Please ask me to be the emperor

"King Shun, you really let me talk about this!" Lu Xiangsheng said with admiration, "That Ge Lin was really honest and convinced the Danyang soldiers to surrender to our army."

These Danyang soldiers were recruited by Ge Lin personally, and they were captured in a foreign country where they were unfamiliar. How could they not surrender after being persuaded by their own generals?

"How many Danyang soldiers are there now?" Zhang Shun frowned when he heard this.

"Originally, the Danyang soldiers were defeated and there were more than a thousand casualties. Now there are 2,171 people left!" Lu Xiangsheng said respectfully.

"Tsk, Mr. Lu, you wouldn't just make up some numbers to fool me, would you?" Zhang Shun listened to what he said, just like the Kuomintang generals who fooled Chiang Kai-shek back then.

"Here is the list of Danyang soldiers. Please ask King Shun to take a look at it!" Lu Xiangsheng's face turned dark and he couldn't help but take out a pamphlet from his arms and presented it.

"Haha, I judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, sir, don't blame me!" Zhang Shun felt a little embarrassed as he took the pamphlet, handed it to Hong Chengchou and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hong!"

Nima, Lu Xiangsheng’s face turned even darker. If you don’t believe me, just say so!

"Well, your younger brother Lu Xiangjin has made great progress recently. Why don't we let him lead two troops over and supplement Ge Lin as a battalion. I wonder what Mr. Lu thinks?" Zhang Shun turned a blind eye to Lu Xiangsheng's expression and continued to say as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Shun slapped him and gave him a sweet date, which made Lu Xiangsheng a little bit dumbfounded.

"It's my brother's blessing to be favored by King Shun. Jiutai thanked King Shun for my brother!" Lu Xiangsheng would not suffer any loss no matter what if he exchanged his false reputation for real benefits.

"The young man is good, let him work hard, and his future achievements may not be inferior to yours!" Zhang Shun looked old-fashioned and did not notice at all that he was actually a few years younger than Lu Xiangjin.

"By the way, how are you preparing your troops?" Zhang Shun suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but ask again.

"The carefully selected soldiers are all fine, but they are short of horses and armor. I am about to ask King Shun for some!" Lu Xiangsheng originally planned to report to Zhang Shun, but Zhang Shun did not expect that Zhang Shun mentioned the matter first.

"Only asking for some armored horses? How can that be done?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but wave his hand after hearing this, "I allow you to be given priority among the generals. All war horses, mules and pack horses, as well as armored weapons will be captured. Be sure to give them to you." I have trained a battalion of strange soldiers!"

"Ah?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but exclaimed, is there such a good thing?

To be honest, he has been an official for so many years, and he can be regarded as someone who was vigorously cultivated and promoted by the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, he wanted salary but no salary, food but no food, and no one for people. He was like a "stepmother".

After he followed King Shun, he needed money, food, and people. It was like having parents again, so Lu Xiangsheng couldn't be overjoyed.

"Don't worry, King Shun. Jiutai will definitely train you an elite battalion."

"When the time comes, no matter whether it is water or fire, as long as you give the order, the Qibing camp will definitely regard death as home and will never frown!" Lu Xiangsheng was so excited that he couldn't help himself and hurriedly lined up his name badge and promised.

"Okay, okay, I'll leave it to the general!" Zhang Shun praised him and then sent him out.

"King Shun, are you preparing to expand the army and prepare for war?" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but ask when Lu Xiangsheng had just left.

Hong Chengchou was not blind. Zhang Shun first appeased the other rebel generals in the joint camp, and then took the risk to convince the deputy commander-in-chief Ge Lin. Now he entrusted Lu Xiang with an important task. Anyone with a discerning eye can see what he is going to do.

"Of course!" Zhang Shun stood up and walked to the window, looking out solemnly.

"Our army won a complete victory in this battle. Although Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, is dead and the city of Xi'an has fallen into our hands, the situation of the rebels is still grim!"

"The four towns on three sides are still watching with eager eyes. The Jin soldiers of Shanxi Governor Wu Zong have invaded our hinterland of Heluo. Nanyang has been besieged for a long time by Huguang Governor Xiong Wencan. Now we don't know what the situation is."

"If under this situation, the rebels still cannot take the opportunity to expand their advantage, I am afraid that if something unexpected happens, everything will be lost!"

"As long as King Shun already knows about it!" Hong Chengchou nodded after hearing this, but hesitantly said, "Actually, I have something to repay, and I want to report it to King Shun."

"explain!"

"Zhang Yingchen, the former governor of Gansu, sent someone to deliver the post to me, hoping that I could vouch for him and be able to serve as King Shun!" Hong Chengchou said cautiously.

"Okay, this is a good thing!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but said with joy after hearing this, "Now that Xi'an Prefecture is new, I can't even appoint all the officials in one state or county. Since there are such high-ranking officials who are willing to join me, how can I not be polite?" What’s the reason for treating each other?”

"It's just that he still wants to ask for the post of governor of Gansu." Hong Chengchou glanced at Zhang Shun secretly, then quickly lowered his eyelids and said, "He claimed that as long as he can meet King Shun, he will definitely be entrusted with this important task."

"Oh?" Zhang Shunxin said: This toad yawned so loudly!

He doesn't think that he once served as the governor of Gansu, and now that he has changed his master, he can continue to serve as the governor of Gansu, right?

"Okay, let's meet him then. I want to see what he is capable of!"

In the afternoon of that day, Zhang Yingchen came to see Zhang Shun under the guidance of Hong Chengchou.

"Sir, please sit down!" No matter how wildly he spoke, Zhang Shun still received this person with courtesy.

That Zhang Yingchen is also a member of the officialdom, what kind of scene have you not seen before?

He completed the etiquette meticulously, sat down in a proper manner, and then said: "It seems to be a fate. I have admired the name of King Shun for a long time. Now that I have seen him in person, I know that he is such a young hero. .”

"Hey, that's a ridiculous compliment!" Zhang Shun said a few polite words, impatient to waste time with him, so he couldn't help but get straight to the point, "Sir, you've come a thousand miles away, how can you teach me?"

"King Shun was joking. Where is the word 'comes from thousands of miles'?" Zhang Yingchen said with a smile, "I also have the same surname as King Shun. It is impossible to say that we were still the same family five hundred years ago!"

"It just so happens that my family is also in Luoyang, so I can barely be a neighbor with King Shun!"

"Ah? It's an old friend in front of you. Sorry, rude!" Zhang Shun quickly stood up and cupped his hands.

"Ah, I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it!" Zhang Yingchen was startled and quickly stood up and said in return.

It turns out that Zhang Yingchen was also from Luoyang. When Zhang Shun "died", the big families contacted him to rebel, and they also secretly connected with the Zhang family.

However, no one dared to make the decision on such a big matter, so they had to send a letter to Zhang Yingchen, who was serving as governor of Gansu.

When Zhang Yingchen read the letter, he immediately said with a stroke of his pen: "Be loyal to the imperial court!"

As a result, before Zhang Yingchen received the family letter, these big families were wiped out on the spot by the rebels.

If he waits until this letter arrives, the day lilies may be cold.

Not long after, there was a mutiny in Xining, and Zhang Yingchen failed to deal with it well, so he was dismissed from office.

Only then did he remember the original letter. He was afraid that the rebels would capture it, so he had to stay in Xi'an and wait and see, not daring to go back to his hometown to check.

As a result, the stubborn rebels attacked again, and Zhang Yingchen was unable to escape and was trapped in Xi'an again.

He just thought, this is life!

The Zhang family is now under the rule of the rebels, and they themselves have fallen into the city controlled by the rebels.

In this case, where is it that being an official is not a job?

It happened that his former immediate boss Hong Chengchou was in Zhang Shun's camp, and his "old friend" Lu Weiqi was also an important minister of the rebel army. How could he not surrender?

The two of them exchanged polite words and chatted with each other, and then Zhang Yingchen said seriously: "I have two plans to offer to King Shun, and I will definitely make King Shun secure these three sides and four towns!"

"Oh? Please sir!" Zhang Shun knew that the highlight was coming.

"First, open up a new subject to recruit scholars, so as to win over the hearts of scholars all over the world!"

"Yes, this is the right thing to do!" Zhang Shun nodded.

Since the advent of the imperial examination system, this principle has been understood by scholars.

No matter who comes here, as long as you are willing to open a subject to get scholars, everyone will treat you as a wise king!

"Second, I am willing to single-handedly persuade King Shun to surrender Gansu!"

"Huh?" Zhang Shun was about to respond casually, but then he realized what Zhang Yingchen said. "Can this be done?"

No wonder Zhang Shun was shocked, that was a whole town in Gansu.

Although Gansu in this era had less of a large area with Lanzhou as its core than in later generations, the main area was to the west of Lanzhou, roughly equivalent to the four counties of Hexi in the Han Dynasty.

But it is the town with the most troops and the strongest strength among the four towns on the three sides of Shaanxi.

Guyuan Town is now half disabled, and Ningxia and Yansui Towns are threatened by Hou Jin soldiers and unable to move.

If the rebel army can indeed capture this town in advance, then Zhang Shun has already captured half of the land in Shaanxi!

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help but stood up suddenly, raised his hands and said with a smile: "If this is the case, I will worship you as the governor of Gansu again. Otherwise, I will not reward you sir!"

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