General Above I am Below

General Above I am Below Chapter Eleven “Thunderous Fury”

Glossary

Ye Zhao recently felt troubled, she can fight, can march and command troops, be domineering and tyrannical, only dealing with woman tears she is not capable. An Taifei tears seemed like she is demanding for debt payment, speak one immediately drop, the crying completely baffled her.

For example a few days ago, before going to royal court, as usual she came to pay respect, Taifei lamentingly said: “Fortunately you come everyday to pay respect and served well, make me thin down a lot.”

Woman love of beauty, Ye Zhao understand tacitly and immediately fawned: "That is good, mother is becoming more pretty, seem like ten years younger. “

An Taifei looked at her and opened her mouth for half-day, then "Wa" cried again.

Ye Zhao is totally confused and thought she was sick. She quickly went to consult with imperial physician, asked him why the elderly is subjected to changing moods. The imperial physician touched his white beard and thought for a long times, he said that the old people have internal heat imbalance so their moods easily become out of control. He prescribed her the medicine, and told to take on time. She personally boil the medicine and handed it to An Taifei, told back what the physician has said. But An Taifei not only did not take the medicine she cried even harder, so she went and bought her a sugar-coated candy to coax……

Xia YuJin rushed forward, his dark face said: “Lets cancel the promise, I was wrong. You don"t need to serve mother anymore.”

“Heaven and Earth-Sovereign-Parent-Teacher[1] Filial piety to the elders is one’s duty. What your mother said is justified, which daughter-in-law cannot be filial to the elders? Even though she does not like me as daughter-in-law, but not being filial is wrong too. Let alone I command the troops for many years, placed most importance in commitment and loyalty. Since I had promised you then I must accomplish it, how can just give up halfway! Otherwise, how can I keep the military glory and prestige?!” Ye Zhao sternly refused, then leave in a huff without looking at the petrified Xia YuJin standing there.

These inner house overly sensitive mother was just a trivial thing. What made her even more upset was the thirty thousand capital city new soldiers recently recruited to replaced the old and sick.

Inside the capital the populace is richly endowed, a leaf fallen from a tree can also hit a few government officials. They saw that Man Jin had been defeated and that there would be no major disturbances in recent years, they started to raise an idea to the city army. There is no shortage of playful characters, enter with the support of a relations, was lazy and evade from work, only want to idle sit for a few years and get paid. There are also some from the rich official family, they saw no hope in pa.s.sing the imperial examination, then lightly went to the army front. It is relatively secure, just depend on the connections and force their way in, earn a few years of experience and afterwards can manage a military position.

They relied on their backers, inside the army formed a group and always playing and gambling. They regard the military discipline as nothing, even dares to be hard neck and contradict the superiors.

Ye Zhao received her subordinates complaint letter, but then only push down these matters, not only did not punish she didn"t even berate them.

Gradually she did not even care anymore, so they become even more bold. Silently mocked behind her, thought she was just a paper tiger, and that the rumors were only exaggerated. Man Jin victory was most likely borrowed from the Ye family power and support by subordinates. It was only by a fluke to set up the great merit, in delusional standing above the men.

After all woman is still a woman (as in the chicks), what can they do?

Ye Zhao heard these rumors, she just laugh off and ignored.

Yesterday, a newly recruit squad gather to gamble and drinking at night, make loud noises the whole night and then missed the morning practice. The military instructor was sent to subpoena, taking advantage of the courage from alcohol and overwhelming in number, they instead dare to beat up the messenger back.

When Ye Zhao arrived at the barracks, she heard this matters. Ye Zhao immediately command: “It"s time to settle the work.”

Many understood the meaning,  a soldiers troops went into the camp, tied up the twenty-three people who cause the trouble and then drag to the stage, kneeling in front of the whole army.

This small squad leader is called Ma YouDe, the nephew of the one favored in the palace Ma Guiren (n.o.ble Lady). His family also has an officials with power in the royal court, so he was not worried at all, basically do not believe Ye Zhao can do anything to him, he cheekily said: “Generals, this person knew mistakes, was temporarily confused, please forgive this person, also apologize for the brothers too, absolutely would not dare to do anymore. “

Ye Zhao in silver attire, sitting at the highest platform on military ground, her body is perfectly straight. She heard his plea but does not say anything, only waved her hands up.

The military officer step forward, holding the great ancestor writ, read aloud.

“First, hear the drum does not move forward, hear the gong does not retreat, the flag is not raise up, the flag was held down, is a crime against the military, violation is to behead. Second, call the name unanswered, not present in attendance, disobeying the time, changing the military rules, is a crime of slowing the military, violation is to behead. Third, pa.s.sing the curfew time, in idle and not reporting back, purposely delaying the time, make troubles without reason, is a crime of negligent in the military, violation is to behead. Four, making a lot of complaint, angering the commander, not listening to management, is difficult to regulate, is a crime of recklessness in the military, violation is to behead. Five, raising the voice to laugh and disdain the prohibition, goes out of the military gate, is a crime of making light of the military, violation is to behead. Six, insulting and rashly quarrel, instigating the soldiers and causing discord, is a crime of defaming the military, violation… “

The martial law from the great ancestor contained seventeen prohibition and fifty-four capital punishment. Each words read as tough as a steel, striking the audience to kneel down and making the twenty-three offender trembling in fear. This time a brave person also become a coward.

At this point these people understand, the general will soon execute them. She only tolerate temporarily and wait until the matters turned big, and then kill the chicken to warn the monkey.[2]

Everyone does not want to be the killed chicken.

“Please spare our life!”

“General please spare our life, this person have an elderly and small children!”

“Next time will not do anymore!”

They started to kowtow raising up and down, someone was even so scared he urinated on his pants.

Ye Zhao is not concerned at all, raised her hand and said: “Executioner, prepare.”

Twenty three executioner, holding their broadsword, stand behind them.

Ma YouDe saw that the situation is not good, hastily shout: “My aunt is a Guiren! She is carrying the dragon child, and conferred with the imperial concubine t.i.tle! My father is a third pin high official! My older brother is in charge of Ministry of Appointments! Who dares to kill me? ! Do not want to live anymore? ! “

Ye Zhao holding the great iron whip, coldly said: “Ye family troops, only recognize the martial law, do not consider relatives.”

Ma YouDe roared: “You woman dare to kill me! My aunt will definitely not let off……let off…… “

His words are not yet finished, the iron whip silently flit across the air, turning into a sword and cut off his neck. Instantly his head drop, his eyes are still opened, terrified looking at the ground. Until fresh blood gushing out of the neck and spraying everywhere, only then aware that he was dead, his kneeling body fall down with a thud.

All the soldiers looked up, gasped in disbelief at Ye Zhao.

“Dare not?" Ye Zhao wiped the blood on the great iron whip while saying, “That year, great-grandfather Ye Chun stationed at Mo Bei, personally behead his younger brother who delayed the military plan. Ye family troops are trained as invincible army, the barbarian enemies also does not dare to offend. You are under the foot of the Emperor, guarding the capital city, this is the last line of defense for the Emperor and common people. The more you have to adhere to the military orders, cannot just depend on luck and idly doing nothing, must polished the front line military principles.” The more she speaks, the more louder her voice,  “Ignoring the military law! Take the army as nothing! Extremely useless pile of a trash! Just a bunch of little b.a.s.t.a.r.d who don’t grow up, but also dare to rebel? ! Motherf*ck*r! Think that I, Ye Zhao is a vegetarian who won"t do nothing? ! b.a.s.t.a.r.d…… “

Among the soldiers are illiterate people, cannot cursed in vulgar words are not their kind.

The General thunder echoed on the military ground, concise and comprehensive, pointing at the eighteen generation ancestors education subject, eventually everyone understand.

Who the f*ck says she is a woman(chicks)? !

Some people recovered, remembered their once good deeds, so scared their legs turn soft on the verge to collapse. Some of their face turned pale, each buzzing with talks. Even the executioner sluggishly scold them .

Ye Zhao cursed as her heart’s content, then stop to command, “Qiu LaoHu! Supervise the execution! “

"Let me do it! I"ve been waiting for a long time.” Qiu LaoHu was a former bandit, later incorporated into the troops and gained many military service merits and were touted as Guerrilla Warfare General. He was the most brutal in killing enemy, returned to the capital have not killed for a long time, his hands are itching a bit. He immediately step up, push the dazed executioner and raised the sword, each blade strikes a head, chop down as he likes.

Twenty-three heads rolled down the stage, quiet and motionless, warm blood flowing into a small stream, the foul stench filled the air, like the h.e.l.l on the earth.

Qiu LaoHu laugh heartily: “General! Add a few more! Not enough fun! “

Everyone present there was in absolute silence, the soldiers in a flash stands orderly, even not dare to breathe out loud.

Military officers step on the blood and advance forward, issuing a very long list of martial law violations, loudly readout: “Gao TianXiang, taking the lead to gather and gamble; behead, Wu Li, taking the lead to gather and gamble, behead … “

Fourteen people charged with leading the drinking and gambling in the military and twelve people who bullied common people were sentenced to beheading. The other three hundred and twenty-seven charged with causing disturbance were sentenced to a hundred flogging. Seven hundred and sixty-eight men who did not return to the camp overnight were sentenced with fifty flogging, including among them are five hundred and forty-three people accused of insulting their superiors and added twenty more flogging. A total of twenty-six people were beheaded, a thousand and ninety-five people sentenced to flogging, was immediately implemented.

On the military ground piled up ten of heads, the general kicked out the head blocking in front of her, with a cold face she stands in the midst of the pool of blood to personally monitor the punishments.

Thousands of people strip down their pants and lie down in a row, the sound of wooden sticks. .h.i.tting the flesh repeatedly, echoing with their cries.

Notes

[1] tiān dì jūn qīn shī (Heaven and Earth-Sovereign-Parent-Teacher): Things to be respected according to Confucian thought.

[2] Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys: A Chinese idiom meaning to punish someone as a warning to others.