"A loyal and good minister like Zhou Peigong has been relegated to a place of ice and snow for eleven years!"
In "Kangxi Dynasty", the most regrettable character is Zhou Peigong.
Zhou Peigong is a veritable and unquestionable loyal minister, a confidant by Kangxi's side, giving advice to Kangxi, and I don't know how much of his own strength he has contributed to the court.
But because Zhou Peigong was a Han Chinese, Kangxi, as a Manchu, was worried that his status would be threatened, so he reluctantly belittled Zhou Peigong, and this treatment was 11 years.
What people didn't expect was that even if he was treated so unfairly, Zhou Peigong still presented Kangxi with the imperial picture he had drawn by himself for more than ten years before his death.
So why did Zhou Peigong do this, was he unwilling, or did he want Kangxi to feel guilty about him?
Zhou Peigong dedicated the emperor's picture before his death
Looking at the map that was slowly unfolded, Kangxi was shocked and speechless.
He stared straight at the imperial picture, walked in front of him with a candle and looked at the contents carefully.
At this moment, Kangxi's heart was shocked, and I believe that the audience's heart will be even more shocked.
This was presented by Zhou Peigong, who had been degraded to the northeast by Kangxi for 11 years, and the whole picture of the entire Qing Dynasty was drawn on it, which was called "Kangxi Emperor's Panorama".
This map carries most of Zhou Peigong's life's painstaking efforts, which took more than ten years, and can be described as an extremely valuable gift.
You must know that Zhou Peigong was once degraded to the cold Northeast by Kangxi himself, and he has been living like this for 11 years.
In the past 11 years, Zhou Peigong is still loyal, regardless of his past suspicions, he continues to do things for the court, sticks to the frontier, and all he has in his heart is the country and the court.
While doing things for the imperial court, he would also collect materials to prepare for the creation of the "Imperial Opinion Panorama".
In the past eleven years, Zhou Peigong has not known how much effort he has put in to successfully draw this detailed map while garrisoning the frontier, which is really admirable.
Many people expressed their incomprehension of Zhou Peigong's approach.
Obviously, Kangxi treated him like this, why did he have to spend so much time and effort to create this global map for Kangxi.
At this time, some people will have a misunderstanding of Zhou Peigong's behavior, is it because he is unwilling to accept Kangxi's decision back then? Is it just to let Kangxi know that he is capable and let Kangxi know that what he did back then was wrong?
Of course not, how could Zhou Peigong be such a person.
So what are the hidden secrets behind this?
Zhou Peigong's loyalty to the country
Zhou Peigong's life experience is very bumpy, his life experience, his experience and what he has seen and heard make people feel sorry and worthless for him.
Zhou Peigong has no father since he was a child, and his family is poor, and he lives a poor life with his mother.
However, life is so unfair, and tragedy befell Zhou Peigong again.
When he was ten years old, his mother also left him, and Zhou Peigong was the only one left in the family.
But even if life was so unfair to him, he did not give up on himself, let alone have malice towards society.
As the saying goes, a kind person will always be favored by God.
Zhou Peigong is a kind person, he is smart and talented, and he is also very self-motivated, so he was appreciated by the county officials and successfully became a small official with the help of others.
It's not a big official position, but at least it's much better than wandering.
Here, Zhou Peigong's ability and intelligence were greatly exerted, and he was soon appreciated by the nobles and improved step by step.
Wu Ciyou saw his talent and wanted to write a letter of recommendation to help him, but Zhou Peigong directly refused, because he didn't want to take shortcuts, but to rely on his own strength to realize his ambitions by taking the exam.
It can be seen that Zhou Peigong is a very principled person, which is really admirable.
However, when Zhou Peigong's strength was really discovered by everyone, it was actually the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories".
Just when everyone was at a loss and had no ideas, it was Zhou Peigong who stood up, calmly analyzed the situation, and gave a reasonable solution, and successfully made a great contribution.
It was Zhou Peigong's credit that allowed Wang Fuchen to successfully surrender and solve the big trouble for Kangxi.
It was also at this time that Zhou Peigong was noticed by Kangxi, and under the recommendation of the ministers, Zhou Peigong got a heavy responsibility.
Therefore, Zhou Peigong is grateful to Kangxi from the bottom of his heart, and he can give himself the opportunity to serve the country.
It can be said that in Zhou Peigong's heart, the country is the first, he has had a sense of the country since he was a child, and as he grows older, this ambition to serve the country with loyalty has become stronger and stronger.
Therefore, the map of the Qing Dynasty drawn by Zhou Peigong is actually for the country, he only wants to do things for the country and for the prosperity of the country.
Of course, Zhou Peigong's behavior is also to show his sincerity to Kangxi.
The four words "loyal to the monarch and serving the country" are very suitable for Zhou Peigong.
Kangxi's derogation of Zhou Peigong
As a Han Chinese, Zhou Peigong was loyal to the court and offered advice to Kangxi, and he was a real person with great righteousness.
But his righteousness and loyalty were not rewarded.
Because Kangxi is a Manchu, of course he will use Manchu people more, although Kangxi is a more open-minded monarch, he will also have such prejudices.
However, at the beginning, Kangxi did not do this, and still reused a lot of Hanchen, but as the situation changed, he gradually changed his opinion.
After all, he is a Manchu, and of course he will be afraid that this position will be threatened by the Han Chinese.
Since then, Kangxi has begun to suppress Hanchen, including Zhou Peigong, who has always been sincere to Kangxi.
Zhou Peigong was relegated to a remote area, where the conditions were harsh and the weather was cold, and for more than ten years, Zhou Peigong's body was seriously affected.
This also led to his death in a foreign country after 11 years of demoting.
In these 11 years of suffering, Zhou Peigong has no complaints, let alone ruthlessness, just a heart that loves the motherland.
Even before his death, he did not forget to recommend talented people to Kangxi
After Xiaozhuang learned about the map, she felt pity and emotion for Zhou Peigong, such a loyal courtier, but suffered such a desolate treatment in his later years.
Xiaozhuang was unhappy with Kangxi for Zhou Peigong, and at this time, Kangxi was full of guilt for Zhou Peigong.
Zhou Peigong dedicated his life to the country, but God did not favor him, and his later years were tragic and regrettable, and his ambition was not rewarded.