The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

After speaking so eloquently, Fang Yun looked around the hall again and said, "No need to wait this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, a document flew out of the official seal. Under this document, there were actually two seals of the Palace of Rites and the Palace of Punishment!

With the order of one palace, there is still a chance for retrial, but once the seals of the two palaces fall, Ni Kuo completely loses the right to continue to appeal. No matter whether it is the government office, the state office, the Ministry of Punishment or the Palace of Punishment, they will not re-examine the case unless the Holy Court takes the initiative to investigate the case.

The whole audience was in an uproar. This kind of double seal of the Palace of Rites and the Palace of Punishment has not been seen for many years.

Some scholars with a keen sense of smell thought that Fang Yun was a virtual saint with hidden power, but the Palace of Rites and the Palace of Punishment would never issue the seals of the two palaces so hastily. It seems that in addition to the fact that Ni Kuo and his son did too much, the more important reason is that the Palace of Rites and the Palace of Punishment support Fang Yun's judgment!

The Palace of Punishment is completely controlled by the Legalists. Since Li Kui, Shang Yang, Han Fei and other Legalist predecessors, the Legalists have advocated severe punishment and capital punishment. However, because the Qin Dynasty's heavy punishments led to the destruction of the country, and proved that the Legalists could only assist the country but not rule the country, the Legalists were slightly restrained, but most of the Legalists still focused on using heavy punishments to deter criminals, so as to achieve the goal of reducing crime.

Fang Yun's punishment this time was much heavier than that of the Legalists of all dynasties, and it was indeed reasonable and legal, so the Legalists naturally went with the flow.

The Lidian has always been against heavy punishments and capital punishments, because they believe that the prosperity of rituals and music will bring peace to the people. However, Fang Yun's letter to the Lidian went straight to the core, using the deeds that have happened in recent years to explain in detail the serious consequences of bullying in the academy, and determined that these people have completely abandoned the rituals and ethics, and only by severely punishing them can young people respect the rituals and ethics.

Although the Lidian opposes heavy punishments, if anyone disobeys the great rituals, the punishment of the Lidian is more extreme than that of the Xingdian!

What's more, one side is a false saint, and the other side is a boy.

I saw Ni Kuo's blood boiling, his face flushed, his body shaking slightly, and he might fall down at any time.

"Dad!" Ni Xian hurriedly got up and supported Ni Kuo.

Ni Kuo then stood still, staring at Fang Yun with hatred, and shouted: "Fang Yun, what kind of hatred do I have with you? How dare you treat me like this! Why do you want to deprive me of my position! Cruel official! You are the most cruel official in Jingguo!"

"So what if you are a cruel official?" Fang Yun smiled indifferently, not taking Ni Kuo's accusation to heart at all.

Ni Kuo gritted his teeth and looked at Fang Yun, saying: "Fang County Magistrate, since you have sentenced me so heavily, can you forgive my son? I promise that my son will never bully anyone in the future!"

Fang Yun did not even look at Ni Kuo, and once again burst into thunderous words, his voice spreading throughout the county.

"Ni Xian, a student, was taught by many saints, but he killed his classmates with cruel means, like an animal. He refused to change despite repeated warnings and was insane. He is unacceptable and unforgivable by law! This county has sentenced Ni Xian to be deprived of his student status and will never be allowed to take the imperial examination! In view of the fact that Ni Xian is not yet a young man, the corporal punishment will be reduced to three lashes as a warning. He will then be sent to prison until he is 20 years old. After he becomes an adult, he will be exiled to the frontier for 20 years! Tomorrow, he and his father Ni Kuo will be paraded through the streets for three days to serve as a warning to others!"

The other three accused students were surprised. They said too much evidence about Ni Xian's crimes. If they were adults, they would definitely be sentenced to death. However, they clearly mentioned that Ni Xian raped and killed Lu Ping'er, but Fang Yun did not mention it at all. I don't know what his intention was.

"Fang Yun! I, Ni Kuo, am guilty, so you can punish me. Why do you treat my son like this? He had a chance to pass the exam to become a scholar, and even become the first juren in my Ni family! Ni Kuo, a guilty man, please forgive my son! As long as my son can keep his position as a scholar, from now on, I am willing to be your slave for all eternity!" Ni Kuo knelt down and kowtowed violently.

Bang... Bang... Bang...

The force was so strong that people nearby even felt the ground shaking.

After a few kowtows, Ni Kuo began to feel dizzy, and blood stains appeared on the ground.

"Dad... Dad..." Ni Xian cried and tried to stop his father from kowtow, but was pushed away by Ni Kuo.

The father mourned and the son was sad, but Fang Yun turned a blind eye and said coldly: "Deprive him of his position as a scholar!"

Boom...

There was thunder in the clear sky, and everyone within a hundred miles looked up at the sky in panic, and saw a bloody word "punishment" suddenly appear above the holy temple in the center of the county academy of literature, and it flashed away.

Then, a huge breath descended on the county government office, and everyone felt as if their throats were being strangled by an invisible big hand, making it difficult to breathe.

"No..." Ni Kuo and Ni Xian shouted in unison.

Suddenly, orange talent emerged from the two of them, first like a flame, then surging upward like a fountain, and finally forming two balls of talent, which completely separated from their bodies and disappeared into the holy temple.

Ni Kuo and Ni Xian's bodies softened and collapsed to the ground, sweating all over their bodies, with tiny traces of blood flowing from their eyes, nostrils, corners of their mouths and ears.

Ni Xian's mother closed her eyes and fainted.

The other three young students were frightened and kowtowed to Fang Yun like pounding garlic. The fathers of the three students were also frightened and knelt on the ground, kowtowing continuously, and more than a dozen relatives and friends of the three students outside the main hall also knelt down and begged for mercy for the three students.

Many people present were frightened. It was not that Jingguo had never seen cruel officials, but there were too few officials who were so strict. Was it right to use such a severe punishment to bully classmates?

Some people who had previously agreed with Fang Yun began to doubt Fang Yun's purpose. Could it be that he had a grudge against the Ni family?

The main hall was quiet. Ni Xian was still rolling his eyes and twitching slightly because his power was stripped away, but Ni Kuo was in his prime and in good health, and he had already woken up.

Ni Kuo lay on the ground, his whole body sore, looking at Fang Yun in the hall, tears streaming down his face, and shouting with all his strength: "Why! Why on earth! Why do you treat us father and son like this! Why!"

Shen Ming pinched his goatee and coughed lightly, saying, "County Magistrate Fang, although you have a good relationship with the Holy Court and have obtained the seals of the two palaces as a virtual saint, this sentence is too heavy. It reminds people of the tyranny of the late Qin Dynasty, when the whole world was attacked. For your sake, I think it is better to reduce the sentence."

"Yes, yes..." Those who pleaded for the other three students echoed.

Fang Yun burst into thunder for the third time.

"Some people think that the punishment imposed by this county is too harsh. Then, let me tell you what I wrote in the letter to the Palace of Rites!"

"The essence of bullying in the academy is not the pain of burning or cutting, or even the pain of being humiliated, but the negation! For a student whose mind, concepts and thoughts are not sound, being bullied once or twice may be an accident, but if he is bullied continuously and the perpetrators are not punished, it is equivalent to denying the goodness of this world in his heart! Denying the justice that the human race should have! Denying all the etiquette and law education!"

"When the hand of justice does not help him when he needs it most, he will be dragged into the abyss of sin by the hand of evil! Bullying in the academy is not only destroying the scholars, but also destroying the scholars. , and it is denying the wisdom and progress of the human race! Not saving innocent people from harm and not punishing tyrants for their evil deeds is destroying the order established by the human race! "

"It is people like Ni Xian who have destroyed the beliefs of countless people and forced countless people to abandon the rites and laws. The crimes he has committed against Tian Lu again and again, the crimes of being able to act arbitrarily because he is not yet an adult, and the crimes of being able to act recklessly because of his family background, except for severe punishment, there is no power to deter him! Except for severe punishment, there is no power to reduce the occurrence of such incidents! "

"Since he first abandoned the rites and used violence to communicate with evil, then I will use punishment to teach him the language of being a human being again! "

.