Please ask me to be the emperor

You can’t visit many places in a few days.

Fortunately, the Heluo area is not very big. Lu Xiangsheng made a rough survey of the people's sentiments in Luoyang, Mengjin, Yancheng and other places.

Although these times the place has not reached the level of social governance of "no doors are closed at night and no litter is picked up on the road", and there are also many injustices, such as rebels robbing the people, but overall, there is no problem in boasting that "the order is in order and the people live and work in peace and contentment" of.

Considering that the rebels had just occupied this place for less than a year, they had fought successively.

For Lu Xiangsheng, who once worked hard to govern Yunyang and faced the threat of "rogue bandits" at the same time, he could not help but feel the same way and marvel at it.

Yunyang is a land of one government, and Henan is also a land of one government.

Although Henan Mansion was much richer than Yunyang Mansion, the difficulties faced by King Shun and Lu Xiangsheng were completely different.

After Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Yunyang, thieves were everywhere. The available troops under his command were less than a thousand, and the available pay was less than a thousand. The people were poor and poor, and the mountains and rivers were exhausted.

If it were not for Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, to help him, Lu Xiangsheng might not even be able to eat.

Not to mention that in order to exterminate the bandits hiding in Jingxiang Mountain, Lu Xiangsheng had to rely on guest troops from various places.

However, all the guest troops were demanding payment, and Lu Xiangsheng was helpless.

Referring to himself and others, Lu Xiangsheng could not imagine the difficulties that King Shun would face when he just occupied Henan Prefecture.

On one side are the imperial troops who are ready to go and annihilate the "submissive thieves"; on the other side are the arrogant and difficult-to-control bandits, plus the people who are waiting for food.

If it is not handled properly, it will lead to defeat and death.

As a result, King Shun was stunned and won consecutive battles. Not only did he conquer a huge territory, he was also able to take care of the lives of the people. He was truly a man of God!

If you don’t do things, you don’t know how difficult it is. Lu Xiangsheng is a person who does things, so he naturally knows how difficult it is.

Although Lu Xiangsheng originally surrendered to Zhang Shun, he was just like Hong Chengchou, convinced on the face but dissatisfied on the heart. It was just that the old mother had "surrendered" to the rebels, so she had no choice but to do so.

Now that he has been "traveling around" for several days, his mentality has inevitably changed.

The reason why the rebels were called "thieves" was because wherever they went, they burned, killed, raped, and looted, committing all kinds of evil, and they were deeply hated by both the gentry and the common people.

People first humiliate themselves and then others, and trees rot first and then become beetles!

The rebels brought humiliation to themselves and regarded themselves as "thieves and bandits", so the people hated them and the gentry hated them!

However, the rebel army led by Zhang Shun was paid as scheduled and the military discipline was strict. Wherever he went, the people cheered and rejoiced. He was a hundred times stronger than the officers and soldiers. How could he not be popular in the world?

Lu Xiangsheng has been familiar with the books of sages since he was a child. In addition to loyalty, filial piety and justice, he also has the ambition to cultivate himself, manage his family, govern the country and bring peace to the world!

Now that Zhang Shun has the qualifications to be a wise king, it is inevitable for heaven and man to fight.

One side feels that loyal ministers have nothing to do with the two masters, and breaking ties is not the behavior of a righteous man; the other side feels that "the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the most important." As long as the world is peaceful and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, he is a wise ruler. How can he treat the Zhu family? That’s right?

Unknowingly, when the appointed day arrived, Lu Xiangsheng had to regretfully give up the "play" thing, and Shi Shiran, Yang Lukai, Gu Xian and their personal guards returned to Luoyang City.

On that day, Zhang Shun also got up early, dressed neatly, and led Wang Jinyi and Gao Guiying to visit Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu is old and doesn't sleep much. She gets up before dawn.

Mrs. Lu was quite filial and got up early to make food and let the old lady have breakfast.

Now Lu Xiangjin and Lu Xiangguan have followed Wei Zhiyou to Yiyang and Yongning to recruit troops, and they are the only two people left at home, a little idle.

Mrs. Lu then told her, "Go and have a rest. It's boring to stay with an old woman like me!"

"If you have free time, you can visit Mrs. Li more often. This woman is a lucky woman, so go and get some from her!"

"Yes, mother-in-law!" Mrs. Lu responded, knowing what Mrs. Lu meant.

She couldn't help but cautiously responded: "I've gone to the drug store to grab the medicine and made it into honey pills. I'm just waiting for the boss to come back!"

"Alas!" Speaking of Lu Xiangsheng, Mrs. Lu couldn't help but sigh, "My son, I have nothing wrong with him. He is just obsessed with official duties and has no interest in private affairs. It really gives me a headache as a mother."

Prince Lu was speechless and could only remain silent.

Mrs. Lu stopped talking, and the two looked at each other in silence. Just as the atmosphere was getting more and more awkward, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Mrs. Lu was stunned and couldn't help but said to herself, "Could it be that Mr. Li is visiting?"

"No way, she is taking the child with her, and by the time she is done with her work, it will be almost noon!" Mrs. Lu responded, getting up and going to open the door.

"I'll go!" When Mrs. Lu heard this, she couldn't help but frowned. She got up and walked to the door. When she opened the door, she saw that it was King Shun who came to visit.

Mrs. Lu couldn't help but bowed and apologized: "Now there are only my wife and me in the house. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Please forgive me, King Shun!"

"It's okay. I came here just to inform the old lady. I just got the news that General Lu will return this morning. Please make preparations early." Zhang Shun said with a smile.

"Ah? My son is coming back!" The old lady couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Why don't you, King Shun, come in and sit down?"

"Forget it, see you later!" Haha, whoever guarded me just now was like guarding against a thief, but now it's easy to talk to me again.

Zhang Shun waved his hand and said, "I won't disturb you when mother and son meet today. Tomorrow, I will prepare a banquet to welcome you and wash away the dust. Please make sure that Old Madam and Madam Lu are there."

"Isn't this bad?" Mrs. Lu couldn't help but hesitated.

"The family banquet is just for our two families, no outsiders!" Zhang Shun emphasized with a smile.

"Then thank you King Shun!" Mrs. Lu responded, the two exchanged a few polite words, and Zhang took his leave by the way.

Not long after, Madam Lu and Prince Lu finished packing in a hurry and hurried to the north gate of Luoyang.

The two stood on the city wall, and soon they saw a group of people coming from a distance with flags erected.

Mrs. Lu couldn't help but said with great excitement: "My son, my mother-in-law is too dim-sighted to see carefully. Look, is that the flag of Jiandou?"

"Ah, my mother-in-law saw it wrong. It was a caravan, they seemed to be here to buy leather goods!" Mrs. Lu built a pavilion with her hands and looked at it for a long time.

After a while, another group of seven or eight people came to give alms.

Mrs. Lu couldn't help but ask again: "Is this my son?"

Mrs. Lu shook her head again and replied regretfully: "This time it's a silk merchant from Shanxi who came to buy silk. The font size is written on the flag!"

"Alas! Now I know what it means to be overwhelmed with hope!" The old lady couldn't help but sigh.

As they were talking, the two of them suddenly felt that the city wall under their feet was shaking a little. They couldn't help but feel strange, and they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far and near.

The two of them looked up and saw a group of cavalry surrounding a man with a heroic appearance coming from Beiyuan Road.

"My son!" Old Madam Lu couldn't help but suddenly shouted.

Not long after, the group of people arrived at the north gate of Luoyang City, and the two of them were watching clearly from the city.

The leader was riding a dragon horse that was about one foot long from head to tail, with no white spots and variegated colors. It was heroic and majestic.

"My son!" Mrs. Lu couldn't help shouting, and her tears couldn't stop flowing down. Prince Lu also called out "husband" in a low voice, but unfortunately no one knew.

If Lu Xiangsheng felt something, he looked up at the tower and saw two familiar figures.

He couldn't help but quickly got off his horse, knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Mom, the baby is late!"

Sorry everyone, it's too late to come back today, this chapter update has just been written.