Steel Dynasty - Chapter 468

[Chapter 468 Pang Yukun’s true face]

“Your Highness has misunderstood, and this is not what I meant.”

The two walked through the corridors of Bowen College. Pang Yukun looked thoughtful and hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming said: “If you have anything to say, just say it. Since when have you become such a mother-in-law? You are no longer as cheerful as you used to be when you were an official.”

Pang Yukun smiled bitterly and said: “Your Highness, This matter involves the Confucian family, and the official does not dare to say anything easily. After all, the official believes in Legalism, and if he says it, he will inevitably be suspected of slandering Confucianism. “

Xiao Ming has never asked Pang Yukun about the academic theory he admires. Now Pang Yukun. He was a little surprised when he mentioned it, “No wonder you can’t be reused in the court. I’m afraid this is one of the reasons.”

“It’s true that Legalism is harsh and hard, and it’s easy to break. This is the shortcoming of Xia Guan. place.” Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming smiled, but he suddenly remembered something. He said: “No, since you respect Legalism, how can you participate in the imperial examination?”

Hearing this, Pang Yukun smiled bitterly: “Speaking of which, I feel extremely ashamed. For When entering the imperial court, Xiaguan had to accept hardships and study poetry and books, but what he really cared about was Legalist scholarship, because in Xiaguan’s view, only Legalists could rejuvenate the country in these troubled times. “

“So that’s how it is. Coming from modern times, he treats all schools of thought equally, including Legalism and Confucianism, but he does not have any extreme views because he follows pragmatism.

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

The topic was a bit distorted here, Xiao Ming continued to ask: “Then why did Pang Chief Fu mention the Confucian family in Qufu?”

“This political reform is said to have alarmed the Confucian family in Qufu, and many of His Highness’s actions in the feudal country seem to have been criticized. When I saw the medical school today, the official suddenly remembered it and said it casually.

“Humph, I don’t rely on scholar-bureaucrats to rule the fief, so what if the Kong family said some gossip?” Xiao Ming said lightly, Wang Xuan did send him some news related to the Kong family in Qufu.

As Pang Yukun said, he received a lot of criticism in Qufu, where the Confucius family was located, especially because he valued business, put miraculous skills before the Four Books and Five Classics, and violated the tenets of Confucianism.

However, in his opinion, what these Confucian disciples were most dissatisfied with was that he had never visited the Confucian family in Qufu since he conquered Qingzhou.

When Xiao Wenxuan ascended the throne, he even came to Qufu to worship at the temple. This just demonstrated the high status of the Confucian family in Qufu in the hearts of Confucian scholars all over the world.

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

Pang Yukun said cautiously: “Your Highness is absolutely right, but this time of political reform, there are such official vacancies. Judging from the news I received, the Kong family seems to be very tempted, and the children of the Kong family are also eager to try.”

” You mean they are going to ask me for an official position?” Xiao Ming asked.

“It should be, but I’m afraid it’s more than that.”

“Oh?” Xiao Ming frowned.

In fact, he has been avoiding conflicts with the Confucian family in Qufu because his foundation is still a bit weak. Confucianism is still orthodox in Dayu. Although he wants to break this hat on his head, he can’t do it for a while. Dare to act rashly.

After all, the three religions and nine streams in Dayu are the cornerstone of society. These three religions are divided into Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Now, Confucianism is not just an idea, but an official-based belief.

The people and officials of Dayu are all believers in Confucianism. To put it more seriously, this is the state religion of all dynasties. As the saying goes, Confucianism is a doctrine, Confucianism is a class, and Confucianism is a belief. The three complement each other and influence each other. this era.

It is precisely because of this that dynasties have changed, but the Confucius family in Qufu has never been exposed to war like a holy land, and has been enshrined by successive courts.

Pang Yukun has also been worried since he became the first person under Xiao Ming, but he has some selfish motives in this matter, that is, to sell Legalist thoughts to Xiao Ming. In his opinion, today’s Confucianism can no longer lead the Great Yu Kingdom to revival. Legalism should be promoted.

Originally, he had not raised the issue of Legalism because he was worried that Xiao Ming, like others, regarded Confucianism as the state religion. However, during the political reform, Xiao Ming made the Supervisory Yuan independent and clarified the status of the judiciary. He felt that Xiao Ming He seemed to have his own unique idea, so he finally plucked up the courage to mention it.

But now Xiao Ming’s tone made him even more convinced that Xiao Ming was a unique vassal king.

“Your Highness, I’m afraid they want Your Highness to follow Confucianism and ask Your Highness to take back some political decrees that are not in line with Confucianism. In my opinion, Confucianism has both merits and desirability. The merits lie in ordering the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. It is the duty of an ordinary man to pursue Taoism in the morning and die in the evening. The disadvantage is that it is too pedantic, suppresses people’s hearts and suppresses thoughts. The lower official boldly proposed to establish a law school in Bowen College to recreate the state of contention of a hundred schools of thought. ” Pang Yukun said.

Although Pang Yukun did not say it explicitly, the meaning of his words was already very clear, which was to let Xiao Ming pay attention 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 extremely bold decree, but instead helped him implement it. It turned out that Pang Yukun was just a Legalist believer hiding under the guise of Confucianism.

He understood that Pang Yukun had foreseen the crisis when he proposed to establish a law school, but his words were in line with Xiao Ming’s thoughts, so he said: “Pang Shoufu is right, only the contention of a hundred schools of thought can show the strength and difference of Qingzhou. In this case, I will allow it.” You plan to establish a law school and separate it from the School of Government Affairs. “

Pang Yukun was overjoyed when he heard this. He said: “Your Highness is truly a great man and wise man. Thank you for your grace.”

“You don’t need to thank me now, since I have promised you to establish a law school. , When this king is criticized by Confucianists in the future, you must not be a coward.” Xiao Ming said, naturally he agreed to Pang Yukun to check and balance the dominance of the Confucian family.

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

But his Confucianism is the basis of the Great Yu Kingdom. Now he only occupies the small Qingzhou area and cannot change the entire Confucian class. Therefore, he can only temporarily engage in a hundred schools of thought to check and balance the Confucian class in the fiefdom. After all, he cannot use medicine to cure diseases. Too strong.

(End of chapter)