Zhou Zhong couldn't stand up, and Liu Xie didn't speak, with a calm face and a cold look swept across everyone.
Everyone lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak.
After a while, Situ Yang Biao got up and left the table, walked to Zhou Zhong, lifted up the hem of his clothes, and knelt side by side with Zhou Zhong.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say."
"Say." Liu Xie withdrew his gaze and said lightly.
"The exiled people fled back, and there are laws to follow and rules to follow, but it is a little different. Before, the exile was no matter how far away it was, it was within the territory of the Han Dynasty. Although it was hard, it was not difficult for barbarians. Now Your Majesty has opened up overseas, and the exiled people are with the
The barbarians live together, and there are also difficulties in their hearts, so some people cannot persist and find ways to escape. It is also expected that they will be expected. According to what Sikong said, the returnees are mainly women and children, and not many young and strong people are young.
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Yang Biao paused, and Liu Xie didn't say anything, but just looked at Yang Biao quietly, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.
Yang Biao had no choice but to continue saying: "So, I beg Your Majesty to be polite to women and children, to be kind to the outside world, and to be gentle. Since Zhongping, wars and disputes have lasted for nearly twenty years, people have suffered millions of casualties, household registrations have withered, and new graves have been
It's a lot. Now Your Majesty has launched a new policy, restore the Han Dynasty and sympathizes with the people, and it's time to start from now on."
After Yang Biao finished speaking, he bowed again and couldn't get up.
Zhou Zhong didn't say anything, and he didn't even dare to move his head, but he was grateful to Yang Biao in his heart.
There are so many people in the hall, no one dares to speak out for him. As long as Yang Biao stands up, he is worthy of being a comrade who advances and retreats together.
Liu Xie put down the tea cup, chewed the tea leaves in his mouth, and chuckled.
"Situ, you will not forget who these people are, are you? They are not the victims of war, but the initiator of war. If you ask me to give them kindness, what should the people who died because of them?"
Yang Biao bowed again. "Your Majesty, they are not the initiators, but the families of the initiators, and some women and children."
"It's women and children, and the families of the initiators, otherwise how could they be exiled overseas? Situ wouldn't feel that they were wronged, it was the court that hurt the innocent?"
Yang Biao hurriedly bowed his head and apologized. "How dare I? I don't think they are innocent, but I just think they are not the main culprits, so I can be lenient. God has the kindness of a benevolent life. Although the law has been established, it will be implemented on others. Your Majesty..."
Liu Xie interrupted Yang Biao without hesitation. "Who is the person you are talking about? Is it me, Sikong, or anybody else?"
Yang Biao was speechless.
This question is indeed difficult to answer.
If the right to be kind is in the emperor, then there is no way to talk about the government's rule. If the right to be in Sikong or someone, what are the standards for law? Whoever has a higher position will listen to whom?
Liu Xie stood up, held his hands behind his back, walked past Zhou Zhong and Yang Biao, looked down at them, then looked up at the others, and walked slowly.
"I am not sensitive either. I am not abandoned by you and follow you. The three masters' teachings are always there, and I dare not forget them in a moment. I intend to learn from the sages and sages, and entrust the three masters to rule with them. But when I see them today, I really disappointed me.
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He sighed heavily and came to the front of Tingwei Xuanbo.
"Xuan Qing."
Xuanbo quickly got up and bowed. "I'm here."
"The Tingwei is a place to practice the law. I am very satisfied with the trial of this case, with clear structure and accurate judgment."
Xuan Bo was happy, but he did not dare to show his slightest expression on his face. He quickly kowtowed: "Your Majesty praised you, I dare not take it. This case is complicated and delayed for a long time. It can be judged before the New Year, except for the cooperation between the Great Honglu and the prefectures and counties.
The court magistrate is united, not the merits of the minister.”
"Well, I have worked hard for you, and I will reward you later. Please answer a question for me."
"How dare you? Please speak out for your Majesty."
"Is it a crime for those who violated the law this time to be exiled overseas?"
Xuan Bo was stunned for a moment, then said, "Yes, they all deserve it. If His Majesty had not been merciful, they would have been punished by the clan."
"Then should they return from overseas? Should they resist the imperial edict and be punished?"
Xuanbo did not think without thinking. "The anti-edict is true and should be punished."
"Since the court magistrates think they deserve the crime and should be punished against the imperial edict, I believe Situ and Sikong also knew it. So what intention did they plead for the prisoners?"
Liu Xie turned around and looked at Yang Biao kneeling on the ground, Zhou Zhong said quietly: "Or I'm going to say it simply, so these people are not local aristocratic people, will Situ and Sikong still plead for them?"
Xuanbo was scared and sweated in a cold sweat on the spot.
The emperor accused Situ and Sikong of forming cliques, and formed cliques with the Kanto gentry who had committed serious rebellion.
How dare he accept such words?
Liu Xie stared at Xuanbo, his eyes gradually getting colder. "Do you think I'm too strict?"
Xuanbo made a thrust and suddenly woke up. "Your Majesty, I'm brave enough."
"I'm sorry for your sin."
"I think that Situ and Sikong plead for the prisoners may not be because they are all local gentry, but they are just out of compassion. Although the criminals deserve their crimes, the main evil has been punished, and even though the women and children are guilty, they will not die. Sikong saw that Sikong saw that
After years of war, thousands of casualties have arrived, so it is understandable to ask for the lives of the people."
Liu Xie said in a cold voice: "That's it that I was wrong?"
Xuanbo bowed again, and his head knocked his head so loudly that the floor sounded. "Your Majesty is right. Governing the country should be governed by law. If everyone uses his own heart, he will inevitably harm the public with his own personal gain, and the people will have no way to do so. Therefore, the prince violates the law and commits the same crime as the common people.
When a large clan is punished, it should be no different from the cold clan and should not be biased."
Liu Xie raised his eyebrows lightly. "How should we judge according to your opinion?"
Xuan sowed sweat like pulp, and a large piece of wet on the floor. "Nothing else, Fanecaener."
"Farewell to the Fane?"
"Yes, mercy outside the law is to abuse the law, and mercy inside the law is to be the heart of the people. Within the law, we should be lighter and reduce unnecessary killings as much as possible." Xuanbo took a breath and said, "I boldly conjecture,
Situ, Sikong must have thought so too.”
Liu Xie looked back at Yang Biao, Zhou Zhong, and said, "Then tell me, what is the way to do this? "
Xuan Bo breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong also breathed a sigh of relief.
Xuanbo immediately put forward his own handling opinions.
The mastermind Liu and other members of the country must be killed, otherwise there will be suspicion of indulgence, and more people will want to escape back to the Central Plains in the future. However, those who escape with them do not need to be killed, they can be exiled again, and they can even be exiled further.
, making them unable to escape even if they want to.
Liu Xie did not comment, his eyes were cold, unable to say whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied.
Xuan Bo gritted his teeth and said that this time, the fact that the escape from overseas was really harmful to the country was not the criminals who fled back, but the officials from all over the country and the gentry who provided cover for the escaped people. If they could enforce the law impartially, these people
It was impossible to enter the country at all. It was because they knew that these people had fled without any orders, but they did not stop them, nor reported them. They regarded the court's laws as nothing, which led to a major case, which made the emperor and the three dukes embarrassed.
Compared with those women and children, these people should be punished more and should be dealt with more severely.
When Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong heard this, his face changed immediately. He was about to get up to stop Xuanbo, but he met Liu Xie's cold gaze and had to keep silent.
Zhou Zhong regretted it too much.
He shouldn't give Xuanbo a chance to speak, it might be better to decide directly by himself. Xuanbo has no bottom line as a person, and for his personal future, he doesn't mind how many people it will hurt.
If he did this, some people might be saved, but the focus of the case has shifted and more people have been implicated.