Chapter 109 I Believe that Wei Qing Is Innocent

Han Zhang and Bao Xiaosu, two of the most outstanding representatives of the civil officials of the Great Zhou, have both expressed their opinions.

Needless to say, the former is the leader of the civil officials; although the latter is not the prime minister, he is deeply admired by the literati in terms of character.

For a time, more and more civil officials began to speak out:

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Bao said makes sense. If the price of the two countries' reconciliation is that our Great Zhou must be tolerant first, the so-called peace is better off not having it!"

"The Liao envoy killed by General Wei molested a woman of our Great Zhou in the street. Shouldn't he be killed? If not, how should the people of our Great Zhou view this matter?"

"That's right. If not, it would be unjust! From now on, people will say that the Liao people are superior to our Great Zhou!"

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The civil officials and censors who had previously proposed to punish Wei Yuan now wished they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

They thought that if the military generals made mistakes, as long as they held on to them, they would definitely win the praise of everyone.

But the fact is that they are the prostitutes.

Ask yourself, isn't it pleasing to the people that Wei Yuan killed the Liao envoy?

If they had known this would happen, they would have spoken up for Wei Yuan from the beginning!

Until now, they still feel that they shouldn't have said that they wanted to punish Wei Yuan for going beyond the law.

Where they really went wrong was the issue of stance, they spoke up for the Liao people.

Yelu Xinxian was a military general, and he was a person, and it was difficult for him to withstand the verbal battles of the officials of the Great Zhou.

At this point, he didn't know what to say, because reason and justice were on the side of the Great Zhou.

Pause.

Zhao Zhen pretended to cough twice, which made the Purple Palace quiet. Then, he slowly said:

"Just because he is an envoy, he should not do anything that would damage the peace between the two countries."

"That person wanted to do something against the people of the Great Zhou in the downtown area, and he should be executed!"

"In this matter, Wei Qing was not only not wrong, but also meritorious."

As soon as the voice fell.

Yelu Xinxian had to swallow the matter.

Zhao Zhen obviously wanted to protect Yuan.

It would be useless to say anything at this time.

It would be fine if Wei Yuan did nothing wrong? He even made contributions?

Is this still the emperor of the Great Zhou in his impression?

While he was thinking.

Bao Xiaosu took the lead in bowing and said:

"Your Majesty is wise!"

In an instant, many civil officials said:

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"General Wei saved the face of our Great Zhou, and he deserves the credit!"

"I second the motion!"

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It has been a long time since the Great Zhou has seen such a united scene of civil officials and military generals.

Speaking of which, we have to thank Yelu Xinxian.

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Before, I asked Wei Qing to serve the envoys of the two countries. The envoy made a mistake, and Wei Qing punished him. It is natural and he has made contributions to the people. His reward will be discussed later."

In other words, Zhao Zhen wanted to reward Wei Yuan, but he could not reward him in front of the Liao envoy.

Otherwise, it would embarrass Yelu Xinxian, the chief envoy of the Liao Kingdom, to the extreme.

Of course, Yelu Xinxian's face was not good now.

After the court was dismissed.

Zhang Fu specially found Han Zhang,

"I have to thank Han Da Xianggong for today's matter. If it weren't for you, I don't know how many people would jump out and say that my disciple is not right."

Bao Xiaosu helped Wei Yuan for a reason, after all, he was a witness and the prefect of Kaifeng.

Wei Yuan did his job.

But he also lost his reputation.

Han Zhang's words to help Wei Yuan really surprised Zhang Fu.

Han Zhang said: "Prime Minister, I am only against the matter, not the person. This matter, from beginning to end, was caused by the lust of the Liao envoy. This person should be killed."

Once a scholar has the intention to kill, sometimes he is more terrible than a warrior.

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At noon that day, Zhao Zhen's reward for Wei Yuan had already come down.

He did not reward any official position, but mostly some money and things.

It is no exaggeration to say that with Wei Yuan's current family background, he has surpassed at least half of the nobles in the capital.

You know, he has just started to accumulate family property.

Zhao Zhen's reward to Wei Yuan was very clear, that is, to tell the people of Da Zhou, no matter whether they are Liao people or Xia people, no matter what their status is.

As long as they make mistakes in Da Zhou, they must be punished.

This is not the time to tolerate everything.

Now, although Da Zhou has lost Di Qing, it still has Zhang Fu and Gu Yankai.

Among the younger generation, there are Wei Yuan, Xu Changzhi and others.

The victory of the battle of Daizhou made Zhao Zhen regain his ambition in his youth.

At this moment.

In the mansion of the loyal and brave marquis.

Minglan looked at the imperial edict written by His Majesty the Emperor himself and smiled:

"Uncle, you can be said to be a rich man this time."

Zhao Zhen rewarded Wei Yuan with eight imperial manors and several shops of imperial merchants in one breath.

This family business is rare in Bianjing.

Wei Yuan was also surprised by this matter.

"The emperor is kind and benevolent. I thought that with the teacher here, not punishing me was already a favor. I didn't expect that he would reward me."

Minglan smiled and said, "This shows that you, uncle, are in the emperor's heart. His Majesty trusts you very much."

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "You girl, don't talk nonsense."

Minglan said, "What can't you say at home?"

As soon as the voice fell, a voice came from not far away,

"Ming girl is right, Yuan'er, you are indeed in the emperor's heart."

Hearing the voice, Wei Yuan immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Meet the teacher."

The visitor was Zhang Fu.

Whether Wei Yuan went to the Duke of Ying's mansion or Zhang Fu came here, there was no need to report.

Minglan bowed deeply and said, "Greetings to my uncle and grandpa."

He can call the other person uncle or great-grandfather.

Mainly Wei Shu didn't care about this, so he addressed him according to Wei Yuan's etiquette.

Zhang Fu waved his hand, "The common etiquette is waived, Yuan'er. The envoys from the two countries gave us a reply and promised to give us one million shi of food."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan was surprised and said, "You got an answer so quickly?"

After hearing this, Minglan wisely left.

Zhang Fu sat opposite Wei Yuan and said, "They said that the two countries would work together to raise millions of shi of grain and send it to me, Dazhou, but it would take a certain amount of time to arrange it."

The latter said: "When will the food arrive and when will we let them go to the Forbidden Army camp?"

The former shook his head and said: "After the dynasty was dismissed, Ye Luxin and Li Liangzuo first went to the palace to meet the saint and told the officials about the matter. The official Long Yan was very happy and asked his teacher to tell you that he would take the envoys of the two countries to the Forbidden Army barracks tomorrow. , to show the power of our great Zhou army.”

"The officials agreed?" Wei Yuan frowned and said, "What if they go to the Forbidden Army camp and find excuses to delay the food supply?"

Zhang Fu sighed: "How can the officials not know this? In the hearts of the officials, it's okay not to want those grains."

Wei Yuan was silent.

Zhang Fu said: "Since the decree has been issued, there is nothing wrong with you taking them to the Forbidden Army barracks tomorrow and letting them see the style of our Forbidden Army officers."

"Master, I came here today because of one more thing. I have thought about it. I think it is feasible for you to recognize Wei Qing as your ancestor."

Wei Yuan asked curiously: "What does the teacher mean?"

Zhang Fu said: "Wei Qing has been loyal to Han Wu all his life. His Majesty's civil administration has reached its peak, but his martial arts are still lacking."

"During the morning meeting, Your Majesty bluntly stated that you have done nothing wrong and have made meritorious deeds, and made it clear that you do not care about the so-called peace of the alliance between the countries. In other words, Your Majesty is no longer worried about another war."

"Your Majesty may be thinking about establishing the perfect martial arts."

From such a detail, we can figure out Zhao Zhen's thoughts.

It can be seen that Zhang Fu knows this benevolent gentleman very well.

After hearing what he said, Wei Yuan also understood.

If at this time, he recognized Wei Qing as his ancestor and Zhao Zhen knew about it, if Zhao Zhen had the slightest intention, he would compare himself to Han Wu.

Then it is a good thing for Wei Yuan.

"Teacher, I understand what you mean. Once the ancestral temple is established, I will report it to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty personally issue a decree to revise the family tree of our Wei family."

Wei Yuan spoke slowly.

If Zhao Zhen is willing to let the Ministry of Rites compile his family tree.

Then, the ancestor of his lineage is Wei Qing.

At least, that was the case during the Great Zhou Dynasty.