please make me king

Chapter 1697 Zhang Pu's determination

Zhang Pu left, but despite Zhang Shun's repeated persuasion, he still left.

It's not that he disagrees with Zhang Shun's ideas, but that he agrees with Zhang Shun so much that he wants to risk going back and persuade the Fushe members to support Zhang Shun.

Fushe is not a simple academic society, but consists of Yunjian Jishe, Xiangshan Tongshe, Zhejiang West Wenshe, Jiangbei Nanshe, Jiangxi Zeshe, Litingxi Society, Zhongzhou Duanshe, Zhejiang East Chaoshe, etc. A large society composed of more than a dozen academic societies.

Because of its strong influence, it is also called "Little Donglin" and "Sidonglin". Hold".

That is to say, the imperial court was required to exempt local tax arrears, appoint dismissed officials, remove eunuchs sent by the emperor, and suspend eunuchs' armor drills, etc., reflecting the interests of landlords, merchants, and citizens in the Jiangnan area.

From the perspective of ideology, Fushe is actually the rebirth of the Donglin Party.

Since Zhang Pu established the Fushe, it has had a great influence in just a few years. More than tens of thousands of people have followed it.

Even in the original historical line, in order to fight against Wen Tiren, Fushe also manipulated the government and pushed Zhou Yanru, who had lived idle for eight years, into the cabinet.

The amount of energy is astounding.

Tian Jianxiu praised him for "living in the countryside, but he can also control the court remotely; although he is idle, he can also rule the world", which is not an exaggeration. The root cause of Shun.

If Li Zicheng really controlled the [-] elite soldiers, once he established himself in Jiangdong with the help of Fushe, he would be a "little overlord" again.

It's just that neither Zhang Pu nor the other members of Fushe thought that with the unprecedented growth of the rebel forces, Li Zicheng no longer had the conditions to be self-reliant.

One is that Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo has already been "appointed as a marquis" and is stranded in Shanxi, unable to respond to Li Zicheng's call.

The other is that among the four generals under his command, Liu Zongmin, Dang Shousu, Zhang Rukui, and Luo Shangwen, Dang Shousu and Zhang Rukui are self-contained. Luo Shangwen has become Zhang Shun's diehard because he has accepted some of Zhang Fengyi's white soldiers. .

Only Liu Zongmin may follow him to revolt, but he does not have overwhelming power.

Unless Li Zicheng was deceived by lard, it is impossible for him not to be a good prince, but to be a "big Wei Wu king" instead.

Zhang Pu is also an extraordinary person. Originally, he had planned to "martyr himself", but after meeting Zhang Shun, he had a different idea.

For one thing, he was indeed born in a humble background, and his mother was a servant of the Zhang family, for which he suffered countless stares.

Second, he saw an opportunity in Zhang Shun's side.

Although the soldiers and horses of the rebel army are strong, they have attracted Zhang Shenyan, Lu Weiqi, Zhu Wanling and others, but how can Zhang Shenyan, Lu Weiqi, Zhu Wanling and others compare to Fushe, which "gathers the world's cultural context"?

If Fushe completely surrendered to Zhang Shun, not only would he be able to promote his own ideals and ambitions, but he would also be able to completely bury the already dying Donglin Party in the soil, and then set foot on ten thousand feet.

"Tianru, how is it?" When Zhang Pu just arrived in Taicang, Suzhou, Zhang Cai, one of the "Loudong Two Zhangs" who came to greet him, couldn't help asking hastily.

"I failed to convince 'King Chuang'." Zhang Pu shook his head with a wry smile, "Instead, he was persuaded by His Royal Highness 'King Shun'!"

"Ah?" Zhang Caiwenyan originally wanted to comfort Zhang Pu, but when he heard the next sentence, he was stunned, "Why?"

Zhang Pu is a great talent, ten times better than himself, Zhang Cai certainly does not think that he will be confused by Zhang Shun.

"'King Chuang' is tall and tall, taciturn, like Liu Huangshu!" Zhang Pu couldn't help sighing, "However, 'King Shun' is generous, like Hangao and Tangzong, which is far superior!"

"Isn't it too much?" Zhang Cai is a strict and resolute person. He has heard that Zhang Shun was born as a "thief" and he is also in the old stories of Wei Wu and Liang Zu, so he has a very bad impression of him.

"I see that the generals under his command are all rebellious and rebellious, like wolves and tigers. If they are not restrained by him, the world may be in chaos!" Zhang Pu couldn't help explaining.

"Looking at his habits, he is known for his lust. However, there are no more than three maidservants, and each meal is no more than two dishes, which can be described as simple!"

"Instead of talking about the affairs of the world, His Highness also said that 'animals are slaves, just like cattle and horses, and it is extremely inhumane', which is quite different from what you and I advocate."

"This person can be used as a help, but not an enemy."

"If we take the lead to restore the community and vote for it, we will be able to help the world and affirm our ambition!"

"Tianru, the king chooses the minister, and the minister is also the king." Hearing this, Zhang Cai couldn't help but solemnly said, "You want to seek refuge with King Shun, but I have nothing to do here, and others may just scold you a few words."

"But you actually want to encourage the entire Fushe to vote for King Shun. Do you know how much pressure you will face?"

"I know, but I don't want to watch the Fushe I created with my own hands go to perish!" Zhang Pu was silent for a moment before he spoke.

"This time, I visited the 'King Chuang' and 'King Shun', and also saw the relics of the war outside the city of Nanjing. Only then did I understand a truth."

"What's the point?" Zhang Cai asked strangely.

"We are like that vine, and people are like that big tree. No matter how lush the vine grows, it must wind around the big tree."

"It's like the two of us wanted to 'treat people equally' and couldn't even accept Zhang Yu who was born as a slave. But King Shun wanted to 'abolish slaves', but he only needed a piece of paper to cause a great shock in the world."

"Why? It's reasonable for someone to have soldiers and guns. How can we defeat him?"

"If we join forces, it will be different."

"Softness can overcome rigidity, and weakness can overcome strength. Of course he can restrain us now, but we may not be able to restrain him in the future!"

"The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the people in the world. At that time, even if he is the majestic King Shun, what can he do?"

"You think well, but do you think those people will follow you?" Zhang Cai couldn't help laughing bitterly when he heard this.

It turns out that since the founding of the People's Republic of China in the Ming Dynasty, because most of the Confucian scholars followed the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty, they were not ashamed to follow the Hu, so they were despised and tabooed by Zhu Yuanzhang, so they established a set of means of "coercing" the scholar-bureaucrats.

For example, non-military merits are not allowed to be named marquis, and another example is the establishment of factory guards, prisons, and court sticks that are often used to humiliate courtiers.

All these vaguely show the fact that the Ming Lord's attitude towards scholars is to keep them as "slaves" and to treat them with hostility and humiliation as the main means.

Therefore, the style of scholars in the Ming Dynasty was also surly and narrow-minded, and the scholars also had the characteristics of "exciting to be too passionate", "responsive if you hear about it, and fight if you have admonishment", and like to attack and destroy the sages.

That's why Zhang Caicai reminded Zhang Pu, don't look at you being well-known all over the world, once you do something they don't like, you will soon be condemned and slandered by the people.

Of course, in fact, the fact that the morality of the Ming Dynasty was so surly, in addition to the so-called monarch’s attitude, was more due to the great development of the society in the Ming Dynasty. inevitable result.

On the one hand, these scholars were deeply bound by traditional loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and could not resist the existing feudal system.

On the other hand, deeply affected by the reality of the so-called budding of capitalism, it is inevitable that they will have their own strange thoughts, and then form a "surly" morale.

"If you want to achieve great things, how can you look forward and backward?" Unexpectedly, Zhang Pu was not afraid when he heard the words, but smiled instead.

"I want to convene the Spring and Autumn Gathering again, to fight against the Confucians, to debate right and wrong!"

(End of this chapter)