History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 28 "Book of Strangers"

Wu Zhengshi offended Uncle Zong and violated the etiquette rules. Feng Yun begged for mercy in person, which was an act of justice.

The elder brother's surviving son asked for a military letter. Feng Yun thought of his kindness and agreed to it. This was benevolence and righteousness.

Benevolence and righteousness, in this great Zhou Dynasty, when Mohism and Confucianism had not yet appeared, were strange.

Those who stand up for justice are mostly knight-errants.

And benevolence and righteousness... Although there are kinship relationships in Dazhou's etiquette, it is more between scholar-bureaucrats. Common people rarely even have surnames, so there is no talk of kinship or benevolence and righteousness.

What's more, looking at the scholar-bureaucrats, the benevolence and righteousness between relatives are also bound by etiquette. Among the sons of the emperor, only the legitimate son is the emperor, and the rest are princes.

The legitimate sons of princes are princes, and the rest are officials...

If this cycle continues, the descendants who are not direct descendants will eventually become common people.

The benevolence and righteousness of relatives only exist in the ritual system.

The same is true for Feng Yun's lineage. Although he is from the Feng family, he is just a commoner because of the eldest son inheritance system.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor would not get close to the concubine and let him die.

This is also the core of Zhou Li.

After all, the land that can be enfeoffed in the world is limited, and it is impossible to enfeoff infinitely, and the number of people is constantly increasing. This will inevitably lead to an unstable situation. Then, the reduction of the title can effectively suppress this.

In this era of three wives and four concubines, the direct inheritance system was a powerful tool for stabilizing inheritance and curbing the killing of descendants.

Every current king of the vassal states, even the scholar-bureaucrats with ancestral shadow, are legitimate sons and the product of legitimate heirs. They will naturally defend the Zhou Dynasty's etiquette system.

It is really not in line with Zhou etiquette for Feng Yun to be so close to his nephew, who is a commoner, and to use his own interests to exchange opportunities for him.

Although it is kind, it is not polite.

So Uncle Zong said that Feng Yun had the spirit of a knight-errant and a small heart of kindness.

Respecting the Zhou rites is a great virtue.

And Uncle Zong, a man who respects etiquette, is willing to open the back door for Feng Yun...

It's because Feng Yun has the potential to become a doctor. When the time comes, Feng Yun will re-enter the family tree and become an independent branch line with the position of doctor. This is the same class as Zong Bo and the others, so Zong Bo will help Feng Yun. This is what Zhou Rites says. Benevolence and righteousness.

In other words, etiquette.

Righteousness only exists among classes.

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Another night, Feng Yun read "Etiquette" all night long. This time, Feng Yun seemed to really see the thought behind "Etiquette".

"The country is governed by etiquette, and etiquette binds people's behavioral norms... The common people are not without etiquette, but this etiquette is called punishment. The scholar-officials enjoy the benefits brought by the etiquette system, while the common people are suppressed by the punishment and use their own lives to Provide the scholar-bureaucrats with their own livelihood."

"Slaves are the embodiment of punishment and a warning to the common people."

I remembered that the common people also regarded slaves as inferior and inhuman beings. They were complacent about being "free" and looked superior to others when they saw slaves.

Feng Yun felt as if he had seen through Zhou Li's underlying rules.

Understand what the Zhou Dynasty was like.

"It's just a group disguised as etiquette, music and virtue, but exploiting the bottom class inside."

"If the king is virtuous, it is because being virtuous can bring him better harvests. If he is devoid of virtue and is dissolute and immoral, this is also normal under the etiquette system."

"Because of etiquette, it is impossible for the inferior to conquer the superior."

"The king should only salute the emperor, because disrespecting the emperor will be punished, but the princes do not need to salute the subordinate classes and will not be punished."

"Same as the scholar-bureaucrats, this means that the punishment cannot be compared to the officials, let alone the princes."

"And the emperor is even more like this. As long as he maintains the operation of Zhou Li and follows the rules of Zhou Li, he will be invincible among the princes."

With the herd mentality, even if one or two disrespectful characters appear, they will not threaten Zhou Li, but will be attacked by the group.

If one was born in this era from the beginning and was a beneficiary, who would not follow the etiquette.

Even Feng Yun, a later generation, also enjoyed the convenience brought by the etiquette system.

Even if one knows the inner problems of Zhou Rites, it is difficult to break this solid etiquette character.

Of course, not to mention that Feng Yun was now a sergeant in a small country. Even if he became the monarch of a powerful country, he could not shake the etiquette system. That would be an enemy to all classes in the world.Even the scholar-bureaucrats in the country would kill their disrespectful monarch with their own hands.

"What caused the collapse of rituals and music?" Feng Yun couldn't help but think of the turning point in the ritual system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It stands to reason that etiquette is the fate of the princes and the core of their orthodoxy.

Even if the Zhou Dynasty declines, they must still follow the rules and enshrine the Great Zhou Kingdom...

Feng Yun, who didn't know much about this in his previous life, was confused now.

But when the first ray of light in the morning came through the window and hit Feng Yun's tired face, his doubts slowly disappeared.

Sir, only by not worrying about unknown numbers can you look at them with an open-minded mind and be able to solve them.

Just as it is difficult to see the whole mountain when you are in this mountain, Feng Yun must look at the future rationally in order to find his place in the future.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Your Majesty, Shi'an, Dazai and Uncle Zong asked me to bring you the "36 Hexagrams of Dating" and "Book of Strangers".

Hearing the sound, Feng Yun stood up and said softly: "I have a job to do."

"Senior sergeant is courteous." This man was followed by several guards, carrying a large wooden box. There should be books in this wooden box.

After the books were put away, these people hurriedly left.

The palace room of classics is not something they can stay in.

Feng Yun opened the box. Above it was the "Book of Strangers", which was written in silk. Under it was a bamboo slip, which was "Dating 36 Hexagrams". It was the Yi hexagram deduced by Da Zai based on the last four hexagrams of "Zhouyi". words.

Immediately, Feng Yun opened the "Book of Strangers".

In front of it is a description of the third-level and ninth-level aliens, which is no different from what Feng Yun saw before.

After that, there is a discussion of the first level and the acquired third level.

This is also the core of this book and what Feng Yun needs.

But before the discussion, the book first records the alien's different skills and the alien's destiny weapon.

There are three types of foreign arts: Shu, Dharma, and Dao. Each type is divided into lower, middle, and upper levels, a total of nine grades. Each grade has ten grades, totaling ninety grades.

Every strange technique can be understood from everything in the world, but reading is the best, because the words in the book are inherited from the ancestors and can help others to understand.

The quality of foreign magic itself varies, and there are nine levels.

After learning, the performance will also grow up and down. When you first learn, you will be humble, and after you learn, you will become proficient...

The more proficient a foreign art is, the more powerful it will be under the use of Wen Qi.

Just like now, after the duel with the monster last night, both the hexagram and the hexagram Weiji have improved a bit. This is learning and applying, which is the most proficient.

After that comes the natal weapon.

Strange people have tools that can give birth to their own destiny. They are things that protect the Tao and are also manifestations of the Tao.

Zongbo's ritual lock is the weapon of his destiny, condensed from his understanding of rituals.

As I told Baojun before, there is a legend about Fu Xi's natal weapon in the Grand Courtyard. This is also the case. This weapon is a manifestation of the way Fu Xi has developed.

Now Feng Yun, as long as he becomes a stranger, he can give birth to his own destiny.

But the weapon of destiny requires Feng Yun to already have part of the Tao before it can be condensed.

"Nowadays, only in the Book of Changes, I still have some literati, and the rest are very few."

Feng Yun did not want to use "Zhou Rites" or "Etiquette" to enter the literary world. "Zhou Yi" was his best choice.

Therefore, after Feng Yun finished reading this "Book of Strangers", he picked up "The 36 Hexagrams of Da Ting" to embrace all rivers, enhance his study of Yi, and speed up the cultivation of "Zhou Yi" in his mind, striving to be faster. Condensing the next hexagram's different techniques.

Reach the level of third-rate literati as soon as possible...

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