I want to be emperor

Chapter 425 I will take you to take a bath in the Mediterranean Sea
Song Zushun knew very well that now that the morale of the army was so low, it was meaningless to continue to resist. Even if the Chu army launched an all-out attack again, and he ordered the army to resist, I am afraid that the soldiers under him would mutiny...

And it's the kind of generals under his own who brought mutiny!
In the past two days, many of his generals, even the commanders-in-chief of Jiangbei's new standard army, have tried his words one after another.

What kind of tone is naturally a tone of surrender.

Some people even secretly advised him to surrender!
Not to mention these generals, even the civil officials in the city, such as the magistrate of Yangzhou, and the gentry in the city have come to persuade Song Zushun several times, saying that they have resisted to this point, and they are worthy of His Majesty and the court.

Now, it's time to think about yourself and your family, as well as the tens of thousands of soldiers and the many people in the city.

Yangzhou City has been blocked for more than a month, and the price of rice in the city has already been sky-high, and ordinary people can't buy rice even if they have money.

Many people in the city have run out of food in their homes.

If this continues, even if the Chu thieves don't come in, many people in the city will starve to death.

This made Song Zushun feel angry and helpless at the same time!
What is angry is that ordinary soldiers and gentry want to surrender. After all, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not defend the land and blame them.

But these civil servants under his command also want to surrender. You must know that civil servants are responsible for guarding the land. Let alone surrender, even if they escape without authorization, they will be prosecuted.

This made Song Zushun very angry. For more than 200 years, the country has raised scholars, and only such a group of things have been raised!
But what makes him helpless is that the civil and military officials are so corrupt, how can the country be undefeated!
Even if he, Song Zushun, was dedicated to fighting, he couldn't change most people's thinking.

In anger and desperation, Song Zushun finally failed, what the hell!
After all, even if he ordered the army under his command to continue to resist, these subordinates would not listen now, they were all waiting for Song Zushun's order to surrender, and many people actually hoped to surrender directly, and then become an official in the Chu Dynasty half-time.

But you want him to order surrender now, and he won't!

He didn't stop his subordinates from surrendering, it was for the lives of more than ten thousand soldiers and many people in the city, but he himself had no such plan.

He Song Zushun still has his own arrogance.

At this time, a young man in casual clothes also came to Song Zushun's house.

This person is not too conspicuous in the outside world, he is just an ordinary second-class secretary of the Hanlin Academy in the Great Chu Empire, and this time he entered Yangzhou City to act as a lobbyist.

And the reason why he was able to come and go freely in the war-torn Yangzhou city was naturally the assistance of the civil and military officials of the Ming court in the city.

The new standard army of the Ming army on the front opened a gap in the defense line to let him in. Hundreds of soldiers from the new standard army escorted him to Song Zushun's mansion. Meet Song Zushun.

When Song Zushun saw this envoy, he was looking at the commander of the left army of the Jiangbei New Standard Army under his hand. He didn't know that this commander of the left army, whom he regarded as his confidant, had defected to the Chu thief.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to bring the Chu thief's envoy to appear in front of him.

He didn't order to kill or anything like that. He still knew the reason why the two armies fought without beheading the envoy, but he didn't think the envoy could convince him.

Song Zushun was an official all his life, and he dare not say that he was deeply favored by the emperor, but he also had his own persistence.

He will definitely not be tainted with the notoriety of a traitor, thus ruining his reputation for the rest of his life.

He, Song Zushun, was not only the commander in chief of the Jiangbei army, but also the governor of Jiangbei. He was not an ordinary general, but a senior civil servant.

People like civil servants, some have soft knees and kneel at every turn, but some are also hard-boned, and they would rather die than surrender.

And most of the time, these civil servants who would rather die than submit are not for the court, for the emperor's favor... they are purely for their own posthumous fame.

Reputation, especially posthumous fame, is very important to some civil servants.

Song Zushun also thought so.

So he didn't think that a mere envoy could change his mind, even if the other party said something about high officials and rich salary, Song Zushun would not be moved by it.

However, the envoy on the opposite side didn't say anything about high officials and high salaries, and didn't even mention the issue of remuneration after surrender. He just took out a map and spread it in front of Song Zushun: "This is the map that my emperor asked me to give to my official." Bring it here, let Master Song have a look at the world map!"

Immediately afterwards, when Song Zushun was confused, he began to explain to the map: "I, Kyushu, China, is located in the east of Asia. To the south is the Nanyang Peninsula and the Nanyang Islands. Siam at the southern end has thousands of miles of fertile land and is rich in rice. Three seasons can be harvested in a year, and the annual yield per mu can reach [-] jin, which can support tens of millions of people.”

"There are Spice Islands on the Nanyang Islands, and the price of spices can be compared to gold. Countless barbarian ships transport these spices to Europe, or to China, and the profits are more than a million!"

"To the east is the Koryo Peninsula. Needless to say, this place is barren, but beyond the Koryo Peninsula are the Fusang Islands. The islands are rich in gold and silver. If you take them, you can get tens of millions of gold."

"The vassals and towns on the island are separated, and the people are struggling to survive. If the Jiangbei new standard army can kill Fusang, it will be easy to sweep the Fusang Islands."

"To the northeast is Liaodong. Lord Song of Liaodong must be very familiar with it. There are Dong captives in it. This is our great enemy in China. Once our Great Chu Northern Expedition succeeds, the next step is to send troops to Liaodong and regain the lost land in Liaodong."

"Liaodong has a lot of iron and coal, which is easy to dig and drill, and it can be used to cast guns and can prepare millions of troops."

"In addition, Liaodong has a lot of black soil, and the black soil is extremely fertile. If we grow rice, we can add another south of the Yangtze River to China, and live tens of millions of people."

Hearing these words, Song Zushun looked at the map and then at the envoy. He didn't know what he was thinking about, but he didn't stop the envoy from continuing.

"To the north of China is the Tatar barbarians. They have been our enemies for thousands of years, and now they are the running dogs of the East. After the Great Chu Northern Expedition, in addition to attacking Liaodong, we will also send troops north to the grasslands to regain their homeland and expel the Tatars. , Take back the land with rich water and grass around Yinshan Mountain into the hands of Huaxia, and use it to herd horses and sheep!"

"The northwest of China is all parts of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions are further west, which is Central Asia. Grazing in Mongolia, Western Regions, and Central Asia and other places can not only live tens of millions of people, but also obtain millions of good horses."

"Take it, and you can get a million cavalry!"

"To the south of the Western Regions is the Indian Peninsula, thousands of miles of fertile land, rich in gold, silver and precious stones, which can support hundreds of millions of people."

"Further west and around the Black Sea, you can reach the Eastern European Plain, where the Wanli Plain is far greater than the North China Plain. If you take it, you can support hundreds of millions of people."

"Continuing to the west, there are Central Europe and Western Europe. Most of them are plain fertile soil. The soil is not as fertile as the south of the Yangtze River. Take it and support [-] million people."

Then, the messenger pointed to another section of the map, which was the east of China, two continents after crossing the ocean: "This place is called America, divided into North America and South America."

"South America has a lot of saltpeter, a lot of trees, a lot of products, and thousands of miles of fertile land, which can support hundreds of millions of people!"

"North America has a more pleasant climate, which is comparable to our land in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to its rich products, it has tens of thousands of miles of fertile soil. Its arable land is as wide as half of China."

At this time, the messenger paused for a moment, and then said:
"If you take it, you can support one billion people!"

When Song Zushun heard these words from the envoy, he couldn't help but look at the world map with his eyes wide open!

How big is this world?
Their Huaxia Kyushu only occupies a corner of the world, at most it is a relatively large corner, and outside of Huaxia, there is an incomparably vast world.

There are lands rich in gold and silver, and there are countless fertile fields.

Just, what does this have to do with them Chinese people?
But the envoy said 'take it', but Song Zushun couldn't help asking: "Could it be that you really want to conquer the whole world?"

The envoy smiled at this moment, and then asked, "Why not?"

"Once our Northern Expedition is successful, we will send troops to Liaodong. After destroying the captives in the east, we will join forces to go north and west, and destroy the barbarians such as Tatar Wacha."

"At the same time, expand and develop the navy and take Nanyang and Fusang first."

"Then dispatch the navy to occupy the strongholds in North and South America, control the shipping routes, gradually emigrate to occupy them, and finally send troops to take North and South America with ease."

"Going west to the Western Regions and even West Asia and Europe is a bit more difficult, but as long as we continue to fight, emigrate and settle down while fighting, and turn the frontier into the hinterland, who dares to say that the western border of our Great Chu will not be the same in a few decades. Atlantic?"

"There are virtuous people in the world, China is like this, and so is the world!"

After all, the envoy slowed down a little, and then said: "My emperor admires your talent, Mr. Song. Our Chu army swept the world, and your Jiangbei new standard army can be said to be the best. My emperor regrets that Er Jiangcai, this is why he sent me into the city to persuade him!"

"Otherwise, waiting for a few days will not affect our army's victory over Yangzhou City."

Song Zushun knew that this was the truth. Even if the Chu army outside the city did nothing now, the current situation in the city would not be able to last for a few days. I am afraid that a large number of troops will surrender one by one in the next few days. Well, even civil servants and gentry ...

Moreover, his subordinates did not chop Song Zushun with a knife, and then used Song Zushun's head as a token of honor.

The people under him surrendered one after another. After a few days, the Chu army might be able to accept the entire Yangzhou city intact.

In this regard, Song Zushun couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to stop it when the battle was over...

You can't let more than [-] troops and more than [-] people die with him, right, and it's still meaningless to die.

At this time, the envoy paused for a while and then said: "In addition, I also brought my emperor's oral order to Mr. Song!"

At this time, although Song Zushun was very reluctant in his heart, he stood up as a sign of respect.

Even if the two sides are in a hostile relationship, it is a fact that the Great Chu Empire has become a dynasty that ruled most of China, and it is also a fact that Luo Zhixue is the emperor of the traditional central dynasty.

And in front of the messenger, it is also necessary to give a certain amount of respect.

At this time, I only heard the messenger say: "Your Majesty said:
"Old Song, I think you are still capable of fighting, unlike Zhu Mingli's wine bags and rice bags, so if you, Old Song, are willing to fight for the living space of the Chinese people and the future of the Chinese nation, then I I can give you a chance."

"An opportunity to lead troops to conquer the Western Regions!"

"The layout is bigger, don't stare at Huaxia Kyushu all day long."

"Follow me, and I will take you to the Mediterranean Sea to take a bath in the future!"

Hearing this, Song Zushun was stunned for a moment, and then asked the messenger: "Where is the Mediterranean Sea?"

The messenger pointed to a sea area between Europe and Africa on the world map and said, "Here!"

After Song Zushun watched it, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Is this really true?"

The messenger said: "The Son of Heaven has no jokes!"

After Song Zushun took a deep breath, he lifted his robe and knelt in the direction of Luo Zhixue's camp, saying at the same time:
"The minister accepts the order!"

(PS: Song Zushun, the only military strategist in the late Ming Dynasty, wrote the military book "Guides to defending the city")
(End of this chapter)