Due to a small victory during the day, the soldiers and civilians of Beiping City were immersed in a joyful atmosphere. Almost everyone believed that victory in the defense of Beiping was within sight.
After nightfall, Tie Xuan summoned the civil and military officials to the North City Tower and held a wartime meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, he greatly publicized the results of today's victory. The generals who participated in the defense of the city were all rewarded.
In the spirit of righteousness and courage, those surrendering and escaping civil servants who were greedy for life and feared death also obediently kept their mouths shut.
After summarizing the results of the battle, the next step was to discuss the future strategy of defending the city. Although Tie Xuan was very happy, he was not dazzled by the small victory. He knew that the enemy would not give up until they defeated Peiping. Unless they defeated the enemy, they would still be defeated.
There was no way to break the siege, so this was a long and arduous war of resistance.
Tie Xuan is also ready to fight a long-term war of resistance, but some practical problems still need to be solved, such as the problem of food. You must know that soldiers and civilians are all human beings and they all need to eat. If there is insufficient food, neither soldiers nor civilians will be able to eat.
If the enemy is defeated, the city of Beiping will be destroyed without attack.
"Master Gao, how much grain is left in the grain storage?" Tie Xuan asked Gao Liansheng, the general judge in charge of grain storage.
"According to my official's inventory, the grain depot currently has more than 76,000 shi of military rations and more than 1,000 shi of white grain, which is enough to last three months." Gao Liansheng said with a bitter face.
In fact, as an important town in the north, Beiping City has always stocked a large amount of food and grass, which is enough for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians for two years. It was only because the Northern Expeditionary Army and reinforcements became the enemy's moving teams that the city would have been in short supply of food and grass. If it hadn't been for Wan Yicheng
It is urgently recommended to collect grain from major grain dealers at a fair price. I am afraid that there is not even a month's worth of military rations in the grain depot.
However, this order to requisition food at a fair price has still harmed the interests of major grain merchants. You must know that these guys are preparing to hoard and make a fortune from the national disaster. Now the government confiscates all the food at a fair price with a piece of official document, cutting off their financial path. Of course they
Not happy, many people come to Gao Liansheng's place to make noise every day, which makes him very annoyed.
"Three months is enough. Mr. Gao, as the grain officer of Beiping City, you must keep the grain to yourself. If anything goes wrong, military law will be dealt with." Food is the most important thing for the people, and Tie Xuan did not dare to do so.
If you are careless, he warned sternly.
Gao Liansheng repeatedly promised not to slack off. Tie Xuan also wanted to ask about other matters, but when he saw Li Yuan, who was responsible for training new recruits, quickly walked into the meeting hall and whispered a few words in his ear, his expression suddenly changed and he rushed to the audience.
The official said: "Everyone, please follow me to the military camp for a visit."
Not far to the north of the military camp, when Tie Xuan led a group of officials there, people were already standing inside and outside the military camp. Tens of thousands of new troops lined up neatly on the playground. Dozens of elders and wealthy gentry from the city came to watch.
Lei was lying on a bench in front of the playground, with his coat still taken off. Next to him stood two strong men holding military clubs.
"Why are you still standing there? Execution!"
"Master Wan, you are the pillar of our city of Beiping. You cannot be beaten." Zhao Quanjie, the commander of Wanfu who stood aside, advised.
"What does military discipline say? One of the three major disciplines is not to take anything from the people. I was lax in my control and took two bags of food from the people. This is a serious violation of military regulations and I should be punished. There is nothing to say. I will be punished.
, otherwise military discipline will be abolished."
"Master Wan, you are not a sergeant and are not bound by military discipline." Zhou Gui also advised.
"Now is a time of war, and military law is the most important. Whether civilians, officials or soldiers, they must abide by military law. No one can stand outside military law. Everyone is watching now. If you don't carry out the punishment, are you going to let military law be abolished on me?
Do you want to drop me? Do you want me to become a historical sinner who trapped the city in the enemy's hands?"
"But..." Li Yu still wanted to persuade him, but he saw Zhao Quanzhong, who was standing aside, kneeling on the ground and sobbing: "Master Wan, the young man got this thing, the military stick should be brought by the young man."
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"Although you have secretly taken other people's property, it was all due to my lax control. From now on, please remember that you are not allowed to take a needle or a thread from the people. If you dare to do it again, you will be prosecuted by military law." Wan Lei swept.
He glanced at Zhao Quanzhong, Zhao Quanren and Zhao Quanyi, and saw that they both nodded silently, and then said to the execution sergeant: "Execution, twenty military sticks, real beating."
"Nephew Wan Xian, what are you doing?" Tie Xuan saw this and already understood. Li Yuanyu told him clearly that the cause of this matter was that one of Wan Lei's subordinates had taken over the grain merchant.
Zhou Yuanwai's bag of flour and beans is not a big deal and should not be made out of such a fuss.
"Military law is as important as a mountain and cannot be abandoned just because of one person." Wan Lei just wanted to make a fuss out of a molehill. He wanted to use twenty army sticks to establish his selfless image. With this positive aura, the people in Beiping City would have to surrender their hands obediently when they see him in the future.
Salute and call him sir. To put it bluntly, this is establishing virtue.
You should know that the wise men in ancient times all pursued three immortalities: to establish virtue, to establish meritorious service, and to establish good words. The so-called establishment of virtue means to create laws and give generosity to the people; to make meritorious service means to save people from disasters and eliminate difficulties, and to help the world; to establish righteousness means to achieve good results through words.
Yes, the theory can be passed on. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the early Ming Dynasty, the only person who truly achieved the immortality of the Three Realms was the most holy teacher - Confucius.
Wan Lei knew that he had no hope in officialdom, so becoming a "sage" became his main pursuit in life. Of course, being a "sage" is not that easy. For Wan Lei, it is not difficult to make a statement and create one or two benefits.
The scientific and technological theories in the world can be established for eternity; it is not too difficult to make a meritorious service. Now the opportunity is right in front of you. To save the city of Beiping, your merit is as great as heaven.
However, it is difficult to establish a moral character. After all, the eyes of the common people are also sharp. They cannot be deceived by hypocritical "virtue". What depends on it is real action. The so-called creation of the law, simply put, is to be
A perfect moral model; the so-called almsgiving to others means to be charitable and to benefit the world.
Tie Xuan didn't know what Wan Lei had in mind. He was about to step forward to help Wan Lei up, but he pushed him away. "Master Tie, the siege of Beiping City has not been resolved, and military law cannot be abolished. Please come down and rectify military law."
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"This..." Tie Xuan hesitated for a while, then waved his hand towards the execution sergeant and said: "Hit!"
Of course, what Tie Xuan meant was that it would be fine if you meant it, don't really hit him. The execution sergeant had already understood this, and the stick made a whirring sound, but when it fell on the buttocks, it was light and airy. However, Wan Lei was just pretending.
He refused, and said angrily: "I've said that I'll beat you, if you try to fool me again, I'll beat you."
"Ah!" The execution sergeant was startled. When he heard that he was about to be spanked, the force on his hand increased a bit. The stick fell on Wan Lei's butt, making a snapping sound. After a few strokes, he saw
Blood seeped out, and when the onlookers saw it, they subconsciously turned their heads and didn't dare to look.
However, Wan Lei still gritted his teeth and persisted without shouting. Of course, he still saw that these sergeants were still pretending to hit. Although the beatings made a crackling sound, in fact they only hit soft tissue and could not be hurt.
Just go home and apply medicine to your muscles and bones, and there will be no sequelae.
However, the ordinary people didn't know these things. He couldn't bear it when he saw Wan Lei being beaten until his skin was torn and bloody, and he kept trying to persuade him not to beat him again. If he was beaten again, he would really die. Zhao Xueer was watching from the side.
He Wei'er and other girls were so frightened that their faces turned pale, while Zhao Quanzhong, the offender, kept crying and kowtow to beg for mercy.
Regardless of persuading or begging for mercy, Wan Lei insisted on enduring the twenty big slabs without crying out. Everyone was even more impressed when they saw it. Zhao Quanzhong rushed forward to help him down for treatment, but he was beaten by him.
Pushed away, he said sternly: "If you dare to do it again in the future, the punishment will be doubled. Do you understand?"
"Young one, I won't dare to do it again," Zhao Quanzhong said hurriedly, while the two brothers Quan Ren and Quan Yi standing next to him also expressed that they would never dare to do it again.
Tie Xuan naturally knew that Wan Lei was helping him enforce strict military discipline, so he stood at the front desk and said to the people below: "Everyone, listen up. Military law is the highest in wartime. Anyone who dares to disobey military law will be severely punished, no matter who he is or what his official position is."
No loan. Now reiterate the three major disciplines, keep them in mind, and never break them in the future."
"All actions follow the command; no one takes a single step from the common people; all seizures must be returned to the public." Tens of thousands of new troops shouted in unison. No one dared to take military discipline as a joke anymore, because they knew that Mr. Wan even spanked himself.
Others will definitely not be merciful. For the sake of your own butt, it is better to obey the law obediently.
The officers and soldiers were better off, because they were originally bound by military law. However, the officials and gentry who were watching were completely dumbfounded, because they heard what Wan Lei said: In times of war, military law is the most important, no matter it is
Whether the people are officials or soldiers, they must abide by military law, and no one can stand outside military law.
The meaning of this sentence could not be more obvious, it is to tell everyone: No one can mess around, otherwise they will catch each one and beat them up. Faced with the "bachelor" who spanked himself without blinking an eye, these officials and gentry withdrew very wisely.
The neck, for the time being, acted like a tortoise.