please make me king

Chapter 559
After everyone had visited Luoyang City and the sun was high, they went straight to the random graves outside the city.

The so-called "chaotic graves" are actually similar to the cemeteries of later generations.It's just because there are too many people buried indiscriminately because no one is watching it, plus the lush vegetation and deserted people, it's a bit scary.

By the time Zhang Shun arrived at the random graveyard, the huge tombstone had already been dragged over by a few oxen.

Sun Chengzong was taking his classmates Hong Jinyang, Li Xijiu, and Wang Maozhong to direct the soldiers to set up a shelf, preparing to use multiple sets of pulleys to erect the tombstone and plant it on the grave.

This kind of new tomb is very big, it looks like a small earth mountain, and the people buried in it are the people who died in vain outside the city.It was Zhang Shun who ordered Zhang Shenyan to command Ding Zhuang from the city to drag him over and bury him hastily here.

Not long after, the people in the city gathered around to watch the excitement.And those small merchants who came here after hearing the news also found a good place and set up a stall to sell.

There were even a few fortune tellers, pointing and saying, "Zuo Qinglong, right Baihu, this place has good geomantic omen!"

"His Royal Highness King Shun personally ordered Feng Shui masters to find the land, can it be good? They have suffered in this life, and in the next life, their feelings can be entrusted to give birth to a good family, and it is worth it!"

These fortune tellers and geomancers, of course, did not know that Zhang Shun had Song Xiance who was proficient in these skills, so they were naturally surprised.

Zhang Shun saw that the people were almost all there, so he stood on the high platform, and the expert said: "This king is also born in poverty, and he understands the sufferings of the people best! We are not afraid of hardship, and we are not afraid of tiredness. We get up early and work late in order to eat three meals a day!"

"It's just that we are not allowed to live this day, with drought, strong winds, and constant rain; this land also does not allow us to live, waterlogging, locusts, and earth dragons turn over almost every year; this person even more does not let us live, corrupt officials Officials, local tyrants, evil gentry, local ruffians, oppress us."

"That's all. We didn't expect the court to help us uphold justice. But who would have thought that the bandits are hateful, and the officers and soldiers are even more hateful! The bandits captured us and drove us to attack the city. After all, there are few bandits and many died. One hundred and one thousand, we are unlucky."

"But the army of officers and soldiers attacked the city, going from house to house, collecting people, burning houses, looting property, and raping prostitutes and women. This is not enough, and they also drive young adults, old and weak women and children to attack the city. So, what is the reason for this? What is the conscience? Tolerate?"

The people who were still smiling at first fell silent when they heard the words.Some were originally victims and survivors, and they couldn't help crying.

Some people even shouted: "King Shun, you have to decide for us! There are five members of our family, and now I am the only old woman who survived alone."

Hearing this, Zhang Shun quickly ordered: "Come here, invite this old man up, let her tell everyone, everyone pity her!"

Not long after, a limping, ragged, stooped old woman came up halfway through the push.

Not only was her head and face dirty, but the clothes all over her body were like thousands of rags stuck to her body. When the cold wind blew, these rags danced one after another when the old woman shivered.

When Zhang Shun got closer, he felt a stench coming towards him.Suppressing the discomfort, he hastily said, "Old man, please tell me!"

At first, the old woman was quite restrained, but she became excited as she talked.

".We were in trouble, and there was no harvest at home. We heard that Luoyang City was prosperous and rich, so we had to abandon the fields and flee all the way here, hoping that kind people would appreciate it. It turned out that not long after we arrived outside the city, suddenly those People rushed over."

"Like wolves, tigers and leopards, they can even kill an old woman of my age! My three-year-old grandson was kicked to death by them, and the old man was beaten up by them when he was old. But breathless."

"When my son was driven to attack the city, I saw it with my own eyes. He was turned into a hornet's nest by the cannons in the city. My daughter-in-law was taken away, and now I don't know whether to live or die. I am the only blind old woman left."

"What kind of world is this? Those who deserve to die can't die, those who deserve to live can't live, woo woo"

As she spoke, the old woman almost fainted from crying.Seeing how pitiful he was, Zhang Shun said to Zhang Shen in a low voice, "Order someone to fetch some buckets of rice later, and give it to this old family!"

"This..." Zhang Shenyan hesitated for a moment, and replied, "My lord is benevolent, but the food for the rebel army is still limited. What if everyone rushes forward to complain as soon as this case happens?"

Then I really wish for it!Zhang Shun was overjoyed, and quickly ordered: "Then order people to bring out more food. The people in the city have no food and clothing. Can we just sit and watch? Since we always have to give rice and porridge, it doesn't matter if it's earlier or later." Woolen cloth?"

Well, you are the master and you have the final say.Zhang Shenyan wasn't cold-blooded, it's just that the rebel army wasn't rich in the first place.Now that Zhang Shun has spoken, let's just listen to it.Anyway, there will be insufficient food at that time, so he will find a way.

Not long after, Zhang offered food by the way, and said to the old woman: "The old man has worked hard, and the life of the rebels is also hard now. There are only a few buckets of brown rice. Let's express our heart!"

In the end, it didn't matter that Zhang Shun sent rice, as Zhang Shenyan said, many people came to the stage one after another, telling about their oppression by the imperial court, and the crowd was excited for a while, and there was a risk of an uproar.

Zhang Shenyan, Zhang Dudu, Lu Weiqi and Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but seem to be "separated from the eight sun bones and dumped half a bucket of ice and snow water".

What is this "King Shun" going to do?Especially when Zhang Shenyan heard that Zhang Shun vaguely expressed related thoughts before, he was even more shocked and frightened, not knowing where this matter would go.

Zhang Shun saw that the fire was almost ready, so he stepped onto the stage and shouted loudly: "I know everything about this matter, please be safe and don't be impatient. Since everyone has suffered from natural disasters, earth disasters, and man-made disasters, and have no food and clothing, this king will definitely not I will sit back and ignore it. It’s just that today is a day to pay homage to the dead, and we will discuss this matter later!”

After that, Zhang Shun ordered Sun Chengzong and others to hang up the huge stele and plant it in the stele pit that had already been dug.

On the front of this stele are written the three big characters "Monument of Sacrifice to the People", which were written by Zhang Shenyan, a famous calligrapher.Behind it is a detailed description of the incident, and Zhang reads by the way:
"On November [-]th of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu, the newly appointed governor of Henan Province, led an army to attack Luoyang. They failed, but destroyed all the houses outside the city, plundered their wealth and women, and drove out the old and weak to attack the city. Tens of thousands of people died. "

"I was ordered by King Shun to bury it to complete this tomb. There are [-] of men and women, [-] of children, and [-] of old people."

"The attackers were Governor Chen Qiyu, Deputy Commander Yang Hualin, Liu Guozhen, Generals He Renlong and Liu Qian. This monument is hereby set up to warn future generations!"

Just after Zhang Shun finished reading, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help feeling chills all over his body.He led troops to suppress the bandits, and his ferocity was no less than that of Chen Qiyu.If Zhang Shun is allowed to find out like this, I'm afraid it will really be infamous for thousands of years.

Fortunately, such an opponent is now one of his own!Cao Wenzhao thought with lingering fear.

"Three sacrifices!" Immediately, Zhang Shun shouted loudly.

Not long after, the soldier brought up a box, opened it and placed an object on the table.When everyone saw it, they couldn't help being surprised, it was actually a human head.

"This is a pig!" Zhang Shun explained, "It was Wang Pu, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, who was killed by me in Yongning County. He should be used as a sacrifice for our people and our land!"

Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but turn pale with shock, he is a veteran general, why didn't he understand that Zhang Shun still left behind when he fought Chen Qiyu yesterday.

At that time, as long as Zhang Shun was on the battlefield, the head was taken out to shake the morale of the officers and soldiers.No matter how his nephew Cao Bianjiao chooses, the final result will not make any difference.

Cao Wenzhao broke out in a cold sweat: It turned out that the test was not for Zhang Shun, but for his nephew Cao Bianjiao. Fortunately, he did not make a wrong choice.

Immediately, the soldiers put on the second head.Zhang Shun continued to explain: "This is a sheep, and it is the head of General Liu Qian, who followed Chen Qiyu to attack our Luoyang City, and was beheaded and killed by my army Zhang Sanbai on the battlefield."

Finally, the soldiers put on the third head. Zhang Shun said with a smile: "This is a cow, and it is the head of Henan Governor Chen Qiyu. He led an army of [-] to attack me, the capital camp was completely destroyed, and his troops were defeated. Cao Wen The imperial edict came to surrender. But he himself was chased by our army to the foot of Xin'an City, where he committed suicide, and today is what he is today!"

The people who had been instigated by Zhang Shun were already furious. Someone had already shouted loudly: "Chen Qiyu, you have today too! You killed people the day before yesterday, how could you expect people to kill you yesterday! Hahaha!"

(End of this chapter)