Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 543 Chapter 540
Wang Zhou, among the former envoys of the later Jin Dynasty, had a relatively easy life, because he wanted to commit suicide and die for the country at that time, but his family stopped him.

Moreover, after Yelu Deguang entered the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, he faced great pressure from Zhang Zhao. He didn't have time to perform a performance like in history to reward loyal ministers, so Wang Zhou was regarded as the one under the strictest supervision and was almost killed.

So at this time, Wang Zhou had a good reputation and was known as a loyal minister. After Zhang Zhao entered Tokyo, most of the Jiedu envoys in the later Jin Dynasty were not allowed to leave Tokyo, except Wang Zhou.

The world regards An Shenqi, who has a friendship with Zhang Zhao, as the weathervane of how Zhang Zhao will treat the military governors of the later Jin Dynasty, but in fact Wang Zhou is the one.

At the gate of the mansion, Wang Zhou and his sons have been waiting here for a long time.

Regarding Zhang Zhao, Wang Zhou adopted a completely different attitude, because at least Zhang Zhao was from China.

He, Wang Zhou, refused to submit to Khitan, but he did not feel any discomfort when he served Zhang Zhao and Zhou.

For such a loyal minister, Zhang Zhao would of course have a completely different attitude, and Wang Zhou's character was indeed quite good.

Years ago, when he was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the Zhangyi Army in Jingyuan, he abolished the tyranny of the previous envoy, Zhang Yanze, who was beaten to death by all the people in Tokyo. Yu Min.

Although the means of governance are still very rough, but at least there is a bit of love for the people.

In the Five Dynasties, it is very good to be able to do this and have a heart of loving the people.

Therefore, Wang Zhou stayed in the local area for several years, and every time he went to a locality, his household registration was restored, and his prosperity became more and more prosperous, and his reputation among the people was also good.

This is also the reason why he wanted to commit suicide to die for his country when he was in Dingzhou, but no one suspected that he was putting on a show. If it was someone like Li Shouzhen, everyone would think it was a show.

When the emperor arrives at this time, the etiquette is not complicated, especially after two hundred years of the late Tang Dynasty and the Houliang, Later Tang, and Later Jin, the authority of the emperor has dropped to a very low level. It can be said that this is the history of China. The emperor's weakest moment.

If Zhang Zhao arrived according to the standard at this time, Wang Zhou only needed to simply invite Zhang Zhao to enter the door, find a big house, let the emperor sit at the head, and he could even have a drink with the emperor.

But when it comes to Zhang Zhao, that's not enough. Zhang Shengren has a complete body, thousands of relatives clear the way, and go to Wang Zhou's house in a mighty way.

When they arrived at the gate, the road was paved with loess and incense was burned to guide them. The three generations of Wang Zhou, father and son, knelt down to greet them at the gate.

After Zhang Shengren said that he was dead, three generations of Wang Zhou, father, son and grandson could get up, and then the emperor got out of the car, and the army took over all the affairs of Wang Zhou's mansion.

It's not that Zhang Zhaofei wants to do this, but that he has to elevate the style of the emperor now, so that everyone can realize that An Chongrong's saying, "The son of heaven is for the strong and the strong" is wrong.

In the royal mansion, Wang Zhou, father and son, were ordered to attend the meeting in the main room. Empress Cao Yanxi was pregnant and unable to move, so her sister Cao Guifei, Cao Yannai, went to the back mansion to summon the royal family members instead.

"Your Majesty Zhou, see Your Majesty!"

In fact, Wang Zhou was also uncomfortable. Even though he had a reputation as a loyal minister, he was actually a member of the group who was promoted later.

As far as Zhang Zhao's current attitude towards the generals who were later promoted, although Wang Zhou can still live his life, the psychological pressure is also extremely great.

Since Zhang Zhao entered Tokyo in November last year, Wang Zhou can be regarded as the only one among all the former post-Jin military governors who also met Zhang Zhao for the first time.

Therefore, with the sound of seeing His Majesty, Wang Zhou burst into tears, and the sound was broken.

"Wang Weng please hurry up!" Zhang Zhao finished arranging the guard of honor outside, and of course he stopped when he arrived at Wang Zhou's house.

After he personally helped Wang Zhou up, the servants beside him stepped forward, took out a scroll of ochre-yellow silk script and read it aloud.

"Wang Zhou was a native of Weizhou, unyielding to the barbarians, loyal to the country, and served in Jingyuan Zhangyi Army and Dingzhou Yiwu Army all with benevolent reputations.

In order to reward loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and bravery, he was granted the title of uncle of Dingzhou, and gave him thousands of money, five hundred pieces of brocade, and one son of Yin was a thousand households in brocade clothes. "

This Uncle Dingzhou did not have the four characters of hereditary wangdai, which means that after Wang Zhou passed away, if his son inherited, he could only inherit a salary officer in Jinyi's army.

Probably able to shelter the deputy envoy, but when it comes to the grandson, there is only one thousand households left, and nothing can be managed except salary.

But not necessarily, because Zhang Zhao picked up the guard system of the Ming Dynasty and used it in his own Jinyi army.

The Weisuo system, in China, no matter how many patches you patch, it will inevitably decline, because the upper officials have no targets to exploit, so naturally they can only exploit the soldiers under them.

But it is different in foreign countries, because Xia Junyi people are exploited by people, so it is very likely that the Weisuo system will be mutated into the Eight Banners system.

Zhang Zhao was going to do just that, of course he wouldn't use the perverted method of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who didn't intermarry and built a whole city to enclose people.

From this point of view, in the next few decades, as long as the family is willing to spend money, the official position of guarding in brocade clothes can become a real job.

Of course Wang Zhou didn't know the twists and turns in Zhang Zhao's heart, he didn't care what earls couldn't be hereditary, and Zhang Zhao was willing to award them, which meant that he was ready to forgive them, the Jin officials who surrendered to Khitan.

"Sir, thank the saint for his grace!" The overjoyed Wang Zhou thanked again.

"Please, Wang Weng, you are a loyal minister, you are different from others."

Zhang Zhao said quite emotionally, but in fact he said this on purpose, to lead the topic in this direction, so as to take the opportunity to summon other envoys of the later Jin Dynasty.

Sure enough, upon hearing what Zhang Zhao said, Wang Zhou hesitated to speak, and finally he dared to speak to Zhang Zhao.

"The sage is over-reputed, what kind of loyal minister is the one who bows his knees, and there are other people who are truly loyal!"

Zhang Zhao didn't expect that Wang Zhou didn't talk about Fu Yanqing and others, but said that there were other loyal ministers.

Did you mean Huangfu Yu?He was indeed a loyal minister, but Huangfu Yu's son and wife Zhang Zhao had already sent people to look for him, and his nephew Huangfu Chong was also with him as a personal guard.

"Who is the loyal minister Wang Weng mentioned?"

"The former Beizhou Yongqing Army Jiedu envoy Liang Hanzhang died heroically as the vanguard of the army, and he can be a loyal minister.

Under the command of the national army, Wang Qing fought hard and died. From day to night, none of the soldiers in his troops bowed their knees and could be loyal ministers.

Guo Lin, the governor of Yizhou, was cut off from the rear and still refused to surrender. He scolded the thief and died. He can be a loyal minister. "

It turned out that Wang Zhou was talking about Liang Hanzhang, Wang Qing, and Guo Lin. They were indeed loyal ministers, and they all died bravely and unyielding in the battle with the Khitans.

Zhang Zhao nodded deeply, "These three are indeed loyal ministers and righteous men. Dou Shilang, quickly send people to investigate the whereabouts of the descendants of the three loyal ministers and righteous men. I will reward them heavily."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials who followed Zhang Zhao was called Dou Yi, and most people were unfamiliar with this name.

But Dou Yanshan, who has righteous prescriptions, teaches five sons, all of them are famous, and many people can recite them.

This Dou Yanshan is Dou Yi's father, and the five brothers are all famous Confucian civil servants.

But before Dou Yi went down to handle the matter, Wang Zhou spoke up.

"After the three loyal ministers, they were in the mansion of the ministers. After the three loyal ministers died in battle, the ministers were afraid that the Khitans would harm their families, so they hid them."

After Wang Zhou finished speaking, he anxiously waited for Zhang Zhao's response.

Zhang Zhao's gaze became sharper, the word "chen" definitely did not refer to Wang Zhou himself.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao looked at Huangfu Chong beside him. His uncle Huangfu Yu was the only general of Jin who committed suicide and died for his country.

From Huangfu Chong's attitude, Zhang Zhao could roughly judge whether the Jiedu envoys of the later Jin Dynasty still had popularity and prestige.

Huangfu Chong went through untold hardships to find Zhang Zhao, and he was also introduced by Zhang Zhao as the head of the pro-army, and he followed the emperor closely. This position is very special.

Normally, if Zhang Zhao didn't ask him about these things, he would never say anything. Now that Zhang Zhao asked, Huangfu Chong immediately kowtowed to the ground and answered.

"Saint, Taifu An and Taibao Fu are famous generals, His Majesty needs their efforts to take over Hebei.

Before they took refuge in Khitan in the past, they did not avoid arrows and stones on the battlefield. They only hated Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen conspired to bend their knees and had to obey.

In today's world, how many loyal ministers can there be like my uncle Huangfu, and I ask the sage to be lenient to Taifu An and others. "

Zhang Zhao nodded upon hearing the words. What Huangfu Chong said made sense. How many loyal ministers like Huangfu Yu, Wang Qing, Guo Lin, and Liang Hanzhang are there in the world?
What most people care about most is definitely their own lives and the safety of their wives and children. Those who can persevere until the end and bend their knees when they have to do so are actually fine.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao has always understood in his heart that Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, Yao Yuanfu, Xue Huairang and others suppressed them, and put pressure on them, but they still needed to be used.

There will be a step down, he said after pretending to think for a moment.

"Tomorrow, I will drive to Kang Taiwei's mansion, and order An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing and others to come and see him!"

Wang Zhou and Huangfu heaved a long sigh of relief, and they immediately took orders and prepared to go to know the others.

(End of this chapter)