Han’s Son is Not a Slave

King Tang didn't see any guests, but Zhou Shixiang, who came to visit late at night, couldn't see him.

Zhou Shixiang came to see him in plain clothes, and the guards stayed outside, entering the palace built by the thatched cottage alone.

The 28-year-old Zhou Shixiang and the 49-year-old Tang Wang Zhu Yue, a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, looked at each other across the Eight Immortals Table, but they were speechless.

Tang Wang didn't say a word, just looked at Zhou Shixiang. Zhou Shixiang wanted to say something, but he hesitated for a moment and didn't speak. Mrs. Tang Wang stood beside her husband, her eyes fell on Zhou Shixiang's face, but her right hand was holding her husband's hand tightly. It could be seen that this woman seemed to be worried that the young man in front of her would harm her husband, which made Zhou Shixiang very angry. Self-deprecating.

Outside, the light wind blows, flickering candlelight.

On a May day, the night wind blows and makes people feel comfortable.

The tea on the table had already cooled down.

After hesitating, Zhou Shixiang finally broke the silence in the house. He looked at King Tang and said, "Your Highness suspects that I am a Sun Kewang again, so why won't you supervise the country?"

There was no change in the expression on King Tang's face, and he only shook his head: "I don't want to be made by others to be Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty."

Zhou Shixiang said sincerely: "His Royal Highness should be a wise scholar. Since the scholar started his army, he has always taken it as his duty to fight against the Qing Dynasty and drive the Tartars. He has never had a second heart for Daming. Help me. Today, I have abandoned the country, and the army and the people in the world have no masters. In order to resist the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty, the scholar minister came to ask His Highness to supervise the country, so as to calm the hearts of the army and the people in the world, so that we can have a clear master. Second heart, how could this be the case.”

"Now and then, you and I don't know about the future." Tang Wang still shook his head, and did not change his attitude because of Zhou Shixiang's words.

Zhou Shixiang frowned deeply and said, "Does Your Highness really refuse to supervise the country because of my suspicion?"

"Gu said many times," Tang Wang looked at his wife sideways, his eyes full of tenderness, "Gu has suffered too much in this life, and now I just want to spend the rest of my life with the woman I love. Gu has no talent, and Without ambition, Gu never thought about what he would do to guard the country one day, and even dreamed of his dead brother in a dream, but when he woke up, he was not thinking of revenge for his brother, but wanted to live well, unlike the two brothers. Just as tragic..."

Tang Wang's words sounded like he was extremely timid and just wanted to live, but what he said was extremely sad.

Zhou Shi Xiang sighed: "Your Highness wants to live this life in peace, but Your Highness thinks it is really possible?"

"Gu is the Ming clan and a vassal. Manchus don't want to live alone. Since Jiashen, the Manchus have killed a lot of my Ming clan. If it weren't for you Zhou Shixiang, Gu would probably have died long ago." King Tang It is also honest, and does not deny that if there is no Zhou Shixiang, he may have died.

"His Royal Highness knows this principle, why should he refuse to supervise the country. Only by supervising the country can His Highness protect the ancestors, Jiangshan, society, and Ji from perishing, and then recover the great revenge of the two emperors."

Zhou Shixiang leaned down and bowed down. It was his long-term plan to support the Tang Dynasty to supervise the country, and he must not give up his achievements. It is not that he has not thought about the idea of ​​self-reliance, and it is not unfeasible. He is always incompetent and cowardly, abandoning the country and fleeing. No doubt he admits that Zhu Ming has lost his place, and all the heroes in the world are vying for the deer. but. Even if Sun Kewang would proclaim himself an emperor, the people he could gain would be much stronger than when he was the lord of the country, not to mention Zhou Shixiang, who had successively defeated Manchuria and was sitting on Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, Zhou Shixiang really relied on the tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers to stand on their own, which is good for the individual, but has no advantage in the great cause of anti-Qing. choose. Otherwise, the anti-Qing Dynasty has not been destroyed, but the south has fallen into civil war and turmoil. Not to mention the King of Jin in Yunnan, even Jinxia's national surname and Huguang's loyal camp will not cooperate with the Taiping Army anymore. It is very likely that the two sides will have a life-and-death relationship in the future. There will also be disputes within the Taiping Army, which will undoubtedly greatly deplete the Taiping Army. The strength of the Qing Dynasty allowed the Manchu Qing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and finally take advantage of the Ming army's internal strife to pick the fruit.

Zhou Shixiang, who has been a man of two generations, knows the importance of uniting the front and uniting the forces of all parties. If the anti-Qing situation collapses for his own benefit, or if the war continues for decades, Zhou Shixiang will not do it, and he will also be determined. Not for it.

King Tang must supervise the country, and he must be willing if he refuses!

Zhou Shixiang secretly made up his mind that if King Tang really disregarded the overall situation, he could only forcibly tie him to the position of prisoner. It is better for him to be infatuated by himself than to dissipate and split the anti-Qing forces.

King Tang didn't know that Zhou Shixiang, who was bowing down in front of him, had no patience. He was still saying: "Gu is not called this guardian of the country because he doesn't want his ancestors to perish in Gu's hands."

Zhou Shixiang looked solemn: "Your Highness still can't trust Shixiang."

Tang Wang slowly shook his head and said, "Whether you can trust it, or you can't trust it, have you learned less from the past?"

"The loyalty of the prime minister is comparable to that of the king of Jin." Zhou Shixiang emphasized again.

But King Tang said: "If the King of Jin succeeds, who will keep him from having two hearts?"

Zhou Shixiang was startled: "Does your Highness really think so?"

Tang Wang asked him back: "If you are an orphan, what do you think?"

"The prime minister is not hopeful, nor is the prime minister reckless, the only thing he wished in his life was to expel the Tartars and restore my China!" Zhou Shixiang said decisively.

King Tang looked at him and said lightly: "After expelling the Tartars, you will stop being reckless? Are you willing to be in the supreme position?"

"Shixiang can swear to God that he will never think like this!" King Tang's stubbornness and paranoia made Zhou Shixiang both depressed and mad, and he really didn't know what to do to show his sincerity.

King Tang seemed to be moved by Zhou Shixiang's words, standing there silently pondering something, Mrs. Tang Wang, who had never spoken, suddenly said: "The concubine heard that Chen Qiaoyi and Zhao Da had no choice but to."

These words shocked Zhou Shixiang and looked up at Mrs. Tang Wang. The lady did not look at him, but looked at her husband affectionately. Tang Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, and when he opened it again, his expression was firmer than before.

Zhou Shixiang knew that Mrs. Tang Wang's words were too bad, and combined with Bai Ri Jiang He's **** actions, Tang Wang really would not believe him. Immediately, his back was fierce, and he said loudly: "If Your Highness does not supervise the country, have you ever thought that the Daming Jiangshan will perish now."

Tang Wang was slightly stunned, but then he smiled slightly, and said, "So, does Gu really want to bet on you?"

Zhou Shixiang said: "His Royal Highness is not a gambler, but must believe in a scholar, otherwise, Daming will die now."

Zhou Shixiang's remarks showed the meaning of resoluteness, and it was not a false threat. On the Yunnan side, only a few thousand soldiers and horses of Li Dingguo, the king of the Jin Dynasty in Western Yunnan, were lingering. There are tens of thousands of soldiers, but they are actually a bunch of rabble, and they are completely rogues. Zhou Shixiang gave them Huguang originally intended to let them use Huguang as a basis, but they have been in Huguang for several months. If they don't pay attention to management, if there is no Taiping army eyeing on the side and blocking Luo Keduo in Guizhou, Zhongzhenying and Yaohuangtu bandits are afraid that the Qing army will re-enter Kuidong every second. So Tang Wang really refused to supervise the country, and Zhou Shixiang didn't want to own other clans, so he went crazy to erect a flag and stand up for himself. This Zhu Ming really finished talking.

Tang Wang's face was solemn. He had neither great talent nor great ambition, but he was not a fool. He tasted the threat in Zhou Shixiang's words, and he was a little scared and a little shaken. After a while, he opened his mouth, but it was the good news that Zhou Shixiang had been waiting for for a long time.

What King Tang said was: "If you want to imprison the country in isolation, you must agree to three conditions for isolation."

Zhou Shixiang was overjoyed. It was better for King Tang to voluntarily monitor the country than to force him to tie him up. Overjoyed, he hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please speak."

Tang Wang glanced at his wife who was worried about him, shook his head slightly, and then said to Zhou Shixiang: "First, I want Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi to enter the pavilion, Guo is the first assistant, and Lian is the second assistant."

Zhou Shixiang had already drawn up the cabinet list after the Tang King supervised the country, but Song Xianggong was the first assistant, and Guo Zhiqi was the second assistant. Now Tang Wang moved out Guo Zhiqi as the first assistant, and even the city wall was the second assistant. He was quite hesitant. Although he can completely oversell the new cabinet, if Song Xianggong can directly preside over the Tang King's cabinet, it is more suitable than him to oversell him. After all, there is not much to be scolded. Now, the Tang king is pulling his salary from the bottom of the pile, and he named Guo Zhiqi as the master and assistant, and Lianchengbi as the second assistant. This is obviously to directly control the cabinet. Even if the cabinet is so nominal, it will always cause trouble to Zhou Shixiang in the future.

Seeing Zhou Shixiang's delay in speaking, Tang Wang's face sank: "Why, you don't agree?"

Zhou Shixiang had no choice, worried that hesitating for too long would make King Tang change his attitude, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Shixiang promises His Highness."

King Tang nodded, his face softened a little, and he said: "Second, you must send troops to welcome Shuyi back, and marry Shuyi as his wife, as the son of the emperor."

"This...."

Zhou Shixiang did not expect that the second condition of King Tang was to make him the son-in-law of the Zhu family. He smiled wryly, secretly saying that King Tang and Yongli were really from the Zhu family, and they were still guarding himself, but he sighed that he still had to gather a Zhu family girl to be his wife in the end. Compared with the first condition, Tang Wang seemed to value the second condition more. Although his expression remained unchanged, his wife clearly felt that his body was trembling slightly. Fortunately, Zhou Shixiang didn't let them wait too long, so he nodded. Said: "Shixiang promised His Highness ~www.NovelMTL.com~ After speaking, Zhou Shixiang exhaled, this kind of political marriage is what he hates the most, but he can't help but accept it, it's really stuffy.

King Tang also breathed a sigh of relief, and actually stepped forward to help Zhou Shixiang stand up: "My son-in-law, hurry up. Shuyi is my direct niece, and I have no children. Your niece-in-law is like half my son."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhou Shixiang stood up stiffly from the ground, waiting for King Tang to say his third condition.

"The third condition of loneliness is that you must send troops to welcome the emperor back."

"Welcome back to the emperor?" Zhou Shixiang was surprised.

Zhou Shixiang's surprise was not what King Tang expected. If he wasn't surprised, King Tang would be surprised. He said: "Although I promise you to supervise the country, but I only supervise the country and do not call the emperor. The emperor lives in a foreign country, and as a minister, shouldn't he be relieved of the king's worries and the difficulty of eliminating the king?"

Zhou Shixiang looked embarrassed: "His Royal Highness does not know, the emperor is in Burma, and there are hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in Yungui. Shixiang is afraid that it will be difficult to welcome the emperor back."

Tang Wang said: "It's up to people."

"The prime minister is already preparing for the northern expedition to the southern capital, but he is unable to send troops to Yungui to welcome the emperor back. Besides, the emperor is currently in Burma, and it is difficult to guess the safety."

King Tang pondered for a moment and said, "If the emperor has an accident, you must visit the emperor Xiaolie in the future to succeed him."

Emperor Xiaolie was the posthumous title given to Emperor Chongzhen by the Hongguang Dynasty, and there have been various opinions about the whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen's sons. No one knows the specifics. Zhou Shixiang did not expect that King Tang would still think of Emperor Chongzhen's sons. Shang didn't know their whereabouts at all, so he didn't think much about it, and blurted out: "The whereabouts of Emperor Xiaolie's children are unknown, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find them."

"It doesn't matter, I know the whereabouts of the fifth son of the emperor, Zhu Cihuan. If you can take the southern capital, I will go and find the fifth son of the emperor. You will make him emperor, and I will also be the king of Tang. As long as you agree to these conditions, you will isolate Ma and supervise the country. "

(To be continued.)