Because the Privy Council requested, the court used Liu Chang, the chief edict as an envoy, to Hengshan, to reward the army. Kaifeng Prefecture took a train to Yanzhou, went to Youzhou through the Baoan Army, went down the Infinite River to Xiazhou, and went to meet Di Qing.

Liu Chang said nothing, he went to the Political Affairs Hall, and then went to the Privy Council to say goodbye.

The guest and host took a seat, Jia Changchao said: "After establishing the country, his military achievements have never been greater than the battle to destroy the Party and Xiang. When I go to Hengshan, I should properly reward the soldiers so that they can fight with peace of mind. When Hengshan is destroyed, the court will have a heavy reward."

Liu Chang bowed: "I respect the order of the Taiwei Jun. When I went there this time, the emperor paid the money from the inner treasury and received a reward."

Tian Kuang said: "There is another point. In recent days, the front-line reports that the party and the Xiang surrender have increased, and the army has many killings. At this time, the overall situation has been determined. Too much killing will hurt the heavens. The edict can remind the front-line soldiers that they can not kill people and try not to kill. It is a blessing for the court to take back the Hengshan area. It should not shake people's hearts because of the war and make it difficult to cure in the future. Now, it will be good for the future."

Liu Chang was silent for a while and said, "Shu said frankly. Looking at the front line, before the Lingshan Mountain was broken, only Qinggang Gorge forced the Dangxiang people to rebel because of the illegal military forces. After entering Hengshan Mountain, it was fine at first. In recent days, many places have suddenly rebelled, and many were killed. Officials discussed, thinking that the military forces there were a little fierce and forced the Dangxiang people to rebel? If so, they should be severely punished!"

Tian Kuang said vaguely: "The court officials do not know the situation on the front line, and everything is just speculation. Before writing imperial edicts, they will reward merits. If they find something that is not in line with military discipline, they can tell the commander to punish them. The soldiers fought hard for several months without any rewards. This time, the reward merits will be the main priority."

Liu Chang nodded and said nothing. Wen Yanbo and Liu Feng said that just now in the Political Affairs Hall. They said that rewarding soldiers is important, but if there is any illegal incident in the army, they should submit the court immediately and not hide it. The ministers in the court were mostly skeptical about the rebellion of surrendered soldiers reported from the front line. They did not believe that Dangxiang was destroyed and suddenly started another incident and caused his own destruction.

Du Zhongxiao coughed lightly and said, "It has been more than five months since the Zhenrong Army was released in September. The front line won many battles and did not reward much. This is the truth. Therefore, when I went to Hengshan, the first thing I did was to reward the troops to calm their resentment. Listen and watch more about the rest, but I don't have much to say as an envoy. Also, some generals of the Dangxiang ordered the imperial edict to return to the court. This is a major event, and no mistake can be made. Destroying the country and capturing their generals is the major policy of the court. No matter what happened on the front line, these people will always have an answer to return to the court."

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

Du Zhongxiao also said: "The front-line soldiers are facing hard battles at any time. They are different from the imperial guards in the capital. They are more nervous and should be more tolerant in the imperial guards. In addition to rewarding merits, there is another thing, that is, the front-line reports that the soldiers have surrendered and caused chaos. Seriously, most ministers in the court do not believe that at this time, if there is no special reason, there will be chaos in the party and the army. If there is a chance for the imperial guards to be issued, they should be checked. However, check it just to check it, and you must not force the front-line generals to act."

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment: "If a general slaughtered the people and robbed the people's wealth, would he just be able to watch?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The edict is not about doing this. Of course, you can only watch it and report it to the court when you come back. The military and political separation are separated, and the court has its own rules, so this rule should not be broken. If the edict discovers such a thing, it should be reported to the court and the court will handle it."

Unexpectedly, Du Zhongxiao told the matter directly, Tian Kuang hurriedly said: "If the army violates military discipline, everyone can correct it. The edict can naturally be ordered to command the commander to deal with it immediately, and there is no need to be too entangled with whether there is power in this way."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "No. Rules are rules, and no troubles can arise. If there are unfair things in the world, they should be angry. To put it bluntly, it is the scholar's spirit. The scholar's spirit is good, but we officials have the responsibilities of the court, but we should not act according to the scholar's spirit."

Listening to Du Zhongxiao's words, Liu Chang's expression became serious. He could hear that Du Zhongxiao believed that it was likely that military soldiers violated military discipline on the front line, but he was not allowed to intervene.

After thinking about it, Liu Chang bowed: "I dare to ask the deputy envoy, what should I do if there are military soldiers who do not comply with military discipline and loot the people?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Finding the commander, telling him what you think, and then telling him that you will report to the court, that's all."

Liu Chang said: "Why don't the commander listen?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Report to Taiwei Di and report to the court. When making imperial edicts, the people who are on the front line are the people and who are enemies are decided by the generals. You can give suggestions when you see them, but you cannot command them to do what they do. This is the basic principle."

After hearing this, Liu Chang nodded and said nothing, obviously disagreeing. The military was vulgar, which is the consensus of this era. How could it be impossible to distinguish such things as looting the people?

Du Zhongxiao sighed: "The imperial guards have been extended from the Five Dynasties, and they are fighting for money. When fighting a battle with the wind, everyone strives for the first place. Once they encounter a headwind, they will have to reward more money. After the founding of the country, unlike the Five Dynasties, of course there are many more rules. For the army, the human resources system is still the same as the past, but there are so many more rules. Of course, they feel that they have restrained them. Breaking Lingzhou and entering Hengshan, Dangxiang has no strong enemy anymore. According to the previous rules, they should have plundered them. Now they cannot do this, but the army has not completely changed. This is a fact, and we must admit the facts."

Jia Changchao was a little embarrassed and coughed, "After several years of training, the imperial guards have strict military disciplines, so naturally they are not the same as before."

Du Zhongxiao said: "That may not be necessary. This attack on Dangxiang and attacking Lingzhou demonstrates the combat power of the army. Attacking Hengshan and defeat depends on their military discipline. So when you go to the imperial edict, just read more and listen more. No matter what happens, it will be handled by the court. You should not have a rift with the generals on the front line. The generals are rough people, so you can kill people with swords, so don't mess with them."

The atmosphere in the official hall was a little depressed for a moment. Everyone guessed that this was the case on the front line, but no one said it, and they avoided it intentionally or unintentionally. The purpose of even sending Liu Chang to Hengshan was mainly because there were many surrenders and rebellions recently, but no one said that.

From Du Zhongxiao to Hequ Road, he won consecutive battles and won many victories, which put great pressure on the imperial guards. In fact, it was not just the imperial guards, but also the pressure on the imperial guards to call the imperial guards. When Du Zhongxiao was training Tianxiang Army, he was on the west road of Jingxi Road and received little support from the central government. When the battle was shocking and shocked, the imperial officials always thought that they could also train a strong army. The army led by Di Qing was trained by the imperial guards in the capital in recent years. It was not only the achievements of the army, but also the achievements of the imperial officials, and the face of the emperor. If something went wrong, everyone wanted to maintain this face.
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