Please ask me to be the emperor

"Boom, boom, boom!" As bursts of rumbling artillery sounded, the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City began to move again with numb faces.

At this moment, Wu Di, the governor of Henan, braved guns and cannons and climbed onto the city wall.

On the city wall, most of the city defenders were lying on the ground to avoid damage from the rebel artillery.

Before Wu Gang could take a closer look, a general saw this and jumped up. Then he rushed to the tower and said, "Fu Jun, why are you here?"

"The prince is worried about the general's safety, so he sent me to check it out." Wu Di said with a smile.

In fact, "Why are you worried about the general's safety?" are just polite words from him.

Naturally, his true thoughts were worried about the safety of Kaifeng City, or to be precise, he was worried about his own safety in Kaifeng City.

Of course, it was precisely this kind of worry that made King Zhu Gongzhen of Zhou willing to spend all his family property to reward his soldiers.

This is why Kaifeng City persisted for more than half a year under the siege of Cao Bianjiao.

However, with the rebels' successive victories on other battlefields, it is unclear how long this persistence can last.

This was also the main reason why Zhou Wang Zhu Gongqi was impatient after receiving the news.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, and thank you for Fujun's concern. I'm finally fine. It's just... I don't know if I can hold on to the walls of Kaifeng City..." Chen Yongfu hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but said directly.

"Fujun, look, this... this... and this, these are all areas that were destroyed by the 'Shun Thieves' and re-repaired."

"However, this thief's cannonballs seem to have eyes, and they are specifically targeting these places. It is estimated that repairs will be needed again at night."

"This..." Wu Di stood on tiptoes and looked outside. Sure enough, he found that there were several places where the earth color was quite new and different from other places.

It looks like it won’t work! Wu Yan let out a long sigh, then stretched out his hand and stepped back.

"Fujun, what are you doing?" Chen Yongfu couldn't help but was stunned and asked quickly.

"Let me tell you the truth, now that the 'Shun thieves' have invaded the capital, Your Majesty has died for his country!" Wu Di said while staring at Chen Yongfu's face.

"Oh? The general has also vaguely heard about it!" Chen Yongfu responded calmly after hearing the words.

"It's good that you know!" Wu Di nodded before continuing.

"In other words, there will be no reinforcements outside Kaifeng in the near future, and the situation will not get better!"

"What...what should I do?" Chen Yongfu hesitated after hearing this, and couldn't help but ask.

If you defend it for a long time, you will lose it. If there are no reinforcements from outside, then Kaifeng City will be defended for one, two, or even ten years. What's the point?

Needless to say, it is obvious that God knows and earth knows that you know and that I know!

"Unless...unless there is a way, support King Zhou to succeed to the throne, and then order King Qin to rescue him!" Wu Yan suddenly said in shock.

"What!" Chen Yongfu was shocked when he heard this, "This...how is this allowed?"

"Why isn't this possible?" Wu Di suddenly said aggressively.

"According to the etiquette, if there is a direct descendant, there will be no direct descendant. If the elder brother is not allowed to succeed, the younger brother will succeed, or he will be adopted from a nearby clan..." Chen Yongfu couldn't help but reminded him quickly.

Are you kidding me? Although the King of Zhou has a high status, he is not in the same league as the emperor. What are you daydreaming about?

"Mr. Chen, are you pedantic?" Unexpectedly, when Wu Zong heard this, he smiled instead of being angry.

"Then do you think in terms of etiquette and law, who should succeed His Majesty after all eternity?"

"After the father dies, the son succeeds, the elder brother succeeds the younger brother. In my opinion, either the prince succeeds to the throne, or...or..." Suddenly Chen Yongfu realized that something was wrong.

"Either King Fu succeeds to the throne, right or wrong?" Wu Di smiled.

"According to...according to etiquette, it should be like this!" Chen Yongfu couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat on his head.

"You, Chen Yongfu, can even think of this. Do you think all the princes in the DPRK are doing it for nothing?" Wu Di couldn't help but sneered.

"That 'Shun Thief' is extremely vicious and thoughtful. As early as when he attacked Luoyang, he realized that there were rare things to live in, so he supported King Fu as a false emperor."

"Now we have to use etiquette to convince the ruling and opposition parties. Do you think this is possible?"

"Then...where is the prince?" Chen Yongfu couldn't help but continue to ask.

"Prince? Now that the capital has fallen and his whereabouts are unknown, he must be in danger!" Wu Di shook his head.

"Then... what does Fujun mean?"

"What do I mean? What I mean is that without further ado, be the first to support the King of Zhou and defeat the unfaithful!" Wu Di smiled.

"Then... how can you improve your eyesight?" Chen Yongfu hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask.

"Just because the late emperor died for his country, and the 'shun thieves' took Prince Fu hostage for the sake of their own good, and made the king a prime minister. He wanted to steal the world, and everyone in the world will fight for it!" Wu Di said with a smile.

"This..." Chen Yongfu felt uneasy and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Seeing this, Wu Di couldn't help but remind him: "It should be noted that there is not only one King of Zhou in the world. I heard that Zhu Yousong, the son of King Fu, and Zhu Changzi, King of Lu, are both in Nanzhi."

"If anyone gets the idea and takes the lead in supporting me, I will die without a burial place!"

"Okay, let's take it as the public said, Chen also sacrificed his family for the country and thought of the world!" When Chen Yongfu heard this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and made up his mind.

If you don't support the king of Zhou, you will die sooner or later; if you support the king of Zhou, you will also have a narrow escape.

In this case, why bother to take a chance? It is unknown if you will get rich by taking the risk.

The two agreed, so they led more than a hundred people into the Zhou Mansion that night. They only put a yellow robe on Zhou Wang Zhu Gongzhen, and then helped him to the main hall. Everyone shouted "Long Live Three Times" in unison.

"Don't harm me, don't harm me. I am the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, how can I achieve this throne?" Zhu Gongzhen was startled and waved his hands quickly.

"Your Majesty, now the 'submissive thieves' are in power and the doves are occupying the magpie's nest. With your majesty's virtuous name, if you don't rise up and sing for the world, will you have to watch the jackals take over?" Wu Di couldn't help but persuaded loudly.

"This... in this case, it is enough for me to serve as the supervisor of the country!" Zhou Wang Zhu Gongzhen hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but sigh.

"No, absolutely no!" Wu Yan heard this and quickly stopped him.

"As the saying goes: There are no two days in the sky and no two masters in the people."

"If Your Majesty appoints himself as Supervisor of the country, what will happen to Your Majesty if someone with great ambitions establishes a clan, and how can the whole world unite to defeat the thief 'Shun Thief' who has stolen the country?"

"This...that means I don't deserve to be the emperor, so that's not a good idea?" Zhu Gongzhen couldn't help crying or laughing.

"If Your Majesty does not succeed to the throne in time and decide on the unification early, I am afraid that there will be those ambitious people who support their clans, and then the world will be in chaos!" Wu Di further persuaded.

"Even if the world is not in chaos, when the new emperor succeeds to the throne, will An be willing to rescue Kaifeng?"

"Okay, in that case, I am willing to be beheaded, but I will cooperate with all the loyal ministers and the 'submissive thieves' to fight to the end!" Zhu Gongzhen heard this and saw that the heat was almost over, so he responded loudly.

When the others heard this, they were immediately overjoyed and shouted "Long live, long live, long live, long live!"

After the king of Zhou succeeded to the throne, he quickly issued an edict to various places to attack the "submissive thieves" and came to Qinwang, which caused an uproar in the world.