If someone could see the empress dowager's face through the curtain and veil, they would definitely see the unconcealable terror in her eyes.
The empress dowager was very clear that if she stopped this reform, the school of Legalism would definitely use the most intense methods against Fang Yun.
The Divine Path had been sealed. Fang Yun and the school of Legalism only had this path to choose. Anyone who stood in their way would be crushed.
Cao Dean looked at the empress dowager and then at the people of the school of Legalism.
As an elder of Jingguo for three dynasties, Cao Dean's understanding of politics and bureaucracy far surpassed Fang Yun's.
At first, he only thought that Fang Yun was using the school of Miscellany to draw out the school of Legalism. However, thinking deeper, wasn't Fang Yun forcing the school of Legalism into Jingguo? Wasn't he using the school of Legalism to fight against the school of Miscellany?
Thinking of this, Cao Dean suddenly felt at ease.
This was because ever since Cao Dean became an official, he had a principle to stand by, which was to retreat in the face of difficulties.
This was why he could remain undefeated when Mount Liu was in power and not fall when Fang Yun was in power.
Cao Dean still didn't know Fang Yun's true goal. He couldn't even understand why Fang Yun was doing this. However, his principle told him that he didn't need to care about this because Fang Yun's strength and realm far exceeded his. No matter what kind of schemes Fang Yun used, he couldn't resist at all. It was better to continue following Fang Yun like before.
He didn't need to think too much to feel at ease.
In reality, the few Legalism officials present had already realized that Fang Yun was also using the school of Legalism.
However, they could only continue to support Fang Yun because the benefits Fang Yun brought to the school of Legalism were too great. It was so great that even though they knew that they were being controlled by Fang Yun, they were still willing to follow him.
Fang Yun played chess with the school of Legalism as his pieces.
The Empress Dowager let out a long sigh and said, "I would like to ask Fang Xusheng to elaborate on this final reform."
Fang Yundao: "Rule by law."
The Empress Dowager was silent.
At first, all the Legalist officials frowned while the Legalist officials beamed. But after a few seconds, all the officials began to ponder.
Not long after, Cai He finally couldn't help but ask, "Fang Xiang, is it according to the law or the law?"
"According to the law," Fang Yun replied.
Cai He gently nodded.
Only then did the Empress Dowager realize that there was a difference between the law and the law.
The Legalist official's smile vanished.
Law had always been regarded as a tool of Legalism. Using law to rule a country was tantamount to using Legalism to rule a country. It was very easy for Legalism to dominate the country.
However, it was different if he ruled the country according to law. It was the entire court that ruled the country according to law, not according to Legalism. Legalism was only one of the groups, and its actual status was lower than the law.
The Law was superior to Legalism.
This meant that the Legalists could not monopolize the law.
The Legalist officials were conflicted. If they ruled the country according to law, Legalism's power would be greater, but from another perspective, their status would be lowered.
"Fang Xusheng, please explain in detail," the Empress Dowager said.
Fang Yundao: "It's very simple. The Supreme Court is independent of the cabinet and strictly follows the law. However, the cabinet decides whether the law is passed or not. Moreover, every official and even every scholar has the right to submit a letter. Every scholar and even every commoner has the right to discuss it. "
Everyone connected it to Fang Yun's "Political History." Most of them understood that this was a way to divide power, but the division was not thorough enough. According to the book, the Supreme Court controlled the judicial power, which mainly focused on the judicial power, while the cabinet controlled both the legislative power and the administrative power.
The officials also understood that this was a reform, not a reconstruction. If they completely learned from other races to divide power, Jingguo would definitely be in big trouble.
The most correct way was to use Jingguo's actual situation as a foundation and absorb the excellent parts of the foreign race.
The human race had thousands of years of history, and some things were deeply ingrained in their blood. If they completely copied the foreign race's model, they would definitely die.
Scholars lived, and imitators died. Everything was like that.
Many officials fell into deep thought. The Supreme Court was independent of the cabinet. In other words, the Supreme Court was independent of the imperial court and even the royal family. In terms of status, it was equal to the cabinet.
The Supreme Court's power and status were already at its peak.
The Legalist officials carefully considered the meaning of Fang Yun's words and couldn't help but smile.
In reality, the thing that the Legalists hated the most was the endless interference and control of the imperial court's officials.
Before everyone could think it through, Fang Yundao said, "Of course, this matter cannot be rushed. It should be slowly improved from top to bottom. Perhaps in a few decades, or even a century, Jingguo can truly rule the country according to law. I believe that the most important thing now is to create a fundamental law of the country, or rather, the highest law. It can be called a constitution and be used as the basis for all laws and regulations. If I'm not wrong, once Jingguo decides to create a constitution, the power of the Legalists will definitely increase, and the country's fate will definitely become stronger. It might even be able to resist the Saint Path Seal of the School of Miscellaneous Arts. "
Zhang Poyue looked at the Legalists unhappily and said, "May I ask the Legalists, since Jingguo supports the Legalists so much, why doesn't the Legalists use their power to resist the Saint Path Seal of the Miscellaneous Arts?"
A Legalist official smiled bitterly and said, "To resist the Saint Path Seal of the Miscellaneous Arts, we need the agreement of all the elders in the Punishment Hall. Right now, one elder is against it, and another has abstained. Therefore, the Legalists can't help Jingguo directly resist the Saint Path Seal of the Miscellaneous Arts. However, as long as Jingguo cooperates with the Legalists, it's the same as indirectly helping Jingguo."
The other officials were silent. In reality, everyone knew that in the eyes of the Punishment Hall and the Legalists, Jingguo wasn't worth their help.
The entire Jingguo was just an experimental field.
The reason why the Legalists supported Jingguo so much was all because of one person.
Fang Yun.
The Empress Dowager asked, "As long as we cooperate with the Legalists, can we resist the Saint Path Seal of the Miscellaneous Arts?"
Fang Yun shook his head and said, "That's all. We can't resist it."
"Then do you have a perfect plan?"
"No."
"What will happen if we fail?"
"Failure is failure. We're no different from other failures. We'll stand at the end of the wrong path and let the future generations know that this path isn't working. Then, we won't waste our lives." Fang Yun's tone was extremely calm.
Hearing this, the others' hearts tightened. At the same time, they felt that Fang Yun was truly a hero.
The Empress Dowager was also stunned. She didn't think that Fang Yun didn't care about failure at all. He even thought that even if he failed, he could help the future generations and still contribute to the human race.
The Empress Dowager recalled what Zhao Hongzhuang had said a few days ago.
When I die, I'll only be a foot tall, but I'll be ten inches from the sky!
A look of shame suddenly appeared on the Empress Dowager's face. She didn't think that she'd done anything wrong. She just didn't think that compared to Zhao Hongzhuang and Fang Yun, she was so different.
The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "Fang Xusheng, go ahead and do it. Come up with a draft constitution within three days. Perhaps it'll cause a change in the Saint Path."
The officials secretly sighed in relief. They all hoped that the Legalists' Saint Path would become stronger because of this.
However, a few officials who understood the Saint Path had ripples in their eyes.
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