Chapter 144 Guan Zhong·The Rule of Law (4,000)

Feng Yun smiled slightly and asked Zou Yan to continue reading.

I continued to watch Gao Tao's punishment.

Gaotao not only created the five punishments, but also the five religions - fatherly righteousness, motherly kindness, brothers and friends, brotherly respect, and son's filial piety.

This is to understand the five punishments and to annihilate the five teachings.

And it has a strong emphasis on the people - if the people are at ease, the people will benefit and the people will cherish it.

In addition, there is the attitude of judicial impartiality.

These are all things Feng Yun nodded and praised.

And after that——

"The order of heaven is polite."

"Destiny is virtuous."

"God punishes the guilty."

Feng Yun frowned slightly.

"Who is it today? It's just the person in power."

No matter how we attach great importance to the people, no matter how much we implement the five punishments and five religions, no matter how much justice is provided.

But as long as another "Heaven" is placed on top of it, it will no longer have its own identity, and everything will be empty talk. Those in power can use the name of "Heaven" to conquer those below.

Feng Yun shook his head.

"Rituals are determined by people, virtues are established by people, and crimes are judged by people. This is the fairness of people, rather than being decided by heaven."

"But people are different, just like yellow clay and clouds. What they think and say are all very different. Perhaps this is the reason why people can conquer nature in the world."

God, it depends on the word.

People argue on their own.

Feng Yun thought that the people in power who represented the sky were all divided. Even simple tribes needed patriarchs to formulate rules, let alone the people of the entire world.

"This is the origin of Tian, ​​a character that most people have to believe in."

…

After thinking about the destiny of punishment, in the blink of an eye, it was already noon.

Feng Yun is preparing to eat.

But I heard footsteps coming from outside.

I saw the old gentleman from yesterday writing a silk book and sitting eagerly on his knees at the low table opposite Feng Yun.

"Master Feng, yesterday I heard about your decision on Baiyue's lack of punishment and the current situation of Baiyue. I thought hard all night..."

Feng Yun saw that the old gentleman's hair was messy and his eyes were black and blue, which showed that he had stayed up all night, but his eyes were bright, he was not aware of the excitement, and he felt that he was searching for the path.

"Fengjun, take a quick look. Is this punishment likely to cure Baiyuehu?"

The old gentleman spread the silk book in front of Feng Yun and let Feng Yun look at it.

Zou Yan on the side muttered: "Master Yun hasn't eaten yet."

The old gentleman looked ashamed.

Feng Yun said: "When it comes to Taoism, one lives by eating literature. If one doesn't eat corn, he won't feel lacking."

Upon hearing this, the old gentleman saluted.

Feng Yun returned the gift and picked up the criminal code written on the silk book.

The remarks were orderly, and detailed class penalties were formulated according to the categories of people of the tribe, officials of the ten tribes, big families in the tribe, clansmen, armored generals, craftsmen, hunting...

In response, Feng Yun frowned slightly.

He denied it.

"No such thing."

The old gentleman was slightly angry.

"Fengjun just said no after reading a few words. What do you mean?"

Feng Yun pushed the silk book to the old gentleman.

"It's just a copy of the punishments in "Zhou Rites" to classify people in Baiyue. Different people have different methods. It's far from the ancient Gao Tao."

"This..." The old gentleman was speechless.

Feng Yun continued: "I told the old gentleman that Baiyue's matter is almost the same as that of Gaotao."

"During the Gaotao period, could the punishment be different for the lower people?"

"His Gao Tao was fair and had a reputation for great virtue, but the old gentleman's first words erased this virtue of justice."

Feng Yun shook his head.

But the old gentleman was still mumbling words.

"The great virtue...justice...doesn't it mean that the king also...hiss!"

As if suddenly enlightened, the old gentleman was stunned on the spot.

When Feng Yun saw this, he stood up and put his hand to his lips, making a gesture of silence.

Then he waved his hand and led Zou Yan out of the palace.

"Master Yun, who is he?"

Feng Yun didn't squint his eyes and walked towards the side hall where the food was served.

"A seeker, I just talked with him about the punishment of Gaotao."

"Oh..." Zou Yan felt that it was more than that.

He looked back through the window and saw the old gentleman thinking hard.

"Hoo!" The cold wind was biting.

"After eating, come with me to visit Tongcheng..."

"promise…"

After eating, Feng Yun did not let Manwa escort him, but took Zou Yan with him to the streets of Tongcheng.

On the streets, few people were idle. Only in the guesthouses near Yi Chuan were the original traveling merchants and people traveling far away.

Guesthouses providing food and lodging existed in the Shang Dynasty and continued in the Zhou Dynasty.

At this time, in the guesthouse, many people from other countries were drinking wine around the fire and talking about affairs in various countries.

Feng Yun was dressed in a curved train and a tiger-skin cloak. He was handsome in color, which made him look special when he came here, attracting the whole room to look at him.

Sitting next to a separate stove with Zou Yan, he asked the host of the guest house for some warm wine and side dishes, and then slowly listened to the sounds around him.

However, after Feng Yun came, he mostly chatted with him.

Only...

"Have you heard that the Yangyue Kingdom has stationed troops to the west of Penglize? Now the Han Kingdom and the Baiyue Kingdom have formed an alliance to defend Yangyue from being attacked."

"Yang Yue?"

"If we want to fight, we won't hit Tongguo. There is still Yingfang in front of us!"

Seeing Feng Yun just sitting and warming himself by the fire, these people found it boring and continued to talk about the strange things they had encountered.

However, after someone made the announcement in advance, everyone in the hall was distracted.

"Hey, why can't you beat Tongguo?"

"Look, didn't Mr. Feng come to Tongguo yesterday? I see, he just came to discuss Yang Yue."

"If I tell you, if Lord Feng goes to Yingfang, Yingfang will definitely agree to form an alliance. At that time, among the Penglize countries next to Yangyue, only Tong will not form an alliance. At that time, there will be no war with Tong.

who?"

The man whispered softly and added: "I was in the Yingfang Kingdom before. Because of the Yangyue incident, the king of the Yingfang Kingdom was preparing to send envoys to Tong and Han to form an alliance directly."

"But, Lord Feng now holds the seal of the two countries and is passing through Tong Kingdom to go to the British side. At this time, the British monarch is eagerly looking forward to it..."

After the man finished speaking, he glanced at Feng Yun.

"When I was in the British side, I also heard that Han State was targeting Peng Lize's country because Jingchu to the west was targeting Jingchu... If I could meet Feng Jun, I would definitely tell him the news and see what he thought.

, how to resist Yang Yue..."

Feng Yun was surprised.

Is Jing Chu targeting Yang Yue?

Feng Yun was currently living in the Palace of Classics, and it was not easy to meet him and work closely with him. Even the guards around him were guarded by people from the Tong Kingdom.
To be continued...