"Then, what about a big landlord? Even if he doesn't take the initiative to be a bad person, he is very powerful and will inevitably do bad things inadvertently. For example, when annexing land, he persecutes farmers, lynches his own servants, hoarding, driving up prices, and disrupting the market. What will this kind of person do? They will definitely think of ways to make the law more convenient for them to annex land, think of ways to reduce the punishment of death, and think of ways to reduce the upper limit of the punishment of driving up prices and disrupting the market. Therefore, it's not difficult for everyone to understand what I said earlier. When an official obtains power from the monarch, he will think of ways to avoid being sentenced to death and will definitely enact a bandit law. "
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Alright, I've finished talking about justice and the bandit law. You probably think that the descendants of bandit groups are all bad, but just like how there are scums and traitors among us Chinese people with high moral standards, there are also people who are deeply aware of their own problems in their group. They will work hard to become better and avoid becoming the same kind of people as their ancestors. After all, people improve. However, among them, there are quite a few people who not only don't restrain themselves, but also commit crimes that are even more brutal than their ancestors! Moreover, why are bandit groups innately hostile to kind-hearted groups? "
"Because they used evil methods to occupy land and establish a group and country. They can't accept a group that didn't use such methods to establish a country. For example, if a good person is placed in a group of vicious bandits, he will definitely be bullied and even killed. "
"They know that the method they used to establish a country is dishonorable, so they will definitely set up all kinds of imaginary enemies in their hearts. They speak in a dignified manner and will appear friendly when they encounter a weak foreign race. However, if they encounter a strong foreign race and find that the other party can threaten them, they will definitely stimulate the bandit instinct in their body and will think of ways to repel or even attack."
"Perhaps some people will say that I'm denying those bandit groups. No, I'm just stating a fact. Moreover, bandit groups have many advantages in many aspects. They don't have moral restraints, so they can use all kinds of despicable and shameless methods to strengthen themselves. Compared to morality, they value benefits more. "
"On the other hand, kind-hearted groups like us value morality more and ignore benefits. When benefits are lost bit by bit, as time passes and accumulates, it is very likely that the entire group will be buried. Therefore, we should learn the survival instincts of bandits to a limited extent. "
"We won't learn from them to rob and plunder, but we can learn from them to protect our own interests, so that the interests of our race and morality are more balanced, and we won't place too much importance on morality. We don't need to learn from them and reject enemies who can threaten them, but we need to learn from them and not trust or even worship the other races. We can't learn from them and put the murderer on the same level as the victim, but we have to make sure that our kind citizens are more equal. "
The last few paragraphs were more like a cliché, or overdone. Many people had a feeling that Fang Yun still had more important things to say.
Fang Yun paused for a moment, his body leaning forward slightly, his expression firm.
"With the foundation I've laid out before, we can continue to discuss what I'm thinking."
"I strongly object to the monarch making laws. I also don't believe that the moral standards of the human race can decide all laws. I also don't believe that the laws established by the Legalists are necessarily correct, because we humans simply can't make perfect laws. We can only imagine that there is a perfect law, and what we humans need to do is to make laws that are infinitely close to this perfect law. "
"Since perfect laws can't be made by humans, they must have been born before humans. We can call them natural laws. They can be said to be laws that were born naturally, but they can also be said to be a part of the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, we'll find that the Legalists are far superior to the Confucians when it comes to the enforcement of laws, but the Confucians are superior to the Legalists when it comes to understanding the origin of laws. After all, the Confucians acknowledge the existence of the Heavenly Dao. In ancient times, the Legalists gave laws completely to the Emperor, which lowered the level of laws. "
After hearing Fang Yun say that the Confucians were superior to the Legalists, many Legalists were angered, and some even showed resentment.
However, after hearing Fang Yun's words, not only did Gao Wenwei's Legalists' anger disappear, they were instead pleasantly surprised.
This was because the Legalists had always had a huge flaw, which was that they were born to be attached to the imperial power, so they could only continue to strengthen the imperial power. Back then, the Legalists' Saintly Way would often be mixed with politics, very much like the current Miscellaneous School. It was only in recent years that it had slowly been purified.
The foundation was not high, which prevented the Legalists' Saintly Way from having a true breakthrough.
The Legalists had always been troubled by breaking away from the imperial power, until Fang Yun and the constitution appeared.
Fang Yun proposed the concept of natural laws and the intention of approaching the Heavenly Dao. This allowed the Legalists to break through their original restraints and rise above the imperial power, reaching a higher realm.
The reason why the Confucians were so powerful was because they relied on the supreme Heavenly Dao. The foundation of the Confucians was rites, and rites were sacrifices to the heavens. The Confucians presided over sacrifices from the very beginning. They were the hub between the heavens and the ruler, the heavens and the country, and the heavens and other people. They were the only school that could directly communicate with the Heavenly Dao.
On the other hand, the other schools of thought only relied on the ordinary Saintly Way. Even if they had the concept of the Heavenly Dao, they were not as thorough as the Confucians.
Gao Wenwei and the Confucians present began to feel nervous because they had monopolized the communication between the human race and the Heavenly Dao. If the natural laws established by Fang Yun could really be recognized by the Heavenly Dao, the Confucians' monopoly would definitely be broken.
This was no longer an ordinary battle of the Saintly Way, but a battle of the source of the Saintly Way. It was truly a battle to the death.
Confucius had once killed Shao Zhengmao, and he would definitely kill Fang Yun, who had split the source of the Confucians' Saintly Way!
However, Fang Yun did not seem to see the expressions of the Confucians. He said, "The Legalists are the Legalists, and the Confucians are the Confucians. In other words, the other schools of thought respect the Confucians and the Heavenly Dao, but they cannot monopolize the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, natural laws cannot be the Heavenly Dao."
Many of the Confucians secretly heaved sighs of relief. They thought to themselves that it was fortunate that this was the Saintly Way Literary Gathering, and all the power would be formed at the end. If it was a normal gathering, Fang Yun's words would have caused a lot of trouble. It would probably have forced the Half-saint to take action.
On the high platform, Fang Yun looked down at the crowd and smiled. He said, "I have racked my brains and studied the scriptures of the saints. I picked out a word from it. This word may have a broader meaning, but so far, it is suitable for natural laws to be attached to it."
All the scholars in the venue instinctively took a deep breath and then held their breaths. They stared at Fang Yun with their eyes wide open.
"Its name is' reason ', and it should be the beginning of all laws!"
In the sky, there seemed to be thunder, but it disappeared immediately, as if it was just an illusion.
Chen family's Plum Garden.
An old man wearing a long blue robe that had been washed white, like a general ready to go. He was about to walk out, but he stopped at the door and looked up at the sky.
"The younger generation will surpass us in time!"
After the old man finished speaking, he turned around and went back into the house. He took off his long robe and changed into casual clothes. He sat on the recliner and closed his eyes to rest.
Gyeongo, the old Peach House.
Two people who looked exactly the same were playing chess.
The two of them each held a chess piece and stopped in mid-air, in a stalemate.
The Barbarian Wolf Tribe.
A huge wolf was lying on the ground like a mountain peak. It looked up at the sky, and fear flashed in its eyes. Then, it revealed a cruel expression.
"When the Great Sages return, it will be the time of the human race's extinction!"
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