Even while the Ritual Chancellor Pavilion was still being prepared, it had already prompted the Ritual Hall to distance itself from the Miscellaneous School, disrupting the latter's plans. No further punishments had been imposed on Jing Kingdom officials for quite some time, finally allowing the people of Jing Kingdom to breathe a sigh of relief.
Unlike previous reforms, however, the establishment of the Ritual Chancellor Pavilion drew many voices of opposition.
Many Legalist School officials considered the Ritual Chancellor Pavilion entirely redundant. Its existence would mean that ritual stood above law, consigning all the Legalist School's efforts over the years to the flames.
Thus, Legalist School officials repeatedly submitted memorials, arguing that a Legalist Chancellor should be appointed and a Legalist Chancellor's Cabinet established as well.
The other officials largely withdrew from the discussion, watching coldly as some Confucian School members and Legalist School scholars began fighting over power and profit.
Infighting at court was perfectly normal and did not affect Fang Yun's efforts to deepen the reforms in the slightest.
However, because the previous reforms had been too drastic, Jing Kingdom could not withstand enormous changes over a prolonged period. Fang Yun therefore began with smaller matters.
For example, he composed easily memorized children's songs and mnemonics to help ordinary people maintain hygiene and prevent disease and pests, and required children to recite them. This measure won the Medical School's wholehearted approval. It even directly mobilized the Medical Hall's power to require their promotion throughout every kingdom.
Within a few days, some officials with children joked to Fang Yun that their children had once greatly admired Teacher Fang Yun, but ever since they had been required to memorize these mnemonics, they felt that Teacher Fang Yun had turned bad.
Fang Yun laughed it off. These children did not understand