Those officials who once opposed Fang Yun looked at Fang Yun and were speechless.
It was them who opposed the restoration of rituals a few days ago. If they oppose Fang Yun now, then they are the ones who say yes and they are the ones who say no. It is tantamount to giving others a handle. Fang Yun does not mind using his power as the left prime minister to take them down.
Those officials who had remained neutral were completely relieved. In fact, they were outsiders and could see the situation more clearly than those who supported and opposed Fang Yun.
Some people actually doubted Fang Yun's true intentions from the beginning. After all, with Fang Yun's talent and wisdom, it is impossible for him to do such a ridiculous thing. Those who opposed Fang Yun actually thought about this possibility, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot.
If they had opposed at that time, the result would be what it is now. If they had not opposed, Fang Yun would have been able to monopolize power and would have pointed his sword at them in the end.
From the moment Fang Yun became the Left Prime Minister, this was an inevitable outcome.
Most importantly, Fang Yun’s last words were full of temptation and persuasiveness.
Because these people knew Confucius' life, words and deeds very well, it was clear that even before he was canonized, Confucius was not a man without desires, but an ambitious and talented politician.
He came from a humble background and had no help from any noble person. However, through continuous learning, he started as a minor official in charge of warehouses and livestock, and eventually became one of the highest officials in the State of Lu. How could such a person not want to establish his own new rituals
If Confucius really followed Zhou rituals completely as others understand, why didn't he dismiss all schools of thought after he was canonized? Why didn't he strictly require all countries to follow Zhou rituals
In fact, the human race has been constantly innovating, including etiquette.
It is even possible that Confucius has been secretly controlling the direction of the human race. In the eyes of Confucius, the Way of Etiquette is just one of the holy ways of the human race.
If Confucius could not escape the path of etiquette, he would not have been canonized as a saint and stood at the top of the universe.
All the officials present were convinced by Fang Yun, but they were not convinced in their hearts but in words.
Sheng Boyuan said in a clear voice: "Saint Fang Xu has established a voice for the country and aroused the voice of the great way. I congratulate you. But besides congratulating you, I want to know how Prime Minister Fang will punish himself?"
Fang Yun said: "Although this prime minister violated the ancient rituals, fortunately he stopped in time and did not cause any disaster. He also admitted his mistakes and corrected them. He also took the initiative to ask for punishment, so naturally the sentence should be determined according to the circumstances. Finally, this prime minister asks to permanently strip the title of King Ji and demote him to the Duke of Zhenguo. He will never be allowed to be a king again. At the same time, he will be fined for three years. After Jingguo is stabilized and the human race becomes the master of all realms, he will be exiled for ten years and will not be allowed to serve as an official in Jingguo again."
Fang Yun's voice was deafening, and many officials turned pale.
The punishment Fang Yun gave himself was too severe!
Everyone knew that it was impossible to force Fang Yun to resign, so he had to be punished in other ways.
Stripping Fang Yun of his royal title was already the heaviest punishment the royal family could impose on him at the moment. Even Sheng Boyuan and the others did not dare to ask for this, not to mention that there was also an added clause that he would never be allowed to be crowned king again.
As for the last one, although there is a time limit, exile for ten years and being banned from holding an official position are far more serious than stripping of one's title.
Many officials looked at Fang Yun with deep admiration.
Fang Yun punished himself so severely not just to punish himself or for show, but to warn future generations that if anyone dared to violate the rituals and politics, the rest of the people could be convicted through this case, fined, stripped of their titles, exiled, and stripped of their official positions.
For the sake of Jingguo and the human race, Fang Yun is sacrificing himself.
Sheng Boyuan was originally the person who was most opposed to Fang Yun, but now he lowered his head slightly.
He could not agree with Fang Yun's position, but he had to respect such a hero.
Fang Yun did not ask arrogantly whether this punishment was enough, but said slowly: "I have made up my mind, this punishment cannot be changed."
Those officials who opposed Fang Yun sighed heavily in their hearts, then looked at each other and saw similar expressions in each other's eyes.
Their previous efforts had been wasted, and there was no way to bring down Fang Yun in the short term. They could only take a long-term view and look for an opportunity later.
Fang Yun continued: "This Saint has sorted out the past affairs, apologized for his crimes and punished himself. Now I will carry on the past and lead Jingguo to become a strong country."
Speaking of the word "lead" is very taboo in the Golden Palace, and only the monarch can say it. But now that Fang Yun has become the master of the country, even the Queen Mother does not think that Fang Yun's words are presumptuous.
Assistant Prime Minister Cao De'an bowed slightly and said, "I wonder how Prime Minister Fang will bring peace to the world?"
Fang Yun said: "Before I took office, I had already started the first step, which was to promote education, and it was a concentrated, special and long-term education. I believe you have also heard the statements of the various halls of the Holy Academy. They will establish new-style colleges in Xiangzhou, Jiangzhou and Mizhou. That is the result of my mediation. With the help of the great scholars of the engineering family, the main projects of all colleges will be completed in a month at most. Preparations will be carried out this year, and starting from next year, they will officially enroll students. Among them, 70% are from our Jingguo children, and 30% are from all over the human race."
After hearing this, the officials did not immediately support or oppose it, but thought about it carefully first.
In fact, starting from yesterday, the aspiring people of the human race began to study the new-style academies in various halls. Except for the Confucian scholars who had little interest and even looked down on those academies, scholars from all walks of life showed great interest in them.
Especially those who realize that their talents are limited and it is difficult to improve their academic qualifications want to enter such specialized colleges for further study. Even if they cannot break through the academic qualifications, they can still make great progress in their own fields, thus settling down and achieving higher achievements.
Scholars from five fields, namely agriculture, medicine, engineering, law and military science, paid more attention to the academy than the "New Annotations to the Four Books" or even Fang Yun's several histories of various schools of thought.
Yang Xuwen stroked his beard and said, "It is easy to build a college. With the name of Fang Xusheng, it is not difficult to recruit students, but it is difficult to find a famous teacher. I still have some students and old friends. If Fang Xusheng is interested, I will lobby him personally."
The officials nodded slightly. Although Yang Daxueshi usually kept a low profile, he saw the key point at a glance and even sold the goods to help him.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister Yang, for your help. Each of the five academies has several schools. This year alone, there are a total of 22 schools that broke ground. If nothing unexpected happens, Jingguo will build more than 100 schools in the next few years. There are many people with lofty ideals in various countries, and they will certainly follow suit and build their own schools. Therefore, how to obtain sufficient teaching staff before other countries build schools is the top priority. The Holy Academy will send some people, but it is limited after all. Moreover, the Holy Academy will send people to Jingguo, and will also send people to other countries in the future."
The officials nodded.
Fang Yun continued, "Since I am the honorary president of each academy, I should do my best. Therefore, I have initially decided that anyone who is qualified to become a famous teacher in the five academies will receive various ordinary treatments. In addition, everyone who works for three years can get an algae fish, five years, an extra life-giving fruit, and ten years, an extra cleansing heart grass. In addition, excellent famous teachers will be selected every year, and there will be additional rewards, such as longevity fruit, holy body fruit, etc. In short, all the divine objects in the world can be used as rewards for famous teachers. Of course, this is only the basic reward. If a university scholar or even a great scholar is willing to come to the academy to contribute, as long as he works for three years, he will definitely get a longevity fruit and a stick of wisdom-enhancing spiritual incense. The great scholar will get an extra stick of wisdom-enhancing holy incense."