Yang Mu glanced at the two of them: "You two, tell me what the hell is going on!" ”

"The last general is derelict in his duty! Please punish Your Majesty! ”

Zhu Xi and Han Tong were sincerely frightened, and they were terrified, they had long heard that His Majesty the Emperor was wantonly implementing law changes and reforms in the court, such a thunderous method, if they were dissatisfied with the two of them, they could imagine what would happen to them.

As for what's going on, let's talk about the atmosphere in the military in the past few days.

Since the defeat of the Zheng army that day, the entire battalion has been filled with an air of impetuousness, and the soldiers who have escaped a catastrophe have been immersed in the joy of victory, and even the training that is not much on weekdays has been slackened a lot.

Until the afternoon of the day before yesterday, the announcement of the three decrees completely made the whole camp boil, you know, everyone is not alone, most of the family has wives, children and mothers, as soon as the three decrees came out, the burden on the family was reduced, and there were a lot of worries in the heart, even if it was to return to the field in the future, there was hope for life.

Moreover, after the promulgation of the meritorious lord system, the most direct beneficiaries were these military sergeants, and some young soldiers with ideas were already eager to try, and they were faintly looking forward to the arrival of war.

So, last night, I don't know who started it, the whole camp was in an uproar, and the 4,000 soldiers stationed outside the camp also joined the revelry.

In this regard, the generals also turned a blind eye, and the two 3,000 generals in the large camp also acquiesced in this behavior.

"Do you know what will happen if there is an enemy attack this morning?" Yang Mu asked with a cold face.

"This ...... There will be mistakes in the end, and there will be death! The two generals hurriedly kowtowed, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

As Yang Mu said, if there is really an enemy attack, the consequences will be unimaginable, not only will the whole army be wiped out, I am afraid that tomorrow the entire Cangguo will fall and perish.

Death is small, how can you be worthy of the promotion of the first emperor? How to live up to the trust of the first emperor?

You must know that almost all the senior generals in the army are orphans with no gate valve background, who have been cultivated by the palace since childhood, and when they grow up, they became the personal guards of the first emperor, and then they were sent to the army, and they were promoted step by step, and became a thousand generals, or even three thousand generals.

It can be said that all the status today, all the glory and wealth, are given by the first emperor, in everyone's hearts, the first emperor is an elder, like a reborn parent, if it is because of his own dereliction of duty and serious consequences, it is really not an exaggeration.

Seeing this, Yang Mu also hated iron and steel, these two 3,000 generals were all members of the royal family, only from the last time the Zheng army invaded the south, they risked their lives to lead the army north to support, and they could see their loyalty.

However, they do have great deficiencies in administering the army, and under the plain military regulations, if they have a little boldness, there will be no such erosion of all-night revelry.

Of course, this can't be completely blamed on them, the general environment is like this, and there are no famous generals to teach, most of the army and war are based on conventions and experience, there is no unified discipline, you don't need to think about it, this kind of sleepless lazy wind is not formed in a day or two, and it is useless to change anyone to be a general.

So, Yang Mu had to sigh: "Since you know your mistake, follow the military regulations and go to lead the army by yourself." ”

Sticks?

The two generals were stunned, according to their conjectures, at least they were dismissed and investigated, but they didn't expect that His Majesty raised the board high and dropped it gently, and it was just for them to get a military stick.

I have long heard that His Majesty's thunderous means are not soft on his courtiers, and he even beheaded Lord Zuo Xiang without saying a word, why did he suddenly become so easy to speak?

After the doubts, the two generals were overjoyed, and bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

Then he found a place, beckoned the soldiers around him, raised his military stick and fell heavily.

Smack, smack, smack......

All of a sudden, as if they were hit on dead pork, with Zhu Xi and Han Tong's muffled snorts, their faces turned red little by little, and their screams turned into miserable screams.

Along with the rhythm, the soldiers who watched from afar could also feel a chill, and every time the military stick fell, it was like a slap on their buttocks, which made people tremble.

Until the fifty army sticks fell, the miserable cries of Zhu Xi and Han Tong, two 3,000-strong generals, finally turned into wails.

Even Yang Mu felt his teeth sour when he heard this, although he didn't know how many military sticks he would have to suffer for dereliction of duty in the army, but from this degree of severity, twenty military sticks were enough to make people hurt for a few days, and if he had fifty military sticks, if he focused on it, he would probably have to lie in bed for ten days and half a month.

Fortunately, several of the executed soldiers also knew that this was their own general, and deliberately put some water, only flesh wounds, not internal organs and root bones.

The two men were punished, thanked again, and limped behind the group.

Under the protection of a group of guards, Yang Mu walked around the entire camp, and everywhere he passed, the soldiers knelt down one after another, their eyes burning.

The emperor's patrol of the camp is a kind of concern for the soldiers, and it is also a kind of attention, that is, the first emperor has not had a few times, and now His Majesty can inspect the military camp in less than half a month after ascending the throne, which can be said to be very remarkable!

Human beings are born to be social animals, is eager to be valued, the same is true for military soldiers, many people regard the emperor as a god all their lives, and they will not see each other until they die, and now the emperor is standing in front of him, and he also made a special trip to patrol the camp and labor army, how can he not be happy?

Yang Mu is also quite satisfied with this, compared to the gate valve in the court, the army is still firmly in the hands of the royal family, which is also his greatest confidence, as long as there is no army rebellion, those gate valves are useless no matter how much they toss, it is like being bitten by a bug a few times, disgusting, and it will be all right in a few days.

Half an hour later, Yang Mu also had a rough number in his heart.

The entire camp covers an area equivalent to two or three universities, divided into barracks, school yards, arsenals, granaries, etc., in addition to this, he also saw a lot of farm tools.

This has to talk about the current situation of the Cangguo army, the regular army is different from the peasant soldiers, in addition to the combat effectiveness and form, the biggest difference is the military salary.

The peasant soldiers were not paid, only before the war they would be paid a settling-in allowance, and after the war they would be given a reward, and the state treasury did not have to bear much.

However, the regular army is different, if each soldier's annual salary is four taels of silver, plus ordnance and rations, that is to say, the state treasury will spend nearly 100,000 taels of silver every year for military expenses.

As the name suggests, a new system came into being, called the cantonment system, as the name suggests, is to be a soldier while farming, and the government demarcates a large area of land near the barracks as a military field, and these soldiers cultivate it, so as to achieve self-sufficiency in military food and save a large part of military expenses.

But even so, the soldiers could only eat two meals a day, and many of them had yellow faces and thin muscles, and there were very few who had tall and strong physiques.

Suddenly, Yang Mu turned around, looked at the dozen generals following behind, and stopped.

"It is said that once the son of heaven is a courtier, are the generals worried?" Yang Mu said.

"The last general will not dare!" The generals hurriedly bowed their hands, as if children's lies had been exposed by adults, and did not dare to raise their heads.

Yang Mu laughed heartily: "All the generals don't have to be careful, everyone is the minister of the humerus left by the first emperor to me, I will only reuse it, and I will never be disgusted!" This inspection of the barracks is an important matter that needs to be handed over to the generals! ”

"Please instruct Your Majesty that the last general and others will be exhausted and dull, and they will never give up!" Zhu Xi knelt on one knee and bowed to the military salute.

"Never give up!" The rest of the generals knelt on the ground and bowed loudly.