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Chapter 314 Rewards and Punishments
Liang Gaozu was enjoying the concubine's massage, but he hesitated when replying.

"Luoyang's treasury...I have handed it over to King Qin for distribution."

The concubine said coquettishly: "Your Majesty! You are the Ninth Five-Year Lord, King Qin is your son, and he took down Luoyang, in the final analysis, he made credit for you. Could it be that His Majesty can't even distribute a little treasure?

"Those treasures and goods should have belonged to my treasury in Daliang. Your Majesty took a small amount of treasures from the treasury to reward my concubine. Could it be that this request of my concubine can't be satisfied?"

When Liang Gaozu heard it, he nodded naturally: "What are you talking about, my concubine, I am the son of heaven and rich in the world, so this little treasure can naturally be rewarded.

"It's just right, you and Concubine Zhang will go to Luoyang together, and choose some treasures, goods, land and property from the treasury for the concubines."

The concubine's face immediately showed joy, but then she said: "But Your Majesty, if King Qin resists and does not obey, what should the concubine do?"

Liang Gaozu immediately lowered his face: "Dare he?
"So, I ordered someone to write an edict, and you go with my edict."

After all, Liang Gaozu really wrote an edict to this concubine, asking her to set off from Chang'an with another concubine to Luoyang, and pick any treasure from the treasury.

Li Hongyun's vision quickly increased, and he saw the two concubines and many followers leaving Chang'an and heading east.

Along the way, these light spots were looming, and the wind and clouds were flying in the sky, and the vision in front of them changed rapidly, and they soon arrived in Luoyang.

Li Hongyun quickly confirmed the identities of the two concubines.

They are Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De, Liang Gaozu's favorite concubines in his later years.

In Li Hongyun's career, this group of people came to Luoyang soon, but they were rejected in front of the Luoyang treasury.

Several guards with ferocious faces stopped at the door of the treasury, and with a "clang" sound of spears in their hands, they stopped the whole group of people.

"The King of Qin has ordered that all the treasures in the treasury and all the land around Luoyang should be rewarded to the soldiers, and no one can wait lightly!"

In the carriage, Concubine Yin De said a few words to her servants through the door curtain.

The servant immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Presumptuous! My noble concubine has obtained His Majesty's edict! How dare you resist the order?"

Several guards looked at each other, the words "resisting the edict and not obeying" really made them a little bit at a loss as to what to do.

But soon, some of them left quickly to report to the general who was in charge.

Not long after, a general in his forties came to the treasury.

"Who wants to open the treasury?" He glanced at the carriage of the two noble concubines, his face changed slightly, obviously aware of the seriousness of this matter.

Concubine Yin De's servant stepped forward again: "My noble concubine came here with His Majesty's edict! Your Majesty has ordered that the goods in the treasury should be chosen by my noble concubine!"

Concubine Yin De's voice came from the carriage again: "In addition, there are dozens of hectares of fertile land fifty miles southeast of Luoyang. Concubine Zhang has taken a fancy to it, and His Majesty has issued an imperial edict to grant it to you. Please, general, deliver it as well."

The general who came said coldly: "I am the king of Huai'an County, those fields have already been taught by the king of Qin, and I have given them to me because of military merits, so it is difficult to obey!

"As for the treasures in the treasury, since the two noble concubines have His Majesty's imperial edict, they should go to see King Qin in person and ask him for it!"

The noble concubine's servant wanted to say something, but with the support of the Huai'an County King, the soldiers in the treasury were obviously much tougher, holding spears at the gate of the treasury and never retreating a step.

Concubine Yin De gritted her teeth resentfully: "Okay, then I will confront King Qin!"

After all, the two noble concubines left with their servants.

……

Li Hongyun watched the whole process from the perspective of God, and saw the two noble concubines find King Qin in Luoyang City, and made a request to get the property from the treasury and seal officials for their family members.

As a result, the king of Qin looked embarrassed, but he still agreed.

Therefore, the two noble concubines entered the treasury and randomly selected a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and various goods, loaded a cart full of them, and took them away.

Not only that, King Qin was forced to confer official positions on their relatives. As for the dozens of hectares of land given to King Huai'an, they were also given to Zhang Jieyu.

As for the grievances in the army, especially the Prince of Huai'an, it was natural for the King of Qin to appease them himself.

Seeing this, Li Hongyun couldn't help frowning, and soon realized that this seemed to be a trap.

On the surface, although the actions of these two noble concubines were a bit excessive, their actions and how King Qin dealt with them all made sense.

These two noble concubines came here with Liang Gaozu's imperial edict. It stands to reason that since the emperor has spoken, it will naturally have the highest effect.

Even if King Qin is unwilling, he must act in accordance with the emperor's edict.

As for the grievances of other generals, King Qin has a high prestige in the army, so it is not a problem to suppress them.

But it's obvious... This doesn't match the historical records, and it doesn't match King Qin's personality at all.

As Li Hongyun fell into deep thought, the whole world also entered a state of pause.

Looking at Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu who left happily, Li Hongyun naturally thought of a series of possible consequences in the future if this situation continued.

These two concubines were Liang Gaozu's most trusted concubines at this time.At any time, the power of "wind from the pillow" cannot be ignored.

At this time, Luoyang City had just been conquered, and the process of conquering Luoyang was extremely dangerous.

Li Hongyun had already experienced it in the previous battle of Hulaoguan: Luoyang City was tall and strong, and Liang Jun's attack for several months failed to make any achievements. During this process, the battle must be very tragic.

After Dou Jiande came to help, King Qin even took great risks and only led [-] Xuanjia troops to Hulao Pass to intercept them, and successfully captured the two kings in one battle.

Judging from the results of the battle, it is indeed like a ruin, but if you look deeper into the process, you will know that the entire Luoyang battle was extremely dangerous. Several horses of the King of Qin died, let alone other soldiers.

Luoyang City is the eastern capital. Like Chang'an City, this place is prosperous and prosperous, and there are countless treasures and goods in it.

Therefore, the issue of how to distribute these goods is a big issue before decision makers.

King Qin faced two choices: either give it to the two concubines, or give it to the soldiers.

The general who rejected the two concubines in front of the treasury was not small, if Yuchi Jingde and other ordinary generals, I am afraid that he would not be able to speak so forcefully.

There are obviously two reasons why the general dared to directly use King Qin's "teaching" to reject Liang Gaozu's "edict".

The first is that the order system of the entire Liang Dynasty was relatively chaotic at that time. The emperor's edict, the prince's order, and the Qin king's instruction can basically be regarded as having the same effect.

The King of Qin directly conquered Luoyang. In the eyes of many soldiers, his teaching was obviously equal to the emperor's edict.

As for what to do after the emperor's imperial edict was rejected and the emperor became angry, that was something the king of Qin had to consider, not what they, the big soldiers, had to consider.

Second, it is because this general is the king of Huai'an County. In terms of relatives, he is the cousin of Liang Gaozu.

Although he was a general of the clan, he also made contributions in the first battle of Luoyang, so King Qin rewarded him with dozens of hectares of land.

Such a person is obviously not very interested in these two concubines.

Li Hongyun can even consider the problem from his perspective: In terms of closeness, I am the cousin of His Majesty today, and I have raised my troops to respond as early as when Jinyang raised troops. Concubine: In terms of merit, my soldiers and I lived outside the city of Luoyang and fought bloody battles, while you two concubines spent time and wine in Chang'an.

Now you are going to take my land away with a piece of imperial edict?

Of course, the Duke of Huai'an also knew that these two concubines were being favored and were not easy to provoke, so he kicked the ball to King Qin again while being tough.

So what will King Qin do?

In fact, in Li Hongyun's opinion, if King Qin really gave the treasures in the treasury to these two noble concubines, his situation might be better in the future.

After all, one of the most important reasons why King Qin was reprimanded by Liang Gaozu five times later was that the prince and the two noble concubines slandered him every now and then.

If the King of Qin really uses these properties to win over the two noble concubines, although the forces represented by the two noble concubines will not fall to him immediately, at least they will become a fence between him and the prince, constantly swaying to obtain best interests.

These properties were originally brought down by the King of Qin, whether to distribute them to the soldiers or bribe the concubine, this is all a matter of his words.

But the problem is that these two imperial concubines are obviously the type to make progress.

Let them go into the treasury to pick out the treasures...how much of the things in the treasury are left?
Zhang Jieyu wanted dozens of hectares of land from Huai'an County King with a single mouth, and it was a sign that Zhang Jieyu didn't have any compulsion in his heart.

If it’s just a symbolic gift, it’s not enough to satisfy their appetite, and they will still feel resentful; if they give it away, there will inevitably be a huge gap in the reward, and how will this gap be plugged then?

King Qin's prestige in the minds of the soldiers was gradually established in the process of rewards and punishments.

It is very difficult to establish this kind of prestige, but it is extremely easy to destroy it.

Therefore, no matter how the balance is weighed, with King Qin's character, he will almost always refuse it sternly.

Thinking of this, Li Hongyun began to try to correct King Qin's behavior.

The king of Qin sternly rejected the request of the two concubines, and gave them the answer: all the treasures have been recorded, and only those who are meritorious should be awarded by officials.

That is to say, the treasures in the treasury have already been distributed to meritorious officers and soldiers according to their meritorious deeds, and they will be sealed up and played.

As a result of doing so, naturally the two concubines held a grudge against King Qin.

After finishing all this, fragments of King Qin's memory flashed in Li Hongyun's vision.

There are two contents in the memory fragments: the first is that Liang Gaozu once ordered that King Qin can handle all affairs by himself within his jurisdiction.

One of King Qin's official positions at this time is "Shangshu Order of Daxingtai in Eastern Shaanxi Province", and Luoyang obviously falls under his jurisdiction.

The second is that before the king of Qin went out to fight, Liang Gaozu once promised him that after Luoyang was pacified, all the treasures would be given to the soldiers.

Obviously, King Qin knew the effectiveness of Liang Gaozu's edict, but since Liang Gaozu had made these two promises, he believed that even if they confronted each other in the future, he would have something to say.

The reality is indeed as he expected.

After returning to Chang'an City, Liang Gaozu did not punish King Qin, after all, he had already made a promise to King Qin before.

Although he had written the imperial edict before and agreed to distribute the treasures in the treasury to those noble concubines, it was only because he was blown to the side and lost his head for a while.

At this time, King Qin contradicted him a little, but it also made him clear his head, so this matter was suppressed.

"Ok?"

Li Hongyun once again realized that there seemed to be a deviation here.

Because it is obviously inconsistent with the content of historical records.

According to historical records, Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu immediately filed a complaint after returning to Chang'an City, while Liang Gaozu was furious and asked King Qin: "Is my edict not as good as your teaching?"

As for the promises made to King Qin before, Liang Gaozu didn't mention it, and King Qin naturally didn't dare to mention it, otherwise wouldn't that be a slap in the face to his father?
I can only kowtow and apologize.

But Liang Gaozu was still full of anger, and he said to Pei Ji after King Qin left: "My son, who has been leading the army outside for a long time, has been spoiled by those scholars! He is not the well-behaved and sensible Erlang back then!"

The scene in front of him is different from the history book again, which means that Li Hongyun has to use his logical thinking ability again to judge which one is more likely.

Judging from reason, historical records are even more unreliable.

After all, Liang Gaozu was also the founding king of the Liang Dynasty. Let's see what is going on here?

First, he made a promise to the King of Qin that he could distribute all these treasures to the soldiers after Luoyang was conquered. As a result, when the two concubines blew the pillow, he changed his mind again, and even wrote an imperial edict himself for the two concubines to snatch it. The treasure of soldiers.

That's fine, after being pushed back by King Qin, the two noble concubines cried to him, Liang Gaozu's first reaction was to fly into a rage, and called King Qin back to scold him.

Although the emperor's decree is not as good as the teaching of the King of Qin, it makes him feel uncomfortable as an emperor, but the problem is that he doesn't care about this matter in the first place.

The battle of Luoyang was so fierce, I told the soldiers in advance that after Luoyang was captured, all the treasures inside would be rewarded to the soldiers.

What will the soldiers think if they fail to fulfill their promises after they are defeated?
The Liang Dynasty started in troubled times, and the importance of the army is self-evident. Would Liang Gaozu, the founder of the country, not have thought of this?
No matter how you think about it, it's not reasonable.

So, is Liang Gaozu a person whose rewards and punishments are unknown?

Li Hongyun thought about it carefully. Judging from various historical records, he really is...

To determine whether Liang Gaozu's behavior is in line with his personality, we must look at it from two points.

The first is whether his behavior in other areas has exposed his characteristics of unclear rewards and punishments.The second is whether he underestimated these soldiers who were fighting abroad.

Unfortunately, the answer to both questions is yes.

Liang Gaozu's rewards and punishments cannot be said to be impartial law enforcement, it can only be said to be nonsense.

In the seventh year of Wude, Liang Gaozu restored the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and brought back this decadent system that should have been replaced by the imperial examination system and selected scholars by family status;
Liang Gaozu also enshrined the clan, and all children and children were kings. According to historical records, "since Chu, there have not been as many as today";
Liang Gaozu also appointed officials to make wishes on a large scale, at most even dictating more than [-] people a day. At this moment, history seems to have directly spanned to the Qi Dynasty, allowing the common people to experience the joy of "redundant officials" in advance.

And these are obviously evidences that his rewards and punishments are unknown.

Another point is undoubted: in the Xuanwumen Incident, almost all the founding heroes were concentrated under King Qin, but what about the people around the emperor?It's a group of veterans, princes and nobles from the former dynasty.

In the historical materials, it is almost impossible to see too many rewards given by Liang Gaozu to meritorious ministers, and it is hard to tell how many of the famous generals at that time were really under Liang Gaozu's command.

Often it was the king of Qin who fought the battle, and then handed over the victory report. Liang Gaozu rewarded the king of Qin, and then the soldiers below drank soup with the king of Qin.

According to historical records, although Liang Gaozu was the founding king of the Liang Dynasty in name, in fact, he basically never fought.

Ever since he came to Chang'an, the King of Qin has been conquering the north and the south, expanding the territory.

And this can be said to be unique among the founding kings of all dynasties.

Not to mention the earlier Chu, the founding king participated in almost all major battles; and in the later Qi and Sheng dynasties, the founding kings were also fought with one sword and one gun.

Taizu and Taizong of the Qi Dynasty, although one bullied orphans and widowed mothers, and the other drifted in a donkey cart, but the former was a general of the Imperial Army and a master of martial arts. There is no doubt; although the latter drifted in a donkey cart, he did indeed command the battle of destroying the country.

Looking at the separatist forces at the same time as the Liang Dynasty, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others also personally commanded the battle.

Only Liang Gaozu had no experience in commanding troops at all.

His riding and shooting skills may be good, but it is obvious that he is not good at marching and fighting.

Some people may say, since King Qin is here, why should the emperor take the risk himself?
good question.

Then you can take this question and ask the founding kings of the Chu, Qi, and Sheng dynasties.

There were also many famous generals when the three dynasties founded the country, so why didn't they leave the matter of destroying the country to their generals, and sit in the capital safely and enjoy the blessings?
Liang Gaozu's behavior is nothing more than two possibilities: either unwilling or unable.

No, it means that he doesn't want to go to the battlefield to eat and sleep in the open, and thinks that would be too hard; no, it means that he doesn't have such a brilliant ability to command troops, and he knows that he is not the material.

But no matter what the possibility is, for a founding king, it is very stupid to be lazy and complacent in the rear.

Because something like power has never been top-down, but bottom-up.

It's not that you automatically have power when you become an emperor, but that you only have power when everyone thinks you should be an emperor.

And in troubled times, being able to win battles is the only reason.

From this fact, it can be seen that Liang Gaozu was either lacking in ability or lacking in political wisdom.

If he could really go to the front line to fight with the soldiers and build up his prestige like Taizu Sheng did, then it is impossible for the King of Qin to make a Xuanwumen change if he wants to succeed.

Therefore, judging from two points of content, it is not surprising that Liang Gaozu made such a decision.

Because he has almost never been on the battlefield, he has never seen the tragic battle outside Luoyang City, and he doesn't know how much blood and sacrifices those generals and soldiers gave to capture this city, so he naturally went back on his word and took a lot of money from the treasury. What a big deal it is to reward your concubine with treasures.

Because he didn't know the rewards and punishments, he gave rewards to those close to him, especially those old people from the previous dynasty and noble clans, and completely ignored the resulting problem of "the redundant clans and officials brought a heavy burden to the people". It is not surprising that famous concubines go to ask for jewelry, official position and land.

After some consideration, Li Hongyun made a decision.

He manipulated Liang Gaozu to act in accordance with the historical records, and brought Liang another crucial step towards the Xuanwu Gate Change.

(End of this chapter)