Zong Ningbing took a step forward, looked at Fang Yun, his eyes red, and shouted: "No, no! In front of the two armies, humiliating the general, no commander can do such a thing to shake the morale of the army! Fang Xusheng, I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive Ye Tian this time! The dispute between him and you is just a verbal dispute and a dispute of will, there is no deep hatred. What's more, you are weak now, and Ye Tian can lend a hand to you in the next fight for the Ten Cold Kings and help the human race win the position of the Cold King. Without Ye Tian, the human race is equivalent to losing an arm!"
Another scholar from the clan stepped forward and said, "We sued Fang Xu Sheng before, but we were merciful, so we promised to punish him after he recovered. Now, we hope that Fang Xu Sheng and the other great scholars will punish Xiao Yetian after they fight for the title of Ten Cold King. As you all have seen, Xiao Yetian is not unwilling to accept the punishment, but we think that punishing a very important scholar at this moment is a form of fratricide!"
These words were spoken in a very balanced manner, and all those who supported Fang Yun were unable to refute them. Before, in order to help Fang Yun, the great scholars had used a delaying tactic, using Fang Yun's illness to delay the attack. Now the clan was also using this method. If they punished Xiao Yetian forcibly, it would be a bit too much.
The main family is shameless, but the grand secretaries of each family will not go to extremes unless necessary.
Xun Pingyang said: "This Xiao Yetian is healthy and has no disasters. His body is stronger than ordinary great scholars. It's okay to punish him now. You said that it shakes the morale of the army, but Confucius said that knowing shame is close to courage, and Fang Xusheng also said that knowing shame is the beginning of courage. If Xiao Yetian can know his mistakes and shame and follow the words of Confucius, he will surely work hard and strive to become the king of Shihan. If he is not punished, he will have a fluke mentality and I'm afraid he will just muddle through."
Although this statement makes sense, many people feel that it does not completely refute the Zong family's statement. In other words, what the Zong family said is more reasonable. Since Fang Xu Sheng's punishment can be postponed, then given Xiao Yetian's identity and role, his punishment should also be postponed.
Meng Jingye said, "I have something to say, which is like a thorn in my throat. I can't get it out until I get it out. At first glance, what you said makes sense. It's the same punishment, so why can't it be postponed? The fact is, Fang Xusheng did not make any mistakes! Fang Xusheng did benefit from the Ice Palace Mountain, which helped the human race enter the Ice Emperor Palace! So the so-called punishment, or the postponement of punishment, should not exist in the first place. Can we punish a person who is completely right? Obviously not. Throughout the whole thing, from beginning to end, the only one who made a mistake was Xiao Yetian. You put the correct Fang Xusheng and the wrong Xiao Yetian together and confuse them. It is not only ridiculous, but also wrong!"
After listening to Meng Jingye's words, many people suddenly realized and nodded. The essence of this matter was right and wrong, not whether the punishment should be postponed. No wonder he was a great scholar and was not affected by the sophistry of the Zong family, but they were almost persuaded by the Zong family.
After being exposed by Meng Jingye's words, the whole clan fell silent. Arguing with a great scholar would inevitably lead to a dilemma of losing more and more.
Xiao Yetian's face flushed with shame and annoyance. At this moment, he not only hated Fang Yun, but also hated Meng Jingye, and hated everyone who spoke for Fang Yun.
A great scholar of the human race, the greatest talent of the human race in the ancient land of Shihan, and a candidate for one of the four great talents of the generation, actually stood shirtless in the snow for such a long time. This alone was already a great humiliation.
Zong Ningbing sighed and said, "The saints taught us to treat our fellows with kindness and justice, but now it seems that only Saint Fangxu can find the way of 'kindness and justice'. We will not argue anymore. Please let Saint Fangxu make the decision. If you abandon kindness and justice, we have nothing to say."
The whole audience was in an uproar, and many scholars blamed Zong Ningbing.
Benevolence and righteousness are not only the holy doctrine of Confucianism, but also the goals that ordinary people should aspire to even if they cannot achieve them. Benevolence and righteousness may seem extremely empty, but in fact they are very specific. The way people get along with each other and the connection between people and things are all related to benevolence and righteousness.
If we do not mention benevolence and righteousness but only talk about laws, then we are treating everyone as soldiers, and puppet soldiers without any emotions at that.
The so-called benevolence and righteousness are determined by the "heart" of human beings and involve human emotions.
The great Confucian scholars of various schools of thought have reached a consensus that if humans really abandon benevolence and righteousness, the result will inevitably be chaos in the world, and it will never be an orderly world. Because during the Qin Dynasty, when the Legalists were at their most prosperous, there were a few Legalists who secretly practiced abandoning benevolence and righteousness, and getting rid of joy and hatred, in an attempt to use legal principles to eliminate the emotions and desires of the human race and establish a society completely controlled by the law.
But the facts proved that humans are not animals or puppets after all. They need emotions and cannot survive in a society with only laws but no benevolence and righteousness. So they rose up in rebellion, leading to the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
As a result, there are no extreme Fa people in Shengyuan Continent now, because those Fa people who attempted to repeat the same mistakes had long been eliminated by the human race.
Now the legalists in Shengyuan Continent have reached a consensus that although the law is supreme, the education of benevolence and righteousness can indeed make people reduce illegal behavior, and promoting benevolence and righteousness can indeed make people be good and abide by the order.
Rather than constraining the human race, benevolence, righteousness, and morality prevent it from collapsing and give it a sense of spiritual security.
The human race has experienced many immoral periods, such as those wars, and all human beings want to stay away from that era.
In the Shengyuan Continent, saying that a person has abandoned benevolence and righteousness is equivalent to calling that person a non-human.
Only the demons and barbarians are unkind and unjust.
"Please enlighten us, Saint Fang Xu!" Many members of the clan saluted in unison.
Fang Yun quietly glanced at the clan members, finally his eyes fell on Xiao Yetian's back, and he spoke slowly.
"Benevolence, righteousness, and morality are about our inner selves, and often determine what we should do. In addition to benevolence, righteousness, and morality, we also have laws. Laws are about our external words and deeds, and often restrict what we should not do. Let me give you a very simple example. If we see a carriage overturned and the goods scattered, if we do nothing, the law has no right to judge us as wrong, neither good nor evil, and we are just ordinary people; if we help the owner of the carriage collect the goods, that is doing good, which is not what the law asks us to do, but is determined by the benevolence, righteousness, and morality in our hearts. If we ourselves lose something, what will be our first thought? Naturally, we will hope that others will do good and have benevolence, righteousness, and morality. We may also violate benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but what we need is to correct it in the future, rather than choose to give up benevolence, righteousness, and morality. Therefore, this saint will not abandon benevolence and righteousness."
Without waiting for everyone to think, Fang Yun continued, "Many times, it is not enough to just talk about morality. When a carriage overturns and the goods are scattered, there is often looting. At this time, is it useful to scold the looters as unkind, unjust, despicable and shameless? It is useless, because they are shameless to begin with, not only violating morality but also violating the law. So, what should we do at this time? Punish them!"
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he opened his mouth and spit out a golden light. The sword turned into a dragon, and the dragon turned into a whip. It drew a graceful arc in the air and hit Xiao Yetian's back hard.
Snapped!
A crisp sound rang out, and Xiao Yetian screamed and fell forward. A conspicuous whip mark as wide as a palm appeared on his back from his right shoulder to his left waist.
Red as a cockscomb and shaped like a centipede.
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