In the city of Tokyo, if anyone has the most difficult life, it is definitely the people at the lowest level.
But to say who had the most difficult time, it was undoubtedly the Jiedushi envoys of the later Jin Dynasty.
They were first forced to surrender to Yelu Deguang, and then were carried to Tokyo by the Khitans.
Not only did he lose his military power, he was treated as a fat sheep by Yelu Deguang, and his whole family was summoned and placed under house arrest.
After Zhang Zhao took the oath and entered Guanzhong, they gradually regained some military power.
But then, they suffered a huge defeat outside Yanshi City. If it hadn't been for the last moment, most of the people would probably have died.
Although Emperor Zhang did not put them under house arrest as fat sheep like Yelu Deguang did, he did not allow them to leave Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, which was almost like house arrest.
The key point is that the emperor has a complete set of soldiers and generals in his hands. With or without them, he can at least support a Zhou state that occupies the Yellow River.
Therefore, for them, the future is unknown. Even if they want to please Zhang Zhao, they don't know how to start. For a while, everyone is in danger.
However, two of these people were not very panicked.
One is An Shenqi, a well-known veteran military official in Daibei who is capable of fighting and governing the country, and has a wide circle of friends.
Nine years ago, when Zhang Zhao entered Guanzhong to quell the rebellion of Hechuan, the tooth general of the Zhangyi Army, he betrayed Zhang Zhao.
He helped Emperor Zhang extort hundreds of thousands of yuan from Li Congzuo, not to mention that he also sent grain and mules and horses when he left. He also helped secure the land deeds that Zhang Zhao privately issued in Jingzhou.
As for surrendering to Yelu Deguang, this kind of thing would not affect An Shenqi at all.
Not to mention that he changed his mind in the end, even if he surrendered, it was not his initiative. Zhang Zhao would not embarrass An Shenqi with such a thing.
The most important thing is that among the generals of the Later Jin Dynasty, only An Shenqi and the late Kang Fu had some friendship with Zhang Zhao.
So An Shenqi is almost becoming a trendsetter now. As long as Zhang Zhao doesn't want to kill all the old commanders of the Jin Kingdom, he will not touch An Shenqi.
The second person who was unhurried was Fu Yanqing, the father-in-law of a famous emperor in history, who had the best insight into the current situation and people's hearts.
He knew that a king of Zhang Zhao's level would kill and employ people for a purpose and would not do it based on his own preferences.
Moreover, Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, and Huangfu Yu were the three pillars of the Jin Dynasty in Hebei.
Now that Huangfu Yu has served the Jin State, he and Gao Xingzhou are the only two people left in Hebei. As long as Zhang Zhao still wants to pacify the land of Hebei, it is inevitable to use them.
Moreover, Fu Yanqing also used his younger brothers Fu Yanlin and Fu Yanlun to prepare a big gift for Zhang Zhao.
That is the land in Hebei now. Although most of it is nominally owned by Liu Zhiyuan, Beizhou is still in the hands of the Fu family, and there are still a lot of old memories of the Fu family in Weizhou.
Once Zhang Zhao settled Henan and marched into Hebei, it would be the time for Fu Yanqing to be put into important use again.
So Fu Yanqing pretended to be on vacation in Tokyo, eating meat, drinking wine, and practicing martial arts with his nephews and generals around him every day, so he was very happy.
Oh, by the way! One more thing, Fu Yanqing vetoed the wedding of his fifteen-year-old eldest daughter and Li Shouzhen's eldest son, Li Chongxun, on the grounds that he was not ashamed of Li Shouzhen.
Haha! But before that, Li Shouzhen and Du Chongwei also brought disaster to the country and the people. Even if the Khitans surrendered by the Hutuo River, Fu Yanqing did not ask to cancel the wedding.
Zhang Zhao canceled the wedding as soon as he arrived. It's unclear whether he had any thoughts.
As for the others, Gao Xingzhou was quite nervous. Although his eldest son Gao Huaide shot Yelu Deguang in the buttocks at Xiaoyi Bridge and became the only general among the later Jin generals to be reused by Zhang Zhao, he was also promoted to Hanshandu.
The presence of gold plating.
But he happened to marry his daughter to Du Hongzhang, Du Chongwei's second son.
And Du Chongwei not only betrayed his country and was shamed by the world, but he has not yet surrendered.
It turned out that Du Chongwei received Yelu Deguang's order that day, and he happily plundered 50,000 stones of food and grass and sent it to Tokyo, preparing to wait for Yelu Deguang to make him emperor.
But before the convoy reached Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, Li Cunhui's vanguard arrived at Zhongmou, less than eighty miles away from Kaifeng.
Du Chongwei was so frightened that he peed his pants. After gathering more than a thousand generals Yang Yan who had escaped from Kaifeng Mansion, they ran back to Songzhou and returned to the territory under the jurisdiction of the German Army's Jiedu Envoy.
When Emperor Zhang entered Tokyo, he didn't know what he was thinking. He never raised troops to attack or summoned Du Chongwei to Kaifeng Mansion.
So Du Chongwei, who felt that Zhang Zhao would definitely not spare him, had been hooking up with Hu Cile recently, and he also had the intention of defecting to the Southern Tang Dynasty.
But the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, was so beautiful that even the maids favored him.
But in this way, Du Chongwei made Gao Xingzhou's son and daughter's family miserable.
In his anxiety, Gao Xingzhou even sent a letter to Zhang Zhao to persuade Zhang Zhao to conquer the German troops in Songzhou as soon as possible and not let the Southern Tang Dynasty get this place, lest the situation collapse.
Zhang Zhao came and could not read it back. Gao Xingzhou did not know what Zhang Zhao meant. He suffered from heart disease and was uneasy at home.
As for Yao Yuanfu, he was even more unlucky.
He had secretly taken refuge with Zhang Zhao at first, but later he saw that Hu Ci Le had gained so many benefits by jumping left and right, so he began to imitate him.
But the unlucky thing was that he had just refused to let the envoys in brocade clothes come in. Before he could reap the benefits, he was forced to submit to the Khitan.
This time, he was unwilling to curry favor with the Khitan, and contact with Zhang Zhao was severed again.
When Zhang Zhao entered Tokyo, he would be really depressed.
Zhang Zhao was holding a letter in his hand, which was written by Cao Jiuniang Yanxi. They were almost arriving in Luoyang and expected to arrive at Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo during the Lantern Festival without much problem.
Zhang Zhao suddenly felt that the pressure was relieved a lot. As long as Cao Yanxi waited for Kaifeng Mansion, a series of things such as the founding of the country and his enthronement could be put on the agenda.
Moreover, things such as continuing to show kindness and erecting an image can be left to Cao Yanxi and her two mothers. They are women and it is more appropriate to do these things.
After reading the letter, He Ning hurriedly came to report that Feng Dao had expressed to him that he wanted to go to the palace to see him.
Zhang Zhaoran smiled, what an old fox! He stabilized the situation and immediately began to focus on the work, not perfunctory at all.
However, no matter how you meet, Zhang Zhao will definitely not use an old-school figure like Feng Dao too much. However, Feng Dao himself can be regarded as the most popular figure in the literary world at this time, which is still very symbolic.
In Chongde Hall, Zhang Zhao summoned Feng Dao not long after.
However, it was beyond Zhang Zhao's expectation. He thought Feng Dao was here to curry favor or buy important officials, but unexpectedly, Feng Dao seriously talked to Zhang Zhao about building the ancestral temple.
At present, it is an urgent matter for Zhang Zhao to proclaim himself emperor. Only when he becomes the Emperor of the Central Plains can he start the next step of his work in a legitimate and legitimate manner.
As for proclaiming the emperor and building an ancestral temple, there is a complicated set of etiquette involved. Especially since Zhang Zhao also claimed to be restoring Zhou rites, the etiquette cannot be ignored.
For example, the order of sacrifices, Tailao rituals, and posthumous titles all need to be arranged according to Zhang Zhao's surname, ancestors, etc.
It has to be said that Feng Dao is extremely professional in this set of tasks, at least more professional than Zhang Zhao's current consultants.
But in fact, Zhang Zhao knew in his heart that He Ning and Fan Zhi might not be able to do this job, but they had been avoiding it for some purpose, as if they wanted to leave this matter to Feng Dao.
Seeing Zhang Zhao's look and tone, He Ning felt that Zhang Zhao might be a little uncomfortable in this regard, so he hurried over to explain.
He took out the bottom paper of the manuscript that Feng Dao originally wrote to Shi Chonggui and said to Zhang Zhao.
"The sage knows that the idea of persuading the Shi family to invite the Yongliang army to enter the Central Plains was Feng Kedao's suggestion. I just happened to meet him."
Zhang Zhao did not look carefully at what He Ning presented. Since He Ning dared to say this, it was basically credible.
Well, being able to get Shi Chonggui's invitation and enter Guanzhong directly without being regarded as an invader would save Zhang Zhao a lot of trouble.
Immediately, Zhang Zhao asked Feng Dao and Yan Ruise: "But since Mr. Dao has made the contribution first, why didn't you tell him earlier?"
Feng Dao lowered his head and pretended to be trembling and replied: "I asked the saint to lead the army into the pass. It is not to ask for credit, but actually the saint is the best candidate to save the people of the world from the danger.
If I were to take credit for this, wouldn't it appear that the saint's move to the Central Plains was a failure?
Therefore, after inviting the saint, do not reward ministers and He Zhongshu for this merit. This is not the merit of the minister, but is actually the benevolence and righteousness of the saint."
Old fox! Zhang Zhao laughed and cursed in his heart, but this horse is really fun to photograph, and it's not out of the ordinary.
That's okay, at least after saying these words, Feng Dao wanted to come out and do something.
For now, we still need their help to stabilize the situation.
"That being the case, then you, sir, please continue to run the Privy Council's errands for me!"
Feng Dao was overjoyed when he heard this. After Zhang Zhao arrived, the powers of the Privy Council were basically vacant.
Because Zhang Shengren only focused on the four places of Hezhong, Shaanzhou, Luoyang and Tokyo, there was no need for the Privy Council to exert any power at all.
Now that Zhang Zhao is saying this, he is not only preparing to continue using his signal, but also starting to play a central role as a symbol.
"Since the saint wants me to handle the affairs of the Privy Council well, the commanders of each town have been in Beijing for a long time, and the people in various places are unstable. Judging from the current situation, it is still necessary for them to return to their respective towns to defend the territory, calm the people, and suppress thieves!"
Zhang Zhao looked at Feng Dao's cautious look. It seemed that he had been holding back these words for a long time. He might have always wanted to say it, but he didn't dare to say it.
"The Privy Envoy's words are reasonable, but this matter still needs some thinking. Tomorrow you will present the specific situation of each town, and then I will make a decision."
Zhang Zhao doesn't want to let these Fang Zhen Jiedushi leave, but he is not planning to start reducing the power of Jiedushi at this time, because it is not the time yet.
Even if the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were so powerful, they would not be able to reduce the power of the Jiedushi in one go, let alone now.
Zhang Zhao was actually worried about these people leaving.
They did not leave, and the prefectures and counties were occupied, but Zhang Zhao had Yongliang's army as a forbidden army. As long as he wanted to regain it, he could let these Jiufang Town commanders take action, and it would be very fast.
But if we release them now, they will probably either surrender to Liu Zhiyuan or the Southern Tang Dynasty. When they get there, there will definitely be many people watching, so it is better not to release them.
But after becoming emperor, they still have to be released.
Moreover, Du Chongwei had been causing trouble in Songzhou for a long time, and Zhang Shengren was also prepared to give this shameless man some color.
This chapter has been completed!