Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 363 The Way of Reward and Punishment
After Huan Xi returned to Chang'an, he did not do anything. At least, he took Aman out of the city today to go to the military camp.

“There is nothing more important than legislating and teaching than rewards and punishments.

"Rewards and punishments are the sharp weapons of the country and the handle to control people."

This is the original text written by Liu Zhou of the Northern Qi Dynasty in the book "Liu Zi", and is now used by Huan Xi to teach Aman.

Huan Xi said and mentioned the record in "Han Feizi Erbang":

"The master of the Ming Dynasty has only two tools to guide and control his ministers.

"Those with two handles are the virtues of punishment.

“Killing is called punishment, celebrating and rewarding is called virtue.

"Aman, to reward and punish soldiers, you must do it yourself, and you must not leave it to others.

"Soldiers will naturally choose to support whomever they eat and receive rewards from without hesitation."

It is gratifying to have meritorious service, but as long as you obey Huan Xi's call, even if your efforts are in vain, the soldiers will gain something.

Huan Xi took him to the military camp today in order to give rewards to the soldiers, and also to let Aman see how he got along with the soldiers.

At the same time, because there were too many troops mobilized, the servant armies such as Hexi Xianbei, Hetao Xianbei, and Tiefu Xiongnu wanted rewards, and the main force of the soldiers could not be ignored. Therefore, Huanxi could not give generous rewards like he did when he sent troops to Liang. The hard work of the soldiers.

Of course, although Huan Xi won the Yanchi and was able to reap the salt profits from then on, the war in Hedong County had just come to an end, and the production of the Yanchi had only just resumed, so it was impossible to achieve profitability in a short period of time.

Aman nodded with understanding.

He wanted to monopolize the salt trade in the Kansai region. Huan Xi would kill anyone who dared to compete with the government for profit.

Only in this way will they respond positively to the call.

You can only mean it, and it's enough to be passable on the surface.

Suo Ya, as the Zuofu of Yinchuan Chan Yu Tai, had already left Chang'an in advance, but 30,000 Hexi Xianbei and 50,000 Hetao soldiers were still stationed outside Chang'an City, waiting to receive their rewards.

If he fails to work hard on the battlefield, it will be Huan Xi himself who finally swallows the bitter fruit.

Even so, the number of soldiers was there after all. Huan Xi had previously rewarded 30,000 heavy armored infantry who stayed in Guandong, and now he was rewarded with nearly 100,000 soldiers, which still put Liang's finances in crisis again.

Huan Xi has always divided rewards into two parts: merit and hard work.

Not only Huan Xi, but also Wang Meng was almost driven crazy by money and food.

For example, the 50,000 soldiers in Hetao worked hard from Yinchuan to Hedong, walking thousands of miles. Although they were not used, their efforts must be rewarded.

Huan Xi stood on the general stage, looking at the faces under the stage that were happy for being rewarded, and thought to himself:
'As long as salt is sold everywhere, everything will be fine. '

Although it looked ugly to eat, he didn't care so much at this time.

When Huan Xi returned to Chang'an, the first thing he mentioned to Wang Meng was not even that he wanted to use troops after next spring plowing, but that he wanted to vigorously crack down on illegal salt in the territory.

Otherwise, when Huan Xi needs to use these servant troops in another war, the various tribes in Hetao may not dare to disobey, but don't expect them to be very active.

We can't let them go home empty-handed after a hard trip.

In addition to rewards, pensions also need to be paid to the fallen soldiers. Now that Huan Xi is planning to use troops next year, he naturally becomes a hands-off shopkeeper and only says what he wants, while Wang Meng will do the hard work for him.

"Thank you Duke Liang for the generous reward. Long live Duke Liang! Long live!"

All the soldiers shouted long live, grateful for Huan Xi's generosity. Aman was watching his father in the audience, and wanted to stand with him and accept the cheers from everyone.

However, Huanxi could allow Aman to observe politics in Shangshutai, but could not tolerate him establishing his own influence in the army prematurely.

Li Yuan is the best example.

However, without Li Shimin, it would be difficult for Li Yuan to conquer the country.

After receiving the rewards, the 80,000 servant troops returned to Hexi and Hetao. Even if the road was windy and snowy, they could not stop their eagerness to return home.

At the same time, Huan Xi's victory in capturing Hedong County was finally sent to Jiankang.

When King Sima Yu of Kuaiji learned about this, his face was as gloomy as water.

For the Sima family, Huan Wen and Huan Xi were thieves of the country, and the relationship between the two families would not be eased by in-laws.

Huanxi captured Hedong County and held the two salt ponds of Jie County and Anyi, which also meant that within a few years, Liang State would be able to make up for the last shortcoming and completely solve the financial problem.

After all, salt is hard currency and there is no need to worry about sales.

Huan Xi, or Wang Meng, had governed the Liang Kingdom in these years without care. He saw Guanxi gradually prospering, but the problem was that the foundation was too weak. Therefore, Huan Xi could only choose to hide wealth among the people, and the national treasury was in deficit all year round.

But just as Huan Xi expected, as long as the salt in his hands is sold to various places, everything will get better.

This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Sima Yu, because it meant that Huan Xi no longer had economic concerns and could conduct military operations with confidence.

But, what can he do? There is nothing he can do.

In the first half of the year, the Huan family sent troops outside the Zhuque Gate, forcing the emperor and the queen mother to go out of the city to meet each other. Sima Yu did not even dare to breathe.

Jiankang Palace, main hall.

Zhongshu Sheren read aloud the memorial sent by Huan Xi in the palace. The faces of the ministers varied. Those who supported the Huan family did not dare to say that they were overjoyed, but they were also secretly happy in their hearts.

As for those ministers who were loyal to the Jin Dynasty, they all felt heavy.

There is no controversy about the fact that Huan Xi asked for titles for his generals. After all, Huan Xi did not ask for titles for them randomly, and all of them corresponded to everyone's merit.

The importance of appropriate rewards and punishments is no less important than the rewards and punishments themselves.

Whether it is a big reward for a small merit, a big punishment for a small mistake, a small reward for a big merit, or a small punishment for a big crime, it is difficult to win people's trust, and it is not something that should be done by a wise master.

Huan Xi would not make this kind of mistake. The reason why he was given so much hard work when he conquered Zhang Zuo was mainly because Huan Xi sent out troops in winter and braved the snow to expedition to Liangzhou. Many of his soldiers suffered from frostbite. It's a lot of hardship.

As for Huan Xi's request to establish a unified state, after a brief discussion, Empress Dowager Chu listened to the opinions of the ministers and agreed.

The reason why this needs to be discussed is that during the Western Jin Dynasty, Hedong County did not belong to Bingzhou, but was under the jurisdiction of Sizhou.

The reason why Wang Biaozhi and others did not stop him was because the court was beyond its reach. Even if Huan Xi really took all of Hedong one day, the court would not be able to take Bingzhou back from Huan Xi's hands.

The focus of the debate was the reward given to Huan Xi.

As the saying goes, great merit is hard to reward. Huan Xi's problem is not how great his merit is, but because Huan Wen is there. Huan Xi is almost at the top, and it is impossible for him to really surpass Huan Wen in official rank.

The Jin family upholds filial piety, and even if they wanted to provoke father and son, they would not make such a joke.

Moreover, with Sima Xingnan here, there is basically no possibility of the Huan family father and son turning against each other.

(End of this chapter)