Capital of Feiguo.

The crowds were crowded with people.

The selected wise men sat together, and below were the people watching. A wealthy businessman in silk stood in the middle of the venue, and next to him was a man speaking with a Zheng accent, saying something.

This man who spoke with a Zheng accent was learned from Deng Xi.

Deng Xi was a famous lawyer in Zheng State back then. He fought too many lawsuits among the people, so that the people of Zheng State only knew Deng Xizi's "bamboo punishment" and did not know the official "die punishment" of Zheng State.

Later, Si Pan took office and killed Deng Xizi, but he could not reverse the situation where Deng Xizi's "Bamboo Punishment" was passed through Zheng State. He could only admit that Deng Xizi's Bamboo Punishment was the law of Zheng State.

After Deng Xizi's death, his disciples had another disciple, mainly making a living as a lawyer with others, making fun of debate with others, and finding contradictory points in various theories and theories as pride.

This person with a Zheng accent lived in Si Shang for a while and also participated in this Feiguo Incident.

But he stood here today, as a lawyer, defending the wealthy businessman wearing silk beside him.

Facing the eyes of everyone, he was not afraid at all. After saluting to the people, he slowly said: "The wise men elected by the people, the people of Feiguo, I stand here today, and you also know what I am going to do."

"The world must have laws and rules. Since you have recognized the meaning of the people as the law, and also recognized the definitions of law, order, sin, and prohibition in the Mohist morality, please listen to me."

"The plaintiff did hoard goods and was extremely angry. He did manipulate prices, make profits and infringe on others. This is what I admit."

When the rich businessman heard this, he suddenly panicked and cursed in his heart.

Since the incident in Feb., the wealthy businessman and some people have manipulated prices and hoarded some daily necessities to raise prices to make profits.

However, the people had already organized themselves, and in anger, they had strength, so they broke through the courtyard of the wealthy businessman and captured the wealthy businessman.

At this moment, the lawyer with a Zheng accent found the wealthy businessman and claimed that he could defend him. The wealthy businessman was drowning and encountered straw. The people were angry at that time. No one was willing to touch this bad head, but there was such a person standing up. He thanked him repeatedly, saying that if things were done, he would be willing to thank him for his pearls, jade, gold and copper.

After the words of the lawyer with Zheng Guo accent also aroused the public's voices, many people shouted: "Since you know, why not judge?"

In the chaotic scene, someone rang the bronze bell, which settled the scene.

The lawyer with Zheng Guo accent whispered: "But even if he does this, is he guilty?"

"Mo Ziyan said: Only harm is not guilty. It causes harm. If there is no ban, it is not a crime. Violating the ban is illegal."

"I want to ask, when he speculates about hoarding, is there a law saying that it is not allowed to hoard? Since he has not said that hoarding is not allowed, even if he causes harm, how can he say that he violates the ban and how can he use the law to punish him?"

"I think his actions are angry, but innocent until the ban is specified."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhe Yangzi, who had become a "sage", stood up and said, "This is a big mistake. Now, there is no law to say that the monarch cannot connect with others to slaughter the people. So is the monarch innocent?"

"Is it wrong for the people to rise up to resist tyranny? Is it a sin to kill the tyrant with my hands?"

"After all, you say that you are guilty of harm and committing a forbidden crime is a crime. However, before killing the king, there was a decree that you would be punished."

He blushed, as if he hated the businessman who had such speculative hoarding and harmed the people's benefits.

He kept mentioning the fact that he killed the tyrant with his hands, and the people shouted: "Zhe Yangzi is right! As you said that, are we all wrong?"

Facing the overwhelming public opinion, the lawyer Zheng Guo looked at Zhe Yangzi, who killed the tyrant and became a wise man, and smiled.

After saluting again on stage and off the stage, he shouted: "It's not like this. You did it right. But why is it right? Let's listen to me."

"Lao Dan said: Man follows heaven and earth, and Tao follows nature."

"Mo Ziyan said: I have ambition, just like a craftsman has rules."

"The will of heaven is nature, and man should follow nature."

"In other words, they are all convinced that people can use reason to discover eternal nature, the will of heaven, and the way of heaven. Only by formulating the law can the world be greatly governed and benefited the world. Is this the truth?"

This is the foundation of the entire Mohist theory about law and the source of the overthrow of the legitimacy of aristocratic rule. No one objected to this.

Seeing that everyone supported him, the lawyer with a Zheng accent continued, "This kind of law is called the law of nature. The root of the law of nature is the way of heaven and the will of heaven. If it is beneficial to people, it needs to conform to their nature of seeking profit. Isn't this wrong?"

"Then, this natural method has a big problem."

"I did something. Even if I violate the law, I think this law is an evil law. As long as I think this law is an evil law and is contrary to my personal interests, I don't think this law is correct. Is this okay?"

His words attracted everyone's thoughts.

Because this involves the interests of everyone, if he is right, then he will be innocent of resisting the tyrant. But that businessman is innocent, and his desire for profit is in line with human nature, so how can it be a sin?

If what he said was wrong, the merchant's sin could be convicted, but everyone actually committed a crime, because the previous decree did not say that the people were allowed to rebel.

This is a paradox no matter how you look at it. If you admit that you are innocent, then the merchant will be innocent; if you admit that you are guilty, you will be guilty.

Just when everyone was speechless, Wei Rang stood up and said, "What you said is wrong."

"Mo Zi said: In ancient times, hundreds of people and hundreds of righteousness were in chaos. Righteousness was profit, and everyone seeks profit, which was everyone seeks harm, because everyone could harm others for their own selfish interests. This is not conducive to the people in the world under the 'even-in-one'."

"When discussing whether the law conforms to the will of heaven, we should discuss people in the world, not individuals. I am not guilty of seeking profit, but if I seek profit and hurt others' benefits, it is contrary to nature. Naturally, I am giving birth to people in the world, so that people in this are everyone, but not someone."

The lawyer from Zheng State saluted Wei Rang and said, "Your words make sense. In other words, you think that some of the laws are determined by humans, and whether the laws determined by humans are right or wrong, good or bad, must be based on whether they conform to the will of heaven and in accordance with nature."

"What is not in line with is evil law, and it can be ignored."

"If you are in harmony, that is good deeds, which must be followed."

"So, since I asked this, is it illegal for Shang Tang to overtake Xia and King Wu to attack Zhou?"

"Although there was no paper in ancient times and there were very few records, I think that at that time, both Jie and Zhou of Shang had formulated laws, and the law must have stipulated that the rebellion could not be rebelled. This should be correct?"

After thinking, Wei Rang quickly replied: "Shang Tang and King Wu, these are all contrary to the law of human concentration. However, the law of human concentration at that time was not in line with the will of heaven and nature, and violated the benefits of the people in the world. Therefore, although Shang Tang and King Wu violated the law, this law was not in line with nature, so it was invalid."

"Therefore, Shang Tang and King Wu were not guilty. Although Mo Zi said that he was guilty of violating the ban, he also said that the will of heaven is the rule, and the will of heaven is the greatest."

The lawyer with a Zheng accent nodded and bowed: "This is the truth. The supreme law of the world is nature and the will of heaven. Then it is the law of human concentration."

"The previous monarch's laws did not benefit the people and endanger the people's rights. Therefore, it violated the laws of nature, so it was not wrong to overthrow the tyrant. This is in line with the will of heaven."

"That's right, the Tang and Wu Revolution, the revolution is innocent."

The eight words that were deafening were said, but everyone present did not react much, just nodded in agreement.

The original anger gradually eased as the lawyer with Zheng Guo accent publicly expressed his support for the people.

Zheng Guo's lawyer said again: "But even Mo Zi, can you know all the ambitions?"

Wei Rang shook his head and said, "No. It is like the earth under his feet is round, which is not known in the past. For example, why the sun is hot is not known. No one in the world can tell that he knows all the heavenly ambitions. The Mo family has only given a way to verify the heavenly ambitions, but it takes a long time to know the whole way of nature."

Zheng Guo's lawyer said: "In this way, natural law needs to be constantly changed as people understand the will of heaven. Today's matter may be considered by everyone to be in line with the will of heaven, but tomorrow may be wrong. Is that true?"

"Of course, there are some things that can be seen. For example, the Tangwu Revolution, the revolution is innocent. As long as tyranny infringes on the interests of the people and causes harm to the people of the world, then this must be wrong. This is a criterion. There are other criterion, such as not being able to plunder other people's private property, because the land belongs to nature, and people make the land belong to the laborers through labor, so plundering other people's property is also contrary to the will of nature."

"The law formulated by everyone in accordance with the meaning of the law. The law formulated is a law established by human beings. This law must be based on natural and natural will, but it cannot be directly used to natural will. Is that true?"

When he asked this, everyone present, including Wei Rang, had to nod and said, "You are right."

The lawyer with Zheng Guo accent bowed to everyone and the people again and said, "Then, the problem is very simple."

"First of all, any law should be based on the eternal will of heaven as the best law. Then, the way of nature can be used as the outline of human law."

"If you want to make law, you must divide the constitution and law."

"The constitution is nature and the will of heaven. It is like the benefit of man, the power of man, the benefit of the world, and the wealth of the world, this is the general outline."

"The law is determined by others and is righteous. For example, if a murderer dies, a wounded person is punished, and a thief is imprisoned and labored. This is a detailed rule."

"You must understand that the death of a murderer is not a natural will, but because the murderer infringes upon the right to life of the murderer. After everyone agrees, they will decide to execute him."

"Tianzhi didn't say that the murderer died."

"The Heavenly Ambition only says that people should live and have the right to life. The law of killing people to die is beneficial to both people, in line with the Heavenly Ambition and in line with nature, so this is a good law."

"Only by knowing the most basic aspirations and the most basic rights of man, using reason, using the Mohist teachings of knowledge, to introduce the death of the murderer, can the right to life of the people in the world be beneficial to the world's right to life."

"Instead of saying that the murderer died. Tianzhi said nothing, that life in heaven and earth is the greatest benefit. We use this reason to deduce the death of the murderer. "

The lawyer with Zheng's accent finally concluded: "Therefore, Lao Dan said that Tao follows nature, and Mo Zi said that I have a will as a craftsman as a rule, which is a natural law."

"And Mozi also said that only harm is not guilty, and it is a crime to commit a forbidden crime. Those who kill people die, and those who hurt others are punished. This is a man's law."

"The law of man's determination must be in accordance with nature. Only the word "harm of harm without guilt" applies to the law of man's determination. The Tang and Wu Revolution, the revolution is innocent, and this is the law of applying to the nature of nature."

"Zhou of Shang and Jie of Xia did not violate the laws of man's determination, but the laws they formulated violated the will of heaven, so people in the world do not need to abide by their laws. Because nature is greater than human's determination, people must conform to nature, otherwise they can be overturned and changed."

"Then, you just stipulated yesterday that hoarding goods is a crime. This is just a man's law, which applies to what Mozi said about harming and not guilty. However, this man hoarded before yesterday and was arrested before yesterday, so he only harming and not guilty."

"But if you commit another crime in the future, it will be a crime. Hoarding goods, raising prices, and subverting the market will not involve the constitutional principles, nor will it violate the natural ambition, it is just a violation of the laws formulated by everyone."

"So, I think he should be forgiven for his sins!"

"And since nature and the will of heaven are used as the main principles, if a man sets laws that do not conform to nature and the will of heaven, it can be changed. A country cannot be unable to make laws, and the formulation of laws must be in line with nature and the will of heaven. Therefore, I think the constitutional constitution should be formulated first and then the laws should be formulated."
Chapter completed!