Zhao Xingzhen couldn't wait to kick Kou Lian'er, his heart was full of chagrin that hatred of iron could not become steel, anger made him speechless, he was afraid that if he stood in the courtyard again, he would draw his knife and face him, stomped his foot, and turned to leave.

In the courtyard, Liao Xiaoxiao was doing housework with Kasli, Liao Xiaoxiao sewed an official robe, and Kasli was there to weave a fan with gold and silver wire, seeing Zhao Xing returning empty-handed, his expression was angry, the two quickly stopped what they were doing, Liao Xiaoxiao first asked: "Official, why didn't you see the ostrich feather?" ”

Zhao Xing shook his head and replied with patience: "An ostrich only has three or five long feathers, and the ostriches at home can't make a feather ornament, don't worry,...... Kasri, what's going on with Wu Xin and Kou Li'er? ”

Kasli stood up, stuck to Zhao Xing's side, and whispered: "That little girl is very diligent, official, I also want to tell you that the Mizhou black peaches transplanted in our courtyard have been successful, and among them, Kou Li'er has made a lot of efforts. This girl got along with Wu Xin at the beginning of the year, and I came to Yangzhou and brought a few black peaches, so I sent Wu Xin to learn to raise ostriches so that the couple could live together. What's the matter, they made the old man angry? Chase away. ”

There was a quarrel outside the house, and the maid at the door seemed to be stopping a person, shouting words like "no trespassing", followed by a tearing sound, which seemed to scuffle.

Zhao Xing was already on fire, but when he saw this scene, he roared: "What's the noise outside?" The sound outside suddenly subsided, and then, with the sound of thumping footsteps, Kou Li'er broke in. When he saw Zhao Xingna, he bowed his head and said: "The master is angry, the slave's husband quarreled with the cheap slave for a few words, and he collided with the master, what punishment does the master have." The cheap slave is willing to bear it, and he also asks the master to raise his noble hand and allow the cheap slave couple to have a place to live. ”

Zhao Xing endured and endured, barely calmed down his anger, and asked slowly: "What, does he often beat you?" How can you marry such a man? ”

Kou Li'er just kowtowed frequently, and her forehead was already bruised. It doesn't stop.

Zhao Xing held back his anger and asked again: "Isn't your husband quite courageous, how did he make such a big incident." It's not that he came to make amends, but let you, a little woman, come forward, what about his courage to beat his wife? ”

Kou Li'er kowtowed and replied, "Master, my husband is frightened. He was going to make amends to the master, but now he can't get up, the husband is the wife, and the husband is the husband, and the master wants to punish the slave landlord. The lowly slave is willing to bear it all by himself. ”

Zhao Xing sneered and said: "It seems that you don't understand the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty Criminal Statute stipulates that women belong to the scope of the three nos, and the women in the family make mistakes, and the board is hit on the father's head before marriage; After getting married, the board hit the husband on the head. Da Song has not yet had the truth that her husband made a mistake and hit the girl with the board. You begged me, but you asked for the wrong one. If I promise. That is to violate the Song criminal system. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao came over and gently tugged on Zhao Xing's sleeve, turned to Kou Li'er and said, "I remember that you were incorporated into my family last year. I still remember that you are the lowest-paid servant in my family, and Niangniang (referring to Cheng Azhu) said that you have eyes, you are busy all day long, you are well-behaved, and your mouth is very strict, so you are allowed to go in and out of the inner house. This is Tern, is it?

I still remember that there were Gyeongju slaves in Hangzhou, about 5,000 people, but only one Gyeongju slave was accepted in my family, and that was you. According to the rules of my family, although your salary is small, you can not lack any pension money, and when you are old and can't do a job, my family officials will give you a retirement pension to let you enjoy your old age in peace. Be?

I don't understand, Wu Xin's guy is a giant mouth gourd, although he is smart and clever, but I think he is a good prostitute, not a person, why do you fall in love with that puddle of mud, I heard that this is still your own decision, yes?

In the past, we couldn't control you, but since the big officials have bumped into it today, it is better to use this reason to exonerate you, and the officials are in charge, and find another family business for you, how about it? ”

Kou Li'er shook her head: "The grace of the lord, the cheap slave is grateful, but the cheap slave has married her husband, and she has been owned by her husband in this life, and I hope that the master can forgive her husband for being reckless." ”

Kasli frowned and waved her hand: "Okay, it's a big deal, step back." Tell your husband, don't toss in the yard in the future, the little couple quarrels, go back to their own house to make trouble, and others have nothing to say. ”

Kasri said this based on Arab culture, because in Arab culture, the wife is the property of her husband, and she can not only be beaten and scolded at will, but also resold at will. However, this custom conformed to the laws of the Ming and Qing dynasties, not the laws of the Song Dynasty. Liao Xiaoxiao couldn't get used to hearing it, and immediately said, "How can you say that?" Beating my wife, although it is a private matter, is not allowed in my yard, since it has been done, it should be punished, instructed to know, called over to beat Wu Xin's ten boards, and fined him for three months to show vigilance. ”

Kou Li'er was afraid that Zhao Xing would change his mind, so she didn't wait for Zhao Xing to speak, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank you, blocking Zhao Xing from speaking. Lin Lei waited for Kou Li'er to retreat, and Zhao Xing asked Kasli depressedly: "Why did you bring this female land, isn't there enough manpower in the fort?" ”

Kasli smiled and explained apologetically: "Niangniang and Zhiwei are weak after giving birth, and recently they have divided a large number of servants who are full of servants, allowing them to set up their own estate. There are not enough servants in the fort, and I am not used to the widows and Yue women, it just so happens that these two people are literate and hyphenated, and I am about to go on, I heard that the officials are dismissing the servants in Yangzhou, and the slaves are also thinking, Hangzhou knows their life experience, it is better to bring them to Yangzhou, and wait for the officials to expire, and also give them two a background. ”

Kasli said while caressing Zhao Xing's chest with her hand to smooth him, Zhao Xing was rubbed by those little hands and had no temper, and said hatefully: "How can a good girl, her hands and feet are diligent, but she looks at Wu Xin's snot." ”

Liao Xiaoxiao is most familiar with the people in the castle, because she is idle all day long, she likes to practice her voice in the castle, and her status is low, so she is very familiar with the lower-class servants, while Cheng Azhu is not very careful, and Chen Yiyi mainly directs the servants through the housekeeper, so they are not very familiar with the low-level servants. At this time, Liao Xiaoxiao introduced it like a few treasures.

"At the end of last year, the matter between Kou Li'er and Wu Xin was well known in the yard, and this Wu Xin was the third in the family. Although the income is abundant on the wharf, I heard that a little money is spent on drinking flower wine and going in and out of the tile room. I usually like to talk to the waitress in the middle of the castle.,I've heard that he's a character who can't move his legs when he sees the waitress.。 Kou Li'er was in charge of flowers and trees outside the fort at the end of last year. Because the flowers and trees she raised grew well, the mother called her to the castle, asked her to domesticate the black peach, and rewarded her with a set of clothes.

It was this set of clothes that caused trouble, and on that day, on Kou Li'er's birthday, she wore this new set of clothes, and she was narcissistic in the flower room, singing a little song. This Wu Xin bumped into it. Probably said a few coaxing words. After that, the two rolled together.

At the beginning of the year, the branch woman found out the clue and was afraid of causing trouble. So he made the decision to let Wu Xin marry Kou Li'er, and gave Kou Li'er a gift. However, the branch woman hated Wu Xin for being too obscene, and he was not allowed to enter the courtyard from then on. Send him to the ostrich garden as a third-class insider (steward).

Alas, I didn't expect Kou Li'er to be so dead-eyed, I heard that her parents are utilitarian, and her mother is still a beautiful girl, and she has also been literate and hyphenated since she was a child. How do you look at such a place that is not interesting. ”

Kasli shook her head, as if denying Liao Xiaoxiao's words, she twisted to Zhao Xing's ear, blew carefully, and said, "Love, it's so incredible. Reason has nothing to do with love, sir. I told them this. They won't understand, you do. ”

Zhao Xing faintly guessed a little reason in his heart. But he didn't want to spoil this beautiful relationship, so he said vaguely: "Okay, or, let's go back to the house and discuss this relationship." ”

Liao Xiaoxiao's eyes waved, and he immediately mixed: "Xianggong, I want it too." ”

The next day, Zhao Xing received a reply from the imperial court, he looked at the court's reward, and couldn't laugh or cry a little: "What's the matter, I'm only seven grades, but Yiyi gave a first-grade lady, so don't I salute Yiyi in the future?" ”

Zhao Xing is joking, the Song Dynasty official's wife is higher than the official himself, this phenomenon is not unique to Zhao Xing, such as Fan Ng, the two first-grade ladies in this family, but he only achieved the fifth-grade official, and I didn't see how afraid Fan Que was of his wife like a tiger.

Zhao Xing is complaining, Chen Yiyi's grade is higher than Ah Zhu, which makes the order of respect and humility in the family seem to be messed up, Liao Xiaoxiao is more clear about the officialdom, she immediately said: "Xianggong, it must be that the court has long known Yiyi's identity, and wants to use a reason to compensate." Don't worry, the court will reward Niangniang soon, I guess it's planned to wait for the officials to deal with the matter of reclamation this year, and the court's land reward will come down. ”

"No", although Kasli didn't know about the officialdom, she also had her own opinions, and interjected: "It's the blessing brought by the princess (referring to Zhao Qin'er), originally this princess wanted to stay incognito all her life, and now the lord has chosen a good husband for her, borrowing the master's hand every year, and constantly sending some rare things into the palace, the palace rewards the princess, thinking that the princess's hometown can treat the princess well, master, you have to tell the princess about it quickly, so that the people of Yue can also be kind to the princess." ”

Zhao Xing smiled, raised the text in his hand, and said, "What you said is right, since the decision of the imperial court has come down, I should reward my merits in the battle against bandits." ”

There was no profit from the war against bandits, and the poor fishermen ate large pieces of meat and drank wine in large bowls of what they looted, so they were very little seized. Zhao Xing kept a part of the land and planned to use this batch of land to reward the meritorious ministers, but the court did not nod, he was a little worried that the officials would be grabbed by the pigtails about the private division of the land, so he reserved a part of the land in his hand as an emergency.

If the merit is not rewarded, others may make trouble, but Zhao Xing's reputation has always been very high, and the officials in Yangzhou have all benefited, so the sergeants waited patiently.

Zhao Xing went out of the mansion, called Shan Yi and Wan Qianyong in the side courtyard, and the two rushed to the military camp by boat together, among the three staff, Shuai Fan had been sent by Zhao Xing to the nearby Gaoyou Army to help Mao Peng train the navy, and the remaining two people had been sandwiched among the officials in Hangzhou, and they had their share of the land in advance. Among them, Shan Yi because of the renovation of water conservancy, the greatest credit, got a thousand acres of paddy fields reward, Wan Qiyong slightly second, got 700 acres, but his share of paddy fields close to the canal, convenient transportation, so there is no regret, the mood is very good These two staff members talked and laughed along the way, and when they entered the barracks, they also had the leisure to greet Lu Yu.

After a while, the officers and men of the navy army gathered, and they finally ushered in the long-awaited reward, and after a reward, they began to take stock of the results of the battle and punish those who violated the military order in this battle.

The first to punish was the three assault boats of the navy, which chased them into the fork of the river because they were not aware of the fishing nets dropped by the lake bandits. As a result, the ships were trapped in the net, blocking the route and delaying the pursuit of the follow-up fleet.

The soldiers on these three assault boats were also the bravest in this battle, and they showed extra courage in the subsequent battles in order to atone for their crimes. Got a double reward for yourself.

Zhao Xingyan smiled and distributed the second reward to the people of the three assault boats, then took a step back, straightened up and appreciated: "I want to thank you for your bravery, it was you who rushed into the village first and dispelled the resistance of the lake bandits, for this, you received a double reward, of course." Come, everyone, and applaud their bravery. ”

The armies cheered in unison. Zhao Xing took a step back, took the military merit book handed over by Wan Qiyong, opened the booklet and said, "In this battle, you three fast boats will not find out the enemy's situation. The light army is rash and delays the military aircraft, according to the military law......"

Several soldiers from the assault boat looked at Zhao Xing with flattering smiles, but their expressions immediately changed, and they couldn't believe what they heard.

Zhao Xing continued: "According to Articles 7, 23, and 31 of military law. Chop. ”

It took a soldier a long time to come back to his senses, smiled and stammered, "My lord, we know that we are wrong, and we won't dare next time." ”

Zhao Xing sighed: "There is no next time...... The armies, what are you still doing in a daze, and you don't do it yet. ”

Three on board. Only then did the thirty soldiers come to their senses. The three of them cried in unison: "My lord, we have made meritorious service." We've done a great job. ”

Zhao Xing's face was very serious: "Your merits, I have already given a reward, are you not satisfied with this reward?" ”

One of them hurriedly shouted: "Redeem the merits, my lord, I will return this reward to you, return it to you." I don't want it yet. ”

Zhao Xing waved his hand to let those hesitant soldiers step forward and hold down the thirty sergeants, the sergeants of the three assault boats were still half-convinced, and they couldn't resist at all, Zhao Xing waved his hand to drag them down, and explained in his mouth: "I didn't atone for my sins here, on the construction site, I will be punished, that's it, it's simple!" ”

Lu Yu was stunned for a long time, and then he knew that Zhao Xing was serious, and he hurriedly stood up and pleaded: "My lord, eight discussions, eight discussions!" Discuss the merits, when the merits are atoned, if the adults are not angry, just beat them a few more boards, how can they really do it. ”

The soldiers of the three assault boats have been dragged out, and Zhao Xing's face sank like water: "My family's Zhuang Ding has always used this method to control, before I broke through the seven seas, relying on orders, no one can have the privilege to challenge my orders, this battle, we have already said before departure, the lake bandits are just chasing, but they are greedy for merit, although they won by luck, but I don't expect this kind of luck to accompany our army, I don't want to be lucky, I want to prove it to the truth."

There is no gain in this battle, just out of their rashness, Yangzhou waterways exist for a day, and the lake bandits will resurrect, I don't want us to rely on luck to win next time. This time we squeezed out the field from the mouths of the hundred officials to reward the three armies, next time I am not in Yangzhou, Lord Cai is not in Yangzhou, can we still expect the hundred officials to spit out the meat from their mouths? ”

The "Eight Discussions" mentioned by Lu Yu is a kind of law, a law that allows some people to rely on their privileges to trample on the law, and it is also a concrete embodiment of "not punishing doctors".

The "Eight Discussions" first originated from the Eight Pi of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and was first entered into the law in Cao Weidi's "New Law", and the evolution of the following dynasties. The specific contents are: relatives, that is, relatives of the emperor; Discussion of the past, that is, the old of the emperor; Yixian, that is, people with outstanding virtues; Speakable, that is, a person with great talents; Yigong, that is, a person who has made great contributions to the country; Yigui, that is, officials of the third rank or more and those who have the title of one rank; Deliberation, that is, people who are particularly diligent in government affairs; Guests, i.e., descendants of former monarchs who are honored as state guests;

According to ancient Chinese law, when the above eight types of people committed capital crimes, the judicial organs could not directly try them, but they had to report to the emperor first, explain the crimes they had committed, and the types of crimes they should be discussed, and then ask the ministers to discuss the punishment plan, and then submit it to the emperor for approval. If the crime of "flow" is committed, there is no need to discuss it again, and it will be dealt with by one level according to the usual practice.

Because there is a saying of "discussion of merit" in the "Eight Discussions", there is a saying of "atonement for merit", which means that as long as a small merit is made, one can defy military orders and laws, disobey commands when fighting, and act according to one's own will.

Zhao Xing didn't want the Yangzhou army to be a loose army, he hoped that no one could ignore the military order, so he deliberately delayed the issue of the army's reward until the end of the year, and with the help of the imperial court's edict, he gently bypassed the "eight discussions". to build an iron army that is forbidden by order.

Lu Yu was still pleading, and the other officials in the army had already stood up, and some people wiped their cold sweat and pleaded with a cry, thinking that it wasn't the three assault boats that blocked the route. It is estimated that the rest of the people will catch up bravely, and now the people of these three ships are equivalent to making scapegoats, and the remaining officers are afraid when they think about it, so they earnestly beg Zhao Xing's subordinates to keep people.

When others saw such a turbulent scene, they had already compromised, and Shan Gong and Wan Qiyong on the side frequently glanced at Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing's face did not change, and he tasted tea leisurely with a tea bowl. After a while, more than thirty bloody heads were presented, and the officers' pleas came to an abrupt end.

Zhao Xing put down the tea bowl. Slowly straightened his official robes and said, "Our elite army has been selected since the beginning of the year, and we have embezzled funds from all sides. I gave you several times my salary, and I originally wanted you to take the route of elite soldiers and train an invincible iron army, but you took several times the salary of your colleagues, but your performance disappointed me.

This time, we just hit the ground with a bunch of lake bandits. The most advanced ships, the most elite warriors in the army, several times the salary, several times the cost of training, what is the training of a group of disobedient rangers. Fighting a war does not depend on bravery, but also on organization and coordination.

Think of the day when you walked briskly. Didn't wait for me to reach the fork in the river. All the fast boats chased into the sandbar, and only my big boat was blocked at the mouth of the river. I said that we won this battle by luck, and you are still not convinced, what will happen if the bandits abandon the boat and land on the shore at that time, and attack my big ship from the shore?

The river is shallow, and it is not easy for the big boat to turn, and my boat is full of oil, and if I am not careful, my big boat sinks there, and it will block the river, and you will not think of a small boat that has been drilled into the reeds, and a fire can burn your whole army. It is our good luck that you are able to sit here today and receive the reward, because the bandits were greedy for the goods they had robbed, and could not bear to give it up, so they did not abandon the boat and landed.

Orders and forbidden, your courage is enough, but unfortunately you didn't do it, it was an easy chase battle, it became a nest battle, and even surviving was a fluke, how could you dare to open your mouth to plead? ”

Originally, he should have sent a few fast boats to block the mouth of the river, leaving the boats swimming around the sandbar to drive away the boat from the lake bandits, but unfortunately he went too deep and caused this disaster.

But now that Shuai Fan is not here, he has been sent to Gaoyou Army by Zhao Xing, who can blame this group of officials now? They were told by Zhao Xingyi, and when they remembered the scene of that day, cold sweat flowed down.

Yes, if the lake bandits had the mentality of a strong man to solve the case, they sank a boat at that time, blocked the way, and then attacked Zhao Xing's boat from the reeds, and the Yangzhou sailors present all became turtles in the urn, then there was really no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground.

Zhao Xing's kung fu when he spoke, he had already thought of the famous "Battle of Huang Tiandang" that Han Shizhong fought, he didn't remember the specific circumstances of that battle, but he knew more about the plot. I only remember that Jin Wushu was chased and hid in the lake, and there was no way out, but in the end, the soldiers were organized to dig a waterway and escape from the encirclement. It is said that Han Shizhong originally arranged a patrol boat, but the naval officers were careless and careless, and there was originally a chance to bury all the elite soldiers of the Jin State, but it was lost.

And afterwards, those soldiers also relied on the merit to atone for their sins, and used the past merits as compensation, and gently slipped past the punishment - of course, blocking the Jin army into Huang Tiandang, each soldier accumulated a lot of merit on their heads, making them eligible to ignore military orders in accordance with the "Eight Discussions" law. No matter how much movement is made in digging waterways, but as long as they have a spoonful of responsibility, history will be different.

"Today, I will set up a rule here: there is no saying that the Yangzhou Navy will atone for its crimes, and the merit will be rewarded and punished; Smell the drum and advance, smell the gold and retreat; When they heard the cannons, they gathered and scattered, but those who violated the 52 laws in the army were punished.

Stand down, and those who reward the three assault boats will pass the reward to their families, and then all these men will be removed from the list, and they will be filled in the army to fill the vacancy. From today onwards, the navy will begin to patrol in sections, and the armies must not slacken. ”