After listening to Liu Gong's words, Liu Ji stepped forward and said, "Since there is nothing wrong with my brother, let him go. Let him go, let him go!" As he spoke, he reached out to untie Liu Gong's rope.
Xiu shouted: "Who dares to touch him?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gai Yan stepped forward quickly and grabbed Liu Ji's wrist.
The expression on Liu Ji's face froze, and he turned to look at Liu Xiu and said, "My brother has already said that he just broke into private houses. As for Miss Sun's matter, it has nothing to do with my brother!"
"I will naturally investigate if it is related!"
"No, I said Liu Xiu, what do you mean? Do you think our brothers are easy to bully?" Liu Ji glared at Liu Xiu, then turned to Gai Yan and said coldly: "Let go!"
Gai Yan remained unmoved and still held his wrist firmly. Liu Ji became furious and said word by word: "I want you to let go!"
While speaking, he swung his arm outward hard, thinking he could shake Gai Yan's hand away, but Gai Yan's hand seemed to be stuck to his wrist and he failed to shake it off.
Liu Ji roared angrily and pretended to fight Gai Yan. Liu Xiu said: "Since you have joined the Zhu Tiandu Department, you must abide by the military rules and regulations of the Zhu Tiandu Department!"
"Damn it, can I quit this job?!" Liu Ji roared angrily.
Liu Xiu raised his hand and pointed to the door, and said in a loud voice: "If you don't want to do this, get out! Zhu Tiandu will not spoil the whole pot of soup just because of you few stinky fish and rotten shrimps!"
On weekdays, Liu Xiu is low-key and easy-going. In the eyes of most Liu clan members, Liu Xiu is a timid person. No one expected that he would suddenly become so angry at this time.
, not giving Liu Ji any face at all.
Liu Ji was also stunned and looked at Liu Xiu blankly. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Liu Yan felt that his younger brother's words were a bit excessive, not to mention that a fierce general like Liu Ji was hard to find, so how could he be forced to quit? He cleared his throat and said, "Axiu..."
He just started talking, and Liu Xiu said seriously: "If you don't have military rules and disciplines, it's just a mess. If you have military rules and disciplines and don't abide by them, you're a bunch of rabble. If the general wants to keep Zhutian Capital for a long time, he must strictly enforce military disciplines."
! Those who have made meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. If you can’t even clearly distinguish rewards and punishments, how can you convince the public? How can you talk about rebelling against recklessness and restoring the Han Dynasty? "
At this point, Liu Xiu took a deep look at Liu Yan, sighed, and said meaningfully: "What are we fighting for again?"
Liu Yan was shaken, looked at Liu Xiu, and said nothing for a long time.
In fact, Liu Yan didn't think military rules and regulations were very important. He felt that so many clansmen had followed him in rebellion and provided money and people to help him. Now that he has captured Caiyang, he will give his clansmen something to do.
Privilege is nothing.
But after listening to Liu Xiu's words, he finally realized that the matter was serious.
In the early stages of the uprising, the Liu clan could indeed provide a lot of help to the Zhutiandu tribe. However, if the Zhutiandu tribe really wanted to grow, it could not just rely on the support of the Liu clan, but needed to absorb more knowledgeable people.
Scholars, attract more talents and common people to join.
If the Liu clan continues to be given privileges, not only will it be difficult for the Zhu Tiandu tribe to attract others to join, but it will also have major internal problems or even splits.
Liu Xiu looked at his silent eldest brother, then at the other Liu clan members, and said in a deep voice: "Zhonghua, take Liu Gong and Liu Jin into custody temporarily, and wait until everything is investigated clearly before dealing with it! Zi Ling
, You should work harder tonight and strictly investigate the activities of our officers and soldiers in the city. If anyone is found to have violated military regulations and disciplines, once discovered, they can be dealt with in accordance with military law. They will be executed first and then reported!" After speaking, he looked at Liu Yan and asked: "
What does the general mean?"
At this time, he did not call Liu Yan brother, but general, making it clear that he was doing business. Liu Yan scratched his forehead, sighed secretly, and said helplessly: "Axiu, just do what you want! "
After receiving his eldest brother's approval, Liu Xiu turned to look at Deng Yu and Yan Guang. They understood each other, raised their hands and said, "I obey!"
Liu Gong and Liu Jin, brothers in distress, were taken directly to the county government by Deng Yu and others.
Liu Yan did not stay longer in the Sun Mansion. He comforted the Sun family for a few words, then turned and walked out. Liu Yong and other members of the Liu family chased after him, surrounding Liu Yan. say something.
Seeing that Liu Ji was lagging behind, Liu Xiu quickly walked a few steps, came to Liu Ji's side, raised his hands and said, "Brother Ji, I was wrong about the person just now, and there was a conflict in my language. I hope Brother Ji will forgive you."
This was a typical Liu Xiu slap in the face, and then he immediately gave him a red date.
Liu Ji looked at Liu Xiu again as if he didn't know him, and said sarcastically with a half-smile: "Axiu was really majestic just now, very majestic like a general!"
But don’t forget, how did you get the title of partial general? If your elder brother didn’t protect you, who would recognize you as a partial general?!
Liu Xiu asked: "Why is Brother Ji willing to follow my eldest brother in rebellion?"
Liu Ji was stunned for a moment and said matter-of-factly: "If you follow Brother Bo Sheng, I think you will have a bright future!"
Liu Xiu said seriously: "If there is no law and discipline in the army, and Wang Mang doesn't have to attack us, we ourselves will fall apart first. As for Brother Ji, who thinks there is a great future, he is even more delusional."
Liu Ji said unconvinced: "My brother only made a mistake for the first time, can't I forgive him this time?"
Liu Xiu said: "Why are so many people rebelling against recklessness in today's world? It's just because the reckless thieves are unfair and the people can't live. If we are like Wang Mang and treat things unfairly and the people can't live, Brother Ji thinks that we How long can you live?"
Liu Ji's lips moved, but he didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, he asked: "Axiu, then... what do you plan to do with my brother?"
Liu Xiu said: "If Liu Gong has not insulted Miss Sun, he will be whipped a hundred times."
"One hundred lashes? Wouldn't that person be beaten to death?"
"A hundred whips will not kill anyone! He has made a mistake and deserves to be punished. Before he made a mistake, he should have thought of the consequences." On the matter of strict military discipline, Liu Xiu had a very firm attitude.
I am afraid that only Liu Xiu himself knows whether he is really dedicated to the people, but in his opinion, if the military discipline is not strict, then it is a bunch of rabble, let alone the capital army that cannot defeat the imperial court, even in front of the county army, it is invincible. hit.
There was nothing to say that night. The next morning, Zhu You handed over the investigation results of the entire matter to Liu Yan and Liu Xiu.
This time Liu Gong and Liu Jin broke into the Sun family and forcibly molested the young lady of the Sun family. It was Liu Gong who instigated the incident. After breaking into the Sun family, Liu Gong stabbed to death a slave who came to stop him. However, when he was raping other girls, it was Liu Jin who got in first. Before it was Liu Gong's turn, Liu Xiu came with his men.
After seeing the results of this investigation, Liu Xiu's attitude was very simple. Liu Gong would compensate the Sun family for their losses and punish him with two hundred lashes. As for Liu Jin, he should be beheaded in public as a warning to others.
Liu Yan and Liu Xiu talked about this matter several times.
He believed that Liu Xiu's punishment was too harsh. If Liu Jin was really killed, Liu Yong and his men would no longer be able to stay in the Zhutian capital. This would be a huge blow to his own strength. weaken.
As for Liu Gong, punishing him with two hundred lashes is almost the same as being beheaded. Even an iron man can't bear the 200 lashes, let alone Liu Gong? And Liu Gong is Liu Ji's younger brother. After Liu Gong dies, Liu Ji still can't bear it. Can you stay in the Zhu Tiandu Department? This is another big loss.
Liu Yan felt that it was not worth paying such a high price for strict military discipline.
After hearing what his eldest brother said, Liu Xiu said: "Brother, the Zhutian Capital Department has just been established. Everyone is inexperienced and accustomed to being unconstrained and acting as they please. But because of this, military discipline must be strictly enforced. In the early stage, It is true that there will be labor pains, which is unavoidable, but after the labor pains are over, running the army will become much easier. How can an army with lax military discipline be regarded as an army? Can such an army be sent out to fight? Brother, Long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain, and short-term pain is not as good as labor pain. If we just take this pain now, we can save a lot of trouble and hidden dangers in the future!"
"Axiu, brother understands the truth, but Liu Yong, Liu Ji..."
"On this matter, the eldest brother must have a firm attitude. If Liu Yong and Liu Ji really resent the eldest brother because of this, it would be a good thing to eliminate such people as soon as possible."
Every time Liu Yan argued with Liu Xiu, not only did he fail to convince Liu Xiu, but he himself was persuaded by Liu Xiu.
On the second day after occupying Caiyang, Liu Yan sent Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun to take charge of collecting money and grain in the city. He himself discussed the next strategy with Liu Xiu and others in the county government office.
Liu Yan found a map of Nanyang County in the county government office, which saved them a lot of trouble. Liu Yan spread the map on the table and gathered around the crowd. He pointed at the map and said: "We are in Caiyang. It’s not that we can sit back and relax. There are Deng County in the west, Xiangxiang in the northeast, and Tongling in the southeast. Deng County, Xiangxiang, and Tongling counties sandwich us in Caiyang. Our troops are in Caiyang and may be attacked by three parties at any time. Attack at the same time!"
Everyone looked at the map, and as Liu Yan said, Deng County, Xiangxiang, and Tongling were like a triangle, forming an angle with each other, surrounding Cai Yang.
Deng Yu said: "If our army wants to gain a firm foothold in Caiyang, it must conquer Deng County, Xiangxiang, and Tongling."
Liu Xiu asked: "Do you know how many troops there are in these three places?"
Jiu'er immediately answered: "There are about a thousand soldiers from the three counties."
Liu Xiu rubbed his chin and murmured: "In other words, there are more than three thousand people in total."
Everyone looked at each other. More than 3,000 county soldiers were not a small number. This battle would not be as easy as the capture of Caiyang.
While they were discussing, a soldier came to the door of the hall, stepped in and saluted, and said: "General!"
Liu Yan glanced outside and said, "Come in!"
The soldier walked into the hall and said: "General, the master of Sun Mansion wants to see you."
Liu Yan didn't react and asked suspiciously: "Master of Sun Mansion?"
"That's Sun Xing, the one whose daughter was raped by Liu Jin." Liu Ji reminded.
Liu Yan looked suddenly enlightened and asked, "Did he come by himself?"
"There are also Liu Yong and Mr. Sun's daughter."
Liu Yan blinked, looked at Liu Xiu, waved his hand and said, "Let them come in!"
Looking at the soldiers leaving, Liu Xiu said slowly: "Liu Jin has committed an unforgivable crime by seizing a civilian girl. He must be executed in public at noon today. Even if Liu Yong bribes the Sun family to resolve this matter, he will not be able to resolve the matter."
