Li Dongyang, whose political acumen is a cut above Wang Shu, has correctly grasped the real core of the problem. He instinctively thought that Zhang Ru would not leave a name for the so-called history, he must have a deeper purpose in doing so.

Zhang Ru sighed and took another deep breath before saying: "There are many reasons why the Ming Dynasty finally died in the country, on the one hand, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not want to make progress and delegated authority to the eunuchs. On the other hand, the people complained that there were not a few people who rebelled. On the other hand, the Tartars outside the gate have become the climate, and there is no obstacle all the way in.

The last emperor of the Ming Dynasty hanged himself on a coal mountain, and his name was Zhu Youzhen. This is an emperor with great ambitions and talents, of course, if it is a peaceful and prosperous era, he may not be able to govern the country well. But it was a troubled time, and with his ability, he couldn't manage the country full of holes.

I have worked hard to do so many things with only one purpose, and that is to make Da Ming strong.

It's not because the Tartars entered the customs to slaughter the Central Plains, but because the country established by the Tartars was completely occupied by foreign devils in the end.

The Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered Beijing, and the huge capital was almost in ruins.

This is not the most heart-wrenching, the most heart-wrenching thing is that the current Wa Kingdom will become the real executioner of the slaughter of the Central Plains in hundreds of years.

Half of the territory of the land of our country has fallen, and millions of pirates have penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains, burning, killing, looting and plundering all kinds of evil, and their actions are as good as those of the five chaotic China.

A small number of soft bones betrayed the country to seek glory, and countless people with lofty ideals threw their heads and spilled blood, and the bones were gone.

The current Jinling City was reduced to scorched earth after hundreds of years, and 300,000, a full 300,000 Jinling people were slaughtered by the Japanese invaders.

I lived in a time when I could no longer find any trace of everything except in the history books.

Maybe it's destiny!

I came to Daming, and by accident I became a playmate of the Ming Emperor. Watching Youzhu almost be killed by the Wan clan several times, watching the body of the first emperor get worse day by day because of the pill. I made up my mind, I don't want such a Ming to appear in history, I want the Ming to be rich and strong, at least, to be able to withstand the future disasters. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ru paused, he didn't think that he could change history, after all, under the pressure of the wheels of history, a small person could not make history change in essence.

Maybe his efforts will be short-lived, maybe a hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty will still be entered by the Qing army, there will still be Wu Sangui and his ilk regardless of the overall situation, there will still be Li Zicheng and his ilk entering the capital, and there will still be Zhang Xianzhong and his ilk slaughtering Sichuan.

But he knew that he still did so much, and he had only one purpose, that is, to tell the world that he had worked hard.

Maybe his name will not be recorded in the history books of the Ming Dynasty, maybe hundreds of years later, when the five-star red flag of the Republic is flying, no one will remember that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a person named Zhang Ru who worked hard for this hot land.

He doesn't care, what he cares about is worthy of his conscience.

After listening to Zhang Ru's words, the two old ministers were silent, they didn't quite believe what Zhang Ru said, but many of Zhang Ru's behaviors did not look like people of this era. In particular, Wang Shu felt the deepest, Zhang Ru was more maverick in many of his behaviors, as if many things were known to him before.

However, the brief history narrated by Zhang Ru silenced both of them.

They couldn't imagine that one day there would be Japanese robbers coming from the sea, bringing strong ships and cannons to open the gates of the land of Shenzhou and slaughter the people of the Central Plains to their heart's content.

They didn't know about the Nanjing Massacre in later generations, but they knew that in the Yongjia Rebellion, the Han people in the Central Plains became the lackeys of the Hu people and the so-called two-legged sheep.

"What you say, it's all true?" For a long time, Wang Shu and Li Dongyang said in unison.

Zhang Ru laughed at himself: "I know you won't believe it, but this is the truth." I don't know how to explain all this to you, whether it's a strange force or a destiny, I'm here anyway. ”

"Does Your Majesty know all this?" Li Dongyang asked again.

Zhang Ru said: "Your Majesty is like you, after listening to it, it was regarded as a story, and I didn't believe it." ”

Wang Shu thought about it, and with his knowledge of Zhang Ru, he thought that Zhang Ru would not and did not bother to lie to tell them this, so as to win their sympathy.

It can make him believe that all this is true, and it is a little difficult.

After thinking about it for a while, thinking of some of Zhang Ru's grotesque actions, including vigorously supporting the development of firearms by craftsmen, Wang Shu persuaded himself little by little.

Li Dongyang thought for a while and said, "I don't think Your Majesty doesn't disbelieve your words, if he doesn't believe you, he won't show such great support to you."

To tell you the truth, I made a suggestion to Your Majesty after you went to Fuzhou, and took the opportunity to beat you to death with a stick. However, His Majesty did not agree, and he said that he would see the prosperity of Hongzhi in his lifetime. ”

Zhang Ru was about to speak, when Wang Shu suddenly said, "Wenxuan, how old is Your Majesty?" ”

This time, it was Zhang Ru's turn to be silent.

Of course, he knew how old Zhu Youzhu would live, but this was absolutely impossible to say. Zhu Youzhu had also asked before, but he didn't say it.

If he told Wang Shu and Li Dongyang today how long Zhu Youzhu would live, he didn't know what the consequences would be, but he knew that this would definitely bring a lot of blows to Zhu Youzhu and a lot of trouble to Daming.

"Boss, this doesn't seem to be a question for a courtier." Zhang Ru said coldly.

The gesture was deliberately made, and the purpose was nothing more than to tell Wang Shu that this is not a question that one of your courtiers can ask.

Li Dongyang smiled: "Forget it, don't ask about that, tell me how long I can live!" ”

Zhang Ru looked at Li Dongyang, and then at Wang Shu with an expectant face, opened his mouth, but the voice did not come out.

He really doesn't know what to say, this kind of thing is the most torturous.

Wang Shu said: "Bin Zhi is still young, tell me how long the old man can live!" Anyway, the old man is also a person who is half-buried in the loess, and he can live one more day, and he doesn't care about knowing the number of lifespans. ”

Li Dongyang also helped: "The boss has said so, just talk about it!" ”

Zhang Ru said word by word: "The life expectancy of the boss is thirty out of ninety. ”

At this time, Wang Shuke made a difficulty, he originally meant to know how old he was, and then see if he died as Zhang Ru said. In this way, at least Li Dongyang can have a very intuitive judgment.

But Zhang Ru said that he lived ninety and three, and he still had more than ten years to live, which made him a little unsure of what to do.

Zhang Ru roughly guessed what the two meant, sighed and said: "Zhang Wenxuan swears to the sky, what he said today, if there is half a falsehood, he is willing to suffer from the thunder of the sky, and the family is ruined!" ”