"Your Highness misunderstood, it's not the case."

The two walked through the corridor of Bowen Academy, with Pang Yukun's face showing a contemplative look, and he wanted to speak but stopped.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming said: "If you have anything, just say it. When will you become so mother-in-law and mother, you will not have the pleasure of being a censor in the past."

Pang Yukun smiled bitterly, and he said, "Your Highness, this matter involves the Kong family, and the officials dare not speak easily. After all, the officials respect the Legalist theory. If they say it, they will inevitably be suspected of fighting against Confucianism."

Xiao Ming had never asked about the academics respected by Pang Yukun. Now that Pang Yukun mentioned it, he was a little surprised, "No wonder you didn't get heavy use in the court. I'm afraid this is also one of the reasons."

"That is, the Legalists are harsh, but they are easy to break if they are tough. This is the shortcomings 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?"

Upon hearing this, Pang Yukun smiled bitterly: "Speaking of this, the officials were extremely ashamed. In order to enter the court, the officials had to compromise and study poetry and books hard, but what they really valued was the Legalist academicians, because in the eyes of the Xiaguan, only the Legalists could prosper in this chaotic era."

"So that's it." Xiao Ming is from modern times. He treats Legalism and Confucianism as equals all kinds of techniques, but has no extreme opinions because he follows pragmatism.

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

The topic said that this place was a bit crooked, and Xiao Ming continued to ask: "So why did Pang Shoufu mention the Confucius family in Qufu?"

"This political reform is said to have alarmed the Confucius family in Qufu, and His Highness's many actions in the country's ban have also seemed to have been criticized. When he saw this incident in the medical school today, the official suddenly remembered it and said it casually."

"Hmph, I didn't rely on the literati to rule the fiefdom. What if his Kong family talks about gossip?" Xiao Ming said lightly. Wang Xuan sent him some news about the Confucius family in Qufu.

Like what Pang Yukun said, he received a lot of criticism in Qufu where the Kong family is located, especially because he attached importance to business and placed strange tricks and tricks before the Four Books and Five Classics, which violated the Confucianism purpose.

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

When Xiao Wenxuan ascended the throne, he even came to Qufu to worship the temple in person, which demonstrated the high status of the Confucius Family in the Qufu in the hearts of Confucian scholars all over the world.

Even if an emperor is like this, he, the vassal king, does not pay attention to the Kong family, does not 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 carefully: "Your Highness is very serious, but this political reform has caused such a vacancy. Judging from the news received by the officials, the Kong family seems to be very moved, and the children of the Kong family are eager to try."

"What do you mean is that they are going to ask me for an official position?" Xiao Ming asked.

"It should be, but I'm afraid it's not just that."

"Oh?" Xiao Ming frowned.

In fact, he has been avoiding conflicts with the Confucius family in Qufu because his foundation is still a little weak now. Confucianism is still orthodox in the Great Chongqing Kingdom. Although he really wants to break the hat that is on his head, he dare not act rashly for a while.

After all, in the Great Yu country, the three religions and nine ranks are the cornerstone of society. These three religions are divided into Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Now Confucianism is not just a thought, but an official-oriented belief.

The people and officials of the Dayu Kingdom are all believers of Confucianism. To put it seriously, this is the state religion of all dynasties. As the saying goes, Confucianism as a theory, 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 dynasty changes, and the Confucius family in Qufu, like a holy land, never encountered wars and were worshipped by courts of all dynasties.

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

The Legalist matter was not mentioned because he was worried that Xiao Ming, like others, regarded Confucianism as the state religion, but during the political reform, Xiao Ming independentized the Supervisory Office and clarified the judicial status, he felt that Xiao Ming seemed to have his own unique ideas, so he finally mustered up the courage to mention it.

Now Xiao Ming's tone made him more convinced that Xiao Ming was a unique vassal king.

"Your Highness, they are afraid that your Highness will follow Confucianism and let your Highness take back some government orders that do not conform to Confucianism. In the eyes of the officials, Confucianism has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage lies in the responsibility of managing the family, governing the country, pacifying the world, and pursuing the pursuit of the morning and death in the evening. The undesirable thing is that it is too pedantic, suppressing people's hearts and squeezing thoughts. The officials dared to suggest establishing a law school at Bowen Academy to recreate the controversy of hundreds of schools of thought that year." Pang Yukun said.

Although Pang Yukun did not say it clearly, the meaning of the words was already very clear, which was to make Xiao Ming pay attention to the use of other theories to counter the influence of Confucianism in the officialdom.

Now Xiao Ming finally understood why Pang Yukun did not try his best to stop his extremely bold decree, but instead helped him to implement it. It turned out that Pang Yukun was just a Legal believer hiding under the appearance of Confucianism.

He understood that Pang Yukun proposed to establish a law school at this time and had a premonition of the crisis, but his words were in line with Xiao Ming's idea, so he said: "Pang Shoufu is right. Only by controversy with a hundred schools of thought can the strength and difference of Qingzhou be demonstrated. In this case, I will allow you to build 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 kind and wise. Thank you for your grace."

"You don't have to thank me for now. Since I promised you to establish a law school, when I am attacked by Confucianism in the future, you can't be a turtle." Xiao Ming said. He agreed to Pang Yukun to check and balance the Confucianism's dominance.

In fact, for Xiao Ming, the situation he most hoped to see was that Confucianism would use it for him, allowing Confucianism to implement the new Confucianism he set and completely change the national thinking mode for thousands of years.
Chapter completed!