Please ask me to be the emperor

After Han Xu surrendered, he was appointed as Taifu of the rebel army. He had no achievements and no virtues in his life, so he was ashamed of his position.

He couldn't help recommending to Zhang Shun more than ten of his disciples and the descendants of Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu, the famous officials in the Wanli period.

That Zhang Siwei was the chief minister of the cabinet during the Wanli period, and Wang Chonggu was the minister who "experienced seven towns and served the border" during the Wanli period.

The relationship between the two is uncle and nephew, so they have great reputation in Shanxi.

Zhang Shun inspected them one by one and found that although these people were not great talents, they all came from scholarly families and were qualified to take charge of some clerical and secretarial positions, so he retained them all.

Han Xu also thought that these people were not in Zhang Shun's eyes, and he couldn't help but recommend: "King Shun has the world in his heart and is ambitious in all directions. He should recruit talents and recruit talents."

"Now there is a fellow countryman of King Shun in Puzhou City, who is serving as the deputy envoy to Hedong. I also ask King Shun to recruit him personally and make him a pillar of his ministers."

"Oh? I wonder who the great talent is?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but be happy when he heard this.

Isn't it just visiting the thatched cottage? I'm good at this.

"This man's surname is Wu, Aheng, and his courtesy name is Longhui. He is from Yuzhou, Henan." Han Xu couldn't help but laugh.

"He served as the magistrate of Zichuan and Licheng counties in Shandong. At that time, the White Lotus Demon was in rebellion, and Wuzhi County set up an ambush and defeated them."

"Soon he was promoted to the censor of Huguang Province and the inspector of Zhejiang Province. He was appointed to Puzhou in the previous period. It happened that the former Ming Dynasty clan used force to harm the people. Deputy envoy Wu punished him. Everyone praised him for his ability."

"Wu Aheng?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but said happily after hearing this, "Please ask Master Han to lead the way. I'll go and invite him right away!"

Zhang Shun didn't know how lucky he was. Wu Aheng knew a lot about military affairs.

Not only did he ambush the White Lotus Sect when he was serving in Shandong, but when Ding You returned to his hometown, it was also the day when the rebel army conquered Nanyang.

At that time, Wu Aheng was worried about the rebels invading the area, so he helped Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, "build enemy towers, build cannons, repair city trenches, donate food and supplies, and drive soldiers and civilians to the city to guard it."

However, Zhang Shun later detoured to Runing Prefecture and launched a surprise attack on Nanyang, causing the officers and soldiers to be completely bypassed at the Yuzhou defense line.

Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, had no choice but to lead his army southward at the request of Tang Wang Zhu Yujian, but was defeated by Zhang Shun at the gate of Nanyang City.

For a time, the reputation of "killing the clan and humiliating the princess" and "submissive thieves" spread throughout the world. In Nanyang, children could stop crying at night.

At that time, Wu Aheng was frightened three times a day, fearing that the rebels would seize Yuzhou, so he worked hard at night to train the people, vowing to live and die with the city.

As a result, for several months, Wu Aheng did not wait for the "thieves" to attack the city. Instead, he saw the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty burning, killing and looting a hundred times better than the "thieves", which made him immediately have a good impression of the "thieves".

It is precisely because of this that when the "rebels" attacked Puzhou again.

He looked like a clay statue of a Bodhisattva. He didn't hear anything and didn't ask anything. He just relied on He Fu, the governor of Puzhou, to think hard, and that's why he came up with the story of "He Fu died and Puzhou surrendered."

It's just that although Wu Aheng has a good impression of Zhang Shun, he definitely has no reason to "become a thief".

Therefore, when Han Xu, the former chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, and thousands of households in Puzhou offered rewards and surrendered, Wu Abenheng silently changed his official uniform and took refuge in a private house in the city.

"Your Highness, this is it!" After Zhang Shun agreed, Han Xu led everyone to a dilapidated thatched house in Puzhou City.

"Who are you looking for?" A blind old man heard the noise and walked out tremblingly and asked.

"Old man, I am King Shun, the leader of the rebel army. I am here to visit the famous scholar Wu Longhui. I wonder if he is here?" Zhang Shun hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands, asking in a friendly voice.

"What? King Shun? Isn't King Shun buried in Puban City, five miles east of the city?" Before Qin Shihuang, emperors were not distinguished, so Emperor Shun was also called King Shun in the Puzhou area.

"Bold!" Han Xu became anxious after hearing this, and couldn't help but step forward and yelled.

What do you mean, you bad old man? Do you still want to commit suicide?

"What are you going to do?" The blind old man was immediately frightened and sat down on the ground. His eyes rolled, and he was about to roll and act.

Zhang Shun quickly stopped Han Xu, stepped forward and helped the blind old man up and said, "Old man, you misunderstood. I am an old man who is just born with a loud voice. In fact, I don't have any ill intentions."

"That's what you call human talk!" Seeing Zhang Shun's correct attitude, the blind old man nodded and Zhang Shun smiled and said, "I don't know what Wu Longhui is."

"You" Han Xu was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

If you don’t know, just say you don’t know. Do you know what will happen if you tease King Shun?

After the blind old man said this, he raised his ears for a while and did not hear Zhang Shun's voice of anger.

He couldn't help but shook his head with some regret, and then continued: "It's just that there was an old guy in his forties last night who claimed to stay overnight."

"I am a kind-hearted person and don't want to see people suffering, so I kept him for one night."

"After dinner this morning, when he heard the excitement outside, he walked away without a trace!"

Damn it, Han Xu felt that his half-life wisdom was going to be ruined by this bad old man.

"Thank you very much, father-in-law!" Zhang Shun was not annoyed at all.

It would be too cruel to kill someone like this who has lived for most of his life just because he teased him a few words.

He turned around and asked Song Xiance for dozens of pennies, but he didn't count how much. He handed it out into the rough hands of the blind old man and said: "This is a little bit of my heart. I will sell some meat to eat when I have time."

"Huh?" The blind old man was confused. Do you still need such good people in the world?

He rubbed it quickly and felt that most of them were Chongzhen Tongbao, and the rest were Tianqi Tongbao and Wanli Tongbao.

"Wait, wait!" Zhang Shun was about to leave when the blind old man grabbed Zhang Shun and whispered, "You are a good person. Since you really plan to find this person, why not go to the haystack behind my house." "

Before the blind old man could finish his words, he heard some movement behind the thatched house, and three or five soldiers rushed towards it.

Not long after, under the leadership of Ji Longfeng, everyone escorted an old man with gray hair.

"Old man, why did you cheat on me!" Obviously this person was Wu Aheng, and his whereabouts were exposed only because he had just heard the blind old man's betrayal.

"You gave me 30 coins earlier, and this little brother got 78 coins as soon as he made the move!" The blind old man couldn't help but sneered.

"Aren't you being unjust for profit?" Wu Aheng almost vomited blood. He had calculated everything, but he didn't expect that there were such unreasonable things in the world.

"It's not the old man who forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, but you who see profit and forgets his righteousness!" The blind old man couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"In your eyes, I am only worth thirty cents, but in the eyes of this little brother, I am worth seventy-eight cents."

"You are looking at me with Eli, how can I not look at you with Eli?"

"Okay, okay, don't argue with this old man!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

"Actually, sir, I don't know. It was this old man who felt that I have a good heart and would not embarrass you, so I told you the truth."

"His Royal Highness King Shun!" Wu Aheng couldn't help but raised his head and sighed.

"People often say: courtesy to virtuous people. Another saying: courtesy is not to common people. Now that I see the virtue of King Shun, I realize that he is wrong!"

This is the difference between the two people's ancient and modern thoughts.

According to the modern point of view, "all people are created equal." Even if the other person is poor, rich, rich, beggary, or powerful, he is first of all a "person" and then other identities.

According to the perspective of this era, if you want me to respect you, you must first be a "scholar".

Then Wu Aheng broke away from the soldiers and said, "Since I have such great love from King Shun, why don't Aheng die in service?"

No, is this the end?

I thought you were very brave, but you ended up playing "hide and seek" with me?

"In the past, I defeated the White Lotus Demon and ensured peace. The late Emperor regarded it as a favor and gave me a pair of armor and a royal pen with the word 'loyalty'." Wu Aheng saw everyone's doubts and couldn't help but explain.

"The late emperor treated me as a noble man, and I will repay him as a noble man!"

When Han Xu heard this, he chuckled.

Is this how you repay Emperor Tianqi?

"King Shun now treats the people of the world as a scholar of the state, how can the people of the world not repay him as a scholar of the state!" Wu Aheng said plausibly.

"Therefore, the late Emperor's kindness to me was a private act; King Shun's kindness to the world was a public act."

"Although Ah Heng is stupid, he doesn't dare to dethrone the official for personal reasons!"