Qiming 1158

Chapter 1320 "The Last Loyal Official of the Song Dynasty"

After the Second Ming-Song War, the Hangzhou army has always been divided into three parts. Shen Kai, Zhou Linzhi and Zhang Shi each controlled a part of the army and controlled the lifeline of the Hangzhou court.

Shen Gai does not control the largest number of troops, but he has the best treatment, the best equipment, and good training. He also directly controls various defenses in Hangzhou and controls the route of the central Hangzhou center.

It can be said that the control of Hangzhou City has always been in the hands of Shen Gai. Although Zhang Zhi and Zhou Linzhi each control [-] troops, because they are also in Hangzhou City, Shen Gai still has absolute leadership over them.

Obviously, Shen Kai will not hand over Hangzhou military power easily, this is too important to him, it is the absolute guarantee of his power, and Shen Kai also has a plan to burn all jade and stone, and will completely burn Hangzhou under extreme conditions. .

Zhang Shi couldn't let this plan be started by Shen Gai's order. He wanted to take this plan into his own hands. Even if he couldn't master it, he couldn't let this plan destroy Hangzhou, which was basically in a prosperous state.

Three hundred big fires can really plunge a city into a sea of ​​fire, but to put out the fire, it would take ten times the manpower, which is too dangerous.

Therefore, while fighting for Hangzhou military power, he asked Su Changsheng to use his own advantages to find those [-] fire points.

Zhang Shi was intensively preparing for his plan to seize power, while on the other hand, in this state, Shen Gai was actually in great unease.

On the one hand, he did not know whether and when the Ming army had decided to go south, and on the other hand, he was ambiguous about whether to initiate an escape plan.

He did not dare to resist the Ming army, did not want to die, and at the same time did not want to give up his huge power easily.

Moreover, some officials had some disagreements with him on how to deal with Zhao Dun, the lord of Jiangnan, who had been "sick", and could not reach a consensus for a long time.

Some people want Zhao Dun to die, but some people think that Zhao Dun can't die in their hands, otherwise the name of their traitor will be established, which is very unfavorable to them.

Zhou Linzhi strongly suggested that Run should deal with Zhao Dun before, and not let Zhao Dun fall into Su Yonglin's hands, so as to prevent Su Yonglin from knowing how they dealt with Zhao Dun.

Zhang Jin, on the other hand, sang against Zhou Linzhi and firmly opposed the disposal of Zhao Dun, and suggested that Zhao Dun should stay in Hangzhou City. No matter how long the city could be held, he would ignite the flames in Zhao Dun's room when the city was broken and burn him alive. , so that Zhao Dun's death was easily counted on the head of the Ming army.

This way they have no responsibility whatsoever, and are runaways at best, not rebellious.

Zhou Linzhi never trusted Zhang Shi.

In other words, it is unacceptable that Zhang Shi is on an equal footing with him or even a little higher than him. It is a physical disgust for him. Now that Zhang Shi is against himself, this kind of disgust is even more unstoppable.

"You are defending Hangzhou one by one. Who knows whether you want to surrender or defend? Are you a traitor planning to use the city of Hangzhou in exchange for your prosperity and wealth?"

Zhou Linzhi pointed at Zhang Shi as an output, quite rude, and insisted on criticizing Zhang Shi.

Of course Zhang Shi was not polite to him.

"If I want to be prosperous and rich, I can directly lead the troops to surrender to Zhouzhi. He will immediately have [-] troops, and he will be able to surround Hangzhou and leave you all dead without a place to die! Why wait until now? Zhou Linzhi, you need to spit your blood. Does it make sense?"

Zhou Linzhi was very annoyed, but he had to admit that what Zhang Shi said made sense.

If Zhang Shi wanted to surrender, he would simply lead his troops to surrender to Zhou Zhi. Zhou Zhi would immediately have [-] troops and be able to surround Hangzhou, but they had nothing to do.

Why did he drive out the Ming army instructors and offend the Ming kingdom?
There are various indications that Zhang Shi is likely to be the last loyal minister of the Song Dynasty.

But how could Zhou Linzhi admit it?

How could he admit that Zhang Shi was really the last loyal minister of the Song Dynasty?Wouldn't that mean handing over control of Hangzhou to Zhang Shi?

Although it was said that it was impossible for him to stay in Hangzhou, he just wanted to make Zhang Shi upset, and there was no reason for him.

So conspiracy theories were thrown out one after another, and the more they said, the more outrageous they were, and they almost didn't say Zhang Shi was Su Yonglin's half-brother, which made Zhang Shi very annoyed.

Half-brother?

Are you scolding my father or my mother? !
Just when he was about to get angry, Shen Gai finally couldn't listen anymore, slapped the table and shouted angrily, glaring at Zhou Linzhi.

"Okay! Shut up! What are you talking about? The dead are the worst. Jingfu's father died because of state affairs. I admire him very much, and I feel sorry for him! Now you insult him in front of your son. Parents, what is this behavior? Where did Confucius and Mencius learn from?"

Being reprimanded by Shen Cai, Zhou Linzhi knew that he had said what he said, so he could only lower his head, keep silent, and acquiesce to his mistake.

But Shen's anger was not over yet.

"One or two people who know what to do and dare to do, don't let others do what they don't dare to do, for fear that others will make credit for doing it well, and it will be more uncomfortable for others to make a contribution than to be punished. How can we do a good job in national affairs?
What is this behavior?This is brazen and shameless behavior!Mao Zhen, you are also an old minister for so many years!After so many years in the DPRK, I was used to seeing the bad atmosphere in the DPRK. I thought you could make some changes, but I didn't expect you to be one of them! "

Shen Gai scolded Zhou Linzhi with blood, and Zhou Linzhi couldn't lift his head at all.

After scolding for a while, Shen Gai stepped forward and held Zhang Shi's hand.

"Jing Fu, Mao Zhen did something wrong and said something wrong, I apologize to you on his behalf, don't take it to your heart, don't worry about someone stabbing you in the back, Da Song has reached the last moment, I can't allow it There are still people fighting at this time!"

"Master..."

Zhang Shi was moved to tears, and was very excited about Shen Gai's trust.

Shen Gai also dispelled all doubts about Zhang Shi and officially made his decision.

After this quarrel, a personnel change took place in the Hangzhou court.

Shen Gai issued an edict in the name of Zhao Dun, the lord of Jiangnan.

Pingzhang Army State Affairs Shen Gai retired in old age, and Zhang Shi, the privy envoy, was prosperous and strong, serving the country and the people, so he took over the post of Pingzhang Army State Affairs.

Zhao Dun's summoning decree praised Zhang Shi as a real loyal person, so he was asked to take over the post of Pingzhang's military and state affairs. From then on, Zhang Shi would be able to lead all military and political affairs in Jiangnan and abroad.

Looking at the city of Hangzhou, all the troops and officials will obey his orders. He has since become the uncrowned king of Jiangnan and the second dictator after Shen Gai.

On May 24th of the eighth year of Hongwu, Shen Gai officially handed over the military power in Hangzhou to Zhang Shi, except for the absolutely loyal and elite soldiers he carefully selected, and asked Zhang Shi to start the task of deploying Hangzhou in advance.

Then he came forward and asked Zhou Linzhi to transfer his military power to Zhang Shi.

Zhou Linzhi was unwilling and felt that it was not safe to do so.

Shen was furious.

"When disaster is imminent, when the country lives and dies, do you still care about this? Do you want to stay and defend the city? Or do you take away [-] troops? How big are the ships you have prepared? How many?

Can these ships take everyone here?I would also like to take all the troops if I could, but is it possible?Confused!The more you live, the more confused you are!Foolishly hopeless! "

Zhou Linzhi was scolded by Shen Gai to the point of being bloody, and he had no temper at all. He was speechless, so he gave Zhang Shi a stern look, and reluctantly agreed to Shen Gai's request.

Of course he couldn't stay in Hangzhou, and he couldn't take away all the troops under his command.

He only left a team of guards that he absolutely trusted and could take away, and the rest of the army was packed and handed over to Zhang Shi, who asked Zhang Shi to use them to guard Hangzhou and fight that battle. In his view, there is no chance of a mortal battle.

Then he cursed Zhang Shi with his troops to defend Hangzhou. After the city was destroyed, they were all killed by the Ming Kingdom, and the Zhang family was wiped out.

Since Zhang Shi decided to be the biggest idiot in the world, there must be a way to die worthy of the status of an idiot.

Zhou Linzhi believed that the Ming Kingdom would definitely give him this opportunity.

(End of this chapter)