Please ask me to be the emperor

Chapter 884 King Shun’s Ambition

It is said that after Lu Xiangsheng met his old mother and his wife, Wang Lu, he did not mention how he expressed his feelings of separation.

Early the next morning, he came to visit Zhang Shun in high spirits and came to "hand over documents" and "report on the battle situation."

At that time, there were actually no documents or battle conditions at all. It was just a necessary process to fool Mrs. Lu, Prince Lu and others, so as to avoid being discovered through the scam and unexpected things happening.

Zhang Shun wanted to ask him about the taste of "Wuzi Yanzong Pills", but it involved personal privacy issues, so he had to give up.

After the two chatted for a while, they had nothing to say, and couldn't help but feel a little cold.

Zhang Shun was about to find a topic, but Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment and asked seriously: "Dare you ask me about King Shun's ambitions?"

"Marrying seven or eight wives, having one or twenty children, cultivating hundreds of acres of fertile land, and living in a house thousands of feet tall, I will have no regrets in this life. This was my original ambition to become a farmer!" Zhang Shun laughed when he heard this.

"When I later raised the army, it was actually just a matter of enthusiasm. Being driven away by the officers and soldiers was like a lost dog, and my life was precarious. At that time, all I wanted was to have three meals a day, a safe life, and that my brothers and my wife would be safe. That was enough!"

"When I occupied Henan Mansion, my ambitions became much greater. I no longer live for myself, but for more people, and for the world!"

"I wonder how Mr. Lu thinks the Ming Dynasty is doing now?"

"This" Lu Xiangsheng didn't expect Zhang Shun to ask himself, and said with some hesitation, "As the saying goes, 'a centipede insect is dead but not stiff.' Even though there is scabies under his treatment, the foundation is still there."

"Hahaha" Zhang Shun almost burst into tears when he heard this, pointed at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "You are so circuitous!"

"Since ancient times, there has been no dynasty that lasts for thousands of years, and there is no country that lasts for ten thousand years. Back then, Qin Shihuang unified the world, merged the soldiers of the world, and cast it into the Twelve Golden People, which will last for thousands of generations."

"Unexpectedly, the first emperor died, the world was in chaos, and the second generation died!"

"With the victory of the Han and Tang Dynasties and the decline of the Jin and Song Dynasties, the world has not been unified for three hundred years! You are familiar with the events of the early Ming Dynasty. How old are you now?"

"Two hundred and sixty-eight years!" Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a moment.

He carefully recalled the history of the past dynasties, except that the Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty were combined into one calculation. Otherwise, since Qin Shihuang, no one in the world has been able to dominate the country for three hundred years. ,

"That's one!" Zhang Shun said firmly, "Second, the Ming Dynasty has been using troops continuously since the Wanli period. First there were the three major campaigns of Wanli, and then there were the 'She'an Rebellion' and the 'Liaodong Rebellion'."

"Both these two chaos lasted for decades without rest, and then there were natural and man-made disasters, and hungry people and rebellious soldiers reappeared in the land of Qin and Shaanxi."

“In one moment, it was like a spark igniting a prairie fire, spreading throughout Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan and other places in the north.”

"Only in Shandong there is no major chaos. There are also White Lotus cultists and others who are ready to stir up trouble. There is no peace."

"Now that I have separatized Heluo, Nanyang and other places, it's like a person's heart being torn out by others. How can he survive?"

"If we only talk about soldiers and horses, the Ming Dynasty relies only on the elites of the Nine Borders. The chaos in Liaodong means that the Ming Dynasty's affairs in Jiliao have gone bad; the chaos in Shaanxi means that the affairs of the three sides and four towns have gone bad. .”

"Except for these two places, the rest of the elites are just Xuanda. Xuanda's soldiers are weak and not as good as the soldiers of Jiliao and the three sides and four towns."

"What's more, even if the strength is similar, how can one win against two?"

"This" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help being shocked when he heard this.

Although Zhang Shun discussed earlier that there has never been a unified dynasty that lasted for three hundred years, the Ming Dynasty has only lasted for two hundred and sixty-eight years. There have been a few decades of changes during this period, and many people have lived their entire lives.

However, when Zhang Shun analyzed the situation on the border, Lu Xiangsheng shuddered.

"General Dragon and Tiger of the Ming Dynasty" Nurhachi was just the commander of the Jianzhou Guard, and "General Chuang", "King Chuang", Wang Jiayin and "Zijinliang" were all born in the Yansui border army. If you add the Xuanwei Si She'an of Yongning in the southwest Ming and Shuixi Xuanwei Si Anbangyan were all ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that there are many turmoils in many places, I think there must be something bad going on in these three places, which cannot be eliminated overnight.

If there is one bad thing, it can be said to be accidental; if there are two bad things, it can be said to be a coincidence; if all three are bad, there is nothing that can be done after the Wanli, Taichang and Tianqi dynasties, which shows that the problems cannot be solved by the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help sweating, and asked quickly: "May I ask King Shun if there is a solution?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Lu Xiangsheng regretted them. This is the great plan of the world. How could King Shun trust him so easily?

"This matter is easy to hear, just come with troops and attack the unconquered ministers!" Zhang Shun laughed when he heard this.

"Ah?" Lu Xiangsheng was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: Isn't this nonsense? If the Ming Dynasty could win, would you, King Shun, still be there today?

"But it's easy to talk about fighting, but it's hard to talk about victory!" Zhang Shun shook his head and said, "A tree hundreds of feet long will die from root rot; a dike thousands of miles long will be destroyed by ant nests. What happened in the Ming Dynasty did not happen overnight."

"Mr. Lu is both talented in both literature and martial arts. You should know that there is a saying that 'Kungfu lies beyond poetry.' It is difficult for future generations to reach Li Du's level after spending their whole lives. Li Du is not the only one who is the only one who can succeed after us. It is also because his skills outside poetry are not as good as Li Du's!"

"The method of using troops today is the same. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were no more than 50,000 horsemen, and armor and weapons were not as prosperous as they are today. However, we chased the North and drove away the Tartars to restore China. No one in the world dared to resist them, so why? "

"The Dao is the way to win!" Zhang Shun asked himself and answered, "What is the Dao? Everyone is united and united!"

"How to work together as one? The only benefit is that the people have fields to cultivate and grain to eat, and the rest is taxed; the soldiers dare to fight, and the army has enough food; and the rewards and punishments are clear for merit; the generals have experienced hundreds of battles, and they are capable. , If you can’t do it, go down.”

"Taizu of the Ming Dynasty lived in the temple and gave directions to the country, and everything was right. This means that the king is wise and the ministers are wise, and the generals are wise and brave, and the people are happy to use them. Therefore, with the bravery of the Mongols, they also drove them to the north of the wall and could not return."

"Nowadays, the people have no place to stand, but the clan and gentry have a lot of land to look forward to. The people also want to have a full meal, but they can't get it. How can they pay taxes to the country?"

"Even if there are two or three sons, the court encourages them to raise them. If the battle is unsuccessful, how can we get them?"

"Hungry people and bandits can be defeated a hundred times without fear of death. If the imperial court is defeated once, it will be out of control!"

Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a long time after hearing this, and understood what Zhang Shun meant.

In this era, the cornerstone of the country was the people based on households, from which taxes, corvees, and military conscription all came.

It has been nearly 300 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. According to statistics from the Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book, the population and land controlled by the imperial court are not as high as those in the early days of the Ming Dynasty when hundreds of industries were withered and wars lasted. Isn't it a big joke?

Such a country is already riddled with holes, unable to make ends meet and struggling to support itself. A stone may move the grass, for example, an old man over seventy years old will suffer from a disease!

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng agreed with his judgment, Zhang Shun smiled and said: "Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away; today the world is like it, so I have to make plans early!"

"Jiandou, what have you learned from reading the books of saints and sages? All you have to do is cultivate yourself, manage your family, govern your country, and bring peace to the world!"

"This king wants to sweep away the filth, clear up the world, and restore a bright and prosperous world. So that the people can be nourished, the soldiers can be useful, the craftsmen can be successful, and the merchants can be knowledgeable."

"No matter men, women, old or young, wise or foolish, everyone has something to gain. This is enough for me!"

"You are willing to give me a helping hand so that we can reopen a glorious and prosperous age, okay?"

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