The main purpose of punishing Liang Ji harshly was to cut off the idea that he would be pardoned if he made mistakes and performed meritorious services.
If everyone made mistakes like him, such as killing colleagues, causing the death of a large number of innocent soldiers, and losing strategic important places, as long as they deserved the crime and made meritorious deeds, then who would seriously guard the important points in the future? land? Who will collaborate with colleagues anymore? Who would cherish the lives of soldiers?
Anyway, having made a fatal mistake, I only need to make meritorious deeds and accumulate all my merits to get away with it. Even if I can’t afford it, I can still suffer less. At worst, I can run away!
This evil trend cannot be encouraged!
Liang Ji had no choice. There were not many generals who were good at jungle warfare. There were too few people available at that time, so he had no choice but to let him go up. Although he was punished after the battle was over, it still felt a bit awkward to punish him in front of everyone. .The feeling of killing a donkey will destroy the prestige of the court, but it has to be done.
The lesser of two powers, prestige can still be regained, but once it makes a bad start in the army, it will take a lot of effort to eradicate this behavior.
"That's why Liang Ji needs to focus on it!"
The emperor who was sitting under His Majesty Dan looked around majestically at the two groups of civil and military officials, honoring the kings.
"However, the imperial court also considered Liang Ji's hard work and meritorious service for Da Qi for many years, and there was a certain degree of flexibility in the punishment, Lieutenant?" After saying that, the emperor turned to look at Jia Hui and motioned for him to speak.
"Wei!" Jia Hui, who had just sat back down, promised the emperor and stood up again.
"Because what Liang Ji committed was too large in terms of the length of his exile, the length of his imprisonment, and the number of military sticks, we decided to proceed in stages."
Jia Hui paused and opened the document he had written himself when he was at the Zuojun Governor's Mansion.
"Divide the exile mileage and imprisonment time into five times. First, it is exile. After being exiled to a designated place, he will be imprisoned in the local embroidery prison for five years, and during these five years, he will be beaten with 500 military sticks. After five years of imprisonment, , and then exiled him for six thousand miles, or imprisoned him in the prison of the local Xiuyi Guards, and gave him five hundred military sticks."
"Slow down!" Yun Yu, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his eyes without recognition and looked at Jia Hui with confusion.
"Didn't the five hundred military sticks have already been beaten during the first exile? Why do we need to fight again?"
"The price in installments is either to be exiled for 30,000 miles to an unknown place after being beaten with five hundred army sticks, and imprisoned for another twenty-five years. Or to be exiled to 6,000 miles every five years, but at least be able to stay in the country The price for wandering around is five hundred military sticks every five years. I think Liang Jiji knows how to choose, right?"
Faced with the only general in Da Qi who could fight against him, Jia Hui naturally would not take things lightly and explained the emperor's punishment ideas to Yun Yu in detail.
Although there is a teacher-student friendship, in order to strike a balance and prevent one person from dominating the family, the Second Saint will definitely put himself against Yun Yu.
Although Lu Guan was also a military attache of the same level as them, his health was getting worse and worse, and he no longer had the energy to participate in this hunt to the west.
As for the two remaining idle governorships, not everyone is qualified to sit in them. If you want to sit in this seat, you must be a qualified general with a record of great victories, one who can reassure the emperor that he can go out to fight with just one command. general. Otherwise, I would rather be free all the time than leave it to a bureaucrat who only knows how to fight for politics.
After hearing Jia Hui's explanation, Yun Yu nodded, sat back again, and stopped talking.
Just now he was just asking a question according to the rules. Similar to the teacher-disciple system on the civilian side, the military commander also has a close relationship with the commander-in-chief's old subordinates.
Liang Ji's previous commander-in-chief left a long time ago, and he has been living without an owner for these years. Therefore, after participating in the Toungoo War, according to the rules, Liang Ji was considered to be under his sect.
Yun Yu was quite happy at first. After all, Liang Ji was one of the few generals in Da Qi who specialized in jungle warfare and was very powerful. Having such a strong general joining his command really made him happy for a long time.
But it didn’t seem to last long. Dongyu made a sneak attack on Lashio, bang!
Liang Ji has become a piece of shit.
Ever since Yun Yu heard that Liang Ji skipped work and stayed overnight in a brothel while drinking, leaving the Lashio deputy general, the local chieftain, and the two thousand Qi soldiers who had been resisting tenaciously in the city, and escaped, he had always wanted to strangle Liang Ji to death. .
So the question just now was just perfunctory, just to keep the face, just keep the rules. As for why the people under my command understand why I did it, there is no value in cultivating those who don't understand.
So, with the martial arts class leading the way and the civilian officials shouting in agreement, Liang Ji's fate for the rest of his life was decided.
. . . . . .
Since July 15th was the Ghost Festival, it was not appropriate to hold a prisoner presentation ceremony on this day, so it was postponed for one day.
After Yun Yu and others bathed, changed clothes, burned incense, washed their hands, and fasted for four days, the prisoner presentation ceremony was also held very smoothly. Wang Mang Yingda of Toungoo looked more human-like due to his appearance, so the Second Saint Company had no idea of letting him enter the Jiaofang Division. .
Mang Yingda was very dissatisfied with this.
The Second Saint also soon learned of his dissatisfaction, so the method of death that was passed down to the Nine Borders and Southwest Countries after beheading was cancelled.
However, arranging a punishment for him became a problem. The two saints discussed it for several days but failed to come up with a result, so they decided to draw lots and let fate decide how Mang Yingda would die.
Fate once again favored Mang Yingda and chose Lingchi for him. Mang Yingda and the men of the Toungoo royal family went to see the Buddha very uneasily, but their wives and daughters were luckier and entered the Mang Yingda Risi. Night thoughts about Jiaofangsi.
At this point, the Toungoo Dynasty has completely become history.
As for the arrangement of that land, everyone in the imperial court was worried and their hair turned gray.
Don't even think about direct jurisdiction. Even the chieftains from Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan in the southwest of Daqi have not been able to return to their native land, let alone the Burmese who are brave and fierce in temperament.
In this regard, the imperial court finally chose the chieftain system.
The Burmese Xuanwei Envoy Department was set up in the old land of Toungoo, and the chieftains were set up here.
However, it is not like the free-range breeding of Xuanweisi in Babai Dadian. The breeding of Xuanweisi in Myanmar is much stricter.
Daqi directly stationed troops in various important cities, such as Taunggyi, Mandalay, Taungoo, etc., rotating every five years.
It is worth mentioning that the port of Yangon is directly under the jurisdiction of Daqi, and even county magistrates are stationed here. The administration is not under the jurisdiction of the Xuanwei Division of Burma/Burma, but to the Yunnan Chief Envoy Si Yamen.
Yun Yu and others also received awards each.
Yun Yu's father-in-law passed on to him for another life and gave him the apricot-yellow python dragon forge. He also gave Zhuangzi a total of 6,000 acres and a total of 600,000 taels of gold and silver.
There seems to be a chain of contempt in Daqi. The threat from the north is always greater than the danger from the south. For the same gains, the reward for killing the northern barbarians is usually greater than the reward for killing the southern barbarians.
Days passed day by day, and since the prisoner presentation ceremony on July 16th, Jia Hui's life has returned to normal.
I go to the Taiwei's house for business every day. After I get off my business in the afternoon, I go to Pingkangfang to socialize if I have any business to do. If I don't have any business to do, I go home to spend time with my wife, children and juniors. I live a comfortable life.
Jia Hui also successfully abducted a blond, blue-eyed, fair-skinned Rakshasa girl from the palace and brought her home.
The emperor was very angry about this, so he fined Jia Hui two months' salary.
After all, they are barbarians from the west, so this will not happen next time!
. . .
"Look what you wrote, Li Mingyi was transferred to the position of deputy general of Jizhen. What the hell did you write? Deputy general of Jizhen? What deputy general? Yours?" Jia Hui clutched a piece of paper. He slapped the table hard, pointed at the clerk's nose, and began to curse.
"But...cousin" the little official wanted to retort, but was frightened into a ball by the anger radiating from Jia Hui.
"When I go to work, I'm going to say my job!" Jia Hui slapped the clerk so hard that he staggered and almost fell to the ground.
This is Jia Hui's mother's clan, and the so-called young talent sent by the Yuan family is Jia Hui's mother's second brother, who is also the eldest son of Jia Hui's second uncle.
Jia Hui saw that he had good literary talent and good calligraphy, so he asked him to stay with him as a scribe.
"Wei! Grand Governor, isn't Lieutenant General just another name for Deputy Commander-in-Chief?" the clerk mustered up the courage to retort.
"This is a document. You must write your full official name! Do you understand?" Jia Hui stared at the official's eyes and word by word.
"I understand"
"Great, rewrite it."
"only!"
The clerk immediately took out a new appointment document from the cabinet nearby and started writing it again.
After the clerk had written down the date, Jia Hui, who watched him write from beginning to end, nodded with satisfaction, took out the governor's seal and stamped it on the document.
This guy's handwriting is really comfortable to look at.
They are obviously all from the pavilion style.
This is the last transfer order. Today, the nine-side review work that lasted for several months is finally over.
Filling his beloved purple clay pot with hot water, watching the heat rising and bringing the fragrance of tea into his nose, Jia Hui lay comfortably on the Arhat bed in the side room of the Taiwei Mansion.
Although Yun Yu came back, the Second Sage did not immediately let him start his work. Instead, as usual, he was given three months' leave.
In other words, there are only three months left for Jia Huiquan to rule the country.
But it doesn't matter. At least there won't be any major changes in the generals of Jiubian before the next review. Even if Yun Yu wants to cause trouble, there is nothing he can do. After all, it is against the rules. There will be no loss of his own power in the army.
What's more, those high-level military positions have never been his focus. Those middle and low-level officers with up to a thousand households are the ones Jia Hui pays attention to.
They are the mainstay in maintaining the stability and combat effectiveness of an army.
Hmm. By the way, what should I have for dinner?
BBQ? Stir-fry? Just fooling around on the street? Or go to Pingkangfang and let those beauties feed you?
Gee, it feels so good to be single again!
Li Wan and his wife went to Huaqing Palace again today with the Empress and the Empress. It is said that they do not plan to come back for the next half month, hehe
Jia Hui was thinking happily, but the noise coming from outside the door interrupted his thoughts.
Jia Hui, who had his beautiful fantasy interrupted, frowned in disgust, but this is the Taiwei's Mansion, the temporary residence of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion. If there is no big event, no one will make noise in the yard. Jia Hui still feels that It’s a good idea to go out and take a look.
"What's wrong? Someone is drinking tea in the side room and I can hear you guys arguing here!" Jia Hui easily pushed aside the crowd and walked to the center of the crowd with an impatient look on his face and took a closer look.
"Who are you?"
"The lieutenant has a good memory, and his eyes are also very good. I am Zhan Guang, and now I am under the sect of Duke Ming!" Pushing away the clerk who was pushing him, Zhan Guang tried his best to put on a good face. He came to salute Jia Hui in a peaceful manner, but in the eyes of everyone, he exuded an aura of flattery all the time.
"Ah, Zhan Sheng, um, the second uncle came to see me, what's the matter?" Jia Hui thought for a moment and then realized. There were too many things to pay attention to during this period. It seems that the second uncle didn't catch Shan Pinren. ah.
"Hehe, Lieutenant, there are so many people here." Zhan Guang laughed awkwardly. What he was going to say was really difficult to say, especially in public.
"Come on, let's all disperse. Everyone came over to join in the fun. Have you finished writing the appointment documents? Go and write them quickly!"
The crowd dispersed instantly, leaving only a few clerks and Zhan Guang standing in front of Jia Hui, holding documents that needed Jia Hui's seal.
After the fifth cup of tea, Jia Hui finally stamped all the documents with his Grand Governor's seal.
The clerks holding the documents were very discerning, held the documents, saluted Jia Hui, and left the festival hall without any delay.
The affairs between the Grand Governor’s family and his second uncle’s family are not a secret. Although the Jia family has kept the specific details tightly and almost never leaked out, some rumors have spread, so now many people know that they are in the Grand Governor’s family. This is especially true for those who are struggling for a living.
This is also the reason why a group of people surrounded Zhan Guang before and prevented him from approaching the festival hall. If the sergeant in charge of guarding the gate today had not just arrived this month and did not know the rules yet, he let Zhan Guang in as soon as he saw that he was a Jia family member. Otherwise, This man can't even get through the door of Taiwei's Mansion!
Jia Hui and Zhan Guang were the only two people left in the festival hall.
Seeing this, Zhan Guang quickly stood up and stood in the hall, saluting Jia Hui respectfully.
As a lieutenant, how could he take the initiative to speak to someone like him who was just a guest?
"Students meet the Taiwei!" The action was very neat and tidy. Zhan Guang knew that what Jia Hui disliked the most as a military commander was being sloppy.
The Taiwei had some minor dissatisfaction with the second room of the Jia family to which he was attached. If he was dragging his feet, he might kick him out without even listening to what he had to say. Instead, he might tell everything in detail. Better.
"Well, tell me, what's going on with the second uncle? Has anyone caught him?"
Jia Hui nodded and said to himself that this person named Zhan Guang is quite sensible, so just listen to it.
He picked up the tea cup and took a small sip into his mouth, savoring the taste of the tea.
"Well, you are no more wise than a Taiwei! Ming Gong, I still didn't catch him!"
Yesterday’s second update…
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