To everyone's surprise, unlike the previous books, this "Political History" had two versions. One version was written in normal classical Chinese, while the second version was written in vernacular Chinese.
These two books were sent to the Notre-Dame by Fang Yun, and the scholars were allowed to use the official seal to read them.
After this book was completed, it did not cause any strange phenomena. Only the scholars above the great Confucian scholars felt that the Confucian Holy Path and the Historian Holy Path were slightly affected. It seemed that there was a trend of expansion, but it was not obvious. It was only a little better than the works of ordinary great Confucian scholars. It was far inferior to Fang Yun's previous works.
Everyone was very curious as they flipped through this "Political History".
The first volume of this book was the political history of the human race. There was nothing new.
It was nothing more than a rehash of the same old theme. It sorted out the basic operation of the country, the political system, and the government from the primitive society of the human race to the present day. If there was a difference between this book and other similar books, it was that this first volume did not mention a word about the ideology of each family, including Confucianism. It only recorded matters related to politics in an extremely objective way.
However, when it came to the second volume, it was unique because this second volume recorded the political history of each race.
This second volume firmly attracted the attention of many scholars.
This was because in this second volume, the scholars seemed to have discovered a new world.
When reading the second volume of "Political History", they realized that there were so many different political systems in the Myriad Worlds. No country's political system and bureaucracy were exactly the same.
There were many classifications of political systems and political systems in the Myriad Worlds.
For example, in a foreign country called Yadi, there was a sage named Plato who observed all the worlds. He divided the political systems seen in all the worlds into the aristocratic system, the meritocratic system, the oligarchic system, the people-based system, and the tyrannical system.
Later, the sage redefined and re-divided the political systems into three major categories, which were the one-person system, the minority system, and the majority system.
Among them, the one-person system included the monarch system and the tyrannical system.
The minority system included the aristocratic system and the oligarchic system.
Most people's political system included democracy-based political system and mob political system.
Like his disciple Aristotle, Plato regarded the government of the majority as backward. They both had the "middle way" idea, which was very similar to the Confucian doctrine of the mean. They believed that no matter if it was a government of one or a government of the majority, it would bring disaster to the people. Only the government of the nobles, oligarchs, and other few people could last for a long time.
Apart from that, there were also many novel categories in "Political History".
If they were roughly categorized by country, they could be divided into republics, monarchies, allies, united states, mass states, chiefdoms, and so on.
In addition to the type of government and the type of country, "Political History" also listed some modes of government operation and the way the head of a country was appointed. In addition to abdication and hereditary succession, there were also direct elections and indirect elections.
Only then did everyone realize that the Saint Origin World was currently ruled by a monarch. Furthermore, the book pointed out that due to the existence of the Cabinet, the Saint Origin World was clearly moving towards the Cabinet system.
This paragraph took up a very small portion of the book, but it was read repeatedly by countless scholars and even alarmed the royal families of various countries.
After reading the book, everyone still wanted to read more.
This was because there was nothing profound in this book. It only listed the types of government and country that Fang Yun knew. It was only equivalent to an introductory book. No wonder it didn't cause much of a commotion.
However, the layman just wanted to see the excitement, while the expert wanted to see the skill.
Many Confucian and Miscellaneous School disciples were amazed by the variety of systems in this book and began to consider whether these systems were suitable for the Saint Origin World.
Because the system of government in this book was very different from that of the Saint Origin World, many people only discussed it in secret meetings or through friends' letters. They didn't participate in these topics on the list.
Some great Confucian scholars even secretly began to deduce, wanting to use the contents of this book to come into contact with the new Sage Dao.
Very quickly, voices of opposition appeared.
On one hand, there were some Confucian scholars, especially those who insisted on the supremacy of monarchies. They believed that these were all fabricated by Fang Yun. The previous Sages had toured the myriad of worlds and the heavens, but they didn't discover these things. Why was it that only Fang Yun discovered these things? They believed that Fang Yun was causing trouble for the human race and was trying to use this chaotic system to influence the Saint Origin World.
Some neutral scholars also stood up and expressed that if the system of government was changed randomly, it would naturally cause a huge commotion. It might even cause the human race to be annihilated. However, they also expressed that at least for now, Fang Yun hadn't caused Jingguo to fall into chaos.
Some scholars also believed that as long as the future of the human race was better, the process of change would be a smooth transition. There wouldn't be any external interference that would lead to the extinction of the human race. Therefore, the best choice was to slowly improve the human race.
Some scholars even laughed and joked that Jingguo was an experimental field. If the changes weren't good, the other countries would learn from them. If the changes were good, the other countries would learn from them.
Another voice of opposition came from the Miscellaneous School.
Many of them believed that Fang Yun was interfering with the Miscellaneous School's Sage Dao. The Miscellaneous School should join forces and force Fang Yun to leave the Imperial Court to stop him from wielding power. Otherwise, if he continued to cause trouble, the Miscellaneous School's Sage Dao would be contaminated.
However, some scholars believed that the Miscellaneous School's Sage Dao wasn't created out of thin air. It was the continuous expansion of the human race. If Fang Yun could really expand the Miscellaneous School's Sage Dao, it would mean that Fang Yun was walking in the right direction. The Miscellaneous School should follow this new direction and not be a bunch of conservative idiots.
This book was immediately sent to Xuan Ting Bookstore for printing. It was sold in both classical and vernacular Chinese.
Almost the next day, this book was sold in all the major cities of Jingguo and many other countries.
For most people, this book was just a book to increase their knowledge. Not many people had the idea of changing the country after reading it. This was because, in a sense, the most powerful Notre-Dame in the Saint Origin World represented scholars. The status of the royal family of each country was far inferior to that of the Notre-Dame. No scholar would think that the royal family could really do anything to them. Therefore, there was no resistance.
On the day of the release of the Political History, a divine light suddenly shot into the sky from the Spring Garden where Fang Yun lived. A rainbow rose from the Notre-Dame and crossed tens of thousands of miles to reach the Spring Garden. It took away a book and left a faint rainbow shadow hanging high in the sky like a bridge connecting the heavens.
The rainbow appeared again.
No one knew what Fang Yun wrote, but it didn't stop them from congratulating Fang Yun.
Many scholars also sent books to Fang Yun. After congratulating him, they inquired about Fang Yun's new book.
Only a quarter of an hour later, the Medical Hall of the Notre-Dame announced that Fang Yun's book, The Plague Theory, had been approved by the Medical Hall. After a period of research, it would be arranged for all medical practitioners in the Saint Origin World to learn it.
Dozens of breaths after the Medical Hall announced this, a rainbow bridge appeared in the Notre-Dame and landed in the Spring Garden where Fang Yun lived.
Before the rainbow bridge completely dissipated, two rainbows appeared in the sky, one bright and one dark.
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