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

Zhou Shixiang, a 28-year-old man with a heavy army, and Zhu Yu, a 49-year-old Tang King of the Ming Dynasty, looked at each other across the table of eight immortals, but they were speechless to each other.

Tang Wang didn't say a word, just looked at Zhou Shixiang. Zhou Shixiang wanted to say something, but he hesitated in an instant and did not 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, and 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 self-deprecating.

Outside, the breeze blows and the candlelight flickers.

On a May day, the night breeze is refreshing.

The tea on the table was already cold.

After hesitating, Zhou Shixiang finally broke the peace in the room, he looked at Tang Wang and said: "Your Highness suspects that I am another Sun Kewang, so I refuse to supervise the country?" ”

King Tang didn't have any change in his face, he only shook his head: "I don't want to be made by others to be an emperor of Han Xian." ”

Zhou Shixiang said very sincerely: "Your Highness should know that the scholar is a person, since the soldier started the army, he has always taken the anti-Qing Dynasty and the Tartar as his own responsibility, and he has never had two hearts for the Ming Dynasty, otherwise why would he hear that the court was in trouble, so he ordered the soldiers to fight for the king." Today, the son abandons the country, the army and the people in the world have no owner, in order to resist the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty, the minister came to ask His Royal Highness to supervise the country, in order to calm the heart of the army and the people in the world, so that we can have the Lord to serve. If the scholar really has two hearts, how can it be like this? ”

"At this time and at that time, you and I don't know what the future holds." Tang Wang still shook his head, and did not change his attitude because of Zhou Shixiang's words.

Zhou Shixiang frowned deeply, and said, "Your Highness really refuses to supervise the country because of suspicion of me?" ”

"Lone has said it many times," Tang Wang looked at his wife sideways, his eyes were full of tenderness, "Lone has suffered too much in this life, and now he just wants to spend the rest of his life with the woman he loves." Lone has no great talent, no great ambition, Lone never thought that one day he would do anything to supervise the country, and even dreamed of his dead brother in his dream, but when he woke up, he didn't want to avenge his brother, but wanted to live well, not like the two brothers who died tragically..."

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

Zhou Shixiang sighed: "Your Highness wants to spend this life in peace, but Your Highness thinks it can really be like this?" ”

"Lone is the Ming clan, and it is also a pro-domain, and the Manchurians don't want to live alone. Since Jiashen, the Manchurians have killed a lot of my Ming clan, if it weren't for your Zhou Shixiang, Lone would probably have died. Tang Wang is also sincere, and does not deny that if there is no Zhou Shixiang, he is likely to be dead.

"Your Highness knows this reason, why should you resign from the prison country, Your Highness can only protect the ancestors from dying and get revenge on the two emperors."

Zhou Shixiang bowed down, and it had been his plan to support the Tang Dynasty and supervise the country, and he must not give up his efforts. The idea of self-reliance is not that he has not thought about it, nor is it infeasible, Yongli is incompetent and cowardly, abandoning the country and fleeing, undoubtedly admitting that Zhu Ming has lost his crown, and the world's heroes have risen up to chase the deer, and it is no longer a matter of course to serve his Zhu family. It is Sun Kewang who will establish himself as the emperor, and the hearts of the people he can get are much stronger than when he was the lord of the country, and he has defeated Zhou Shixiang, who has Manchuria and Guangzhou.

However, if Zhou Shi really fought against tens of thousands of Taiping Army soldiers to stand on their own, it was beneficial to the individual, but it was not beneficial to the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty, and only by uniting the forces of all parties under the banner of the Tang Dynasty to jointly oppose the Qing Dynasty was the most practical choice at the moment. Otherwise, the anti-Qing Qing Dynasty was not extinguished, but the south fell into civil war and chaos, and only the Manchus were cheaper, and only the Han were unlucky. Not to mention the Jin King of Yunnan, that is, the surname of Jinxia and the loyal battalion of Huguang will no longer cooperate with the Taiping Army, it is likely that the two sides will have a life-and-death relationship in the future, and there will be disputes within the Taiping Army, which will undoubtedly greatly reduce the strength of the Taiping Army, so that the Manchus can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and finally take advantage of the internal strife of the Ming Army to pick the fruit.

Zhou Shixiang, who has been a man of two generations, knows very well the importance of the united front and uniting the forces of all parties, and if the overall situation of resisting the Qing Dynasty collapses for his own interests, or if the war lasts for decades, Zhou Shixiang will not do it, and he will never do it.

The king of Tang must be in charge of the country, and if he refuses, he must be willing!

Zhou Shixiang secretly decided that if Tang Wang really didn't care about the overall situation, he could only forcibly tie him to the position of prisoner, even if he made a reckless reckless remark for this, he couldn't take care of it. It is better for him to be infamous alone than to dissipate and split the anti-Qing forces.

King Tang didn't know that Zhou Shixiang, who had fallen in front of him, actually didn't have much patience, and he still said: "Gu Zheng doesn't want his ancestor Jiangshan Sheji to die in Gu's hands, so he doesn't call this prison country." ”

Zhou Shixiang's expression was solemn: "Your Highness still can't believe in Shixiang." ”

King Tang slowly shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you can trust it, if you can't believe it, there are still fewer lessons throughout the ages?" ”

"The loyalty of the scholar is comparable to that of the King of Jin." Zhou Shixiang emphasized again.

Tang Wang said: "If the King of Jin succeeds, who will protect him from having two hearts?" ”

Zhou Shixiang was stunned: "Your Highness really thinks so?" ”

Tang Wang asked him rhetorically: "If you are lonely, what do you think?" ”

"The scholar is not hopeful, the scholar is even more reckless, and the only thing that the scholar wants in his life is to expel the Tartars and restore my China!" Zhou Shixiang cut the railway.

King Tang looked at him and said lightly: "After expelling the Tartars, you won't be reckless?" Willing to take that supreme position? ”

"The scholar can swear to the sky that he will never think of this!" Tang Wang's stubbornness and paranoia made Zhou Shixiang depressed and crazy, and he really didn't know what to do to show his sincerity.

King Tang seemed to be moved by Zhou Shixiang's words, and stood there silently pondering something, but Mrs. Tang Wang, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "The concubine heard that Chen Qiaoyi and Zhao Da were also forced to do so." ”

These words made Zhou Shixiang's body shake, and he looked up at Mrs. Tang Wang. But the lady didn't look at him, but only looked at her husband affectionately. King Tang's eyes narrowed slightly, and when he opened them again, his expression was more determined than before.

Zhou Shixiang knew that Mrs. Tang Wang's words were too bad, and combined with Jiang He's bastard behavior during the day, Tang Wang might not believe him. At that moment, his waist stiffened and said loudly: "If Your Highness does not supervise the country, have you ever thought that the Ming Dynasty will die out now." ”

Tang Wang was slightly stunned, and then smiled slightly, and said, "In this way, Gu really wants to bet on you?" ”

Zhou Shixiang said: "Your Highness is not a gambler, but you must believe in the scholar, otherwise, Daming will die now." ”

Zhou Shixiang's words revealed a resolute meaning, and it is not a lie to threaten, Yunnan side only Yunnan Jin King Li Dingguo thousands of soldiers and horses to survive, Jinxia Zheng army is about to be defeated in Nanjing, Huguang loyal camp and shake Huang thirteen bandits look at tens of thousands of soldiers, in fact, a group of rabble, the line is completely the way of the rogues, Zhou Shixiang gave Huguang to them with the original intention is to let them according to Huguang as a base, but for several months they have been in Huguang territory as in the past, do not pay attention to management, or there is no Taiping army on the side, seal Guizhou Luo Keduo, The loyal battalion and the loess cobs were afraid that they would be re-entered by the Qing army in Kuidong. Therefore, Tang Wang really refused to supervise the country, and Zhou Shixiang didn't want to support other clans, so he launched a frenzy to erect a flag and stand on his own, which Zhu Ming really finished talking about.

Tang Wang's face was solemn, he had no great talent and no great ambitions, but he was not a fool, he tasted the threat in Zhou Shixiang's words, he was a little scared and a little shaken. In the middle of the sound, he opened his mouth, but it was good news that made Zhou Shixiang wait for a long time.

What Tang Wang said was: "If you want to be alone in the prison country, you must agree to three conditions." ”

Zhou Shixiang was overjoyed, it was better for King Tang to voluntarily supervise the country than for him to come and tie him up, and he was overjoyed and said: "Your Highness, please speak." ”

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

Zhou Shixiang, the cabinet list after the Tang King supervised the country, had already drawn up, but it was Song Xianggong as the first assistant and Guo Zhiqi as the second assistant, but now the Tang King moved out Guo Zhiqi as the first assistant, and even the city wall as the second assistant, he was quite hesitant. Although he can completely empty the new cabinet, if Song Xianggong can directly preside over the Tang Dynasty's cabinet, it is more appropriate than him to set it up, after all, there is not much to scold. Now the king of Tang is drawing his salary from the bottom of the kettle, naming Guo Zhiqi as the main assistant, and even the city wall as the second assistant, which is clearly to directly control the cabinet, that is, no matter how nominal this cabinet is, it will always cause trouble for Zhou Shixiang in the future.

Seeing that Zhou Shixiang didn't speak for a long time, Tang Wang's face sank: "What, you don't agree?" ”

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

King Tang nodded, his face softened slightly, and said, "Second, you must send troops to welcome Shuyi back, and marry Shuyi as his wife, with the intention of the son of heaven." ”

"This...."

Zhou Shixiang didn't expect that the second condition of King Tang was to make him the son-in-law of the Zhu family. He smiled bitterly, and secretly said that Tang Wang and Yongli were really members of the Zhu family, and they were still on guard against themselves, but it was a pity that he still had to gather a daughter of the Zhu family as his wife in the end. Compared with the first condition, King Tang seemed to attach more importance to this second condition, although his expression remained unchanged, but Madame obviously felt that his body trembled slightly, but fortunately, Zhou Shixiang didn't let them wait too long, so he nodded and said, "Shixiang promised His Highness." ”

After speaking, Zhou Shixiang exhaled, this kind of political marriage is what he hates the most, but he can't help but accept it, he is really angry.

King Tang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and actually stepped forward to help Zhou Shixiang up: "Virtuous son-in-law, get up quickly." Shuyi is my niece, I have no children under my knees, and your niece and son-in-law are like half of my son. ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhou Shixiang stiffened his movements and stood up from the ground, waiting for Tang Wang to say his third condition.

"Lone's third condition is that you must send troops to welcome back the Son of Heaven."

"Welcome back to the Son of Heaven?" Zhou Shixiang was taken aback.

Zhou Shixiang's surprise was not what Tang Wang expected, if he was not surprised, Tang Wang would be strange. He said: "Although Lone promised you to supervise the country, Lone only supervised the country and did not call him the emperor." The Son of Heaven is in a foreign country, as a courtier, shouldn't he be in trouble to relieve the king's worries and get rid of the king? ”

Zhou Shixiang looked embarrassed: "Your Highness doesn't know, the Son of Heaven is in Burma, and there are hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in Yungui, and it will be difficult for Shixiang to welcome back the Son of Heaven." ”

Tang Wang said: "The matter is man-made. ”

"The minister is already preparing for the Northern Expedition to the Southern Capital, but he is really unable to send troops to Yungui to welcome back the Son of Heaven. Moreover, the Son of Heaven is currently in Myanmar, and it is difficult to guess whether he is in danger. ”

King Tang pondered for a moment and said, "If the Son of Heaven has an accident, then you must visit Emperor Xiaolie in the future to succeed the unification." ”

Emperor Xiaolie is the name given by the Hongguang Dynasty to Emperor Chongzhen, and the whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen's sons have been divided, none of them know the specifics, Zhou Shixiang didn't expect that King Tang would still think about Emperor Chongzhen's sons, plus he didn't know their whereabouts at all, so he didn't think much about it, and blurted out: "The whereabouts of Emperor Xiaolie's sons are unknown, and it may be difficult to find them." ”

"It doesn't matter, Lone knows the whereabouts of the fifth son of the emperor Zhu Cihuan, if you can take the southern capital, Lone will go to find the fifth son of the emperor, you support him as the emperor, and Lone will also be the king of Tang. As long as you agree to these conditions, isolate the country of Ma Jianguo. ”

(To be continued.) )