighed and said, "They will think that forcibly separating boys and girls is discrimination against women and that they cannot get the same educational conditions as boys. With reasons like these, many women will surely resonate with them and eventually form a trend against separate schools. There will definitely be people who will follow suit and set up coeducational schools."

"Ah? So that's it..." Wu Han said in surprise: "You think a lot. But it does make sense..."

"It costs money to build a school. If we can use this building for a longer period of time, we should use it for a longer period of time. Otherwise, it would be a waste to tear it down and move it every day." Guo Kang shook his head and said, "So, I left a big gate. If there is too much opposition, we can open the gate and mix the students of the two schools together without changing more buildings. In this way, people can see that the government is really doing something, and we can temporarily get away with it by not spending much money."

"That's a good idea. But in this case, we can just tear down the wall." Wu Han nodded repeatedly and suggested, "The cost of building a wall is not very high. It may save some money than maintaining a gate that is not used for a long time."

"After the integration of boys and girls, many women we have taught will oppose it. Of course, this will happen even if we integrate the schools from the beginning." Guo Kang said confidently, "These people will find all kinds of reasons, such as that boys and girls are different, and using the same set of standards will lead to men oppressing women. At that time, a trend will form to oppose the integration of the schools and demand the establishment of separate girls' schools. At this time, whoever can establish a girls' school will be a hero."

"It shouldn't be that serious. How could it be like this?" Wu Han was a little unconvinced.

"If our machines progress faster, our generation will probably be able to see an early version of this back-and-forth reversal." Guo Kang said with a smile, "Besides, I have the confidence to risk my reputation and write this judgment into the church's records. When the time comes, we can go to Brother Tian's place to see if anyone in the world really does this and see if my prediction is correct."

"Okay, that sounds a bit scary." Wu Han widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Then, what do you think we should do?"

"Lock the door again." Guo Kang said without hesitation.

"Uh... no wonder, this is really a far-sighted idea." Wu Han was a little speechless: "I thought it was so scary just now, and this door solved it? It's too dramatic. Isn't this just playing people like monkeys - but when I think about it carefully, I think it might really work. I feel a little stupid now."

"We can't help it. Most people don't have a long-term vision, and they can't remember what happened in the past. They just follow their emotions. Cao Gui's saying 'those who eat meat are vulgar and can't plan for the long term' actually applies to all groups." Guo Kang shrugged: "Once they get carried away, they will just follow the crowd and attack such a target. Don't worry, I've seen a lot, and I can't react."

"Whether men or women, upper or lower class, this is the majority. But men, especially those from ordinary backgrounds, are easily taught a lesson by society if they are too willful, don't use their brains, and act on their emotions every day. After being taught a lesson many times, they will naturally behave themselves. On the other hand, women and those who are pampered in the upper class of society have relatively fewer chances of being directly harmed. People who are taught this way are likely to be spoiled, which is a headache."

"But I have also seen very sober women." Wu Han pointed out the problem: "What if there is a far-sighted woman who sees that our sect is just a joke and doesn't follow the trend to ask for a direct branch or an immediate merger? What should we do?"

"Then please invite her to the government office." Guo Kang said quickly: "We Romans have a very poor cultural level and are in need of such talents."

"Uh……"

"As for the others, just let them attack this door. It will be easier for future generations to do other things with it attracting firepower." Guo Kang took out another file and continued, "Even if the door is gone, as long as we keep this idea, we can naturally think of other alternatives. You see, this is also my design for the new religious site, which is based on this idea."

"It turns out it's really useful." Wu Han said with emotion: "But if school education only allows them to research these theories in the end, then aren't we asking for trouble?"

"Don't worry, it will be like this whether we do it or not." Guo Kang spread his hands: "The reason why many people are dissatisfied is not because they have really thought about it, but often because they are not successful enough and cannot reach the expected state. However, we can't blame ourselves for being incompetent, so we can only put the fault on other places."

"At this point, any explanation that can satisfy the need to find a scapegoat is enough. Because the audience does not need a self-consistent and perfect explanation, as long as they can vent their resentment. If they can get some benefits to compensate for their sense of failure, it would be even better; even if it is just an illusory hope of getting benefits, it is enough to make many people intoxicated."

"It has nothing to do with education level. Even if they are educated, it does not affect their desire for more; and being uneducated does not mean they are not greedy." He considered the words and said, "If you must say it, this is the animal instinct of human beings in the philosophical theory we talked about before. As long as this instinct still exists, there will definitely be corresponding theories to cater to their psychology and make profits from it."

"That's the theory, but I'm starting to worry that educated women are more destructive. Will our schools produce a large number of Wu Zetians?" Wu Han said worriedly, "Thinking more deeply, aren't we working hard on education for the better development of the entire society? So, can the overall benefits of educating women offset the damage and potential threats they bring? If we work hard but end up with so many troubles, isn't it a bit of a loss? We might as well not run girls' schools."

"It still has to be done. This is also the responsibility of the church." Guo Kang replied: "The 'theoretical knowledge' used to help them vent their emotions is not real wisdom. It is just similar to the mystical rituals we often see among the people."

"Their advantage is that there is no threshold. People with low cultural level can accept it. In short, they just follow their chanting and use some weird slogans and rituals. In particular, these heretical groups will deliberately create a closed atmosphere and resist communication with outsiders." "Women are more susceptible to religious influences and need to believe in something. Our Christian Church started this way. Therefore, in this kind of environment, instilling the same emotions into each other for a long time will make them more convinced of the doctrine - this is actually a common heresy. Our church has seen too many of these things."

"If we want to deal with them, we should strengthen education. Of course, the real foundation is to stick to the right faith, keep the government and the church pure, and prevent believers from being harassed by cults. Only in this way can we curb the spread of heresy."

"But this is just suppression." Wu Han thought for a moment and said, "It has always been the case that if you want to completely eliminate heresy, you can't just talk about it. In the end, you have to rely on the Inquisition and the Crusades. I don't know if we can do it."

"That's an extreme case. And how should I put it..." He took a deep breath: "I don't know if it's a good idea to say this. It may sound a little desperate. But I think that since all of us here are elite talents of the church, we should know more and realize greater responsibilities than ordinary believers."

After hearing what he said, the other people in the office who were sorting out materials and writing furiously also looked up and looked at him curiously.

"Women are... very chaotic creatures. They are elusive and cannot be directly defined or described. Even the word 'chaotic' is just a metaphor." Guo Kang lowered his voice, found an analogy, and explained:

"But we humans are social creatures. If we want to survive and live a better life, we must form a social system. Moreover, the more rigorous and sound this system is, the more efficient it will be, providing basic support for a better life. Therefore, we humans must join society to produce and live."

"In order for society to function properly, there must be certain organizations and rules. These organizations and rules must also be based on the laws of the real world and cannot be chaotic. This conceptual conflict may be one of the most basic contradictions in our society."

"We often say that humans have both animal and human nature. Human nature, which corresponds to animal instinct, is a trait formed in social life. Including what we call human morality, it is a product that is gradually formed in the process of interacting with other people in society. In society, people participate in different organizations and follow different rules, and are therefore given different identities."

"These definitions given to people by society have finally shaped the complete human being and distinguished us from other animals." He used a metaphor again: "The scriptures of our God-worshipping religion say that humans, like all other creatures, are naturally generated by the energy of heaven and earth. But they also say that it was the Heavenly Father who created humans and gave them souls. This actually symbolizes the multiplicity of human beings."

"As living creatures, we are not much different from other natural creatures. But Heavenly Father is the representative of all order in the world. Heavenly Father met with the first man specifically to form the most primitive society. The contact between Heavenly Father and him was the first social contact. In the process of this contact, Heavenly Father also deliberately completed the first definition of man. This is the real uniqueness of human beings, and it is where we are more noble than all other things. From this point on, human beings exist in the world as complete people."

"But women's nature is to resist fathers and also to resist being defined." He shook his head and said, "What can we do? We can only pull them into society as much as possible, keep staring at them, constrain them with social rules, and force them to create a definite shell that they can recognize and communicate with. However, to join society, they must master some basic common sense and some basic skills. These must be provided by education. It can be said that education is such a necessary means of restraint."

"But will this work?" Wu Han looked very skeptical.

"It's not a question of whether it works or not, it's just that this is the only way we have." Guo Kang spread his hands.

"It's hard to say this, but you have to remember that chaos, darkness and disorder are the themes of the universe." He shook his head and said, "The order we can recognize and understand is just a fragment and a special case of the vast universe; our world is just a small boat drifting on the endless ocean of chaos; our civilization is just a weak light in the eternal night."

"From this perspective, our human empire will be swallowed up by chaos sooner or later." Guo Kang said bluntly: "Chaos is a natural phenomenon, we cannot defeat or eliminate it. Heavenly Father should have a way, but He is not walking among us now to guide and lead us. Even the descendants of Heavenly Father are not active in our time. Everything we mortals do is just to prolong our lives."

"Under this environment, we are not qualified to choose a 'better method'. As long as we can find an option with relatively lower cost and relatively better effect, it is totally worth a try."

Everyone fell silent.

"I know what you want to ask - I also know that many of you secretly call me a prophet and think I have all the answers. But I don't know how to solve these problems." Guo Kang sighed and continued, "I am just a mortal, not much better than you. The only advantage I have is probably that I know more reference knowledge."

"Knowing more is already far beyond everyone else." A priest who came to help whispered, "Do you know what the future will be like? Can you tell us that humans can solve the problem of women?"

Guo Kang shook his head.

"In the distant future, there will only be a war between us and women." He replied heavily.

"However, I also said that I am not telling you what I know to make you despair." Seeing that everyone was silent again, he continued:
“The power of mortals is very weak, but Heavenly Father still encourages us to make free choices and believe in our character and ability. Because all miracles and hopes are contained in the choices and sacrifices of mortals.”

“We are Romans, the stewards of civilization on this land; we are the church, the guardians of the human soul. Countless predecessors have sacrificed themselves for the continuation of civilization and the spread of truth, and we will not give up our efforts and hope just because the future is bleak. This is the meaning of our faith.”

"Women are very strong, much stronger than us." He emphasized: "So far, few people can defeat women. Even wise men like Socrates and Confucius would be helpless when facing an ordinary woman. But what does it matter?"

“We don’t have to chase victory.”

“True greatness is not about perseverance, but about the pursuit of ideals and loyalty. People who take victory as a reward can easily become discouraged or even give up hope because of a temporary setback. But this is not the reward we want - loyalty to our beliefs is a reward for us.”

"We will stand at the border of darkness, guarding civilization for mankind. We will keep our eyes on them, forcing them to abide by the rules of real society and not to abandon even the disguised shell. We will encounter many setbacks, hardships, and even people's resistance and misunderstanding. It all depends on who is more steadfast and loyal, and who can pass on the glory of mankind from generation to generation."

"So, although the ancient sages may not support this idea, I have always felt that women's education is still necessary." Guo Kang said: "I will write this idea down and ask the church leaders to discuss it. After that, I will trouble everyone to help."

Everyone then came to their senses and quickly agreed.

(End of this chapter)