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"This is Xusheng! This is not a matter of face, but a matter of etiquette. When Duke Huan of Qi defeated the Chu Alliance, his excuse was that the Chu Kingdom didn't give King Zhou a single type of straw. Therefore, the Chu Kingdom was judged to have violated etiquette and forced the other vassal states to not help the Chu Kingdom. Confucius said, 'If you don't learn etiquette, you won't be able to stand.' What he meant was that the Confucian disciples didn't follow the Sacred Way of Etiquette and didn't deserve to be scholars! "
Ao Huang continued to speak with righteous indignation, "You are Xusheng, and you have blessed the human race. The Lei family should resent you, but no matter what, you should follow the Sacred Way of Etiquette of the human race. At least, you should congratulate him as the Lei family and not as the head of the Lei family. Hmph, the Lei family is too arrogant. They are even worse than me! "
"You seem to know a lot about the scriptures of the human race?" Fang Yun smiled.
"Of course!" Ao Huang raised his head proudly and said, "I can even understand why you are different from before. 'Fang Yun of myself' doesn't care about the Lei family's violation of etiquette, but 'Fang Yun of Xusheng' must follow the Sacred Way of Etiquette! If you don't care, 'Fang Yun of Xusheng's' behavior is equivalent to announcing to the world that the Lei family is not at fault! You are also violating etiquette in another form! You must point out as' Xusheng 'that the Lei family is at fault! This is what it means to repay injustice with justice! "
Fang Yun didn't expect Ao Huang to be right.
This was the helplessness of life, or it was a process that every life had to go through.
Sometimes, one's words didn't depend on one's own will, but on one's position.
Only when one reached the true limit, when one's strength reached the peak that no one could compete with, could one break this restriction.
The teachers of the Academy didn't like the teaching materials of the Academy. They could complain, but as teachers, they had to follow etiquette. Therefore, he had to abide by the "etiquette" and teach the students according to the way of the Academy.
A soldier could dislike the general's military strategy, but as a soldier, he had to abide by 'etiquette' and listen to the general's orders.
As a general of the Human Clan. Since they were opposing the barbarians and knew that the barbarians were harming the human race, they naturally had to attack them.
The demonic barbarians' invasion of the human race was right for them, but the human generals could never say that the demonic barbarians were not wrong if they stood on the demonic barbarians' side.
Humans are humans, once they think for the demons and barbarians. He was a rebel!
This was "etiquette", a basic rule that all human beings had to follow.
If there were no such rules, the human race would collapse immediately. They would be no different from beasts.
Xusheng. He had to protect the Sacred Path of Rites!
Fang Yun nodded and said, "If you were a human, you could at least become a Xiucai!"
Ao Huang said angrily, "How can you scold a dragon like that? This dragon is at least a Grand Scholar! "
Fang Yun ignored Ao Huang and continued to look at the list. More and more scholars criticized the Lei family.
Even the Zong family, who clashed with Fang Yun's Sacred Path, mocked the Lei family for not even following the most basic Sacred Path of Rites. They were simply inferior to Ji Zhibai.
Some people even retorted, "If the Lei family has someone who is canonized as a Saint, Fang Yun, as Xusheng, does not send a congratulatory gift, what will the Lei family do? They will definitely arrest Fang Yun for violating etiquette! "
Fang Yun thought for a moment. There were only two sentences in an article on the list.
"The Lei family does not treat me with the etiquette of humans, so I will not treat the Lei family with the etiquette of humans!"
The article was published on the list. It immediately attracted the support of many scholars.
Some people supported it with Xunzi's "three books of etiquette", some supported it with Confucius's "without learning etiquette, there is no foundation", and some supported it with Mencius's "without etiquette and without learning etiquette", which triggered a big discussion on the Sacred Path of Rites.
As the discussion progressed, the article's status became higher and higher. Not only did High Scholars and Grand Scholars join in, even Hanlin scholars joined in. In the end, there were even Grand Scholars who gave pointers.
Finally, there were four large words that appeared under the article. It was clearly different from the ordinary words, and there was a faint white light around it.
"Etiquette is flourishing!"
Wen Zong's conclusion!
Countless scholars rushed to spread the news. It was not convenient for Half-saint to participate in this kind of discussion, but Wen Zong was the person with the highest status. On the surface, Wen Zong said that the discussion caused by this article was beneficial to the Sacred Path of the Human Race, but in reality, he was supporting Fang Yun.
If Wen Zong did not say anything to the contrary, this matter could be settled.
Fang Yun looked at the name. It turned out that it was the famous Wen Zong, Luo Jingting. The two had met once before. It was him who went to Jade Sea City to take the 《Three Character Classic》 and sent it to the Notre-Dame.
As the matter of the Lei family's breach of etiquette continued to ferment, Fang Yun closed the discussion board and went to eat with Ao Huang.
Ao Huang's appetite had always been a headache for the Fang family. Every day, the Fang family would prepare a large amount of meat for Ao Huang. Sometimes, when there was no time, they would ask the restaurants outside the school to deliver it.
Ao Huang first ate with everyone at the same table in a refined manner. After everyone finished eating, Ao Huang swept up all the food on the table and then said, "Another table!" Then it began to eat the food that belonged only to Ao Huang. A large pot of stewed meat, a large flatbread, and a large plate of vegetables.
After the meal, Fang Yun, Yang Yuhuan, and Nunu took a stroll around the courtyard and chatted about daily life.
After the stroll, Fang Yun returned to his study and continued to study.
It was not until late at night that Fang Yun received a letter from the Imperial Palace. The officials had finally finished discussing his conferment.
Tomorrow, the king would confer the title of "Duke Zhen" to Fang Yun, which was equivalent to a second-rank official. After Fang Yun passed the court examination, he would be conferred the title of a second-rank official.
Fang Yun's status would also be promoted from "Minister of the Cabinet" to "Minister of the Cabinet". However, he only had partial authority. Only by passing the court examination could he gain full authority as a minister of the Cabinet.
If Fang Yun had real authority as a minister of the Cabinet when he was the current county magistrate, then in the entire Green Crow Prefecture, other than the prefect and the Mishou Transportation Company, Fang Yun could send people to the capital for investigation if he suspected that there was something wrong with any of the officials. This authority would completely destroy the fairness of the court examination.
Fang Yun's contributions were real military merits. Therefore, tomorrow, he would also have a fief that truly belonged to him.
As long as Fang Yun did not betray the country or rebel, as long as he was alive, everything in that fief would be decided by him. He even had the authority to forcefully change some of the laws.
However, compared to the fiefs of aristocratic families, this paled in comparison. In some aristocratic families' fiefs, there were only family laws and no national laws.
As for the ancient lands, it was far more chaotic than the Saint Origin Continent.
To Fang Yun, the conferment of Jingguo was actually a gift list for Jingguo.
Not only did Fang Yun receive a title, even Yang Yuhuan received a third-rank title. Even Fang Yun's father received a posthumous title of "Marquis". This was an extremely great honor.
Some of Fang Yun's relatives also received titles. Although they were all minor ninth-rank titles, it was still enough to make countless people envious.
Fang Daniu obtaining the rank of a ninth rank village baron was a matter of great honor to the Fang Clan in the past.
Although Fang Yun was now a Minister of the Duke Zhen, his mansion was built according to the highest standards of a "Prince Mansion". Even the land, gardens, and salary given by the royal family were all similar to that of a prince. This was to make up for Fang Yun's delay in being conferred the title of King.
As for the most important "private soldiers", the debate in the imperial court lasted from afternoon to night.
Ordinary Princes only had three hundred private soldiers, while Princes with military merits could have three thousand soldiers per guard. However, private soldiers with titles were part of the military. They were paid by the Jingguo and were not strictly private soldiers.
Only private soldiers obtained according to one's rank were absolute private soldiers. Even the royal family had no right to command them.
Fang Yun's rank was a Grand Scholar, but he was also a Notre-Dame Xusheng. This was beyond the scope of a Jingguo.
The human race had never conferred the title of Xusheng to a living person before. (To be continued)
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