Li Zhan was startled and stared at Ying Cheng with twitching face.
But Chun Yuyue stood up and was excited. This was undoubtedly Ying Cheng's great kindness. He was happy even if he scolded him not only once, but even ten times.
"The correct interpretation of Dalu Ling's theory, which is to use laws to govern filial piety, is actually putting the cart before the horse."
Hearing this, Li Zhan was about to fight back.
Ying Cheng raised his hand to stop him, turned around and asked Chunyu Yue with a smile: "Then I just insulted you with my words. Are you not angry or ready to report me?"
"What the great law and order said is entirely reasonable, and I have absolutely no intention of doing so." Chunyu Yue hurriedly replied.
Ying Cheng asked strangely: "That's strange. I didn't follow filial piety first, but you complimented me with words and were cautious. Then how are you going to implement filial piety and make me follow filial piety and respect you as master?"
"Well, Dalu Ling has a noble status. How can he be similar to us? I don't dare to be an official." Shusun Tong hurriedly stepped forward and said.
Ying Cheng asked again: "So, the implementation of filial piety is coming to an end with me. Can I not abide by filial piety?"
"This is to teach them with virtue and correct them with rectification." Shusun Tong replied with fear.
Ying Cheng smiled and asked: "Then I just don't listen. No matter how you educate me, I always insult you. What should you do?"
Chunyu Yue had a look of embarrassment on his face, and Shusun Tong hurriedly replied: "Supplement it with the law."
Ying Cheng turned to look at Li Zhan again and asked, "How does Tingwei think I should be judged for not obeying my filial piety just now?"
Li Zhan took a deep breath and did not dare to speak. Yan Huai stepped forward and hurriedly replied: "Cut your tongue and send you into exile. Let your family members go with you and provide you with meals according to the law!"
Ying Cheng shook his head and said: "I don't accept it. I just said a word and my tongue was cut out and I was exiled. Besides, do you think it was wrong for me to insult you?"
"This, I think is correct!" Yan Huai replied with fear.
Ying Cheng asked strangely: "Then why do you convict me based on this?"
With that said, Ying Cheng turned to look at Shusun Tong and asked: "And how can you supplement it with the law so that I can respect you?"
"A slight punishment is not enough to make me fear and respect you. A sentence that is too severe is not enough to make me convinced, and my dissatisfaction is even worse."
"And this is just a random example at this time. There are tens of thousands of such things in the world. How do we balance the law and etiquette?"
"Filial piety is a gift of virtue. If you force people to fulfill their filial piety, it will be counterproductive."
"However, I don't follow the filial piety. As a court lieutenant and as a master, you can't control me. Why?"
"Because I am your majesty's grandson and belong to the royal family, you have no right to judge me!"
"Might Tingwei have forgotten that you are still my second uncle, and I have never been half-kind to you. I have repeatedly spoken harshly to you, and you can't do anything to me. Why?"
"I have an identity!"
"So, no matter whether etiquette education is supplemented by the law, or etiquette education is strengthened by the law, you still can't do anything to me!"
"Even though I was trying to subjugate the country at that time, I am still alive and well. So what about etiquette and law?"
"Everyone, we are discussing law and etiquette now, not debating right and wrong."
"I think what the Central Protector said is very good, and he should implement it into practice!"
"What Mr. Gongshu said does not make sense. Those who benefit our Great Qin for all ages are good, and those who are detrimental to our Great Qin for all ages are bad!"
Ying Cheng shook his head with his hands behind his back and returned to his seat with a sigh.
Li Zhan's brows furrowed.
Chun Yuyue also frowned.
Ying Cheng's words hit them on the head like a heavy punch.
Supreme law!
Highest gift!
This is what gives them the confidence to dare their ancestors.
After continuous improvement by the sages of the past dynasties, it can be used as knowledge that serves a country.
So fire and water are incompatible.
But now.
When Ying Cheng discusses laws and etiquette, regardless of right or wrong, he must start from a high point and implement it down to the ground.
"What kind of advice does Dalu Ling have? You might as well tell it and listen to it!" Master Chang Shiling stood up and asked softly.
He didn't want to intervene prematurely, but this reached an impasse and he had to push forward the process.
Li Zhan also hurriedly added: "That's right, since Dalu Ling's words are solid, you might as well say it and let us see how Dalu Ling views the law and etiquette."
Suddenly.
The central guards Yang Hong, Gongshu Qiu, Zhang Rang, Chun Yuyue, and Shusun Tong also looked at Ying Cheng.
This law and etiquette was proposed by Ying Cheng.
They also wanted to hear what Ying Cheng meant.
"I have no idea!"
Ying Cheng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I don't know whether the law or etiquette is right or wrong. I don't know how to position the law and etiquette."
"Rites are invisible and law is ruthless. They are one and the same, but they are at odds with each other. There is no answer!"
Hearing this, everyone was about to glare and ask.
But it was Ying Cheng who whispered softly, 'When you lift off the fig leaf of the literati, you will find that the history books are full of Spring and Autumn brushwork!'.
Then he raised his head, thought about something, and said in a loud voice:
"Because neither I, you, nor everyone here has the ability to determine other people's understanding of etiquette."
"The legal principles have limits, both kindness and power are given, etiquette and law tolerate affection, and the emperor's grace is vast. Where this degree lies, it is not a broad concept."
"And what we can do is the standard of etiquette in the world."
"Tell the people of the world what etiquette is and its degree!"
"Under courtesy, I will bind you with the law."
"Above etiquette, I respect you with virtue."
Said.
Ying Cheng waved the brush in his hand and made a sharp horizontal stroke on the silk book, underneath the Law and Rituals.
"This line is the etiquette, the etiquette of my Great Qin!"
"We will set new standards of etiquette for this world!"
"Above, they are kind people in the Qin Dynasty, and I will treat them with courtesy; below, they will be treated as evil ghosts, and they will be eradicated by law!"
"If a father is unkind, his son is not guilty; if a son is unfilial, his father can be sued; if relatives and friends are cheating, he can be sued; if an official fails to act, the people can sue; if the people are unruly, officials can restrain him... We, for the sake of this world, establish etiquette!"
"The moral compass!"
"The law, I think it should be called law enforcement, gives 'Dingli' a knife to cut off all the evil in the world."
Wow!
Ying Cheng said in a loud voice, and circled the box with one stroke, enclosing the law and etiquette.
"And this is the country!"
"There are people and ghosts. Use rituals to distinguish humans and ghosts, and use magic to eliminate evil ghosts."
Boom!
Within the main hall!
The young master is pregnant!
Zuo Guang!
Yang Hong!
Gongshuqiu!
Zhang Rang!
Chunyu Yue!
Shu Sun Tong!
Li Zhan!
Yan Huai!
Meng Sheng!
Li Cheng!
…
All the educated people stared at the silk script hanging in front of them with shocked eyes.
The square frame is the country!
The horizontal line is a gift!
The best is good!
The devil below!
And the law is everywhere, all over the country!
It’s clear!
It’s clear!
Now it's completely clear.
Etiquette is inconclusive, virtue is inconclusive, and laws are ruthless.
There's no way to balance it at all.
The law is important but the etiquette is light, the etiquette is important but the law is light.
Searching ancient history, there is no answer!
But now, it's clear.
Ritual is the criterion. Draw a line of etiquette for the people of this world. This is the criterion line.
"A formal ceremony!"
Young Master Huai murmured in a low voice and stared at the silk book for a long time, unable to leave.
It seems that what I see is not just a pattern, but a Daqin and a world.
The unification of the world has unified too many things, but it has never unified one thing, etiquette!
The rituals and music of the Spring and Autumn Period collapsed, and the rituals of the princes and countries were different.
As a result, people's definitions of good and evil are also different.
but.
If etiquette were established in the world, everyone would know what kind of etiquette they should abide by.
Only in this way can the world be truly unified!
"A formal ceremony!"
Li Zhan murmured softly and could not leave for a long time.
One case after another flashes in my mind.
He is different from others. Tingwei is in charge of criminal law and judging cases, and has access to countless case files.
Before, he didn't understand why so many people violated the laws of Qin even though they were clearly strict.
Now, he understood that it was because those people didn't know what gifts were.
This is not about making laws based on etiquette.
Because etiquette is a criterion, and law is the executor.
As a legislator, we must strictly formulate the guidelines for this etiquette.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Chunyu Yue also seemed to be happy. If this was enacted, it could be said that this was a leap forward in their Confucian culture.
This also heralds that their Confucianism has officially entered the Great Qin Dynasty.
Ying Cheng did not mention the distinction between law and etiquette.
But now, it provides everyone with an idea.
A clear and seemingly reasonable idea.
"So, where does etiquette come from?"
"The emperor is the lord of the world and has the supreme right without equality."
"The emperor is a relative, one, that is, first-class!"
"Their relatives will be divided into the first and ninth ranks in turn!"
"Officials, who manage the world for the emperor, are second-rate, that is, second-rate and first-rate."
"The subordinate officials are divided into the second class and the ninth stream."
"The people are the common people of the Qin Dynasty, and they are three, that is, the third class and the first class."
"Those who have no officials below them are all civilians, and they are divided into three classes and nine streams."
"A slave is a slave of the Qin Dynasty. He is a fourth-class slave, that is, a first-class slave."
"Those below him and those who are guilty are all slaves, and they are divided into four classes and nine classes."
"Barbarians, all people who are not from our Great Qin are barbarians, that is, the fifth and first class."
"All of them are barbarians, and they are divided into five classes and nine streams."
"These five classes are the five classes of our Great Qin."
"Equals are passed down from generation to generation, thousands of people defend the country, three people are superior to others, and they will never stop!"
Ying Cheng's eyes flickered.
Dingli... has become a grand concept again. How to Dingli?
He thought about this issue for a long time and considered it carefully for a long time.
What kind of national policy should a centralized and boundless empire adopt?
He believes that class is the most appropriate.
Dingli means to establish a brand new class that can include everyone!
The Sangong and Jiuqing serve as the top-level framework, and the Ninth-Rank system serves as the official framework, breaking down the boundaries between classes into a sieve to form a stable rising and sinking framework.
That’s fifth grade!
There are five categories: emperors, officials, common people, slaves, and barbarians.
Give hope to the barbarians, integrate into the Chinese nation and become slaves, and they will become our good citizens.
Give slaves hope and work hard to become good citizens step by step.
Give good people hope, and every good citizen may become an official.
Give officials hope that every official can become a relative of the emperor.
And on this framework.
To perform a specific ‘Dingli’, what kind of moral etiquette should be observed, how it will rise, how it will sink, and what rights I can exercise!
"Class has always existed and has never been annihilated.
Equality only exists in myths and legends. In this case, why not give the world a hope!
Power is a beast, it must be imprisoned in a cage!
We must constantly improve this cage. With power comes responsibility, the use of power is subject to supervision, dereliction of duty must be held accountable, and violations of the law must be investigated.
We have revised it again and again so that Da Qin will not become a beast.
Let the people of the world know what rights they have, and let the rights be exercised under the sun."
"Open the cage, put the beast in, close the cage!"
"Today, no matter how strong the cage we make in this hall is, how many years can our Great Qin State Zuo last!"
"The country will be destroyed in two generations, or the country will be destroyed in all eternity, today!"
Ying Cheng's figure shines brightly under more than a dozen lamps of whale oil!
