Then, Gao Mo spread out his hands, clear light spread, divine light rose, and a translucent bamboo slip emerged.
The bamboo slips are yellow and with black words on them. They are extremely old, but they exude a majestic aura.
The entire conference hall was enveloped by the power of the projection of "The Book of Lord Shang".
Suddenly, a scholar let out a shrill scream and then ran out desperately.
In an instant, a set of blood-red shackles fell from the sky and landed on the man, trapping him firmly in place. Then, the people from the Punishment Hall went over and took the man away.
The Legalists looked at the man as if they were watching a play, with no expression on their faces.
However, other scholars still had lingering fears.
Everyone knew that the man must be a spy from the demon world, and was close to being a traitor.
As powerful as the Holy Temple is, without anyone in charge, it can only tell whether a person is a complete traitor, but cannot tell whether a person is rebelling against humanity and colluding with demons and barbarians.
However, the classics of the Legalists are very discerning and will not be deceived by anyone.
As soon as Gao Mo let go, the projection of "The Book of Lord Shang" flew high into the sky and hovered, emitting a faint light. The aura became less overwhelming and became gentle, which made people feel at ease.
With the Book of the Holy Way written by Shang Yang, the semi-saint of the Legalists, no accidents will happen at this literary gathering.
Gao Mo glanced at the millions of people in front of him and said, "As you all know, the reason why this Saint Way Literary Conference was held is because Saint Fang Xu established the Constitution, which made our Legalist Saint Way flourish. The Saint Way is expanding and strengthening, but the growth of us Legalist scholars is far less than that of the Saint Way, because our understanding of the Legalist Saint Way is already backward. This Saint Way Literary Conference is to gather the strength of the Legalists of the human race to jointly explore the Legalist Saint Way."
After a short pause, Gao Mo continued: "This Holy Way Literary Conference will be opened by the founder of the Jing Kingdom Constitution, Fang Yun Fang Xu Sheng. Now, please welcome Fang Xu Sheng."
Amid everyone's anticipation, Fang Yun slowly walked to the middle of the platform and stood behind a desk, like a teacher.
Fang Yun glanced at the millions of readers, and they were all black and numerous pairs of eyes were like stars in the sky.
Fang Yun smiled slightly, pointed to the sky, and said with thunderous tongue: "Thank you very much for rushing to Jing State under the siege of the Zajia. It made me understand one thing, all unjust enemies are paper tigers. Thinking of the human traitor discovered by the Book of Lord Shang, I suddenly understand why there is no Zajia scholar here."
Everyone laughed. No one expected that Fang Yun would mock the Miscellaneous School first at the Legalist Sacred Way Literary Conference.
Fang Yun continued, "Originally, I was reluctant to participate in the Legalists' Holy Way Literature Meeting. After all, a Confucian disciple like me who values etiquette is rejected by the Legalists. However, the Legalists actually invited me with great sincerity. I couldn't help but think deeply. If even the Legalists don't reject me, then are the people who reject me more Legalist than the Legalists?"
Everyone laughed again, and some members of the Fa family laughed so hard that they fell down. They didn't expect that Fang Yun first mocked the Za family as a paper tiger and even implied that the Za family's actions were tantamount to helping the monsters. He then mocked Li Dian for not being able to judge people well and would rather force his own people to the opponent without treating them well.
There were some great scholars present, all of them had smiles on their faces and were quite graceful, without any anger at all. As for what they were thinking in their hearts, no one knew.
Fang Yun then pretended to look around and asked, "Excuse me, has His Majesty Qingjun arrived?"
Many people shouted that they did not come.
Fang Yun sighed in disappointment and said, "What a pity. We even specially prepared Jingguo's dinner for him."
Everyone laughed again. After Qingjun swallowed the fish monster's toes, he was laughed at wildly by the scholars on the discussion board. Qingjun's dinner became a laughing stock, and dishes named after Qingjun's dinner appeared in various places, including pickled pig's trotters, stinky mandarin fish, and so on.
There were many scholars from the Qing Kingdom present. Some laughed along, while others smiled very politely. However, no one came out to scold Fang Yun, because they all knew that this was to liven up the atmosphere. It was very common at the beginning of human literary gatherings, but it was unprecedented for someone like Fang Yun to dare to confront the Miscellaneous School, the Palace of Rites, and the King.
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting lively enough, Fang Yun stopped smiling and said, "Let's stop talking nonsense and get down to business."
Everyone present also stopped smiling and held their breath, and the entire venue immediately became unusually quiet.
"I didn't major in Legalism, but only minored in it, so I tend to look at Legalism from a non-Legalist perspective. As for the origin of law, there is still no consensus, and I dare not say that there is a final conclusion. I am just giving my personal opinion."
The Legalist scholars were better off, but those who were not Legalists were full of curiosity because they rarely heard people talk about the origin of law.
Fang Yun said: "Those who have read some of my articles know that I am used to roughly dividing the development of the human race into two periods. The first period is the primitive period, and the second period is the state period. We can now clearly determine that before the establishment of the first state, there was no concept of law. Laws are provisions formulated by those in power after the establishment of the state. Their original purpose is to maintain the rule of those in power."
After hearing Fang Yun's words, the expressions of many Legalists changed slightly. After all, this statement somewhat vilified the Legalists, but it was true.
"But did the law come out of thin air after the emergence of the state? Some people think that the law should have nothing to do with everything before, but most people still believe that there are some things in primitive society that are the root of the law. Take Han Feizi Han Sheng as an example. He believes that in the primitive period, there were few people, but they had a lot of food and clothing. Everyone had food to eat and fur clothes to wear, and everyone actually had surplus wealth. In the state period, the population increased dramatically, and more food, clothing and other items were needed. Many people lacked food and clothing, so these people had to fight, and in order to prevent these people from fighting, laws were created."
"In fact, due to the development of archaeology, we are learning more and more about the primitive period. Except for a very small number of ethnic groups that occupied a superior natural environment, the human race did not have abundant food, clothing and other items at that time. Of course, we just need to understand Han Sheng's intentions, there is no need to be serious."
"Some people believe that laws were created by ancient hermit saints, others believe that laws are the product of human natural development, or that laws originate from contracts of primitive humans. If we study primitive society carefully, we will find that humans at that time were already following certain rules. For example, strong young people who participated in hunting would eat more meat, while the elderly, children, women and children would eat less meat. Compared to eating more meat, eating less meat was actually a disguised punishment. However, we cannot call it law, we can only call it primitive rules."
"If we list all the original rules, we will find that these original rules are inextricably linked to the law. This is a fact that no one can deny."
Most people listened with great interest when Fang Yun used popular language to explain the origin of Legalism. However, Legalist scholars smelled something unusual.