Chapter 83: The Punishment of the Case Has Been Settled
Before reading the memorial, it was an ordinary memorial. After reading it, it turned into a tasteful memorial. At least several prime ministers could not help but criticize Xue Yuanjing for being too boring. If you kill someone, you will kill someone. Why do you have to treat eating shit as a memorial?
How about writing in the details to show off your literary talent and administrative ability?
Disgusting, right?
Xue Shouyi said righteously: "King Bohai's guarding the murderer is guilty, but King Bohai can't escape the blame. According to Jing Zhaoyin, it was King Bohai who provoked Xu Xingshi first and forced Xu Xingshi to eat... Ahem, cough, eat
Dirty things lead to Xu Xing
The teacher lost his mind and wanted to strangle King Bohai to death. Although Xu Xingshi had the intention to kill, it is difficult to say whether he was delirious at the time. What's more, Xu Xingshi was already dead, and the murderer was the guard of King Bohai. I thought that the murderer should be arrested
murderer."
"How should King Bohai be punished?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Fang Xuanling said: "According to the law, allowing a domestic slave to kill someone is considered the same crime. But after all, King Bohai is a member of the royal family, so he can be demoted to a commoner by taking away his title."
"I think this should be the case." Du Ruhui agreed.
Immediately afterwards, several other people thought this solution was good.
However, Li Zhiyun said: "We cannot uphold the laws of the country by seizing the title and demoting him to a common people. I feel that we should seize the title and demote him to the common people, expel his clan status, and imprison him in Zongzheng Temple for life."
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
In fact, Li Zhiyun had long been dissatisfied with Li Fengci. He had dealt with his eldest brother Li Boyi, the king of Longxi. As a result, there was a great uproar in the clan. People said that he was ungrateful, unkind, and cold-blooded. From then on, Li Fengci started to live a wild life. For three days
The two sides caused trouble everywhere in Chang'an, ruining the clan's reputation.
If you treat it, it will only hurt the hair. If you don't treat it, it will be really disgusting.
This time, if you seize the opportunity, you will imprison him once and for all.
"In addition, all the guards of King Bohai involved in the crime will be executed, and those dandy boys will be exiled to Guazhou."
"According to the decree."
Not long after, Zong Zhengqing Li Xiaogong arrived, and Li Zhiyun ordered him to arrest Li Fengci immediately.
After receiving the order, Li Xiaogong did not dare to say no, and immediately went to Bohai Palace to help Xue Yuanjing capture Li Fengci and send him to prison.
"Xiao Gong, you have to save me!" Li Fengci held the cell door with both hands and looked at Li Xiaogong pitifully.
"If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?" Li Xiaogong said, "Earlier, I warned you and told you to be careful, but you never listened. You just went your own way. Now that you have killed someone, you asked me to save you."
"I am a clan member!" Li Fengci said dissatisfied: "This world belongs to my Li family. Those people are just untouchables and slaves. How can you punish me, the master, for slaves?"
"Stupid!" Li Xiaogong's eyes were cold and stern, and he shouted: "What a bastard. This world belongs to His Majesty the Emperor. How can you be allowed to talk too much and seek death?"
He was too lazy to talk nonsense with this kind of person, lest he lower his IQ.
Of course this world belongs to the Li family, but the question is how can you say it openly and openly, a fool with no authority deserves to be imprisoned.
It took less than three days for Yuzi to find out the truth, and the treatment plan was notified to the victim's family as quickly as possible.
The rumor that King Bohai ate shit and killed someone became more and more outrageous in Chang'an. Even though the government refuted the rumor, people still spread the rumor that King Bohai failed to eat shit and killed someone in anger.
Xu Mansion.
Xu Xingben received the government's treatment plan and had no objections. In his opinion, the fact that the court could punish a clan like this was enough to take the law seriously, not to mention that none of the dandies involved in the crime were spared and were about to be beheaded.
The same goes for King Bohai's guards.
However, he still cried bitterly for his younger brother Xu Xingshi.
"You idiot, I asked you not to cause trouble, why did you insist on causing trouble? Now it's fine, the trouble has been caused, and you are gone, how can you tell me to tell the adults!"
He just went to visit your old colleagues, but as soon as he came back, he was informed to go to the Jingzhao Mansion Office to collect the body.
Who can bear this?
Soon after, Xu Shixu learned that his second son had been killed by the guards of King Bohai and died of illness on the spot. The news was spread back to Chang'an, leaving Li Zhiyun speechless.
To be honest, he never thought about killing Xu Shixu. Most of the Taiyuan Yuan Cong, he just demoted those people. Xu Shixu didn't offend him much, so Li Zhiyun just didn't use Xu Shixu.
Now that Xu Shixu is dead, he feels a little guilty.
Li Zhiyun ordered that Xu Shixu be posthumously appointed as the governor of Lingzhou and be buried with the late emperor in the mausoleum.
Anyway, he is the hero of Taiyuan Yuanmou, so it should be like this.
The brothers Li Boyi, King of Longxi, and Li Fengci, King of Bohai, were kidnapped and imprisoned one after another, which made all the clansmen feel terrified. They finally understood that in this clan, except for a few who were the emperor's confidants, no one else was regarded by the emperor.
relative.
The ministers were even more frightened. The emperor was so cruel to his relatives, let alone his ministers. For a while, the dandies in Chang'an kept a low profile and thought about their mistakes.
Wude Hall.
Li Zhiyun and Li Xiaogong are drinking.
"I heard that many people in the clan are dissatisfied with Li Fengci's handling."
"It's just some nonsense, your majesty doesn't need to keep it in mind." Li Xiaogong smiled bitterly and said: "They are all a group of people who don't care about their business. Why should your majesty care about them?"
These days, Li Xiaogong was also quite troubled by the clan members. Those guys did not dare to be dissatisfied with the emperor, they could only be dissatisfied with him and accused him one after another of why he did not intercede for Li Fengci.
Li Zhiyun put down his wine cup and said melancholy: "Xiao Gong, when my emperor father was here, he often told me that the reason why the Sui Dynasty lost the country was because they lost the support of the people. Otherwise, just some people who want to overthrow the Sui Dynasty will not do anything.
So simple. If Emperor Sui Yang had not forced the people to survive, they would not have rebelled.
The Tang Dynasty is indeed prosperous now, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe, but crises are often buried at this time. In Chang'an, there are people who dare to act so unscrupulously, but what about local states and counties?
Think about it, if I don't deal with it seriously this time, how can I give an explanation to the people of the world?"
"That's what your Majesty said." Li Xiaogong said.
Li Zhiyun continued: "Besides, I just imprisoned Li Fengci, what's his dissatisfaction? How many people in this world have to work and feed themselves, but just because of his birth, even if he kills people, he can still eat without working. Compared with ordinary people
, he is already living a very good life.”
Li Xiaogong was silent.
Li Zhiyun added: "You have to remind the clan members and tell them that this world belongs to my Li family, but it also belongs to the people. If you don't take the people into your heart, you will suffer the consequences sooner or later."
"yes."
When Li Zhiyun said this, he sighed again.
"Xiao Gong, sometimes I feel helpless. Think about it for yourself, if I let Li Fengci go this time, how do you want me to deal with other dudes the next time they commit crimes?"
Li Xiaogong said: "Your Majesty, you must not blame yourself. I understand. Li Fengci brought the blame on himself. He can only blame himself for being imprisoned. What your Majesty said is that if Li Fengci is let go this time, the national law will not tolerate it."
Li Zhiyun said happily: "It's good if you understand. I'm not saying this to you in vain."
Li Xiaogong smiled shyly.
Li Fengci's gossip, as Li Fengci was imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple, gradually came out from the perspective of the common people. After all, Chang'an is so big and prosperous, there are always all kinds of other gossip flying in the sky, and Li Fengci's incident can only be regarded as one of them.
The little wave has passed, and it has passed. Not many people will always remember it.