amaotonovel Chapter 1540: Eliminate the Evils
Chapter 1540: Eliminate the Evils
Chapter 1540: Eliminate the Evils
"After walking and stopping along the way, we finally arrived in Taiyuan."
In Taiyuan City, at General Xue's residence, Master Shen stood up from his seat, raised his glass and looked at his old subordinates, and said with a smile: "It's been several years since I last saw you, brothers. How are you?"
Those who were invited here were all senior generals of Xue Wei's army. Almost all of these people were brought up by Shen Yi. They were quite excited to see Shen Yi and shouted.
"Thanks to Mr. Shen for his concern, we are all fine!"
Shen Yi raised the cup in his hand and said with a smile: "I toast to you all."
He tilted his head back and drank it all.
Everyone present raised their heads and drank the liquor in their glasses.
After finishing the glass of wine, Shen Yi sat down again, then pressed his hand to signal everyone to sit down as well. After everyone was seated, he smiled and said, "Twenty years ago, I led you to form the Huai'an Army. At that time, I boasted a lot to you that I would lead you to achieve great things. More than ten years ago, our Huai'an Army did achieve great things."
He looked around at everyone and asked, "Now more than ten years have passed, have you brothers established your careers?"
Everyone was excited when they heard this.
Xue Wei stood up and said with a smile: "Thanks to Lord Shen, all the brothers present here today have not only established families and careers, but those who don't have concubines are probably the minority now."
One general smiled mischievously and said, "General, you are the most amazing. Not only did you start a family, you also married the princess of Northern Qi. Now your wife has given birth to several children for you."
Xue Wei was a sentimental person and had a good relationship with his former subordinates in the Huai'an Army. No one was afraid of him and they all laughed when they heard what he said.
Mr. Shen also had a smile on his face as he watched them making a fuss.
Perhaps it had been a long time since he had been so happy. General Xue got so drunk that he fell under the table. When he woke up from his daze, the banquet had already ended.
After rubbing his eyes, he saw Shen Yi sitting beside him drinking tea, reading a book quietly.
General Xue rubbed his eyes, stood up shakily, and walked to Shen Yi's side, still with his head down: "Mr. Shen... you... this general..."
"I drank too much."
Lord Shen hummed, and said, "They wanted to come and help you, but I didn't allow them to. I just waited quietly here for you to wake up."
General Xue shook his head. A gust of night wind blew towards him, and he sobered up a little. He said, "You... have something to say to me?"
"Well, that's it."
Mr. Shen looked at Xue Wei and said slowly: "Over the years, I have received a lot of news about Taiyuan. They all say that you are not strict in military management and indulge your subordinates."
Mr. Shen sighed and said, "Mr. Xue."
Xue Wei quickly lowered his head and said, "I am here."
"I have taught you more than once that it is good to cherish old ties, but there must be a bottom line. If the army is rotten to the core, no matter how brave you are, it will be useless."
Xue Wei scratched his head and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Shen. I will strictly manage the army from now on."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "I'm here to wait for you to sober up, mainly because I have something to discuss with you."
Xue Wei's spirits perked up, and he felt that he was completely sober. He quickly said, "Go ahead."
"We have reminisced about the past today and shown our good side to them. Tomorrow morning..."
Mr. Shen said quietly, "You and I will go to find the Datong border."
"I will deal with a group of people."
Xue Wei was about to speak when he was interrupted by Shen Yi, who continued, "These people must be dealt with..."
"I will be more severe. I will send them back to their hometowns if they should be sent back, and I will beat them if they should be beaten with a stick, and punish them if they should be punished."
"Some people have committed serious crimes, and you didn't touch them out of consideration for your feelings, but I will kill them."
"That's why I tell you this."
Shen Yi said quietly: "Because I know that you are embarrassed to deal with many things. I have taken a heavy hand here. In the future, when you want to rectify military discipline, you will have a reason. You can push it onto me. Do you understand?"
Xue Wei was completely sober at this moment. He stared at Shen Yi blankly and suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Shen, I will never push the responsibility onto you..."
Shen Yi lowered his head to drink tea and said calmly: "Listen to me."
"At present, I am the only one who can do a heavy-handed and vigorous rectification under Datong, and I am the only one who can be the bad guy. I have wanted to do this for a long time, but I just haven't found the time."
"I have already drawn up a charter on how to deal with this."
After that, he took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to Xue Wei: "Take a look for yourself."
"Before daybreak, if you have any different opinions, you can come to me. After daybreak tomorrow, I will handle it according to this."
Xue Wei immediately opened it and read it from front to back. When he saw the various crimes committed by his generals, General Xue couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.
As many as eight generals were sentenced to death for their crimes!
He wiped the sweat off his forehead and flipped to the end.
The last name was written as Xue Wei, and the crime he was accused of was lax military discipline.
Twenty strokes of the cane.
Seeing this, Xue Wei knelt down in front of Shen Yi and kowtowed, saying, "Mr. Shen, I have one thing I disagree with."
He lowered his head and said with great sorrow: "Xue Wei, you should be punished with a hundred strokes of the cane!"
Master Shen shook his head slightly and said calmly, "Don't let your reputation as a great general be humiliated. Just give him a symbolic beating. After I have finished this rectification, you must not slack off. Just remember one thing."
"If you continue to indulge them, something like this will happen again in the future. Tolerating these old subordinates is the same as killing them."
Xue Wei bowed his head and kowtowed deeply.
"General... obey your orders!"
Shen Yi nodded, helped him up, then turned around and left with his hands behind his back, also letting out a long sigh.
The garrisons in Taiyuan and Datong can be said to be his most loyal descendants. Originally, these loyal descendants should not be treated so harshly.
It hurts feelings.
And now, Shen Yi still wants to deal with them severely. In addition to his own moral values, other reasons...
One reason is that Xue Wei's troops have reached a point where their combat effectiveness will be affected if they are not reorganized.
Second, it can also be regarded as maintaining the national strength of Dachen.
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The next day, Shen Yi left his two wives in Taiyuan Prefecture, and he brought Xue Wei, Zhong Ming and others to Datong and began to patrol the camp.
In just ten days, among the generals above the rank of a thousand households under Xue Wei's command, five were executed by Shen Yi, who wrote to the court to request their execution.
The other three requested to be exiled.
The rest of the generals who were punished numbered more than twenty people.
This was when Shen Yi held back.
For a group that holds military power, it is too easy to become corrupt and degenerate within a decade or so.
General Xue Wei was beaten with twenty military sticks. For a moment, the entire Datong army was silent.
Wan Zhong, who was stationed in Datong, was beaten with ten military sticks.
At the same time, Shen Yi also selected a number of generals, publicly commended them, and wrote to the court to promote them.
In fact, it's just a procedure.
For the current imperial court, no matter whether it is the Secretariat, the Ministry of War or the Five Military Commanderies, they will not change a single word of the documents submitted by Shen Yi and will approve them as is.
Ten days later, this major rectification of military discipline finally came to an end.
Grand Tutor Shen took Xue Wei, Zhong Ming, and two thousand-household battalions of the Black Armor Army, left Datong Pass and headed north, spending a few days in the territory of the Tatar tribe.
During this period, a large flag with the word "Shen" on it was flying high.
The Tatars, who were always arrogant, didn't dare to say a word and allowed Shen Yi and others to patrol their territory for four or five days.
Four or five days later, Master Shen returned to Datong Pass and called Xue Wei, Wan Zhong and Zhong Ming to his side. The three of them sat down at the table. Shen Yi looked at Zhong Ming and said with a smile, "General Zhong, do you want to stay in Datong? If you do, you can be Xue Wei's deputy."
"I will transfer Wan Zhong to General Ling."
Zhong Ming looked up at Shen Yi, then lowered his head and said, "General, I will follow Lord Shen's instructions."
Shen Yi looked at Wan Zhong and saw that the latter looked troubled. He hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "Then this matter..."
"Reconsideration."
Wan Zhong lowered his head and said, "General Zhong is brave in battle and is indeed suitable for fighting the Tatars."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "But now Xue is inseparable from Wan, and Wan is inseparable from Xue."
He looked at Wan Zhong and asked, "Does General Wan have any juniors in the army?"
"some."
Wan Zhong bowed his head and said, "I have a nephew who serves General Xue."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and thought for a moment, then slowly said, "Forget it this time."
"From now on, you and Xue Wei must strictly discipline the army. If I come again..."
Lord Shen looked calm.
"You two, switch places with Su Ding."
Xue Wei and Wan Zhong looked at each other and stood up together.
"I will obey your orders!"
(End of this chapter)