rebirth first official

On New Year's Eve, Li Jingruo tried the case all night.

According to the confessions of the guards, the rebels rebelled for two reasons.One is because of the locust plague in Jiazhou. In order to relieve the common people, Liu Rukang transferred the military rations and military salary to relieve the disaster. The military salary has been in arrears for a year and has not been paid. I don't know who spread the news, but it is said that the government will definitely not be able to pay the military salary.Many soldiers joined the army just to get enough food to eat, and the soldiers were naturally tired because they couldn't get enough rice. The second reason was that Song Nuo, the school lieutenant in charge of selection and training, was usually too harsh and strict, and he practiced tyranny in the army. Violators of military discipline will be punished according to the heaviest military orders.In recent months, because the soldiers didn't have enough food to eat, they were lazy in training, and there were occasional incidents of desertion. Once these people were caught by Song Nuo, they would always be punished in public in order to "kill one and make an example". Here, three soldiers in the army have been killed in public, and people were panicked for a while.The soldiers, who were hungry and abused, had the intention of treason in their hearts, so they began to plan secretly, and finally waited until the Chinese New Year to relax their defenses, rise up and rebel!

Liu Rukang and Li Jingruo were furious after listening to the confessions of several soldiers, and slapped the table three times: "Call me Song Nuo!"

Not long after, Song Nuo walked in.

When the soldiers kneeling on the ground saw Song Nuo coming in, they trembled in fright, almost buried their heads on the ground, and did not dare to meet Song Nuo's eyes, which shows how terrifying Song Nuo's image in their hearts is.

Liu Rukang said this about the identification of the soldiers just now, and asked Song Nuo: "Lieutenant Song, is what they said true?"

Song Nuo generously admitted: "It's true."

Liu Rukang was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped the table: "You..."

Li Jingruo also drank, stayed up all night, and was suffering from severe headaches, but Liu Rukang kept patting the table next to his ear, which made him even more upset.So Liu Rukang took a pat, and Li Jingruo took his hand and called out, "Come on, take the table down!"

The soldiers hurried up and removed the table in front of Liu Rukang. Liu San didn't take three pats, feeling uncomfortable. He looked left and right, bent down and took two more pats on the ground, which made him feel much more comfortable.

Song Nuo looked coldly at the few soldiers kneeling beside him, calmly said, "Although it's true, my subordinates did not violate military laws and regulations. All the soldiers I dealt with were violators of discipline." .The fact that they dare to make trouble today shows that their intentions are wrong, even if the subordinates are guilty, it is also because they did not train those people well."

Liu Rukang said angrily: "You lead troops like this? The government can't pay the soldiers. At this time, we should adopt a soft policy to appease the soldiers. You still use tyranny to suppress people. How can the soldiers not be against it? Rebellion, you have to bear some responsibility!"

On the night of the New Year's Eve, Liu Rukang was full of food and drink, and was playing horse hanging in the room with his wife and children. When the family was warm and happy, he suddenly heard about the rebellion and had to leave the horse hanging table to clean up the mess. The fire is burning.Although he has a bad temper, he is very kind to the people under his rule, otherwise he would not wantonly open warehouses to release food for disaster relief.The soldiers are also civilians. For disaster relief, he had to withhold the food and salaries of all officials and the army first, and let the civilians eat first.He was in arrears with the military pay, and he felt very sorry for those soldiers, so he was even more furious when he heard that Captain Song dared to abuse the soldiers.

Song Nuo said: "It's the government's business to not pay the salary, and the subordinate has not received the salary for more than a year. The duty of the subordinate is only to train soldiers."

When Liu Rukang heard that he still dared to argue, his face was livid with anger: "You..."

Li Jingruo interrupted: "Master Taishou, please shut up first."

Surprised, Liu Rukang looked at Li Jingruo in disbelief.Li Jingruo is usually a good-tempered person, what medicine did he take today to make him so angry?Where did he say something wrong, Li Jingruo actually told him to shut up?

Li Jingruo asked the guards of the Jiazhou Mansion who were kneeling beside him: "Aside from being harsh on you, Captain Song, what other violations of law and discipline do you have, and using power for personal gain?"

The soldiers looked at each other, unable to answer.

Li Jingruo took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't be afraid, just say what you have, and the governor will make the decisions for you. In the past, you violated discipline, and he punished you with military orders, but no one can control him. Today is an opportunity, but everyone If he violated discipline, the governor immediately dismissed him and punished him with military orders, and he will never be lenient."

Those soldiers murmured for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Captain Song, he... he avenged his own private revenge! Zhang Liu spoke out against Captain Song in public before, and Captain Song, harboring a grudge, found an excuse and beat Zhang Xiwu in public. Ten army sticks beat Zhang Liu until he vomited blood..."

Li Jingruo said, "Where is Zhang Liu now?"

The soldier lowered his head and whispered, "In, in the rebel army..."

Li Jingruo cast his eyes on Song Nuo.

Song Nuo said disdainfully: "If I have the intention to avenge my personal revenge and punish him for the crime of publicly defying the army commander, I can punish him that day. Forgive him for what he said that day, so I won't argue with him. That Zhang Liu is a man without military discipline. Drinking is not allowed in the barracks, but he took the lead in gathering people to drink and make trouble. I saw that he was talented, so I only beat him with fifty military sticks, and the punishment was light."

Li Jingruo asked the soldier: "Zhang Liu gathered a crowd to drink, is it true?"

The soldier bowed his head and remained silent.

Song Nuo said coldly: "If I remember correctly, you were also drinking that day, and you were regarded as an accomplice, receiving twenty army sticks."

The soldier looked terrified, and cast a look of help to Li Jingruo, Li Jingruo said: "Is there anything else?"

Where did those soldiers dare to speak?

Li Jingruo said: "I see, Song Nuo, you go down first."

Song Nuo took the order and left very calmly.

After Song Nuo left, Li Jingruo summoned several soldiers to interrogate him. Many people had lingering fears about Song Nuo's brutality, but no one could really tell what Song Nuo had violated.

Li Jingruo asked someone to call Song Nuo's file, and then recruited Song Nuo back again.He asked Song Nuo: "I think your ancestral home is Annan, why did you come to Jiazhou Prefecture to be a captain?"

Song Nuodao: "This subordinate used to work in Annan Mansion and fought Turks. After the Turkic Rebellion was settled, his subordinate was dismissed because he offended the chief of the Annan Governor's Mansion. Later, he was sent by the imperial court to Jiazhou Mansion as a school captain Lead the troops."

Li Jingruo raised his eyebrows, flipping through Song Nuo's file with great interest: "Have you ever fought? How many people have you killed? How many soldiers have you led at most?"

Liu Rukang couldn't sit still: "Li... Commander, even if he has achievements in the Western Regions, when he arrives in Jiazhou Prefecture, he has to follow the rules of Jiazhou Prefecture."

Li Jingruo asked him back: "Who made the military orders of Jiazhou Prefecture?"

Liu Rukang was stunned, and said: "The prefect and captain before, but Jiazhou Mansion suffered a natural disaster in the past two years..."

Li Jingruo interrupted: "That's it, he also acts according to the rules. Okay, I see, it's almost dawn, you go back and rest first, I still have something to ask Song Nuo."

Seeing Li Jingruo's attitude, Liu Rukang didn't seem to intend to punish Song Nuo, and was rather impatient.Even though Song Nuo didn't break the law, he wasn't a proper officer in Jiazhou. He had to bear great responsibility for today's rebellion. If Li Jingruo still planned to use him, troubles would inevitably happen again!Liu Rukang couldn't help arguing: "But..."

Li Jingruo interrupted unceremoniously: "I said, the governor said, Governor Liu, you can go."

Liu Rukang: "..."

Li Jingruo had put up his official airs to suppress others, Liu Rukang had no choice but to stare at Song Nuo who was kneeling on the ground, and walked away in despair.

Li Jingruo looked through Song Nuo's files, just as Song Nuo himself said, he once led the army in the Annan Mansion, and at most he had thousands of people under his command, and his record was really good.However, leading troops on the frontier is different from leading troops in Jiazhou Prefecture where there is no war. In Annan Prefecture, it is necessary to fight a real battle. The head is in a different place, but after winning the battle, it is no longer a problem to be promoted to a noble.Song Nuo was in Annan Mansion, and the army was strictly governed, so there is nothing wrong with it.But what he did did not work when he arrived in Jiazhou Mansion.

The soldiers conscripted by Jiazhou Mansion usually don't need to fight, at most they fight bandits and suppress bandits, no matter how hard they are trained, no matter how good the soldiers' combat ability is, they will not be of great use.What's more, in order to defend the border, the imperial court gave sufficient treatment and military pay to the guards of the Western Regions. There were punishments and rewards, and the rewards and punishments were clearly defined, so the army would obey.Because of the locust plague, Jiazhou government can't even pay the army's salary, and the soldiers have to suffer and suffer, and they don't get any benefits. How can there be no injustice?In the end, this disaster happened.

After Liu Rukang left, Li Jingruo closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, not knowing what he was thinking.

Just when Song Nuo thought Li Jingruo had fallen asleep, Li Jingruo suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Lieutenant Song, talk to me about the art of war. Tell me, what battles have you fought?"

Song Nuo was taken aback.He originally thought that Li Jingruo would deal with him, or expose the matter, but Li Jingruo started to talk about irrelevant things. He asked him about his previous achievements and what battles he fought, and now he started to ask about his art of war?He was a little dazed.

Li Jingruo and Song Nuo chatted for more than an hour before they came out of the house, and it was already daylight.He didn't deal with Song Nuo on the spot, and asked Song Nuo to go back to the army to clean up the mess first. After working all night, he was exhausted and went back to the house in a carriage to rest.

When Li Jingruo returned to Gao Zhanming's mansion, Yin He anxiously greeted him: "Master Li, what's going on outside?"

Li Jingruo said: "One or two hundred rebels won't make much progress. What about Jun Liang?"

Yinhe said: "I fell asleep after midnight, and I haven't woken up yet."

Li Jingruo nodded: "I'll go see him."

Li Jingruo came outside Gao Zhanming's house, gently pushed open the door and walked in.

Gao Zhanming also ran around in fear all night, coupled with the onset of alcoholism, he is now fast asleep, Li Jingruo walked to his bedside, he didn't notice it at all.

Li Jingruo sat on the edge of the bed and looked at it for a while, then sighed softly, bent down, kissed Gao Zhanming on the forehead, and said in a low voice: "You still owe me 40 taels of silver, let's keep this account, and take your time." return."

Gao Zhanming smacked his lips, turned over and continued to sleep.

Li Jingruo laughed, tucked the quilt up for him, turned and went out.