The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2452 Respecting Etiquette and Restoring the Past

On that day, the news of Fang Yun and Li Wenying's breakup spread all over the world.

Soon someone on the discussion board said that Li Wenying had arrived at Liangjie Mountain that night and started to participate in the battle of Liangjie Mountain.

On the discussion board, there was a wave of criticism against Fang Yun. Some people scolded Fang Yun for being ungrateful, some scolded Fang Yun for being greedy, some scolded Fang Yun for being unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals, and some scolded Fang Yun for not caring about the most basic etiquette and integrity for power.

However, most people remained silent.

Some people also refuted that Fang Yun was not excluding old friends, but did not want to fight with them, so he transferred them away in advance to avoid embarrassment in the future.

However, in any case, Fang Yun's literary reputation was affected, and many people thought that Fang Yun had gone too far.

In contrast to the lively discussion board, the officialdom of Jing State experienced such a big earthquake, and it was quiet all day. No censors criticized Fang Yun, and no officials were indignant.

Many officials were full of contradictions, and could no longer tell whether Fang Yun was trying to seize power and exclude dissidents, or whether Jiang Hechuan and Li Wenying took the initiative to make way for Fang Yun.

However, most officials understood that no matter how bad this was, it was better than Fang Yun and Li Wenying falling out.

This was the most respectable way to seize power.

The next day, some gossip came out of Li's house.

Everyone knew that a few days ago, Fang Yun sent people to send Li Wenying many treasures, including the Holy Body Fruit and other magical medicines that were effective for semi-saints.

Some officials who were indignant for Li Wenying calmed down their resentment.

However, many people still felt frustrated.

Jingguo had already shown signs of revival. Now that Li Wenying and Yi Zhishi, who were known as the twin pillars of Jingguo, had left, could Fang Yun alone support Jingguo?

Soon, Zhang Poyue gave the answer. He shamelessly announced on the discussion list that the new twin pillars of Jingguo had been born, and that was Fang Yun and Zhang Poyue.

Countless people laughed and scolded this rolling meat.

On the third day after Li Wenying left, that is, the day before the next court meeting, Zuo Xiangge revealed a piece of news.

In view of the fact that the people in Jingguo are not as old as they used to be and the world is declining, Fang Yun is ready to respect the rituals and restore the past, and make Jingguo a real country of rituals and music.

The news spread throughout the officialdom of Jingguo that day, and all officials were talking about it. The queen mother even urgently summoned the assistant minister Yang Xuwen and the Minister of Rites Sheng Boyuan to the palace overnight to ask for countermeasures.

On that day, many officials even formed a temporary literary meeting to discuss what kind of respect for rituals and restoration Fang Yun would propose.

Some old scholars cried with joy and ran around to tell each other that Fang Yun was the true successor of Confucius, worthy of being a disciple of heaven, and finally knew to attach importance to rituals and music.

At dawn, the court meeting began as usual.

The queen mother and Jing Jun sat behind the curtain.

Under the dragon throne, civil and military officials stood on both sides.

The head of the military officer turned out to be Zhang Poyue.

After Li Wenying resigned as the general, Marshal Chen Zhixu actually wrote to the Queen Mother, asking Zhang Poyue to temporarily take over the position of general.

After the battle with the barbarians, the order of the various armies of Jing State has changed, but the change of the Jing Army is the smallest.

The Jing Army is also commonly known as the Imperial Army, which refers to the various armies inside and outside the capital to protect the capital and the royal family.

The Imperial Army of Jing State is divided into two armies, the inner and outer armies.

The outer army is commanded by the general and stationed around the capital. The general is nominated by the general who commands the troops of the world and can only take effect after being appointed by the monarch.

The inner army is inside the capital and inside and outside the palace. It follows the name of the Han Dynasty and is called the Yulin Army. It is held by a general and appointed by the royal family. Even the semi-saint family has no right to intervene.

According to convention, the positions of the Grand Marshal and the General are both appointed by the Jing family. At present, the strongest family in Jing State is the Chen Sheng family, so the real military power of Jing State is actually in the hands of the Chen Sheng family, which largely avoids usurpation of power.

Therefore, when the Grand Marshal Chen Zhixu recommended Zhang Poyue, the Queen Mother kept suppressing her opinion until yesterday when she reluctantly agreed that Zhang Poyue would temporarily take over the position of the Grand General. Since it was only a temporary position, Zhang Poyue's title was still only the General.

Therefore, when some officials saw that Zhang Poyue was actually the head of the military officers today, they felt cold behind their backs.

If Li Wenying was a commander with great character, then Zhang Poyue was a pile of rotten meat. He did things without any rules and behaved in a disorderly manner. He was simply a rogue in the army and a gangster among scholars. Moreover, this person had known Fang Yun for many years and even had a life-or-death friendship.

Zhang Poyue's life was saved by Fang Yun.

Zhang Poyue was in charge of the troops in the capital, which meant that Fang Yun had mastered the military power of the army outside the capital.

This was also a very scary signal. The five major families of Jingguo had tacitly accepted Fang Yun's authority.

Zhang Poyue, Fang Yun and the five major families were now almost in the same camp.

Some officials shut their mouths tightly and began to look for ways to protect themselves. Some even began to prepare to leave the capital or resign on the pretext of illness. When everything was settled, it would not be too late to return to work.

However, some officials looked at Zhang Poyue with hatred.

Because Zhang Poyue was cheerful from the beginning and liked his current position very much.

Generally speaking, most officials wore civil clothes when they went to court, and only wore official clothes and court clothes in special court meetings or activities.

Zhang Poyue, as a university scholar, refused to wear embroidered cloud blue clothes, but had to wear the general's uniform, and he played a few times from time to time, for fear that others would not see it.

Fang Yun still sat in the Wuhou car, looking sick, and Hu Li sat beside him, like the most considerate maid.

Fang Yun did not leave the line immediately, but sat quietly.

However, the second person after Fang Yun was not the Right Prime Minister Cao De'an, nor the Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen.

It was a university scholar who entered the Fengtian Hall for the first time.

The Grand Secretary of the Li Hall Lin Shouyan.

Lin Shouyan was a university scholar over sixty years old. Because of his talent, he looked only in his early forties, with a calm expression and a simple face, nothing special.

The special envoy of the Li Hall naturally had the right to attend the court, but he did not attend the court early or late, but only attended the court for the first time after Fang Yun announced the restoration of the rituals. This is very intriguing.

After other officials finished their reports, the Wuhou car slowly moved.

Fang Yun faced the curtain and looked at Jingjun and the Queen Mother.

"I have something to report."

"My dear Lord Fang, please feel free to speak."

Fang Yun said solemnly: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Confucius said: If you govern people with laws and punishments, they will avoid punishment but have no shame; if you govern people with virtues and etiquette, they will have shame and be upright."

Fang Yun's voice was so loud that it even attracted the lingering sound of great Confucian scholars, and the voice echoed in the Golden Palace.

This is a famous saying in "The Analects of Confucius", which is one of Confucius' core political concepts.

Under the voice of Fang Yun and the words of Confucius, all officials immediately straightened their bodies and lowered their heads slightly.

That Jing Jun was actually a little restless and wanted to stand up like everyone else to show his respect for Confucius.

However, he was suppressed by the Queen Mother in the end, so he did not lose his manners.

Fang Yun said: "Your Majesty, do you know what this means?"

The officials were stunned, some were angry, some were helpless, and some admired.

Fang Yun is the emperor's teacher anyway, but it is unheard of for a teacher to ask the king questions in a court meeting.

In theory, there is nothing wrong with Fang Yun's behavior, and it can be regarded as a minister asking the king, but according to Fang Yun's tone, attitude and identity, this is a question to the king of the dynasty.