My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 828: Parents are not kind, children are not filial, and the table of foolish filial piety is overturned! Confucius is a little loyal, Mencius is a little filial!
Zhao Ji's words can be said to be dancing in the minefield of Meng's Confucianism.

At that moment, more than a dozen doctors all bowed their hands and shouted: "I advise you..."

However, Zhao Ji did not wait for them to finish speaking, and said calmly: "Don't advise me, I will not accept it!"

"Everyone, make way. Don't delay me from returning to Ganquan Palace to rest."

Chunyu Yue's eyes turned black and he almost fainted again.

Chunyu Yue has never seen such an unreasonable person in his life!
But this person was the Queen Mother of the Qin Dynasty. Chunyu Yue did not dare and could not draw his sword against her!

Chun Yuyue could only change direction and bowed solemnly to Ying Zheng: "Queen Dowager Wang broke the law knowingly, which is against Qin law! It is against human ethics! It is against moral principles! It is against the principles of heaven!"

"Tao Ying once asked Mencius, if Shun's father killed someone, what would Shun do?"

"Mencius believed that Shun should allow the officials to punish his father, and then flee with his father on his back."

"I advise the king to follow the example of Shun and order the officials to punish the Queen Mother. Before the execution, the king should carry her away from Qin and serve her until her old age!"

"Only in this way can Your Majesty live up to the great Qin state and the people of the great Qin!"

If I can’t persuade the Queen Mother, is it possible that I can persuade the King?

The Queen Mother does not care about the country and has no good in her heart.

The king can't be like the queen mother!

But before Ying Zheng opened his mouth, Zhao Ji asked in surprise: "Shun's father killed someone, so Shun wanted to run away with his father on his back?"

"Is Father Shun willing?"

"Is he really willing to give up power and wealth and become an exiled savage?"

"If Shun's father didn't want to, how could Shun carry him away?"

Zhao Ji didn't think too much about it, she was just really confused.

But Chunyu Yue and all the other doctors were all confused.

Confucius's "father and son concealing each other" and Mencius's "stealing and running away" together laid the foundation for the Confucian idea of ​​concealing one's relatives, and clarified the proposition that "family is superior to country" and "father and son are greater than ruler and minister".

Many people, including Confucian scholars of other schools such as Gongyangzi, did not agree with this and criticized it from various aspects such as rule of law, rule of man, governance of the country, and the powers and responsibilities of the emperor. All the discussions focused on Shun.

But now Zhao Ji turned her attention to Shun's father.

Not to mention whether Shun would run away carrying his father on his back as Mencius hypothesized, let’s just talk about Shun’s father. Was he willing to leave?
If Shun's father was a gentleman like Shun, why would he violate the law and kill people?
The disciples of Mengzi's Confucianism could not say that there were problems with the laws at that time, because the laws at that time were formulated by Shun, whom they admired!

Since Shun's father violated the laws set by Shun, it shows that Shun was not a gentleman.

Since Shun's father was not a gentleman, how could he be willing to abandon everything he had and become a barbarian? He could have ordered Shun to pardon him in the name of filial piety and continue to enjoy wealth and glory. If Shun did not obey, it would be unfilial.

Shun was carried away by force despite his father's resistance. Was this behavior filial or unfilial?
Chunyu Yue's mind raced, and after a few breaths he spoke slowly: "Mencius said: 'Everyone has a heart of compassion. Everyone has a heart of shame and disgust. Everyone has a heart of respect. Everyone has a heart of right and wrong.'"

"Shun's father naturally also had a sense of shame and disgust, and a sense of right and wrong."

"As long as Shun explains the pros and cons, Shun's father will follow Shun because of his sense of shame and right and wrong!"

Chunyu Yue's explanation is consistent with the theoretical system of Mencius' Confucianism, and it is difficult for others to refute it.

But Zhao Ji laughed and said: "I don't know whether people are born with a sense of shame and disgust, a sense of right and wrong. I only know that people are born to seek benefits and avoid harm, and to like wealth, honor and power."

"Even if Zheng Er explained the pros and cons a thousand times, I would not abandon the position of Queen Mother and leave."

"What you said is really ridiculous!"

In the Confucian concept, Ying Zheng may be far inferior to Shun, but it is not known who is superior between Zhao Ji and Shun's father.

After all, Shun's father "always wanted to kill Shun", but Zhao Ji only rebelled once.

As the current Queen Mother of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Ji said these words as a mother. Although she cannot be compared to Shun's father, it can already illustrate that not all parents in the world are like Shun's father as described by Chunyu Yue, who would listen to his children's advice and give up power and wealth.

At least, Zhao Ji would not obediently follow Shun in escape as Shun's father had speculated.

Otherwise, Ying Zheng pardoned Zhao Ji and committed an illegal act.

Either Ying Zheng executed Zhao Ji according to the law, or he kidnapped Zhao Ji against her will, which was an unfilial act.

Illegal or unfilial, you choose!

With just one sentence, Zhao Ji killed Chunyu Yue!
Yuan Shou was speechless, Chunyu Yue felt dizzy, and all the Confucian disciples of the Meng family were speechless!

Zhao Ji felt a little bored when she saw this, and looked at Ying Zheng and said, "I still have several people from my clan who are stranded outside and have not been able to reunite with me."

"Zheng'er, remember, find them as soon as possible. I need my mother's family to be together again before I can be happy!"

Ying Zheng suppressed his smile and bowed: "Yes!"

Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction: "My son is truly filial!"

Chun Yuyue finally came to his senses and hurriedly bowed to Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty!"

"The Queen Mother must have sought out her mother's tribe not to reunite with them, but to torture them with brutal punishments!"

"Your Majesty should advise the Queen Mother to be lenient and not encourage her tyrannical nature!"

Chunyu Yue no longer wanted to, or even dared not, communicate with Zhao Ji.

Chunyu Yue could only direct his attack towards Ying Zheng!

Ying Zheng nodded solemnly: "I will give you more advice!"

Zhao Ji said with a slightly irritated look: "I have already said that I will not accept advice!"

"If Zheng'er remonstrates again, it would be considered unfilial!"

"What a bunch of pedants, chattering away so noisily." "I feel lonely!"

"If anyone dares to advise me again, I will order Zheng'er to execute him!"

Zhao Ji threw away her cloak, turned around and got on the carriage.

Ying Zheng sighed softly and asked sincerely, "I also know that what my mother said is inappropriate, but I don't want to be unfilial to my mother."

"How can you, the doctors, teach me?"

Chunyu Yue was stunned and speechless, and all the Confucian scholars were dumbfounded!
In the view of Mencius's Confucianism, only parents can directly feel whether their children are filial or unfilial.

If parents say that their children are filial, it may be out of love for them.

But if parents say that their children are unfilial, then their children are definitely unfilial!

Now Zhao Ji directly put the reputation of filial piety on Ying Zheng, forcing Ying Zheng to help him commit tyrannical acts, otherwise it would be unfilial.

So did Chunyu Yue want to persuade Ying Zheng to act violently out of filial piety, or did he want to persuade Ying Zheng to act unfilially out of kindness?

Chun Yu Yue has always believed that filial piety is the foundation of benevolence, but today he discovered for the first time that filial piety can actually go against benevolence!

Han Fei did not hide the sneer on his face: "Confucius talked about loyalty, but it was only about small loyalty, not great loyalty."

"Mencius talked about filial piety, but it was only about minor filial piety, not major filial piety."

"It is naturally brilliant when written in books, but it is all a joke when put into practice!"

"You have taken Mencius' words as your guiding principle, which shows that you do not even have a little wisdom!"

Ying Chengjiao also stepped out and said, "I also think that Mencius's filial piety is not applicable to our Great Qin."

"The reason why Your Majesty pardoned the Queen Mother is not only because she is Your Majesty's mother, but also because of her great protection of Your Majesty in Handan City."

"The Queen Mother severely punished her mother's family this time because her mother's family had bullied the King and the Queen Mother many times. The Queen Mother was filled with resentment, so she acted tyrannically and refused to accept advice."

"I think that by looking at the relationship between the king and the queen mother, we can understand the relationship between parents and children in the world."

Ying Chengjiao bowed to Ying Zheng and said, "I advise you!"

"Parents who are kind should demand filial piety from their children."

“If parents are unkind, it is not wrong for their children to be unfilial.”

"When parents make mistakes, children should advise them. If the advice is useless, it should not be followed."

"If children follow their parents' mistakes, their punishment should not be mitigated because of their filial piety."

A group of Confucian scholars wanted to refute it, because Ying Chengjiao's words directly overturned the Confucian idea of ​​"protecting one's relatives"!

But think again about Zhao Ji's madness just now, and think about what would happen if Ying Zheng really was filial to Zhao Ji regardless of right or wrong as the Confucianists of the Meng family required.

The Confucian scholars were unable to utter any words of rebuttal and even shuddered.

If Ying Zheng was really so filial to Zhao Ji, it would definitely be a disaster for the Qin Dynasty and even the entire world!
If they cannot ask Ying Zheng to be as filial to Zhao Ji, then naturally they cannot ask people in the world to be as filial to their parents!
Ying Chengjiao continued, "I believe that minor filial piety is to be filial to one's family, and major filial piety is to be filial to one's country."

"Filial piety to parents is certainly worthy of praise, but filial piety to the country should be praised even more. If family and country are at odds, one should give up family and take the country, which is the greatest filial piety!"

"Otherwise, if parents plot rebellion, their children will be in a dilemma!"

"Based on these two points, the court should recruit all families and factions in the world, and then randomly select tens of thousands of households from the people, and conduct in-depth inquiries to understand how their parents and children get along, and formulate a filial piety that suits the current situation of our Great Qin and has the characteristics of the Great Qin."

"After clarifying the filial piety of our Great Qin, we will establish laws based on this filial piety, rewarding fame, lightly rewarding profit, and lightly punishing crimes!"

"And order all the Qin law officials to teach their disciples this virtue of filial piety."

Ying Chengjiao's advice made all the families and factions dissatisfied.

As for Lu Buwei, he failed to establish filial piety as the foundation of governing the country.

For Han Fei, light rewards and minor punishments were not enough to guide social thought.

As for Meng's Confucian disciples, they were even more unable to bring foolish filial piety and concealing the truth among relatives into the Qin Dynasty.

However, Ying Chengjiao's advice made all the families and factions somewhat satisfied.

In Lu Buwei's view, Ying Chengjiao regarded filial piety as the foundation of loyalty. If Ying Chengjiao could succeed, the Qin Dynasty would for the first time incorporate filial piety into the toolbox of governing the country.

In Han Fei's view, Ying Chengjiao adopted his theory of the benefits of filial piety, which holds that filial piety is not a matter of course, and that parents have to pay before their children can get rewards. He regarded kindness and filial piety as investment and return, and put the court in the position of judging whether the investment and return are reasonable.

In the view of Mencius's Confucian scholars, Ying Chengjiao's idea of ​​letting law officials teach students filial piety is exactly the same as Mencius' idea of ​​"carefully teaching in schools and explaining the meaning of filial piety and brotherly love."

After pretending to ponder, Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "I think your words are very good!"

"This matter must be dealt with as quickly as possible!"

"I want to be filial to my mother, but I don't know what is the right way to do it and what is the wrong way to do it."

"I still need your help to discuss and teach me!"

Ying Zheng did not make any compromise with the abdication attempt initiated by almost all the people in Guandong in the name of filial piety. He welcomed Zhao Ji back only out of filial piety and adopted a strategy proposed by Ying Chengjiao that was different from the strategy proposed by all parties in Guandong.

The momentum created by the joint efforts of various forces in Guandong was forcefully broken by Ying Zheng.

However, Ying Zheng's method of breaking the impasse actually won the admiration and closeness of the people in Guandong.

In this round, Ying Zheng won!
Facing Ying Zheng's smile, even Chun Yuyue and other doctors could only helplessly and helplessly bow their hands and say:

"Your Majesty is wise!"

(End of this chapter)