Gongsun Xie was only in his early thirties, and was born into a poor noble family. When he was seven years old, his parents passed away one after another due to illness, and he had no direct relatives on his father's side, so he was taken by his uncle's family to be raised. Although Gong Sun Xie's uncle's family was not well off, although Gong Sun Xie was young, he had to help his uncle's family to share their livelihood, and he and his first cousin were responsible for herding the family's more than ten cows and sheep every day.
Gongsun Shi's father could read and write, and began to enlighten his son when he was four or five years old. Gong Sun Xi's father had great expectations for his son, and he did not forget to supervise his son's schoolwork during his illness. His father's devoted teaching made Gong Sun Xi stubbornly persistent in literacy, and every day when he went out with his cousin to graze the cows and sheep, he always brought the sheepskin book left behind by his father with him to study.
The Western Marquis often went out to patrol in his fiefdom, and every time he passed by Gongsun Xie's uncle's house, he saw this boy of less than ten years old holding a sheepskin book and riding on the back of an ox to read silently, and a few times later, the Western Marquis recruited Gongsun Xie and asked him questions, and Gongsun Xie answered them with good answers, which made the Western Marquis love his son's talent. At that time, Shizi Sheng was about six years old, and the Western Marquis had already realized that his son's head was elmwood.
For the sake of his son's future, the Western Marquis spent a lot of effort to train Gong Sun Xie, who wanted to help his son, who was not smart in the head, to develop an excellent fiefdom steward. When Gong Sun Shi was about twenty years old, he began to help the Western Marquis to manage the fiefdom.
Gongsun period is a grateful person, he is not only loyal to the Western Marquis, to have the favor of their uncle also give in return, not only will their own property to the uncle's family, also should be uncle's request, married his cousin as a wife, although the cousin looks very unimpressive, so that the Gongsun period fell into the fiefdom of the object of flirtation among the aristocrats.
The Western Marquis was sure of Gong Sun Ji's character, and when Zheng Yuming talked to the Western Marquis about the capable officials in the fiefdom, the Western Marquis only nominated Gong Sun Ji.
"Your Majesty, the Premier Minister took the money from the inner treasury to reward all the people generously, squandering the money that Your Majesty handed over to him." Gongsun period followed the Western Marquis thrifty accustomed, Zheng Yuming motionless with tens of thousands of property reward meritorious officials, see Gongsun period really meat pain.
"Are all the nobles of the royal court as angry as Ching?" The Western Marquis smiled faintly.
Gongsun Yi froze, he frowned slightly, "It seems like no, the whole of the royal court seems to be grateful to the great king."
"Here is a three-year development plan for the Prime Minister's Ministry, take it and look at it." The Western Marquis took out a plan from his side and handed it to Gongsun Period.
"Three years the treasury three times, national income quadrupled?" Zheng Yuming listed the development plan is very detailed, Gongsun period while watching the blood boiling, this is really a good development prospects map. "This can be realized?"
The Western Marquis took fifty years to develop the fiefdom from a barren land to a place where the people could barely fill their stomachs, and although the content of the plan formulated by Zheng Yuming carried a strong persuasive power, Gongsun period still did not dare to believe in the expected goal of the plan.
"How is this man Chen Meng?" The Western Marquis did not directly answer Gongsun Yi's query.
"Chen Meng gave me the impression that he was slippery, but very talented, and he was loyal to the Prime Minister." Gongsun period recalled the old man with the goatee and thin eyes.
"Oh, a slippery patriarch of a big family, in less than three years, he's dead set against the Prime Minister who returned from overseas, why do you think that is?" The Western Marquis guided him to think like he had taught Gongsun Yi in the past.
"The Chen family has profited greatly from the Prime Minister." Gongsun period in Ulsan, had heard Ulsan small nobles revealed, the Chen family fiefdom planted food crops are imported from the south port, the factory are run with Zheng Yuming cooperation, this year not only farms food harvest, factory workshop profit is also very amazing, Ulsan small nobles private guess, the Chen family's property at the very least doubled more than.
"Not only did Chen Meng profit greatly from the Prime Minister's affair, but the entire Ulsan region from top to bottom." Saihou finished his sentence in one breath and lay down on the cushion to catch his breath.
Gongsun Ji hurriedly used his hand to help Xihou smooth his heart. After Xihou waited for his chest to smooth out his breath, he continued, "This is the reason why Ulsan was able to be so united in following the Prime Minister so closely to send out troops to crush the adulterous consort."
Gongsun period bowed his head in deep thought after hearing this. "I understand, the Premier Minister's reward is generous in order to eliminate everyone's inequality towards the reorganization, so that the royal court will be united and the reorganization can be carried out smoothly in the future."
When the King of Zhao reformed the fiefs eight years ago, the Western Marquis had discussed this issue with Gong Sun Ji, and at that time, the Western Marquis was very much against it, because the reform would only be good for the central royal court and for the overall strength of the country, while it would only be bad for the interests of the feudal lords of the different regions. Now that the Western Marquis has succeeded to the throne, Gong Sun Ji's position has reversed and he is the most supportive minister of Zheng Yuming's institutional reforms after clearly seeing the prospect of profit from the reforms.
"Duke Ming and Great General Chu are very capable people, you should learn more from them in the future." Western Marquis was affirming Zheng Yuming's status as a Gongzi in front of anyone.
"Yes, Great King." Gongsun Yi hurriedly bowed his head and led the order, he knew that the Western Marquis was mentally exhausted and that he should take his leave, but there was still a question in his mind. "Great King, those twelve crystal glazed cups are not from the inner treasury, are they?"
That kind of beautiful and exquisite things are simply not the things of the earth, the king of wu palace inner treasury if you have such treasures, it is impossible that there is not a little bit of wind through, since it is not the inner treasury all, it can only be the western marquis from the fiefdom to bring. The royal court nobles will naturally have such speculation, Gongsun period as the heart of the Western Marquis has never heard of, so he has a kind of guess in his heart.
"It's not something from the inner treasury, it's something that Gongziming brought from Bermuda." The Western Marquis exhaled, he, a dying man, could not help but feel a sense of possession welling up in his heart after seeing such crystalline beauty, but Zheng Yuming offered the crystal cups without a care in the world, lending the Western Marquis' name to reward the group of ministers, using them to quell the dissatisfaction of the royal court's aristocracy with the reforms.
"This... Gongzi Ming is really a person who is light on wealth." Gongsun Yi had nothing but admiration in his heart.
"Light money is enough to gather people, self-discipline is enough to convince people, wide enough to win people, and being the first is enough to lead people. You should learn more from the Prime Minister." The Western Marquis took out an imperial edict from his side and handed it to Gongsun Qi. "Secretary go and issue it."
Gongsun period took the edict and opened it, the content of the edict is the edict to reward Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui count title.
"Your Majesty, what the ministers of the royal court have proposed is a marquis title." Gongsun period's heart was strange, the Western Marquis obviously appreciated Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui and was sure of both of their abilities, so why did the Western Marquis veto the title agreed upon by the royal court and cut down the first degree of enthronement?
Marquis Xi glanced at Gongsun Yi, "Sheng'er will be added later." Marquis Xi finished speaking and closed his eyes without another word.
Gongsun period stood with the edict for a while, only then did he figure out what Xihou intended, he bent down and bowed deeply towards his lord, only to realize that he had too much to learn.
"Fortunately, Western Marquis doesn't live long, if Western Marquis wants to be able to live another three to five years, the throne can't really let him go." Chu Chao Hui sneered and threw the imperial edict in his hand onto the table, the Western Marquis denied the royal court nobles' proposal to suppress his and Zheng Yuming's titles by one level, for the sake of nothing more than his stupid son.
The Marquis of the vassal state is the highest title, the Western Marquis, if Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui are directly ennobled to the Marquis, until the Crown Prince Sheng succeeds to the throne, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui will not be able to seal, the new king can't give the two people the grace, can't give the subjects the benefits, the subjects will not be particularly thankful to the new king.
This practice of the Western Marquis is the usual method of enlisting many emperors in later times to leave to their heirs, and the virtuous ministers who are prepared to leave to the heir emperor will be suppressed before the death of the old emperor, and will wait until the heir emperor succeeds to the throne, and then open up the grace to promote them. Ministers after a suppression of a promotion, naturally to the new emperor to know the grace, this technique is the emperor's mind, Chu Chao Hui in the history books have seen more, of course, born of resentment.
Zheng Yuming touched his nose, his point of view and Chu Zhaohui consistent, just will not be like Chu Zhaohui so directly say it. In Zheng Yuming's understanding, the Western Marquis is no less intelligent than Yu Kui, he and Yu Kui is different, Yu Kui has the talent of a wise minister, but the Western Marquis is equipped with the ability of the emperor.
"Marquis Xi is justifiable for his son's piece of mind." Zheng Yuming was looking at Marquis Zhongxi's deep love for his son and his own frail age, so he dared to place the power that was about to come to him on this wise old man's head.
"That's true." Chu Chao Hui remembered his own father, and his father's love was still just as strong even two thousand years apart. "Sheng is truly a blessed man."
Prince Sheng was very blessed, and this blessed man led all the courtiers of the royal court to the coffin of Gongzi Guang early in the morning of the next day.
Duke Ziguang was originally one of the most low-profile of the dukes of Wu. With the edict of crusading against Ripple Ji drafted by Wang Jie, a famous scholar of Xu, Duke Ziguang's name became familiar to the common people of Wu and the vassal states of Great Qin. Under the deliberate rendering of Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui, an image of a bright and upright gentleman was quickly erected in the hearts of the people of Wu. After Ri Ji's betrayal of Wu was exposed, the people of the royal capital resented what Ri Ji had done and sympathized with the victims who were poisoned by Ri Ji, and Gong Ziguang was a sad and saintly bright gentleman in the eyes of the people of the royal capital.
Duke light casket burial specifications are very high, in addition to the birthday suit did not use the vassal state lord level of coronet coronation dress, other specifications equivalent to the state lord, and even the use of cypress wood yellow intestines title to the burial.
Before the coffin of Gong Ziguang was sent into the mausoleum coffin room, Jiang Dafu and the clan of twelve years of age or older, the remnants of the beheading of the execution of the capital punishment. Jiang Dafu's entire clan under the age of twelve can save their lives, all thanks to Zheng Yuming's efforts to fight, Wei Shen and Hussar generals for Yi Ji and Jiang Dafu too much hate, they hate to destroy with Yi Ji and Jiang Dafu all the people associated with.
After the blood sacrifice with the rebellious party, Gong Ziguang's casket was sent into the mausoleum in a piece of mourning, holding the casket Wei Shen followed in and refused to come out, and in the end, it was Wei Ren and Wei Ci brothers who dragged them out hard, and only then was the outer coffin room of the mausoleum closed.
Wei Shen watched as the last green brick was laid, isolating the young man he had raised with his life's work from the world, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell down on his back in a fainting spell.
The burial ceremony of Duke Guang had just been completed when Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui received an urgent report from Wei Qing and Zeng You from Qu City that Zhao Xuan, the crown prince of Zhao, led 20,000 Zhao troops and destroyed Wei in lightning in only half a month.
The author has something to say: the yellow intestines of the title to the "title to the" is a kind of burial style, began in the ancient times, mostly seen in the Han Dynasty, after the Han Dynasty, rarely used again. The "yellow intestines" refers to the Western Han Dynasty, the emperor's mausoleum, the outer chamber of the coffin with cypress wood square stacked into a box-shaped structure. The so-called "yellow intestines", Yan Shigu cited Su Lin's statement that the yellow heart of cypress, that is, after peeling cypress. Coffin around a circle of wood wall, covered with a roof, like a house, there is a room outside. The son of heaven below the vassal, the doctor, Shi can also be used to make up the title. But generally can not use cypress, but with pine and other wood. But by the son of heaven licensed, the vassal king and important ministers can also be used after the death of the yellow intestines of the question, such as the death of Han Huoguang, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, "to give the Zi Palace, room, yellow intestines of the question of the question of the minibus each one".
The name of "yellow intestines" first appeared in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", according to the book, the son of heaven ceremonial funeral, with cypress wood piled up into the shape of the coffin, outside there is a room, also with cypress wood piled up into the shape of a large number of burial goods inside.