Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 171 Reward and Punishment
All the soldiers returned to the barracks and had a big meal.

Zhao Xin also had to go back to Madam Miao's courtyard, and then he saw that Madam Miao seemed to be doing nothing 'on the surface', but in fact, she was standing there holding a branch.

Zhao Xin knew something was wrong as soon as he saw the situation, so he didn't dare to get close immediately.

He asked Madam Miao directly, "Madam Miao, why are you holding a branch?"

Madam Miao's face turned pale. Without saying a word, she took two steps at a time and started beating him.

What does that poem say?

It is really like a sword in the hand of a loving mother, striking her son who has wandered around.

"You're allowed to show off. You think you're awesome, don't you?"

While beating Zhao Xin, he said this.

Zhao Xin immediately got into the role!

Just kneel down!

"Mrs. Miao, I was wrong!"

When Madam Miao saw that the last blow had hit his arm, she felt a little distressed.

"What's wrong?"

But at this moment, Madam Miao was still a little unwilling to give in.

Zhao Xin said, "I should have told you, Madam Miao, before I left!"

After that, Zhao Xin said, "There's more!"

"I should have given birth to the baby before going out! If I was not careful and died on the way, it would be the end of me."

Madam Miao frowned and asked, "Then why did you go out early?"

Zhao Xin replied, "Daddy just sent me there on a whim. If you want to fight, Madam Miao, you should go and fight Daddy!"

Madam Miao was so angry that she raised the twig again.

Zhao Zhen ran slower than Zhao Xin, so he came in later.

This just came in...

Then he saw Zhao Xin saying bad things about him behind his back.

Zhao Zhen also rolled his eyes.

When Lady Miao saw the official coming, she pretended to hit him again fiercely.

"You wanted to go out in the first place! Maybe it was you who persuaded your father to let you go out. I gave birth to you, how could I not know your little thoughts!?"

Zhao Xin said, "You saw through it all! Madam Miao, you are so smart! You are worthy of being the first woman since ancient times to finish reading the "Book of Tang", "Book of Sui" and "Book of Han" at the age of 20!"

Seeing Zhao Xin's flattering look, Madam Miao had no choice but to throw the twig aside.

Seeing that Madam Miao had stopped fighting, his father coughed, indicating that he was about to come out.

When Madam Miao saw this, she had to lead everyone to pay their respects to his father.

"Official family."

Zhao Zhen also took the blame and did not evade responsibility.

After coming up, he explained calmly and politely: "It was indeed me who asked Zui Xinglai to go. Well, he's been beaten, forget it. He must not have had a good rest outside these days. Let him take a shower, change clothes, and then have a good rest!"

in this way……

Zhao Xin no longer had to kneel.

……

the next day.

The war is over, but what is more difficult than fighting is the post-war work.

Zhao Xin looked at these meritorious officials and soldiers who had made contributions and were waiting to be fed, and he suddenly understood why the Song Dynasty no longer liked to fight wars.

He would rather pay an additional two hundred thousand in taxes and silk than go to war.

Because it really costs money whether you win or lose. It also makes sense why the Liao Kingdom did not want to fight after collecting 200,000 tax coins and silk from them, and stopped while they were ahead.

Why are you so trustworthy?

After all, whether it won or lost, the Liao Kingdom would definitely be unable to make ends meet.

The best outcome is not to fight.

Unless it really comes to a life-and-death situation and you have no choice but to fight.

But the Liao Kingdom had obviously seen through it.

The Song Dynasty's useless ruler and ministers had no ability at all and did not want to fight to the death with them, so the Liao Kingdom naturally took the money and withdrew its troops.

This is not the case with Western Xia!
The Western Xia instigated the tribes on the border of the Liao Kingdom to rebel. This not only challenged the Liao Kingdom's status as the suzerain state of the Western Xia, but also subtly shook the Liao Kingdom's rule over the border. This was already a bit of a threat to the Liao Kingdom's own security, so the Liao Kingdom would definitely have to chase after the Western Xia.

But Zhao Xin is okay!
After all, he only had three thousand men, and no matter how much reward he gave them, ten or twenty thousand pieces of silk would be enough.

But how to appreciate it is also an art.

If he were to give rewards like his father did, the gap between the rich and the poor would inevitably form in the army prematurely.

At that time, people will not worry about scarcity but inequality, and their hearts will not be united.

therefore……

Zhao Xin’s reward plan was to divide it equally.

Lecture Hall.

After thinking for a long time.

Zhao Xin then asked Zhao Xun, "I plan to reward all the people in the Li Yuan army. What do you think of me giving each person five pieces of silk as a reward, and not giving more rewards based on how many people they beheaded?"

Zhao Xun and others looked at Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin also went on to say: "Of course, the rewards given to you and some team leaders must be a little extra. After all, the effort you put in is much more than that of ordinary soldiers."

It’s a reward from his father. It’s a reward from his father.

The rewards for Li Yuan’s army must be separate.

They must also be separated!

Zhao Xun also asked: "What does His Royal Highness Prince Yu think?"

Zhao Xin said, "You get ten pieces of silk, the squad leader gets seven pieces, and the rest of the soldiers get five pieces."

Zhao Xun understands rewards and punishments.

He also asked: "Is it always like this no matter how many people each person kills, or is it..."

Zhao Xin said, "It will always be like this no matter how many people each person kills. Of course! I will adjust the number depending on the intensity of the battle. For example, you have 20 horses, the squad leader has 14 horses, and the remaining soldiers have 5 horses each. There is no upper limit. It mainly depends on the enemy and your performance. My idea is to emphasize that we are a whole in the reward. This method is of course difficult to implement among the large number of imperial guards."

"But we have fewer people, and that's our advantage."

"If this person beheads more people, he will be rewarded more. Then, won't the Li Yuan Army become the same as those imperial guards who like to take credit for themselves?"

"I hope that my troops will be rewarded or punished based on the outcome of the entire war, rather than who grabs the enemy's head first or who cuts off the enemy's ear first."

"Every time I open the history books, I see many stories of armies fighting for spoils on the battlefield and then being ambushed by the enemy, leading to great defeats."

"We, the Li Yuan Army, cannot be like that. I hope that our Li Yuan Army are family and brothers!"

"We always keep pace, shoot arrows in one direction, and exert our strength in one direction."

"From now on, no matter how many enemies you kill, you don't have to carefully distinguish who killed them. If you kill a thousand people, then divide the reward according to the reward for killing a thousand people. If you kill a hundred thousand people, then divide the reward according to the reward for killing a hundred thousand people."

"What we want is victory in the entire war, and for everyone to be able to live well."

"Rather than causing the entire army to be defeated because of one person's greed for merit."

"You are required to do all this ideological work."

"Tell the soldiers one by one."

(End of this chapter)