Please ask me to be the emperor

Since He Fu, the governor of Puzhou, died after touching the monument, Zhang Shun successively recruited and surrendered Han Xu, the former chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Aheng, deputy envoy of Pingyang Prefecture in charge of Hedong Road, general Zheng Jiadong, and Zhang Shang, a thousand-household household in Puzhou, and more than a thousand people. After basically clearing the river transportation channel for the rebel army, the remnants of the Ming army wanted to rush to Jiangzhou.

From Puzhou to Jiangzhou, the road is 280 miles and the waterway is 350 miles.

Zhang Shun appointed Sun Shoufa as the general of Puzhou, and promoted Zhang Shenyan's son Zhang Luxuan as the magistrate of the state to guard "Sanhekou" and Pubanjin.

He led Han Xu, Song Xiance, Wu Aheng, Zheng Jiadong and his left and right guards to leave Puzhou.

With a light boat and fast sail, they could travel hundreds of miles a day. It only took them two and a half days to arrive outside Jiangzhou City on the afternoon of the third day.

When Zhang Shun got out of the cabin, he saw thousands of sails lined up on the Fenhe River outside the city, with flags like clouds.

The camps set up by the rebels were lined up along the river, and they were neatly distributed along the Fenhe River.

There were loud shouts nearby again. Zhang Shun turned around and saw thirty or fifty soldiers driving cattle and mules, dragging a 10,000-jin Hongyi cannon "Qingtian General" and loading it onto a nearby ship.

It turned out that these cannons were extremely heavy, and the rebels had to use water transportation to transport them.

It was originally unloaded from here and prepared to be used to attack Jiangzhou City, but I didn't expect that it would no longer be used now.

"His Royal Highness King Shun is informed that Jiangzhou City has surrendered. Former army leader Zhang Tianlin, along with Han Lin, Zhang Rukui, Dang Shousu, Jiangzhou Magistrate Lei Chong, gentry Duan Gun and others are here to greet His Highness!" Ji Longfeng hurriedly went forward to report.

Since he surrendered last time, Zhang Shun was pleased with his bravery, and in order to appease the generals' desire to surrender, he kept him by his side.

However, Wang Jinyi still had doubts about him, so he just sent him to do some "errands" so as not to affect Zhang Shun's safety.

This Ji Longfeng is different from Wang Jinyi, Chen Changzhen, Li Xin and others. In addition to being highly skilled in martial arts, the latter all have regular jobs, and some are even junior students.

Ji Longfeng, on the other hand, is just an honest martial artist who works in farming and practices martial arts in his spare time. He has no status in the latter three.

Therefore, he was not dissatisfied with Zhang Shun's arrangements, but became more diligent and diligent.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun looked up after hearing this and saw Zhang Tianlin and others leading a group of people over.

"The guilty minister Lei Chong, the magistrate of Jiangzhou, has met His Highness King Shun!" Before Zhang Shun could take a closer look, someone had already stepped forward to plead guilty.

"Ah? Sir, please get up, please get up!" Zhang Shun quickly helped the person up and said with joy on his face.

"Sir, upholding the righteousness, gave up secretly and surrendered to the Qin Dynasty. It was too late for Zhang to rejoice, so there is no reason to blame him!"

"Mr. Lei is from Heyang County, Xi'an Prefecture. He has served as the magistrate of Yuci, Qingyuan, Fengrun and other counties and as the xuezheng of Zezhou." Han Lin was afraid that Zhang Shun would not understand and would neglect this person, so he couldn't help but explain quickly.

"Whenever there is a famine, my husband donates his salary to provide relief. A few days ago, he transported more than a thousand stones of food stored at home to Jiangzhou to relieve the famine. He is really an 'old parent official'!"

"Hey, ridiculous praise, ridiculous praise, I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it!" Lei Chong, who had almost white hair, couldn't help but waved his hands when he heard this, looking embarrassed.

Zhang Shun couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty didn't have good officials.

Of course, he didn't know that according to the original historical line, this "good official" would soon be squeezed out and become an official. Then he would be idle at home for more than 20 years. Until his death, he would not be used again.

Of course, the reason why Lei Chong so happily defected to the rebels this time, apart from Han Lin's persuasion, may not be without the reason why he has been criticized recently.

After Zhang Shun comforted him, Han Lin pulled another person forward and said, "This man is called Duan Gun, with the courtesy name Jiuzhang, and he is a gentry from Jiangzhou. He made a lot of efforts in talking about the surrender of Jiangzhou City this time. .”

oh? Zhang Shun glanced at the cross on his chest and couldn't help but understand.

It turned out that during the Wanli period, brothers Han Yun and Han Lin went to Songjiang to study with their father. It happened that Xu Guangqi and Ding You, a member of the "Western French Party", were at home.

The two brothers came into contact with Catholicism and "learned the art of war from Xu Guangqi and the art of gunfire from Gao Zesheng."

Later Han Yun entered Christianity and was baptized in the forty-eighth year of Wanli.

In the first year of Tianqi, Han Yun invited Ai Julius to go to Jiangzhou to baptize his family, and Catholicism was introduced to Shanxi.

Among them, the Duan Gun family and the Han Lin family were the two pillars of Catholic missionary work in Jiangzhou.

This time Han Lin took Jiangzhou lightly, and the Catholic Church must have been very powerful in it.

Not to mention how vigilant Zhang Shun was in his heart, he smiled and said: "You are a true righteous man, I wonder if you would like to follow me and build some achievements?"

Unexpectedly, Duan Gun shook his head and said, "I don't want fame and fame, but I hope my education will flourish."

"My Lord, God, is omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent, no less powerful than Confucius and Mencius. The capture of Jiangzhou depends entirely on his power. If Your Highness can serve him, how can the world be so virtuous?"

Han Lin's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. He knew that Zhang Shun was quite resistant to Catholicism.

Therefore, before meeting Zhang Shun, he repeatedly warned Duan Gun not to mention this matter, but he did not expect that this man would be so stubborn.

In fact, Duan Gun had a plan in mind for mentioning this matter at such an inappropriate time.

He determined that the new army would occupy Jiangzhou, and "King Shun" would definitely appease the Catholics in the city who had been demoted and had contributed a lot.

He took the opportunity to make such a "small" request, and King Shun would definitely not refuse it outright.

Yo, this is about to "force the palace"!

Zhang Shun half-squinted his eyes and glanced sideways at Han Lin.

Duan Gun thought that he, like people of this era, was not very sensitive to these things.

Little did they know that Zhang Shun came from a later generation and was more knowledgeable about faith than they were.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "Duan Yishi is indeed a pious man, but I wonder which other reputable people in Jiangzhou City have also joined the Catholic Church?"

When Zhang Shun glanced at him, Han Lin felt as if he was being targeted by a tiger. His hair stood on end and a chill surged up in his heart.

Even though Zhang Shun is usually as docile as a harmless domestic cat, in fact he is a ferocious tiger that eats people without spitting out their bones.

After Han Lin was forced by Zhang Shun to join the rebel army, he saw with his own eyes how he got to where he is now.

Not to mention the group of arrogant and powerful generals under him, Zhang Shenyan was a famous scholar in Zelu, Lu Weiqi was a great scholar in Heluo, Hong Chengchou was the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zicheng was a fierce bandit in Shaanxi.

Some of these people are enemies of life and death and hate each other, and some are arrogant and innocent.

King Shun was able to rule these people obediently and was willing to sacrifice his life for them, which shows his ability.

Duan Gun, who would dare to rub his beard?

Duan Gun didn't know that Han Lin was already mourning for him in his heart, and he also said that Zhang Shun had indeed fallen into his scheme.

He couldn't help but responded quickly: "Now in Jiangzhou City alone, there are me and my brothers Duan Xi and Duan Ke, as well as two people from the Han family, Han Yun and Han Lin, and there are countless other believers..."

"I, the Catholic Church, are experts in astronomy, calendar, arithmetic, architecture, art of war, and artillery, and are expert in everything."

"If Your Highness, with our help, follows the old Confucian tradition, deposes hundreds of schools of thought, and only respects our religion, it will be easy to conquer the world."

"How brave!" Before Duan Gun finished speaking, Sun Chuanting, the former governor of Shanxi, Wu Aheng, the former deputy envoy to Hedong, and Lei Chong, the magistrate of Jiangzhou, suddenly became furious.

They were originally Confucian scholars, reading books from sages and learning literature and martial arts. How could this guy be allowed to speak so brazenly here?

Even though there were already "heretics", "confucians" and "non-Confucians" like Li Zhi in the late Ming Dynasty, he still originated from the Taizhou School of Yangming's Xinxue, and it would definitely not affect these people's success in becoming generals and ministers.

And if Catholicism really gains power and the entire social ethics and political ethics undergo subversive changes, where will their place be?

For a time, people were furious, and a conflict between Eastern and Western ideas provoked by Duan Gun was about to break out.