"Actually, the other families are envious of the Legalists," Yan Yukong said.
Everyone nodded.
After everyone discussed for a while, Fang Yun continued, "I want to say that everyone understands this principle, but they all want to wait for others to say it, so they wait and wait, endlessly. Today, I will say this principle. From now on, if you say this principle again, you don't have to worry about being attacked by the crowd. Let them come at me, Fang Yun. "
Many people smiled kindly.
Fang Yundao: "We can think about it simply. We are all humans, and humans are bound to have selfishness. Different people have different views on life, and different people have different views on the world. Different people have different views on everything. Even the Saints have their own goals. Therefore, there is no such thing as absolute justice and fairness in this world. Even the Legalists wouldn't object to this, right? "
Millions of people nodded in unison. This was common knowledge.
Fang Yundao: "Therefore, when it comes to making laws, or any government affairs, there are two extremes of fairness and selfishness. However, fairness may sound good, but it may not be perfect. This is because many selfless situations will harm the individual. For example, in the food distribution of primitive societies, for the development of the tribe, more food should be given to the young and strong, and less food should be given to the old and young. For the entire tribe, this is good, but for the weak old and young, it can't be said to be good. We can't say that this kind of food distribution is wrong. We can only say that this method is not perfect.
"Is there a perfect law? There might be, but we won't discuss it. Since it's perfect, there's no point in discussing it. Is there a perfect Legalist? There might be, but most of them aren't. Therefore, imperfect people like us pick out imperfect laws and divide them into two categories. One is the more righteous laws, and the other is the more unrighteous laws.
"Some people might find it strange. Why are there unrighteous laws? We are humans, not perfect saints. Therefore, we will eventually make some decisions that might not be right. Or rather, we will make unrighteous laws because of unrighteous reasons.
"The names of righteous and unrighteous are somewhat special. Previously, I said that laws are heavily influenced by morality. Therefore, for us, or even most people, to judge whether a law is righteous or not, we often have to judge it based on moral standards. If a law is closer to the moral standards of the masses, then in the eyes of most people, this law is more righteous. Therefore, we think that this is good and can be called a good law.
"Then, what is an unrighteous law? Corresponding to what I said before, it is a law that is far from the moral standards of the masses.
"Let's give a very simple example. In ancient times, there were some laws that stated that all of a servant's possessions belonged to the head of the family. The head of the family could kill the servant regardless of the consequences. In today's eyes, this kind of law is against morality. It's bad, bad, and unjust.
This was the first time Legalist, the Legalist.
On the other hand, all the legalists showed disgust. In their hearts, only the standards set by the legalist half-saints were correct. Anything that did not come from legalist scholars or half-saints was twisted logic. They were all backward and ignorant.
What they hated the most was the attitude the Legalists had towards the Legalists, but they treated Fang Yun with the same attitude.
Fang Yun continued, "In fact, with different standards, good and evil laws have different meanings. We can only talk according to the standards of the masses in the Saint Origin World. When we talked about who should make the laws, the answer has already been given. Because scholars are more outstanding, they should make the decisions, especially the Legalists who focus on the law. However, because the Legalists are the minority, we have to consider the majority of the human race. Therefore, the laws of the human race should be made by the entire human race. It is just that the scholars have more say than the non-scholars. At least, we have reached a consensus on this. "
Fang Yun laughed after he finished speaking, and the people in the hall laughed as well.
Because everyone here was a scholar, no one would throw away the power that was in their hands.
After Fang Yun finished laughing, his expression quickly turned cold, "Why didn't anyone oppose me just now?"
Many people's smiles froze on their faces, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly dropped to the freezing point.
A few of the lower ranked scholars felt their hearts skip a beat, and a trace of fear appeared in their hearts. After all, the one who spoke was Xusheng, the number one person below the Half-saint.
Fang Yun's expression slowly calmed down, "Everyone's performance just now proved a very practical truth. Everyone has their own selfish motives. Every one of us here thought that since we had become scholars, it was natural for us to have power and privileges that were different from those who were not scholars. No one felt that it was wrong. In fact, if we look across the myriad of worlds, we will find a truth. Whether it is the human race, the demon race, the barbarian race, the other races, the water race, the birds, the beasts, the flowers, the fishes, and the insects, they are all selfish. Apart from a few people from the Ancient Mohist Family, even the Confucian School has to distinguish between the distance and the distance. This is human nature, and the instinct of all living beings. "
Many people couldn't understand the purpose of Fang Yun's sudden words.
"Then, in the process of making the law, the people who make the law will often influence the law because of their selfish instincts. These days, when I was studying the law, I found that there was a very interesting trend in the laws of the human race. When the people who made the law were the monarchs, all the officials who embezzled money were punished very severely, and they were often sentenced to death. But as scholars gradually gained more power, they began to influence the law, and the punishment for embezzling money was continuously reduced. "
"At least up until now, most of the punishments of the Legalists have been used to punish criminals, but why is it that the punishment for the same crime is reduced? There have always been people who say that taking a person's life is the worst crime. Otherwise, as long as you don't kill someone, you shouldn't be sentenced to death. But those embezzling officials will inevitably lead to the destruction of some people's families, and inevitably lead to poverty among the common people, thus reducing their lifespans. The people they kill and the lives they take are vile and cruel, far surpassing that of a murderer. The destruction they cause to society is far greater than that of a murderer, so why is it that their punishment is often so low? "
"In fact, all of us know that embezzling money is never the main reason why the truly middle and high-level officials are sentenced. You might think that I am criticizing them, but no, I am using this bloody fact to tell everyone that those who can influence the law will definitely think of ways to use the law to protect themselves, and then use the law to seek benefits for themselves. "
"Many of the scholars present are not officials, and it seems that they cannot influence the law, but in reality, as a large group, the moral standards of the masses can still influence the law to a considerable extent. However, there are different groups in the myriad of worlds. Then, are the moral standards of the masses of the different groups similar? Not at all! "
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