Chapter 225: Absolute reward and punishment

Zhao Xing really wanted to kick Kou Lian'er. His heart was filled with regret and anger. His anger made him speechless. He was afraid that he would draw his sword when he stood in the yard again, stomped his feet, and turned around and left.

In the courtyard, Liao Xiaoxiao was doing housework with Kasili. Liao Xiaoxiao was sewing an official robe, and Kasili was weaving a fan with gold and silver wire. When he saw Zhao Xing returning empty-handed, he looked angry. The two of them quickly stopped their work. Liao Xiaoxiao first asked: "Official, why didn't you see the ostrich feather?"

Zhao Xing shook his head and replied with anger: "A ostrich has only three or five feathers. The ostrich at home cannot be made into a feather ornament. Don't worry... Kasili, what's going on with Wu Xin and Kou Lian'er?"

Kasili stood up, stuck to Zhao Xing's side, and said softly: "That little girl is very hardworking. I want to tell you that the Mizhou black peach transplanted in our yard has been successful. Among them, Kou Lianer has made great efforts. The girl got along with Wu Xin at the beginning of the year. I came to Yangzhou and brought a few black peaches, so she sent Wu Xin to learn to raise ostrich so that the couple can live together. What's wrong? Did they make the master angry? Just drive it away."

There were waves of quarrels outside the house. The maid at the door seemed to be stopping someone, shouting words like "No intrusion", followed by a torn sound, as if a fight began.

Zhao Xing was already full of anger. Seeing this scene, he growled: "What's the noise outside?"

The sound outside suddenly subsided, and then, with a thud of footsteps, Kou Lian'er broke in and bowed when he saw Zhao Xingna, saying, "Don't calm down. The slave's husband quarreled with the slave for a few words, and he had an inconvenience to collide with the master. What punishment does the master have? The slave is willing to bear it all, and ask the master to raise his hands to let the slave and his wife have a place to survive."

Zhao Xing endured it again and again, barely calmed down his anger, and asked slowly: "Why, does he often hit you? How can you marry such a man?"

Kou Lian'er just kowtowed frequently, and her forehead was already purple and still kept resting.

Zhao Xing held back his anger and asked again: "Don't your husband have the courage? Why did such a big deal happen? It's not him who apologized, but let you, the little woman, come forward and he has the courage to beat your wife?"

Kou Lianer kowtowed and replied: "Master, my husband is frightened. He wanted to apologize to the master, but now he can't stand up. The husband is the wife's leader, and the word "tian" means husband. The master wants to punish the husband master of the slave, and the slave is willing to bear it all."

Zhao Xing sneered and said, "It seems that you don't understand the laws of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty stipulates that women fall within the scope of "three no fights". If a woman in the family makes a mistake, she will hit her father's head before getting married; if she gets married, she will hit her husband's head. There is no reason why the husband makes a mistake in the Song Dynasty. If you ask me, you will make a mistake, if I promise, it will violate the Song Dynasty."

Liao Xiaoxiao came over and gently pulled Zhao Xing's sleeve, turned around and said to Kou Lian'er, "I remember you were registered as my family last year. I still remember you are the lowest-paid servant in my family. The Empress (referring to Cheng Azhu) said you have a wink, busy all day long, well-behaved, and very strict, so you are allowed to go in and out of the inner house. This is Turn, right?

I still remember that there are about 5,000 Qingzhou slaves in Hangzhou, but my family only accepts one Qingzhou slave, and that is you. According to the rules of my family, although you have a small salary, you will not lack a pension for pension. When you get old and can't do anything, my family officials will give you a resignation money to allow you to enjoy your old age. Right?

Why can't I understand? Wu Xin is just a giant-mouthed gourd. Although he is smart, I think he is so clumsy and prostitute, and is not a character. Why do you fall in love with that pool of mud? I heard that you are the one who decides it yourself, right?

In the past, we couldn’t control you. Since the great official has bumped into you today, why not just use this excuse to excuse you. The official will make the decision and find another marriage for you. How about it?"

Kou Lianer shook her head: "The master's grace, the slave is grateful for it, but the slave has married his husband and has already owned it for his husband in this life. I hope the master can forgive his husband's rashness."

Kasli frowned and waved his hand: "Okay, what a big deal, let's get out. Tell your husband, don't bother in the yard in the future, the young couple quarreled, go back to their own house to make trouble, and others have nothing to say."

Kasli said this based on Arab culture. Because of Arab culture, the wife is the property of her husband. She can not only beat and scold her at will, but also resell her at will. However, this custom is in line with the laws of the Ming and Qing dynasties and does not comply with the laws of the Song Dynasty. Liao Xiaoxiao couldn't stand it and immediately said: "How can you say that? Beating your wife is a private matter, but it is not allowed in my yard. Since you have done it, you should be punished and ordered the inner master to call her to beat Wu Xin and fine her salary for three months to show her warning."

Kou Lianer was afraid that Zhao Xing would change his mind, so before Zhao Xing could speak, he kowtowed and thanked him, blocking Zhao Xing so much that he couldn't speak. When Kou Lianer retreated, Zhao Xing asked Kasli depressedly: "Why did you bring this woman? Isn't there enough people in the fort?"

Kasli smiled and explained apologetically: "The Queen Mother and Zhi Po were weak after giving birth. Recently, they had divided a large number of servants from Manfu, allowing them to establish their own industries. There were not enough servants in the fort, and I couldn't use Japanese girls and Yue girls. It just so happened that these two people knew the words and said that the officials dismissed the servants in Yangzhou. The slave also thought that everyone in Hangzhou knew their background. It would be better to bring them to Yangzhou and wait for the officials to be Manfu, and give them a background."

Kasli said, gently stroked Zhao Xing's chest with his hands to calm him down. Zhao Xing was rubbed by those little hands and said hatefully: "Why are you a good girl with diligent hands and feet, but you are attracted by Wu Xin's snot."

Liao Xiaoxiao is most familiar with people in the castle. Because she is idle all day long, she likes to practice her voice in the castle. Her status is low, so she is very familiar with the lower-level servants. Cheng Azhu is not very responsible, and Chen Yiyi mainly commands the servants through the housekeeper, so they are not very familiar with the lower-level servants. At this moment, Liao Xiaoxiao has introduced them carefully.

"At the end of last year, the incident between Kou Lianer and Wu Xin was well known in the yard. Wu Xin was the third child in the family. Although he had a good income on the pier, he heard that he spent some money on drinking wine and going out of the tile room. He usually liked to chat with the maid in the fort. He heard that he was a person who could not move his legs when he saw the maid. Kou Lianer was originally responsible for flowers and trees outside the fort. At the end of last year, because the flowers and trees she raised were good, the empress called her to the castle, asked her to tame the black peach, and gave her a set of clothes.

It was this outfit that the Japanese invader Lian'er had a birthday, put on this new outfit, narcissistic life experience in the flower room, and sang a small song. Wu Xin ran into this and said a few words to coax people. From then on, the two got together.

At the beginning of the year, Zhi Po discovered the clues and was afraid that something would happen, so he made an decision to let Wu Xin marry Kou Lian'er and gave Kou Lian'er a gift. However, Zhi Po hated Wu Xin for being too vulgar and refused to allow him to enter the yard from then on, so he sent him to the ostrich garden to be a third-class inner-level (steward).

Alas, I didn’t expect Kou Lianer to be so decisive. I heard that her parents are both useful, and her mother is also a lady from a family. She has been literate since she was a child. Why do you like such a poor person?”

Kasli shook her head, as if she was denying Liao Xiaoxiao's words, she twisted into Zhao Xing's ear, blew gently, and said, "Love is so incredible. Reason has nothing to do with love. Master, if I say this to them, they won't understand it, just you understand."

Zhao Xing vaguely guessed the reason in his heart, but he was unwilling to destroy this beauty, so he said vaguely: "Okay, why don't we go back to the house and discuss this relationship well."

Liao Xiaoxiao's eyes were swayed and immediately got involved: "My husband, I want it too."

The next day, Zhao Xing received a reply from the court. He looked at the court's kindness and reward and was a little amused: "What's the matter? I'm only a seventh rank, but Yi Yi gave a first-rank lady. So, shouldn't I salute Yi Yi in the future?"

Zhao Xing was a joke. The rank of the wife of the Song Dynasty officials was higher than that of the officials themselves. This phenomenon was not unique to Zhao Xing. For example, Fan E, two first-rank wives in the family, only became a fifth-rank official, and he did not see Fan E being afraid of his wife as if he was a tiger.

Zhao Xing complained that Chen Yiyi's rank is higher than Azhu, which makes the order of ranks of the family seem to be messed up. Liao Xiaoxiao is more clear about this in the officialdom. She immediately said: "Mr., the court must have known Yi Yi's identity for a long time, and she wanted to borrow an excuse to compensate. Don't worry, the court will reward the empress immediately. I guess I plan to wait until the officials handle the land reclamation this year, and the court's reward will come down."

"No," although Kasli didn't know what was going on in the officialdom, she also had her own opinions and interrupted, "It was the blessing brought by that princess (referring to Zhao Qin'er). Originally, this princess had hidden his name throughout his life, but now the master has chosen a good husband for her. Every year, he borrowed the master's hand and kept sending some rare things into the palace. The palace rewarded Zhi Po in the palace, thinking that Zhi Po's hometown can treat the princess well. Master, you should tell the princess about this matter quickly so that people from Yue can also be kind to the princess."

Zhao Xing smiled, raised the imperial edict in his hand, and said, "You are right. Since the court's decision has come to arise, I should reward the battle for the bandit suppression."

The battle of bandit suppression did not make any profit. The poor fishermen robbed all the meat, drank big bowls, and had all the flowers, so they were seized very little. Zhao Xing kept some of the land and planned to use this batch of land to reward the meritorious ministers, but the court did not nod. He was a little worried that the officials would be caught in the private division of the land, so he reserved some of the land for urgent use.

If you don’t reward your merits for a long time, others may cause trouble, but Zhao Xing has always been very credible, and the officials in Yangzhou have benefited, so the soldiers waited patiently.

Zhao Xing left the mansion and called Shan E and Wan Qi Yong in the side yard. They rushed to the barracks together. Among the three aides, Shuai Fan had been sent by Zhao Xing to the nearby Gaoyou Army to help Mao Pang train the navy. The remaining two were already sandwiched among the Hangzhou officials and distributed his land in advance. Among them, Shan E had the greatest contribution to the renovation of water conservancy and received a reward of 1,000 acres of paddy fields. Wan Qi Yong was slightly inferior to 700 acres, but the paddy fields he had allocated were close to the canal and had convenient transportation, so there was no regret. The two aides who were in a good mood were talking and laughing along the way, and they still had the leisure to greet Lu Yu when they entered the barracks.

After a while, all the navy soldiers gathered together, and they finally received the long-awaited reward. After one reward, they began to take stock of the results of the battle and punished those who violated the military order in this battle.

The first punishment was the three assault boats of the navy. When it chased into the river, it did not notice the fishing nets left by the lake bandits, causing the ship to be trapped in the net, blocking the route and delaying the pursuit of the subsequent fleet.

The soldiers on these three assault boats were also the bravest in this battle. In order to atone for their merits, they showed extra courage in the subsequent battles, which gave them double rewards.

Zhao Xingyan smiled and distributed the second reward to the people of the three assault boats, then took a step back, straightened his body and praised: "I want to thank you for your bravery. It was you who rushed into the village first and dispelled the resistance of the lake bandits. For this reason, you have received double rewards. It is natural that you come, everyone, cheer for their bravery together."

The troops cheered in unison, Zhao Xing took a step back, took the military merit book handed over by Wan Qi Yong, opened the book and said: "In this battle, you three fast boats do not find out the enemy situation, the light army advances rashly, delays military aircraft, and follows the military rules..."

Several soldiers from the assault boat looked at Zhao Xing with a flattering smile, but their expressions immediately changed, and they could not believe what they heard.

Zhao Xing continued: "According to Articles 7, 23, and 31, beheaded."

A soldier took a long time to recall the taste, smiled silly, and said stutteringly: "Sir, we know we are wrong, and we won't dare to do it next time."

Zhao Xing sighed: "There is no next time... Zhu Jun, why are you still standing there? You still haven't taken action."

On the three ships, more than thirty soldiers realized that they came over. The three of them cried in unison: "Sir, we have made contributions, we have made contributions."

Zhao Xing was very serious: "I have given you a reward for your credit. Are you not satisfied with this reward?"

One of them shouted quickly: "I will give you the merits and the crime. Sir, I will give you this reward back to you. Can't I just want it?"

Zhao Xing waved his hand and asked the hesitant soldiers to come forward to hold the thirty soldiers. The soldiers of the three assault boats were still half-believing and half-doubted, and they could not have the desire to resist. Zhao Xing waved his hand and asked someone to drag them down and explained: "I have not redeemed my sins here. On the construction site, I will be punished for my mistakes. That's all, it's simple!"

Lu Yu was stunned for a long time, and then he realized that Zhao Xing was serious. He hurriedly stood up and pleaded: "Sir, eight discussions, eight discussions! We should redeem our merits and redeem our sins. If you are so angry, you can beat them hard, how can you really take action?"

The soldiers of the three assault boats had been dragged out, and Zhao Xing's face was as deep as water: "My farmer has always adopted this method to govern. Before I entered the seven seas, I rely on orders to be implemented. No one can have the privilege to challenge my orders. Before we set out, we have already said that we are just chasing the lake bandits, but they are greedy for me. Although they have won by luck, I do not expect this kind of luck to be with our army. I don't want luck, I want a real proof.

There was no profit in this battle, so it was because of their aggressive advance. The waterways in Yangzhou existed for one day, and the lake bandits would revive. I don’t want us to win next time by chance. This time we squeezed out the fields from the mouths of all officials to reward the three armies. Next time I am not in Yangzhou and Lord Cai is not in Yangzhou, can we still expect all officials to spit out meat from their mouths?"

The "Eight Discussions" mentioned by Lu Yu is a law, a law that allows some people to trample on their laws with their privileges, and is also a concrete manifestation of "no punishment for the doctor".

The "Eight Discussions" first originated from the Eight Pi in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was first introduced into the Law in the "New Law" of Cao Wei, and has been evolved from all generations. The specific content is: discussing relatives, that is, the relatives of the emperor; discussing sincerity, that is, the old and old of the emperor; discussing wise men, that is, people with outstanding virtues; discussing ability, that is, people with great talent; discussing merits, that is, people who have great contributions to the country; discussing nobles, that is, officials of the third rank or above and those with first rank; discussing diligence, that is, people who are particularly diligent in government affairs; discussing guest, that is, descendants of the monarchs of the previous dynasty are respected as guests of the state; discussing honors, that is, officials of the third rank or above and those with first rank; discussing diligence, that is, people who are particularly diligent in government affairs; discussing guest, that is, the descendants of the monarchs of the previous dynasty are respected as guests of the state;

Ancient Chinese law stipulates that when the above eight types of people commit a death row, the judicial authorities cannot directly judge the emperor. They must first report to the emperor and explain the crimes they committed and the types of crimes they should discuss, and then ask the ministers to discuss the punishment plan, and then submit it to the emperor for approval. If the crime is committed below the "flow" crime, there is no need to discuss it again, and the treatment will be reduced as usual.

Because there is a saying in the "Eight Discussions" that "report merits" is the saying "repeat sins with merits", which means that as long as you make a small contribution, you can despise military orders and laws, and do not obey commands during battles and act according to your own wishes.

Zhao Xing did not want the Yangzhou army to be a casual army. He hoped that no one could ignore military orders, so he deliberately delayed the issue of military rewards until the end of the year. With the help of the imperial edicts of the court, he gently bypassed the "Eight Discussions" statement to build an iron army that was prohibited.

Lu Yu was still begging, and the other officials in the army had already stood up. Some people were wiping their cold sweat and begging for a mercy. I thought that it was not those three assault boats that blocked the route, and the rest of them would probably have to chase after them. Now the people of these three boats were scapegoats. The remaining officers were afraid when they thought about it, so they sincerely begged Zhao Xing to keep people.

When others saw such a fierce scene, they had already compromised. Shan E and Wan Qi Yong on the side frequently winked at Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing did not change his face and savored the tea bowl leisurely. After a while, more than 30 bloody heads came up, and the officers' plea came to an abrupt end.

Zhao Xing put down his tea bowl, slowly put his official robe on his back and said, "Our elite army has been selected since the beginning of the year. We embezzled the funds and paid you several times the salary. We originally wanted you to take the elite army route and train an invincible iron army. You have several times the salary of your colleagues, but my performance disappointed me.

This time we fought only a group of lake bandits, the most advanced ships, the most elite warriors in the army, several times the salary, several times the training fee, and a group of training - disobedient rovers. Fighting cannot be done by courage, but also by organization and coordination.

Think about your fast boats that day, before I arrived at the river fork, all the fast boats chased into the sandbank, leaving only my big boats blocking the river. I said that we won a lucky battle, but you are not convinced. What would happen if the bandits abandoned the boat and landed on the shore at that time?

The river is shallow and the big ship is not easy to rotate. My boat is filled with tincture oil. If I am not careful, my big ship will sink there and block the river. You can't think of any of the small boats that have penetrated into the reeds. You can burn them with a fire and you will be wiped out. It's all because you can sit here to receive rewards today. It's because we are lucky. The bandits are greedy for the goods they robbed and cannot bear to give up, so they did not abandon the boat and land on the shore.

You have enough courage to do so. Unfortunately, you didn’t do so. The battle of pursuit turned into a coward, and even survival was a lucky chance. What kind of virtue do you have to do? How dare you plead with mercy?"

In fact, the pursuit that day could not be blamed entirely on the Yangzhou navy, among which Shuai Fan also had to take half of the responsibility. Originally, he should have sent several fast boats to block the river entrance, and the remaining boats swam around the sandbanks to drive the lake bandits to break through. Unfortunately, he went too deep, causing this disaster.

But now that Shuai Fan is not here, he has been sent to Gaoyou Army by Zhao Xing. Who can these officials blame? When Zhao Xing said that, they were all sweating down when they remembered the scene that day.

Yes, if the lake bandits had the mentality of a hero who had decided the case, they sank themselves on a boat, blocking their way, and then attacking Zhao Xing's boat from the reeds, all the Yangzhou navy present became turtles in a jar, then there was no way to heaven and no way to enter the ground.

When Zhao Xing spoke, he had already thought of the famous "Huang Tiandang Battle" that Han Shizhong fought. He did not remember the specific situation of the battle, but he knew most of the novel plots. He only remembered that Jin Wushu was chased and hid in the lake. He had no way out, but in the end, he organized soldiers to dig a waterway and escaped from the siege. It is said that Han Shizhong had also arranged patrol boats, but the naval officers were casual and careless. He had the opportunity to bury the elite soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, but he lost it in this way.

Afterwards, the soldiers also relied on their merits to atone for their sins, and used past merits as compensation to gently slip through the punishment - of course, every soldier accumulated a lot of merit on his head, making them qualified to ignore military orders in accordance with the "Eight Discussions" law. No matter how much the digging of waterways is, as long as they have a sense of responsibility, history will be different.

"Today I will set a rule here: there is no saying that the Yangzhou Navy team will atone for merits and atone for sins. The merits will be rewarded, and the faults will be punished; the drums will advance, and the gold will be retreated; the cannons will gather, and the flag will be scattered. However, those who violate the fifty-two laws in the army will be punished.
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