Please ask me to be the emperor

When Zhang Shun returned to Luoyang City, he felt extremely sad.

After he annihilated Wang Pu and Ni Chong from the Beijing camp in Yongning County, he finally captured Wei Congyi's aide Ma Bu.

In order to survive, Ma Bu revealed to Zhang Shun the news that officers and soldiers sent messengers to invite Henan Governor Chen Qiyu to attack the rebels back and forth.

After being verified by many parties to be correct, Zhang Shun and Chen Changzhen simply led the army to ambush in the valley south of Yanling Pass.

After waiting for two or three days, there was no movement of the officers and soldiers. Only then did Zhang Shun realize that he had been "cheated" by Azabu again.

Although Mabu swore, how could Zhang Shun believe it when the facts were in front of him? As a last resort, Wei Congyi had no choice but to stab the man to death in order to prove his innocence.

Poor Ma Bu lived a wretched life. He thought he was more talented than Zhuge and more intelligent than Zhang Liang, but he could only end up like this.

Before he died, he couldn't help but cry out to Wei Congyi in a sad voice: "Shuzi, there is no shortage of tricks! It's pity that I, Mabu, have all the skills, but I am not born well!"

After his death, Wei Congyi remembered his original intention to follow him, so he just asked his soldiers to find a piece of torn linen cloth, wrap him up, and bury him hastily.

He never imagined that, as his name suggests, he would be "wrapped in sackcloth" in the end.

After this delay, Zhang Shun rushed to Luoyang City, only to find that there were corpses everywhere outside Luoyang City, blood flowed into rivers, and even the moat that led the water in was dyed red.

This time, in order to rescue Luoyang City, Zhang Shun personally led the cavalry first. When Wang Yidao and others resisted, they were able to defeat He Renlong's tribe in one fell swoop.

However, after that, the officers and soldiers fled into the camp, and the cavalry gathered around, so Zhang Shun had to retreat to the city temporarily.

When he arrived at the city, Zhang Shun looked around and saw that the once bustling and noisy shops and downtown were in ruins and filled with fireworks.

Even closer are the corpses that entered the mountain and the earth that was dyed black and red. Only the part that immerses into the moat can see patches of bright red.

What's even more frightening is that there was a serious shortage of supplies in this era, and the clothes on the corpses had long been stripped clean.

What was lying on the ground were naked, bluish corpses, like the shelves of pork in a vegetable market.

Seeing that Zhang Shun had been silent for a long time, the red lady felt a little uneasy. She hurriedly came up with her stomach licked, and apologized in a low voice: "It's all because of my cruelty that the outside of the city has become a hell on earth!"

Although Zhang Shun was also a little shocked by her cruelty, he just waved his hand gently and said: "I don't blame you. If it wasn't a hell on earth outside the city, I'm afraid it should be a hell on earth in Luoyang City!"

"I was wrong. If you want to blame me, you can only blame me! The Art of War says, 'There will be five dangers: death is inevitable, and you can kill it; life is certain, and you can capture it; wrath, you can be insulted; integrity, you can be humiliated; love the people, you can It's annoying. I thought it was ridiculous at first!"

"I deliberately made an note: Death means bravery; Life means righteousness; Wrath means anger; Integrity means virtue; Loving the people means loyalty! Now it seems that I am pedantic."

"When the two armies meet, they will resort to any means. If I had been cruel enough to burn down the houses outside the city and drive away these people, would they have ended up like today?"

"Since this incident started because of me, it will naturally end because of me. I, Zhang Shun, swear to heaven that if Chen Qiyu cannot be captured and killed, I will die a miserable death, and both humans and gods will be angry!"

The red lady standing next to her was speechless when she suddenly saw Zhang Shun swearing loudly. She couldn't help but turn pale with fright, and quickly reached out to cover Shun's mouth, but where could she still cover it? Zhang Shun had already sprayed it out in one breath.

The red lady couldn't help but stamp her feet and said: "How can the head of the family be so impulsive?"

"Where is the impatience?" Zhang Shun said with a smile, "Since ancient times, there has been rebellion. People are willing to join me in raising troops, not just for their own wealth. You told me before that there was a severe drought in Yansui and people died of hunger all over the land. I never saw it."

"Now there are corpses lying on the ground outside the city, but I have seen it with my own eyes. If I, Zhang Shun, a dignified man, don't do something, how can I have the face to meet the heroes of the world? How can I have the face to meet the Jiangdong elders? How can I have the face to meet the people of the world? "

"But now there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us. Does the leader have any plans?" Lady Hong asked with some worry.

"It doesn't matter if I say it!" Zhang Shun sighed heavily, and then added, "It doesn't matter if Chen Qiyu said it!"

"Then who has the final say?" The red lady was even more surprised.

"The people of the world have the final say!" Zhang Shun said categorically, "Those who win the hearts and minds of the people have won the world since ancient times. Nowadays, these ungrateful people dare to insult the people. It seems that there are people in the world who have not understood the hearts of the people for a long time!"

What is the public sentiment?

The Gong Gongs in the Ming Dynasty did not understand. They only know that if you have money, you can have soldiers. With soldiers, the Ming Dynasty will be impregnable.

The rulers and ministers of Jin Dynasty after Liaodong didn't understand either. They only knew that the winner was the king and the loser was the slave. The master is the master, the slave is the slave, what are the common people? Just a two-legged sheep.

The rebels traveling around the world still don't understand. Although they subconsciously hate corrupt officials and wealthy households, they only vent their emotions on more people. Everywhere they went, they plundered everything they had to eat, drink, and wear. As for what will happen to the people who were robbed, it is no longer within the scope of their thinking.

Only Zhang Shun has been taught the "dragon-slaying art" by later generations for many years. He deeply understands what it means to win the hearts of the people, what it means to win the hearts of the people, and what it means to win the hearts of the people and win the world!

He has always felt that this method is too radical, and there is no need to unleash such a "killer" until the conflict intensifies to a certain extent.

It wasn't until today when he looked at the endless corpses outside the city that he suddenly realized: It turns out that this world has always been so cruel. Countless people have been wantonly slaughtered for thousands of years!

It’s time to let the world know what it means to be indestructible!

As soon as he thought about this, Zhang Shun turned around and shouted: "Mr. Zhang, may I ask how the nearby land is?"

Zhang Shenyan was listening to the conversation between Zhang Shun and the Red Lady, but how could he expect that Zhang Shun suddenly changed his tone and asked about the land?

Fortunately, after he came to Luoyang City, he checked the Fish Scale Book and the Yellow Book many times, and he was familiar with these data. He quickly responded: "For Henan Prefecture alone, there are a total of 69,903 fields. It’s strange.”

"Okay!" Zhang Shun shouted sternly, "In the next few days, please tell me how much land there is under King Fu's name, as well as the land owned by other large households, and the abandoned land! But when the enemy is defeated, I will promise the soldiers of the rebel army with acres of land!"

"This?" Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but turn pale in shock, "My lord, you are setting yourself apart from all the scholars in the world!"

Zhang Shenyan was originally from a wealthy family, how could he not know this. Anyone who can read and write will have the money and leisure to read the books of sages if there is no land at home.

Zhang Shun wants to meddle with his land, how can all the scholars in the world respond?

"A scholar? What is a scholar!" Zhang Shun shouted sternly, "If you become an official, you are called a scholar. If you don't become an official, you are called a non-scholar! There are so many scholars in the world, how many of them are willing to become officials with me? There are so many poor people in the world. , how many are willing to follow me? Mr. Zhang is a great talent, please count them for me!"