Since Zhu Di, the three words on the side of the Qing monarch have been synonymous with rebellion, but our Royal Highness the East King doesn't seem to understand it very well, but takes the three words as true.

After the 200,000 army surrounded the capital, Zhang Keyi did not order the siege of the city, and the second did not block the four gates, trapping the soldiers and civilians in the city. He even allowed merchants from outside the city to trade, and even took the initiative to provide grain to help stabilize the price of goods in the capital.

Looking at Zhang Ke's actions, it really seems that he has no intention of Daming, and what he wants to deal with is only the traitors around the emperor.

This action is not clever, but the timing is too good, Zhang Ke obviously occupies an absolute advantage, and he didn't do it directly, Chongzhen Junchen has a trace of fantasy in his heart, maybe he can let Zhang Ke withdraw his troops without having to work hard.

On the third day of the siege of the capital, Hou Sui, the left attendant of the military department, was ordered to ride alone and arrived at Lugou Bridge, Zhang Ke's camp.

"The lower officials meet His Royal Highness the East King."

"Please."

Zhang Ke smiled slightly, looked at Hou Sui, and said: "Lord Hou, we are also old friends, how are we in the capital these days?" ”

remembered that he ran to Liaodong in a daze, if it weren't for Zhang Ke's help, Hou Sui would not have survived today. Subsequently, as a peripheral member of the Liao Party, he also helped Zhang Ke a lot. Later, he leaned towards the imperial court, and seeing that Zhang Ke was still thinking about the old love, Hou Sui secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord Wang, I don't hide it, they all say that the people have been boring for a long time, but in fact, you want me to say that it's because the officials don't have a good life." Hou Sui smiled bitterly: "Since our emperor ascended the throne, he has been eager to seek treatment, a cabinet scholar, six ministries and nine secretaries, and the change is the same as a marquee, and the butt is not hot yet, so he has to change to another." To put it mildly, there is no one who is so diligent in changing women, and regards hundreds of officials as domestic servants. Seeing the common people as fish is really chilling! ”

Hou Sui Balabala poured bitter water, Zhang Ke was noncommittal, but Du Qing smiled disdainfully: "Lord Hou, if you really dislike Chongzhen Xiao'er, you will rebel with us, if you are loyal to the emperor, don't talk nonsense here." Don't think that everyone is a three-year-old, with a few words from you, you can fool people. ”

"How dare you!" Hou Sui really wanted to get closer to Zhang Ke, but was poked by Du Qing. Suddenly, the old face turned red, coughed twice, relieved the embarrassment, and then said: "Lord Wang, the lower official came on the order of the first assistant, dare to ask, what does the prince want to do, is it Kuang Zheng Sheji, or ...... Fill somebody's shoes? ”

To put it simply. Hou Sui is asking, is your brother really on the side of the Qing monarch, or does he want to be the emperor.

Zhang Ke chuckled: "Lord Hou, you get straight to the point." Neither can this king conceal it. Since the forty-seventh year of Wanli, I began to write from Rong, and all the way to the king. Some people thought I wanted to take a step up and sit on the Golden Luang Palace. In all fairness. Emperors of all dynasties, how many people can shine in the annals of history? How many can be praised by eternity? Since ancient times, there has been no thousand-year-old imperial court. Only those true heroes who opened up territories and resisted foreign humiliation can be remembered by the people forever. Zhang Ke is not talented, if he was obsessed with the throne, he would have rebelled a long time ago, and he would definitely not delay until today.

Lord Hou, this king will tell you one more thing, the Westerners opened the Age of Discovery, and outside the Ming Dynasty, there is still ten times more land than a hundred times the vast land, as well as countless wealth. The emperor who is obsessed with the Ming Dynasty is just sitting in a well and watching the sky, so he is just self-contained. Benwang has already started to expand overseas, immigrating more than 2 million. As long as time passes, tens of millions of immigrants will occupy a broader land in the Ming Dynasty, and they will be completely captured. At such a good time to expand the territory, all the generals present here have the opportunity to surpass Wei Qinghuo to get sick, do a great career, and leave a name in history. It can be said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if it weren't for the imperial court having to get along with Zhang Ke, I wouldn't have to bother. ”

This remark completely stunned Hou Sui, he really couldn't imagine that there was anything more tempting in this world than the throne? It sounded a little unbelievable, Zhang Ke beckoned, someone brought the album and sent it to Hou Sui, Zhang Ke motioned for Hou Sui to take a look.

Hou Sui hurriedly opened it, and it was amazing to see that the results of the South China Sea development were drawn on it.

Through Zhang Ke's efforts, he first seized Ryukyu and Kyushu Island, then Taiwan, and then Java Island, forcing the Grape People to loosen their mouths, take back Macao, and reopen it as a commercial port. Launch an attack on Manila and seize the entire territory of the Philippines.

Another expedition set out along the island of Java and found a large number of islands to the east, most of which were fertile and rained, but there were only some black and thin natives on the islands, and it was a terrible thing to leave such a good place to them.

The fleet continued to the east, and found a huge continent, which was definitely not under the Ming Dynasty in terms of area. It's just that the climate on land is dry, and it is not suitable for farming, and only cattle and sheep can be raised, but even so, it is a super treasure.

The area, population, specialties and so on of the land discovered first were marked in detail on the atlas, and Hou Sui's eyes were staring at him, for him, it was like a classic of mountains and seas, bizarre and unbelievable.

"Lord Wang, this, these lands belong to the Ming Dynasty?"

"This king's to be exact!" Zhang Ke sneered: "Lord Hou is familiar with the scriptures and history, compared to knowing that Zhuangzi told a story, he said that the phoenix flew from the South China Sea to the North Sea, either the plane tree did not rest, the fruit of bamboo did not eat, and the sweet spring water did not drink. An owl had just caught a dead mouse, and when he saw the phoenix flying, he raised his head to the sky and howled: "Don't snatch my dead mouse." ”

Zhang Ke laughed and said: "This king doesn't dare to say that he compares himself to a phoenix, but some people regard it as a life-like thing, but this king may not care." The overseas world is wide and high, and the big husband should conquer the four seas, compete for hegemony with the heroes, truly stand at the forefront of the times, and lead alone, so as to live up to the ambition of his life. Lord Hou, you tell Your Majesty what this king said, and also tell Shoufu-sama, as long as you can make this king passable, I will never embarrass him. ”

Hou Sui listened to Zhang Ke's words, and then looked at the album in his hand, and he really felt a little enthusiastic.

Those islands of astonishing size were not the barren land he imagined, and some of them were marked with rich spices, and they could make a profit of two million taels a year. Some say that there are many gold and silver deposits that can be cultivated for hundreds of years. Others wrote that the land is vast, comparable to the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with three crops a year, and I don't know how to be hungry......

Hou Sui couldn't help but have a thought in his mind, if he could get an island, even if it was the smallest, being a soil emperor would be much more beautiful than the current minister.

No wonder Zhang Ke doesn't care about the position of the emperor, and there is a better choice for daring to love.

It's not that he has much loyalty, but that he doesn't care about it at all.

Although this result is very sad, hurts self-esteem, and is very frustrating, Hou Sui has captured the key point, that is, there is still something to be done, and the crisis may be resolved peacefully.

Thinking of this, there was no need for him to stay, so he hurriedly said goodbye and returned to the capital.

After sending Hou Sui away, Zhang Ke's subordinates all fried the pot, Zhang Feng, Du Qing, Qiao Fu, Qiao Gui, and Yue Zixuan surrounded each other.

Zhang Feng said first: "Yongzhen, what do you mean, don't you grab the throne?" But don't forget, killing people instead of dying becomes an enemy, if you don't take advantage of the moment to kill Chongzhen, once he eases up, we won't have a good life! ”

Qiao Gui refuted Zhang Ke even more rarely, and said: "Yongzhen, you want to run overseas for the rest of the day, but have you ever thought about it, the overseas climate is very different, and the miasma is everywhere, you are not a refugee with no way out, who is willing to give up the world of flowers!" ”

Everyone was talking nonsense, and Zhang Ke suddenly said with a wicked smile: "Don't be so naïve, I'll pour Ecstasy soup on Hou Sui, he doesn't know if he's drunk or not, you're drunk!" ”

Zhang Feng and everyone looked at each other, and couldn't help but pat their heads.

"Yongzhen, what you said is so true, we have all been deceived by you!"

"Hehe, nine out of ten points of clever deception are true, and only that little bit of falsehood can deceive smart people. It is true that this king wants to open up overseas, but he must take the Ming Dynasty as the foundation. Don't worry, I won't let Chongzhen go this time, but I want to take the country over at the lowest price. ”

Zhang Ke stood up as he spoke, moved his arm, and his bones crackled.

"Let's end the chaos quickly, while we are all young, recuperate, and play a peaceful and prosperous world that will last forever, and take the earth home!"

……

When Zhang Ke dreamed of "ball chief", Chongzhen fell into complete insomnia, sitting in front of the red candle for two hours, motionless, like a sculpture. If it weren't for the occasional heaving chest and blinking eyelids, this would be a dead man.

The old eunuch Wang Chengen stood motionless beside Chongzhen, lowered his eyes, and said nothing. Since he was beaten, he has learned to be silent, he just serves Chongzhen, and doesn't say a word about the rest, not at all.

Chongzhen had been sitting dry, and suddenly the Western table clock rang, and it was already midnight. Chongzhen got up slowly, and when he arrived at the entrance of the hall, he seemed to be faintly hearing the chaotic sound. Since Zhang Ke's army came, the palace has been unstable, and almost every day, eunuchs and palace maids have quietly slipped out and never returned.

Those who leave me must not stay yesterday, and they must not stay!

"Spread the decree and bring Cao Huachun over."

……

"Lord Qiqi, Hou Sui is here again, and he also brought someone." Du Qing said loudly.

"Who?"

"It's a eunuch, I heard it's called Cao Huachun."

"Oh!" Zhang Ke's eyes immediately shrunk into essence, and the corners of his mouth hung a signature smile. Chongzhen really didn't let himself down, and once again played the role of a pig teammate and betrayed his own people.

Those who know Chongzhen's character will know that the king of the dead country has always been praised for being diligent, but they don't know that a stupid person, the more diligent he is, the worse the consequences, Chongzhen is superstitious and has no minimum responsibility. Sending Cao Huachun over must have wanted him to take the blame and act as a pawn to be abandoned.

"People are not chess pieces after all!" Zhang Ke smiled and said: "Du Qing, you go and tell Cao Huachun that he still wants to live, so he will confess according to the king's orders." It is said that the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was caused by Chongzhen's secret attack, Chongzhen killed his brother and usurped the throne, the crime was monstrous, and everyone was punished! (To be continued......)