Please ask me to be the emperor

The people in Lincheng County were all confused by Zhang Shun's operation. No one dared to say which one was Lu Xiangsheng, the inspector general, and which one was the bandit "Lu Yan Wang". Therefore, the people in the city became suspicious after hearing this.

How did Lu Xiangsheng know that Zhang Shun had done this before? After he got the news, he laughed and said: "How dare you try to do something with a small skill? Lu has been an official for many years, and everyone knows that people in the world can only purge themselves!" "

The officials in the county will all watch with their eyes, nose and heart when they hear what is said. Anyway, whatever you say is what you say. When gods fight, just don't harm innocent people. It's a pity that Lu Xiangsheng didn't know the secret. In his opinion, this kind of deception was of no use. He didn't take Zhang Shun's rumors seriously at all.

Zhang Shun and others showed off their power. Seeing that Lincheng was well defended, they knew that they could not attack the city because they had few soldiers, so they retreated with their troops.

Zhang Shun returned to Xishan, and Huang Lai'er, the "general", had already recruited a large number of troops under the command of "King Lu Yan". Fortunately, although the "Running General" operation was launched early, there were not enough civilian personnel under his command and the reorganization had not yet been completed.

At this time, Zhang Shun quickly sent Zhang Shenyan, Xu Ziyuan, Li Xin and others out to gather his soldiers and reorganize them.

Most of these refugees and bandits are victims of the disaster who fled from Shanxi. They work as a family unit and bring a large number of old, weak, women and children with them. In the end, Zhang Shun gathered four to five thousand people, of whom there were only more than a thousand young and strong people, and the rest were old, weak, women and children.

Zhang Shun looked at so many "burdens" below and suddenly felt a toothache. The reason why Zhang Shun took the route of elite troops was because there was too little food to feed such a population. But now looking at so many living people below who are waiting for food, Zhang Shun really can't be cruel enough to drive out all these old, weak, women and children.

Zhang Shenyan looked at Zhang Shun with interest and said nothing. Only Li Xin was afraid that Zhang Shun would expel these people and leave them to fend for themselves, so he remonstrated: "My lord, father and son, husband and wife, and husband and wife are the basic rules of human relations. If you break up the family and destroy the human relations, it is unkind and you must Not for long.”

"I firmly know that your lord has aspirations for the world. The world is not a world for one person, but a world for tens of thousands of people. Everyone has a father, old and young, and this is a family. The so-called 'family, state and world' means that the family is the foundation of the country. Without a family, there is no country, and without a country, there is no world. May the Lord uphold the principles of the world, and take over the world as easily as the palm of your hand!"

Li Xin's remarks are actually based on the ancient traditional understanding that the ethics between father and son and husband and wife are the foundation of a family, and each family is the foundation of the country and the world. If we add the five virtues of monarch and ministers, benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, and trust, we will have the Three Cardinal Principles and Five Constant Virtues, which govern the family, the country, and the world.

As a visitor from later generations, Zhang Shun naturally sneered at this. But as a future soul, out of respect for life, he would naturally not expel these people. What's more, if he expels other people's parents and wives, can he still expect others to sacrifice their lives for him?

Thinking of this, Zhang smiled and said: "Brother Li is too worried. Although I am not a kind and righteous person, I am not a cruel person. These many old and weak women and children are other people's parents and wives. How can I let them live on their own?" Destroy yourself?"

"If they don't follow me and live and die, I can pretend to be benevolent and righteous. Now that they have followed me, Optimus Prime, I should seek food for them!"

Li Xin was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly called Zhang Shun "benevolent and righteous". When Zhang Shenyan saw that Zhang Shun had taken in these people, he admonished him: "General, we had contacts with the 'Chuang Jiang', 'Zijin Liang' and other rebels. I went to observe their camps and saw that they all set up 'old camps'. , to accommodate the fathers and wives in the camp.”

"From what I can see, the work is still rough. It would be better to divide the 'Old Camp' into three smaller camps. One is called the Women's Camp, which can be used for washing and mending; the other is called the Boys' Camp, which selects young people aged 11 or 12 to teach With his literary and martial arts skills, he became the lord's confidant in just three or four years; one is called the old and weak camp, where all those who are unable to work are grouped here, and are only used to bind the young and strong."

"These three are all in the register. On weekdays, when marching, the three are all in one place, supporting each other. If there is a mission, just order the troops according to the roster and act according to the law."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shun realized that Zhang Shenyan's suggestion was a good idea, so he ordered Zhang Shenyan to lead Li Xin to handle the matter.

After everything was done, Zhang Shun followed "Chuang Jiang" Huang Lai'er and others to occupy Xishan.

Let's talk about the early court of Emperor Chongzhen. He heard the report of Gechen: "The magistrate of Lincheng County has impeached Lu Xiangsheng, the Zhili inspector. He was arrogant and domineering. Without waiting for the seal to be inspected, he shot and wounded the magistrate and broke into the city. He harassed and invaded the city. Common people, plundering military supplies is an unforgivable crime!"

Hearing this, Chongzhen said expressionlessly: "My dear friends, just discuss it and submit it later!"

The ministers heard the words and strings and knew the elegant meaning. At this time, the world is in chaos, and the most important thing is to exterminate the bandits. It doesn't matter whether individual generals are arrogant and domineering, killing good people and taking credit for their merits, or harassing prefectures and counties, as long as they serve loyally.

So when everyone gathered together, they came up with a charter that "make an order to punish the offenders, and if they commit the crime again, they will be punished without mercy." Emperor Chongzhen looked at it, got a batch of ink pens, and rushed to Daming Mansion with the imperial edict.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had just been defeated in Xishan and retreated to Lincheng County. Then he waited for a few days and saw the bandits leaving before leading his team back to Daming Mansion.

As a result, as soon as Lu Xiangsheng arrived at Daming Mansion, the eunuch announcing the order arrived. When Lu Xiangsheng heard that there was an imperial edict, he felt quite uneasy. He felt that his defeat in Xishan was a failure of the Holy Grace. He was originally planning to reorganize his troops and fight again next time, but he didn't expect that the imperial edict would come down at this juncture, and he didn't know what to say.

I could only hear the eunuch who announced the decree read: "The Emperor of Heaven has entrusted the system with the following: It is the duty of an official to suppress bandits and bring peace to the people; it is the duty of a minister to respect the system and abide by the law. Hereby I have the Zhili Supervisory Envoy to take charge of the three prefectures of Daming, Guangping and Shunde." Lu Xiangsheng's military equipment has been trained for many years since he took office, but it has not been used to suppress bandits. He has marched in many places and has harassed places. Now the magistrate of Lincheng County is impeaching you for shooting and wounding the magistrate, breaking into the city, and being arrogant. You are domineering and plundering military supplies. I order you to meditate on your mistakes and suppress the bandits with peace of mind. You must not do it again in the future. If you do it again, you will not be spared if you are convicted! I admire this!"

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was confused: Although you, Chongzhen, are the emperor, you can't just talk nonsense? I, Lu Xiangsheng, have strict military discipline and have the style of Yue Fei. When did I shoot and injure the county magistrate, break into the city, harass the place, and plunder military supplies?

Lu Xiangsheng was very dissatisfied when he heard this, so he immediately wrote a statement to defend himself. At the same time, he pointed out the fact that the Lincheng County magistrate had the responsibility to defend the land, and not only had the Lincheng County seat been lost, but he had been killed by thieves.

The eunuch who announced the decree had not yet left, so Lu Xiangsheng took the opportunity to ask him to take him with him and return to the capital to report the situation.

As a result, after receiving Lu Xiangsheng's self-defense, the cabinet ministers and Emperor Chongzhen were discussing it one after another, without distinguishing between truth and falsehood. Suddenly news came that the magistrate of Lincheng County was dead. Some said he was killed by Lu Xiangsheng, and another said he was killed by "King Lu Yan".

Chongzhen and Ge Lao were a little confused and quickly asked who this "Lord of Hell" was? As a result, the man reported: "One said Lu Xiangsheng was the 'Lu Yanwang', and the other said that Lu Xiangsheng and 'Lu Yanwang' were two people, but Lu Xiangsheng had died in the battle, and 'Lu Yanwang' pretended to be Lu Xiangsheng and became the envoy!"

Chongzhen and the other pavilion elders immediately looked at each other. Lu Xiangsheng had already made a name for himself without even saying anything, and he had done "a big thing" without knowing it.

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