Chapter 79 Section 4 Both sides are ministers

With the wholehearted help of Han Derang, the Empress Dowager Chengtian vigorously implemented the New Deal and reused a large number of Han officials.One of them is very special. He was originally a favorite of Song Zhenzong, but he became a high-ranking official in the Liao Kingdom. So who is this person? After Empress Dowager Chengtian came to power, she used Hanchen very much.These Han officials include Conglong heroes who followed Taizu Taizong in the founding of the country, as well as former officials of the Song Dynasty who were captured in previous foreign wars. The most famous one is Wang Jizhong.

Wang Jizhong was an old minister of Song Zhenzong when he was in the hidden residence, and he was highly valued by Zhenzong.When Zhenzong was in the hidden mansion, one day he had nothing to do, and found a blind fortune-teller from the street. This person knew a thousand years ago and five hundred years later, and there was nothing he didn't know.Zhenzong said that you can pinch and count, can't you?Calculate what will happen to my civil and military ministers in the future?The fortune teller started to touch the bones, he couldn't see, he could only touch, and then he started talking nonsense, Zhang San like this, Li Si like that, some were right and some were not.Touching Wang Jizhong, the blind fortune-teller shouted, strange and strange.Zhenzong asked why it was strange?The fortune teller said that this person eats Han Lu for half his life and Hu Lu for half his life.Wang Jizhong became angry as soon as he heard it, what do you mean?I am the confidant of the prince. In the future, the prince will inherit the great rule. I will be a close minister of the emperor. Do you mean that I want to betray the country and surrender to the enemy?So he told Zhenzong, Lord, you have to make the decision for me.Shinzong said that he is just a fortune teller talking nonsense and making a living?Ignore him, reward two money and blast out.

Unexpectedly, these words came true later.Before the Song-Liao-Chanyuan alliance, the Liao army marched southward, and Wang Jizhong led the army to meet the enemy. The commander-in-chief of the Song army looked like an old lady, sitting on 80,000 cavalry, and refused to help.Wang Jizhong fought alone, from dark to dawn, and from dawn to dark again, with all casualties among his men, Wang Jizhong was also seriously injured, fell off his horse and was captured.After being captured, Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong knew that he was an old minister of Song Zhenzong and had a personal relationship with Emperor Zhenzong, so they treated him very politely, and even married the granddaughter of the founding hero to him, doing their best to win over him.In this way, Wang Jizhong lost his determination to die.The funniest thing is that the Song Dynasty even held a memorial service for him. Today, the former minister of the Qiandi of the Holy Spirit died for the country. Doesn’t this kind of spiritual integrity inspire you to fight?Unexpectedly, a few days later, the handwritten letter written by Wang Jizhong arrived and presented to Emperor Zhenzong.I'm sorry Your Majesty, the humble minister is not dead, not only is he not dead, he is still an official in Liao Dynasty.In this war environment, my empress dowager and the emperor have the virtue of living well.Therefore, I don't want to fight any more. There are signs of peace talks. Can we talk about it?When Zhenzong saw Wang Jizhong's letter, he said that my empress dowager and my emperor have the virtues of good life, which is really ridiculous.Your memorial service has been held, and you have been commended grandly. Your family members have been treated with great courtesy. All four sons have been appointed as officials in the court.If you didn't die, you didn't die. It's okay to be a prisoner for a lifetime. Are you still an official in Liao Dynasty?He also delivered a letter to the Liao Kingdom, opening and closing his mouth, "My queen mother, my emperor", you are my old minister from Conglong!Are you trying to test my heart?

Song Zhenzong's heart is really big!Now that Wang Jizhong has surrendered to Liao, if he scolds him or condemns him, he will be blocked. Now it happens that Song and Liao need a mediator, so Emperor Zhenzong wrote to Wang Jizhong, you mediate between Song and Liao, We Da Song will not forget you.Wang Jizhong repeatedly told the Empress Dowager Chengtian and Shengzong about the harm of going south to fight, killing 10,000 people and harming oneself 3,000. It doesn’t matter how many people died in the Song Dynasty. The gods have the virtue of being good at life... The Chanyuan alliance can be reached, and Wang Jizhong's mediation is indispensable.After the two parties reached a peace agreement, in order to thank Wang Jizhong for his mediation, the Song Dynasty, every year when the envoys of the two countries congratulated each other on Zhengdan, Emperor Zhenzong would seal a gift box and write it in his own hand. The gift box contained brocade clothes, tea medicine, and a gold belt, which were specially given to Wang Jizhong. .Every year when the envoys of the Song Dynasty came to give gift boxes, with the special permission of the Empress Dowager Xiao, Wang Jizhong put on the clothes of the Southern Dynasty, cried and bowed to the south, and said what about Wang Jizhong, the undead minister.This man was a minister in two dynasties, and both sides still trust him so much, which shows that the rulers of Song and Liao have big hearts.

After the Chanyuan Alliance, the relationship between Song and Liao was very friendly, and the names of the emperors of the Song Dynasty were also taboo in Liao and were not allowed to be written.When Empress Dowager Xiao died, Song Zhenzong cried bitterly; when Song Zhenzong died, Liao Shengzong also cried bitterly.Song Zhenzong had just died, and the name of a new minister of the Liao Kingdom violated Song Zhenzong's taboo, and Liao Shengzong immediately became anxious.Why don't you avoid my brother's taboo?Dismissal will never be used, and you will never be an official in this life. Go and herd the sheep.This newly promoted Minister of the Liao Kingdom may not even know what Song Zhenzong's name is. His name is different from him, and he committed a taboo. He will never be an official in this life. He is really wronged than Dou E.