Chapter 34: Li Yan's murderous intent
Zhang Hong visited the rear camp for two or three days, and it was not until the army was about to set off that he reluctantly reported the collected information to Li Yan.
Li Yan arranged the march of the rear camp before meeting Zhang Hong in the military tent, and in order not to leak the secret, he ordered his soldiers to be on guard around and not allow others to approach.
"I heard that this Liu Xian has a good relationship with Manager Li?" Li Yan sat in the military tent, and asked thoughtfully while making water for Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong looked at the water cup that was filled by Li Yan in front of him, in fact, he was not surprised, Li Yan treated people very peacefully, although the rear camp thought that he was harsh and unkind, but those close to him knew that he was a person who had no frame and was very easy to get along with.
It is also for this reason that Zhang Hong has gone from resentment at the beginning to convincing now.
Picking up the water cup and taking a sip, Zhang Hongcai nodded heavily and said: "That's right, Liu Xian is the nephew of Mr. Liu, and he has always been very close to Mr. Li, and not only that, he once saved King Chuang's life." ”
"No wonder he is so fearless" Li Yan nodded and said with a sudden realization, "He was King Chuang's personal soldier before, and you are also King Chuang's personal soldier, do you know each other?" ”
When Zhang Hong heard this, he scratched his head, and then said apologetically: "This ...... Liu Xian is an old pawn, and we are all juniors compared to him, so naturally we don't have much to do with him. ”
Li Yan nodded by default, expressing his understanding, after all, when it comes to qualifications, Liu Xian is really a very old qualified existence, and it is not just as simple as a straw bag.
"Then according to your opinion, what should I do with Liu Xian?" Li Yan asked as he stroked his smooth chin.
Zhang Hong was quite frightened, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I'm just a personal soldier, how dare I make a plan about this kind of thing?" The governor only commands, and I will do it......"
"Don't be afraid, you have been in the front army for a long time, you know a lot about these martial artists, I just listen to your opinion, but there is no need to be so restrained, but it doesn't hurt to say" Li Yan smiled and waved his hand to ease the atmosphere.
Seeing that Li Yan sincerely asked for advice, Zhang Hong couldn't shirk it, so he could only think for a few breaths, and then arched his hand and said: "Eunuch, I am a rough person, I should just talk about my own opinions, how many characters in the former army lick blood, and their lives are in danger all day long, and what they ask for is actually just money and women, Liu Xian, this guy, in the past, had many exploits on the battlefield, and was injured and saved King Chuang, and now he has made some mistakes in the back camp, but it is better to play the twenty military sticks and punish the big commandment, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the gang of Henan people." ”
Li Yan didn't say anything after hearing this, just waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go first, I've troubled you these days." ”
When Zhang Hong heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said goodbye, and the investigation of Liu Xian's actions in the past few days really made him tired enough.
After Zhang Hong left, Li Yan opened the "incriminating evidence" placed on the case, which was the result of Zhang Hong in the past few days.
It's a shame to say that Zhang Hong's handwriting is much better than Li Yan's, looking at the words on the paper, Li Yan couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart, it seems that he wants to find an opportunity to ask Gu Junen for advice.
There are a lot of bad deeds in general, except for brawls, private gambling games, and robbing people's girls, there are no major problems, in this era, these problems are a martial artist more or less, and there is nothing too strange, and it is not a revolutionary army, what can you ask for?
To be honest, for these points, Li Yan really didn't want anything, at most, as Zhang Hong said, set a twenty boards, go through the motions, and everyone's faces looked good.
But the next two made Li Yan's brows furrow.
First of all, Liu Xian "bought and sold the official lord" in the back camp, saying that it was actually to sell the position set up by Li Yan to guard the regiment, of course, it was useless to ask for money in the back camp, and it was generally selected to some "cronies".
For example, the most typical method is to eat the household, if any of the men die, these group guards will think of a way to take away the family's property to Liu Xian, in exchange for Liu Xian's trust.
Second, it is a false declaration of bereavement benefits.
There is no such thing as a bereavement pension at first, after all, everyone is a homeless person, and if they die, it is a rotten life, so what is the use of asking for these bereavement benefits?
But at Li Yan's suggestion, Li Zicheng still agreed to issue a bereavement pension to the "pawns" of the fallen army, who were real soldiers, and of course there were no homeless people, although they were considered pawns, and most of the pensions they got were empty checks, such as some empty fields and gold and silver.
But with the development of the two major policies of exempting the land and dividing the field, the situation is completely different, first of all, the army began to try to cash in the field pension, if the men in the family died in battle, the women and children stayed in the camp is also a burden, so they simply divided a part of the land that was "cleared" by the army to give them a part of the land, so that they could settle down.
Nowadays, the army is in chaos, and the fields are barren, so these families who have been divided into camps will often be let go by the imperial court, after all, the imperial court also needs taxes.
So now, the division of land has become a hot business in the back camp, and who wants to live a life of displacement?
Liu Xian naturally got involved in it, not only fraudulently receiving pensions, but also tampering with family information without permission, resulting in many pensions being hacked halfway, and even forcibly seizing the wives and daughters of fallen soldiers and selling their property.
Now in the back camp of the army, even the pension qualifications can be openly sold.
If it is said that Liu Xian is just an ordinary martial artist's fault, Li Yan will endure it, but what Liu Xian did was dancing on Li Yan's bottom line.
You are corrupt and lustful, and you are so good at beating dozens of military sticks to warn you, after all, you worked hard in the past, and if you can't do it again, you will be transferred out of the rear camp, Li Yan believes that Li Zicheng will agree to such a disposition.
But what Liu Xian is doing now is completely digging the foundation of Li Yan's policy!
What is the most important thing about a policy, that is the rules, if everyone believes in the rules you have formulated, then this policy is naturally no problem, but now Liu Xian is clearly taking the loopholes in the rules to make a lot of money, which will directly make the Hou Ying hate Wu and Wu, thinking that the existing policy is not good, then Li Yan will be difficult to ride a tiger at that time.
If Liu Xian is let go lightly, I am afraid that many people in the rear battalion will begin to doubt the feasibility of this policy, the rear battalion is not only the rear battalion, but also involves more than 10,000 officers and soldiers in the front battalion.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yan put down the report written by Zhang Hong heavily, and tried to calm his mood so that he could make the most rational judgment.
After a while, he took a pen and paper and began to write, Liu Xian is Li Zicheng's life-saving benefactor, after the last lesson, he didn't dare to deal with it recklessly, or report to Li Zicheng first, let Li Zicheng make a decision.
Li Yan explained in detail the stakes, and sharply pointed out that Liu Xian's actions have caused a lot of trouble now, and if he continues to connive, he is afraid that the consequences will be more serious, so for Liu Xian, he should be punished with sixty rods, and the rest of the followers...... It's all about death!
When he wrote down the word "death", a murderous aura in Li Yan's eyes flashed imperceptibly, the bad era has stayed for too long, the dead have seen too much, life and death seem to have become a fairly ordinary thing, and now Li Yan himself faintly feels that he is about to be assimilated by this era, and has become a beast that regards human life like a mustard.
In fact, even if it is Liu Xian, he wants to die, but he also knows that Liu Xian is Liu Zongmin's nephew and Li Zicheng's savior, if he wants to kill such a character, it is impossible, the only thing he can do is to kill those followers who have nothing to do with him, in order to set an example, and then find a reason to drive Liu Xian out of the key position.
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After Li Zicheng received Li Yan's report, he could be regarded as figuring out the beginning and end of Liu Tichun's return to the Henan Righteous Army before, and he also had a general understanding of the situation in the rear camp, and his face suddenly turned black as the bottom of a pot.
Then Liu Zongmin and Li Zijing were passed over and scolded by their heads and faces.
"The son is not the fault of the father, although you Liu Zongmin is not a father, but you are also an uncle, your good nephew is such a discipline?! If you really think he's your nephew, I won't dare to touch him?! Li Zicheng roared and reprimanded Liu Zongmin in the military tent, and Liu Zongmin and Li Zijing stood trembling below, hanging their heads, like children who had done something wrong.
"This Liu Xian, who followed me back then, was also a first-class hero on the battlefield, and also saved my life, why did you go to your back camp and become so virtuous? How do you manage the camp? I see that as soon as Li Yan goes to the back camp, it makes the back camp look good, if you can't be the chief officer, get out of the morning! I'll have someone replace you! Li Zicheng was even more unkind to Li Zijing, and Song Shu directly smashed it into Li Zijing's face.
Li Zijing knelt down like a frightened bird, confessing his guilt in his mouth, and the beads of sweat that had rolled down were all water stains on the ground.
Li Zicheng vented for a while before he was angry, then he sat on top of the handsome position, sighed, and said slowly: "This Liu Xian is not a thing, I really want to slaughter this dog day to make an example......"
Hearing this, Liu Zongmin's hairs stood up instantly, could it be that Li Zicheng really wanted to kill Liu Xianliwei? That's a problem.
But then, Li Zicheng's words changed again: "But this guy saved me between the blades back then, and I was lame for this, I am not a person who does not know Entu, this time Rao is a big mistake and has to cover it up for him, Li Yan's recital You have all seen it, what do you think of this treatment?" ”
Liu Zongmin looked at Li Yanding's sixty military sticks, still a little hesitant, and then said tentatively: "Xian'er has made a mistake, but if these sixty military sticks go down, people will be crippled if they don't die...... Hold the plate, or else...... A little more? ”
"Sixty military sticks are already lenient to him!" When Li Zicheng heard this, his eyes widened suddenly, and he reprimanded angrily: "If you commit such a wrong thing, Li Yan is already sixty military sticks to give you face, otherwise it would not be too much to beat you with a hundred sticks!" What's more, Li Yan is a smart person, is it possible that he doesn't know the severity? Your nephew should have discounted his other leg! ”
Li Zicheng said everything about this, Liu Zongmin didn't dare to talk back, and immediately said in a loud voice: "What the palm of the plate said is that when this matter is over, I will personally discipline this guy!" ”
"I have to go to make amends with a bucket of valley and a clay pot!" Li Zicheng added loudly.
"Yes.... It's "Liu Zongmin promised repeatedly.
Seeing this, Li Zicheng snorted coldly and asked them to leave, Li Zicheng is such a person, although he seems to be a serious and non-favoritist person on the surface, but he is always tolerant of those benefactors and the old brothers who have followed him for many years.
Of course, it was also for this reason that after he got the country, he was never able to deal with the hidden dangers within the army with iron and blood, and finally ended up in rebellion.
Li Zicheng's reward to Li Yan was very interesting, he never mentioned his opinion, but just wrote a sentence: "Give the sword in your hand, and kill yourself." ”
This refers to the sword that Li Zicheng gave to Li Yan before, and asked Li Yan to take this sword and dispose of the torture and killing in the rear camp by himself.
Of course, Li Yan is not a fool, and he must not dare to make decisions on key matters without authorization, and he always has to tell Li Zicheng, and this reply is Li Zicheng's acquiescence to Li Yan's disposal plan.