On the contrary, he took opportunity to praise some individuals and distribute merited rewards.
For instance, he promoted the two naiks, Surath Singh and Mirath Singh, to be daffadars on probation, to their very great surprise and absolute contentment.

The four who guarded Tugendheim he raised to the rank of naik, bidding them help Tugendheim drill the Syrians without relaxing vigilance over him.

Then he chose six more troopers to be naiks.

And of the eighty mounted men he degraded eighteen to march on foot again, replacing them with more obedient ones.

Then at last I understood why he had chosen some grumblers to ride in the first instance--simply in order that he might make room for promotion of others at the proper time, offsetting discontent with emulation.
Then of the eighty mounted men he picked the forty best.