In the process of avoiding seats and choosing words, Mencius naturally could not be absent. He would also promote his benevolence and righteousness in public, and naturally he would mention the era of Yao, Shun and Yu.

Confucian scholars believed that in the era of Yao, Shun and Yu, everyone talked about benevolence and righteousness, so that the national government was so clear and clear, so as long as everyone talked about benevolence and righteousness, the world would be peaceful.

"I don't think so." Just when Mencius was talking big, a young man stood away from the seat, obviously deliberately chose Mencius to stand up and refute it. The young man introduced himself: "I am Li Wei of Wei, and I don't agree with Master Meng's remarks."

Yun Yao had long discovered that this young man who was eager to try, and the other party must have wanted to try a bicycle and turn it into a motorcycle, so he specifically chose Mencius to debate when he spoke. As long as he could argue, he would definitely be a high-ranking official and generous salary to wave to him. If he couldn't argue, he could also take advantage of Mencius' popularity and improve his fame. Anyway, young people would not lose money.

Mencius was not angry either, obviously he was not surprised, so he calmly asked the other party to speak: "Please speak."

This young man was obviously a Legalist, so he said theories that could not follow the ancients, which is the common proposition of the Legalists. He said with a spirit: "The number of days is changing easily. Today's world is different from the world of Yao, Shun, Yu, and Yu. How can we use the ancient methods of thousands of years ago to manage the current world? Yao, Shun, Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou, and did not see Zhou Gong following the Shang rituals, nor did Shang Tang perform Xia rituals. Every generation of kings and ministers adapted to local conditions and introduced innovations according to the conditions of the times. Just like Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zi, they changed the fields of wells and fields, and did not follow the rituals of the Duke of Zhou. Therefore, Confucianism respects ancient methods is really a joke."

He has good eloquence and his attack point is also correct, but Mencius is not angry at all. Obviously, this is not the first time he has heard of this statement, nor is it the first time that someone has attacked him with the Legal remarks.

Mencius said calmly: "The Legalists cannot be wrong, but they are not completely correct. The Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Yao, Shun and Yu, Shang Tang, King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, and Duke of Zhou, are all virtuous people, so they can naturally change the law. Can your virtues be comparable to them? Can Li Ku, Wei State, Qin State, Wei State, Wei State, Wei State, Wu Shi, Wei State, indeed defeated the world, but in just fifty years he became a defeated general of Qi. Wu Qi had already fled to Chu and ended up with a tragic death. Besides, Qin State, Wei State, Wei State, within one day

Seven hundred heads were cut off, causing the Qin people to be resentful. This is what you said? In the past, the wise men established the ritual system, and all the world fought and praised it. However, no one has ever heard of the reforms praise it now. Even if the king praised it at that time, the king was left with dissatisfaction after the past. Just like the state of Wei and Chu treated Wu Qi, Wu Qi's reforms only gained the satisfaction of the king, but the ending was that he escaped from Wei and was finally killed by Chu. This is why people's virtues are not enough but they need to reform. Today's virtues are far inferior to those of our ancestors, so we should rule the previous kings to conquer the world."

A series of speeches have pointed out the gap between today's Legalists and the sages in the past, that is, the reforms of the sages are what everyone wants, but the reforms of the people today have caused public resentment and everyone is not satisfied.

The young man opened his mouth and didn't know how to refute it. It's natural that it's not right to not follow the ancient laws, but Mencius directly said that modern people are not as virtuous as ancients, so the laws established by modern people will only bring dissatisfaction. Therefore, it's better to learn the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the ancients, improve your own level, and wait until you are as virtuous as the ancients before you propose reforms.

Mencius did point out the weakness of the reform, that is, it cannot satisfy everyone. Wei Yang killed 700 people in one day of the reform in Qin State, which was a bloody lesson.

Yun Yao thought that Mencius was indeed more sharp than Confucius. After all, he was a Confucian scholar in the Warring States Period. He was merciless when attacking others and directly revealed his past truth. However, it was a bit unreasonable for Mencius to use his past success to confront the Legalists who are still developing. Don’t bully the young and poor. Although the Legalists have not proved themselves yet, it only takes less than two hundred years. When Qin State annexes the Eight Desolations, they will know the power of the Legalists.

Seeing that the young man was speechless, King Qi spoke up and said, "Both are talented people. Don't hurt the harmony. They have rewards and cut their flesh."

He put meat on both of them.

Mencius slowly returned to his seat, and the wind was light and cloudy, and he didn't take the other person seriously at all.

But the young man returned to his seat in disappointment, not knowing what he was thinking, but it seemed that the piece of meat tasted no more delicious.

"I wonder what you think of the two of you?" The baby son appeared beside Yunyao in a elusive way and looked at her with a smile.

"They were not wrong. Our virtues were indeed not as good as those of the ancients, but ancient methods were indeed not suitable for today. Master Meng believed that we should improve our moral character first, while the Legalists believed that we should reform the law first. In fact, this is not contradictory. We can reform the law while improving our character." Yun Yao said that it would be fine.

It was indeed the Mohist saying, and the infant son couldn't help but say disappointed: "How can reform and improve morality be confused? Haven't you heard Master Meng say that Wei Yang's reforms were beheaded?"

"Yao, Shun and Yu, Shang Tang Wen, Wu and Duke Zhou, even if it is Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zi, no sage killed less than 700 people. Killing has no direct relationship with morality. It depends on who the person killed is. If the bad guy is killed, the more you kill, the nobler the character is."

"This." The baby son obviously didn't expect Yun Yao to say this. In her opinion, the ancient sages must have been well-dressed and used the charm of benevolence and righteousness to convince the world, rather than killing the person with a sword and a sword.

This is the problem of Confucianism. Their benevolence and righteousness are always based on castles in the air, and we don’t look at the bloody facts below. Therefore, people in peacetime like Confucianism because they can escape reality and can stay away from the kitchen. Only talk about benevolence and righteousness without using swords and guns is the best situation for those who have already gained enough benefits. Only talking about benevolence and righteousness cannot die, but using swords and guns will kill people. They eat, drink, and play, but don’t want to die, nor do they want to break their bottles and jars.

However, the benevolence, righteousness and morality of ancient sages was found. If you do not talk about benevolence and righteousness, then I will let you know what the iron fist of benevolence and righteousness is.

"You can only talk about benevolence and righteousness if you dare to kill people. Just talking about benevolence and righteousness is useless." "Now we know the benefits of benevolence and righteousness because the ancient sages laid a solid foundation for us, allowing us to live in benevolence and righteousness and enjoy the benefits of benevolence and righteousness. But if you meet a barbarian, they will definitely sneer at benevolence and righteousness, because they have never enjoyed the benefits of benevolence and righteousness, then how do you prove to them the goodness of benevolence and righteousness? Do you use words, technology, materials, or iron swords?" "I think using iron swords is the most direct way to act. If I can kill you, it proves that I am better than you, and it proves that benevolence and righteousness is good."

The baby son was stunned. This was not benevolence and righteousness. Isn’t this just bullying the weak? But she didn’t know how to refute it for a while, whether to use words, technology, materials, or iron swords? It seems that iron swords are the best way to reason, so doesn’t it prove that Zhu Yun is right? There is no benevolence and righteousness at all, only bullying the weak?!

"Well said!" But Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but start a photo and said, "When today, everyone is just seeking profit for themselves under the guise of benevolence and righteousness. There was no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period. Now all countries are getting worse. Which country has virtue and which country has no virtue? It depends on who kills more people? The more people who kill, the more virtue, and who kills less people, the less virtue. Hahahaha..."

Zhuang Zhou only felt that Yunyao's words were really too fond of his appetite. He pointed out that the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period were all evil villains, and they were just killing people and robbing territory under the name of morality. Benevolence, righteousness and morality have become a joke today.

What I saw and heard in Linzi these days made Zhuang Zhou very depressed. Today, he finally vented everything with Yunyao's words. In his opinion, there was only false benevolence and false righteousness in the Warring States Period.

It is precisely because it is all false benevolence and righteousness that Zhuang Zhou finally chose to live in seclusion. If he has an official position but does not become a hermit, he is completely disappointed with the world. Every country claims to have virtue and then attacks a country without virtue. With virtue but not virtue, it is all about one's own decisions, rather than looking at the behavior of each country. In fact, it is a competition of force and has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness.
Chapter completed!