50 I Am A Bad Guy (1/2)
”Which department?” Jun Mo Xie was very interested in this sort of matter. Recalling his memories, he remembered that this Zhao Cheng Song’s family circumstances were only average at best. He indeed did possess a talent for learning but he was power hungry. Externally, he gave off the bearing of an aloof gentleman, but internally, was in fact just compliant trash.
Back then, both Tang Yuan and him competed against one another to win the favor of the young lady from the Grand Preceptor Li’s Family. But, at the end of the day, none of the noble ladies took a fancy to him. So how could it be that Tang Yuan would suddenly turn so generous as to take this sort of person in? It was simply not the way Tang Yuan did things!
”I first had him placed into the Ministry of State Revenue, then had my uncle find faults with him and had him transferred. After he had transferred several times, his current duty is to rub my back every time I take a bath and wash my laundry every day. The clothes of my lesser concubines are also his responsibility! Besides that, he has no other duties!”
Tang Yuan laughed viciously.
”If he had remained stubborn and quiet until the end, then I would have let it go and stopped tormenting him. But this spineless guy actually tried to act all high and mighty in front of me saying things like ‘scholar with distinguished and admirable reputation’. Pui! That son of a bitch! Since he wanted to tear out the skirts in the Grand Preceptor Li’s Residence, I will just let him wash skirts every day!”
Tang Yuan’s uncle was the Outer Minister for the Ministry of State Revenue. Something like demoting a new person was something easily done.
”Pfft!” Jun Mo Xie spat out a mouthful of tea onto Tang Yuan’s face and coughed.
”Your uncle really listens to your words! Eldest Young Master Tang, don’t you think that what you did was a little too much? No matter how you look at it, he was still a gifted scholar, and a graduate of Wenxing Institute of Knowledge to boot, a person with some capabilities. This kind of action is simply too insulting…”
”Too insulting? Third Young Master, I find these words of yours disagreeable. What kind of qualifications do those people have? They are nothing more than a bunch of bookworms! So what if all they had learnt was the heavenly way of bringing peace and prosperity to the country?
They are only capable of discussing it on paper, never having the desire to use it, letting it rot in them! Having a great deal of knowledge does not equate having a great deal of ability; most importantly, it does not equate having a great character! With just a glib mouth, how can one be considered a talent?
These men have no significance at all! Wenxing Institute of Knowledge? Nothing but an exaggeration! In this long history of Tianxiang Kingdom, how many famed people did the Wenxing Institute produce? Pui!”
Tang Yuan let out a small laugh and patted Jun Mo Xie on the shoulder.
”Third Young Master, neither of us can be considered good people.”
”Hold it! What do you mean ‘neither of us can be considered good people’?”
Listening to Tang Yuan, Jun Mo Xie had originally agreed with him multiple times, secretly applauding. He deeply agreed with this perspective; when those students who graduated with top scores from the examination-oriented schools had just entered the workforce, they would be nothing when compared to the once-mature social elites in practice. It seems that no matter what place, there some things that are similar.
Unexpectedly, Tang Yuan actually possessed such a kind of perspective. As Jun Mo Xie was feeling refreshed from hearing those words, Tang Yuan had unexpectedly managed to change the subject eloquently, causing him to feel shocked. The difference between those two subjects was as vast as the difference between Heaven and Earth, North, and South. This difference was simply too astonishing.
”Haha… what I meant was, neither one of us are good men,”
Tang Yuan laughed out.
”But, no matter how wicked we may be, even if we are to go out and purposely do harm every day, how many people in this vast city can we harm? A thousand people would already be considered an accomplished number, don’t you think?
However, look at Zhao Chengsong, a spineless bastard without a single bit of character in him. If someone like him were to be appointed as an official, then one wicked action from him will be enough to cause harm to countless commoners! Not to mention, even after causing such a calamity, he could have easily just moved away to another place and continued repeating his actions.
As long as the royal court does not get rid him, he would continue causing harm to others! By the time he gets dealt with, how many people would have already been harmed by him? If we were to compare him with the two of us combined, which one would be truly evil?”
Tang Yuan suddenly became resentful after saying all that.
”That is why this senior would choose to humiliate those shameless things! Gifted Scholars? They are nothing but a bunch of gifted sons of bitches! At any rate, anyone who dares to claim to be a gifted scholar in front of this senior will be flattened to their death! As long as these hypocritical gifted scholars fall into my hands, they can forget ever escaping my grasp!”