In the link of avoiding the table and choosing words, Mencius naturally could not be absent, and he would also preach his benevolence and righteousness in front of everyone, so he naturally wanted to mention the era of Yao Shunyu.

Confucianism believes that in the era of Yao Shunyu, everyone talked about benevolence and righteousness, so the national politics would be so 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, a young man stood avoided, apparently deliberately picking Mencius to stand up and refute when he was talking. The young man introduced himself: "I am Li Wei of Wei, and I do not agree with Meng Fuzi's remarks. ”

Yun Yao had already discovered that this young man who was eager to try, the other party must have wanted to fight a bicycle and become a motorcycle, so he specially picked Mencius to come out to debate when he spoke, as long as he could argue Mencius, it must be a high-ranking official Houlu beckoning to him, if he can't argue, he can also rub Mencius's popularity and improve his fame, anyway, young people are not at a loss.

Mencius was not angry, obviously not surprised, so he calmly let the other party speak: "Please speak." ”

This young man is obviously a Legalist, so what he said is a theory that cannot follow the ancients, that is, the general proposition of Legalism, he said vividly: "The number of days is changeable, today's world is different from Yao Shunyu's world, how can you use the ancient law of a thousand years ago to manage the current world?" Yao Shunyu Xia Shang Zhou, did not see the Zhou Gong follow the business etiquette, nor did he see the Shang Tang Xia Law, each generation of kings and virtuous ministers are adapted to local conditions, according to the time to bring forth the new. Just like Qi Huan Gong and Guanzi, they changed the well fields and official mountains and seas, but they did not stop and acted according to the courtesy of Zhou Gong. Therefore, Confucianism respects the ancient law, which is really ridiculous and generous. ”

The eloquence is good, and the point of attack is also correct, but Mencius is not angry at all, obviously this is not the first time that this kind of rhetoric has been heard, and it is not the first time that someone has attacked him with Legalist remarks.

Mencius said very calmly: "The words of the Legalists cannot be wrong, but they are not all right. The Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Yao Shunyu, Shang Tang, King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, and Duke of Zhou, they are all virtuous people, and they can naturally do what they can do. Can you be as virtuous as they are? May I ask Li Kui of Wei again, can Qin Guowei Martingale compare to them? Wei State Li Kui and Wu Qi changed the law, Wei Wushu did dominate the world, but he became a defeated general of Qi in only fifty years, and Wu Qi had already fled to Chu State, and finally ended up with a tragic death. Besides, the Qin State changed the law, and Wei Ying cut down 700 heads in one day, causing the Qin people's resentment to boil, this is what you are talking about? In the past, the sages set up a ritual system, and everyone in the world praised each other, but now the law has not been praised by anyone. Even if the monarch praised him at that time, but after the past, the king was only dissatisfied, just like Wei and Chu treated Wu Qi, Wu Qi changed the law, just to obtain the king's temporary satisfaction, but the end was to escape from Wei and finally be killed by Chu, which is why he is not virtuous enough but wants to change the law. The virtue of today's people is far inferior to that of our ancestors, so we should be the first king of the law to determine the world. ”

A series of speeches have justified and justified the gap between today's Legalists and the sages of the past, that is, the changes of the sages were expected by everyone, but the recent changes have caused public resentment to boil, and everyone is not satisfied.

The young man opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute. It is naturally not wrong not to follow the ancient law, but Mencius directly said that the people of today are not as virtuous as the ancients, so the law set up by the people of today will only bring dissatisfaction, so it is better to learn the benevolence and morality of the ancients, improve their own level, and wait until they are as virtuous as the ancients before mentioning the law.

Mencius did point out the weakness of the change, which was that it could not satisfy everyone. Wei Ying killed 700 heads in one day in the Qin State, which was a bloody lesson.

Yun Yao thought to himself that Mencius was indeed sharper than Confucius, after all, he was a Confucian scholar in the Warring States Period, and he was ruthless when attacking others, and directly exposed the old man. However, Mencius used the success of the past to scold the Legalist who is still developing, and it is a little too much, don't bully the young and poor, although the Legalist has not yet proved itself, but it only takes less than two hundred years, and when the Qin State annexes the Eight Desolations, you will know the power of the Legalist.

King Qi saw that the young man was speechless, so he opened his mouth and said: "Both of them are talented people, don't hurt the harmony, both have rewards, cut meat." ”

Meat both of them.

Mencius saluted and slowly returned to his seat, the wind was light, and he didn't take the other party to heart at all.

The young man returned to his seat in disappointment, not knowing what he was thinking, and it seemed that the meat did not taste good.

"I wonder what you think of the two of you?" The baby appeared beside Yun Yao out of nowhere, looking at her with a smile.

"They are not wrong, our virtue is indeed inferior to that of the ancients, but the ancient law is really not suitable for the present time. Mencius thinks that we should improve our character first, while Legalism thinks that we should change the Fa first, but in fact, this is not contradictory, we can improve our character and change the Fa at the same time. Yun Yao said that it would be good to have it all.

Sure enough, it was the rhetoric of the Mo family, and the baby couldn't help but say disappointedly: "How can changing the law and improving morality be confused? Didn't you hear Meng Fuzi say that Wei Ying's transformation method killed the first seven hundred? ”

"Yao Shunyu, King Wen of Shang Tang, Duke of Zhou, Duke of Wu, even if it is Duke Qi Huan and Guan Zi, none of the sages has killed less than seven hundred. There is no direct relationship between killing people and morality, it depends on who the person kills, and killing the bad person means that the more you kill, the nobler your character. ”

"This." Baby Zi obviously didn't expect Yun Yao to say this, in her opinion, the ancient sages must be well-dressed, and use the charm of benevolence and righteousness to make the world worship, instead of killing people with swords and swords.

This is the problem of Confucianism, whose benevolence and righteousness are always built on a castle in the air, without looking at the bloody facts below. Therefore, people in peacetime like Confucianism, because they can escape from reality, they can be gentlemen and cooks from afar, and only talking about benevolence and righteousness without using knives and guns is the best situation for those who have already gained enough benefits. You can't die if you only talk about benevolence and righteousness, you can kill people if you use knives and guns, you don't want to die if you eat, drink and have fun, and you don't want to break your own bottles and cans.

However, the benevolence and morality of the ancient sages are killed, if you don't talk about benevolence, then I will let you know what is called the iron fist of benevolence and righteousness.

"Only by daring to kill can we talk about benevolence and righteousness, and it is useless to talk about benevolence and righteousness." "Now we know the benefits of benevolence and righteousness because the ancient sages laid a foundation for us to live in benevolence and enjoy the benefits of benevolence. But if you meet a barbarian, they must have scoffed at benevolence because they have not enjoyed the benefits of benevolence, so how do you prove to them that benevolence is good? Is it with words, with technology, with materials, or with an iron sword? "I think it's the most straightforward to use an iron sword, and if I can kill you, it proves that I'm stronger than you, and it proves that benevolence and righteousness are good."

The baby was dumbfounded, what kind of righteousness is this, isn't this bullying? But she didn't know how to refute it for a while, whether to use words, whether to use technology, materials, or iron sword to refute Zhu Yun? It seems that the iron sword is the best way to reason, doesn't that prove that Zhu Yun is right? There is no benevolence at all, only bullying?!

"Well said!" But Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but get up and said: "Today, everyone is just seeking benefits for themselves under the guise of benevolence and righteousness, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, there was no righteous war, and now all countries are intensifying, which country is virtuous and which country is not, it doesn't depend on who kills more people?" Whoever kills more people will be virtuous, and whoever kills fewer people will have no virtue. Hahahaha......"

Zhuang Zhou only felt that Yun Yao's words were really too much for his appetite, and pointed out that the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period were all immoral villains, and they were just killing people and grabbing territory in the name of morality, and benevolence, righteousness and morality had become a joke today.

What he has seen and heard in Linzi in the past few days has made Zhuang Zhou very depressed, and today he finally vented all of Yun Yao's words, in his opinion, the Warring States only have false benevolence and false righteousness.

It is precisely because it is all hypocrisy and false righteousness that Zhuang Zhou finally chose to live in seclusion, and he became a hermit completely without being an official, and in the final analysis, he was completely disappointed in the world. Every country advertises that it is virtuous, and then goes to attack the country without virtue, and whether there is virtue or not is all a mouth, rather than looking at the behavior of each country, in fact, it is a competition of force, and it has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness.

In the excitement, Zhuang Zhou completely forgot the occasion, and immediately turned the ridicule to the maximum.