Chapter 3 Hurricane V

"Teng!" In an instant, a flame of grievance rose from the heart of the Privy Councilor Wang Jun.

Did he do something wrong? He just fulfilled the duties of a Privy Councilor. From ancient times to the present, which dynasty and which dynasty can allow a prince of a previous dynasty to hold heavy troops? Which dynasty and which dynasty can allow a prince of a previous dynasty to occupy several states and to entrust him with the important task of guarding the country?

If Wang Jun is not careful, what if Zheng Ziming's ambition suddenly expands in the future? What if those ambitions or resentful people of this dynasty come to Zheng Ziming and present a yellow robe to this person? You must know that people's ambitions always expand more and more. Now they are unintentionally fighting for the world, and they may not never be able to do so in the future! Back then, Liu Zhiyuan and Guo Wei were both big-headed soldiers, and they would be satisfied if they could marry a wife and live in a big house? Now, Guo Wei has become the emperor, and Liu Zhiyuan's posthumous title is "Great Emperor of the Han Dynasty"!

Besides, Wang Jun never wanted Zheng Ziming's life. He just wanted to transfer this person from the army and the place and to the food mansion in Bianliang City to be kept in captivity. Compared with those who completely eliminated the bloodlines of the previous dynasty's direct lineage, Wang Jun had given Zheng Ziming great kindness!

But why did Mr. Wang’s kindness fail to get back without good rewards?

Zheng Ziming left, and impulsively ran to Liaodong to die. Zheng Ziming left simply and died happily, and finally got the reputation of being loyal and filial. However, Wang Jun became the culprit for forcing the country to die in an instant!

In the future, the Great Zhou army will win hundreds of battles in the frontier. Wang Jun only forced a rebellious young general to death. If the Great Zhou army accidentally suffered setbacks, or lost its city and land, the court and the opposition would immediately curse him. Countless people would immediately think of how brave and good at fighting, how to fight in the past, and then criticize him. And those who suffered defeat or feared the enemy would definitely use Zheng Ziming's fate as an excuse and tell everyone shamelessly that it was not that they refused to fight for the country, but that those who fought to the death would become Zheng Ziming's second because of Wang Jun's jealousy of his talents and ability, and would not have a good end!

"I, I was just reminding Your Majesty to take some precautions against him." Thinking of the series of storms caused by Zheng Ziming's death, cold sweat dripped down Wang Jun's forehead. While raising his hand and wiping desperately, he stammered and stuttered: "I, I, I, did not deliberately force him to go and take risks! The rumors in Bianliang City are not, nor are I intentionally encouraged me to fuel the fire!"

"Of course I know that your Wang Xiufeng's character is not that bad!" Guo Wei lowered his head and glanced at Wang Jun, stepped forward and pulled him off the ground. "This matter should be mainly blamed on me, not you. I, alas, I regret not being judged by the villain's heart!"

"Your Majesty, I dare not shirk your responsibility to Your Majesty!" Wang Jun was moved and ashamed when he heard Guo Wei take the initiative to excuse him. He stood up straight with Guo Wei's pull, first bowed respectfully to the other party, and then blushed and expressed his opinion.

Deep down, he was not too worried about Guo Wei's attitude towards him. Judging from his years of experience, although Guo Wei may be dissatisfied with him because of this matter, he will soon be thinking about the relationship between the past and the past, and will take the initiative to forget the dissatisfaction. However, the emperor's hindrance is easy, and the world's long mouth is hard to block. If this matter is not good, he will definitely be worthy of being a traitor who harms loyalty and good, and from then on the people cut it into villains with donkey skins and cursed in the streets and alleys for thousands of years. Note 1

"It should be mine, it is mine. Who said I am the emperor? This matter has nothing to do with you! Alas--!" As if guessing what Wang Jun was thinking, Guo Wei sighed and said quietly: "But now, what's the use of saying this? Zheng Ziming has been out for three or four days, and I can't send someone to recover him again. If you have the skill of regretting it here, we both should think carefully about how to cure the aftermath."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Wang Jun bowed again and responded with shame, "Zheng Ziming's willingness to hand over military power shows his loyalty. While there is no news about him, Your Majesty should give rewards as soon as possible for the military achievements he made. In addition, if he can find his family, if he can still find them, he should try his best to appease him, give him, and give him..."

He was in a very chaotic mood at this moment, and he could not think of a good plan for the aftermath. He could only suggest that Guo Wei quickly implement the reward owed by the court by the court before the news of Zheng Ziming going to Khitan to die, so as not to become a handle for others to attack him and the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future.

"Tomorrow morning court, you will take advantage of the opportunity of reading out the victory documents sent by the front line to summarize Zheng Ziming's contributions." Guo Wei saw Wang Jun's little thoughts in his eyes, sighed again, and gave an order with a wry smile.

He believed that he was not a very qualified emperor, and his old friend Wang Jun was obviously not a qualified assistant. The king and his minister complemented each other, and no one had to look down on each other for the time being. As long as they tried their best to live their lives, they would not let the Zhou Dynasty pass the blink of an eye.

"Wei Message understand!" Knowing that Guo Wei was trying to maintain his image, Wang Jun nodded gratefully, "Wei Message will state the military achievements he has made in the past six months one by one, and will never miss a little more. It's just..."

After hesitating for a moment, he added in great difficulty, "Your Majesty just appointed him as the governor of the Henghai Army a few months ago, and in name it already owns the five states. Although two and a half states are actually controlled by the Fu family, at least on the surface, the Henghai Army is already a second-class town. If the merits made in the past few months are promoted to reward, I am afraid that Zheng Ziming will immediately compete with Fu Yanqing and Gao Xingzhou!"

"So what, his contribution was not made up by me. Besides, Fu Laolang and Gao Baima can still be jealous of a man who is not as old as their son?" Unable to stand Wang Jun's petty arrogance, Guo Wei waved his hand and made a decision directly, "Has he just defeated a pseudo-Han State Zhenji Jiedu, I would simply grant him the title of the Dazhou Zhenji Jiedu, and take charge of the military and political affairs of Heng, Ji, Shen, Zhao, Cang, Ding, Yi, and Qizhou, so as not to avoid Fu Laolang always feels that the Henghai Army is annoying. In this way, I decided to give Zheng Ziming the title of Zhenyi Jiedu, the champion general, the procuratorate of the Ministry of War, and the founding county marquis. He will be given a gold medal for exemption from crime in the morning of tomorrow, and can be passed on to the title for three generations!"

"This, Your Majesty, this reward is too heavy, and Zheng Ziming, Zheng Zi will be young next year!" Wang Jun was frightened by Guo Wei's generous behavior of selling official titles as soybeans, and quickly waved his hand to dissuade him loudly, "Your Majesty will be young and will be in the seven states. If he makes great contributions in the future, will your Majesty be able to be enfeoffed!"

"Brother Xiufeng, you're confused! Do you think he still has a chance to come back alive? He has not yet married, so where does he have his offspring?" Guo Wei shook his head and smiled at Wang Jun, and a bit of desolation appeared on his old face with wrinkles. "The reason 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 Zhenji Jiedushi in the Great Zhou Dynasty was not comparable to that of the Zhenyi Jiedushi Zhang Yuanheng. According to what Guo Wei said just now, Zheng Ziming would actually control the military and political power of Heng, Ji, Shen, Zhao, Cang, Ding, Yi, and Qizhou. The territory was traversed throughout Hebei, and the jurisdiction was under one million Dingkou, and the annual tax was worth millions. Once this person had a conflict with the court in the future, he would become the second An Lushan in a blink of an eye. Note 2

However, Guo Wei said clearly just now. How could Zheng Ziming have the opportunity to live as the governor of Zhenji in the Great Zhou Dynasty? Such a high official and generous salary were just for the living. Let all the generals know that the Great Zhou would never be stingy with those who were willing to work for him. At the same time, he also looked at the Khitan monarchs and ministers. How broad was the emperor and Fu of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Even though Shi Chonggui wrote a letter of persuasion to Zheng Ziming, he still trusted him very much and regarded him as a pillar of the country.

"He can't come back, it's impossible!" After slowly walking in front of the carbon basin, Guo Wei continued to whisper while thinking, "Even if there is a miracle, he can return safely from Liaodong, and I will not go back on my word! Jungui once said that a true hero will not worry about his subordinates being capable. My country was defeated by real skills, and we should not be afraid that the people below will grow too fast. Otherwise, our great Zhou monarchs will only be worse than the other generation. Reorganizing Jiuzhou and taking back Yanyun will always be a dream!"

"Your Majesty said this very well, I am ashamed!" Wang Jun felt his skin and neck burned at the same time, and bowed to the teachings again.

"I'm not blaming you! I finally got some insight after this!" Guo Wei waved his hand at him, continued to smile bitterly, "It's true that it's not too late to make up for the siege! You and I must not repeat this in the future."

"Yes, I respect Your Majesty's instructions!" Wang Jun raised his hand and wiped the oily sweat from his forehead, bowing his body lowered.

"Brother Xiufeng, there is no need to be like this!" For fear of being too much of a blow to him, Guo Wei gently supported him and tried his best to slow down his tone. "The same thing, the big mistake has been made, let's do our best to deal with the consequences first. I plan to let Zheng Shuai and Jungui strictly block the news that Zheng Ziming had already gone to Liao Kingdom. Taking advantage of the opportunity of great victory, he will attack the pseudo-Han's prefectures and counties in Hebei to attract the attention of the world. Maybe the people of Liao are just watching the battle situation in Hebei, and they are careless for a moment, so that Zheng Ziming will succeed by chance. That kid is originally a person who is good at creating miracles!"

"Your Majesty should do 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 take Zheng Ziming's banner with you, and stand up high during the war to confuse the public. We can't help him too much, at least the Khitans can't guess that he has sneaked into Liaodong!"

He has always been very generous to those who have lost any threat. So he doesn't mind that Guo Wei creates opportunities for Zheng Ziming. Anyway, no matter how lively Chai Rong and others are fighting in Hebei, it is impossible for him to lead his troops to Liaodong directly. Zheng Ziming does not have enough helpers, so he will definitely go without going back.

"I'm afraid there are no one in Shi Chonggui's family. But I remember that Zheng Ziming's biological mother should be the daughter of Zhang Congxun, the governor of Shizhou. Zhang Congxun seems to have two sons as officials in the local area. If it is found out that it is true, please send someone to ask if they can find a child from their descendants and inherit the Shi family's incense!" Staring at the flames in the carbon basin, Guo Wei pondered for a moment and continued to give orders.

"As for your order!" Wang Jun agreed happily without thinking. Then, hesitated for a while, and hesitated to suggest, "Your Majesty, should you say hello to Chang Kegong first? Zheng Ziming is his son-in-law who has not passed away after all. If Your Majesty rashly adopts Zheng Ziming, where will the Chang family's daughter be placed?"

If you don't say this, it makes Guo Wei sigh, "Oh! Brother Xiufeng is very saying. I, I did neglect just now. In fact, it is not neglect. I, the person I feel most sorry for is Chang Si! He had told me long ago that he would let his daughter marry Zheng Ziming after the state is settled. I also promised to have a wedding banquet at the wedding. Alas, in fact, just for Chang Si, as the father-in-law, Zheng Ziming should not let me down. Alas, I, I, wasn't negligent just now, and I really didn't know how to explain to Chang Kegong."

"This, alas--" Thinking of the huge strength that Chang Si controls now and the way this person used to deal with political enemies while under Liu Zhiyuan's account, Wang Jun suddenly shivered 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 he would never finish it. Fortunately, the news of his death has not been sent back yet, and he still has time to make some remedies in advance.

"Oh..." The more I thought about it, the more I felt guilty in my heart. Guo Wei kept shaking his head. He did not notice at all that Wang Jun's face had changed a few moments.

"Your Majesty, I think that Your Majesty can first adopt the daughter of Chang as his adopted daughter." Wang Jun's mind was very fast, and after a moment, he had an idea. "Your Majesty and Chang Jiedu are friends of life and death. Now they are empty and have adopted his daughter as his adopted daughter, and no one can say anything. In this way, if Zheng Ziming has something to do, there is always something to discuss between father and daughter. If Zheng Ziming can return safely..."

After a pause, although he did not believe that miracles would happen, Wang Jun still decided to do the best. "Your Majesty might as well marry the princess and General Zheng, so that Zheng Ziming can get what he wants and have two happinesses."

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