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Chapter 173: Gongyang School? The Extreme of Extremes

Zhao Shangde's personal morality.

You can rest assured.

Because Zhao Shangde's personal morality was personally certified by the head of the East Factory of the previous dynasty.

Just imagine, a person who offended the former factory lord Jiuqiansui was able to escape unscathed afterwards, and after being dismissed from office, he did not suffer any revenge from the factory lord Jiuqiansui.

Now you can see how strong Zhao Shangde's personal morals are.

Even the petty old eunuch Jiu Qiansui couldn't find an excuse to deal with him.

In terms of ability, strong, very strong.

Among all the people under Zhao Gongming, those who are more capable than him do not have as much experience as him.

He can handle many affairs of the court.

He is extremely efficient at work, and his score in the Yunchao system is the highest. He is currently the backbone of the Great Zhao court.

He is also the highest-ranking official in the current Great Zhao court, and his current rank has reached level six.

This is also one of the reasons why the guards did not expel him.

He has a high reputation, a high official rank, and is currently a staple of the imperial court, a favorite of Zhao Gongming.

Putting all these aside, let’s just talk about Zhao Gongming’s personal feelings.

In fact, Zhao Gongming felt a little regretful about recruiting Zhao Shangde, a capable person.

Zhao Shangde is a capable person, and a super capable person.

There's just something wrong with it.

Zhao Shangde is a bit extreme.

……

Before recruiting him, Zhao Gongming had his men investigate him.

Including but not limited to Zhao Shangde's personality, style of doing things, and all aspects.

Because Zhao Shangde had a good personality and devoted himself to education after being dismissed from office, his image has always been relatively peaceful and charitable.

Zhao Gongming subconsciously thought that he was a more traditional Confucian scholar.

He didn't find out until after he was recruited.

He was wrong. Very wrong.

Zhao Shangde is not a traditional Confucianist at all.

He is an outlier in the Confucian school. Although he belongs to the orthodox Confucian school, his style of doing things is completely different from that of other schools. He is more like an outlier because the Gongyang School will even beat itself when it becomes ruthless.

The Gongyang School is a militant and ultra-extreme faction within Confucianism. The Gongyang School advocates great unification and great revenge.

In simple terms, they hold grudges.

There are even little notebooks of grudges that can be traced back to the period of the Three Emperors. Anyway, as long as the grudge is recorded in history books, it can become an excuse for them to deal with you.

Zhao Shangde is the leader of the Gongyang School. His extreme ideas are even more extreme.

Ordinary Confucian scholars of the Gongyang School would look through history books to seek revenge if they wanted to find fault.

Zhao Shangde would not read history books, but he would read unofficial history. He did not care whether the unofficial history was true or false, as long as it was recorded, it could be considered true.

The reason why Zhao Shangde offended the Ninth Thousand Year Old Master of the East Factory was because he disliked the master for being too soft and not cruel enough when dealing with foreign envoys.

Then, in front of all the ministers, he angrily denounced the factory manager for being weak and incompetent.

At that time, a drunk Tubo envoy drove a carriage and ran over a civilian, so the factory manager had the envoy's head chopped off.

However, Zhao Shangde believed that the factory master was not ruthless enough and that all the Tibetan envoys should be killed. He then used this as an excuse to lead a large army into Tibetan territory and demand that the Tibetan king surrender the city and seek peace.

The head of the East Factory said that this man was too extreme and he didn't want to play with him.

Then he resigned from office and went home.

From this we can see that his Gongyang School thought is extremely pure.

……

Since Zhao Shangde took office, he often proposed attacking Tubo during court sessions.

The reason is that now is a good time for revenge as the army is strong and the horses are strong.

He even took out a book with great confidence.

A thick book that records various records of Tubo's bullying of China.

The earliest records can even be traced back to the Warring States Period.

Warring States Period?

Tubo was only established for a few hundred years.

During the Warring States Period, it is unknown whether there were ancestors of the Tubo people on the plateau.

Is this appropriate?

Also, where did you dig up this unofficial history from?

It's too ridiculous.

……

"Your Majesty, please give me a chance."

"I, a Confucian scholar from the Gongyang School, will never let your Majesty down." "Your Majesty, I know you are shy and embarrassed to settle old scores. We can find a new excuse for your Majesty to ensure it is fresh."

"His Majesty."

Zhao Shangde hasn't given up yet and is still shouting.

Because the Great Zhao State is absolutely the most suitable country for their Gongyang School in history, and it is also a great country that can definitely allow them to realize their ambitions.

With plenty of military force, revenge is inevitable.

Isn’t this exactly the dream country of the Gongyang School?
What's more, the best way to gain merit is to expand territory.

Expanding territory requires an excuse.

When it comes to making excuses, no one is more professional than the Ram School.

The way they died is definitely beyond your imagination.

……

"Wow, that old man is yelling again."

"Is he annoying?"

Ao Yunxi was flexing his little paws, and suddenly heard the shouting outside and started to get annoyed.

My mood suddenly became bad.

"Isn't this your problem?"

"I asked you to find me some reliable cows and horses to do the work, and you got me this big treasure."

"Every day I am tempted to expand the territory."

"He's crazy, doesn't he know we are short of manpower?"

"Nearly 50% of official posts across the country are still vacant."

"The territory of Tubo is not small. If we conquer it, we will need people to manage it. We don't have the manpower."

Zhao Gongming was very annoyed.

This old man is a little crazy.

The old man is very vindictive.

Zhao Gongming admitted that he was not as good as Zhao Shangde in this respect.

He is the real one who holds grudges.

……

"In fact, I think that if you are really short of people, it would not be a bad idea to hire some Confucianists."

"At least the people from the Ram School are pretty down-to-earth."

“I just want to improve a little bit.”

Ao Yunxi is not Zhao Gongming, and she has no ill will towards Confucianism.

"Ugh."

"You do not understand."

"You have never experienced hunger, and you have never experienced being forced to change from farming to mulberry."

"In the first three years since I traveled to this world, I experienced numerous natural and man-made disasters."

"I can say with certainty that at least 80% of these disasters are caused by humans."

"To a certain extent, I can empathize with Zhu Yuanzhang."

"Hahaha."

Zhu Yuanzhang was hostile to corrupt officials and believed that they were the cause of everything.

Zhao Gongming was similar, except that his hostility was not only directed at corrupt officials, but also at corrupt scholars who could only talk big about governing the country.

So far, Zhao Gongming is still relatively wary of Confucianism as a whole.

Natural vigilance.

It can't be changed in a short time.

Sometimes people are complicated.

Although there was a supervision mechanism in place for the dynasty, Zhao Gongming was still extremely wary of the Confucian group, fearing that these people would bring in the corrupt Confucian ideas.

"or."

"Why not just arrange for them to go to literacy school?"

"Teaching literacy, you can't do anything weird."

"Huh? That's a good suggestion."

"First arrange for them to go to literacy training and observe them for a period of time."

"Okay, let's do it this way."

"Someone, let Zhao Shangde in."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

(End of this chapter)