please make me king

Chapter 878

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng said this, Zhang Shun knew that there was something wrong with this matter.

The so-called "loyalty and disloyalty" and "surrender or not surrender" are not as absolute as black and white.

Just as "there is no love without reason in the world", there is no loyalty without reason in the world.

In this era, most officials do not actually have any lofty ideals, let alone firm beliefs.

The very few who can "repay the king with one death" are already undeniably chaste and righteous ministers.

In fact, the reason why most loyal ministers can be famous in history is because they are relatively rare, and secondly, it is the result of balancing the interests of multiple parties.

As the saying goes "loyalty, filial piety, righteousness", although loyalty is the first morality of courtiers, but if there are extenuating circumstances, some courtiers can still be exempted from condemnation.

For example, Xu Shu in the Three Kingdoms period had to say goodbye to Liu Bei and switch to Cao Cao because his old mother was acquired by Cao Cao.

Another example is Yuchi Jingde who switched to Tang Taizong and Liu Bowen who switched to Ming Taizu, because the old master has no way, just abandon the dark and turn to the bright.

In order to persuade Lu Xiangsheng to surrender, Zhang Shun deliberately earned his mother, wife and two brothers first, and provided reasons for him from the perspective of family affection and filial piety.

Deliberately revealing the identity of King Fu's "director's head" to prove the correctness of Lu Xiangsheng's "abandoning the dark and turning to the bright".

I have personally stated that I will definitely return the government to King Fu, so as to dispel the last worry in his heart.

Not to mention the effects of these methods, but Zhang Shun's eagerness to seek talents made Lu Xiangsheng feel grateful.

Why did Zhuge Liang "devote himself to death" during the Three Kingdoms period?Wasn't it true that Liu Bei "was obscene and self-defeating, and three times he was in the thatched cottage"!

Not to mention how Lu Xiangsheng's mind turned back and forth, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, couldn't sit still.

King Shun, what do you mean by this?Do you look down on me if you co-author?

He couldn't help asking: "I don't know how the Hong family members are doing now?"

Zhang Shunzheng stared at Lu Xiangsheng, waiting for him to express his opinion.

Unexpectedly interrupted by Hong Chengchou, he couldn't help turning his head, looked at Hong Chengchou, and couldn't help sighing: "Mr. Hong's condolences are changing, it's not that Zhang refused to do his best, it's really... really powerless!"

"What?" Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, was shocked when he heard the words, and quickly asked, "King Shun, what do you mean?"

Surrendering is a matter of reputation, and anyone with a little bit of morality will not be ashamed, but proud.Therefore, when persuading people to surrender, you must give the other party enough respect, so as not to deal with embarrassment and anger, and would rather die than surrender.

"I didn't know until the person I sent arrived in Quanzhou. The court heard from nowhere that you faked your death to get rid of the crime, so they ordered 'brothers and wives to be exiled for three thousand miles, and they have no home'. When the person I sent arrived in Nan'an, there was nothing left. It's just an empty courtyard."

Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, suddenly felt his eyes darken, and almost fainted to the ground, he couldn't help but said in grief and indignation: "Who hurt me? Who hurt me!"

As an important minister of the imperial court, it is impossible for him to climb to such a high position without three or two hostile people.

If you fail to "suppress thieves" by yourself, you will be guilty if you are defeated and captured, but at most you will be punished by "cutting your nationality for the people and never using it".

The punishment he received was obviously based on the clause in the "Law of the Great Ming Dynasty" that "avoids the mountains and refuses to obey the pursuer, so as to conspire to rebel and fail to act". One hundred, flow three thousand miles" article to punish.

"I'm wronged, I'm wronged!" Hong Chengchou couldn't help shouting loudly.

you deserve it!Zhang Shun couldn't help but said happily, in the previous life, you were a traitor quite happily, but what's wrong with being wronged in this life?
It turned out that apart from Li You personally earning money from Lu Xiangsheng's family, Zhang Shunzhen ordered his entourage to take the opportunity to go all the way south to Quanzhou to find the family of Hong Chengchou, Governor of the five provinces.

Although this fellow was a traitor in his previous life, and his hands were stained with the blood of rebels and civilians in the south, it would not be a pity to die ten thousand times.

But now that I am a politician, politicians have to talk about political rules.

Just like why Cao Cao didn't kill Liu Bei back then, since he wants to recruit talents from all over the world, he can't kill people with personal preferences and grievances.

Sometimes not only can't kill, but also intentionally reward those whom he hates and hates generously to show his determination to distinguish between rewards and punishments.

Two days ago, Li You's entourage finally came back from thousands of miles to report: "King Shun forgives his crimes, and forgives his incompetence! When I arrived in Nan'an, Quanzhou, the family of Governor Hong had already been captured by the court, and he was beaten a hundred times with a stick. , exiled for three thousand miles, without knowing where to go.”

Zhang Shun was pleasantly surprised when he heard this.Surprised that the imperial court acted so quickly, it was preemptive to strike first; happy that this old boy will be rewarded for good and evil, and you have today?

Of course, that being said, the program still has to go.

Zhang Shun couldn't help crying bitterly and said: "It's all because of Zhang that the Hong family is in trouble today."

"Originally, Mr. Zhang had no face to see you, but he still had a chance in his heart. I hope that Mr. Hong can put aside the past suspicions and is willing to work together with me to conquer the capital and drive out the false emperor! To restore peace and innocence to the world! "

Zhang Shun stared at Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces sincerely, while he couldn't help thinking.

If this guy really dared to talk about letting his wife and concubine accompany him, he would pretend to be dazzled by his anger, and castrate this guy even if he didn't want to fight for his reputation, and keep him as a "big companion".

"Okay, okay, okay!" Hong Chengchou laughed angrily, "You stupid king, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous! Hong is willing to follow King Shun, attack the capital north, and build a great cause together!"

The governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou, is not a fool, so how could he mention such nonsense about letting the wives and concubines of the "thief chiefs" accompany him?

Instead of daring to mention it, he took the opportunity to pretend to be extremely angry and find an excuse for himself to seek refuge with Zhang Shun.

It turns out that in history, this guy was greatly favored by Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty, not to mention being highly valued, and entrusted all [-] elites from all over the country to him.

As a result, not only did many of these people lose their hands all at once, but this fellow was actually greedy for life and afraid of death.

It is really shameless to disregard the old mother in the family and take refuge in the new owner without hesitation.

Not to mention that all the Han people in the world can't wait to eat their flesh and sleep their skins, and even Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was not ashamed of his actions.

Regardless of his illustrious military exploits for the Qing Dynasty, he was directly listed among the second ministers.

Of course Zhang Shun didn't expect this person to be so shameless, just as he proposed to recruit him, this guy actually climbed up the pole.

Fortunately, Zhang Shun did not show any surprise and humiliated him a second time.He was ecstatic at once, ordered Wukong to open the prison, took off the brocade clothes on his body, put them on for him and said: "If you have Mr. help, most of the world will be in my bag!"

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, also quickly knelt down and said: "King Shun is willing to break the corporal, and does not regard his ministers as despicable. He is really the lord of the world!"

Lu Xiangsheng was dumbfounded for a long time, sighed for a while, and also bowed: "I wish to obey King Shun's order!
　From the author's point of view, there is nothing fancy about Hong Chengchou's surrender. In fact, he should be greedy for life and afraid of death.You must know that although Chongzhen was mean and ungrateful, he treated Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Sichang, and Hong Chengchou really well.Judging from the relationship between the ancient monarch and his ministers, it is a pity that apart from Yang Sichang who still has a little loyalty, the other two are really hard to describe.

　　Therefore, the author wrote very briefly about Hong Chengchou's surrender, and really didn't want to spend too much time on him.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)