Chapter 3: Hurricanes (5)

"Teng!" In an instant, a flame of grievance rose from the bottom of the heart of the privy envoy Wang Jun. "E Ω┡ small』 said.

Did he do something wrong? He was just doing his duty as a privy councillor. From ancient times to the present, which dynasty and which generation can allow a prince of a previous dynasty to hold a heavy army? Which dynasty and which generation can allow a prince of a former dynasty to sit on the land of several states and entrust him with the heavy responsibility of guarding the country?

What if he, Wang Jun, is not caught off guard, what if Zheng Ziming's ambition suddenly swells up in the future? What if those guys who are ambitious or have a grudge against this dynasty come to Zheng Ziming's side one after another and offer him a yellow robe? You must know that people's ambitions are always swelling bigger and bigger, and they have no intention of fighting for the world now, and they may never be in the future! Think about the past, Liu Zhiyuan and Guo Wei were both big soldiers, and they were satisfied if they could marry their daughter-in-law and live in a big mansion? Now, Guo Wei has become the emperor, and Liu Zhiyuan is nicknamed "Han Gaozu"!

Moreover, he, Wang Jun, never wanted Zheng Ziming's life, but just wanted to transfer this person out of the army and the locality, and transfer him to a gourmet mansion in Bianliang City to raise him in captivity. Compared with those who completely cut down the bloodline of the previous dynasty, he Wang Jun has already given Zheng Ziming great kindness!

However, why didn't Wang's kindness come back and not be rewarded!

Zheng Ziming left, and impulsively ran to Liaodong to die. Zheng Ziming walked simply, died happily, and finally left a reputation for loyalty and filial piety. And he, Wang Jun, became the culprit who forced the pillars of the country to death in an instant!

In the future, the Great Zhou army won a hundred battles on the border, and he Wang Jun just forced to death a young military general who was not inferior. If the Great Zhou army suffered a setback by chance, or lost the city and lost the land, the government and the opposition would definitely immediately scold him Wang Jun. Countless people will immediately remember how Zheng Ziming fought bravely and well, how he tried his best to protect the country from losing an inch of land, and then criticized him Wang Jun! And those wastes who suffered defeats or feared the enemy like tigers will definitely use Zheng Ziming's fate as an excuse and tell everyone unashamedly that it is not that they are unwilling to fight to the death for the country, but that those who die will become Zheng Ziming's second because Wang Jun is jealous of his ability and will not die well!

"Minister, minister, minister just reminded His Majesty to take some precautions against him. Thinking of the series of storms caused by the news of Zheng Ziming's death, cold sweat dripped down Wang Jun's forehead. While raising his hand to rub desperately, he stammered and shirked: "The ministers merged, and, did not deliberately force him, forced him to go, to take risks! The rumors in Bianliang City are not, nor are they intended to add fuel to the fire!"

"Of course I know, your Wang Xiufeng's character is not so unbearable!" Guo Wei glanced down at Wang Jun, took a few steps forward, and stretched out his hand to pull him up from the ground, "I should be mainly blamed for this matter, not you." I, alas, I regret that I shouldn't have spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

"Your Majesty, the minister's fault, I definitely don't dare to pass the buck to Your Majesty!" Hearing Guo Wei take the initiative to excuse himself, Wang Jun was moved and ashamed. Straightened up with Guo Wei's pull, first respectfully gave the other party a look, and then blushed.

Deep down, he wasn't too worried about Guo Wei's attitude towards him. Judging from the experience of intersecting for many years, although Guo Wei may be dissatisfied with himself because of this matter, he will soon remember the love before and after the saddle in the past, and take the initiative to forget the dissatisfaction. However, the emperor has passed this pass, and the mouth of the world is difficult to stop. If the aftermath of this matter is not good, he will definitely bear the notoriety of killing Zhongliang, and from then on he will be cut into villains by the people with donkey skin, and scolded in the streets and alleys for thousands of years. (Note 1)

"It should be me, it's me, who called me the emperor, this matter has nothing to do with you!" Alas, ——!" As if guessing what Wang Jun was thinking, Guo Wei sighed and said faintly: "It's just that what is the use of saying this now." Zheng Ziming has been out for three or four days, and it is impossible for me to send someone to chase him back. There are regrets here, let's think carefully about how to deal with the aftermath. ”

"Your Majesty Xie!" Wang Jun sat down again, and replied with a face full of shame, "Zheng Ziming's willingness to hand over military power shows his loyalty. Taking advantage of the fact that there is no news of him yet, His Majesty should give him a reward as soon as possible for those military exploits that he had originally established. In addition, for his family, if they can still be found, they should also try their best to appease, give, and bestow......"

The mood is too chaotic at the moment, and he can't think of a good way to deal with the aftermath. I can only suggest that Guo Wei hurry up before the news of Zheng Ziming's death in Khitan spreads, and quickly implement the reward owed by the court to this person, so as not to become a handle for others to attack him and the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future.

"Tomorrow morning, you will take the opportunity of reading out the victory document sent by the front line to come forward to summarize Zheng Ziming's merits. Guo Wei saw Wang Jun's careful thoughts, sighed again, and ordered with a wry smile.

He doesn't think he's a very qualified emperor, and his old friend Wang Jun is obviously not a qualified assistant. The two monarchs and ministers complement each other well, and no one has to look down on anyone for the time being. As long as they do their best to live their lives, let the Great Zhou Dynasty not be short-lived.

"Weichen understands!" Knowing that Guo Wei was trying his best to maintain his image, Wang Jun nodded gratefully, "Wechen will state the exploits he has made in the past six months one by one, and will never miss any more points." Just ......"

After a slight hesitation, he added with great embarrassment, "Your Majesty just made him the envoy of the Henghai Festival a few months ago, and he has nominally owned the land of the five states. Although two and a half states are actually controlled by the Fu family, at least on the surface, Henghai is already a second-class town. If the merits made in the past few months are rewarded, Wei Chen is afraid that Zheng Ziming will immediately be on a par with Fu Yanqing and Gao Xing Erren!"

"So what, his credit is not made up by me. Besides, Fu Lao Wolf and Gao Baima can still pull down their faces and compete with a person who is not as old as their son?" In this way, I have decided, tomorrow morning, Zheng Ziming will be crowned as the envoy of the Zhenyi Festival, the champion general, the secretary of the military department, the founding of the county, and the gold medal for forgiveness, which can be passed on to three generations!"

"This, Your Majesty, this reward is too heavy, and that Zheng Ziming, Zheng Zi will be weak next year!" Wang Jun was frightened by Guo Wei's bold behavior of selling the official as a soybean, and hurriedly waved his hand to dissuade him loudly, "The weak crown of the young man will sit on the seven states, if he makes another miraculous achievement in the future, won't Your Majesty be unsealable!"

"Brother Xiufeng, you are confused! Do you think he still has a chance to come back alive? He has not yet married, where did he get his heir?" Guo Wei shook his head at Wang Jun and smiled, his wrinkled old face showed a little desolation, "The reason why I did this is just to ask for peace of mind!"

"This ......" Wang Jun's old face turned red again, speechless.

If Zheng Ziming was still alive, he would not agree with Guo Wei's decision no matter what. The power of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Zhenji Jiedu envoy was not comparable to Zhang Yuanheng's titular Zhenyi Jiedu envoy. According to what Guo Wei just said, Zheng Ziming will actually control the military and political power of Heng, Hebei, Shenzhen, Zhao, Cang, Ding, and Yi, and the seven prefectures, with jurisdiction across the entire Hebei Province, ruling one million Dingkou, and paying millions of taxes every year. Once this person has a conflict with the imperial court in the future, he will become the second An Lushan in the blink of an eye. (Note 2)

However, what Guo Wei said just now made it clear that Zheng Ziming still had the opportunity to live to be the envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Zhenji Festival? Such a high-ranking official was just a seal for the living. Let all the generals know that Da Zhou will never be stingy with those who are willing to work for him. At the same time, he also showed the Khitan monarchs and ministers how broad-minded the emperor and his assistant of the Great Zhou Dynasty were? Knowing that Shi Chonggui had written a letter of persuasion to Zheng Ziming, he still trusted him and regarded him as a pillar of the country.

"It's impossible for him to come back, it's impossible!" slowly pacing a few steps in front of the carbon basin, Guo Wei continued to add in a whisper while thinking, "Even if there is really a miracle life, he can return from Liaodong safely, and I will not go back on my word! I have built my country with real skills, and I shouldn't be afraid that the people below will grow too fast. Otherwise, our Great Zhou monarchs and ministers will only be inferior to the next generation, reorganize Kyushu, and take back Yanyun, which will always be a fool's dream!"

"Your Majesty's words are very true, and Weichen is ashamed!" Wang Jun heard that his face and neck burned at the same time, and he bowed down again to be taught.

"I'm not accusing you! It's only after this incident that I finally have some understanding!" Guo Wei waved his hand at him, and continued to shake his head with a wry smile, "There is a way, it's not too late to make amends! You and I, don't repeat this mistake in the future." ”

"Yes, Weichen respects His Majesty's orders!" Wang Jun raised his hand to wipe the oil and sweat from his forehead, and bowed lower.

"Brother Xiufeng, you don't have to be like this!" lest he be hit too hard, Guo Wei gently hugged him, trying to slow down his tone, "It's still the same sentence, the big mistake has been made, let's do our best to deal with the aftermath first." I plan to let Zheng Shuai and Jungui strictly block the news that Zheng Ziming has gone to Liao, and take advantage of the opportunity of the great victory to attack several prefectures and counties of the puppet Han in Hebei with all their strength to attract the attention of the people of the world. Perhaps, the Liao people patronized the battle situation in Hebei, and they were negligent for a while, so that Zheng Ziming got lucky. That kid is a man who is good at creating miracles!"

"Your Majesty deserves to be like this!" Wang Jun automatically ignored Guo Wei's last assumption that there was no hope at all, and responded loudly. "Let Jungui and Zheng Shuai also take Zheng Ziming's banner with them, and put it up high when they fight, confusing the public. We can't help him too much, at least we can't make the Khitans guess that he has sneaked into Liaodong!"

He has always been generous to those who have lost any threat. So I don't mind Guo Wei creating opportunities for Zheng Ziming. Anyway, no matter how lively Chai Rong and the others are in Hebei, it is impossible to directly lead their troops to Liaodong. Zheng Ziming didn't have enough helpers around him, and he was determined to go and never return.

"Shi Chonggui's family, I'm afraid there is no one left. But Zheng Ziming's biological mother, I remember that it should be the daughter of Zhang Congxun, the envoy of Shizhou Jiedu. Zhang Congxun seems to have two sons who are local officials, if it is found to be true, you send someone to ask, can they find a child from the juniors to come out and inherit the Shi family's incense!"

"The minister obeys!" Wang Jun didn't even think about it, and happily agreed. Immediately, he hesitated for a moment, and hesitated to propose, "Your Majesty, should I say hello to Chang Kegong first in this matter." After all, Zheng Ziming is his son-in-law who has not passed through the door, if His Majesty rashly gives Zheng Ziming a child, where will he leave the daughter of the Chang family?"

If you don't say this, it's enough, but when you say it, it makes Guo Wei sigh constantly, "Alas! What Brother Xiufeng said is very true. I, I was negligent just now. In fact, it's not negligence, I, except for Zheng Ziming in my heart now, the person I feel the most sorry for is Chang Si! He has already told me that he is going to let his daughter marry Zheng Ziming after the state affairs settle down. I also personally promised to go to the wedding and drink a glass of wine. Alas, in fact, for the sake of Chang Si as a father-in-law, Zheng Ziming should not live up to me. Alas, I, I wasn't negligent just now, I really didn't know how to explain to Chang Kegong. ”

"This, alas—" Thinking of the huge strength that Chang Si now controlled, as well as the methods used by this person to deal with political enemies when he was under Liu Zhiyuan's tent before, Wang Jun suddenly shuddered several times in his heart. If Zheng Ziming really died in Liaodong, I'm afraid Chang Kegong would be the first to jump out and finish with him. Fortunately, the news of the death has not yet come back, and I still have time to make some remedies in advance.

"Alas......" The more he thought about it, the more he felt guilty in his heart, and Guo Wei kept shaking his head. didn't notice at all that Wang Jun's face had changed in an instant.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Your Majesty can first accept Chang's daughter as a righteous daughter. "Worthy of being the smartest person in the dynasty, Wang Jun's mind turned very quickly, and after a while, he already had an idea, "Your Majesty and Chang Jiedu are friends of life and death, and now their knees are empty, and they will accept his daughter as a righteous daughter, and others can't say anything." In this way, in case Zheng Ziming has something, there is always something to discuss between father and daughter. In case Zheng Ziming can return safely......"

After a pause, although he didn't believe that a miracle would occur anyway, Wang Jun still decided to be a good person to the end, "Your Majesty might as well give the princess and General Zheng a marriage, so that Zheng Ziming can get what he wants, and double happiness will come." ”

Note 1: Shadow puppetry, one of the oldest street arts. It has appeared as far back as the Han Dynasty. It has evolved and has been passed down to the present day.

Note 2: Before the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan was the envoy of the Three Towns Festival, and he owned two-thirds of the northern forces of the Tang Dynasty. So once they rebelled, they invaded Chang'an.