Three days later,

The chamberlain took the holy decree to the grass shed to announce the decree, and Gongsun Hong was named the Marquis of Pingjin, and the fief was in the country of Hanchuan, enjoying the treatment of the second grade.

After the waiter left, Gongsun Hong stood in place in a daze for a long time.

"Hey, old master!" Ruoyao stood behind him and saw Gongsun Hong motionless, so she stepped forward to greet her: "Now that your wish has come true, I will go back to give our general a life." ”

Gongsun Hong slowly raised his right hand and wiped his tears.

"Old Master!" Ruoyao was surprised, is this crying with joy? Hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Gongsun Hong was in tears, walked to the stone table and sat down with joy, and began to tell Ruoyao his inner words: "The old man is not excited, let alone crying with joy, he is moved, thank Your Majesty for the opportunity." ”

Ruoyao handed over a cup of tea and said: "The head of the hundred officials, ranked among the three dukes, can be a famous figure in history." ”

Gongsun Hong took the tea in Ruoyao's hand, took a sip and said, "Do you know why the old man didn't go back for twenty years?" ”

"I don't know!" Ruoyao shook her head.

Gongsun Hong got up and looked at the mountains in the distance for a long time and sighed: "The old man is not worth the trip......

When Gongsun Hong was young, he was determined to serve the country, and was an official in the country of Suchuan, he was upright and upright for one term, doing things for the people, and vigorously promoting Confucianism, and then offended the powerful and was removed from his official position, and he was idle at home for decades.

In the past eleven years, he has never forgotten his original intention, teaching and educating people in the countryside, and passing on Confucianism to every disciple.

Later, the imperial court recruited wise men from all over the world, and the people he had offended before did not make it bad for him, but Gongsun Hong still abandoned his family and children for his original dream and set foot on the road to Chang'an.

The hardships of the road are only known to him, after arriving in Chang'an, due to the unfamiliar place was excluded everywhere, and he was reduced to a teacher again, this snow was hidden for more than a year, and sometimes he made a living by writing on the street.

Later, I didn't know what the reason was, but for some reason, the dignitaries and nobles of the Sugawa Kingdom actually publicly recommended Gongsun Hong as the guest secretary of the Sugawa State to report to the imperial court, and he had the opportunity to enter the Weiyang Palace.

After Liu Che ascended the throne, Gongsun Hong, who was already in his fifties, finally ushered in the time to display his ambitions, assisted Liu Che in reforming the official system, proposed and formulated measures to set up disciples for the "Doctor of the Five Classics", and formulated promotion methods and conditions for incumbent officials based on Confucian scriptures, etiquette and righteousness.

But unfortunately, not long after the opportunity to show his ambitions began, he was forced to stop by the intervention of the imperial court magnates and the invasion of the Xiongnu, and all Liu Che's previous reform measures were burned into nonsense, and a large number of guest secretaries from other countries were sent back to China by the magnates on the charge of crimes, and Gongsun Hong, a reform expert, was once again reduced to a teacher.

Speaking of the reform when Liu Che ascended the throne, it can be described as a shocking ghost, and it may be precisely because of the eagerness for quick success that led to the failure of the reform, and the famous Tui En Decree was proposed and implemented at that time.

Because these guest secretaries are involved in the favor order of the master father Yan back then, Gongsun Hong heard that the life of these guest secretaries after returning to China is not easy, which is also one of the reasons why Gongsun Hong is reluctant to return to the country of Suchuan.

And the last days of the lord who proposed the Tui En Decree were not easy.

Ruoyao sighed a little after hearing this, this is indeed sad enough: "Oh, your county sent you to the imperial court for development, but you were thinking about cutting off the county, how did you not die." ”

Gongsun Hong said lightly: "Do you know the consequences of not cutting these vassal states? ”

How could Ruoyao not know this, there have been many times in history when the princes fought for hegemony and the warlords fought for each other, the people were not able to make a living, the disasters of the people, and the rebellion of 70,000 was typical, so he said: "The princes fought for hegemony and the warlords fought for each other." ”

Gongsun Hong's face was full of smiles after hearing this, he didn't expect the little girl to have such insight, and said with a smile: "These vassal states are like a group of robbers, once something happens to the country, they will take advantage of the fire to rob it." ”

The two were like a pair of grandchildren who talked a lot in the courtyard until they were hungry and Gongsun Hong went to cook.

According to Wei Qing's arrangement, from now until Gongsun Hong enters the Prime Minister's Mansion, she must not leave Gongsun Hong for half a step in case of accidents.

At the beginning, Ruoyao still felt that Wei Qing was making a fuss, who would have such a big boldness, but now that he thinks about it, it is really possible, because Gongsun Hong is a hardliner who advocates cutting down the vassal states, and the lord father Yan's push order is to encroach on the vassal states, he is more ruthless than the lord father Yan, and the princes of the Liu family who he offended before will not bypass him.

The wind blew on Ruoyao's face, the leaves on the trees kept falling, and through the window of the grass shed, Ruoyao found that this was actually just a kind old man, and he couldn't see the energy behind him at all, and at the same time felt fortunate that he was not fighting for death and life by several princes, but from the road of a strong man.

Gongsun Hong is used to living alone, and his three meals a day are very simple, and he has enough food and clothing by himself.

Soon, three side dishes and a la carte leaf rice were served on the table.

Ruoyao touched her hungry grumbling belly, and unceremoniously picked up her chopsticks and began to gobble it up.

Ruoyao ate with relish, but saw Gongsun Hong looking at her stupidly with a smile on his face, so he asked: "You, why don't you eat, if you don't eat again, I'll finish eating!" ”

Gongsun Hong reacted as if he had been interrupted, picked up his chopsticks and said, "You can eat." After speaking, he continued to look at Ruoyao and said, "My granddaughter is probably as old as you, and she was just born when she left!" ”

"Ahh Ruoyao couldn't believe that the old man in front of her hadn't been in touch with his family for twenty years, no wonder he looked at himself so kindly, so he said embarrassedly: "You lack family affection!" With that, he put down his chopsticks.

Gongsun Hong smiled faintly, picked up chopsticks and picked up the dishes for Ruoyao: "Do you know? When the old man left, he swore that if he didn't do anything in this life, the old man would never go back, and he ......"

When Gongsun Hong said this, he paused his words helplessly, with a guilty face.

Ruo Yao guessed that he was afraid of affecting his family, and a person who advocated cutting the country would not like him as long as it was a vassal state.

Seeing that Gongsun Hong suddenly became sad, Ruoyao picked up the chopsticks and also picked up the dishes for him and said: "Come, I am your granddaughter, eat, eat, and the position of prime minister will be stable." ”

Gongsun Hong held the snow-white bowl in both hands, and began to eat it one bite at a time, with a kind smile on his face, in his grass hut, it has not been so lively for a long time, and there was only the sound of insects all over the ground at night.

Of course, the only thing that can make Gongsun Hong's grass shed lively is the arrival of Wei Qing.

Historically, Gongsun Hong was in the third duke, and he had a lot of Fenglu, but he lived frugally, ran for his career all his life, and finally died in office, leaving a good story.