Chapter 1386 Reward and Punishment

Soon, Lin Ji came in with the navy commanders from the three places.

"Hujin Navy Master Liu Feng, here to see His Majesty!"

"Youjin Water Master Fan Xiong..."

"Gao Lingang Navy Master Yao Baoju..."

As soon as the three of them came in, they introduced themselves and saluted to Yun Zheng.

Yun Zheng looked the three of them up and down.

The three of them are not very old, probably around 40 years old.

Looks pretty strong, too.

Well, that’s easy to do!

"Somebody come!"

Yun Zheng shouted, raised his hand and pointed at the three people: "Take off their armor, and beat each of them with forty military sticks!"

what?

Hearing Yun Zheng's words, the three people's faces changed drastically.

They just saw Yun Zheng, and Yun Zheng wanted to beat them with forty military sticks without saying a word?

Fan Xiong came back to his senses, his face full of indignation: "I surrendered sincerely, and I want to avenge the people of Yuzhou, why did the prince..."

"Fifty military sticks!"

Before Fan Xiong could finish his words, Yun Zheng directly increased his bet.

Fan Xiong: "Your Majesty, this humble general..."

"Sixty military sticks!"

Yun Zheng raised the stakes again, staring at the three people with a stern gaze.

Fan Xiong was about to say something else, but Yao Baoju, who was standing beside him, covered his mouth first and said, "I am willing to accept the punishment!"

While speaking, Yao Baoju was winking at Liu Feng frantically.

"I am also willing to be punished!"

Liu Feng came back to his senses and quickly started talking.

"very good!"

Yun Zheng nodded slightly and waved gently to Lin Ji.

Lin Ji immediately stepped forward with a few guards, stripped off their armor, took the three men out of the yard, pressed them on a bench and began to beat them with a cane.

Bang!

Bang!

The military sticks fell on the three men one after another.

Although the guards controlled the force, the feeling of being hit by the sticks was not pleasant.

The three of them gritted their teeth to prevent themselves from crying out in pain.

"Father, why are you punishing them? Did they do something wrong?"

Yun Cang tilted his head and asked Yun Zheng in confusion.

In Yun Cang's eyes, one would only be punished if he did something wrong.

"Some things cannot be measured simply by right or wrong."

Yun Zheng gently stroked Yun Cang's head, "Because what they did caused serious consequences and almost brought a huge disaster to the court, they deserve to be punished! And sometimes, being punished is not a bad thing."

"what?"

Yun Cang scratched his head and said with a pout, "Father, what you said is so profound. Cang'er doesn't understand."

"You'll understand when Cang'er grows up."

Yunzheng smiled.

He didn't expect Yun Cang, who was so young, to understand these things.

As long as Yun Cang can remember this, it will be fine.

There are some things that he will understand naturally when he grows up.

"Oh."

Yun Cang sniffed and stood on tiptoe to look outside.

The three men outside were still receiving canings.

The three men were quite tough. Even though their backs were covered with blood, they still gritted their teeth and endured it.

He neither begged for mercy nor screamed.

Under Yun Cang's gaze, the deliberately slowed-down sixty military sticks were finally completed.

Even if the Royal Guards released all the water into the East China Sea, the three men were beaten to pieces.

"Bring it in!"

Yun Zheng ordered the guards.

"Yes!"

Soon, the guards brought in three people.

The pain in their backs made the three men's faces twisted.

The three men's foreheads were covered in sweat due to pain, and they all drooped their heads, like eggplants wilted by frost.

"Do you know why I punished you?"

Yun Zheng asked the three people calmly.

Yao Baoju nodded with difficulty and replied weakly: "Although we are eager to make achievements, it is an indisputable fact that we led our troops to defect, and we should... be punished!"

"Where are you two?"

Yun Zheng asked Liu Feng and Fan Xiong again.

"General Yao... is right!"

The two men were so weak that their voices trembled.

"That's half right!"

Yun Zheng slowly stood up and walked in front of the three people: "You may not know yet, but father has never thought of passing the throne to the third brother. He originally planned to depose the crown prince before the end of this month..."

Yun Zheng told the three of them the remaining half of the reason.

Although the rebellion of the Third Brother was not entirely caused by them, their actions made the Third Brother wake up and indirectly added many unstable factors to the matter.

If it weren't for Zhou Daogong's letter, Daqian might have really fallen into civil strife.

After hearing Yun Zheng's words, the three of them were shocked.

The actions of these three of them actually caused so many things?

Even the prince's rebellion was indirectly caused by them?

After coming back to his senses, Yao Baoju looked at Yun Zheng with gratitude: "Thank you... Your Highness!"

"Oh?"

Yun Zheng looked at Yao Baoju with interest, "I just awarded you sixty military sticks, why are you still thanking me?"

Yao Baoju forced a smile: "I know that Your Highness is helping us..."

These sixty military sticks really hurt when they hit my body.

But it was only fleshly pain, and no injuries were done to the bones.

The key point is that if Yun Zheng punishes them, Emperor Wen should not pursue their mistakes anymore.

If Emperor Wen were to investigate, I'm afraid he wouldn't just be a lenient military stick.

Yun Li is plotting a rebellion, and Emperor Wen must be very angry now.

In a rage, Emperor Wen might even want their heads.

Calculated this way, these sixty military sticks are really nothing.

At most it's just a small punishment.

Yun Zheng looked at Yao Baoju with satisfaction and said, "Alright, now that I've punished you, let's forget about this matter. Just take care of your injuries first!"

"When your injuries are almost healed, go to Xinjin. I have already told you how to arrange for you!"

"Since you want to avenge the people of Yuzhou, you will definitely be indispensable in the future attack on Yu Country!"

"In addition, I have ordered people to arrange a house for each of you three in Tianhu to settle your families, and I will also reward each of you with 20,000 taels of silver!"

Hearing Yun Zheng's words, the three were stunned again.

When they came to their senses, the three of them hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

Yun Zheng looked up at the three of them and said sternly, "After you go to Xinjin, you should learn what you should learn! There is more than one Yu Country overseas. Beyond the ocean, there are many countries that you and I have never heard of!"

"Yes!"

The three of them accepted the order and were secretly happy in their hearts.

There are many countries beyond the ocean.

In other words, there will be many opportunities for them to achieve success in the future!

Yun Zheng didn't say much, and ordered the guards: "Take them down to rest, and ask the famous doctor in the city to come and see them."

The guards took the order and helped the three people away.

The three of them came to the room and lay down in the room, waiting for the doctor to come and treat them.

"You're in such a hurry, you damn well owe us twenty military sticks each!"

Yao Baoju grinned and said to Fan Xiong who was lying in the middle.

Originally, forty blows of the military stick would have been enough, but this bastard insisted on talking nonsense.

If I hadn't covered his mouth in time, he would have been beaten with hundreds of military sticks.

"Correct!"

Liu Feng also nodded and said, "If we are to be beaten with military sticks someday, you will take twenty military sticks for each of us!"

"I……"

Fan Xiong cursed himself in his heart, and then looked at the two of them with a bitter look, "How could I have known there were so many twists and turns here!"

"Be smarter next time and don't let your temper get the best of you."

Yao Baoju said earnestly, "We caused such a big mess this time, but we only received 60 military sticks. It's simply a miracle from our ancestors..."

Fan Xiong looked embarrassed and nodded heavily...