At this moment, Li Luo issued an edict to abolish the throne of Holy Gong Zhuyan and demote it to a commoner. He was sentenced to a traitor and was sentenced together with Liu Mengyan, Ye Li, Wang Jiweng and others.

Modu had already submitted the information of the traitors. So the next day, the symbolic trial result came out. He did not give the traitors a chance to defend them. What they did was controlled by the Special Inspection Bureau, and there was no way to defend them.

The four men, Liu Mengyan, Ye Li, Wang Jiweng and Kong Zhu, were sentenced to the first class of traitors, and were divided into half-beheaded sentences, and were executed in Kaifeng Ma City three days later.

The remaining eighty-three people were sentenced to betrayals such as C and sentenced to beheading.

As soon as the trial result came out, the entire Kaifeng City was in a sensation.

The powerful masters and the grand master of Ye, who were now in power, will be sentenced to death. They committed the crime of traitor, which makes people disgusting.

Many people only learned about the crime of traitors in the Tang Dynasty after inquiring.

The crimes of traitors are divided into four grades: A, B, B, and D. Like Zhang Hongfan, who helped the Tartars slaughter the Han people and defeated the Song Dynasty, that is, the traitors of Class A, who would be executed by Lingchi.

Most of the traitors of A were military generals, and very few civil officials were because civil officials rarely directly participated in massacre and destruction of the country.

A high-ranking official who surrendered to the Tartars like Liu Mengyan and Ye Li, who gave advice to the Tartars, made accomplices for the Tiger, and forgot his ancestors was a Class B traitor, and would be beheaded in half.

Traitors such as Ding, who had a slightly less sin, were beheading.

Even the traitors such as Ding, who had the least sin and had the least influence, had to serve hard labor for ten years, and then be demoted to slaves and be slaves forever.

Never be a traitor.

Many people have a deep understanding of the crime of traitors.

For a time, the traitor was inauspicious, and Liu Mengyan and others were criticized by thousands of men and criticized them, which was completely ruined.

"The traitor is guilty of being a traitor! You must be killed! Your Majesty is wise!"

"Just, haven't you heard that if there weren't so many traitors back then, the Central Plains wouldn't have been occupied by the Tartars, and we wouldn't have suffered so many years!"

"Traitors are abominable, damn it!"

On the day the sentence was released, Modu's wife Liu Mingshu asked to see Li Luo and asked to be kind to lower the level of traitor crime of Meng Yan.

Liu Mingshu kowtowed and bleeded in the hall, and gave the third-rank sovereign imperial edict in exchange for the execution of beheading Liu Mengyan, the uncle of the clan.

The Tang Lord said: "The law of the country is the great, the law of the country is the public. Filial piety is the small, and filial piety is the private. You cannot use private to abolish the public. However, the wife of a meritorious official will not forget her kindness, demonstrate filial piety, and plead for mercy for sinners. Their feelings are pitiful, and there is nothing wrong with me. I see that Mo Du has made contributions to the country, and Liu Mengyan is old, so I agree to him as appropriate, and I will ask for it. The official changed Liu Mengyan to behead him."

Beheading and beheading are both death penalty, but the difference is still very big. This is something that all the people in the countryside know.

Liu Mingshu was filled with sorrow and joy, and shouted long live. For the sake of her husband, the emperor agreed to her request and changed her uncle to beheading her, and she also considered her filial piety. Moreover, the emperor had not deprived her of his edict, which was really a great emperor's kindness.

As for resenting the emperor to kill his uncle, Liu Mingshu never had such an idea. As Modu's wife and the imperial edict of the Tang Dynasty, she knew her position very well. As a well-educated lady, she also despised her uncle's actions in her heart for honor and serving the Meng Yuan.

"I am so desperate that I am so grateful to you for your grace..." Liu Mingshu bowed his head and thanked him again, and then Modu was sent out of the hall with a sigh of relief.

He knew very well that if His Majesty had not valued love and nostalgia, for his own sake, he would never have issued an order to re-decree Liu Mengyan.

Why didn’t Li Luo’s selfless quasi-fathering and hunching the quasi-father hall beheaded in half?

Is it okay to be so casual and favoritism?

Because he is the emperor.

Even the West and the Ugly Kingdom, which professed themselves as equals, had the name of pardon, let alone the feudal era?

It can be seen that the law requires a certain degree of flexibility, which is the experience summarized by history.

Everything cannot be done in one size fits the whole. If everything is done according to regulations, then the problem will be simplified.

A good legal system must not be an inflexible legal system.

If everything is followed by the laws and regulations, how can the power of the emperor and the power of the emperor be revealed? There is no flexibility at all, that is, the law is the supreme, not the emperor.

The emperor's words follow the law, and it is the law. Law... is nothing more than human feelings. The law will not override human emotions and will not exceed the scope of emotions. This is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

The key is how to grasp this degree. Take this case as an example. For the sake of the face of the heroes and the filial piety, it is to grasp the degree. But if you avoid the death penalty, it is to lose the degree and beating it.

Li Luo did this, which also provided a basis for later cases.

Liu Mingshu just thanked her for her gratitude and retired. Kaifeng scholar Liu Xianzhong and other 78 scholars jointly wrote a letter, lying outside the palace, kowtowed to the palace, crying blood, and asking the Holy Emperor to pardon Kong Zhu, the deposed King Yan, to punish him for his death.

"The Holy Emperor is above! Kong Zhu's crime of traitors is irrefutable, and his crime should be punished! However, Kong Zhu is the direct lineage of Confucius and the former saint, if the punishment of the axe and halberd is added, it may hurt Your Majesty's name of benevolence and virtue, and it will hurt Your Majesty's way of forgiveness. It will make the scholars of the world swept the floor and make Kong Sheng uneasy in the nine springs, Your Majesty!" Liu Xianzhong cried and kowtowed.

Fu Lizhou, a famous scholar in Kaifeng, also kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty! The people are dead! You risk your life to ask Your Majesty to surrender your grace and pardon the traitor Kong Zhu for his death sentence, and use the way of forgiveness to all Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! Kong Zhu deserves to be killed, but after all, he is the authentic lineage of Confucius. He inherited the title of Yan Shenggong. If he is sentenced to death, his life will be small, but he will be ashamed of China and will wipe out the dignity of the Ming Cult. It may shake the rules. Please ask Your Majesty to observe clearly!"

Seventy-eight scholars cried and burst into tears, coming to Chen like cuckoos and blood. More scholars came and knelt down and did not get up. Many of them were old people born in the Jin Dynasty.

Tang Lord Li Luo received a report and saw the blood letter signed by the scholars, he remained silent for a long time.

Wei Su, Luo Hui and other civil officials all looked at the emperor with nervous expressions. Even the newly-private King of Wei Zhao Xian was also very nervous.

It is obvious that not only civil officials but also some generals hope that the emperor would pardon Kong Zhu for his death sentence.

Why?

Because no matter how many Confucian Confucianism is, after all, it has been the Chinese state religion for more than a thousand years. To a large extent, this thousand is Confucian education.

This thousand years of brilliant cultural governance has indeed been born under the leadership of Confucianism.

In fact, China itself is fundamentally inseparable from Confucianism. The ethical principles advocated by Confucianism have indeed been implemented for thousands of years.

Confucianism has been completely abolished, is China or China?

Although Your Majesty adopted Confucianism as Taoism, he did not abolish Confucianism. That was impossible unless Your Majesty was not the emperor of China.

Li Luo also sighed secretly.

In fact, he understood better than his ministers and saw more clearly.

Killing Kong Zhu means telling the people of the world that Yan Shenggong is not at all detached. If he commits a crime, he will still die like an ordinary person.

Since that's the case, then Confucius is nothing.

Is the Confucian ethics that are fundamental and normal is nothing?

This was a big blow to the long-term ethical belief. Because the people of this era did not understand so many great principles, their logic was still very simple, and they would not be so rational in distinguishing Yan Shenggong from Confucianism. In their opinion, Yan Shenggong represented Confucius and Confucianism.

This is a fact.

Yan Shenggong committed a crime and was killed like the people. This was definitely not just in China in ancient China, but was breaking the rules. Because it was the people themselves, he also believed that Yan Shenggong should be different from them and should be unequal to them.

After all, Kong Zhu's crimes were not as angry as both gods and beasts, and he was worse than those of animals. He was executed by torture, which certainly served as a warning to future generations and warns of future generations, but it shook the traditional understanding of stabilizing the world.

The disadvantages outweigh the benefits.

As an emperor, Li Luo certainly had to weigh the pros and cons. Why do the superiors often accept public opinion? It is not forced, but the result of weighing the pros and cons.

In later generations, when people with special status commit crimes, how many countries will truly judge the same as ordinary people? Even if they are judged like ordinary people, how many people will really treat the same as ordinary prisoners?

If you don’t punish the doctor, you won’t be as polite as a commoner. Is this sentence applicable to the rules of thousands of years of ancient times just for privilege? Is it that simple?

Before, Li Luo thought it was for privilege. But after being a ruler for many years, he realized that it was more for order than for privilege.

As long as the class nature of society still exists, this level will exist. Even if it does not exist in the law, it will exist in reality for a long time. This is the law.

The economic foundation determines the superstructure and the production relations. In ancient times when production was backward, equal relations were not only digging for oneself, but also digging for the people of the world, and digging for this unified empire.

Doing this violates the principle of determining superstructure by the economic base, and the result is unbearable.

Imperial power must be sacred and inviolable, and the ethics of the general principles must restrain people's hearts. The people must be respected, and the superiors and inferiors must be orderly, and there must be differences between inside and outside. Only in this way can we maintain the stability of ten thousand miles of territory and hundreds of millions of people.

"Your Majesty, I think that Kong Zhu is not suitable to behead him... I beg your Majesty to show kindness beyond the law." King Zhao Xian of Wei also knelt down and pleaded for mercy.

The reason why he pleaded for mercy was that, first of all, he was also a scholar, and secondly, he had been an emperor and knew very well what the consequences of killing Kong Zhu were.

As long as he is the Emperor of Central Plains, he cannot kill Yan Shenggong!

Li Luo nodded: "I passed the imperial edict, Kong Zhu will die for his crime. However, I remember that he was the direct lineage of Confucius, the former sage, and the great master, and the great master, who was well-deserved and taught by China, and had a high status. I forgive Kong Zhu for his death. It can be seen that the merits of this predecessor can really protect future generations. I hope that people in the world can cultivate their own merits and make plans for future generations."

When the imperial edict was passed outside the palace, the scholars who asked for their orders suddenly shouted long live to thank them.

"Long live your Majesty!"

"The Holy Emperor is here, I will bow my head a hundred times, thank Your Majesty for your great kindness!"

The people who received the news also talked a lot.

"I just say that although this Yan Shenggong committed a traitor, what kind of court sentenced him torture in half, it was Yan Shenggong after all, and the government would never allow him to die. Otherwise, then wouldn't he be in a mess?"

"Yes, that is, a person like Yan Shenggong cannot be beheaded even if he commits a crime. Otherwise, he will be the saint's legitimate lineage like us. The official family knows very well that he will not kill Yan Shenggong."

"Yan Shenggong is a traitor, not worthy of being a descendant of a saint, not worthy of being Yan Shenggong. But how can I say this? I have always been a grandfather of Yan Shenggong, and it is unlucky to kill him."

The people's discussions actually felt that the Holy Emperor would not kill Kong Zhu.

Things are so weird.

…………

The autumn wind is rustling, and on the ancient Jishui Road with green grass, more than a dozen iron-armored knights carrying swords and bows are surrounded by a low-key and luxurious carriage, walking in the thin frost of the morning, moving forward lonely.

Above the carriage, a flag embroidered with the word "Kong" in seal script fluttered in the autumn wind.

The people along the way, even those who are familiar with writing, know that the owner of this carriage is of great origin and is a noble figure.

That's right, even if you have reached the boundary of Yuzhou, no one doesn't know the Confucius family in Qufu in Lu.

That is a wealthy noble who has been glorious for more than a thousand years.
To be continued...