Please ask me to be the emperor

When Hong Chengchou proposed the third strategy, Zhang Shun couldn't help but laugh and said: "The heroes really have the same idea. I don't know what to do?"

Hong Chengchou was also a man of civil and military character. How could he not understand Zhang Shun's plan after hearing this?

He couldn't help but feel frightened and frightened.

What is surprising is that although Zhang Shun is young, he is extremely experienced.

The three strategies of upper, middle and lower proposed by Hong Chengchou are not groundless and groundless.

In fact, the best strategy has the greatest rewards, but also the highest risks. If you are not careful, it will be Dong Zhuo's end.

The second priority is Zhongce. Once he falls into his trap, he will face the same predicament Zhu Yuanzhang had before the Poyang Lake War.

The worst strategy has the least rewards and the lowest risks, but the rebels still face difficulties such as integrating the frontier forces from three sides and four towns, and a shortage of food, grass and military pay.

For ordinary people, not to mention those who suddenly rose to a high position like Zhang Shun, even those who occasionally achieved success would have long since become headstrong and arrogant.

Hong Chengchou originally expected that when he succeeded, he would be arrogant and arrogant, and would tend to make risky choices. He didn't expect Zhang Shun to be so sober, and instead chose the safest strategy.

What's scary is that Zhang Shun is only twenty years old now, and he is so impressive.

Since ancient times, the founders of a country have rarely had young masters. After a few decades when the world was settled, most of them were already old.

It is extremely rare for someone as young and successful as Zhang Shun to be neither arrogant nor impatient.

If he really takes over the throne, he can still dominate the world for at least forty or fifty years, but thinking about it makes people shudder!

Since ancient times, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and accompanying the founder of a country is even more like accompanying a man-eating tiger.

Because for a founding king who has experienced blood and fire, no one can match him in terms of prestige and power.

Other laws, regulations, military, financial and personnel matters are also in his hands.

When the time comes, the small person will have to compare the baht and the penny, but the big person will be far-sighted and cannot hold even a grain of sand in his eyes. He will be a king who is difficult to serve.

Just thinking of this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but smile secretly and thought to himself: What does this have to do with me!

Don't say that I may not live until that time. Even if King Shun has great talent and great strategy, he may not be able to conquer the world easily. Even if he takes over the world, how long his lifespan will be cannot be estimated by human power?

Now I hold back my thoughts and wait and see how far he can go!

Hong Chengchou, the governor-general of the five provinces, was the most cunning and cunning. Although his plans were rattling in private, his outward skills were impeccable.

Don't think that he only suggested three strategies to Zhang Shun, but he actually achieved multiple things with one stone.

One is to take the opportunity to test Zhang Shun's depth. If he can assist, he will assist him, and if he cannot assist, he will harm him. The other is to give other rebel staff a chance to demonstrate to them that he can come up with a lot of wits in a moment and frighten potential competitors. Then show your skills to Zhang Shun; I hope to be deeply involved in the important event of the rebel army entering Qin Dynasty!

Now that he got the information he wanted, Hong Chengchou saw that Zhang Shun was indeed someone he could bully.

He couldn't help but responded honestly: "In the seventh year of Tianqi, I was promoted to the post of governor of Shaanxi Province and participated in political affairs. In the second year of Chongzhen, bandits besieged Hancheng."

"At that time, Yang He, the commander-in-chief of the three sides, was helpless and ordered his ministers to lead the troops to fight. He killed three hundred thieves in one battle and solved the siege of Hancheng, which made him famous."

“In June of the third year of Chongzhen, the imperial court promoted me to be the governor of Yansui, and I ‘suppressed tens of thousands of bandits’ before and after.”

Before Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Song Xiance couldn't help shouting loudly: "Bold! How dare the thief listen!"

This guy actually used "thief" and "suppress bandits" in front of Zhang Shun. What's his intention!

"King Shun?" Hong Chengchou asked without raising his head, just staring at Zhang Shun with a puzzled expression.

"You are responsible for overseeing grain production in Shaanxi and participating in politics. You have overseen a lot of grain production, but don't you know why Qin is full of bandits?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but sneered, "If an official is unkind, the people will have nothing to live for."

"The people have no livelihood, so they become bandits as a last resort! Since the people are bandits, how can one call him a thief if he drives the people to become bandits?"

This guy's tone had long made Zhang Shun feel uncomfortable, even though his original intention was to show off his resume and martial arts skills in Shaanxi.

It's just that he inadvertently showed his attitude of treating the people as trivial, which made Zhang Shun quite angry.

You keep claiming that the rebellious people are "bandits", so how should you call those who drive these people to become "bandits"?

"Death penalty, capital crime, please forgive me, King Shun!" Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard this. He quickly threw away his chopsticks and leaned over to apologize.

Hong Chengchou's original intention was to test Zhang Shun's preference for the title "Fu Wang" or the "thief title" "King Shun", to see if it would effectively prove Ming Taizu's intentions of cutting off the world's thieves and bandits.

But he never expected that Zhang Shun would be furious and say these ridiculous words.

Hong Chengchou originally wanted to say a few more words, but then he thought, now that he has just joined the gang, he should not hate King Shun.

In the future, if there is an opportunity, it is not too late to persuade King Shun slowly, lest he seek fame and reputation and become like Song Xianggong.

Lu Xiangsheng, who had been silent since he sat down, but who mainly drank wine, frowned but said nothing.

Zhang Shun saw that this guy had admitted his mistake and was not doing anything wrong for himself, so he said calmly: "Get up and continue talking!"

"Yes!" Hong Chengchou stood up and continued, "In July of the fourth year, Yang He, the trilateral commander-in-chief, was dismissed, and the imperial court took up this important task."

"I expelled all the rebels in Shaanxi, and most of them fled to Shanxi. Later, the rebels crossed south and entered Shaanxi from Henan. I led the troops to defeat them, and then defeated the 'King Chuang' and 'General Chuang'."

"Since Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, was defeated by King Shun, I did not underestimate my ability and came to challenge him. I did not intend to be captured by King Shun, and that is what happened today!"

"During this period, I served the puppet emperor. Although I had no merit, I still worked hard. I traveled all over the three sides and four towns, and all the rebels, Song bandits, Tao bandits, Hu Dun Tu Han and other intruders were defeated!"

Although Zhang Shun was a little unhappy, he placed the rebels side by side with the sending bandits, Tao bandits, Hu Duntu and others. But he also knew what other rebels were doing in various places, so he had no choice but to give up.

The reason why Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, talked so much nonsense in front of him actually had a purpose.

What he meant was that I, Hong Chengchou, was good at using troops and had served as governor of Shaanxi for many years. I knew the terrain, topography, officialdom, and enemies of Shaanxi very well. If King Shun wanted to go through it three times, who else would it be than me?

In fact, even if Hong Chengchou didn't say these words, Zhang Shun would have planned to reuse this person.

But after he said so much, Zhang Shun couldn't help but secretly sigh: No wonder Li Zicheng suffered a complete defeat in his struggle with the Manchus. The Manchus had such a man named Hong Chengchou who had served in Shaanxi for many years as the "Shaanxi General". How can Li Zicheng remain undefeated?

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun frowned and remembered something. It's just that now is not the time to discuss this matter. It's not too late to discuss it later.