Father can be an enemy to the country

In the king's tent of the Chinese army.

After reading the bullets, Ping An realized that it was the two Mongolian princes who reported him for the two major crimes of "taking credit" and "asking for bribes."

"They said that they obviously surrendered on their own initiative, but you forced them to admit that they were captured by you, otherwise you would kill them and have their heads to answer for." Zhu Zhen looked at Ping An and said, "You also said that you He asked the lieutenant to ask for twenty thousand taels of silver from each of them, but they couldn't get it, so he robbed them of all their gold. Is this true? "

"This..." Ping An's forehead was beaded with sweat, and his grievances turned into panic: "I can't say it's not true, but it's definitely not what they said."

"What exactly is that like?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice, "Recruit me from the truth."

"Yes." Ping An quickly replied honestly: "Let me talk about the first thing first. That Gaoba Si Timur was forced into desperation by me, so he had to surrender..."

So he told Zhu Zhen his experience of killing the Yuan army that day and then pursuing him, forcing Gao Basi to surrender. He said aggrievedly: "He couldn't escape at that time, how can he surrender on his own initiative? This is forced surrender!"

"Okay, what about Hong Boyan Timur?" Zhu Zhen asked again: "He has already escaped and came back with his people."

"It's not like he came back on his own initiative. It was Gao BaSi who sent people to persuade him to come back." Ping An said plausibly: "Without my coercion, Gao BaSi would not have sent people, so he can be regarded as my victory."

"If you want to calculate it like this, even Naha's departure will be considered as your victory, and you forced the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty to surrender!" Zhu Zhen scolded: "You have been a commander for so many years, don't you think so? Do you know that there are strict standards for determining military merit? It’s far-fetched and you will definitely be found out!”

"I know." Ping An lowered his head: "I am too eager for quick success."

"You want to make progress too much!" Zhu Zhen said angrily: "I think you are just trying to become famous and get dizzy. I don't want to think about the difference between voluntary surrender and forced surrender to those two Mongolian princes. difference?"

"The former is a meritorious minister, and the latter is a prisoner who is allowed to be mermaid." Ping An whispered.

"You still know, you!" Zhu Zhen cursed with hatred: "You force people to be prisoners, will they be convinced? Can they not sue you when they get the chance?"

"If I had known this, I should have killed them..." Ping An couldn't help but muttered.

"You bastard!" Zhu Zhen slapped the table and glared: "If you kill them, how can I recruit Naha to surrender?!"

"Yes." Ping An hurriedly knelt down, bowed his head honestly and said: "The general will realize his mistake."

"You are wrong!" Zhu Zhen said sternly: "If it was just this matter, I could still find a way to help you get over it. But how could you ask for a bribe from them? If I also helped you hide it, this prisoner How can I be a soldier?”

"Actually, the people below want to report more losses to compensate the dead and injured brothers." Ping An said with a mournful face: "I don't want to do that kind of thing, so let them take care of the two Mongolian princes. They killed everyone. , shouldn’t we pay some money?”

"..." Zhu Zhen was shocked by Ping An's unusual logic and was speechless for a long time.

"Does the prince also think it makes sense?" Ping An looked at the prince eagerly.

"There's no truth to it, you're just a muddled fool!" Zhu Zhen came back to his senses and cursed: "When you catch the enemy, loot them first. This is banditry! Even if you don't If you want to claim compensation from them, you have to go through me and Duke Ying. How can you bypass us and go to them directly? If we are like you, our Ming army will become a bunch of bandits!"

"Then I will return the money to them quickly." Ping An said hurriedly.

"Back off." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said, "Then the scolding you received was not in vain?"

"Ah..." Ping An was confused by Lao Liu.

"Oh shit, just leave this matter alone, I will wipe your butt clean, but only this time, not next time." Zhu Zhen cursed and said: "Damn, one or two of them are so careless. "

"Oh, thank you for your protection, Your Majesty." Ping An understood now, and hurriedly thanked him, with a smile on his face: "I just said that Your Majesty will not ignore me."

"Get up, you are my sworn brother, and we have been friends for many years. Who cares about you or me?" Zhu Zhen raised his hand, motioning for him to get up and said: "Don't worry, when the limelight passes, it will be yours." All the credit is indispensable to you.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ping An expressed his gratitude profusely, but his feet seemed to have taken root and refused to move.

"Why don't you leave? I'm too busy today and I don't have time to treat you to dinner." After Zhu Zhen walked back to the big case, he was ready to continue handling official duties.

"Your Majesty, if you do your best, let me follow you on the expedition." Ping An said with a smile.

"Hey, you still have to push your limits." Zhu Zhen laughed and scolded: "I owe you!"

"No, no, it's me who owes you the prince. I owe you the kindness of the prince, and I can't finish it even in three lifetimes." Ping An hurriedly begged: "Your Majesty, please do me one last favor - you know that I ran from Shandong to Liaodong, I came to Daning again, not to get promoted, but to prove that I am not just a idiot who relies on nepotism to get to the top!"

By the end of the sentence, his eyes were red.

"Alas..." Zhu Zhen sighed and said, "Didn't you just make a mistake? It's right for people not to take you."

"He Lan Yu just made a mistake! Isn't he still capable of being a general?!" Ping An said angrily: "Isn't Duke Ying Guo too partial?"

Zhu Zhenxin said that if this was the battle of Jingnan, I would let you go even if you broke the news. Of course, there was nothing he could say. He could only smile bitterly and said: "Although they are all armies of the Ming Dynasty, we still share the pot. The ones used this time are mainly King Kaiping's old troops, so Lan Yu has to go. The same reason , you can’t go, and you won’t be able to fight if you go.”

Zhu Zhen said this very straightforwardly, but it wouldn't work otherwise, because the target was Ping An, and he really couldn't understand it if it was vague...

At this point, Ping An still thought about it for a while, and then suddenly said: "The prince said that I am not the same as them, so they didn't bring me here?"

"As long as you understand." Zhu Zhen wiped his sweat and said to himself that my godfather is really different from others. I just realized such a simple truth today. "The most important thing right now is to unite as one and end this war, so I can't add sand to others." He lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you see that even Duke Ying stayed behind?"

"Oh..." Now Ping An finally figured it out, those things that he couldn't figure out before.