Then, Gao Mo opened his hands. Clear light scattered, and divine light rose. A translucent bamboo scroll appeared.
The bamboo scroll was yellow, and there were black words on it. It looked very old, but it exuded a vast aura.
The entire venue was enveloped by the power of the Book of the Lord of Shang.
Suddenly, a Grand Scholar let out a shrill scream, and then desperately ran outside.
In an instant, a set of blood-red shackles descended from the sky, landing on that person's body and trapping him firmly in place. Then, people from the Punishment Hall went forward and took that person away.
The Legalism people looked at that person expressionlessly as if they were watching a show.
However, the other scholars still had lingering fears.
Everyone knew that that person was definitely a spy from the Demon Realm, and was close to being a traitor.
Even the powerful Divine Temple could only tell if a person was a traitor without anyone in charge. It could not tell if a person had betrayed the human race and colluded with the demons and barbarians.
However, the Legalism Saint Path was very observant, and it would not be deceived by anyone.
Gao Mo let go, and the Book of the Lord of Shang's projection flew into the air. It exuded a faint clear light, and its aura was not so vast anymore. It became gentle and calming.
With the Book of the Saint Path of the Legalism Half-saint Shang Yang, there would be no more accidents in this conference.
Gao Mo scanned the millions of people in front of him and said, "Everyone already knows that the Saint Path Conference can be held this time because of the Constitution established by Fang Xusheng, which allowed the Legalism Saint Path to flourish. The Saint Path is expanding, but the growth of us Legalism scholars is far behind the Saint Path. That's because our understanding of the Legalism Saint Path has fallen behind. The purpose of this Saint Path Conference is to gather the strength of the Legalists and discuss the Legalism Saint Path together. "
After a slight pause, Gao Mo continued, "This Saint Path Conference will be opened by the founder of the Jingguo Constitution, Fang Yun, Fang Xusheng. Next, let's welcome Fang Xusheng. "
Under the anticipation of the crowd, Fang Yun slowly walked to the center of the stage and stood behind a table, like a teacher teaching a class.
Fang Yun scanned the millions of scholars. They were a sea of black, countless pairs of eyes like stars in the sky.
Fang Yun smiled faintly and pointed to the sky. His words were like spring thunder: "I am very grateful to everyone for being able to rush to Jing under my seal. You have made me understand one thing: all unjust enemies are paper tigers. Thinking of the traitor of the human race who was discovered by the 'Book of the Lord of Shang', I suddenly understand why there is not a single miscellaneous scholar here. "
Everyone laughed. They had not expected Fang Yun to mock the School of Miscellany during the Legalism Saint Dao Assembly.
Fang Yun continued, "Originally, I was unwilling to participate in Legalism's Saint Dao Runic Conference. After all, a Confucian disciple like me who values etiquette is ostracized by Legalism. However, Legalism actually earnestly invited me. I can't help but think, if even Legalism doesn't ostracize me, then wouldn't the people who ostracize me be even more Legalist than Legalism? "
Everyone laughed again. Some Legalists were laughing so hard that they fell over. They had not expected Fang Yun to mock the School of Miscellany as nothing but paper tigers and even insinuate that the School of Miscellany's actions were equivalent to helping the demons and barbarians. Then, he mocked the Hall of Rites for not being able to see through people. They would rather force their own people to the enemy than treat them well.
Some of the Great Confucians present had smiles on their faces. They were rather elegant and did not seem angry at all. As for what they were thinking, no one knew.
Fang Yun then pretended to look around and asked, "May I ask if His Majesty, Emperor Qing, is here?"
Many people said loudly that he was not.
Fang Yun sighed in disappointment and said, "What a pity. We even specially prepared Jingguo's dinner for him."
Everyone laughed again. After Emperor Qing swallowed the fish demon's toe, he was wildly mocked by the scholars on the rankings. Emperor Qing's dinner became a joke. Dishes named after Emperor Qing's dinner appeared everywhere, including braised pork trotters and stinky mandarin fish.
There were many Gyeongo scholars present. Some laughed along, while others laughed very politely. However, no one ran out to curse Fang Yun. They all knew that this was to liven up the atmosphere. It was very common at the beginning of the Human Race Literary Gathering. However, no one dared to insult the School of Miscellany, the Hall of Rites, and the monarch like Fang Yun had done.
Fang Yun saw that the atmosphere had livened up enough, so he put away his smile and said, "Now that we've finished with the small talk, let's get down to business."
Everyone present gradually put away their smiles and held their breaths. The entire venue immediately became abnormally quiet.
"I don't major in Legalism. I only minor in it, so I often look at Legalism from the School of Legalism's perspective. As for the origin of law, no one has reached a consensus to this day. I also don't dare say that I've reached a final conclusion. I'm just speaking my personal opinion. "
The Legalism scholars were slightly better off, but the School of Legalism scholars were filled with curiosity. They rarely heard people talk about the origin of law.
Fang Yundao said, "Those who have read some of my articles know that I'm used to roughly dividing the development of the Human Race into two parts. The first part is the primitive period, and the second part is the period of the nation. We can now clearly confirm that before the nation was first established, there was no concept of law. The law was written by those in power after the nation was established. Its original purpose was to protect the rule of those in power. "
Hearing Fang Yun say this, the expressions of many Legalism scholars changed slightly. After all, this kind of statement was somewhat vilifying of Legalism, but it was the truth.
"However, did the law appear out of thin air after the nation was established? Some people believe that the law should have nothing to do with everything before, but most people still believe that there were some things in the primitive society that were the source of the law. Take Han Feizi, Han Sheng, for example. He believes that in the primitive period, there were few people, but they had a lot of food and clothing. Everyone could eat food and wear leather clothes. Everyone actually had a surplus of wealth. During the period of the nation, the population exploded, and there was a need for more food and clothing. Many people lacked food and clothing, so these people fought. In order to prevent these people from fighting, the law was created.
"In fact, due to the development of the study of ancients, we have a better understanding of the primitive period. Other than an extremely small number of races that occupied a superior natural environment, the Human Race didn't have much food and clothing back then. Of course, we just need to understand Han Sheng's intentions. There's no need to take it seriously.
"There are also people who believe that the law was created by ancient reclusive saints. There are also people who believe that the law is a product of the natural development of the Human Race, or that the law originated from the contracts of the primitive Human Race. If we carefully study the primitive society, we will find that the Human Race at that time already acted according to certain rules. For example, the strong young people would participate in the hunt and eat more meat, while the old, young, women, and children would eat less meat. Compared to eating more meat, eating less meat was actually a disguised form of punishment. However, we can't call it the law. We can only call it the primitive rules.
"If we list out the various primitive rules, we will find that these primitive rules are inextricably linked to the law. This is a fact that no one can deny.
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