Martial Arts Master Travelled to Ancient Time and Farms

  Chapter 334 Controversy between Confucianism and Legalism, the two saints are coming to court (6K chapters in the finale)

  Xihe three years, another spring came.

  West of Weijing City, Wu'an Hou Mansion, a green-draped carriage, surrounded by many attendants, hurried into the side gate of the Hou Mansion, passed through the wide martial arts arena in the front yard, and the carriage went straight into the second main courtyard.

  The curtain of the car was lifted, and a beautiful head with a golden jade pendant came out first.

  A group of servants hurriedly ushered in in the front garden, and the leading lady in charge opened her mouth and shouted: "Oh, my second aunt, why don't you ask for help when you get off the bus? Wait, servant girl!"

  While talking over there, in the car here, Cheng Erni... Oh, no, it should be called Cheng Fang, but Cheng Fang was already holding on to the door frame of the carriage, and jumped out of the carriage by herself.

  Cheng Fang's voice was crunchy, like a mouthful of ice cubes: "What are you helping me, sister-in-law Hong, don't speak in such a tone, I get goosebumps! Where's my mother? Where's my eldest sister?"

  Mu Sanniang is doing accounts in the main room of the main courtyard, and Cheng Ying is also there.

  After Cheng Ling became a marquis, the new emperor gave her a Marquis of Wu'an Mansion in the capital, and Cheng Ling sent people to Yongzhou to bring Mu Sanniang, her two sisters, and many other servants to the capital.

  The team of green coats back then has now grown to five or six hundred people. After years of running-in and training, they have now become the Cheng family's right-hand man.

   Needless to say, those who are slaves, some people have a low upper limit, and it is already the limit to be able to change from a commoner to a noble slave—

  Although it seems that they will lose their freedom and want to be enslaved, but in this precarious and chaotic world, to find a master like Cheng Ling, for some people, may have exhausted their life's luck.

   Not everyone pursues freedom, not to mention the prime minister's family, a seventh-rank official, Wu'an Hou, a powerful slave, "his" family's slaves, it all depends on chance.

  Of course, some people have other ambitions.

  For example, Shi Hong, and Cheng Ling's disciples Yang Lin, Wu Yun and others. Wu Yun wanted to be Cheng Ling's entourage, but he didn't dare to be independent. He always felt that he should learn more from his master, while Yang Lin still had his dream of taking the imperial examination.

  In the first year of Xihe, the new emperor opened Enke and recruited talents from all over the world.

  After passing the imperial examination, Shi Hong was exiled to the hometown of the Eastern Qi Dynasty and served as a county magistrate. Now that he has been an official for nearly three years, he has made good achievements in the assessment, and his promotion is just around the corner.

  He looks like he has left Cheng Ling's team, but in fact, everyone knows that standing behind him is Marquis Wu An.

  If Shi Hong is promoted again, the more power he will hold in the future, the wider the tentacles of the Marquis of Wu'an Party, and the stronger the foundation.

  For a faction, apart from the most important and core person, the rest of the party members are naturally indispensable. It is best to have both quantity and quality.

  These are the cornerstones of the building, and the branch network spreads to make things happen.

  Of course, Cheng Ling himself did not admit that he formed a party.

   In fact, she does not form a party.

  What do you want to form a party? Rebellion again? Come to a war?

  The goal of war is to end the war. If the goal has been achieved, why start the war again?

  If Cheng Ling really had this ambition, when she was in the Imperial Concubine Palace, she only had to wait for all the princes, including Xiao Man, to be killed by the Imperial Concubine Party, and then kill all the Imperial Concubine Party, wouldn't it be a big deal?

  At that time, Cheng Ling was already very prestigious regardless of her literary skills and martial arts. With Wei Huang's family completely wiped out, if she raised her arms and shouted, who would dare not accept it?

   Cheng Ling didn't do that at that time, and his attitude was already very clear.

  Unfortunately, it is too difficult to prove that a person has no ambitions.

  Who would believe that at the beginning, Cheng Ling just wanted to find a place for his family to settle down in this troubled world?

   It was later that she stood higher and higher and had to be involved in the war, so she changed from "Cheng Shaoqing" to "Wu Anhou".

  Up to now, there are rumors in Jianghu and temples that Marquis Wu'an is really the number one expert in the world, so she was put on the rack and never came down again.

  The highest praise is often accompanied by slander. As Cheng Ling's reputation as "the world's number one expert" spread farther and farther, those shadowy, viscous and malicious guesses have never been torn from Cheng Ling.

  So the label of "forming a party" was naturally put on Cheng Ling's head, and he couldn't take it off even if he wanted to.

  She doesn't want to rebel, but people in the world always suspect her of rebelling.

  She will not assassinate anyone easily and casually, but people in the world always feel that if they look at her a little more, their lives are in danger.

   This is suspicious neighbors and stealing axes, which cannot be washed away, only because ghosts are in people's hearts.

  If you hold the sword in your hand, the world will be afraid of you. If you put down the sword in your hand, the world will kill you!

   Once you get this sword, you can never let it go!

  Cheng Fang hurried home after hearing some bad rumors about Cheng Ling outside.

When she saw Mu Sanniang and Cheng Ying in the small hall of the main room, she said angrily, "Aniang, big sister, I'm so angry! That idiot of Mrs. Zhang, you are so small-eyed, you actually talk Trick me, and ask me in a different way, Brother Ling, if he comes back this time, if he has that...that idea! Is this kind of thing easy to say? Stupid, bastard! I'm so angry, I'm so angry..."

Mrs. Zhang is Cheng Fang's second sister-in-law. When Cheng Ling was named Marquis, the two elder sisters came to Beijing with Mu Sanniang. After careful selection, Mu Sanniang chose Cheng Fang's youngest son from the Guozijianji Restaurant as the husband.

  This son-in-law was not wrong, and Cheng Fang lived a comfortable life in the past two years. The Zhang family has a good family style. Although Zhang Sanlang is not as willing to advance in his official career as his brothers, he likes gold and stone toys, ingenious skills, and has the demeanor of a rich and idle person, which is just right for Cheng Fang, a handicraft expert.

   Coupled with the growing power of the Marquis of Wu'an, even for Cheng Ling's sake, no one would dare to neglect Cheng Fang.

  Even if Cheng Fang was born in a humble background, so what? With brother Cheng Ling here, she is the first-class noble girl in the world!

  It's a pity that perfection is rare in the world. Cheng Fang is good at everything in her husband's house, but she can't help getting angry with her sister-in-law.

  Especially the second sister-in-law of the Zhang family, in Cheng Fang's mouth, she seems to be a big villain who is stupid, shrewd, perverse, and sinister...

  The two of them usually had conflicts. Now that Cheng Ling came back from the fiefdom, Zhang's tentative words made Cheng Fang even more angry.

   Without saying a word, she called the carriage and went home to find her mother.

  Mu Sanniang put down the account book in her hand, looked at Cheng Ying beside her, and sighed deeply.

   Unlike Cheng Fang, Cheng Ying is not married.

   It wasn't that Mu Sanniang didn't want to find her eldest daughter, it was Cheng Ying who didn't want to.

  Her reason is very simple. It's not that she wants to wait for the fiancé who has no news from back then, but that she herself doesn't want to get married: "Aniang, if you want your daughter to start a family, then find me a son-in-law."

  Cheng Ying wanted to recruit a wife, but how could it be so easy to recruit a girlfriend?

  The poor Mu Sanniang looked down on her, and a good man would not be willing to be her son-in-law. This time and again, Cheng Ying was delayed.

But what I have to say is that during the past three years, Cheng Ling was away as an official, sitting in Yunchuan, Cheng Fang was married, and only Cheng Ying was by Mu Sanniang's side all the time... For Mu Sanniang, this was actually extremely difficult. A big consolation.

  Simply, the two of you are not in a hurry, let's just do it and see. As Cheng Ling said: "My sister, what does it matter if you get married or not? Who dares to force you to get married?"

  Wu Anhou's elder sister, this identity alone is enough for Cheng Ying to walk sideways in Wei Jing.

  Of course, Cheng Ying has a gentle temperament and is not arrogant, so there is no need to mention this.

  The problem now is that the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion is very powerful and attracts the attention of the world, but how long will the flowers bloom and the fire cook oil last?

  Three years, Cheng Ling is away as an official.

   Until this spring, she returned to Beijing to report on her duties.

  As soon as he returned to Beijing, he was called into the palace by the new emperor before entering the house.

  At this moment, how many pairs of eyes, bright or dark, were staring at the center of the imperial city.

   After three years of rest and recuperation, will Wei Guo make waves again? Marquis Wu'an, the number one master in the world, is he really willing to bow his head and become a minister? And the new emperor, who is also very powerful and decides the world by war, can he really tolerate the existence of a courtier like Marquis Wu'an?

  Can he still believe in Marquis Wu'an as before, no matter how fearful others are?

  …

  Countless questions are surging, as if in an instant.

  Wei Jing, in the palace.

  Cheng Ling and Xiao Man met by the Penglai Pond.

  It was a sunny morning with no rain, and the koi in Penglai Pond jumped suddenly, making the sound of splashing water.

  The koi fell back into the water, and the clear water rippled with gentle ripples.

  The two people who met again after the farewell did not seem unfamiliar. Xiao Man retreated all the attendants and hidden guards, and stretched out his hand to Cheng Ling: "Brother Cheng... Ah Ling, can I hold you?"

  His palm is wide, his fingers are slender, and the lines in his palm are clear. It looks very clean and warm.

   It still seems to be the same as before, and it hasn't changed at all.

   Has he really not changed?

  Cheng Ling recalled the secret letters sent by Xiao Man when he was far away in Yunchuan.

"Ah Ling, for breakfast today I used white porridge boiled with rice, served with steamed anchovies, five-spice cake, and four-color side dishes. I don't like the rest. Solo porridge is never boring. It really should be vigorously promoted .”

   "Ah Ling, the weather is getting colder and the south is damp and cold. A few days ago, the Wuhu tribe paid tribute to a lot of furs, including green, white and red. I think it suits you very well. I will send you a letter. I hope you will add clothes when the weather is cold."

  …

  In short, they corresponded for nearly three years. In the first year, apart from official correspondence, what Xiao Man babbled about in private letters was basically trivial matters.

   It's quite reasonable, except...Xiao Man likes to mention all kinds of experiences he has every day.

From what to eat, what to use, who to meet, down to complaining about some ministers "goatee beard is too eye-catching", "It's cold and I don't like to wash my hair, it's a bit indecent, but I am a good and tolerant emperor, I just wonder how his wife tolerates him ", "The man who loves his concubine and destroys his wife is a fool, I berated him today"...

   Cough, the more you complain, the more addictive you become, so that when Cheng Ling wrote back later, he couldn't help but follow him and complain about some of the **** things he had encountered.

One of the most serious cases was that the villagers drowned the baby girl in favor of sons over girls. The baby girl's mother sued her parents-in-law and her husband in court in a rage, but the local county magistrate slapped her, saying that her wife would sue her husband and go to court. Sue, transgression of human relations is a serious crime, thinking that there is a reason for the incident, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped.

  Why did the county magistrate make such a sentence? Because in the original law of the State of Wei, there is such a sentence: "A son sues his parents, a woman sues the prestige, a slave and a maid sue the master, the master's parents and his wife, don't listen and abandon the sue."

  Yes, juniors cannot sue their elders, wives cannot sue their husbands, slaves cannot sue their masters...

  The elders can kill the younger generation, the father can kill the daughter, the grandmother can kill the granddaughter... A newborn baby has no human rights, and in this case, she is not even discussed as an independent person!

  She died, but the person who killed her did not need to be punished, but the mother who defended her was stripped of her pants and beaten with a board in public.

   Later, the woman who was beaten in court returned to her natal home and hanged herself with a rope.

After Cheng Ling learned of this, although he immediately sent a letter to reprimand the county magistrate and gave him a low grade in the evaluation, the hanged woman could not come back, nor could the dead baby girl. up.

   As for the county magistrate's judgment, legally speaking, he was actually right! What an absurd thing.

  Afterwards, Cheng Ling wrote his indignation about this matter in a secret letter to Xiao Man, and wrote a separate memorial to return to Beijing.

  She spoke eloquently to Chen Wanyan, not only discussing the irrationality of "relatives hiding each other", but also clearly pointing out: Parents killing children, grandparents killing grandchildren, should be the same crime as killing others!

  This memorial actually runs counter to Confucian culture. The core of Confucian culture lies in the three cardinal principles and five constant rules, filial piety governing the world.

Among them, patriarchy and monarchy have been lifted to the supreme position. As the so-called monarch and minister, father and son, the king is the guide of the ministers, and the father is the guide of the son... And if one day, the descendants can rebel against the elders and be "unfilial", then the ministers are Isn't it possible to rebel against the king and be unfaithful?

   This is a big thunder, a volcano, a red line that cannot be touched. If ordinary unknown people touch it, they will hurt themselves first, but when Wu'an Hou Chengling touches it, the volcano will be ignited instantly.

  One stone stirs up waves!

  The next year, the second year of Xihe, was spent in the struggle between Cheng Ling and many "guardians".

  Of course, Cheng Ling is not fighting alone.

She has Xiao Man as the strongest backing. It stands to reason that, as the emperor, Xiao Man should uphold the normal logic of monarch, minister and subject, father and son, but he dared to stand up and stand by Cheng Ling's side with Cheng Ling. Worldly challenges.

  In this year, countless famous people came to the stage, all kinds of wonderful articles were flying all over the world, and various opinions were expressed.

  Where there is struggle, there is growth.

  The wounds caused by wars and natural disasters seem to be healed in the face of the prosperity of this culture.

  Later, Cheng Ling grasped an important point.

  The king is the leader of the minister and cannot be shaken: This is inevitable, she can't poach Xiao Man's corner.

  Then let's focus on another important point: legislation must be made to stipulate that parents killing their children and grandparents killing their grandchildren are also regarded as homicide!

  Can the Son of Heaven really only rely on Confucianism to govern the country?

   No, we want to rule the country according to the law!

  Since then, Cheng Ling has gained many allies.

Legalist celebrities are excited. They have been suppressed by Confucianism for many years, and even legislation must consider Confucianism. Shackles, in this way, is it Confucianism or Legalism?

  The opportunity to break the Confucian blockade is at hand, starting from this "infanticide case"!

  From this day on, legal principles will eventually break ritual laws.

  In the winter of the second year of Xihe, a new law was promulgated.

   On the day when the new law edict was promulgated, as soon as Cheng Ling received the official document, he immediately ordered people to go to the house where the infanticide case took place, and locked up everyone involved in the drowning girl case.

  Principal culprit is sentenced to death, and accessory criminal is exiled!

  Killing for life is justified, but how can the victim be given a light sentence or even no sentence just because the victim is a baby who can't speak yet?

  Victims are babies, and they deserve more compassion and love.

   This case of infanticide spanned a year, touched the hearts of scholars all over the world, and even triggered the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism, and finally announced the closure of the case with this rebellion.

you get what you sow.

  If this man-eating etiquette does not give justice, then let the light of legal principles clear the blue sky!

  The case was concluded, and the winter of the second year of Xihe passed like this. The aftermath is shocking and I won’t mention it much. After all, the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism is not a temporary dispute, but a long-term defense.

  Xihe Sannian came, at this time, the content of Xiao Man's secret letter to Cheng Ling changed again.

  In addition to daily chores and complaining about ministers, he actually started to secretly write love letters to Cheng Ling!

   Such as: "There are sun and moon in the sky, and I have Qingqing. The sun and moon are always accompanied, but Qingqing is rarely seen."

  Or: "In the past, when the willow bridge was farewell, the wind and snow have passed for three years. The willow branches have sprouted again, and the spring breeze is just right, so you can return slowly."

   Uh, how can this be parried?

Xiao Man confided in the letter very aggrieved: "The three-year filial piety period is approaching, and I was urged to marry again. There are quite a lot of women who don't know how ugly they are, and call them beautiful in vain. Other than you, the world is ugly!"

   "I refused again and again, and I can't bear the disturbance. If Qingqing has a clever plan, please save me!"

  Cheng Ling: ... Sigh.

  What else can I do? Of course I went back to Beijing to save him!

  Beside Penglai Pool, Xiao Man stretched out his hand, and Cheng Ling held him.

  The koi in the pond leaped up again, one of them was particularly vigorous, leaped across the water bank with a slap, and landed in front of Xiao Man and Cheng Ling with its tail flapping.

  Cheng Ling recalled some of Xiao Man's words in the letter, and at this moment, suddenly smiled.

  With a smile, all flowers bloom, and the spring breeze is over again.

  Xiao Man was overjoyed, and quickly ordered someone to pick up the koi carp on the ground, so as to make a living, and ordered someone to order a gold medal to hang on the koi carp, and named it Yuanmeng.

  Later, someone saw His Majesty holding hands with Marquis Wu An and walking by the Penglai Pool.

  The people I've seen are in a daze, muddleheaded, and just feel like I'm crazy.

  Until a few days later, His Majesty announced in the court hall that he would marry Marquis Wu'an, and Marquis Wu'an would be crowned King Wu'an, and he would also be the Empress.

  Ministers:...

  The courtiers realized that it was not they who were crazy, but His Majesty who was crazy!

   No, or this is a new tactic used by King Wu'an to usurp the throne!

What? His Majesty said that King Wu'an was actually a woman, and that they had a pre-determined marriage alliance, as evidenced by heaven and earth. So, their union was blessed by heaven and earth, and expected by their ancestors? ah bah bah bah...

What? His Majesty also said, Wu'an Wang Wen can secure the world, Wu can determine the universe, number one in the world, peerless arrogance, so she is not in the deep palace, but still in court as a queen?

   Hehehe, hehehe...

  Knowing that this is a new trick used by King Wu'an to usurp the throne, it is a pity that His Majesty has been deceived by lard, but he still has to trust "him"!

  Yes, even though Xiao Man clearly stated that Cheng Ling is actually a woman, there are still too many people who refuse to believe this fact.

  Everyone just thinks that this is either His Majesty crazy, or King Wu'an's conspiracy.

  Wang Wu'an is a woman? How can this be? What a joke in the world!

   Believe it or not...

  It's a pity that no amount of unbelief can stop Xiao Man's determination to become a queen, and no one dares to make trouble in front of Cheng Ling because of this—

  Oh, no, someone actually made a fuss.

  However, Cheng Ling just gave her an extra look, and the elder who jumped out and scolded her as "scheming, turning the world upside down, a traitor, and taking possession of the artifact" suddenly fell down by himself.

  God knows that the old man is just old and frail and sprained his feet, but since then, there has been another "stare at whoever dies" in the legend of Cheng Ling's number one in the world.

   After finishing the ball, it is irresistible!

  What else can I do? Come on, if you can't resist, just lie down and accept it. At least, our Majesty who has been single for many years is finally out of the singles, isn't he?

  It's just that from now on, many people always look at Xiao Man with strange eyes.

  Everyone dared not say it publicly, but they couldn't help muttering in their hearts: I don't know who is more majestic when His Majesty and King Wu'an are together?

  Wu An Wang is like this, no matter how you look at it, he doesn't seem to be the kind who is willing to be inferior to others!

  But Your Majesty, Your Majesty... He probably can't either.

   Tsk, tsk, tsk!

   Until the fifth year of Xihe, Xiao Man happily announced to the world that the queen was pregnant!

  The courtiers were like falling into a dream, and their first reaction was: King Wu'an won't have a fake pregnancy, right? It turns out that King Wu'an really loves His Majesty? How willing to suffer this grievance!

   A few months later, the queen's belly gradually grew.

   All the ministers trembled, mother, this is too much of a fake, it’s terrible, it doesn’t look like a fake, it’s over, it’s actually true?

  Conceived in October, the first prince was born.

  After a few months, it will bloom, resembling Cheng Ling and Xiao Man.

  The ministers of the State of Wei are all happy, and the world is happy.

  In the sixth year of Xihe, the eldest prince who was just half a year old was established by Xiao Man as the crown prince.

  He is both a heir and an elder, and he is the best candidate to be the crown prince. In this regard, the whole court can only celebrate, and no one doubts it.

   And Cheng Ling, who finished her maternity leave, stepped into the court again, all the ministers: ...

   All the ministers didn't dare to be angry, and they didn't dare to speak out. They were all used to it. If the queen didn't come out, everyone would be surprised.

   After all, she is the world's number one master Wu An Wang who "stares at anyone and dies", who can control her?

   I just feel sorry for Your Majesty. He used to be an elderly bachelor, but he finally became a bachelor, and his harem is empty again. Apart from the queen, not only does your majesty have no other concubines and concubines, he doesn't even have a concubine in the connecting room... He really only lives with one queen!

   It is conceivable that as long as King Wu'an is the queen, His Majesty will probably never have second thoughts in this life.

  While King Wu'an became a queen, another impact was that real female officials began to appear in the court!

  In the beginning, these female officials were only the empress's ministers and pens, accompanying the empress and handling all kinds of trivial work. Later, the queen established a women's academy in the capital, which not only admitted noble women, but also opened up places to admit qualified commoner women.

   Those who can read read books, those who cannot read, learn embroidery, weaving, arithmetic, medicine... everything that can be learned.

   Gradually, the female officials around the queen began to gain rank and went out.

  Some people do clerical work, some learn to judge cases, some are skilled craftsmen, some are excellent in arithmetic, and they entered the household department...

  Unknowingly, more and more women have stepped out of the boudoir and entered this world ruled by men.

  Wait until some people reacted and became vigilant that the winds of the times were changing, and the ancient law was changing from the present to the present, but everything was a foregone conclusion.

  Wu'an King—On the top, it is the strongest umbrella of female power.

  Although some roads must be long and tortuous, but at this moment, after all, someone has overcome the obstacles and taken the first step!

  As the national strength of the Wei State is growing day by day, there are always people who doubt that His Majesty's husband is not strong, will it be difficult to appease?

  Responding to this, Xiao Man smiled and said nothing: Zi is not a fish, how do you know the joy of fish?

  —<End of the book>—

  Wrecked boat fishing for snow, April 2023

   The finale is coming, thank you for your company all the way. The book ended with a bit of a struggle, but fortunately, no matter how bumpy the journey, it finally came to a successful conclusion.

   Although the storyteller's tone is over, the world in the story has no end. No matter how time goes by, Cheng Ling will always remain in my heart that white horse shining on a silver saddle, the young martial artist who rustles like shooting stars, she will never grow old, just like you and me who read books.

   There is a dream in the heart, and the prosperity will last forever.

grateful!

   The author Jun's new book is also released at the same time, this time about Xian Xia.

   Title of the book "Longevity: I Can Sell Everything"

   With a scale of heaven and earth, everything can be sold.

   After Song Ciwan became a demon purifier at the Demon Refining Platform, she found that this job was very suitable for her.

   Others cleanse demons, and they will be short-lived if they are contaminated with hostility, but she can extract hostility from demon cleansing and sell them to Tian Di Scale.

   Three, two or four dollars for a mere hostility, in exchange for thirty years of life.

   Changing every day, longevity is just around the corner!

   …

  【She sold a catty of emotions and desires from a scumbag, and obtained the practice of sitting and forgetting the Heart Sutra. 】

  【She sold a plate of hot and sour fat sausage and got the Zhuangqi Pill. 】

  【She sold the remorse of a corrupt official and obtained a thaumaturgy painting skin. 】

   【She sold the miser's tears and obtained the immortal technique of cloud and rain. 】

  【She sold out the tricks of the devil and obtained the Taoism skill of Sprinkling beans into soldiers. 】

   …

   The road to longevity is long, and everything you do is full of scenery.

   After reading all the things in the world, another year of wind and snow.

   ——

   Babes:

   [You have collected this book, youth + billion. 】

   【You recommended this book, wealth + 100 million. 】

   [You have followed up on this book, happy + 100 million. 】

   【You invested in this book, temperament + 100 million. 】…

  (end of this chapter)