It was recorded in the Analects of Confucius that when Confucius was traveling around the world, he passed by a place called Yi. The border guard of this place went to pay his respects to Confucius and said that he would pay his respects to all virtuous and learned people who came here.
After meeting Confucius, the border guard found that Confucius's disciple was in low spirits from traveling around the world, so he said, "Why are you so impatient because you don't have an official position? There is no Dao in the world, and the world is dark. This is too long. Heaven will definitely let Confucius take control of the bronze bell and lead the human race to the light. "
Mu Duo was a bronze bell with a wooden tongue. It was only used in formal occasions when important laws were announced or when people were gathered for a meeting.
Connecting this story, the meaning of the pen name "Duo Ling" was obvious. The author was pointing out that he was leading the human race away from the darkness.
Even the oldest use of Duo Ling was to distinguish the direction of the wind, and it also had the meaning of guidance.
After the publicity caught up, the reform continued.
Fang Yun and the Punishment Hall had already discussed the countermeasures. They let the Punishment Hall delay the Hall of Rites in the Notre-Dame, while Gao Mo continued to lead the crackdown on illegal prisons in Jingguo. He also posted notices to reward those who reported illegal prisons and to ensure that the identity of the informant would not be revealed.
Not long ago, Jingguo passed a strict law. Regardless of rank, once a secret was leaked, they would never be able to hold an official position in Jingguo. They would be punished according to the severity of the leak. The lowest punishment was three years of hard labor. If the leak caused the death of the leak, the crime was the same as murder and could be sentenced to death.
A bureaucratic system that couldn't strictly keep secrets was only lacking in some aspects, but couldn't severely punish the leakers. It was bound to be eliminated.
On the surface, the Punishment Hall was only destroying illegal prisons and collecting torture instruments. They were also spreading the law. However, they were secretly investigating the death penalty cases for the past ten years. Once the evidence was conclusive, they would immediately arrest the culprits. If they encountered resistance from a family, they would not be lenient. They would arrest them for the crime of rebellion and confiscate all their family assets.
Jingguo and the Punishment Hall did not spread the news. However, because the scope of the crackdown was too wide, it was discovered by scholars from all over the country. Some scholars believed that the Punishment Hall and Jingguo officials were too radical and criticized this practice.
Since some of the scholars were the relatives and friends of the victims, their stance was very clear. Their opposition was very firm.
Most of the scholars only gave examples and reasons on the list, but a small number of scholars began to fabricate rumors to vent their anger. They even made up stories about how a family, from a ninety-year-old old man to a baby in swaddling clothes, was killed.
The Punishment Hall was experienced and had long made preparations. They immediately went to arrest the person who started the rumor and announced it on the ranking board to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control.
As the people from the Punishment Hall continued to reveal the cruel facts of the investigations and described the horrifying lynchings, many people who were originally against the idea gradually fell silent.
Morality precedes etiquette, and etiquette originates from morality.
If even basic morals could not be guaranteed, then there must be a problem with etiquette. Similarly, if there was a problem with morals, then there would definitely be a flaw in etiquette.
It was the second largest country in the southern hemisphere, and its punishment for criminals was exceptionally light. They claimed to protect the rights of everyone, but if one looked back at the founding process of the country, one would find that most of their ancestors were exiles, and their country was built on the massacre of the indigenous people.
In some of the northernmost countries in the northern hemisphere, the punishment for crimes was also lighter than normal countries. They actually only sentenced a murderer who killed seventy-seven people to twenty-one years in prison.
This was because their ancestors were a group of pirates.
This was because they disregarded life in their bones. They simply did not care about a person's real rights. They only wanted to let others know that they were kind. Anyway, the dead would not know.
The moral values of their ancestors influenced their moral values, which in turn influenced their laws.
Any country that did not have the death penalty was protecting evil, and also punishing kindness.
Therefore, when many scholars found that the people or things that set up the lynchings and prisons were in conflict with their morals, they gave up on defending them.
Since the blood of evil flowed in their veins, they would naturally defend evil.
Moreover, the laws of all countries had a tendency, and that was that the higher the level of society, the easier it was to commit a crime, the lighter the punishment.
Any living creature would instinctively protect themselves.
Fang Yun dared to carry out the reform because he believed that the scholars of Saint Origin World had a basic conscience and morals.
Jingguo's Ministry of Rites and some other officials also tried to stop the crackdown on the lynchings and prisons. However, because the action was led by the Punishment Hall, the Ministry of Justice and the military worked together and did not need the approval of those officials. Therefore, the crackdown continued without outside interference.
The elders of the Ministry of Rites did not have any real power in Jingguo, so they could only helplessly wrangle with the Punishment Hall in Notre-Dame.
Time slowly passed, and Jingguo was slowly being reformed. Two major events also happened in Gyeongo.
The first major event was that the Dragons were wantonly expanding the waterway network in Gyeongo. From now on, Gyeongo would lose control of the waterway network and hand it all over to the Water Hall. Some Gyeongo officials knew that this had something to do with Fang Yun and tried to stop it. However, they were immediately retaliated by the Water Clan and had no choice but to give up.
The second major event was King Qing's birthday.
King Qing's body had already been hollowed out by wine and women. In the past few years, he had been angered by Fang Yun and vomited blood many times. After a long period of recuperation, King Qing finally recovered with the help of the treasures that Gyeongo had accumulated.
In order to show the might of Gyeongo and to celebrate King Qing's recovery, Gyeongo held a birthday celebration that far exceeded the previous ones. They invited all the elders in Gyeongo who were over eighty years old to hold a banquet. At the same time, all the scholars in the country worked together to create a longevity painting.
It was a summer day in May. Other than the heat in the air, there was also a lingering coolness from the end of spring.
King Qing sat on a recliner in Yangxin Palace. Four palace maids massaged his legs and shoulders. Six eunuchs held the handle of a mechanical fan and fanned him.
Two concubines carefully peeled the grapes and put them into their mouths to suck out the grape seeds. Then, they held the grape flesh in their mouths and put it into King Qing's mouth.
King Qing happily chewed the delicious grapes and reached out to knead the palace maids' breasts.
Opposite the recliner, two officials lowered their heads and waited for the auspicious hour.
Not long after, the eunuch outside the door shouted in a sharp voice, "The auspicious hour has arrived. Please rise, Your Majesty."
Only then did King Qing slowly put on his clothes. He touched the palace maids and concubines and whispered to the eunuch that he was going to sleep with the palace maid who was massaging his left shoulder. He then sat on the carriage and led the palace guards to the front of the throne room.
Inside the palace, on the large square in front of the throne room, there were many round tables. Guests from various countries, high-ranking officials, scholars, family members of officials, long-lived old people, and all sorts of other people sat around the tables.
The sun had not set yet, but the palace was already decorated with lanterns and colored banners.
King Qing had just appeared from the side. Before he reached the throne room, everyone present stood up and shouted "Long Live the Emperor". Their voices shook the heavens.
King Qing sat on the imperial carriage and smiled at everyone, enjoying their worship and respect.
When he reached the side of the throne room, he dismounted and climbed onto the imperial platform. The shouts of the people below slowly weakened.
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