Please ask me to be the emperor

"Where can the lackey of the 'Shun Thief' go?"

"Kill him for me, kill him for me!"

A group of miners wearing worn-out cotton armor rushed up with long spears in their hands. Zhu Yiwei was so frightened that he took several steps back, then asked to the left and right, "Can you beat them?"

"Nonsense, why don't you run away quickly?" The guards on the left and right were frightened to death and quickly turned around and ran away.

Nima, don’t you wait for me? Zhu Yiyi quickly turned around and followed him.

It turned out that after Zhu Yiyi was appointed as the magistrate of Lantian County by Zhang Shun, he came to Lantian County with twenty accompanying guards.

This matter is also unlucky for him. He encountered this kind of thing just after taking office.

Lantian County is located in the southeast of Xi'an, facing the Qinling Mountains and negative to the Li Mountain.

It is bounded by the Qinling Mountains in the southeast and faces Weinan, Huazhou, Luonan, Shangzhou, and other prefectures and counties, in the north by Hengling and Lintong County, and in the west by Xianning County in Xi'an.

Since ancient times, the Qin-Chu Avenue has been known as the "Three Auxiliary Fortress" and is the main transportation route from Guanzhong to the southeastern provinces.

This area is rich in mountains and minerals. Historically, Lantian jade was one of the four famous jades in ancient times.

By the time the timeline reached the Ming Dynasty, Lantian jade had long been exhausted, but copper, iron, lead, zinc and other minerals were also abundant, so the blacksmiths here were also very famous.

Even Governor Zhang, the foreman of the rebel army, often sent people here to purchase crude iron and hire blacksmiths.

Due to the ban on mining during the Ming Dynasty, most of the mining industry was actually an illegal industry.

Not only are these practitioners not protected by local laws, but they have to take both black and white to survive.

Therefore, each of these mines has hundreds to thousands of people, and they are kings and hegemons, and they are lawless.

And just before Zhu Yiwei arrived in Lantian, there had been rumors claiming that the "shun thieves" wanted to seize all the mines in Lantian and prohibited private mining, which caused a stir.

Originally, it didn't matter that the rebels didn't send anyone, but when they did, it was like "when mud falls into your crotch, it's either shit or shit."

"Can you please stop chasing me? In fact, I am not a 'submissive thief', I am a clan member of the Ming Dynasty Qin Dynasty!" Zhu Yiwei couldn't help but coaxed as he ran out of breath.

"The clan of the Ming Dynasty? A thief, that's even more hateful. I can't satisfy the hatred in my heart without being cut into pieces!" The miners who were chasing after him became even more angry after hearing this.

"Straight bitch, do I have any grudge against you?" Zhu Yiwei asked as he ran.

"Stop talking nonsense and accept your life!"

"What should I do? Isn't running like this an option?" Zhu Yiwei couldn't help but quickly asked the guards around him.

"Come on, let's go to the north of the city. There are people in the north of the city who are our rebels buying ore and rough iron!" Hearing this, Zuo Zuo quickly admonished.

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"His Royal Highness King Shun, urgent report from Lantian!" Just as Zhang Shun was explaining multiplication to the frowning Li Sanniang, the waiter couldn't help but hurried in with an urgent letter.

"You write it first. If you don't know how, jump over first!" Zhang Shun stood up after hearing this and took the letter.

"Lantian rebelled?" Zhang Shun was stunned when he opened the letter and read it.

Why, I am a rebel, and there are still people who dare to rebel against me?

"I'll go out first!" After thinking about it, Zhang Shun waved his hand and said, "You don't have to wait for me tonight!"

After saying this, Zhang Shun walked away in a hurry, while Shishu followed Zhang Shun step by step.

As soon as Zhang Shung walked out of the room, he happened to see Wang Jinyi and several guards guarding the outside. He couldn't help but order: "Send people to call Zhu Wanling, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Dudu and Xu Quan to meet me in Cunxin Palace."

"Yes, King Shun!" Wang Jinyi quickly picked four smart people and went to find those four people respectively, while Zhang Shun Shi Shiran went to the Cunxin Hall to wait.

"That...that" Seeing that Zhang Shun finally got the chance, the waiter opened his mouth to say something.

"Boil water and prepare tea!" Zhang Shun ordered without looking back.

"Ah? Yes!" Shishu had no choice but to respond quickly, swallowing back the words he had prepared.

Not long after, Zhu Wanling, Hong Chengchou, Governor Zhang and Xu Quan arrived one after another. Zhang Shun could not help but be the first to ask: "Mr. Zhu, I wonder who is there in Lantian?"

"There is no one in Lantian. There are many treacherous and cunning people who despise death. They gather in the Xiao mine and kill people and steal goods. The government cannot stop them!" Zhu Wanling responded quickly after hearing this.

According to the Yellow Book of the Ming Dynasty, there are more than 2,000 households in Lantian City on Friday, with 19 districts under its jurisdiction. How can it be said that there is no one?

It turned out that Zhang Shun asked Zhu Wanling whether there were any big gentry people involved. If this happened at a critical moment when the rebels were clearing out their farmland, Zhang Shun would not believe it if no one was instigating it behind the scenes.

Zhu Wanling's answer was also very simple. I don't know if others were involved, but none of us were definitely involved. Just kill King Shun.

"What do you think, Mr. Hong?" Of course, Zhang Shun didn't fully believe Zhu Wanling's words, so he asked Hong Chengchou to confirm.

"As for the gentry and heroes, I have never heard of any capable people in Lantian. There is just one person, but he happens to be from Lantian!" Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment and couldn't help but hesitate.

"who?"

"Eunuch Wang Cheng'en!" Hong Chengchou responded, "The Wang family of Lantian has always been famous. In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a general and an admiral of the Nine Gates. In recent years, this one happened to be born again. Now he is serving as Secretary Li Bing. I work under eunuch Cao Huachun."

"Two generals and one eunuch!" Zhang Shun pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "This matter can be explained clearly!"

Almost all the generals in the early Ming Dynasty were affiliated with the guards. Presumably, the Wang family was inextricably linked to everyone in Xi'an. Later, a eunuch named Wang Cheng'en came out, who also had influence in the local area.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but explain: "A letter came from Zhu Yiyi, the newly appointed magistrate of Lantian County, claiming that the rebels were mainly miners, most of whom had cotton armor, and there were about two thousand people."

"I was wondering where A came from before, but now it seems that it has something to do with the Guard!"

"Xu Quan listens to the order. I order you to lead five hundred gunmen to quell the rebellion. Is there any problem?"

"Ah?" Xu Quan couldn't help but was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood why Zhang Shun called him over.

He couldn't help but responded with lack of confidence: "Then let me try it!"

"These five hundred people have completed training in general subjects. They have been equipped with Rumi guns, gun knives, medicine pots, fixed charges, breastplates and helmets. Why are they so unsure?" Zhang Shun frowned and said, "Go ahead, Governor Zhang will hold the battle for you from behind!"

"Me?" Governor Zhang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, Li Daliang and Li You each have five hundred people. I am going to let them follow you to Lantian." Zhang Shun nodded.

"After the rebellion is put down, you and Li You will stay in Lantian together. I plan to let Li You recruit miners based on the five hundred people and set up another battalion to garrison Lantian."

"And the Lu family's folk customs are fierce, so Baodu Village cannot be left unattended. So after everything is over, Li Daliang needs to return to Baodu Village and set up another camp. What do you think?"

When Governor Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but nodded.

Although the Lantian miners are tough, how can they be the opponents of the more than a thousand elite rebels who have experienced war?

It's just that he was a workman, in charge of smelting iron and casting cannons. What did King Shun mean?

"After Lantian is disposed of, I plan to set up a smelting station in Lantian. You are allowed to recruit miners on the spot to smelt steel and cast artillery. Do you know whether that's okay?" Zhang Shun asked again.

Okay, so I was waiting here.

It turns out that after Zhang Shun took control of Shaanxi, he formulated a trinity military development plan with "grain, iron, and army" as the core.

Food is generally not a big problem. Xu Quan is currently experimenting with the "army". Only steel imported from other places will be difficult to meet the needs of the rebel army's expansion.

Just as something happened in Lantian, Zhang Shun was really inspired by those rumors and prepared to take control of the Lantian iron mines and blacksmiths by force, making it a key part of his military expansion and preparations for war.

"Okay, what about Zhu Yiyi, the former magistrate of Lantian County?" After Governor Zhang agreed, he couldn't help but frowned and asked.

"Him? He only teaches farmers and mulberry trees and collects taxes. He has nothing to do with you!" Zhang Shun happily divided the scope of their respective responsibilities between the two.

When Wang Chengen mentioned that he was from Xingtai, Hebei, I originally tended to be in Hebei, but judging from the information I found, the information about Lantian was more complete, so this work chose Lantian as his place of origin.