The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2431 The Glory of Ritual and Music

Fang Yun said slowly: "How can the four seasons move and all things come into being? What can God say?"

Fang Yun is quoting the words of Confucius. All things follow the laws of heaven and earth, so why does heaven have to say anything more.

The ten pavilion elders looked at Fang Yun seriously, wanting to know what Fang Yun wanted to express.

Fang Yun continued: "The position of the king comes from the country; the power of the king comes from the official; the power of the king comes from the people. Why do you call yourself the emperor? You should be called the son of all people."

Even the elder Li Diange, who respects etiquette and law very much, has no objection at this moment, because the human country has a mysterious power called national destiny, and the king of a country controls the national destiny, and also claims to be the spirit of the emperor.

However, all high-level scholars know that the so-called spirit of the emperor is actually the power of all people, which is similar to the power of semi-saints.

Fang Yun said slowly: "I have heard of a country without a king, but I have never seen a country without a people."

The expressions of the ten pavilion elders became serious.

Fang Yun's words are logically correct and there is nothing wrong with them at all. However, this statement seems to be subverting the old etiquette.

They watched Fang Yun warily.

Unexpectedly, Fang Yun smiled and said: "The Hall of Ceremonies acts on behalf of Heaven, and the Emperor of Heaven should be bound by the Palace of Ceremonies. He cannot pretend to be king without being canonized by the Palace of Ceremonies!"

The eyes of the ten pavilion elders shone brightly, and huge waves surged in their hearts. However, they were extremely well-educated and remained calm.

They still couldn't refute this!

Because the Hall of Ceremonies does things in the name of heaven to constrain the human race's behavioral norms.

Because the Hall of Ceremony has been fighting against the Legalists, always wanting to gain greater authority and restore the ancient peak period when etiquette was greater than law.

Because, Lidian has always wanted to get involved in the imperial power!

Fang Yun's words touched their hearts.

Afterwards, Fang Yun slowly said: "I look at the current situation where the rituals and music are broken down and the rules are often in disorder. I am very worried. I personally think that the rites department of various countries is placed under the cabinet and bows to the imperial power. This is the greatest insult to rites." !”

Half of the elders' expressions remained unchanged, but the other half's emotions were aroused by Fang Yun. If they weren't well-educated, they would almost slap the table in agreement with Fang Yun.

"If the student holds the position of Jingguo, he should be given the post of Minister of Ceremonies, join the cabinet, and be ranked among the first rank!" Fang Yun looked at the nine cabinet elders and said slowly.

The ten pavilion elders were shocked.

They don't care about treasures or divine materials at all.

He doesn't care about fame and fortune at all.

They only hope that the human race will restore the system of ritual and music, get rid of everything that is not in line with ritual and music, and let ritual and music gain an extremely respected status.

Establishing a ceremonial prime minister is something that Li Diange never dreamed of doing.

Because this will be opposed by all the temples, the saints’ families, and all countries.

However, the ten pavilion elders were not fooled by the delicious bait thrown by Fang Yun. The ten people secretly communicated with their spiritual thoughts for a long time before Yun Luo spoke.

"What do you want from each temple?"

Fang Yunhao said: "We should expand the holy way of enlightenment, set up various colleges and universities, cultivate more professional talents, and help the human race survive the disaster of demons and barbarians. Specialization of talents is the general trend, and students believe that you, the elders, will do the same This trend has been seen.”

Many pavilion elders nodded lightly. In fact, as the role of the Gong family on the battlefield has grown more and more, and as the human race has become more and more dependent on war poetry, people with lofty ideals have already seen this. However, although it is a trend, it has not become a trend. It is very difficult to build a career with this, so no one is vigorously promoting this trend like Fang Yun.

If you make a wrong judgment or execution, you will definitely endanger yourself and even the holy way of the human race, so you must not be careless.

"What agreement do you have with Xingdian?"

Fang Yun generously took out the agreement jointly formulated with the Legalists, and driven by his talent, it turned into several pages and stood in the air.

The ten great scholars just glanced at it and read everything.

Just looking at the content, there is indeed no conflict with Lidian. The only thing that displeased Mr. Lidiange is that it contains words such as governing the country according to law and establishing a legal country.

However, these are commonplaces between Xingdian and Legalists. During the Qin Dynasty, it has been proved that over-reliance on overly harsh Legalist methods will inevitably change people's hearts and eventually lead to the collapse of the Qin State.

The ten pavilion elders conversed with their spiritual thoughts. Fang Yun observed secretly and found that they did not strongly object and could obviously tolerate the agreement between Xingdian and Fang Yun.

"Have you ever mentioned the matter of etiquette to the Xing Palace?" Wu Jiu asked.

Fang Yun smiled and said, "Why do we need to inform the Xing Palace about the affairs of the Hall of Ceremonies?"

"Good!" Many pavilion elders nodded lightly, and finally smiled. The more they looked at Fang Yun, the more they liked him, and they almost regarded Fang Yun as one of their own.

"Do you have any specific plans?" Yun Luo asked.

Fang Yun said: "First, the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Rites should participate in the formulation of laws. In other words, it is clearly stipulated that the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Rites have the power to legislate!"

The breathing of several great scholars suddenly became rapid, and no matter how highly educated they were, they could not suppress their inner excitement and joy.

Participating in the formulation of laws and gaining legislative power is the dream of the Rites Palace. Now the Rites Palace and the Ministry of Rites can also interfere in legislation, but they are not justified. They just use various means to obstruct it. In fact, it is a kind of political struggle rather than having legitimate legislation. right.

"What about second place?" Wu Jiu asked.

Fang Yun said: "It is not enough for the ceremonial hall to obtain legislative power. It should also have the right to participate in the formulation of 'regulations'. To give a very simple example, in some areas with backward ideas, the ugly custom of weddings will appear, and the bride and bridesmaids will suffer. There is also the matter of teasing the bride and her father-in-law, which cannot be clearly stipulated in the law, and the legalists have no way to deal with it. , then our rites hall should take action and set up regulations to clearly prohibit this kind of behavior that violates etiquette and law! I suddenly found that changing customs and letting the glory of etiquette and music shine in the world is more difficult than purely legislating and enforcing laws. Enforcement is enough, but our enemies in the Hall of Ceremony want to change people’s hearts and fight against backwardness!”

Fang Yun's "we" made all the great scholars feel extremely comfortable. He belittled Legalism intentionally or unintentionally, which made them feel that it was quite reasonable.

What they like most is the phrase "Let the brilliance of ritual music shine on the world." Isn't this the highest ideal of the Ritual Palace?

"I agree!"

"I also fully support it!"

Several old gentlemen who are usually very strict are actually more active than the more open-minded elders. They fully support Fang Yun and seem to be eager to bask in the glory of ritual and music.

Wu Jiu and several other pavilion elders who were enlightened and understood Fang Yun had a wry smile on their faces, but it was fleeting.

Afterwards, the elders of the pavilion communicated secretly.

Fang Yun didn't know what they said, but he could basically guess that those old gentlemen would try their best to persuade others to agree, and might even say that as long as the brilliance of ritual and music shines on everything in the world, they will bear the responsibility.

Fang Yun can imagine that they will think this is the only chance for the revival of the Lidian.

However, not all cabinet elders would be easily convinced, so one cabinet elder asked Fang Yun about the specific implementation details, and Fang Yun began to answer seriously, occasionally pointing out problems with Legalism in a seemingly neutral manner.

In the end, the elders of Lidian Pavilion unanimously agreed to cooperate, but these old foxes were cautious and asked to send a special envoy of a bachelor to participate in all reforms and report to Lidian at any time.

Fang Yun agreed wholeheartedly, and his straightforward and sincere attitude even made the elders feel ashamed, as if he was judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.