Seek to translate a passage of Zhang Shicheng in the Eleventh Biography of Ming History.

Zhang Shicheng, nicknamed "94", was born in Changting, Taizhou (now Jiangsu). There are three younger brothers, all of whom make a living by transporting salt and seek illegal benefits by smuggling. (Zhang Shicheng) He despises wealth very much, likes charity and is deeply loved by his friends. I used to sell salt to some rich households, and I was often bullied and insulted by them, and some even didn't give money. Among them, Qiu Yi, an archer of Yuan Army, bullied Zhang Shicheng especially. Zhang Shicheng was very angry, so he led several younger brothers, a strong Dr. Li Man, etc. 18 people to kill Qiu Yi. By the way, he also killed the rich people who bullied them at ordinary times, set fire to their houses, and then went to the salt field in the next state to recruit some young people as soldiers. At that time, the salt workers working in the saltworks were too hard and tired, so * * * elected Zhang Shicheng as the leader and captured Taizhou. Rich, the Gaoyou magistrate, surrendered them, but they soon defected, killed Zhao Lian, a provincial politician, captured Xinghua at the same time, and gathered in Desheng Lake (near Xinghua, Jiangsu), with more than 10,000 people. The Yuan court sent someone with a power of attorney for "ten thousand households", but Zhang Shicheng was too small to accept it. He killed Ricky by deception and occupied Gaoyou by sneak attack, claiming to be "King", with the title of "Big Week" and "God Bless". This year is the 13th year of Yuan Shundi Zheng Zhi (1353).

In the second year, Prime Minister Yuan You came and led an army to conquer Zhang Shicheng. He was defeated many times, besieged Gaoyou, captured the outer city of Gaoyou and destroyed it. However, just when Gaoyou City was about to be breached, Shun Di listened to rumors, revoked the military power and official position, and sent another general to replace him. Zhang Shicheng took the opportunity to fight back, Yuan soldiers were defeated and retreated, so Zhang Shicheng was resurrected. Over the years, there was a famine in Huaidong, and Zhang Shicheng sent his younger brother Zhang Shide to cross the river from Tongzhou (now Jiangsu) to Changshu.

In February of 16th year, Zhang Shicheng captured Pingjiang (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) and later captured Huzhou, Songjiang and Changzhou (all Jiangsu). Pingjiang (Suzhou) was changed to Longping House, and Zhang Shicheng moved the capital from Gaoyou to this place. Take Chengtian Temple as the responsibility, sit cross-legged in the main hall and shoot three arrows on the beam as the symbol. This year, Zhu Yuanzhang also captured Qing Ji (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and sent yang xian to convey his friendship to Zhang Shicheng. In a letter to Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote: "In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei Xiao (note, Wei Xiao), not Wei Xiao) dominated Tianshui (now Gansu) and now it is also in Gusu (Suzhou). Being good neighbors and safeguarding their respective jurisdictions are virtues advocated by the ancients, and I admire them very much in my heart. I hope that we can exchange messengers in the future and not be confused by rumors, causing border disputes. " Zhang Shicheng received a letter from Zhu Yuanzhang, detained yang xian, and did not reply. Later, he sent a water army to attack Zhenjiang, and was defeated by Xu Da in Longtan. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sent Xu Da and Tanghe to attack Changzhou. Zhang Shicheng sent troops to rescue and suffered a crushing defeat. Two soldiers named Zhang He and Tang are missing. I wrote a letter asking for peace, demanding that the Ming army be given two million mangoku, five hundred and twenty gold and three hundred catties of platinum every year. Zhu Yuanzhang wrote back and ordered him to put Yang Xian back, as long as he sent five hundred mangoku grain every year. Zhang Shicheng didn't listen.

Previously, Zhang Shicheng captured Pingjiang (Suzhou) and then sent troops to attack Jiaxing (now Zhejiang). As a result, Yang, the garrison commander of the Yuan Dynasty and the commander of the Miao nationality, defeated Zhang Shicheng's army many times. So he sent Zhang Shide to bypass Hangzhou. Yang finished his work and returned to the army for rescue. Zhang Shide was defeated again and fled back. The following year, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Geng Bingwen to capture Changxing (Zhejiang), Xu Da captured Changzhou, Wu Liang captured Jiangyin (Zhejiang), and Zhang Shicheng's army was blocked to the west and south, and its power gradually declined. Soon, Xu Da led the troops to capture Yixing, and then attacked Changshu. Zhang Shide lost the battle and was captured alive by striker Zhao Desheng. Zhang Shide, nicknamed 96, is good at fighting and has strategy, which can please soldiers. He shot down all the western Zhejiang. After Zhang Shide was arrested, Zhang Shicheng was very depressed. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to stay in Zhang Shide and own Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shide sent someone to secretly send a letter to Zhang Shicheng, telling him to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty. So Zhang Shicheng decided to surrender to the Yuan Army. The right Prime Minister of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, Da Zhi Tie Mu You, reported the matter to the court, and the Yuan court named Zhang Shicheng Qiu, and all his officials were appointed according to their ranks. After being escorted to Jinling (Nanjing), Zhang Shide went on a hunger strike and finally starved to death. Although Zhang Shicheng is no longer a king, it still has the same armed forces and land as before. Timur clashed with Yang Wan in Hangzhou and privately called Zhang Shicheng's army. Zhang Shicheng sent Shi Wenbing to sneak attack and killed Yang, so he occupied Hangzhou. Shun Di sent someone to ask Zhang Shicheng for food and gave him a dragon robe and royal wine. Zhang Shicheng sends 1 1 mangoku grain to most places from the sea, which is so much every year. In this way, Zhang Shicheng became more and more arrogant, making his subordinates sing praises and asking the Yuan court to make him king, but the Yuan court refused.

In September of the 23rd year of Zheng Zheng (1363), Zhang Shicheng simply established himself as the King of Wu, honored his mother, Cao Shi, as the Imperial concubine of Wang, set up a subordinate officer as the King, and built another mansion in the city. He made Zhang Shixin, his younger brother, the left prime minister of Zhejiang, and imprisoned Dazhi timur, who colluded with him to attack Yang Wan, in Jiaxing. If the Yuan court wanted food again, it wouldn't give it. There was a man who joined the army named Yu Siqi and Zhongfu, who was from Taizhou. He advised Zhang Shicheng: "In the past, we were thieves. Of course, we didn't have to deliver meals to most people. Now we are courtiers of the Yuan Dynasty. How can you not pay tribute to food? " Zhang Shicheng was furious and pushed the console table, only to fall to the ground. Seeing that he could not be persuaded, Yu Siqi pretended to be ill and ran away. At that time, the territory occupied by Zhang Shicheng reached Shaoxing in the south, Xuzhou in the north and Jingou in Jining. It occupies Runingfu (runan county, Henan), Yingzhou (Fuyang, Anhui), Haozhou (northeast of Fengyang, Anhui) and Sizhou (Xuyi, Jiangsu) in the west, with a journey of more than 2,000 miles and hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers in the east. His younger brother Zhang Shixin and son-in-law Pan are his confidants, Zuo Yi and Li Bosheng are his minions, Huang Jingfu, Cai and Ye Dexin, who joined the army, are his brains, and Chen Ji and You Cheng, bachelors of the Yuan Dynasty, are responsible for secretarial work. He also likes to attract guests and give away many chariots, horses, bedrooms and furniture. Those who live in Hangzhou and the local poor and helpless people are scrambling to take refuge in him.

On the surface, Zhang Shicheng is a man of few words, which seems reasonable, but there is no great ambition in his heart. After the occupation of Wudi (now southern Jiangsu), there was no war in this area for many years. As a result, with a large population and prosperous economy, Zhang Shicheng has gradually become arrogant and extravagant, unwilling to ask about government affairs. His younger brother Zhang Shixin and his son-in-law Pan are more greedy for money. Treasures and ancient calligraphy and paintings are piled up in the house, and I sing and dance every day to make myself happy. His generals also procrastinated and refused to obey orders. Whenever there is a battle, they pretend to be sick there, need a lot of farmland and houses, and raise senior officials before they are willing to send troops to fight. When I first arrived in the army, I brought a large number of maids, concubines and musical instruments to the front line to play the piano and sing, or recruited people who can talk. I don't care about the military when I gamble and play football. Lost the battle, lost territory, Zhang Shicheng didn't ask. Before long, let them lead the troops to fight. That's it from top to bottom, laughing and laughing until I die.

Zhu Yuanzhang's territory is next to Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng sent troops to attack Changzhou, Jiangyin, Jiande, Changxing and Zhuquan many times, but failed to win and had to return. Zhu Yuanzhang sent Shao Yong to attack Huzhou, Hu Dahai to attack Shaoxing and Chang Yuchun to attack Hangzhou, but none of them captured. Liao Yong 'an was captured by Zhang Shicheng, and Xie Zaixing defected and surrendered to Zhang Shicheng. It happened that Zhu Yuanzhang was at odds with Chen Youliang and was unable to manage Zhang Shicheng's affairs. Chen Youliang also sent someone to Zhang Shicheng to crusade against Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhang Shicheng wanted to be a bystander, and clearly promised Chen Youliang, but in the end there was no action. When Zhu Yuanzhang captured Wuchang, destroyed Chen Youliang and led his troops back to Nanjing, he ordered Xu Da and others to plot to capture Huaidong, successively laid Taizhou and Tongzhou (Nantong, Jiangsu) and surrounded Gaoyou. Zhang Shicheng sent water troops from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to rescue Gaoyou. Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the army to repel Zhang Shicheng's water army. Xu Da and others won Gaoyou, Huai 'an and Huaibei, all of which fell into the hands of the Ming army. So he went to Pingjiang (Suzhou) to publish a campaign, listing Zhang Shicheng's eight major crimes. Xu Da and Chang Yuchun marched into Huzhou from Taihu Lake, and Zhang Shicheng's army was defeated in Yishan and Qiliqiao, so they besieged Huzhou. Zhang Shicheng sent Zhu Xian, Five Princes and other 60,000 people to come to the rescue, stationed in the old pavilion, and built five big piers on the periphery to guard against the enemy. Xu Da and Chang Yuchun built ten mounds outside the city and surrounded them, cutting off the enemy's route for providing foodstuff. Zhang Shicheng, aware of the urgency, personally supervised the soldiers and was defeated by Zaolin. Its generals were defeated eastward, Panwu Town was defeated, the landscape grange was breached, the road to rescue the old museum was cut off, and the five princes and Zhu Xian all surrendered. The so-called "five princes", Zhang Shicheng's adopted son, is short and pithy, can jump more than ten feet on the ground and is good at swimming; Both Lu Zhen and Zhu Xian are experienced fighters, and they both surrendered at this time. Xu Da and others informed Huzhou to surrender, and Huzhou Li Shou Jiang Bosheng surrendered and gave up the city. Jiaxing and Songjiang surrendered one after another, and Pan Yuanming also dedicated Hangzhou to Zhu Yuanzhang's general Li Wenzhong.

In November of the 26th year, Zhu Yuanzhang's army captured Pingjiang and built a long trench outside the city to surround him. Zhang Shicheng persisted for several months. Zhu Yuanzhang issued a letter to surrender to him. The letter said: "The ancient heroes had the wisdom to respect the destiny and conform to the people's hearts, and also had the wisdom to protect themselves and their families, just like Dou Rong in the Han Dynasty and Qian Chu in the Song Dynasty. You have to think about it, don't kill yourself and let the whole world laugh at you. " Zhang Shicheng still didn't reply. Many times to break through the decisive battle, no victory. Knowing that Zhang Shicheng was in a difficult position, Li Bosheng sent his confidant lobbyists over the wall to the city and persuaded Zhang Shicheng to say, "What you relied on at the beginning was Huzhou, Jiaxing and Hangzhou, but now you have lost them. If you stick to this lonely city alone, I'm afraid something will happen in the city. Although you want to die, I'm afraid you won't. Why don't you follow your destiny and send an envoy to Jinling to convey your intention to surrender and save the people, then open the city gate and wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's order in casual clothes. It's not a problem to give you a Wan Huhou. Besides, your current website is like gambling. If you get something from others and then throw it away, what will you lose? " Zhang Shicheng looked up at him for a long time and said, "Let me think." So I resigned, but I still refused to surrender. Zhang Shicheng used to have special forces called "Ten Dragons". They are all fierce and good at fighting. Every time I fight, I wear a silver armor and go in and out of the battle. At this time, they were also defeated and fell under the Wan Li Bridge and drowned. Finally, the prime minister Zhang Shixin was killed by a shell, and no one in the city wanted to stick to it. In September of the 27th year, when the city was broken, Zhang Shicheng assembled the rest of the soldiers and fought fiercely with the Ming army in Manjuki East Street. All these people escaped, and Zhang Shicheng was left alone, running back to his mansion in confusion, closing the door and hanging himself. His former subordinate Cho Se Ung saved him. General Xu Da sent Li Bosheng and Pan to persuade him many times, but Zhang Shicheng closed his eyes and refused to speak. They carried him out of the gate and sent him to the boat, so he stopped eating. I hanged myself when I got to Jinling. He died at the age of 47. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered someone to buy a coffin and bury him.

When Zhang Shicheng was besieged, he asked his wife Liu, "I'm dying. What would you do? " Liu said, "Don't worry, I won't let you down." She is building firewood downstairs in Jiyun. When the city was broken, she took all the concubines in Zhang Shicheng upstairs and ordered her adopted son Zhang Chenbao to set fire to Jiyun Tower and hanged himself. Zhang Shicheng has two young sons who are hiding among the people and their whereabouts are unknown.

First, when Huang Jingfu and others were in power in Zhang Shicheng, the local people knew that they were doomed to failure, and the nursery rhyme of "Yellow Leaves" was sung and finally came true. Note: Yellow Leaf-Zhang Shixin is the prime minister, and he loves three treacherous officials: Huang Jingfu, Cai Yanwen and Ye Dexin. They like to eat, drink and be merry, and they flatter people and harm people. Wu people jokingly called them "yellow leaves". Later, Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Zhang Shicheng, arrested and killed three bad guys, and hung their bodies on bamboo poles to be dried by the wind. At that time, people made up a ballad with the word 17 (now called "three sentences and a half"): "The Prime Minister is engaged in business and specializes in' yellow cabbage leaves'. Once the west wind rises, it dries up. "