The King of Tang did not see the guests, but Zhou Shixiang, who came to visit late at night, had to see him.

Zhou Shixiang came to see him, and the guards were all left outside and entered the royal palace built by the thatched hut alone.

Zhou Shixiang, who was 28 years old, and Zhu Yue, the 49-year-old Ming Dynasty's relative Tang Dynasty king, looked at each other across the Eight Immortals table, but they were speechless.

The King of Tang didn't say a word, just looked at Zhou Shixiang. Zhou Shixiang wanted to say something, but hesitated in an instant and didn't speak. Mrs. Tang stood beside her husband, her eyes fell on Zhou Shixiang's face, but her right hand was tightly holding her husband's hand. It could be seen that this woman seemed to be worried that the young man in front of her would harm her husband, and this move made Zhou Shixiang very ridiculous.

Outside the house, the breeze blew, swaying candlelight.

In May, the night wind blows makes people feel comfortable.

The tea on the table has long been cold.

After hesitating, Zhou Shixiang finally made a sound to break the peace in the house. He looked at King Tang and said, "Your Highness suspected that I am another Sun Kewang, so why don't you want to supervise the country?"

The Tang King had no expression on his face, and he only shook his head: "I don't want to be made by someone to be Emperor Xian of Han."

Zhou Shixiang said sincerely: "Your Highness should be a good scholar. Since the rise of the army, you have always taken the rebellion of the Qing Dynasty and expelled the Tartars. You have never had two hearts for the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, why did you hear that the court was in trouble, so you ordered your troops to fight against the king and save the emperor? Today, I abandoned the country, and the military and civilians in the world have no masters. For the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty, the Prime Minister of the Scholars came to ask Your Highness to supervise the country, so that we can have a wise lord to worship each other. If the scholars really had two hearts, how could this be the case?"

"This time and another time, you and I don't know what's going on." The King of Tang still shook his head, not changing his attitude just because Zhou Shixiang said something.

Zhou Shi looked at him with a deep brow and said, "Your Highness really refuses to supervise the country because he doubts me?"

"Gu said it many times," King Tang looked at his wife with softness in his eyes, "Gu has suffered too much in his life, and now he only wants to spend the rest of his life with his beloved woman.Gu has no talent or great ambitions,Gu never thought about what kind of surveillance one day, and even dreamed of a dead brother in his dream. When he woke up, he did not think about revenge for his brother, but wanted to live well, not die like his two brothers."

The words of the King of Tang seemed extremely timid and wanted to survive, but what he said was extremely sad and harsh.

Zhou Shixiang sighed: "Your Highness wants to spend this life peacefully, but your Highness thinks it can be like this?"

"Gun is a member of the Ming Dynasty and a relative vassal. The Manzhou people do not want to live alone. Since Jiashen, the Manzhou people have killed many of my Ming Dynasty families. If it weren't for you, Zhou Shixiang, you might have died long ago." The King of Tang was honest and did not deny that if there were no Zhou Shixiang, he might have died.

"Since your highness knows this, why should you refuse to supervise the country? Only by supervising the country can you protect your ancestors' country and the country, and you can get the great revenge of the two emperors."

Zhou Shixiang leaned over and bowed down. It was his plan for supporting the king of Tang to supervise the country. He must not be wasted all his previous efforts. He thought about the idea of ​​self-reliance, nor was it feasible. Yongli was incompetent and cowardly, and abandoned the country and fled, undoubtedly confessed that Zhu Ming had lost his tripod, and that the heroes in the world rose up and competed for him, and no longer believed that the Zhu family was natural. Even Sun Kewang would become the emperor at this time, and the people's hearts could be gained were much stronger than when he was the king of the country, especially Zhou Shixiang who was defeated in Manzhou and had Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, if Zhou Shi really relies on tens of thousands of Taiping Army soldiers to establish themselves, it is beneficial for individuals, but there is no benefit in the great cause of anti-Qing. Only by unifying all forces under the banner of the Tang King, can we jointly fight against the Qing Dynasty be the most practical choice at the moment. Otherwise, the anti-Qing Qing Dynasty was not destroyed, but the south was in civil war and chaos. The only one who was cheaper was the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the only one who was unlucky was the Han people. Not to mention the King of Jin in Yunnan, the surname of Jinxia and the Zhongzhen Camp in Huguang would not cooperate with the Taiping Army again. It is very 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 deplete the strength of the Taiping Army, allowing the Qing Dynasty to sit in the mountains to watch the tiger fight, and finally take advantage of the internal strife of the Ming army to pick the fruits.

Zhou Shixiang, who had been a man for two lives, knew the importance of uniting the united front and uniting forces from all sides. If the overall situation of the anti-Qing collapsed for his own benefit, or if the war lasted for decades, Zhou Shixiang refused to do so and would never do it.

The King of Tang must supervise the country, and he must be willing to do so even if he refuses!

Zhou Shixiang made a secret decision that if the King of Tang really ignored the overall situation, he could only force him to tie him to the throne of state. Even if he was arrogant and reckless for this, he would not care about it. He was accused of being accused of being accused of the Qing Dynasty alone, which was better than the dissipation and division of the anti-Qing forces.

The King of Tang did not know that Zhou Shixiang, who had fallen in front of him, had no patience. He was still saying: "I don't want my ancestors to die in my hands, so I don't call this prisoner."

Zhou Shixiang looked solemn: "Your Highness still cannot trust Shixiang."

The Tang King shook his head slowly and said, "It's better to trust it or not, have you learned less lessons throughout the ages?"

"The loyalty of the scholar and prime minister is comparable to that of the King of Jin." Zhou Qinxiang emphasized again.

The King of Tang said, "If the King of Jin is successful, who will protect him from his intentions?"

Zhou Shixiang was stunned: "Your Highness really thinks this?"

The King of Tang asked him back, "If you were the orphan, how would you think?"

"The ministers and ministers are not expected, and the ministers and ministers are not reckless. The ministers and ministers' wishes in their lives are to expel the Tartars and restore our China!" Zhou Shiqi cut off the railway line.

The King of Tang looked at him and said lightly: "After expelling the Tartars, will you stop being reckless? Then you will be willing to give up the supreme high position?"

"The monks can swear that this is not the case with heaven!" The King of Tang's stubbornness and paranoia made Zhou Shixiang both depressed and crazy, and he really didn't know what to do to show his sincerity.

The King of Tang seemed to be moved by Zhou Shixiang's words, and stood there silently pondering something. The wife of Tang, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "I heard that Zhao Da, the Chenqiaoyi, had no choice but to do so."

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

Zhou Shixiang knew that Mrs. Tang Wang's words were too bad. Combined with Jiang He's bastard behavior in the daytime, the King of Tang probably wouldn't believe him. He was so arrogant that he kept saying loudly: "If Your Highness does not supervise the country, have you ever thought that the Ming Dynasty would die now."

The Tang Wang was slightly stunned, and then smiled slightly and said, "In this way, I really want to bet on you?"

Zhou Shixiang said: "Your Highness is not a gambler, but must believe in the gambler, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will perish now."

Zhou Shixiang's words revealed a decisive intention, not false intimidation. In Yunnan, only the king of Jin Li Dingguo in western Yunnan was surviving thousands of soldiers. The Jinxia Zheng army was about to be defeated in Nanjing. The local bandits of Huguang Zhongzhen Camp and Yaohuang Shisanjia saw that there were tens of thousands of soldiers, but in fact, a group of mobs were completely a band of bandits. Zhou Shixiang gave them Huguang to them to base them on Huguang, but for several months they were in Huguang like the previous army, and did not pay attention to business. If the Taiping Army did not stare at Luo Keduo, who was sealed Guizhou, the Zhongzhen Camp and Yaohuang Tu bandits would be driven back into Kuidong by the Qing army every minute. Therefore, the Tang King really refused to supervise the country, and Zhou Shixiang did not want to support other royal families. He got up and raised his flags to stand up and stand on his own. Zhu Ming was finished.

The King of Tang's face was solemn. He had no talent or ambitions, but he was not a fool. He savored the threat in Zhou Shixiang's words, and he was a little scared and a little shaken. After a while, he spoke, but it was a good news that Zhou Shixiang had waited for for a long time.

The King of Tang said: "If you want to be an orphan, you must agree to the three conditions for orphan."

Zhou Shixiang was happy. The King of Tang voluntarily supervised the country, which was better than him to force him to tie him up. He was overjoyed and said, "Please speak with your lord."

The King of Tang glanced at the worries about his wife, shook his head slightly, and then said to Zhou Shi: "First, I want Guo Zhiqi, Lian Chengbi two people entered the pavilion, Guo is the auxiliary, Lian is the auxiliary."

Zhou Shixiang had already planned the list of cabinets after the King of Tang, but Duke Xiang of Song was the assistant, and Guo Zhiqi was the second assistant. Now the King of Tang brought Guo Zhiqi as the assistant, and Lian Chengbi was the second assistant. He was quite hesitant. Although he could completely undermine the new cabinet, it would be more appropriate to let Duke Xiang of Song directly preside over the cabinet of King of Tang, after all, there was not much to be scolded. Now the King of Tang was cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot, and asked Guo Zhiqi as the main assistant and Lian Chengbi as the second assistant. This was clearly a direct control of the cabinet. Even if this cabinet was so famous, it would always cause trouble for Zhou Shixiang in the future.

Seeing that Zhou Shixiang was not speaking for a long time, King Tang's face darkened: "What, don't you agree?"

Zhou Shixiang had no choice but to worry that hesitation for too long would make the Tang King change his attitude, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "Shixiang promised Your Highness."

The King of Tang nodded, his face calmed down, and said, "Second, you must send troops to welcome Shuyi back and marry Shuyi as his wife, as the will of the emperor."

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Zhou Shixiang did not expect that the second condition of the Tang King was to make him the son-in-law of the Zhu family. Since ancient times, no son-in-law has made his father-in-law rebel. It is not right or favorable. He smiled bitterly and thought that the King of Tang and Yongli were really from the Zhu family and were still guarded against him. It was a pity that he had to gather a Zhu family girl as his wife in the end. Compared with the first condition, the Tang King seemed to value this second condition more. Although his expression remained unchanged, the wife obviously felt that his body was trembling slightly. Fortunately, Zhou Shixiang did not let them wait for too long, so he nodded and said, "Shixiang promised Your Highness."

After saying that, Zhou Shixiang exhaled. This kind of political marriage was the one he hated the most, but he had to accept it. He was so frustrated.

The King of Tang also breathed a sigh of relief and actually stepped forward to help Zhou Shi meet him: "Get up quickly, son-in-law. Shuyi is my legitimate niece. I have no son, so your niece is like half of my son."

"Yes, Your Highness."

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

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

"Welcome back to the emperor?" Zhou Shi was shocked.

Zhou Shixiang was surprised as the King of Tang expected. If he was not surprised, the King of Tang would be surprised. He said, "Although I promised you to supervise the country, I would only supervise the country and not be called emperor. The emperor was in a foreign country and was a minister. Shouldn't you solve your worries and eliminate your difficulties?"

Zhou Shixiang looked embarrassed: "Your Highness doesn't know that the emperor is in Myanmar, and there are hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in Yunnan and Guizhou. It is afraid that the soldiers will not be able to welcome the emperor back."

The King of Tang said: "Things are done by man."

"The Prime Minister is already preparing for the Northern Expedition to the Southern Capital, and is unable to send troops to Yunnan and Guizhou to welcome the emperor back. Besides, the emperor is in Myanmar now, and it is hard to guess the safety of the emperor."

The King of Tang pondered for a moment and said, "If the emperor is in an accident, you must visit the prince of Emperor Xiaolie in the future to succeed the throne."

Emperor Xiaolie was the posthumous title given to Emperor Chongzhen by the Hongguang Dynasty. There have been many different opinions about the whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen's sons, and none of them knew the specific ones. Zhou Shixiang did not expect that the Tang King would think of Emperor Chongzhen's sons, and he had no idea where they were, so he did not think much and blurted out: "The whereabouts of Emperor Xiaolie's sons are unknown, so it is difficult to find them."

"It's okay, Gu knows the whereabouts of Zhu Cihuan, the fifth son of the emperor. If you can take Nandu, Gu will come to find the fifth son of the emperor. You hold him as the emperor, Gu will be the king of Tang. As long as you agree to these conditions, I will isolated Ma Zheng's country."
Chapter completed!