The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2568 The Origin of Law

Then, Gao Mo spread his hands, clear light spread, divine light rose, and a translucent bamboo slip emerged.

The bamboo slip was yellow and had black characters on it. It was particularly old, but it exuded a huge atmosphere.

The entire venue was shrouded by the power of the projection of "Shangjunshu".

Suddenly, a Jinshi screamed shrilly and ran out desperately.

In an instant, a set of bloody shackles fell from the sky and landed on the man, trapping him firmly in place. Then, the people from the Criminal Hall went forward and took the man away.

The people of the Legalists looked at the man as if they were watching a play, expressionless.

However, the scholars from other families were still frightened.

Everyone knew that the man must be a spy from the demon world, and was close to being a rebellious species.

As powerful as the Holy Temple, without anyone presiding, it can only tell whether a person is completely rebellious, but cannot tell whether a person is rebellious against the human race and colluding with demons and barbarians.

However, the Legalists' holy way classics are very discerning and will not be deceived by anyone.

As soon as Gao Mo let go, the projection of "The Book of Lord Shang" flew to the sky and levitated, emitting a faint light. The aura became less powerful, gentle, and reassuring.

With the book of the Holy Way of Shang Yang, the semi-saint of the Legalists, there will be no more accidents in this literary gathering.

Gao Mo glanced at the millions of people in front of him and said, "You all know that the reason why this Holy Way Literary Meeting was held is because Fang Xusheng established the "Constitution", which made my Legalist Holy Way flourish. The Holy Way is expanding and strengthening, but the growth of our Legalist scholars is far less than that of the Holy Way, because our understanding of the Legalist Holy Way is already backward. This Holy Way Literary Meeting is to gather the strength of the human race's Legalists to jointly explore the Legalist Holy Way."

After a pause, Gao Mo continued, "This Holy Way Literary Meeting will be opened by Fang Yun Fang Xusheng, the founder of the Jingguo Constitution. Now, please welcome Fang Xusheng."

In the expectation of everyone, Fang Yun slowly walked to the middle of the high platform and stood behind a table, like a teacher teaching.

Fang Yun looked at the millions of scholars, a sea of ​​black, countless pairs of eyes like stars in the sky.

Fang Yun smiled slightly, pointed to the sky, and said with thunder: "Thank you very much for rushing to Jingguo under the seal of the Zajia. It made me understand one thing, all unjust enemies are paper tigers. Thinking of the human traitor discovered by "The Book of Lord Shang", I suddenly understood why there is no Zajia scholar here."

Everyone laughed, no one expected Fang Yun to mock the Zajia first at the Legalist Saint Way Conference.

Fang Yun continued, "Originally, I was reluctant to attend the Legalist's Holy Way Literature Meeting. After all, a Confucian disciple like me who values ​​etiquette is rejected by the Legalists. However, the Legalists actually invited me earnestly, and I couldn't help but think deeply. Even the Legalists didn't reject me, so are those who reject me more Legalist than the Legalists?"

Everyone laughed again, and some Legalists laughed so hard that they fell down. They didn't expect Fang Yun to first mock the Miscellaneous School as a paper tiger and even implied that the Miscellaneous School's actions were equivalent to helping the monsters, and then mocked the Lidian for not knowing how to judge people, and would rather force their own people to the opponent without knowing how to treat them well.

There were some great Confucian scholars in the Lidian present, all with smiles on their faces, quite graceful, without the slightest anger, as for what they were thinking, no one knew.

Fang Yun then pretended to look around and asked, "May I ask if His Majesty Qingjun has come?"

Many people shouted that they hadn't come.

Fang Yun sighed in disappointment and said, "What a pity, we specially prepared Jingguo's dinner for him."

Everyone laughed again. After Qing Jun swallowed the fish monster's toes, he was laughed at by the scholars on the discussion list. Qing Jun's dinner became a joke. Dishes named Qing Jun's dinner appeared in various places, including braised pig's trotters, stinky mandarin fish, etc.

There were many Qingguo scholars present. Some laughed along, and some smiled very politely. However, no one ran out to scold Fang Yun, because they all knew that this was to liven up the atmosphere. It was very common at the beginning of the human race's literary gatherings, but it was unprecedented for someone like Fang Yun to even confront the miscellaneous family, the ritual hall, and the king.

Fang Yun saw that the atmosphere was almost lively, so he restrained his smile and said, "Let's talk about business after the small talk."

Everyone present also restrained their smiles one after another, holding their breath, and the whole venue immediately became unusually quiet.

"I am not a major student of Legalism, but a minor student, so I tend to look at Legalism from a non-Legalist perspective. As for the origin of law, there is still no consensus, and I dare not say that there is a final conclusion. I am just talking about my personal opinion."

Legalists are better, but those who are not Legalists are full of curiosity, because they rarely hear people talk about the origin of law.

Fang Yun said: "Those who have read some of my articles know that I am used to roughly dividing the development of the human race into two periods. The first period is the primitive period, and the second period is the national period. We can now clearly determine that before the establishment of the first country, there was no concept of law. Laws are provisions formulated by those in power after the establishment of the country. Their original purpose is to maintain the rule of those in power."

Hearing Fang Yun's words, many Legalists' expressions changed slightly. After all, this statement somewhat vilifies Legalism, but it is true.

"But did law arise out of thin air after the emergence of the state? Some people think that law should have nothing to do with everything before it, but most people still believe that there are some things in primitive society that are the roots of law. Take Han Feizi and Han Sheng as an example. He believes that, In primitive times, there were few people, but they got enough food There was plenty of clothing, food, and fur clothing, and everyone actually had plenty of wealth. During the national period, the population increased dramatically, and more food, clothing, and other items were needed. Many people were short of food and clothing. They have to fight, and in order to prevent these people from fighting, there are laws.”

"Actually, due to the development of archeology, we understand more and more about the primitive period. Except for a very small number of ethnic groups who occupied a superior natural environment, the human race was not considered rich in food, clothing and other items at that time. Of course, we understand that Han Sheng It’s just your intention, there’s no need to be serious.”

"Some people believe that law was created by ancient hidden saints, while others believe that law is a product of the natural development of human beings, or that law originated from the contract of primitive humans. If we study primitive society carefully, we will find that, in fact, that At that time, the human race had already followed certain rules For example, if strong young people participate in hunting, they will eat more meat, while old, young, women and children will eat less meat. Compared with eating more meat, eating less meat is actually a disguised punishment. . But we can’t call it a law, we can only call it a primitive rule.”

"If we list all the primitive rules, we will find that these primitive rules are inextricably related to the law. This is a fact that no one can deny."

Most people listened with interest when Fang Yun was telling the origin of Legalism in popular language, but Legalist scholars smelled something unusual.