When Liu Che saw Gongsun Hong for the first time, his eyes lit up.
Although I had known earlier that Gongsun Hong was a handsome old guy.
But he was so handsome that he had no friends, Liu Che secretly smacked his lips.
Gongsun Hong was about 19cm tall, more than eight feet tall at that time, with a rather strong build. He had the most common beard among Qi people on his chin, which was famous for its long and dense beard.
This is a very convenient beard shape to show off.
In Qidi, you can often see scholars touching their beards on their chins, sighing, and then expressing sympathy for others or pointing out the country.
Not only the Confucian scholars in Qidi like to play this way, but also politicians, legalists and even Mohists.
As for his face...
Liu Che just wanted to say that it was a real loss that he did not become a star or a pretty boy!
Gongsun Hong's appearance is extremely in line with the current aesthetics.
It is sharp-edged and resolute, making it very comfortable to look at.
"No wonder the historical records said that he was 'rich in knowledge' and the Han Dynasty even used the word 'very beautiful' to describe women..." Liu Che complained in his heart.
Fortunately, Liu Che is not a piglet from the quasi-infrastructure construction group, so a man's handsome appearance does not count for him.
He lowered his head and looked at the background investigation about Gongsun Hong reported by the Xiu Yiwei and the censors. This was also the practice of the Han Dynasty government. Before any new minister came to the emperor, someone would check the background of his eight generations of ancestors. They should be dug out to prevent some "remnants" such as the descendants of sympathizers such as Xiang Jie Yingbu from sneaking into the Han court.
Ji An's current younger brother Zheng's father and grandfather were blocked from official careers for decades because of this background check. It was only after Liu Che's approval and approval from the then-reigning emperor that he and his father were allowed to join his generation. Which Liu family's blacklist was the family lifted from?
In addition, the biggest role of this background investigation is to help the emperor better understand the past and present of the official he is about to summon.
Therefore, the background investigation about Gongsun Hong in Liu Che's hands is much longer than the dozens of words recorded in history books.
The Xiuyiwei spies even dug up some things about Gongsun Hong's father back then.
As for Gongsun Hong?
Even the incident where he was naughty and burned the neighbor's straw when he was a child was not left out.
After reading Gongsunhong's files, Liu Che had to sigh in his heart: "This is the pig's foot in a fantasy novel... tsk tsk... the divorce breakup..."
It is clearly written on the file: Gongsun Hong, courtesy name Ji, was born in Xue. His father was the warden of Xue. He succeeded his father as the warden at the age of seventeen. He was convicted for three years and was exempted. First, while Hong's father was still alive, the Gongsun family and the Xue Zhang family had friends. Well, the marriage between the children and their parents was arranged, and after the death of his father, Hong was found guilty and resigned. The Zhang family then returned the marriage certificate saying that Hong was a prodigal and was not as good as his father. Hong Shen felt ashamed and went east to Linzi to do business, but failed and lost all his family property and ended up herding pigs on the sea. …
Liu Che finally understood why Gongsun Hong was so powerful.
How can the pig's trotters who broke off the engagement not be powerful?
Not to mention, in the Han Dynasty, if someone broke off the engagement or dumped you, as long as you picked up the book, you could basically get ahead in the end.
For example, before the age of 40, Zhu Maichen was ridiculed as a nerd, and his wife couldn't bear it and ran away with him.
In the end, the counterattack was successful. He returned to his hometown in fine clothes and showed off for several years.
Or if Lord Yan, after becoming famous, takes out five hundred gold, places it in his yard, and slaps the faces of those scum who looked down on him, humiliated him and despised him, until their faces are red and swollen. So unhappy.
But unlike Zhu Maichen and Zhufu Yan, Liu Che had never heard of the rumor that Gongsun Hong would go back to take revenge after he became rich.
On the contrary, in the first year of Jianyuan, after this person returned to his hometown from Chang'an, he stayed at his teacher's house to study. Until the first year of Yuanguang, he was promoted to an official position again, practiced the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, and became the only one in the court.
However, it may also be related to the fact that all his enemies are dead.
After all, even now, Gongsun Hong is already in his forties.
The heroine who broke off the engagement at the beginning is probably a grandmother now.
And Gongsun Hong was not bad at it either.
His current wife is a good friend of his teacher Hu Wusheng. She is the daughter of the Wang family, a wealthy family in Qi State. She is sixteen years old. The important thing is that she got married three years ago.
It's just that the gossip information was just swept away in Liu Che's eyes.
What Liu Che is more interested in is that according to Xiuyiwei's investigation, before Gongsun Hong studied "Spring and Autumn" under Hu Wusheng, according to reliable intelligence reports, he once taught himself "Lu's Spring and Autumn" while herding pigs by the North Sea.
and "The Corpse".
These are all works by miscellaneous writers.
And his performance in the Huben Guards Reclamation Regiment also proved that he, Gongsun Hong, was not a typical Confucian scholar.
On the contrary, his hands-on ability is very strong.
According to Huben Wei's report, he was actually leisurely and elegant in the reclamation regiment, teaching immigrants how to raise pigs, and wrote a regulation on the technical guidance of pig raising.
The result is that the Huben Guards Reclamation Group has raised more than 200 piglets, and they are all growing well and can be killed for meat next year.
In addition, when it comes to guiding farming, Gongsun Hong did not stick to the old rules, but adapted to local conditions and readjusted farming methods according to the local land, climate and environment. He even reported to his superiors and requested to experiment with planting rice locally. The reason was that he
It was discovered that the local water conservancy resources are rich and many paddy fields can be cultivated...
Liu Che put down the report, looked at Gongsun Hong who was kneeling in front of him, and asked deliberately: "I heard that you once studied Lu's Spring and Autumn Period and Corpse on your own?"
Gongsun Hong's heart skipped a beat, this question was not easy to answer.
The slogan of the Zajia School at that time was to combine Confucianism and Mohism, as well as theory and law, so as to be comprehensive in everything.
In other words, people want to unify the theories of various schools of thought to serve themselves.
But since the emperor asked, he must answer honestly. Otherwise, the crime of deceiving the emperor will be suppressed, which may kill the whole family at the least, and implicate the teacher at the worst.
So Gongsun Hong had no choice but to bite the bullet and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Then why did Aiqing edit "Gongyang" again? Does Qing think that Lu Zi is inferior to Confucius?" Liu Che then asked.
This question is heartbreaking.
A few hundred years later, the Confucian scholars could of course confidently tell the emperor: The teachings of the saints are unparalleled and number one in the world.
But now, even the most radical Confucian scholars dare not shout this slogan.
Otherwise, the Legalists and the Huang-Lao School above us will get distracted.
There was no other way, Gongsun Hong had to say tactfully: "Replying to your majesty, this is not the case. I first learned from Lu Zi, but because there was no one to teach me, I failed to achieve anything. Fortunately, the teacher lowered the curtain and did not think that I was despicable, so he taught me "Spring and Autumn Annals".
"Only then can I understand the meaning of literature, understand the etiquette of honor and inferiority, and understand the superiors and inferiors!"
This answer is undoubtedly deflecting the topic.
But Liu Che actually just asked casually.
So I let him fool me.
After all, at this point in time, many later ministers who were born in Confucianism were not Confucian scholars at all.
The reason why they became Confucian scholars was because the emperor liked them and they needed them.
After all, what kind of emperor there must be, there must be what kind of ministers. (To be continued.)
ps: I didn’t sleep all night on the train last night, and now my head is groggy. The debts owed yesterday and today will be made up in the next two days~
