At the imperial meeting of King Shun, Niu Jinxing's view on this case was very simple, that is, the Duke of Qi instructed his subordinates to deal with the rebel generals of the Northern Alliance leniently, and the advantages of this are as follows: first of all, it is to unite the hearts of the army, Wang Qinian, Zhou Xuzu and Ji Xinghui are all the old subordinates of the Duke of Qi, if they are not punished by the old feelings, it may make the old subordinates think that the Duke of Qi is mean and unkind; The second is to win the hearts of the people, after all, many of the Shun army are former Ming generals, and Qi Guogong is really preparing for the future rebellion against the generals of the Shun army; In the end, it is to prepare for war, Niu Jinxing judged that the south was unwilling to make people feel that they were afraid of the north at this time, so they must make it clear to the world that they dare to fight against Shunting.

"I don't know if Master Niu guessed right," Xu Ping briefly repeated Niu Jinxing's words, and said indignantly to Huang Naiming: "But if Gong Qi acts like this, don't blame others for being careful." ”

"This verdict is unjust." Huang Naiming made no secret of this.

"It turns out that General Huang also knows."

"But this is definitely not the family's strict instructions, but the criminal officer has other plans, I guess he wants to develop in his career, so he made such a sentence against his will." After this unexpected verdict came out, Huang Shi and Zhang Zaidi discussed the matter of Zheng Zhilin's last visit to the Qi State Mansion to see, and guessed the thoughts of this criminal officer, Huang Naiming gave Xu Ping a brief introduction to the situation: "This kind of thing is inevitable. ”

"Inevitably?"

"In the past, when interrogating lawsuits, there were often people who did not tell the merits and identified themselves in court - the father was so-and-so, or the teacher was so-and-so, and as a result, they could easily get away with the crime......"

"Isn't this the protection of officials and officials?" Xu Ping interrupted impatiently, he couldn't understand what Huang Naiming said had to do with the Northern Alliance's case.

"That's right, it's the protection of officials and officials, and it's been like this for thousands of years." Huang Naiming pointed out that most of the time, the relatives of officials, who do not need to be high-ranking officials, can always get away with various excuses: "If these people are not too guilty, arrogant and lawless, and have a particularly bad attitude and don't give face at all, even the Qing officials in the drama will not clean them up." In fact, there are even fewer such clean officials in the play. ”

"That's not right."

"Of course not, but no one can put an end to it."

"We have to put an end to it."

"You want to put an end to it, but ...... Okay, I don't compete with Brother Xu about whether your Dashun can be eradicated, I just say that there has never been a dynasty that has ever put an end to it before, maybe your Dashun is very special...... Okay, your Dashun is very special, I only talk about the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties now, why do you protect each other? Because everyone has selfish intentions and is unwilling to offend people who can affect their fate, an iron-faced and selfless Qing official will definitely offend his colleagues and Shangguan, so Qing officials are basically only available in dramas. Huang Naiming said a lot of southern systems before, although Xu Ping didn't agree with it very much, but since it was his brother who was talking about it, he also listened patiently, so he also had some understanding of the southern system, Huang Naiming explained: "This Zheng Tixing is no different from the previous officials, he knows that he can't afford to offend voters who have votes in his hands, so he judges the case arbitrarily with his conscience." ”

"Then why didn't Gong Qi correct it?" Xu Ping said angrily: "Since Duke Qi and General Huang both know that he is acting against his conscience, why don't they punish him." ”

"Because that will make the officials afraid of the strict family and the officials, this will follow the old road of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and Brother Xu must know how the people lived at that time. When the people of Henan changed their children and ate, the granaries of Henan counties could still supply hundreds of thousands of Bianjun troops to encircle and suppress the noble army everywhere, and the governor yamen could also complete the examination of the imperial court and send a large amount of silver grain to Beijing. Huang Naiming once again admitted that he thought the verdict in this case was wrong, but still did not agree to change the verdict: "It is not good for an official to please the people and act with a clear conscience for the sake of votes, but it is not bad to do things with a conscience for the sake of courting officials and colleagues." ”

"Clever words." Xu Ping shook his head and said: "Where is it to please the people, why is he not pleasing the countless creatures who died in the north?" ”

"Because they don't have votes, officials will always curry favor with people who can influence their careers and futures."

"General Huang, you know this, but you don't plan to correct it at all?" Xu Ping barely suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and now the more important thing for him is not to quarrel with Huang Naiming, but to let those who deserve it be punished: "Then hand them over to us Dashun, and we will deal with them, the people of Shanxi do not have the vote of Qi Gong, but they have me." ”

"Jia Yan won't do that, and now he has no reason to arrest them and hand them over to you."

Xu Ping looked directly into Huang Naiming's eyes: "What does General Huang mean that those people died in vain?" ”

This question made Huang Naiming feel difficult to answer, and he said hesitantly: "Jiayan thinks that this lawsuit will not be handled fairly in the south, and Jiayan mistakenly gave jurisdiction to the criminal officer in Fujian, and this will be declared invalid on the grounds that the Quanzhou Criminal Division has no jurisdiction after Shanxi, Henan and other places have their own criminal judges......

"Why all the trouble? Just leave them to me? Xu Ping said impatiently.

Huang Naiming was silent again, his father said in the letter that he would insist on following such a judicial process, although Fujian did not care much about the generals of the Northern Alliance, and they were more concerned about the threat from the Shun army at the moment, but the people of Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places who were sacked by the Northern Alliance must hate them to the core, and they will definitely bring these enemies to justice once they have the opportunity. And the people of Fujian, Huang Shi, also saw that there was no need to exert influence immediately, and when the threat of the Shun army did not exist in the future, the fear of the people would re-examine what these rebels had done, but Huang Shi insisted that he could not openly interfere with judicial decisions.

After a while, Xu Ping suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are still thinking about going back to Shanxi, well, no, you are looking for an excuse, since it is impossible for my lord to return the north to you, then you have a reason not to return these prisoners to me, okay, General Huang is deliberately blocking me, right?" ”

Huang Naiming was still silent.

"In my lifetime, I must see these executioners executed." Xu Ping's pitch became higher and higher.

"Is General Xu threatening?" Huang Naiming's voice still seemed very calm.

"Don't blame me for what you did, it's always been Duke Qi and General Huang who are threatening us, you declare those traitors innocent, because they helped you and relieved your siege, and you still covet our territory in Dashun, just now General Huang is still saying that you will wait until you seize Shanxi and Henan, and then what, how." Xu Ping retorted: "Very good, Shanxi and Henan will not run, if General Huang wants to take it, remember to bring his troops." ”

After speaking, Xu Ping was about to brush his sleeves and leave.

When Xu Ping left, Huang Naiming said behind his back: "If General Xu can't trust us, Wang Qinian and Jiang Pai are in Fujian, and General Xu can also take his troops to arrest them." ”

Hearing this, Xu Ping stopped at the door and looked back at Huang Naiming: "Believe it or not, I don't want to go against General Huang, I really don't want to, if possible, I very much hope that we will be safe in our lifetime, but this time, General Huang, you and Gong Qi have gone too far." ”

……

The good news of the timely arrival diluted the tension in the Shun court, and Wu Sangui and Yu Shenhe won a complete victory in the decisive battle between Chifeng and Lin Dan Khan, Lin Dan Khan's main force was completely annihilated, and he himself was killed after the defeat.

"To have this great victory, the chief Amin and Hong Chengchou of the former Ming Dynasty have contributed a lot." Niu Jinxing proudly introduced the situation to Xu Ping: After seeing that the situation was critical, Amin and Hong Chengchou communicated with Wu Sangui and them in private, while trying their best to persuade Lin Dan Khan to hold on to Chifeng, while covering the Guanning Army and the fourth battalion of the Guards Battalion to secretly approach Lin Dan Khan's royal city, and act as an internal guide to lead the Shun army into the city to wipe out the Mongol army, Lin Dan Khan was also killed by Amin in his palace: "Chief Jian begged the Lord to let him be the envoy of Jianzhou Festival, and if it really didn't work, spare his life." ”

"Spare his life?" Xu Ping said strangely: "Wouldn't we be able to win the battle without their defection?" Why spare his life? ”

"Chief Jian didn't participate in the invasion."

"It's not that he doesn't want to, but because his troops are concentrated in the Liaoxi Corridor to guard against us, to guard the house for the Khan, and if Shanhaiguan or Juyong Pass is lost, he will definitely enter the prison." Previously, Amin's troops also diverted some of Shunting's attention, and there were sporadic battles on the periphery of Shanhaiguan and Juyong Pass: "When you see that the momentum is not good, you turn against and beg for your life, where is there such a cheap thing in the world?" Did any of our soldiers die in battle with the chieftain? Isn't this a blood debt? Who do we go to to ask for it? ”

"I know that the general is in a bad mood, but now is not the time to be angry," Niu Jinxing heard Xu Ping say that he negotiated with Huang Naiming to no avail: "But their surrender has caused us to die a lot, isn't this a merit?" The general can't speak with a clear conscience. ”

Xu Ping frowned and thought about it, and his tone relaxed: "Okay, just spare his life." ”

King Shun sat on the throne and did not make a decision immediately, and as he stayed on this throne for more and more time, King Shun became less and less inclined to confide in his thoughts, and always listened to the arguments of his courtiers like an arbiter.

"Your Majesty," Niu Jinxing said to King Shun, "the minister thinks that he might as well give the Jianzhou Festival to Amin." ”

Just now, Xu Ping was the only one in the entire hall who opposed the pardon of Amin, and now he spoke out again: "Taishi's words are inappropriate, if Amin surrendered two years ago, I don't object to His Majesty giving him the position of envoy to Jianzhou Jiedu, but now he is following the sweat and chaos, and he surrendered at the end of the road, why is there no punishment at all?" It is grace to spare his life. ”

"General," this time it was Zhang Jinyan, who was standing beside Niu Jinxing, who came out to speak: "Amin is a jackal, if you push it too quickly, maybe he will make trouble again in the future, give him a little sweetness now, and let this guy be very obedient to me......

"Lord Zhang," Xu Ping unceremoniously interrupted Zhang Jinyan: "If he dares to make trouble, send troops to fight against him, listen to Lord Zhang's meaning, as if we are still afraid of him." ”

Xu Ping's words caused a buzz, and many people showed dissatisfaction on their faces, Xu Ping looked at the ministers suspiciously, not understanding what he said wrong.

"Minister Xu Ping ignored the country for his own selfishness." As if to answer Xu Ping's doubts, Yu Shi immediately jumped out and shouted, reporting to King Shun that Xu Ping was looking forward to the chaos in the north and giving himself the opportunity to earn military merits, and this is certainly a blessing for military generals, but it is a disaster for the country.

"What are you talking nonsense?" Xu Ping's anger surged, and he shouted at the imperial history: "Why am I looking forward to the construction of the chief to make trouble? I mean, he doesn't dare to make trouble at all, and if he really makes trouble, someone will naturally clean him up, otherwise what's the use of the state raising troops? ”

"The minister *** Xu Ping roared in front of the emperor."

"Minister*** Xu Ping is a Weifu himself."

Xu Ping had never been in front of him in the main hall before, but he had seen the reaction of other people, and immediately knelt on the ground after being ***, took off his crown and kowtowed to King Shun to apologize. However, Xu Ping did not intend to follow their example, he felt that the apology was like admitting the accusations of those imperial historians, and he said loudly to King Shun: "Your Majesty, the minister has no such intention. The minister believes that in order to deter the ill-intentioned people in the country and around us, we need not only strong troops, but also let these potential enemies know our tough attitude. If we show weakness to those who offend us, it will make the world doubt our resolve, and it will be useless to have strong troops. ”

"Alright, don't fight anymore." When more imperial histories jumped out, the high-ranking King Shun smiled and said: "The widow thinks that what the general said is reasonable, and besides, what's wrong with a martial artist wanting to make meritorious contributions?" King Shun also added a special sentence to Xu Ping: "Don't worry, general, sooner or later the prince will still be yours." ”

"Your Majesty." Xu Ping was a little angry, it sounded like King Shun seemed to approve of those imperial history's statements, but King Shun waved his hand and said don't worry about this issue anymore, and continue to get to the point, Xu Ping could only retract the justification that poured into his mouth: "The minister obeys orders." ”

After arguing about this one, Xu Ping felt that he had almost exhausted his reasons, and he forgot what he had thought of just now, and after waiting for a while, he saw Xu Ping silently retreating to the general's train, and by the way, the king agreed to give Amin the position of the envoy of the Jianzhou Festival as a reward.

"And Hong Chengchou," Niu Jinxing continued to report on the personnel handling after this great victory: "This person is quite familiar with government affairs, and he has been in Liao for many years, and the King of Liao wants to send him to help deal with Liao affairs. ”

After finishing speaking, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Xu Ping, Zhou Dongtian's status was lower and his position was relatively low, although there were several people separated from Xu Ping, but he kept an eye on Xu Ping, and when he saw his robe shaking, he hurriedly coughed.

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