First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 260 Some people are dissatisfied with the new military discipline

Wei Ling had hesitated about this military discipline before. But on second thought, if he really wanted to build a people's army as Su Jixiang said, then this rule must be added!

After all, although the Black Tiger Army had military disciplines in place after entering the city, prohibiting burning, killing and looting, it all depended on the person. Such phenomena would still occur in places he couldn't see. There were no such military regulations that explicitly prohibited such things before, so everyone turned a blind eye to such things. As long as it didn't happen in front of him, he could just ignore it.

But it is absolutely not allowed now. If all the spoils are confiscated, the phenomena of burning, killing and looting will be reduced a lot.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some people will take advantage of the chaos and fish in troubled waters, but they are a minority after all.

As long as we catch one or two typical examples and punish them severely, this rule will be truly established.

Once this rule is established, everyone in the Black Tiger Army will be able to restrain themselves well and spread their reputation. In the future, no matter where the Black Tiger Army goes, it will be welcomed by the local people! After all, compared with other armies, a civilized army like the Black Tiger Army is welcomed by everyone.

Not to mention the distant past, didn’t the current Emperor Longchang seize the world under such a pretext?

And the Black Tiger Army under Wei Ling’s rule will truly achieve this!

After these military disciplines were promulgated, several officers indeed came to Wei Ling to make trouble.

"General, we are not fooling around. We are soldiers just to have a meal and get paid!" Among the people who came to find Wei Ling was a lieutenant general named Xiong Shilin. He was very brave and good at fighting, and he always charged to the front. He was a bandit himself, and he was conquered by Wei Ling on the way to conquer the deposed emperor.

Because he brought the entire village to join the Black Tiger Army, his starting point was not low when he joined the army. In addition, he was good at fighting and dared to fight, so he was promoted quickly.

In the battle in which Wei Ling broke into the Eastern Capital, he was the first to lead a team of people to climb up the city wall using ladders, and then fought his way to the city gate and opened it from the inside.

After Emperor Longchang ascended the throne, he was rewarded for his merits and appointed a general. Now he leads his troops to station in the area of Heishizi River.

This time he brought his soldiers to participate in the first martial arts competition.

"I'm afraid this confiscation rule is a bit too much!" He pointed to this article in the new military regulations and said to Wei Ling, "We brothers fight with our lives on the line, so what's wrong with taking some money? Is that wrong?"

"Didn't the army pay you?" Wei Ling expected that someone would question this, so he was not surprised at Xiong Shilin's arrival.

"That little bit of military pay is only enough to keep us from starving." Xiong Shilin said, "I have a wife and children at home who need to be fed. I can't just rely on this little bit of military pay to make a living!"

When he joined the Black Tiger Army, he already had a wife, who was the daughter of a landlord who was robbed from the mountain. Although the woman refused to give herself to him at that time, Xiong Shilin threatened her family members and the woman had no choice but to stay in the mountain stronghold. After a long time, she got along well and gave birth to children for him. The happiest person for Xiong Shilin to join Wei Ling was his wife. After all, after leaving the bandit business, his children could walk in public openly.

After Xiong Shilin settled down in Heishihezihe, he brought his wife and children over. Heishihezihe was a county, so they bought a house in the county and settled down there.

"The spoils collected will also be distributed as rewards according to merit after the battle." Wei Ling said slowly. "It will not wipe out everyone's enthusiasm for fighting."

"That's different, General! How much we robbed depends on our own ability!" Xiong Shilin said, "We paid a lot, how can we be compared with those cowards who couldn't rob anything, right! Anyway, you want a reward, so there's no need to make so much trouble, we can just put what we got in our pockets!" After he said that, he looked at the officers who were accompanying him behind him.

The officers also laughed when they heard this.

"Do you all think so?" Wei Ling glanced at those people slowly and asked in a cold voice.

His eyes suddenly turned cold, and as he glanced around, the smiles of those officers who were originally smiling froze on their lips.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to act presumptuously in front of Wei Ling again.

After all, everyone knows Wei Ling's reputation.

Seeing Wei Ling angry, Xiong Shilin quickly stood up and said, "General, they all think this military discipline is unfair. We have nothing to say about the rest. We should pay for meals and return things that we have taken. These are all clear principles. We are not the kind of people who make trouble. We are still a little dissatisfied with this military discipline of paying the public."

"You just think that the things you steal should be yours!" Wei Ling asked in a gentle voice.

"Yes!" Xiong Shilin hesitated for a moment, but still said it with gritted teeth.

He knew that Wei Ling was angry, but since he was already here, it would be better to make things clear.

Doesn’t this cut off the brothers’ source of income?

"Whose things did you steal?" Wei Ling asked.

"Of course it belongs to the enemy!" Xiong Shilin replied as a matter of course, "How can we rob our own people?"

"What an enemy!" Wei Ling sneered, "Tell me honestly, every time you conquer a place, do you rob the enemy or the local people?"

"How can those clan gentry who exploit the people in the village be considered common people?" Xiong Shilin was stunned, then said.

"How do you judge that these people are bullying the local people? Have you investigated? Who convicted them?" Wei Ling asked back.

Xiong Shilin was once again stunned by the question. He looked at the officers around him, scratched his head and said, "No one is coming."

"You're not such a bad guy!" Wei Ling said, "Why did you go up the mountain and become a bandit? Wasn't it because you couldn't survive being oppressed? Why did you join the Black Tiger Army? Think about it carefully. If you really want to take whatever you can, I advise you not to stay in the Black Tiger Army. You can just go up the mountain and be a bandit. As long as you grab something, it's all yours! No one will share your things! You have to support your own people, and you have to pay for their food and clothing! You are familiar with this anyway!"

Xiong Shilin was speechless after hearing Wei Ling's words. He wanted to refute, but he couldn't find any good reason.

Xiong Shilin was stunned for a moment again, "General, if you really say so, then I, Old Xiong, will quit!" His temper also exploded, and he lost face in an instant!