The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

In the prison, one after another, people who committed serious crimes hit the wall and committed suicide.

Those habitual criminals who committed minor crimes came to their senses and expressed their desire to start a new life, compensate the families they had harmed, and were determined to study.

Only four people kept repeating that they were wronged.

Fang Yun recited the words of heaven, but listened to everything.

After reading "The Analects of Confucius", Fang Yun did not read the other classics of Confucius, but first read the "Law Classics", the first complete legalist book of the human race, and then recited the "Law Code of Li Mu" by the semi-saint Shang Yang.

Then five more people committed suicide, and one of the four people who cried out for injustice suddenly cursed Fang Yun, admitting that he had committed a crime, but refused to admit it, and then he could no longer hear Fang Yun's voice.

Fang Yun has a heart, and the words of heaven are spiritual.

"The Analects of Confucius" contains "there is no distinction between classes", and "The Book of Changes" also has "things are divided into groups".

Fang Yun did not eat lunch, but drank some water and began to recite "The Book of History" again.

Outside the window of Fang Yun's cell, a large number of jailers gathered unknowingly. Even Huo Siyu, the highest official of Tiger Prison, was wearing a thick cotton jacket and sitting outside with a chair.

At first, some jailers sat on stools, but in the end, no one sat down. Even Huo Siyu quietly ordered people to move the chairs and stand to listen to the sutra.

As for the two Jinshi from the Criminal Hall, they stood outside at the beginning of Fang Yun, listening to the sutra with their hands down. The two knew best what it meant for a Jinshi to speak the words of heaven.

It was about to enter the cold winter, and Tiger Prison was not protected by the talent of the Holy Temple. It was originally very cold, but gradually, the temperature of the entire Tiger Prison began to rise.

There were only morning and noon meals in the prison, no dinner, adhering to the ancient people's habit of not eating after noon.

Fang Yun kept reciting the classics of the saints. During this period, he never stopped except drinking water. He kept reciting until midnight, and then reviewed his lessons in the world of strange books, writing poems, scriptures and articles, and finally only slept for one hour.

The great scholar could not seal the world of strange books.

Giving roses to others leaves a lingering fragrance on your hands. Fang Yun found that after reciting scriptures and preaching, his understanding of the classics of the saints deepened a little.

Next, Fang Yun recited the classics of the saints and preached in the words of heaven every day, and then studied in the world of strange books until the early morning.

Fang Yun recited scriptures in prison, and he didn't know that the capital had undergone earth-shaking changes because of him.

There were as many as 30,000 students on strike at Jingguo Academy.

Every morning, students headed by Qiao Juze, a Jinshi, gathered outside the Huqiu Prison, blocking half of the street.

Most of the people here are Juren and Jinshi, and also include many years of scholars. New scholars and students can't hold on for long in Huqiu Prison Street.

Every noon, restaurants and hotels all over the capital will send some waiters to carry food boxes to deliver meals. The thousands of students here are not only not hungry, but because there are too many food boxes, they often have to give meals to the poor families around them.

These people did not shout or yell, nor did they curse or make a fuss, but people who knew each other gathered together to talk about books and papers.

The people would not use any violent or radical means, as long as they could get the "Wen Bao" on the first day of December to publish the matter, they would achieve their goal.

The scholars, led by Zhang Chengyu, a Jinshi from Shangshe, wrote a large number of "Petitions for Fang Yun" every day. In addition to redressing Fang Yun's grievances, they also scolded the Zong family, the Lei family, the Sima family, the Zuo Xiang and the Meng family.

Some people were responsible for copying the "Petition" and others were responsible for distributing it to various places in the capital.

Xuanting Bookstore has monopolized the book vendors in the Ten Kingdoms. Not only did the book vendors in the capital begin to send "Petition", but all places in the Ten Kingdoms where there were Xuanting Bookstore book vendors were silently sending "Petition".

The news spread, and the Ten Kingdoms were in an uproar. Countless scholars began to publish articles to criticize the Ministry of Justice, Zuo Xiang, the Lei family, the Sima family, the Zong family and the Meng family.

The next day, all kinds of news were circulating.

A team of 1,000 scholars from Qiguo Academy will rush to Jingguo to seek justice for Fang Yun.

Hundreds of thousands of scholars in Kongcheng went on strike for a day, shouting "Down with the treacherous, release Fang Yun" under the Daofengshan Holy Court. Some even wrote blood letters to remonstrate with the Holy Court.

The distant nephew of Zuo Xiang was beaten by a group of masked men.

Dozens of people from Qingguo betrayed their country, announced their joining of Jingguo, and issued a manifesto to curse the Zongsheng family. Finally, they rushed to the capital together, waiting to see Fang Yun for the last time before going north to fight the barbarians.

Officials from all over Jingguo sent letters like snow. Hundreds of officials impeached Zuo Xiang and Yuan Su, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. The censors of the Supervisory Court kept writing memorials. One censor set a record of writing 27 impeachment memorials in one day.

Ao Huang spoke as a special envoy of the East China Sea Dragon Palace. The East China Sea Dragon Palace cut off all contacts with the Zong family, the Meng family, the Sima family, and the Zuo Xiang and other families. Ao Huang also issued a personal statement that he would beat up the bastards of the Lei family one by one.

The candidates of Jingguo gathered in the capital one after another. Hundreds of candidates had signed a petition, saying that if Fang Yun was not released, the imperial examination would be cancelled.

The scholars of Jiangzhou were running around.

Outside the Jingguo Palace, petitions from the people had covered half of Xuanwu Avenue, and people from Jingguo from all over the country came one after another, just to leave their names on it.

One thing after another in support of Fang Yun was staged in the Ten Kingdoms...

However, no important figures from the Saint Family came forward.

Under pressure, the Criminal Court announced that it would dismiss the Meng family's accusation that Fang Yun killed the evil king, and only accepted the accusation that Fang Yun robbed the Meng family's property, and the accusation was passed on to Fang Yun by the Jinshi of the Criminal Court.

As time went by, Fang Yun continued to recite scriptures and study in prison, while the actions outside the prison to rescue Fang Yun became more and more intense. There were even scholars standing outside the Zuo Xiang's gate and singing famous poems from the Book of Songs, such as "Shuo Shu", "Ban", "Dang", etc. to satirize Zuo Xiang.

Zuo Xiang was a bachelor, and scholars only dared to ridicule him. However, Yuan Su, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Justice, was in bad luck. A large number of scholars threw rotten meat and vegetables into his house. Every time he went out, he would be surrounded by people who would laugh at him. Some people even competed in writing limericks. Ridiculed Yuan Su.

Although Yuan Su was a member of the Imperial Academy, he did not dare to hurt anyone. If he were not careful at this time, he would be caught by the Empress Dowager, Prime Minister Wen and others, and would be sent to prison directly, leaving the right minister in charge of the punishment department.

Yu Shangshu, the Minister of Punishment, was trapped in Yanzhou by King Kang and could not leave.

After Fang Yun chanted sutras for many days, the Tiger Prison gradually received the power of the temple and was no longer cold.

The temperature in the tiger prison rises, the corpses rot, pests and rats are infested, sewage flows, and the stench fills the sky.

At first, the jailer didn't care. Later, at the strong request of the Jinshi of the Penal Hall, he had to hire outsiders to enter the underground prison and clean it a little, but the stench was still there.

It stands to reason that there would be a plague in the dungeon, but no one got sick, especially the three wronged people, who were stronger than before.

Two Jinshi of Xingdian delivered two identical letters to the Holy Court respectively.

"Suspected to be angry."

On the morning of November 30th, there was only one day left before the Jinshi Examination, and the weather was sunny.

All the prisoners and jailers arrived outside the dungeon early as usual, and the four jailers continued to deliver prison meals. However, starting from two days ago, the grain cakes in the prison meals were no longer moldy and were steamed with slightly inferior old grains.

After dinner, everyone waited quietly for Fang Yun to chant.

Fang Yun rested for a moment, stretched out a long stretch, let out a long yawn, and stood up lazily, but then he focused his eyes, straightened his waist, and bowed towards the direction of the temple.

"Student Fang Yun was framed for delaying rescuing an unjust person. He originally wanted to wait for the Holy Academy to clear up the situation, but unexpectedly, the student was a candidate for the Jinshi Examination this year and had already applied for it. The student wanted to imitate the "Spring and Autumn" prison sentence as a candidate, If you pass the examination and get first place in Huiyuan, you can atone for your crime; if you fail, your punishment will be doubled!"

The Spring and Autumn Judgment Prison was created by the semi-sage Dong Zhongshu, who judged cases based on the concepts of Confucius and Saints. Although this move angered Legalists, because not all cases were judged in this way, Legalists did not completely prohibit it, and it was gradually implemented in some countries.

Later, "poetry and prose" were formed. As long as it was not a serious crime, candidates who took the exam at that time could write poetry to atone for their sins. They first qualified for the imperial examination, and then if they got the first place in the local imperial examination, they could atone for their sins.

There are many crimes that are prohibited in the poem's apology. Fang Yun's only "failure to save someone in the face of death" and "robbing the Meng family's property" are not included in the crimes that cannot be forgiven.

In the past ten years, at least thousands of scholars from the ten countries have written poems to atone for their sins, but only a dozen or so have succeeded. Only one person in Jingguo succeeded, and he was the famous Jinshi Wei Yuhuang. He personally delivered the invitation to the Double Ninth Festival literary party to Fang.

Poetry and prose must be approved by Dongsheng, Xingdiange and the royal family of the country who are responsible for the standing affairs of the Holy Court.

The identification process between the Dongsheng and Jingguo royal families was extremely simple, but Xingdiange was different.

Except for the "Honorary Pavilion Elder", who is also appointed by all the saints, the Real Power Pavilion is all Legalist Confucianism.

Legalist families such as Li Kui's family, Shang Yang's family, Li Si's family, Han Fei's family, etc. control seven of the nine pavilion elders, while the other two are held by Legalist scholars who are not from aristocratic families.

The Hall of Punishment is the strictest palace institution in the Holy Court, and it is also the highest investigation, law enforcement and trial agency of the human race.

The Xingdian Pavilion is the highest organization in the Xingdian. Once major or controversial matters are encountered, the elders of the Pavilion will vote. Poetry is one of them.

A Jinshi of the Xingdian outside the dungeon clapped his hands and laughed. He stretched out his hand to another Jinshi of the Xingdian and said: "I have known for a long time that Fang Yun would use Spring and Autumn Judgment and Poems to atone for his sins. Brother Qiu, your dragon's blood inkstone It's mine."

Another Xingdian Jinshi muttered: "As far as I know, the Xingdian Pavilion has been closed to the outside world and is discussing changes to the laws of the Holy Court. You have to know that every discussion of the laws of the Holy Court will last for half a month. Unless the human race is big Disaster."

"It's good if you can atone for your crimes with poetry. If you can't, I believe that Fang Zhenguo will never have only one plan. Let's wait and see what happens."

"Too."

At the same time, all officials of the third rank or above of Jingguo received a letter from the temple, conveying that Fang Yun wanted to petition for poetry to atone for his crime.

Zuo Xiangfu.

After reading the letter from the Holy Temple, Liu Shan smiled lightly and looked out the window thoughtfully.

"After all, you are a young phoenix. If you are too late, Zongsheng has already arranged the execution palace to block your retreat! Not only that, even if you don't have the 'Exemption Order', the Queen Mother will give it to you. People say that once you use it If you lose the exemption order, we can use the next trick to block your retreat again!"

"I am riddled with infamy, and the luck that Jingguo blessed me with has dropped by 30%, but I will not hesitate to break my body for the sake of the Za family's plan!"

On Daofeng Mountain, in the Holy Courtyard.

The Dongsheng rang the holy bell, which spread throughout the world and only reached the ears of the saints.

"Discuss destiny." A deep voice spread throughout the Holy Courtyard.

In the thousands of years of human history, the issue of Jinshi has never been discussed before.