"The villain's name is Zhao Liangdong..."

"It's him." After hearing the other party repeat the name, Ma Mingfeng's mood was mixed, because he knew deeply that in a short time, this young man would be recruited by the Qing people and then grow into a famous general, becoming one of the so-called Four Han generals of Hexi, and was very relied on by Kangxi.

Ma Mingfeng generally hates such so-called famous generals of the Qing Dynasty. After all, these people helped foreign races to fight against their own tribes. It is precisely because of this that Liu Zhaoqi, who is also one of the so-called "Four Han generals of Hexi", was certainly because of his young age, and on the other hand, Ma Mingfeng did not cultivate his military skills and military tactics because of his future identity, but only allowed people to teach him to study and receive Confucian ideological education such as loyalty and filial piety.

However, Ma Mingfeng also knew that how he let the other party go now is like cultivating a strong enemy for himself in the future, but he cannot kill him for no reason. What's more, if the person's loyal side to the Qing people in the future is excluded, the young man's temperament is worthy of his appreciation.

In fact, sometimes Ma Mingfeng is constantly thinking about this problem. If he encounters such talents, whether he will kill or recruit them. Later, after contacting people of different personalities and identities, he gradually realized that some people do not want to be loyal to the foreign race from the root and massacre their own tribe members. They do not put the interests first like the traitor Wu Sangui. They still have the idea of ​​loyalty and righteousness in their hearts, but what they think is a bit distorted, that is, whoever treats me will be loyal to whom. They do not have national justice in their hearts, but they have the idea of ​​loyalty and filial piety.

If people like this surrender to themselves from the beginning, they may not be unable to gain their loyalty, nor may they be able to accept them, and use these talents to achieve their great achievements.

If you simply look for talents with noble morality and loyalty to the country, that is not without them. However, many of these people are morally noble and do not have the ability to command troops and fight. Even if there are some talents with both talent and virtue, the strength of these people alone is not enough to achieve the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Ming Dynasty.

"So sometimes I have to learn from Cao Cao and take the only talent. In addition to those traitors who choose to betray or are destined to betray in the future, such as Liu Zhaoqi and Zhao Liangdong, who have never surrendered to the Qing army before, but later just surrendered to the Qing army directly, and are barely considered to be "one by one" and cannot be recruited."

Thinking of this, Ma Mingfeng made up his mind to recruit him. Of course, he would be wary of him at the beginning and would only give him military power until he was completely relieved.

So Ma Mingfeng said to Zhao Liangdong: "You boy are so brave. Do you know that these knights now have to clear the road in order to protect the Supervisor from being chased by the thieves. If something happened to the Supervisor due to your obstacles, what a great sin would it be?"

After all, Zhao Liangdong was still young. After hearing Ma Mingfeng's words, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and bowed and said, "It's all the boy who is unknown, and it almost caused the supervisor to have something to do. However, after all, life is at stake. He is also a child who doesn't understand the world. If he does it again, he will definitely choose to save people."

Ma Mingfeng immediately laughed after hearing this. He could hear that Zhao Liangdong was a person who believed in his own right. Although such a person sometimes embarrasses you, it has some benefits. As long as he recognizes a truth, he will never give up even if he dies. So as long as Zhao Liangdong is determined to be loyal to him, he will have no chance of surrendering to the Qing people in the future.

So Ma Mingfeng smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. Master Supervisor is a good official who cherishes the people. He is definitely unwilling to harm the interests of the people because of his temporary safety. In this way, the officer and soldier who whipped the children should indeed be punished."

So Ma Mingfeng ordered people to bring the knight over, declared to him that the army would not violate the discipline of the people, and then ordered the soldier to be beheaded.

But Zhao Liangdong quickly knelt down on the ground and pleaded for the soldier: "I ask the Lord to give me a favor and spare this brother. He is also for the sake of the commander. Although he is a little impatient, he is still full of public confidence."

Ma Mingfeng was very happy and liked Zhao Liangdong more and more because although this knight had violated military discipline, in the current situation of defeat, if he really killed this knight, it would probably cause dissatisfaction in the army. What's more, this knight was under Yang Chengzu's command and had just surrendered to him. Although Yang Chengzu's problem was not a big deal, these soldiers might not have been resistant or even rebellious.

So when Ma Mingfeng ordered the execution of the knight, he had already hinted that his subordinates would plead for him. Now Zhao Liangdong pleaded directly, and the effect was naturally many times better than that of his soldiers.

So Ma Mingfeng followed the boat and said to the knight, "Well, for the sake of Master Zhao Zhuang, I will spare you this time."

Then Ma Mingfeng took out ten taels of silver and ordered Liu Zhaolin to give the silver to the frightened children's family and sent them away.

Seeing this, the knight felt guilty and grateful. He knelt down in front of Ma Mingfeng with a thud and said in tears: "Sir, all villains are incompetent, so he did something wrong. The villain is very regretful. Please punish the villain heavily, whether to kill or cut, the villain has no complaints!"

Ma Mingfeng said coldly: "According to the law, you have become a dead person. But now that Zhao Yishi pleads for you, I can spare your life. However, if you are willing to spare your life, you will not be able to forgive your crimes. This matter is not just over. I want you to stay with Zhao Yishi from now on and protect his safety within three years. I wonder if you are willing?"

Seeing this, the knight could only nod and agree. This not only saved his life, but also repaid Zhao Liangdong's kindness to him. It was a good thing that killed two birds with one stone.

However, Zhao Liangdong suddenly became confused and said to Ma Mingfeng: "Sir, I am just a wandering person here, and this brother is a soldier of the Ming Dynasty. How can he let him protect me? This fact is a bit inappropriate. Please consider it again."

Ma Mingfeng laughed and said, "I have already agreed with him, and he agreed just now. For you, this is just a matter of one sentence, but for us, this is an order and execution. As the commander of a military commander, the order issued by me is like a splashed water. How can I take it back? Even if I really take it back, there is probably only one possibility, that is, you don't have to plead for him, and then I will kill him."

"Ah? This..." Zhao Liangdong was just a twenty-year-old young man after all, and rarely experienced the world. Where can he have an old official like Ma Mingfeng react quickly? He was just surrounded by it for a moment.

Zhao Liangdong considered it for a long time and felt that this knight was an officer and soldier, and he had to protect himself, an ordinary citizen. This was simply unreasonable, unless he was a new soldier. Even if he was a new soldier, he would be able to be treated and protected by veterans.

It was not until this time that Zhao Liangdong realized that Ma Mingfeng had tried his best to trick him, but he had to do it according to Ma Mingfeng's wishes, otherwise the cavalry would lose his head, which was not what he wanted to see.

So Zhao Liangdong said helplessly: "Sir, the villain has an idea. I wonder if you can agree. As long as the villain joins the adult's army, this brother will be justified in taking care of the villain. Otherwise, what kind of morality would be to let the villain be an ordinary person and a protector of officers and soldiers?"
Chapter completed!