"This is a false saint! This is not a matter of face, but a matter of "great etiquette". When Duke Huan of Qi attacked Chu and made an alliance with Qu Wan, the excuse was 'your tribute of thatch cannot be accepted'. It was just because Chu did not send a kind of thatch to the King of Zhou, so Chu was judged to have violated etiquette, forcing other vassal states not to help Chu. And Confucius said 'If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand', which means that Confucian disciples who don't follow the holy way of etiquette are not worthy of being scholars!"
Ao Huang continued indignantly, "You are a virtual saint, blessing the human race. The Lei family should blame you, but no matter what, you should abide by the human race's "holy way of etiquette" and at least congratulate as the Lei family instead of the Lei family's head. Humph, the Lei family is too arrogant, not even as good as this dragon!"
"You know a lot about the holy scriptures of the human race?" Fang Yun said with a smile.
"Of course!" Ao Huang raised his head proudly and said, "I can even understand why you are different now and then. 'Self-Oriented Fate' doesn't care about the Lei family's disrespect, but 'Void Saint's Orient' must follow the holy way of etiquette! If you turn a blind eye, the behavior of 'Void Saint' is equivalent to announcing to the world that the Lei family is not wrong! You are also another form of disrespect! You must point out in the capacity of 'Void Saint' that the Lei family is wrong! This is to repay a grievance with justice!"
Fang Yun didn't expect that Ao Huang actually hit the nail on the head about what he was thinking.
This is the helplessness of life, or it can be said that this is a process that every life must go through.
Sometimes, what you say does not depend on your own wishes, but on your position.
Only when you reach your true limit and your strength reaches its peak where no one can rival it, can you break free of this bondage.
The teachers in the academy do not like the academy’s teaching materials and may feel resentful, but as teachers, they must abide by “etiquette” and teach students in the academy’s way.
Soldiers may not like the general's military tactics, but as soldiers, they must abide by "etiquette" and obey the general's orders.
As a general of the human race, since he is in opposition to the monsters and barbarians and knows that the monsters and barbarians are harming the human race, he naturally has to speak out to attack the monsters and barbarians.
It is right for the monsters to invade the human race, but a general of the human race can never say that the monsters are not wrong if they stand on the side of the monsters.
Humans are human beings. Once they consider the interests of the monsters and barbarians, they are rebellious!
This is "etiquette", which is the basic rule that all human beings must follow.
If these rules were not in place, the human race would collapse immediately. They would be no better than monsters and beasts.
Virtual Saint, you must uphold the holy way of etiquette!
Fang Yun nodded and said, "If you were a human, you could at least become a scholar!"
Ao Huang said angrily: "How can you insult a dragon like this? I am at least a Jinshi!"
Fang Yun ignored Ao Huang and continued to look at the discussion board. More and more scholars were blaming the Lei family.
Even the clan members who had conflicts with Fang Yun's sacred doctrine laughed at the Lei family for not even abiding by the most basic sacred doctrine of etiquette, and were no better than Ji Zhibai.
Some even retorted: "If someone from the Lei family is canonized, and Fang Yun, as a virtual saint, does not send a gift, what will the Lei family do? They will definitely arrest Fang Yun for violating etiquette!"
Fang Yun thought for a moment and started an article discussing the list with only two sentences.
"The Lei family doesn't treat me as a human being, so I won't treat the Lei family as a human being!"
As soon as this article was published on the discussion list, it immediately attracted support from many readers.
Some people supported it with Xunzi's "There are three roots of etiquette", some supported it with Confucius' "If you don't learn etiquette, you can't stand up", and some supported it with Mencius' "If you don't have etiquette, you can't learn." This triggered a great discussion on the sacred way of etiquette.
As the discussion progressed, the status of this article became higher and higher, and not only Juren and Jinshi joined in. Even Hanlin began to join in, and finally even the Grand Secretary gave advice.
Finally, four large characters appeared below the article. They were obviously different from ordinary text and were surrounded by a faint white light.
"Etiquette and morality flourish!"
Wen Zong’s conclusion!
Countless scholars rushed to tell each other. It was not convenient for a semi-saint to participate in this kind of discussion list, and Wen Zong was almost the person with the highest status on the discussion list. Wen Zong said on the surface that the discussion triggered by this article was beneficial to the human race's holy way, but in fact he was supporting Fang Yun.
If Emperor Wenzong had not said anything to the contrary, the matter could have been concluded.
Fang Yun looked at the signature and found out it was the famous lazy writer Luo Jingting. The two had met once before. It was he who took the "Three Character Classic" from Yuhai City and sent it to the Holy Academy.
The Lei family's violation of etiquette continued to ferment, Fang Yun closed the literary list and went to eat with Ao Huang.
Ao Huang's appetite has always been a headache for the Fang family. The Fang family prepares a large amount of meat for Ao Huang every day. Sometimes, when they are too busy, they ask the restaurant outside the academy to deliver the meat.
Ao Huang first ate politely with everyone else at the same table. After everyone had finished eating, he gobbled up all the food on the table like a whirlwind. Then he said, "One more!" and started to eat the food that belonged only to him, a big pot of stew, large pancakes, and large plates of vegetables.
After dinner, Fang Yun walked around the yard with Yang Yuhuan and Nunu, chatting about family matters.
After taking a walk, Fang Yun returned to his study to continue studying hard.
It was not until night that Fang Yun received the letter from the palace, and the ministers finally discussed his enthronement.
Tomorrow, the monarch will confer the title of "Duke of Zhenguo" on Fang Yun, which is equivalent to the second rank. Once Fang Yun passes the palace examination, he will be conferred the title of a prince of the first rank.
Fang Yun's status was also promoted from "cabinet walker" to "cabinet councilor", but he only had partial power. Only by passing the palace examination could he obtain the full power of cabinet councilor.
If Fang Yun had the real power of a cabinet councilor when he was a county magistrate, then in the entire Qingwu Prefecture, except for the prefect and the Mizhou Transportation Bureau, if Fang Yun suspected that any official had problems, he could have that official escorted to the capital for supervision. Such great power completely destroyed the fairness of the palace examination.
Fang Yun’s contribution is real military merit, so tomorrow he will have a fiefdom that truly belongs to him!
As long as Fang Yun does not commit treason or betray his country, as long as he lives, he has the final say in everything in that fiefdom, and he even has the right to forcibly change some laws.
But compared with the fiefdoms of aristocratic families, this is nothing. In the fiefdoms of some aristocratic families, there are only family rules and no national laws!
As for the ancient land, it is far more chaotic than the Shengyuan Continent.
For Fang Yun, the enthronement of Jing State was actually Jing State’s gift list.
Not only was Fang Yun granted a title, but Yang Yuhuan was also granted a title of the third rank. Even Fang Yun's father was posthumously granted a title, and was given the title of "Hou", which was a great honor.
Some of Fang Yun's relatives were also rewarded. Although they were all minor ninth-grade titles, they were enough to make countless people envious.
Fang Daniu was awarded the title of ninth-rank county baron, which was a great event that brought honor to the Fang family.
Although Fang Yun is now the Duke of Zhenguo, his mansion is built according to the highest standards of a "Prince's Mansion". Even the fields, gardens, salaries and everything else granted by the royal family are commensurate with those of a prince, as a compensation for Fang Yun's delayed coronation.
As for the most important "private army", the court argued from afternoon to night.
An ordinary prince has only 300 private soldiers, while a prince with military merit can have up to one guard, or 3,000 private soldiers. However, the private soldiers of the title belong to the military and are paid by the Jing State, so they are not private soldiers in the strict sense.
Only private soldiers obtained according to the level of one's literary rank are absolutely private soldiers, and even the royal family has no right to command them.
Fang Yunwen was a Jinshi, but he was also a virtual saint in the Holy Academy, which exceeded the scope of Jing State.
The human race has never conferred the title of Virtual Saint upon a living person before. (To be continued...)