Zhou Peigong died outside the border, and Kangxi actually wanted to keep a guard for him personally. As a Han minister, Zhou Peigong kept suspicious and excluded him and sent him to Shengjing Gobi for 11 years.
Since Kangxi was mostly afraid of Zhou Peigong, why did he keep a guard for him?
In fact, in addition to guilt, it is more of the helplessness of being an emperor.
Before Zhou Peigong met Kangxi, he was just a beggar on the street. He lost his father at a young age, and his mother was also killed when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing.
For a long time, Zhou Peigong was in a down-and-out position. He slept in the temple at night and wandered around during the day. But he was still addicted to books and often read in front of the book stall that he forgot about himself.
It was obvious that the person in front of him was dirty, but Kangxi still saw him in the crowd at a glance, and Zhou Peigong had an unyielding will.
This was the first encounter between Kangxi and Zhou Peigong. Neither side expected that Zhou Peigong would fight for Kangxi in the second half of his life, and devoted himself to Qing .
And Zhou Peigong's greatest contribution in his life was to persuade the surrender and separatist Pingliang Wang Fuchen . In the 13th year of Kangxi, Pingxi King Wu Sangui launched a rebellion, hoping to open up the areas occupied by the north and form an encirclement of the Qing Dynasty Circle.
Kangxi had long noticed Wu Sangui's intentions, and he dispatched a large army to block Wu Sangui. At the same time, the Shaanxi-Gansu area at that time was a key area for the northwest border defense, and it was close to the capital.
This is a key point. Kangxi focused his troops on the western battlefield, allowing Zhou Peigong to be his aide and began to conquer Shaanxi.
There was a local warlord named Wang Fuchen who joined forces with Wu Sangui. After Zhou Peigong carefully analyzed the current situation, he believed that Wang Fuchen's rebellion was forced by the situation. If he sent people to surrender now, he would definitely stop his horse.
Although Zhou Peigong's words make sense, there is no suitable person in front of him. Just when he was at a loss, Zhou Peigong actually volunteered and was willing to risk his life to persuade him to surrender.
This is not a good job. Whether Wang Fuchen was forced to rebel is still just a guess. Zhou Peigong's behavior is equivalent to sacrificing himself for the country.
Kangxi, who was far away in the capital, heard about this. He directly conferred Zhou Pei as a senatorial platform and a first-rank rank, and specially rewarded him with yellow jacket , asking him to go and recruit surrender.
Fortunately, Zhou Peigong expected it well. When Wang Fuchen heard that the court was going to recruit pacify, he immediately presented it to the list and accepted the pacification of the court.
was able to quell the rebellion without any effort. Zhou Peigong not only solved a big problem for the court, but also cut off a wing for Wu Sangui.
Kangxi was very satisfied with Zhou Peigong. He originally wanted to reward him according to his merits, but who knew that Zhou Peigong didn't want to reward him, but he just hoped that the emperor could ask for his mother.
At this time, Kangxi was even more convinced that Zhou Peigong was not a treacherous and slick person, but was filial, neither humble nor arrogant, and was able to take on great responsibilities.
It was precisely because Zhou Peigong's character that Kangxi gradually entrusted him with important tasks, and Zhou Peigong's official position was even promoted.
Kangxi is a suspicious person by nature. Although he valued Zhou Peigong, there was always a knot in his heart that could not be solved, that is, Zhou Peigong is a Han Chinese , and his loyalty is definitely not as good as 号 . There was already a Wu Sangui in front of
. Kangxi was afraid that Zhou Peigong would be respectful and became the second Wu Sangui, so he gradually had the intention to suppress him.
After Zhou Peigong was mourning for his mother at home for three years, he was transferred to Shandong to work and became the highest manager in Shandong. At that time, the Three Feudal Rebellion had not completely subsided, and it was the time to employ people.
Even though Kangxi had some slight thoughts, he had to continue to reuse Zhou Peigong. However, when Zhou Peigong took office for less than three years, because something happened, Zhou Peigong turned away.
" Qing History Draft " records: "I was appointed as the Shandong Denglai Road, and took the governor, and quarreled with the General ."
The one in the Dow Jones of Denglai, Shandong, is Zhou Peigong. He has many disagreements with the general and always attacks each other. Zhou Peigong could not bear such anger and even dismissed from office.
After that, he resigned and returned to his hometown. However, Zhou Peigong was a person who pretended to be the world and the people. Although he was no longer an official in the court, he was still paying attention to national affairs at all times.
Yinreng in Queen Hesheli. On the day when Kangxi decided to establish the crown prince, an emergency report suddenly came from outside. King Chahar was rushing towards the direction of the capital with 30,000 elite soldiers.
At this time, the Three Feudal Rebellion broke out. Kangxi had sent all his troops to the south to quell the rebellion. King Chahar was the northern Mongolian tribe . He was holding a flag to fight against the Qing Dynasty!
It happened that Empress Hesheli died of childbirth, and the court was constantly ups and downs. Kangxi was alone in the Qing Dynasty. At this moment, he felt that being an emperor was such a difficult thing.
Now the court wants to set up defenses, but it really cannot come up with people available. There are many ministers in the court, but none of them can carry the flag for the Qing Dynasty to lead troops to fight.
However, is raining all night long. Before King Chahar's team arrived, Wu Sangui's rebels actually attacked the capital. After learning from his mistakes, Kangxi actually made the decision to move the capital to Shengjing.
Once Nurhaci End of his life to enter the Central Plains. If the capital has moved now, it will be difficult to come back. When the ministers heard this, they knelt down and asked the emperor to think twice.
Now the entire Qing Dynasty is in danger, and the palace is covered with shadows. Kangxi is seriously ill and unable to get up, and he has even drafted his last order.
However, at the moment of emergency, a secret memorial from Zhou Peigong was sent to the palace, and there was a petition note on it. Kangxi immediately saw hope and immediately enfeoffed Zhou Peigong as the Admiral of Shengjing, solving the urgent problem.
After that, Zhou Peigong sat in the position of the Admiral of Shengjing for 11 years. Although this seemed to be a high-ranking official position, Zhou Peigong made great contributions at this time, and he had reached the point where he was very successful in his power.
And the Admiral Shengjing was actually a position of promotion and demotion, which was also the reason for torture Zhou Peigong to death. It is precisely because of this that Kangxi felt guilty towards him.
Zhou Peigong was guarding the border in Shenyang. It was cold and cold here, and it was not a place that ordinary people could stay. At that time, only exiled officials would go to such a far-reaching frontier to guard it.
To put it bluntly, Kangxi exiled Zhou Peigong.
Zhou Peigong is a Han minister but holds heavy troops. Kangxi dared not let him become bigger in Beijing. More importantly, Shengjing is the hometown of Manchu before he entered the pass, so he can only put this Han minister in Shengjing to see Only then can he feel completely at ease.
Because of this, Zhou Peigong actually endured 11 years of torture in this bitter and cold place in the northeast. His unacceptable environment made his body collapse day by day, and his body gradually overdrawn.
When Kangxi saw him again, he was no longer as energetic as before, but was old and lying on the hospital bed dying.
In Kangxi's heart, he originally thought that Zhou Peigong was complaining about him, but Zhou Peigong did something before his death that made him regret it for the rest of his life.
Zhou Peigong actually drew a land map of the Qing Dynasty during his 11 years in Shengjing. This map is not just a simple map, but it clearly marks every complete and accurate land.
, a hard-working work, was presented to Kangxi without hesitation. With this map, it is not only clear that Galdan's threat to the Qing Dynasty, but also has a future defense and deployment. Very important reference value.
The moment Kangxi saw this picture, he realized that Zhou Peigong was loyal to him from beginning to end and devoted himself to the country, but he actually guarded against him for 11 years for his own selfish thoughts.
However, it was too late when he knew this, Zhou Peigong had closed his eyes forever, and Kangxi felt very sad. He wanted to compensate but it was useless.
Kangxi immediately ordered that he would personally watch over Zhou Peigong.
Of course, as an emperor, Kangxi felt guilty about Zhou Peigong, but he was suspicious and cruel by nature, and never did anything without purpose.
He can keep himself in front of guilt and has another meaning.
At that time, there were chaos everywhere, many countries had not yet been taken back, and various civil uprising forces had not yet been suppressed, and many Han people were ready to move, wanting to anti-Qing and restoring Ming .
And Zhou Peigong's death happened to be an opportunity. Kangxi personally guarded this Han minister to tell the subjects of the world that he was also tolerant and kind to treat the Han people.
If the Han people in the world can be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, the court will not treat you badly, just like Zhou Peigong, even if he died outside the pass, even if he was a Han minister, the emperor could still keep his soul for him personally.
in the feudal era, people had a strong sense of loyalty to the emperor. Even though Kangxi was so suspicious and excluded Zhou Peigong, he still wholeheartedly thought about his family and country. He was indeed a loyal and kind-hearted generation.
