Gu Shubai, who was far away in Xikun, was unaware of what happened during the Beili Dynasty.
After Kun Wushang ascended the throne, he helped him unify all the forces in Xikun, and gradually reached the point where the government was smooth and the people were harmonious.
"How about it, am I a good puppet emperor?"
Kun Wu put his shoulders on his shoulders without skin or shame, Gu Shubai pushed and turned his hands, he was pressed down on the stone chair beside him and sat down, he couldn't help but let out a groan.
The imperial garden is picturesque in spring, and the two men are sitting at the stone table in the pavilion, stealing half a day's leisure.
Gu Shubai said indifferently: "If you do too well, you won't be like you. You are still suitable for making troubles, using your mind, and watching the excitement."
"That's not the right thing to say."
Kun Wushang picked up the teapot on the table and poured him a cup of tea, "Now you are the general of Beili and the husband of Yufu. My wealth and life are in your hands, how dare you make trouble? "
Gu Shubai glanced at him, and the latter blinked at him harmlessly.
He looked away, "What the hell are you trying to do?"
"Hey, do you just believe that I will die once? It's not easy for me to be a puppet emperor. Is there any trust between people?"
Kun Wu got up cursing and walked out of the pavilion, without any demeanor of a gentleman.
He had dreamed of this position in the past, and he would no longer have to look at others to survive, and he would no longer have to be at the mercy of his powerful father and brother.
Now that I'm in this position, I don't know that's the case.
With a long sigh, he gradually walked away with his hands behind his back.
Behind the pavilion, Yan Zheng walked up quickly, staring suspiciously at Kun Wushang's receding back, "General, are you worried about Kun Wushang's tricks?"
"do not worry."
Gu Shubai smiled, "I already knew what kind of trick he was playing."
Yan Zheng was taken aback, "What kind of trick is he trying to do? Is it secretly raising soldiers to rebel, or secretly poisoning you?"
As he spoke, he raised Gu Shubai's teacup and looked at it, but he didn't see anything unusual.
Gu Shubai took the teacup away, "If he really poisoned him, do you think you can tell?"
"Then what trick did he use?"
Gu Shubai couldn't resist Yan Zheng's attitude of breaking the casserole and asking the end, so he could only confess: "He handed over all the imperial seals and military talismans to me, which in itself is his trick."
"Is this worth it?!"
Yan Zheng hurriedly said: "Then...then..."
He went "that" for a long time and couldn't tell why, he couldn't tell Gu Shubai to return the imperial seal and soldier talisman that Kun Wu injured to him, could he
Even if he knew it was a trick, it would be difficult for him to stop it.
Gu Shubai smiled and said: "Don't worry, this matter is only related to me personally, and has nothing to do with the soldiers in the army. Now that there are more and more new recruits, you and Yu Yang have to work hard to train more soldiers. You must not just because the situation is one That's great, I gave up the requirement for soldiers. I, Gu Shubai, don't allow bad soldiers."
Yan Zheng touched his nose with a guilty look on his face.
Gu Shubai was about to ask a question, but Yan Zheng said: "What kind of soldier is called a bad soldier? Is it someone who can't hit even one out of ten arrows, or someone who can't beat the opponent's ten moves in a martial arts competition, or..."
"neither."
Gu Shubai gave him a stern look, "If you are not good at archery, you can learn it. If your physical strength is not good, you can start with easy jobs. The Huotou Army is also good. If you are not good at martial arts, go to the clerical or military medical account. It will always be useful." The land of martial arts. The bad soldiers I don’t like are those who disrespect military orders, act recklessly, and harass the people. In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening, you generals must strictly supervise them.”
Yan Zheng looked at him bitterly, "But...what if it has already happened?"
Gu Shubai's expression froze, and Yan Zheng hurriedly said when he saw the situation: "I came here to report this matter, and I just forgot because of Kunwu's injury. It's like this, a few soldiers met outside the city gate. There was a dispute among the people, and a cart of a vegetable farmer selling vegetables was overturned, and a cart of cabbage was destroyed."
"Then what?"
"Then the soldiers reported it to me, and I asked them to apologize to the vegetable farmer and double the money paid for that load of cabbage. The vegetable farmer cursed and refused to comply, but the people watching dispersed anyway."
Hearing that he said that he had already compensated others, Gu Shubai's expression became better, "This kind of thing has never happened in the army, presumably it's because the newly recruited soldiers don't know enough about the military regulations?"
Yan Zheng's expression became more and more embarrassing, "It's not the newly recruited soldiers, but the soldiers we brought from Beili, and they are under the command of General Ouyang. It's about General Ouyang's dignity, and I dare not deal with it at will, so I come here to ask the general for advice." Down."
Gu Shubai got up and walked out of the pavilion, "Take me to have a look."
Several soldiers who committed crimes were imprisoned in the barracks waiting to be dealt with. When Gu Shubai arrived, four or five people were tied up and thrown into the tent. They were very excited to see him.
Gu Shubai saw that it was indeed a familiar face.
Just because they are experienced soldiers under General Ouyang's command, Gu Shubai couldn't tolerate them taking the lead in violating military regulations, "You can tell yourself what happened."
His tone was indifferent, and he didn't give them any more affection just because they were under General Ouyang's command.
Several soldiers looked at each other, and finally one of them said: "General, we know your rules, from Beili all the way to Dongling and then to Xikun, have you ever violated it? This time it was not our intention to violate the order, it was the vegetable seller The old man spoke rudely. We just passed by him, and he called us the idiots from Beili, saying that we only know how to fight and have no brains. Do you think we are angry?"
Gu Shubai frowned, "An old man who sells vegetables, dare to take the initiative to provoke you five tall soldiers?"
The soldier was speechless by his question, with an innocent face, "We are also surprised! But it is absolutely true, we clearly heard him scolding us!"
"Yes, General, it's true, why don't we dump his car? We don't grab cabbages!"
Yan Zheng couldn't help laughing at the side, Gu Shubai glanced at him, and the latter hurriedly said: "General, I don't think they are lying. Think about it, the people of Xikun are tough, and now their entire country has fallen. It is also possible for the stubborn old man to curse a few words without knowing the heights of the heavens."
"Yes, what General Yan said makes sense!"
Seeing that Yan Zheng spoke for them, several soldiers quickly agreed.
Gu Shubai shook his head helplessly, "Even if he scolded you, the other party is just an unarmed old man, why did you overturn his car?"
A soldier said: "At that time, there were many people who went to the market in the morning to watch. We five big men were scolded bloody by a little old man. How could we swallow this breath? We were really impulsive at that time, scolding and scolding But he couldn’t beat him, so he overturned his car to scare him and shut him up.”
Another soldier added, "Who knew that the cabbage on his cart was so loosely packed that it fell to the ground and broke when it was lifted. The old man was scolding so hard that he sat on the ground and cried when he saw the army coming. It looks like we bullied him, we are really wronged!"
Under the rage of being insulted, they still know how to control themselves and not beat others, which is not considered lawlessness.
Gu Shubai was thinking about this matter, and Yan Zheng tentatively said: "General, they didn't do anything excessive, they just accidentally overturned his car, hasn't this already been compensated? Closed, why not deal with it lightly?"
Gu Shubai also wanted to deal with it lightly as he said, but...
He raised his head and looked at the soldiers, "You are all soldiers brought out by General Ouyang. I have seen your achievements in the martial arts arena, and you are indeed outstanding. However, if I look at General Ouyang's face, or I will spare you because of your extraordinary martial arts, how will you let me rule in the future? Will the people of Xikun still believe in our promise of committing no crimes, and will the hundreds of thousands of newly recruited soldiers strictly abide by the military orders?"
"Because you are top-notch, you must set an example for the soldiers below, and you must not make any mistakes. I will not show favoritism, and everything will be handled according to military law."
A few soldiers lowered their heads when they heard the words, Gu Shubai stood up and pointed at Yan Zheng and said: "Today is the quarrel between Yan Zheng and the common people that caused such a bad impact, and I will punish them accordingly. If you don't believe it, you will be punished in the future." Even though I watched Gu Shubai's words and deeds, I will be punished together with the soldiers for any violation of military regulations."
After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and said resolutely: "Come here, drag them out and beat them with 30 army sticks each, so as to make a warning to others!"
Before the five soldiers could react, they had already been dragged out by people outside the tent. Yan Zheng looked at this scene with a frightened expression, lest he would be beaten if he was not careful.
Thirty Army Sticks...
The Thirty Military Sticks in the army are far more serious than the military sticks that Gu Huaijiang could hit casually when he was teaching his children. Even if the soldiers of Gu Hou Mansion beat the children for Gu Huaijiang, they would not be willing to be cruel.
But it is different in the army, the military discipline is as great as a mountain, if the soldiers in charge of execution are not in place, they will also be punished for violating military discipline.
Not long after, the shouts of the five soldiers reached the big tent.
Yan Zheng opened a corner of the curtain and looked out, and saw five benches lined up one by one. The five soldiers were tied to the benches with their coats pulled, surrounded by surrounding soldiers.
Presumably after today's fight, no one would dare to have disputes with the common people anymore, even if they were insulted, they would go around.
Yan Zheng knew how hard the beating was just by looking at the ferocious expressions of the soldiers onlookers. He didn't dare to look any further, but when he turned around, he suddenly found that Gu Shubai was standing behind him.
He was startled.
"Go and investigate the old vegetable seller. If he is really a cynical and stubborn old man, that's all. If someone instigates it, come and report it to me."
As Gu Shubai said so, he opened the tent door and strode away.
In the dead of night, there was still a weak candle burning in one of the military tents, and if you listened closely, you could hear groans.
Yan Zheng opened the curtain and went in, only to see that the five soldiers who had been beaten during the day were lying on the bed in strange postures, giving each other medicine.
He couldn't help but chuckle, and the five people blushed immediately.
"Stop it, I brought you good medicine, I guarantee you will be alive and kicking in less than ten days."
As Yan Zheng said, he asked the little soldiers behind him to come in and give medicine to five of them one by one.
I don't know what kind of elixir that medicine is, but it smells like a cool herbal medicine, and when it is applied to the wound, it doesn't hurt immediately, it's cold and numb.
The eyes of the soldier who took the medicine immediately glowed, "General Yan, what kind of medicine is this so powerful? I won't be in pain right away!"
Yan Zheng proudly said: "This is the Immortal Valley's secret medicine given by His Majesty, and there is only such a small bottle in total. Usually I am reluctant to use it when I am injured, but today it is cheaper for you."
Hearing that it was the medicine bestowed by the emperor, or the secret medicine of Immortal Valley, the expressions of several soldiers immediately became respectful.
Someone was grateful, "General Yan's kindness to us, we will never forget it. You gave us such a precious medicine, and we really don't know how to repay you."
"Yeah, the general is too ruthless this time."
The soldier lying next to Yan Zheng said unhappily: "Obviously it was the old man who provoked us. We apologized and paid for it, and we have to come back to be dealt with by the military law. How can I be convinced... Oops! General Yan, what are you doing?" ?!"
As he was talking, Yan Zheng suddenly slapped the wound on his butt, the pain made him almost jump out of bed.
"What are you doing, of course I'm hitting you!"
Yan Zheng gave him a white look, "You are so bold, dare to speak ill of the general in front of me? Do you know who asked me to send the secret medicine of Immortal Valley?"
Everyone realized it later and couldn't believe it: "Could it be the general?"
"Who else can there be if it's not the general?"
Yan Zheng snorted, "Do you think I got the secret medicine of Immortal Valley from His Majesty because of my decency? This medicine was given to the general by His Majesty, so that he can recover as soon as possible if he is injured on the battlefield. Your Majesty The general himself is usually reluctant to use it, but today he asked me to bring it to you, and you still speak ill of him? Hmph, I am so angry that I want to scrape the medicine off your bodies!"
"Don't!"
The soldiers on the side hurriedly wrapped themselves in quilts, for fear that he would really scrape off the medicine that had been applied.
"General Yan, why on earth is this? The general beat us mercilessly, and asked you to send such precious medicine to treat our wounds. Why is that necessary?"
Yan Zheng sighed, "You don't understand. The general has no choice but to seek his own government in his position. He knows that what happened today is not your fault. You are the soldiers brought out by General Ouyang, and you will never bully the old civilians. Reasonable. But he knows, other soldiers don’t know! Especially those new recruits who have just been recruited, their eyes are fixed on you veterans, learning how you do things!”
"Say it yourself, everyone in the army knows what happened today. If you don't beat you, the recruits will follow suit in the future, so what will we do? Aren't we the same as Dongling's mob rebel army? There is no legal system to speak of, so isn’t there a mess in the army?”
After listening to his explanation, everyone dispelled the resentment in their hearts, and realized the difficulty of Gu Shubai being a great general.
Others only saw him holding a great army in his hands, but they didn't know how much he had worries and how much he had to do.
Seeing the guilt on everyone's faces, Yan Zheng said: "Okay, you don't have to be like girls and sigh here. The general said that you don't have to argue with the people when you encounter such things in the future. A team of 500 people has been specially set up to picket such incidents in the city. If the people insult you for no reason, there will be special personnel to imprison the people who caused the trouble on the charge of insulting the sergeant.”
Everyone cheered up immediately, "That's a good idea! I thought we would have to endure being scolded in the future, and the general has a way!"
"That's right, this way we can protect ourselves without being battered. Let's see if those blind Xikun people dare to curse!"
Yan Zheng lifted his chin triumphantly, "That's natural, do you think our general is a man of compromise? No, he is a man who loves soldiers like his son the most, just like our Master Gu back then!"
Let's forget about this matter, as Gu Shubai expected, from now on the military discipline in the army is strictly enforced, and no one dares to violate it.
And the people in Xixian City did not dare to make trouble anymore, and the relationship between the military and the people was getting better day by day. Kun Yuyang even organized soldiers to plow the fields for the lonely farmers on the outskirts of the city to help them produce labor.
However, when this small incident spread to the capital, it turned into a completely different situation.
"What? Gu Shubai openly oppressed Beili's soldiers in the army, how did he oppress them?"
Taifu Bao was very frightened when he received the secret report. Today, Yun Po was temporarily dismissed from the government, and he was in charge of all the affairs of the government. This letter from the spies was delivered to him immediately.
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Prize-winning question-and-answer session: (Since the previous question was completely wiped out, this time the question is to send sub-questions, haha)
Why did Kun Wushang take the initiative to hand over both the Imperial Seal and the Bing Talisman to Gu Shubai