The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2557 The Road to Failure

If someone could see the Queen Mother's face through the curtains and veil at this time, they would definitely see the unconcealable horror in her eyes.

The Queen Mother knew very clearly at this moment that once she obstructed this reform, the Legalists would definitely use the most drastic measures with Fang.

The Holy Road has been sealed. Fang Yun and the Legalists have only this path to choose. Anyone who stands in the way will be crushed.

Cao De'an looked at the Queen Mother and then at the Legalists.

As a veteran of the three dynasties of Jingguo, Cao De'an's understanding of political affairs and bureaucracy far surpassed that of Fang Yun.

At first, he just thought that Fang Yun was using the Zajia family to bring out the Legalists. However, if he thought about it more deeply, wasn't it that Fang Yun was forcing the Legalists to integrate into Jingguo, or was he using the Legalists to fight against the Zajia family?

Cao De'an suddenly felt at ease when he thought of this.

Because Cao De'an has a principle of establishing himself since he became an official, and he retreats when faced with difficulties.

Therefore, he was able to remain undefeated when Liu Shan was in power, and he was able to remain undefeated when Fang Yun was in power.

Cao De'an still doesn't know Fang Yun's true purpose, and he can't even understand why Fang Yun does what he does, but his principles tell him that there is no need to care about this kind of thing, because Fang Yun's strength and realm far exceed him. No matter what kind of conspiracy Fang Yun used, he, the right-wing prime minister, was completely unable to fight against him. It was better to continue to follow Fang Yun as before.

You don’t have to think too much and you will feel at ease.

In fact, the very few Legalist officials present had realized that Fang Yun was also using Legalism.

However, they can only continue to fully support Fang Yun, because the benefits Fang Yun brings to the Legalists are so great that the Legalists are willing to follow Fang Yun's footsteps despite knowing that he is being manipulated by Fang Yun.

Fang Yun plays chess, and hundreds of families are sons.

The Queen Mother let out a long sigh and said, "Please also ask Fang Xusheng to elaborate on this final innovation."

Fang Yun said: "Rule the country according to law."

The Queen Mother remained silent.

At first, all the illegal officials frowned and the legal officials smiled. But after a few breaths, all the officials began to think deeply.

Not long after, Cai He finally couldn't help it and asked: "Xiang Fang, are you following the law or following the law?"

"According to the law." Fang Yun replied.

Cai He nodded slightly.

Only then did the Queen Mother realize the difference between following the law and following the law.

The smile on the Legalist official's face disappeared.

The law has always been considered a tool of Legalism. If the country is governed by law, it is almost equivalent to using Legalism to govern the country, which can easily lead to a situation where the Legalists dominate the country.

If the country is governed according to the law, it is different. The entire court is governing the country according to the law, and the collective is governed by the law, not according to Legalism. Legalism is only one of the collectives, and its actual status will be lower than the law.

The law is higher than legalism.

This means that Legalists do not have a monopoly on law.

Legalist officials are full of contradictions. If the country is governed according to law, the power of Legalists will be great, but from another perspective, their status will be somewhat reduced.

"Please give Fang Xusheng a detailed explanation," the Queen Mother said.

Fang Yun said: "It's very simple. The Dali Yuan is independent of the cabinet and strictly follows the laws. However, the formulation and adoption of laws are left to the cabinet. Moreover, every official and even every political scholar has the right to submit letters. Every scholar and even every ordinary person is qualified to discuss it.”

Most people who have contacted Fang Yun's "Political History" understand that this is a law of separation of powers, but the division is not thorough enough. According to the book, the Dali Yuan has the judicial power, focusing mainly on the judicial power, while the cabinet has both legislative power. power, and also holds administrative power.

The officials also understand that this is innovation, not reconstruction. If they really fully learn the ways of decentralizing power from some ethnic groups, big problems will inevitably arise in Jingguo.

Based on the actual situation of Jingguo, the most correct way is to absorb and integrate excellent foreign parts.

In the thousands of years of human history, some things have become deeply ingrained, even reaching deep into the bloodline. If you completely copy the patterns of foreign races, you will definitely die.

A scholar lives, a scholar dies, that's how everything goes.

Many officials fell into deep thought. The Dali Yuan was independent of the cabinet. To put it another way, the Dali Yuan was independent of the imperial court and even the royal family. In terms of status, it was equal to the cabinet.

The power and status of the Dali Yuan can no longer be increased.

The Legalist official carefully chewed the meaning of Fang Yun's words and couldn't help but look happy.

In fact, what Legalists hate most is the endless interference and control of Legalists by other officials of the imperial court.

Before everyone could fully figure it out, Fang Yun said: "Of course, this matter should not be rushed. It should be improved slowly from top to bottom. It may take decades, or even hundreds of years, before Jingguo can truly rule the country according to law. And the truth He believes that the primary purpose now is to formulate a fundamental plan for the country The law, or the supreme law, can be named the constitution, which serves as the basis for all laws and regulations. If my prediction is correct, once Jingguo decides to formulate a constitution, then the power of Legalism will inevitably increase, and the national destiny will inevitably become stronger. Can withstand the Holy Dao of the Za family."

Zhang Poyue glanced at the Legalists with slight dissatisfaction and said: "I dare to ask the Legalists, our Jingguo supports the Legalists so much, why don't the Legalists use the power of the Holy Way to resist the Zajia's Holy Way suppression?"

A Legalist official smiled bitterly and said: "To fight against the Zajia Holy Way, you need the consent of all the Pavilion Elders in the Xing Palace to take action. But now, one Pavilion Elder objects and one Pavilion Elder abstains, so the Legalists cannot help Jingguo directly resist. However, as long as Jingguo cooperates with the Legalists, it will indirectly help Jingguo. "

The other officials were silent. In fact, everyone now knew that in the eyes of the Criminal Court and the Legalists, Jingguo was not worthy of help.

The entire Jingguo was just a test field.

The reason why the Legalists supported Jingguo so much was all because of one person.

Fang Yun.

The Queen Mother asked: "As long as we unite with the Legalists, can we resist the Holy Dao Seal of the Miscellaneous Family?"

Fang Yun shook his head and said: "It is impossible to resist it with just this."

"Does the Lord Fang have a complete plan?"

"No."

"What if it fails?"

"Failure is failure, no different from other losers. Standing at the end of a wrong road, let the later generations know that this road is blocked, and you will not live in vain." Fang Yun's tone was very calm.

Others felt nervous when they heard it, and at the same time felt that Fang Yun was really a hero.

The Queen Mother was also stunned. She didn't expect Fang Yun to not care about failure at all. She even thought that even if he failed, he could help the later generations and still make contributions to the human race.

The Queen Mother remembered what Zhao Hongzhuang said a few days ago.

I will die only a foot high, but I will be ten inches closer to the sky!

The Queen Mother suddenly showed a look of shame on her face. She didn't think she had done anything wrong, but she didn't expect that she was so different from Zhao Hongzhuang and Fang Yun.

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "Fang Xusheng, just go ahead and do it. Within three days, come up with a draft constitution. Perhaps it will trigger changes in the Holy Way."

The officials secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and they all hoped that the Legalist Holy Way would grow stronger.

However, a few senior officials who knew the Holy Way had ripples in their eyes.

If Fang Yun really did it, it would not be as simple as a change in the Holy Way.