His uncle Zhang Jun once served as the military commander of Luozhou. Although his position is not high and his status is not obvious, he enjoys extremely high status and treatment because of his father and grandfather's posthumous titles and his own status.
When he was implicated, he sensibly withdrew from officialdom, bought a manor outside the capital for retirement, and lived a happy life.
Unexpectedly, a disaster happened for no reason, and the entire family was killed. Some time ago, he fell in love with a widow who gave birth to a son, but somehow escaped the disaster.
After receiving this news, although I sent people to conduct a thorough investigation and search, I still haven't seen my uncle. I don't know what the reason is and why these things happened.
He has always been benevolent and filial to the world. If this person does not come to look for him, he is preparing to rush outside the city to investigate. He has never revealed anything to others about any differences between himself and the emperor, or his own thoughts.
Even when it comes to his family members' thoughts, he remains silent. He was not worried about anything, but felt what he should do as a minister.
Not only does he keep watch in front of the palace, but he is also the supreme commander of the emperor's imperial army. Regardless of his relationship with the emperor, he understands his position. For an emperor, this position and identity must be the most taboo and fearful.
Although the emperor never revealed anything or made any move, he himself knew that his current position must be very embarrassing and sensitive.
Now there are only two people with high human rights positions, and they have direct influence threats to the position of Emperor Guo Rong. Because now these two people not only have heavy troops, but also have a deep relationship with the late emperor.
Whether the late emperor Guo Wei was in the previous dynasty or in the establishment of the Great Zhou Kingdom, he relied on these people to have smooth sailing. One can barely be considered himself, and the other is the father-in-law of the current emperor Guo Rong.
At that time, he was born in a family of military generals in the Central Plains. He was from the Huaiyang Wang family of the Fu family. Now he is the Wei Wang Fu Yanqing who controls Tianxiongjun Jiedu in the vassal town alone.
Wei Wang Fu Yanqing had a special status, but he was a general without ambitions. On the contrary, no one was jealous of him even after serving for four consecutive dynasties. As the emperor, Guo Rong and Fu Yanqing should be considered close relatives.
But when it comes to power and fame, which dynasty’s leader can naturally let go! Although he has never shown anything inappropriate, he will definitely monitor the behavior of the two people. Zhang Yongde has no doubt about this.
Zhang Yongde was born in Yangqu, Bingzhou, a wealthy family. The ancestors of the family have practiced martial arts for generations. They have been a famous military general family since the Tang Dynasty.
His father, Zhang Yinggong, once served as a senior military attache in the hands of Shi Jingtang of the Later Jin Dynasty, and was the defense envoy of Anzhou at that time. In terms of the military commander's job configuration at that time, that was a very high-ranking official.
The bodyguard of the emperor of the later Jin Dynasty was Guo Wei, the later emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, who was also the father of the current emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, Guo Rong. He was known as Guo Queer in the world.
At that time, Zhang Yongde's father, Zhang Ying, was a minister in the same palace as Emperor Taizu Guo Wei, and they were very good friends at that time. Therefore, he has been known to Guo Wei since he was a child, and he has been known and appreciated by Guo Wei since he was young.
Guo Wei admired Zhang Yongde not because of his martial arts skills and talents, but because of the virtues he had been cultivated in his family since childhood.
When Zhang Yongde was still very young, his biological mother passed away. Later, his father Zhang Ying remarried and married again. But Zhang Yongde served his stepmother just like his biological mother.
Therefore, he has been famous in his hometown for his virtuous and filial piety since he was a child, and he is highly praised by the villagers and his family.
When Zhang Yongde was still young, Guo Wei married his fourth daughter to him. No one expected that they were still such a good match.
At that time, no one thought how the current situation would develop, and Emperor Taizu was still a minister of the Han Dynasty. Later, Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, and Zhang Yongde naturally became the Prince Consort.
That is to say, in the year that Zhang Yongde got married, Emperor Taizu Guo Wei, who was good at fighting and had a strong military spirit, was promoted to Privy Council of the Han Dynasty by Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, and took control of the decision-making power of the entire Han Dynasty's military.
Because Emperor Taizu Guo Wei was highly valued by the court, he did not avoid suspicion and recommended him. His outstanding son-in-law Zhang Yongde became the enshrinement officer of the Han Dynasty.
The young Emperor Yin was very afraid of Guo Wei's power, and also feared that Zhang Yongde would become the leader of the enshrined officials around him, so the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became.
Later, with the instigation of people around him, and because he was really worried about Guo Wei, he wanted to harm Zhang Yongde first to intimidate Guo Wei.
First, Zhang Yongde was asked to send something to Chang Si, the then military governor of Zhaoyi. This kind of nominal gifting was a common birthday program in later generations of the Song Dynasty.
As the emperor of a country, the feudal towns should originally pay tribute to him. However, during the Five Dynasties, the power of the warlords became so powerful that the central government could no longer control it.
Regarding Chang Si, the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu, Emperor Yin adopted Huairou. Of course, these may not be what Yindi, a fool, can think of.
Then Emperor Yin sent a secret edict to Chang Si, hoping that after Chang Si saw Zhang Yongde, he would find an excuse to kill Zhang Yongde. Because Emperor Yin knew Chang Si, although he and Guo Wei were ministers in the same palace, the two of them had always been on the wrong side.
And because of the problem of unifying the army, they often fight and deal with each other. But Emperor Yin ignored Chang Si's courage and ignored Chang Si's ideals.
Although Chang Si usually served as a minister in the same palace as Guo Wei, because he was protected by the emperor, he still dared to compete with Guo Wei for favor. Later, the emperor fell and a new emperor came to power. With no one to support him, Chang Si knew that Guo Wei was becoming more and more powerful.
With more and more people around him, it was obvious that he was no longer Guo Wei's opponent. He was actually unwilling to take chestnuts from the fire for Emperor Yin, but he also imprisoned Zhang Yongde and entertained him with good wine and food. It was obvious that he just wanted to be a wallflower.
Sure enough, not long after, the confused little emperor Yindi listened to the slander and overestimated his own abilities, and did a very cruel thing in the history of the Five Dynasties.
He planned to kill Privy Councilor Guo Wei, a young man from a family in the capital, and he even boldly wanted to kill Guo Wei. What he did directly led to the destruction of a country.
The reason was that the grief-stricken Guo Wei rebelled. In the end, the mutiny killed Emperor Yin, and even used tricks to force Emperor Yin's uncle to retreat. Liu Yun's biological father, who later wanted to take the throne, left Liu Chong in Beijing (Taiyuan) who was also serving as an army leader. .
From then on, Guo Wei controlled the power of the imperial court. Although he evaded the throne for a period of time, he inevitably became emperor. Chang Si was very wise to adapt to the situation. At this time, he immediately sent Zhang Yongde, who was under house arrest and in his own hands, to the capital.
It completely pleased Guo Wei, who was in the spotlight, and also saved Zhang Yongde, who was grateful.
Of course, it was after Guo Wei ascended the throne that Zhang Yongde was able to truly step into the center of power in the Zhou Kingdom. It was also when Zhang Yongde's own talents were fully displayed.
