After discussing it with Tuohuan, the matter was basically settled.
To be honest, Guo Kang himself is not that determined about "raising the status of women." The reason why he confirmed repeatedly was not to convince Tuohuan and others, but to wait for Tuohuan to convince himself.
After living in this world for so many years, Guo Kang has basically adapted to it. But many times, his mentality is still a bit strange. Because on the one hand, he needs to try his best to adapt to the world, otherwise he will not be able to do things better; but on the other hand, he needs to maintain his awareness and convince himself that "I am different."
This is not to appear superior to others. If this was really the mentality, Guo Kang would have gone to earth to play Brother Tian himself. The reason is actually very simple - in this era, many of the ideas he proposed to improve technology and even society are beyond everyone's imagination. Not to mention that others might find it incredible, he himself would have doubts about whether these ideas were reliable.
Guo Kang feels that this may be why a good leader always behaves strongly and firmly, even to the point of being stubborn. After personal experience, he understood the difficulty: in this kind of environment, people who are not strong-willed enough often find it difficult to withstand huge resistance and psychological pressure. If not, he will choose to lie down.
Guo Kang's own psychological quality is actually just like that. Therefore, in order to strengthen his determination, he has to emphasize to himself from time to time, "I am special and my methods are effective." This is actually a way to encourage yourself.
However, in this case, Guo Kang is often easily entangled. Adapting to this society and maintaining an outsider mentality are, after all, contradictory.
Moreover, he often cannot tell whether a "future" theory is correct or not, or whether it is suitable for the current situation. Practical operation is much more complicated than theory. Some widely accepted theories, if used seriously, will be found to be just nonsense; while some less obvious aspects are the key. This will also affect Guo Kang's judgment.
So many times, he can only make do with it...
With Tuo Huan's help, intentionally or unintentionally, Guo Kang's mentality improved a lot.
The idea Guo Kang uses to convince himself is that he wants to promote society to develop in a more developed and progressive direction. But many times, he doesn't understand what progress is.
Prosperity and development are fine, but the concept of progress is a bit too subjective. Guo Kang himself can't figure out how to calculate it. For example, in theory, raising the status of women represents progress, but in fact this is not necessarily the case, and it is very troublesome to explain.
So now, he felt much more relaxed. Anyway, I have already made it very clear about getting rid of love. In this case, appropriate adjustments need to be made according to the specific situation. In other words, even if women are no longer supported to improve their status, it will not hinder the progress of the strategy itself.
In this way, Guo Kang can convince himself to let go of such constraints.
He and Tuohuan discussed for a few more words and said that they would sort out the materials for Lama Wang and distribute one copy to everyone. After that, Tu Huan urged Theodora to leave together.
Guo Kang made an appointment with them to find people from the church first to investigate these gangs and the ins and outs of this incident.
Because, in addition to those who specialize in investigating, the church itself also has an influence on the ghetto. In some places where municipal departments are unable to manage, or simply ignore them intentionally, grassroots churches are the only formal organizations that exist.
It just so happened that a group of Father Ross came here this time, and Guo Kang planned to take this opportunity to use them to understand the situation. Fathers like Father Mikhail and Father Andrei are the kind of people who can't sit still. Even during this period, they go out every day to communicate with fellow villagers. Asking them for help can reduce the resistance faced during the investigation and provide a more realistic understanding of the situation.
Therefore, he made an appointment with Tuo Huan and Theodora to start the investigation first. If a situation is discovered, he will control it as soon as possible - because these criminals are very likely to be a breakthrough in the subsequent investigation. As long as you make good use of this opportunity, you can even wipe out all the criminal organizations and their patrons in the city, completing the plan that Guo Kang's great-uncle failed to realize in the end.
After the two left, he went to find the priests.
Guo Kang's thinking is very clear: there are a large number of Russians in the ghetto. Moreover, because it is a mixed bag of fish and dragons and is not accepted by the normal order, it has formed its own set of order. As a result, they also have their own groups and are often separated from ordinary citizens.
He believes that the biggest problem is not the gang order itself, but that the normal order does not take care of it.
Human life must rely on groups. If normal order is missing, of course abnormal order will appear.
The solution is through the church and the legion.
In the past few decades, as the Purple Horde Khanate grew stronger and stronger, most of them also became wealthy. Especially after the Black Sea coast settled down, its position as a shipping center became increasingly important.
After Tokhtamysh was pacified more than twenty years ago, the Rus region was completely integrated into the system of the Purple Horde Khanate. Order was re-established there, and commerce and crafts were restored. The ancient trade routes have also returned to normal. Many caravans followed the waterways all the way south to the Black Sea, and then headed to Dadu for trade.
In the process, a large number of Russians entered the city and nearby market towns and settled down. Especially the workshops and docks in the city attracted many outsiders to work. The rapid expansion of the number of these people and the lack of management quickly caused chaos.
After Guo Di, the Purple Horde Khanate did not pay attention to urban management issues for many years. Finally, it became what it is now.
Therefore, what is needed now is basic education and management for them. The most effective way is to carry out basic training through the church, then select qualified people and train them in a legionary way. By bringing them into order, these problems will be solved.
The Greeks in the city could not rely on this matter. Guo Kang has always suspected that the Greek officials and priests in the city had contributed to this situation intentionally or unintentionally. Finally, there is also the crime of dereliction of duty.
In fact, when the Purple Horde took over at the end of the Palaeolian Dynasty, there were not many people in the city. Most of the Greeks living here now themselves immigrated before. However, after they settled down, they began to look down on the Russians who came later.
Of course, this is actually easy to solve. The Greeks never discriminate against legionnaires, so they just need to proceed with the plan normally.
(End of chapter)
