Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 73 Wounded Soldiers

"Four masters, please get up quickly!" Shen Haolin stretched out his hand to help the four masters up, and asked them to sit down, "What is the fault of the four masters? What happened, no matter what, this commander can't put all All the crimes are put on the four masters. The four are getting older, and their energy is not as good as before. Some negligence is inevitable. Besides, these people have been in the army for a long time, and they are honest and meticulous in their work. No one would have imagined that they would make a big mistake because of such a small thing."

"What the marshal said is true!" Master Mo sighed, "That man surnamed Lu is actually good at craftsmanship, and several old brothers and I are also discussing in private whether we should let him take over our class, after all, we are a day old. After one day, there are many things that can't be managed, and they need the help of young and strong people like them. Hey, who would have thought that they would not live up to their expectations, and did such a scandal, wasting a good opportunity."

"If you want me to tell you, it's useless to persuade you to be more open-minded and not to take this matter to heart, right?" Xue Ruitian leaned on Jin Jing like a pillow, and raised an eyebrow at the four masters, " The four of you have been conscientious and cautious all your life, but when you are old, such a big incident happened within the scope of your jurisdiction. Not to mention that you will not be guaranteed at the end of the festival, it is almost the same. Now you feel particularly aggrieved? I regret how I saw it at the beginning Wandering away, I chose these few things and came back."

"Brother, that's not what they said. They have performed well in the army these years. Seeing that there is no hope of promotion, they should be anxious, but they are too anxious, which completely ruined their own future. If they can calm down, Calm down, and this kind of thing won't happen anymore, it has nothing to do with the old men watching people go away or not." Song Qiyun sat directly next to Master Mo, put his arms around Master Mo's shoulders, and said, " In fact, old man Mo said something very well just now, and I especially agree with it. Today’s incident must happen sooner or later. In the final analysis, these handymen do not really belong to our Shen family army, although they have also passed a very strict review And investigation, their backgrounds are also innocent, but after all, they have never been on the battlefield, have never seen blood, and their sense of belonging to the border and to the Shen family army is far less strong than those of the real soldiers."

"My brother is right." Xia Jiu nodded, and handed everyone a cup of hot tea, "From the fact that the man surnamed Lu moved out my brother's title, it can be seen that they are the same as those who have just entered the barracks and have not yet received training. There is no difference between recruits. Look at that Dai Yi who dared to provoke Sister Xiaocha, didn’t he have the same attitude at the beginning? He was thrown into the training camp by Sister Xiaocha for more than two months. Although he has never been on the battlefield, the change is not that great Is it? I think that these handymen are just like the small officials in the yamen in central Beijing, such as the doctor of a certain department. Once they come to the assessment period, they start not doing their jobs properly and not working hard. Pass the assessment Yes, rejoice, before the next assessment period comes, perform desperately, and fail the assessment, that is the state we saw tonight, drunk every day, not doing business every day, and uttering wild words, contradicting the superior."

"Because you think you won't be reused and your future is bleak, so you break the pot?"

Shen Cha had very little contact with officials in Xijing, even if he was returning to Beijing to report on his duties, apart from entering the palace, at most he would go to the Ministry of War.Because of her different status, Master Shangshu personally received her when she went to the Ministry of War. She had never seen those low-ranking officials.

"That's right!" Xue Ruitian chuckled, "Didn't you always complain that the people who wrote the Dibao had poor grammar and their writing was unsightly? Some of those people were officials who had been dismissed and waited to be ranked below the seventh rank. Tian complained to himself, felt that he was born at the wrong time, and it was considered good to be able to complete the task assigned by the Shangguan, just write a few strokes and finish the job, and the rest of the time, besides drinking, he vented his dissatisfaction."

"Such a person who neglects his duties should be removed from office immediately and handed over to the Secretary for punishment!"

"Things in Beijing are more troublesome than ours. How to deal with them, His Majesty has his own conclusions, so let's not say more."

"If you can meet such a good opportunity like today, Your Majesty will deal with it without hesitation." Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha, turned to look at the four masters, "Recently, various rumors in the army have arisen, People's hearts are fluctuating. At this time, it is very necessary to have such a person and such a thing to give a warning to the soldiers, so that some of them can restrain their thoughts that should not be raised, and honestly serve His Majesty and Great Xia. The common people guard the frontier and guard the land." Shen Haolin paused for a moment, and continued, "You are all right, many rumors and deceptive news came from the mouths of these handymen, and the spies sent by Baimeng also came through Are these handymen here to spread rumors? It is because these people are not determined and easily shaken. And they have been in frequent contact with the soldiers and low-level generals for a long time, so those rumors have a way to spread."

"That's right, most soldiers and low-ranking generals can't touch the real core, and they are the first group to panic when encountering any accidents or emergencies, just like this time the Marshal and Xiaocha were sick and injured at the same time Bai Meng's spies took advantage of this opportunity to spread rumors through these handymen. Those soldiers waited for a long time, but they couldn't wait for our response or the marshal's sobriety. Naturally, the morale of the army would fluctuate. "Xue Ruitian put down his teacup, walked in four directions, wandered to Song Qiyun's side, and said, "Of course, such a situation that the backbone of the army falls ill at the same time, after all, happens once in a hundred years, and the number of occurrences is extremely rare, but we have to pass This incident sees the essence of the problem." Xue Ruitian sat down, "What is the essence? It is the sense of belonging that Qiyun just mentioned, in addition to this, there is also the understanding and confidence in oneself."

"This brings us back to the issue that we have been discussing and can't make up our minds." Shen Haolin took Shen Cha and sat down opposite Xue Ruitian, and also called Shen Jiu, Jin Jing and Hong Ye to come over together, "Let's all sit down. We have been saying before that we hope that the barracks will become more pure, and there is no need for those non-military personnel, that is, these handymen. They either join the army or leave here and return to their original places.”

"If they want to join the army, they have to start from the new barracks. However, some of them are not young. I'm afraid they won't be able to persist in the daily drills of the new barracks." Xue Ruitian is the main trainer of the new barracks in name, and Shen Jiu is really in charge of this. For a group of new recruits, all the training plans were formulated by Shen Jiu and then approved by Xue Ruitian. When he was not on duty, he would spend time in the new barracks to supervise the training of the new recruits. Therefore, regarding their situation He is very knowledgeable and his words are authoritative. "Don't talk about those handymen, even the group of people recruited seriously, some of them won't make it to the end." Shen Jiu picked up his teacup and took a sip, "Actually, there is a type of people who are quite suitable for our requirements. They need a job , and we don’t have to worry about them having second thoughts.”

Shen Cha glanced at his younger brother, and exchanged glances with Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian, "Are you talking about those wounded soldiers with inconvenient hands and feet?"

"Yes!" Shen Jiu nodded, "Especially in our vanguard battalion, there are a lot of wounded soldiers, especially those whose arms and legs are injured and cannot recover. After each battle, a considerable part of the wounded soldiers can no longer go to the battlefield. Some people have to stay in bed, but most of them are in good condition and can still do ordinary work. There are a few clerks in my camp. They are left in the account to serve as clerks! There are quite a few people like them, they don’t want to be paid for nothing in the army, and they hope to find something to do in the army. Since we don’t want to use non-military personnel, why not use these Wounded soldiers, as far as I know, many of them have good craft."

"That's a good proposal!" Shen Haolin nodded, "Some of the people in the Duke's Mansion have also retired from the battlefield, and they are indeed much better than those handymen. Let's do it now, let's generalize all the handymen in the camp with great fanfare. It’s not realistic to replace all the servants, so let’s start with the dining room first!”

"Marshal is still thinking carefully. The Chinese New Year is about to come. When the dining room is at its busiest, the four masters can't do without help." Xue Ruitian continued, "As far as I know, among the wounded soldiers in the forward battalion, there are Those who are good at cooking, if the four masters agree, I will bring them to meet with you after the morning exercise tomorrow, how about it? Whether you want it or not is up to the four of you."

(End of this chapter)