Chapter 191: Benevolence, Righteousness, Wisdom and Faith!
When Xu Yuan saw this scene, he didn't want Jiang Li to step down, and he was completely ashamed and angry.
After all, many things still rely on such local snakes, so he said: "These yellow-clad Taoists incite ignorant people and misbehave, which will definitely lead to disaster in the future. What Jiang Jun said is not bad!"
Jiang Li's face looked much better now, and he forced a smile and said: "Exactly, the Yellow Clothes Sect is a scourge. It's a pity that the emperor does not know it and actually believes in the Yellow Clothes Sect. It is really heartbreaking!"
No one refuted this statement, and no one did it less privately over the years to talk about slandering the emperor.
The dissatisfaction with the emperor, or even with the imperial power, is deepening!
Especially among the energetic young Confucian scholars!
During the reign of Emperor Xiaohe, there were even great Confucian scholars who publicly proposed that the world should be publicized and not privately owned.
And within five hundred years, a virtuous person will surely appear, so that the emperor can imitate the ancient emperors and abdicate the throne to the virtuous people in the world.
This kind of thing is by no means a fabrication, it has also happened in other world histories.
It even formed a huge social trend that shook the legitimacy of the imperial power and even affected the emperor himself. He also planned to stage a drama of abdicating the throne to himself in order to regain the legitimacy of the imperial power.
It can be seen that the trend of thought is coming together, but there is no force to stop it, and everyone is affected by it.
"If we want to deal with that Tao Xiaowu, we probably have to deal with the Yellow Clothes Sect as well..."
While he was still saying this, he suddenly heard the noise of drumming, and a large, dark crowd gathered towards the Jiang family manor.
They seemed to be poor people and slaves dressed in rags, etc., and they came from all directions at once, and they gathered more and more.
Jiang Li's face suddenly turned blue and he said angrily: "Here we go again!"
"What's going on?"
"They are from the Yellow Clothes Sect..." Jiang Li said, angry but also guilty.
It was at this time that the noise was heard in the manor, and the serfs, children, servants, etc. all gathered together, seemingly responding to the followers of the Yellow Road outside.
When Lu Ping and Xu Yuan saw such a scene, what else did they not understand?
The Jiang family went too far. Huang Yidao negotiated with the Jiang family several times on behalf of the believers, but the Jiang family refused to give in and improve the treatment of slaves.
This time, it is estimated that Huang Yidao is serious and intends to force the palace!
If Lu Ping and Xu Yuan were not present at this moment, Jiang Li would not be able to help but order his retainers and guards to disperse these people.
However, at this time, there were two Confucian scholars, Lu Ping and Xu Yuan, who were embarrassed to take action.
Although Jiang Li was a true country tycoon, he was not a Confucian who followed the path of pure hope.
But it also costs face!
The main thing is that in this era, reputation is the most important, and shameless people cannot survive.
It is impossible to survive with a bad reputation. If Lu Ping and Xu Yuan spread a few bad words about him among the scholars, it is estimated that Jiang Li would have no choice but to suffer the punishment of Spring and Autumn Period and commit suicide.
It's very simple. Once his reputation among the scholars is bad, not only himself, but also the whole family will be implicated.
At that time, all friends, in-laws, and all relationships must be clearly separated from the Jiang family, and they must never interact with each other, so as not to drag down their own reputation.
And the government also likes to deal with this kind of family, to calm the public's anger, and the scholars are satisfied. They can also make money by raiding the family, and gain a reputation of not fearing the powerful. Which local official wouldn't do this?
Therefore, if it really comes to this point, Jiang Li himself will commit suicide to save his family.
In fact, in this era, some people have committed crimes and their reputations have been ruined, but they refuse to commit suicide.
Some people say that you have no sense of shame and that your life is a humiliation to the world and damages the reputation of others.
There is a group of "good friends" who cry at your door every day, organize funerals for you, and force you to commit suicide!
Jiang Li himself knew that what he was doing was wrong. At this moment, he could not use force to suppress the slaves and poor people in front of Xu Yuan and Lu Ping. He could only suppress his anger and said: "Tell the people outside that I agree to their conditions!"
Someone immediately went to deliver the message.
However, not long after, the people outside had already sent the message back: "The divine master from the Huangyi Dao outside said that Master Lang, you are unfaithful to your words and cannot believe you..."
Jiang Li almost spat out blood, but he felt ashamed to death in front of Lu Ping and the others.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust, these five are the greatest human ethics.
It is the moral requirement of a person in this world, and it is the eternal law of heaven and earth. The so-called permanent way is called "Five Constants".
Well, it doesn't matter what happened to the five gangsters later on.
In short, in this era, it is a serious accusation to judge a person for not keeping his word.
Generally speaking, if you can't get it back, you'd better commit suicide.
Same reason as above!
If it were in the past, Jiang Li would not be afraid of others judging him as untrustworthy. This is because these public opinions are mainly spread among the scholars.
No matter how much these idiots are evaluated, they generally have no influence on scholars.
But things are different now!
Xu Yuan and Lu Ping were both from Shenluo. They were both Confucian students of Taixue and had extremely high status.
If two words were casually spread, saying that he, Jiang Li, had no faith, how could he, Jiang Li, still live?
At this time, I was almost crying.
Fortunately, Lu Ping was still calm and did not attack at this time. He just took a deep breath and said, "Go and ask, how can these people believe it?"
This was said to the messenger.
After hearing this, the messenger hurriedly saluted and went to deliver the message.
After a while, the man came back sweating profusely and said: "The master said that the Jiang family was unkind because of their wealth, and they lynched several slaves last time.
Those slaves are all Huang Yi's followers, and their Huangyi Sect has nothing to do with the Jiang family!"
"Lynching?"
After hearing this, Lu Ping and Xu Yuan's expressions changed drastically. They looked at Jiang Li with evil expressions on their faces: "Sheng Jiang, is this true?"
He didn't even address Jiang Jun, so Jiang Li immediately felt that something was wrong and complained in his heart.
Although it was said that Dayu did not explicitly condemn the private killing of slaves, over the years, Confucianism advocated benevolence, opposed the indiscriminate killing of slaves, abolished corporal punishment, etc.
Even really famous Confucian families usually kept slaves.
In short, the scholars are quite opposed to this!
And this Jiang Li committed the crime against the current trend of Confucianism!
Some people may find it incredible.
But you have to know that when a trend comes together, no one can stop it. Even though the trend has far-reaching influence, it is actually difficult to persist for too long.
For example, in a certain world, in a special era, many wealthy men and women abandoned their families, and even their classes, and devoted themselves to...
Let’s take the time traveler Wang Mang’s second son, Wang Huo, who privately killed his slave and was forced to commit suicide by Wang Mang!
So the world praises him!
Regardless of whether he is sincere or not, doing such a thing can gain great fame, which shows that Confucian benevolence and righteousness, killing slaves privately is wrong, has begun to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.