"Your Highness has misunderstood, and the lower official did not mean this. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The two walked through the corridor of the Bowen College, Pang Yukun looked pensive, and he stopped talking.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming said: "If you have anything to say, just say it, when did you become such a mother-in-law, you don't have the coolness of being a speech official in the past." ”

Pang Yukun smiled bitterly, and he said: "Your Highness, this matter involves the Confucian family, and the lower officials dare not say it easily, after all, the lower officials respect the doctrine of the Legalists, and if they say it, they will inevitably be suspected of dumping Confucianism." ”

Xiao Ming had never asked Pang Yukun about the academics he respected, but now that Pang Yukun mentioned it, he was a little surprised, "No wonder you can't be reused in the court, I'm afraid this is one of the reasons." ”

"Exactly, the Legalists are harsh, and they are easy to break, which is the deficiency of the lower officials." Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming smiled, but he suddenly remembered something, and he said, "No, since you respect the Legalists, how can you participate in the imperial examination?" “

Hearing this, Pang Yukun smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, the lower officials are extremely ashamed, in order to enter the court, the lower officials have to compromise and study poetry and books, but what I really value in my heart is Legalist academics, because in the eyes of the lower officials, only Legalists can rejuvenate the country in this troubled world." “

"I see." Xiao Ming comes from modern times, but he treats Legalism and Confucianism equally, but he does not have any extreme opinions, because he follows pragmatism.

It is mainly beneficial to development, and it can be used, but if this kind of scholarship affects development, then he has to pay attention to it.

The topic was a little crooked here, and Xiao Ming continued to ask: "Then why did Pang Shoufu mention the Qufu Kong family?"

"This political reform is said to have alarmed the Confucian family in Qufu, and His Royal Highness's many actions in the feudal country seem to have been criticized.

"Hmph, this king doesn't rely on scholars to rule the fiefdom, even if his Confucian family says some gossip?" Xiao Ming said lightly, Wang Xuan had sent him some news about the Qufu Kong family.

Like Pang Yukun said, he received a lot of criticism in Qufu, where the Confucian family is located, especially that he attached importance to business, put strange skills and tricks before the Four Books and Five Classics, and violated the purpose of Confucianism.

However, in his opinion, the most dissatisfied thing about these Confucian disciples is actually that he has never visited the Confucian family in Qufu since he was in Qingzhou.

And Xiao Wenxuan even came to Qufu to worship the temple in person when he ascended the throne, which shows the high status of the Confucian family in Qufu in the hearts of Confucian students in the world.

An emperor is still like this, but he, the feudal vassal king, does not pay attention to the Kong family, does not go to visit the Kong family, and does not appoint a group of officials under the Kong family, Xiao Ming's behavior really makes the Kong family unhappy.

Pang Yukun said cautiously: "What His Royal Highness said is very true, but in this political reform, there is such a vacancy for officials, judging from the news obtained by the lower officials, the Confucian family seems to be very tempted, and the children of the Confucian family are also eager to try." ”

"You mean they're going to ask for an official from the king?" Xiao Ming asked.

"It should be, but I'm afraid it's more than that."

"Oh?" Xiao Ming's brows furrowed.

In fact, he has been avoiding conflicts with the Confucian family in Qufu, because now his foundation is still a little thin, and Confucianism is still orthodox in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, although he wants to break this hat on his head, but he doesn't dare to act rashly for a while.

After all, in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the three religions and nine streams are the cornerstone of society, and these three religions are divided into Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.

The people and officials of the Great Chongqing State are all believers in Confucianism, to put it more seriously, this is the state religion of all dynasties, just as the so-called Confucianism as a doctrine, Confucianism as a class, and Confucianism as a belief, the three complement each other and influence this era.

It is precisely because of this that the dynasties have changed, and the Confucian family in Qufu has never encountered war like a holy place, and has been worshiped by the imperial courts of successive dynasties.

Since becoming the first person under Xiao Ming, Pang Yukun is also heartbroken, but he has some selfish intentions in this matter, that is, to sell Legalist ideas to Xiao Ming, in his opinion, today's Confucianism can no longer lead the Great Chongqing Kingdom to rejuvenation, and Legalism should be advocated at present.

Originally, he never raised the matter of Legalism because he was worried that Xiao Ming, like everyone else, regarded Confucianism as the state religion, but in the midst of political reform, Xiao Ming separated the Supervision Yuan and clarified the status of the judiciary, he felt that Xiao Ming seemed to have his own unique ideas, so he finally mustered up the courage to mention it.

And now Xiao Ming's tone made him even more convinced that Xiao Ming was a different vassal king.

"Your Royal Highness, I am afraid that they want His Highness to follow Confucianism, let His Highness retract some decrees that do not conform to Confucianism, in the eyes of the lower officials, Confucianism has merits, there are also undesirable merits, the desirability lies in the responsibility of the Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world. Pang Yukun said.

Although Pang Yukun did not say it explicitly, the meaning of his words was already very clear, that is, to let Xiao Ming attach importance to other doctrines to counter the influence of Confucianism in the officialdom.

And now Xiao Ming finally understood why Pang Yukun did not try his best to stop his unusually bold decree, but on the contrary, helped him implement it, it turned out that Pang Yukun was just a Legalist believer hiding under the appearance of Confucianism.

He understood that Pang Yukun had a premonition of a crisis when he proposed the establishment of a law school at this time, but his words were in line with Xiao Ming's thoughts, so he said: "Pang Shoufu is right, only by contending with a hundred schools of thought can Qingzhou's strength and difference be demonstrated, in this case, this king will allow you to prepare for the establishment of a law school and separate the law school from the school of government affairs." “

Pang Yukun was overjoyed when he heard this, and he said: "Your Highness is really benevolent and wise, thank Your Highness for your grace." ”

"You don't have to thank me first, since this king promised you to establish a law school, when this king is attacked by Confucianism in the future, you can't be a turtle with a shrunken head." Xiao Ming said that he promised Pang Yukun naturally to check and balance the situation of the Confucian family's dominance.

In fact, for Xiao Ming, what he hopes to see most is that Confucianism is used by him, so that Confucianism can implement the neo-Confucianism he has set and completely change the way of thinking of the nation for thousands of years.

But his Confucianism is the basis of the Great Yu State, and he is now only entrenched in the land of small Qingzhou, and he can't change the entire Confucian class at all, so he can only temporarily engage in a hundred schools of thought to balance the Confucian class in the fiefdom, after all, he can't use too much medicine to cure diseases.