At the invitation of the Privy Council, the imperial court sent an envoy to Hengshan to reward the army. Kaifeng Mansion took a train to Yanzhou, passed through the security army to Youzhou, and went down to Xiazhou along the infinite river to see Di Qing.

His Majesty Liu Chang resigned, went to the political hall, and then resigned to the Privy Council.

The guest and host sat down, and Jia Changchao said: "After the establishment of the country, there is no greater military merit than the battle to destroy the party. If you go to Hengshan, you should properly reward the warriors and let them fight with peace of mind. When Hengshan is destroyed, the court will have a heavy reward. ”

Liu Chang arched his hand: "Obey the decree of Taiwei Jun." This time, the Holy One paid money from the inner treasury, and he was rewarded. ”

Tian said: "Another point, in recent days, the front line has reported an increase in the number of party troops, and there are many killings in the army. At this time, the overall situation has been decided, and too many killings will hurt the peace. The system can remind the front-line soldiers that they can not kill people and try not to kill. It is a blessing for the imperial court to recover the Hengshan area, and it must not be shaken by the war and make it difficult to govern in the future. Leaving a little more vitality of the people now is good for the future. ”

Liu Chang was silent for a while, and said: "Forgive me for being blunt, watching the front-line report, before the Lingshan was broken, only Qinggangxia forced the party to rebel because of the lawlessness of the army. After entering Hengshan, it was fine at first, but in recent days, it has suddenly turned against in several places, and there are many casualties. The officials discussed, thinking that the soldiers there were more fierce and forced the party members? If so, you should be punished severely! ”

Tian said vaguely: "The situation on the front line, the courtiers don't know, everything is just speculation." If something that is not in line with military discipline is discovered, the commander can be informed of the punishment of the commander-in-chief. The soldiers fought hard for several months without being rewarded, and this time it was mainly rewarded. ”

Liu Chang nodded and did not speak. In the political hall just now, Wen Yanbo and Liu Xin didn't say that. They said that it was important to reward the soldiers, but if the soldiers had any illegal acts, they should immediately go to the court and not hide them. Most of the ministers of the DPRK and China were skeptical of the rebellion reported from the front. I don't believe that the party is seeing that it is gone, and suddenly it starts up again, and it is self-defeating.

Du Zhongxiao coughed lightly and said, "It has been more than five months since I left the Zhenrong Army in September. It is a fact that there are many victories on the front line, but there are not many rewards. The first thing he did when he went to Hengshan was to reward the armies and appease their resentment. Listen and see more about the rest of the things, but as a messenger it is not good to say more. Also, some party generals were ordered to bring back to the court when they returned to the court. For this is a big deal, there must be no mistakes. Destroying the country and capturing its generals is a major policy of the imperial court. No matter what happened on the front line, when these people returned to the DPRK, there was always an answer. ”

Liu Chang nodded: "What the deputy envoy said is true." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The front-line soldiers are facing hard battles at any time, which is different from the forbidden army in the capital, and the spirit is more tense, and the edict should be more tolerant." In addition to rewarding merits, there is another thing, that is, the front line has recently reported that the troops have been surrendered to make chaos. Seriously, most of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee do not believe that at this time, if there is no special reason, there will be party members and soldiers in rebellion. If there is an opportunity for this matter, it should be checked. However, viewing is just looking, and front-line generals must not be forced to act. ”

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment: "If there are generals who slaughter the people and plunder the people's property, can they only watch?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The edict is not to do this, of course, you can only watch it, and come back to report to the court." The separation of military and government has its own rules in the DPRK and China, and this rule should not be broken. If the Imperial Court discovers this kind of thing, it should be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court will deal with it. ”

Unexpectedly, Du Zhongxiao said this matter directly, and Tian Guo hurriedly said: "If the army violates military discipline, everyone can correct it." Naturally, the commander can order the commander of the army and deal with it immediately, so there is no need to be too entangled in whether there is power or not. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "No." Rules are rules, and no more complications should be made. There are injustices in the world, and it should be angry, to put it bluntly, it is the anger of the book business. The bookish atmosphere is good, but we officials have the duties of the imperial court, but we cannot act according to the bookish atmosphere. ”

Listening to Du Zhongxiao's words, Liu Chang's face became serious. He could hear that Du Zhongxiao believed that there was likely to be a violation of military discipline by soldiers on the front line, but he was not allowed to interfere.

After thinking about it, Liu Chang arched his hand: "Dare to ask the deputy envoy, what should I do if there are soldiers who do not obey military discipline and rob the people?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Find his commander, tell him what you think, and then tell him that you will report to the court, that's all." ”

Liu Chang said: "If the commander doesn't listen? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Report to Captain Di, and report to the court at the same time." In the front line, it is up to the generals to decide who are the people and who are the enemies. You see that you can give advice, but you can't dictate what they do, that's the basic principle. ”

Hearing this, Liu Chang nodded and did not speak again, obviously disagreeing in his heart. The army is vulgar, it is the consensus of this era, how can it be impossible to distinguish such a thing as robbing the people?

Du Zhongxiao sighed: "The forbidden army has been extended since the fifth generation, and it is fighting for money. When fighting a good wind, everyone competes to be the first, and when there is a headwind, they will reward more money. After the founding of the country, unlike the Five Dynasties, of course, there were many more rules. As far as the military is concerned, the manpower system is still the same as it was back then, but there are so many rules, of course, they feel restricted. Breaking Lingzhou and entering Hengshan, the party has no strong enemies, and according to the previous rules, they should be allowed to plunder. We can't do that now, but the army hasn't completely changed itself, and that's a fact, and we have to admit it. ”

Jia Changchao was a little embarrassed, coughed and said: "After several years of training, the forbidden army has strict military discipline, so naturally it is not the same as before." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's not necessarily. In this attack on the party, the attack on Lingzhou shows the combat power of the army, and the defeat depends on their military discipline. Therefore, as long as you watch and listen more, no matter what happens, it will be dealt with by the imperial court, and you must not have a disagreement with the generals on the front line. The generals are rough men, and they kill people with knives, so don't mess with them. ”

When these words came out, the atmosphere in the official hall was a little depressing for a while. Everyone guessed that the front line was like this, but no one said it, intentionally or unintentionally. Even the purpose of sending Liu Chang to Hengshan was mainly because there had been a lot of troops to make trouble recently, but no one said so.

From Du Zhongxiao to Hequ Road, successive victories and brilliant military achievements have put great pressure on the forbidden army. In fact, not only the forbidden army, but also the pressure on the court officials is not small. When Du Zhongxiao was training the Tianxiang Army, he was located on Jingxi Road and did not receive much support from the central government. When the First World War was amazing and shocked, the court officials always thought that they could also train a strong army. The army led by Di Qing has been trained by the forbidden army in the capital in recent years, not only the achievements of the army, but also the achievements of the court officials, and the face of the emperor. Something went wrong, and everyone still wanted to keep this face.

Looking at everyone, Du Zhongxiao said: "After all, the party is a small country, and after it is destroyed, we are facing the Khitan." If the army can't be renewed, how can it fight the Khitan? From Zhenrong Army to Lingzhou, but hundreds of miles, the battle was not smooth. Hundreds of miles in the Khitan is just the distance between the two states, and there are thousands of miles between the two places. The problem of the army, if you don't see it clearly in the first battle of the party, you can't always fight against the Khitan, and if you don't say it's okay, it won't work. As long as you take a look and listen to it, if there are any problems in the army, you can make follow-up corrections. ”