please make me king

Chapter 592
When Zhang Shun heard Song Xiance's words, his first reaction was "I Chao, are you also a time traveler?"

This prophecy that "five stars come out of the east and benefit China" is well-known in later generations.

Because in 1995, a brocade guard from the Shu region of the Han Dynasty with the words "five stars from the east to benefit China" was unearthed in Xinjiang.

In Zhang Shun's previous life, he was rarely exposed to similar things, so his first reaction was this.

In fact, this is a common term used in ancient astronomical warnings. "Historical Records" and other historical books have records that "among the five stars dividing the sky, if they are accumulated in the east, China will benefit; if they are accumulated in the west, foreign users will benefit."

Song Xiance liked the study of astrology and divination, so it is not surprising that he knows such words.

As for the word "Ziwei", Zhang Shun has been in touch with this group of nagging people a lot, so he also knows that it refers to the emperor.

Now that Zhang Shun has repeatedly defeated the imperial army, beheaded the high officials of the imperial court, and occupied Luoyang City, he wants to discuss the "dispute between the concubine and the concubine" with the imperial court.He has already become a thorn in the court's eyes, a thorn in his flesh.

At this time, even if he wanted to hide his strength and bide his time, it was impossible to "accumulate food widely, build walls high, and become king slowly".

For the current plan, Zhang Shun can only promote it loudly, and strive to realize his reputation as soon as possible, so that he can be recognized by the world implicitly, which is the right way.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun laughed and said, "Mr. Song is really talented. If so, let's call this bastion 'Ziwei Star Fort'!"

Just as Zhang Shun was building a bastion outside Luoyang City, he didn't know that there had already been an uproar outside because of the "fried rice".

Lu Xiangsheng, governor of Yunyang, was the first to discover something was wrong.Originally, the land of Yunyang blocked the road from western Henan to southern Shaanxi and Huguang. Now the rogues from southern Shaanxi and Huguang have jumped out of the encirclement and gone east to Henan. It is meaningless for Lu Xiangsheng to stick to Yunyang.

Therefore, when he received the imperial decree, he packed up his troops and headed westward to Nanyang Mansion in order to curb the way of the rebels going south.

As a result, when Lu Xiang ascended to the middle of the road, many vehicles were seen on the road, hindering the officers and soldiers from marching.

At the beginning, Lu Xiangsheng only said that it was the military rations for the officers and soldiers who were escorted.When he first arrived in Yunyang, the city of Yunyang was small, "this place is not as good as a county of Daming Prefecture, but it is dignified and governed."

The six counties under his rule are even barren hills, barren soil, and refugees. Except for the five hundred pacesetters under his command, they have no money, no pay, and no soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng asked the court many times but failed, and he still had to pay the guest soldiers.Thanks to Tang Hui, the governor of Huguang, he reluctantly recruited another [-] raw soldiers and [-] new recruits. The total number of bidders under his command is more than [-] people.

So, after a while, Lu Xiangsheng, governor of Yunyang, came back to his senses.No matter how generous Huguang Governor Tang Hui is, there is no need to give so much food and grass to more than [-] people under his command.Even if it is used to support guest soldiers, it is not Huguang's responsibility, how can it be so?
Lu Xiangsheng felt uneasy, and hurriedly led more than ten people to stop a convoy, and asked loudly: "I am Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang. I don't know where the grain is going? But my officers and soldiers?"

The person in charge was shocked when he heard the words, no matter how stupid he was, he couldn't tell the court order that he was going to sell grain and grass to the bandits.Of course, it can't be said to be an escort of military rations, otherwise it would be confiscated directly, wouldn't it be wronged and sad?
He hastily replied: "You are being polite, my lord. The grain this villain is not serving as military food is for sale. I heard that there was a disaster in the north and the price of food was twice as high as usual. I also want to earn some pocket money to spend!"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, knowing that his words were not true.It's just that this person has a good temper on the one hand, and an official who loves the people on the other, so he didn't make things difficult for him.

He just made a small request and asked, "I wonder if I can let me see the quality of this grain? If it's good, I might buy some if I don't want to go back."

The person in charge resisted very much in his heart, for fear that he would have malicious intentions and wait for the opportunity to rob him of food and grass without mentioning it, and even throw his property and life here.

Fortunately, there was someone who knew something about him, and he quickly whispered to him: "This Yunyang Governor Lu Xiangsheng is not that cruel person, as long as the master handles it properly, there should be no danger."

The person in charge felt relieved when he heard the words, and quickly smiled and said: "What's worth it, if Master Lu wants to see it, how can the villain have any reason to shirk?"

He quickly led Lu Xiangsheng and dozens of people to approach the vehicle, ordered them to open a bag of grain, grabbed a handful and handed it to Lu Xiangsheng to watch.

Lu Xiangsheng took a look in his hand and found that it was a handful of unhulled rice.He couldn't help but asked strangely: "Why is this so? You haven't even taken off the shell, who would buy it?"

"Master Lu doesn't know anything!" The person in charge laughed when he heard the words, "It's just the autumn harvest, and there are only three or four months before the deadline for the autumn grain payment in February next year. How can all the rice be shelled in time? ?”

"Although this is the case, it is better to hustle the rice, and it is better to not hull it. The unhulled rice is easier to store, and it will not spoil or eat for ten years."

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help being terrified when he heard the words, and muttered to himself again, repeating: "It won't be bad or moth in ten years?"

The person in charge saw that Lu Xiangsheng's face was not good-looking, so he couldn't help but feel uneasy, and quickly asked: "Master Lu, did the villain say something wrong?"

"No, no, keep going!" Lu Xiangsheng came back to his senses when he heard the words, and said with a smile, "Listen to what you said, wake up the dreamer!"

When the food team left in a hurry, Lu Xiangsheng's face darkened, and he shouted to his subordinates: "Hurry up with me to Nanyang Mansion, and strictly inspect the food from Huguang to Heluo."

"Ordinary people buy grain just to understand their urgent needs. How can there be any reason to buy rice with hulls on purpose? Presumably this is because the bandits have poor skills and lack of food in the army. They want to take the opportunity to buy more grain and grass to prepare for the shortage in the army."

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang, found that the situation was not right, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces stationed in Tongguan, was naturally not incompetent.

When he gathered the soldiers in Guanzhong and raised food and grass, he found out that the price of food in Guanzhong had risen sharply.At that time, he thought that the dealer raised the price on the ground, and he reprimanded him a lot.

As a result, when he discovered that most of the food in Guanzhong departed from Tongguan and went straight to Luoyang, he realized that something was wrong.

He hurriedly ordered the soldiers to strictly check the checkpoints to prevent food from leaving the east; at the same time, he ordered the soldiers to speed up the rendezvous and prepare to leave the customs as soon as possible.

At the same time, not only Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, but also officials from other places have more or less discovered abnormalities in grain transportation.

However, according to the low and corrupt executive ability of the Ming Dynasty, knowing does not mean doing it.

Under the lure of money, these eight grain immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers, or smuggled, smuggled, or bribed, or colluded with officials and businessmen, and continuously transported grain within a thousand miles nearby to Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)