Rise From the Humble

Zhu Ping'an watched Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian leave together, and walked into the room under the guidance of the messenger.

Zhang Jing sat in the main seat in the room, and there were a group of civil and military officials below him. Some of them Zhu Ping'an knew, such as Li Tianchong, Yu Dayou, Lu Tong, and Tang Kekuan, and of course there were many people Zhu Ping'an did not know.

"Greetings to Lord Zhang, and to all the lords and generals." Zhu Ping'an bowed and greeted Zhang Jing and others.

"Zihou, no need to be polite, please take a seat." Zhang Jing waved his hand, motioning Zhu Ping'an to take a seat.

There was only one empty seat, which was the third seat. In addition to Zhang Jing, there was only one person in front of him.

Zhu Ping'an did not know this person, who was about fifty years old, with a square face and a serious face.

He was the right assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang. This person who could be ranked in front of him must be a big shot.

Zhu Ping'an was about to sit down when Yu Dayou, who was standing behind him, clasped his fists and stood up to greet him, "Greetings to the Minister. If I had known that the Minister was coming, I would have come with him so that I could take care of him along the way."

"General Yu is thoughtful. Please sit down." Zhu Ping'an nodded with a smile.

Zhu Ping'an had just sat down when he heard the big man next to him,

"You are the last one to appear. Little Zhu is really a noble man. You made us all wait for so long."

The big man next to him looked at Zhu Ping'an and said with some dissatisfaction.

Zhu Ping'an, you are a young man. You have only been the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang for a few days. You are so arrogant and late! You made the governor and I wait for a long time.

There are always people and heavens. You are the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang, but I am the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Yingtian!

Although we are both deputy chiefs of the Yingtian Military Department, and hold the same official rank, both are of the third rank, but, left, right, left, left is in front of right!

I, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, sit in front of you, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and my seat and status are also in front of you. When assistant ministers are promoted to ministers, it is the left assistant minister who is promoted to minister, and you, the right assistant minister, stand aside!

Also, although we are both governors, I am the governor of Yingtian, and you are only the governor of Zhejiang. Yingtian is the secondary capital of our Ming Dynasty. The governor of Yingtian is naturally half a level higher than you, the governor of the local province, and naturally more powerful than you.

"Ahem, Lord Tu, Zihou is in Shaoxing, not as close as us, so it is normal for him to come later."

Zhang Jing, who was sitting in the main seat, coughed lightly and explained for Zhu Pingan.

"Distance is far? Yu Dayou is in Zhenhai, which is much farther than Zhu Zihou. Yu Dayou has been here for an hour, but Zhu Zihou is late. I'm afraid that distance is not enough to explain it."

Master Tu shook his head slightly and cited the example of Yu Dayou as a counter-evidence, indicating that distance is not a problem.

"I am a military man." Yu Dayou wanted to explain for Zhu Pingan.

However, just as he started, he was interrupted by Master Tu with an unhappy face.

"Shut up! The master is talking, why do you interrupt!" Master Tu scolded Yu Dayou with an unhappy and angry face.

Yu Dayou embarrassedly clasped his fists to apologize.

Tang Kekuan, Lu Tong and others present looked at Yu Dayou with sympathy and gave him spiritual support.

They are used to it.

In the current daimyo, civil officials are more important than military officials. Not to mention the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and the Governor of Yingtian who scolded them, even civil officials two or three levels lower than them could point at their noses and scold them.

They, military officials, even if they are of the third or fourth rank, have to dismount and salute when they meet the seventh rank county magistrate.

Civil officials are the ones who command these military generals. Promotion, reward, demotion, and punishment are all a matter of a word from them.

Other civil officials are promoted to inspectors, then to provincial officials, and then to governors and governors. These military generals can never become provincial officials, governors and governors.

These military generals are just military leaders who manage soldiers. No matter how many official positions they are promoted, they only manage more soldiers.

Provincial officials, governors and governors are the generals who plan and strategize.

Even if these military generals finally become frontier officials because of their merits and three orphans and five nobles, they have to stand still and listen to their lectures when they meet provincial officials and governors and governors.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for almost two hundred years, and no military officer has entered the cabinet.

After scolding Yu Dayou, Lord Tu continued, "I am not putting on airs, nor am I deliberately making things difficult for the young generation, but the major affairs of the country are sacrifice and military affairs. If everyone does not actively respect the governor's orders, then the governor's orders will not be implemented in the future, and how can we eliminate the Japanese pirates?!"

"Lord Tu is right. I apologize to the governor and all the generals for being late."

Zhu Ping'an stood up and bowed to Zhang Jing, Lord Tu beside him, and all the generals and generals below to apologize.

Then, Zhu Ping'an briefly explained, "After receiving the message from the governor, Ping'an made arrangements as soon as possible and rode here."

"Since Lord Zhu rode here as soon as possible, he should not be so late considering the time."

Lord Tu insisted.

"What Mr. Tu said is absolutely true. Ping An should have arrived about three quarters earlier. The reason for the delay was that Ping An and his party encountered a small group of Japanese pirates who were burning down houses in a roadside village on the way. Ping An's body was As the governor of Zhejiang, he was responsible for protecting the territory and the people. How could he sit idly by when he saw the Japanese pirates burning down the villages in his territory? He commanded the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army who were accompanying him to attack from both sides and wiped out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop. In order to avoid the plague. , and set fire to burn the Japanese pirates' corpses, which took some time, so they came late."

Zhu Pingan briefly described the scene at that time and explained to everyone the reason for being late.

"What? Master Zhu wiped out a group of Japanese pirates when he was on his way?! How many troops were there in the Japanese pirates?"

"real or fake?"

"Master Zhu said that a group of Japanese pirates were annihilated. Is there any evidence?"

Everyone present was surprised after hearing this. They did not expect that Zhu Ping'an killed a small group of Japanese pirates when he was on his way.

"A total of thirty-six Japanese pirates were killed, and their heads were handed over to the front yard for registration and screening."

"The messenger who was traveling with me also witnessed it with his own eyes."

Zhu Pingan said calmly.

"Is it as Lord Zhu said?" Zhang Jing ordered the messenger who had just brought Zhu Ping'an to come and asked him in front of everyone.

"Indeed, as Mr. Zhu said, Mr. Zhu commanded the Zhejiang army to divide into two groups, attack from the front and back, and annihilate the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop. The Zhejiang army's firearms were powerful, and all thirty-six Japanese pirates were wiped out without the ability to fight back."

The messenger answered truthfully.

"sharp!"

"Zhu Butang is so powerful. He annihilated thirty-six Japanese pirates along the way."

Everyone was full of praise.