Chapter 656: The Punishment of the Axe
Recognize the character or not, this is the tradition of the Qin army, although a general who has commanded the army for many years, more or less will cultivate a group of his own cronies, at the very least, the short soldiers around him are loyal, the father of the former child, Chang'an Jun Chengcheng rebelled against Qin, and his 4,000 soldiers who were garrisoned and retained rebelled together.
But Jia He has been unpopular for a long time, and the morale of his short-range guards is not much higher. In the camp, they were surrounded by the commander Xin Yi, and when they saw the new commander and the prison army coming by car, they shouted something, saying that their general Jia had been arrested for breaking the law, and the rest were innocent.
"He is worthy of being the son of General Xin Sheng, and he has the style of a general."
Heifu praised Xin Yi, the lieutenant from Guanzhong, is also a disciple of the general, his father Xin Sheng, once served as Wang Qian's deputy general, in the west of Yishui to break the Yan army, but unfortunately before Qin ruled the world, he died young, Xin Yi inherited the lord of the middle watch.
After controlling the situation, Heifu immediately appointed Xin Yi as the general of the Middle Route Army, sent troops to control the entire Chenxian County, pacified the soldiers, and the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the battalions heard that they were forced to build roads, and Jia He, who went south, was dismissed, and they all cheered.
After stabilizing the situation, Heifu made another decision.
"Junhou is saying that he is going to kill Jia He now?"
Ziying was a little panicked, he only captured Jia He with his front foot, and he was going to kill him with his back foot, it was too hasty......
Although in the Qin army, the superiors have the power to execute the subordinates, and the left and right generals have to punish the generals of 10,000 people, and the generals are all punished! In addition to supervising the army, as long as the general has a reason, he can kill at will!
It is the duty of the military supervisor to judge whether the reasons are reasonable and legitimate.
Ziying pondered his tone: "Although Jia He has the crimes of being a national thief, a military thief, and not being straightforward, he is a right guard after all, and his title is not low, even if he is not sent back to Xianyang for trial, at least he must write to inform the Marquis of Changwu, right?" ”
Such an important matter, Ziying did not dare to deal with it without authorization, after all, the old man of Changwu Hou, who was in Jiangling to set up a wine high meeting, was the supervisor of the Eight Classics.
Heifu shook his head and said: "Xianyang replied to the letter for half a year, and Jiangling replied to the letter for two months, and the prison army thinks that the grievances of the soldiers of the Chenxian battalion can still endure for so long?" ”
"There is a saying in "Wei Xuanzi", whoever punishes him, so Ming Wu is also. Whoever kills one man and three armies are shaken, kill him; Kill one person and all people are happy, kill him. ”
"And he said, "If you kill it, even if it is valuable, you must kill it, and you will be punished; Those who appreciate cows and horses are also rewarding the indecent. ”
In addition to his black husband, there are also children and babies in the army, whose head is more valuable than Jia He?
"Tens of thousands of soldiers have been grudging for a long time, and today we need to have a happy vent, just arresting Jia He is not enough, I want to use his head to appease the army. Jia He will die today, so there is no need to be embarrassed by the prison army, I will decide this matter alone! ”
Ziying still wanted to persuade him, but Heifu shouted: "Licang! ”
"Yui!"
"Go to the cart and get the axe given by His Majesty!"
After a short time, Li Cang took a few people with him and took the heavy axe that Heifu was going to pull wherever he went.
But I saw that it was a bronze Yue, the shape was exaggerated, the blade was nearly a foot long, the body of the Yue was carved with a bird and a swimming dragon, and it was also decorated with gold, and the handle was made of elm, which looked very heavy, and had to be carried by two people, and carefully served.
They don't dare to bump into it, on weekdays, this Yue has to be placed on a special chariot, and someone takes care of it every day, wiping off the patina that grows after coming to the south, because this is a gift from the emperor, and it is also a symbol of Heifu's killing power of the general of the Southern Expedition.
Seeing this bronze Yue, even the children of the royal nobles had to bow down solemnly, and for a while, everyone in the room, only Heifu stood.
He paced forward, his fingertips touching the axe, cold to the bone.
"Half a year ago, Your Majesty was in Jieshi Palace, first named me a marquis, and then worshiped me as a general."
Hefyu remembers the situation of that day, which can really be described as the peak of his life.
"Your Majesty said that the safety of the society is in danger, once the general is in the general, the more restless he is today, and he is willing to respond to the general's commander, so he will be named Hou Changnan and Changda Southern Xinjiang."
The power of the Qin Dynasty was inflated, and although there was no altar to worship the generals, it was also an extremely important ceremony, and it was not sloppy at all, and it was tossed for several days.
"Since I have been ordered, Your Majesty has also ordered Taishi to divinate and fast, bathe and fast for three days, drill the armor of the spirit turtle, and calculate the auspicious day, so as to give me an axe. On that day, His Majesty stood at the gate of the Jieshi Palace, facing the west, while I bowed to the north. ”
Heifu smiled: "Your Majesty personally took the head of the horse, gave me the handle, and said: 'From now on, the one who goes up to heaven will be the general.'" 'Handle the axe again, give me the blade, and say: 'Whoever goes down to the abyss from now on, the general will rule it!' ’”
"Thieves and enemy chieftains, those who do not respect the king, the general will punish them with this, and the three armies will be punished by the generals, and those who do not obey the generals will be beheaded by the generals!"
These powers were handed over to the general by Qin Shi Huang himself, and this axe is Heifu's Shangfang sword!
Heifu turned his head, the general who had always been amiable, with the pride of a handsome man in his eyes, he looked down at Ziying, and his voice was unquestionable:
"Dare to ask the prison army, today, can the general have the right to kill Jia He?"
Ziying was speechless: "But also, please ask the general to decide himself!" ”
Heifu has the power to go his own way and kill the generals, and his son also has the power to return everything that happened today to Xianyang!
This is the balance between the generals and the overseers.
No longer hesitating, Heifu wrote the wooden coupons, and finally stamped his seal as the general of the Southern Expedition, asked Sangmu to bring Jia He here, and looked at Li Cang, who was difficult to suppress his emotions.
His cheeks flushed, and he was fascinated by the way the black man was talking.
This kid, who has been in Yuzhang for a long time, has never seen too much of the world, is so excited, looking at Heifu's eyes, full of admiration.
It doesn't matter, in the future, you will see the bigger scene.
Heifu gently threw out the wooden coupon: "Li Cang, go and inform Xin Yi, gather the three armies, and I will behead Jia He in front of everyone!" ”
"No!"
Li Cang was ecstatic in his heart, took the talisman and ran out, and said secretly in his heart:
"Sure enough, my father is right, Changnanhou is quite protective, and he can't see the old department being bullied!"
……
"Come and see, come and see, the new general is going to sentence Jia He and behead him!"
"Really?"
"If you don't believe it, go and see, Captain Xin has an order, everyone has to go."
"Didn't Captain Xin listen to General Jia the most? I love to follow everywhere. ”
"The general is bigger than the general, who do you say he listens to? The tun chief urged, let's go! ”
The next day, under the city of Chenxian, more than 20,000 people stationed here were summoned by Xin Yi to the open space outside the city and looked up at the exciting verdict.
At the head of the city, Heifu's yellow-toothed handsome flag was hung high, he changed into a general's attire, wearing a crane crown on his head, wearing a striking Zhu Xuan two-color armor, with a solemn expression, standing by the sword, standing in a place where everyone could see, his eyes were stern and ruthless, just like the general figurines of Lishan Mausoleum.
And Ziying and Xin Yi and other generals stood on the side, standing like minions, their eyes thoughtful.
"This is the real general."
The soldiers below saw that Heifu was burly and majestic, and couldn't help but boast: "It's not like that fake general." ”
Heifu issued a sentence against Jia He, and every time he said a word, dozens of sturdy guards repeated it loudly, so that tens of thousands of people in the city could hear it.
"The general said that Jia He, as a general, commanded 40,000 soldiers and civilians, and captured South Vietnam, but he failed His Majesty's high expectations."
"Defeated in battle, fleeing from the ground, abandoning the army and fleeing first, even falsely reporting and beheading, guilty of injustice, mistreating soldiers and servants, having the truth of greed and despised, and having no heart for love."
"Count the crimes and take the blame, and you should be killed!"
Every word he said would trigger a tsunami of cheers from the mountains under the city, whether it was the Qin pawn in Guanzhong or the servant of Chudi, they were all very happy to hear that this general Jia, who had cruelly controlled them for more than two years, was going to be killed.
I don't know how many times, when they complained that they had completed their term of service and should return, they would scold their superiors again.
At first, he scolded the tun chief and the hundred chiefs he brought, but later found that these petty officials couldn't be the masters, so they scolded higher and higher.
In the end, all the resentment was concentrated on Jia He......
Not everyone's consciousness can be so high that they dare to scold the court and the emperor.
Usually they dare not speak out, but fleeing also happens from time to time, but now it is good, someone finally comes to vent for them! It's a pleasure!
Amid the cheers, Heifu gave the order, and several of the guards dragged the prisoner, dressed in ochre clothes, to the city wall, and pressed his head against the dark hardwood.
Seeing Jia He, if it weren't for the 1,000 Changsha soldiers brought by Heifu to stop him, there would have been people below him who would have thrown stones at him.
Heifu stepped forward and looked down on Jia He.
"Jia He, what else do you have to say?"
Jia He raised his head and showed a miserable smile.
"I am defeated, I am a lost teacher, I am throwing the old department of Changnan Hou in South Vietnam, and I deserve to die according to the law, but I pity my wife and children in Xianyang, and I will also be affected."
"But I also want to conquer Lingnan for Your Majesty, and I don't dare to slack off, if I slacken, I am afraid that I will be recalled long ago. The general beheaded me today, I am afraid that he wanted me to be a scapegoat to settle the grievances of the three armies. But even if I die, General, you must obey Your Majesty's orders and drive them over the Five Ridges and into the wilderness, and at that time, they will complain about you, General! ”
Heifu nodded: "You've been confused for so long, but you can understand it once." ”
Without further ado, after Heifu personally took it and stood up, there was a man-high axe, both hands on the handle, and said loudly: "Today, I will personally add the punishment of your axe!" ”
After speaking, he raised the axe above his head, and with a sharp swing, he neatly cut off Jia He's head.
Blood splattered, sprinkled on the city, dripping on the soldiers who looked up at the city, just like the little red plum on the Meiling in Lingnan!
"Well killed!"
The cheers and shouts were incessant, and the tiles of the city trembled, and in the hearts of this group of soldiers and civilians who had been in the south for a long time, Heifu left a perfect first impression.
But in his heart, he was not half happy.
Heifu asked Licang to put away the heads of the people rolling around the city, turned around, and turned his back to the cheering three armies, his heart clear and calm.
"Yes, the people who build the building and the one who demolish the building are often the same people."
"If it doesn't get easier, it won't be long before the grievances of thousands of soldiers and civilians will be concentrated on me!"
Touching his head, Heifu laughed at himself: "I don't know my dog's head, who dares to cut it?" ”