please make me king

Chapter 1714 Duke Yuan
Chongming, Taicang, the waves are surging.

It is said that Zheng Zhilong's navy just sailed away from here, and not long after, another fleet came from the north.

The two giant ships headed by them, with three sails and five masts, are impressively huge.

There are densely packed shooting holes on both sides, and the black hole of the muzzle is looming, which makes people frightened.

Chongming had just been attacked and plundered by Zheng Zhilong and others. The city walls were damaged and soldiers were lost. How could they dare to fight again?

After getting the other party's promise not to slaughter the city, he opened the door happily and welcomed the fleet in.

"Where is King Shun?" Not long after, a young general asked as soon as he got off the giant ship.

"King Shun Shun?" The magistrate of Chongming was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he realized that the person who came was actually a "Shun thief"!
When did "Shun Thief" have such a strong and tall warship?
Nazhi County was puzzled, and quickly replied: "The big ship 'Pirate' docked here before, and according to his few words, I heard that His Royal Highness King Shun was besieged in Gu Garden, and then with the help of God, he smashed it in one fell swoop. It has been three or four days now!"

"Oh?" Zhao Lizi was taken aback when he heard the words, and he couldn't help but discuss with Zhao Liangdong, the general soldier in Tianjin, and hurriedly sent soldiers to contact Zhang Shun.

When the soldier rushed to Gu Yuan with the letter, he learned that Zhang Shun led the troops to Suzhou.

So, he hurried to Suzhou again, and learned that Zhang Shun had gone to Songjiang.

The envoy had no choice but to change horses and go to Songjiang.

When he arrived at Songjiang, it was already late.

Outside the city of Songjiang, there was a soldier of the volunteer army inspecting the people entering and leaving and cleaning up the traces of the battle. The soldier hurried forward to reveal his identity, and then he was brought to Zhang Shun.

At this time, Zhang Shun hadn't closed his eyes for three days and two nights, and was just sitting there dozing, when he heard that another envoy came from the north, he couldn't help cheering up to meet this person.

"His Royal Highness, let me find it easily!" The soldier was also an old man in the rebel army, and he complained jokingly when he saw Zhang Shun, and then sent a letter.

"Thank you, sit there and rest for a while!" Zhang Shun said politely, and asked Dong Xiaowan to bring tea and snacks, and then opened the letter.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun hadn't written a letter for a long time, and Zhang Shun never expected so many things to happen.

One, led by Zhang Zhifa, a group of "former ministers" finally showed their fox tails and were dealt with by Zhang Shenyan and others.

The other is that Geng Zhongming and Zhao Lizi finally broke through Fuzhou, Liu Zhiyuan died in the trench, and all the rest surrendered.

The last one was Zhang Sanbai, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and others who had endured a whole winter and finally took down Shenyang, the last important town of Houjin.

"Okay, that's great!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but patted his thigh and laughed excitedly.

"Let me go, let me go!" At this moment, there was a shout outside the window.

"What's going on?" Zhang Shun frowned, pushed the door out and asked loudly.

"Your Highness Qizuo, two of Shen Youlong's staff were captured!" The soldiers who were escorting the two scholars responded quickly.

"Oh? What's the name?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking when he saw the extraordinary demeanor of these two people.

"Master Chen Zilong!"

"Master Xia Yunyi!"

"If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you!" Unexpectedly, the two replied very stubbornly.

"Oh, where is Shen Youlong?" Zhang Shun frowned, ignored them, and asked the soldiers instead.

"He committed suicide!" The soldiers reported.

"Oh, dead?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but shook his head regretfully, and sighed, "This is actually 'Talking about one's heart with one's hands, and repaying the king with death!'"

"Dog thief, how dare you insult Shen Junmen!" Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi were furious when they heard the words, and couldn't help but cursed.

"Bold, how dare you insult King Shun?" Seeing this, the left and the right stepped forward, looking for a rag to cover the mouths of the two.

"It's better to block than to block!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Shun waved his hands to the soldiers, and then smiled at Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi, "Could it be that what I said is wrong?"

"You steal the people's fat and anointing, and deceive the king's conscience, do you think you can atone for your sins just by dying?"

"Nonsense, nonsense, the dignified King Shun is so unreasonable?" Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi were not convinced at all when they heard the words, but sneered.

"This king is unreasonable?" Zhang Shun sneered, "Then I will explain it to you!"

"Jiangnan is the most prosperous and prosperous country in the world. Not only does it not pay commercial taxes, but it also repeatedly disrupts the government and resists the law, so that the country's finances are difficult. Is there anything?"

"There are many scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and they should be the first in the world. Unexpectedly, they form cliques, the parties fight against dissidents, and don't pay attention to state affairs. As a result, the party disputes become more and more fierce. Is there anything?"

"The big clan in the south of the Yangtze River is the most wealthy in the world. They live in gardens and courtyards. Wherever they go, they greet and hug each other. They keep hundreds of servants, ranging from hundreds to thousands. They beat, scold and insult at will. There are all kinds of things?"

"You resist taxes to cut off the court's financial resources; keep slaves to cut off the court's military resources; party struggles to disrupt the court's government."

"Its harm to the country and the people is far worse than fooling the emperor, treacherous officials, slaves and exiled people, but one by one builds themselves into the backbone of the country, talking about loyalty, isn't it ridiculous?"

"You, you." Zhang Shun's words left Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi speechless for a while.

However, Zhang Shun didn't let them go, and continued to ask: "Where were you when you kept saying that you were loyal, when the slaves invaded and Liaodong was brutally slaughtered?"

"There are thousands of miles of red land in the northwest, and the refugees have no way to make a living, so they have to rise up. Where are you?"

"The world is in danger of being overthrown again, the soldiers and the people are in danger of fighting, the sea is full of turmoil, and bandits are everywhere, where are you?"

"This king rose up from Mengjin, pleaded for the people, restrained tigers and leopards inside, rejected wolves outside, and followed the world to win food. In just four or five years, he conquered the capital, smashed the Tartars, shocked the world, and gradually stabilized the world. Then he dared to call himself a hero and talk about loyalty."

"How can you say that you don't think about serving the country when you go up, and don't think about the people when you go down?"

Zhang Shunxin felt something, and his momentum was like a rainbow. Only this one sentence made Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi's expressions dull and speechless.

Although most of the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River said that they had "thick skin" and "ruthless Yu Junqin", there were still some people with "thin skin", such as Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi.

In particular, Xia Yunyi, in his book "Survival Records", voluntarily discarded "the views of the sect", and described in a more objective way "the rise and fall of the country, the advancement and retreat of the virtuous and traitors, the beginning and end of the captives, and the origin and flow of military food".

Even Ma Shiying, who was reviled by the Donglin Party cadres and others, received a relatively objective evaluation in his book, so that many Donglin Party and Fushe people derogated him as "the record of misfortune".

Not to mention what happened to Zhang Shun, let's say that the two men were imprisoned by the soldiers, and they were silent for a long time.

Suddenly, Xia Yunyi said: "People, are we really wrong?"

"Mr. Yuan, what do you mean?" Chen Zilong frowned and asked, "Could it be... Are you really confused by this thief?"

"Although it's a one-sided statement, it hits the point of my court!" Xia Yunyi shook her head and pointed out the key point.

"That's right!" Chen Zilong hesitated for a moment, and he couldn't help sighing, "He was born with such a great talent, but the country can't use it, what a loss for the court!"

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid I won't be able to use it!" Unexpectedly, Xia Yunyi shook her head when she heard the words, and said with a wry smile.

"A person like Your Highness, how could he pass the imperial examination and endure beating and scolding?"

Whether it is taking the road of imperial examinations or advancing through military merits, with Zhang Shun's ability, how can he waste time in it?

I'm afraid Zhang Shun can afford to wait, and Daming can't afford to wait either!
Thinking of this, Xia Yunyi suddenly opened his mouth and shouted outside: "I want to see King Shun, I want to see King Shun!"

"Brother Xia, you." Chen Zilong couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, what about the integrity that he agreed on?
"It's time to end this boring war!" Unexpectedly, Xia Yunyi shook his head and said, "When a person is sick, he seeks a good doctor; when the country is sick, he seeks a good minister."

"Now that King Shun is a doctor, it's time to use the medicine for his symptoms, so why doubt it?"

(End of this chapter)