"Sir, all the officials and families involved in the rebellion have been arrested by General Qin Jian."
After Bao Zheng bowed, he reported: "After being interrogated and convicted by your subordinates, you can be executed at any time."
Jia Xu nodded first, then seemed to remember something, and said meaningfully: "Bao Zheng, please write carefully, after all, this is more than two thousand lives, it is not a small matter."
Bao Zheng showed a surprised look. He said it was an interrogation, but it was just a procedure. After all, the crime of rebellion had been confirmed. No matter how careful the trial was, the result would be the same. At most, women and children could be spared one death.
But he will definitely end up being a slave for life.
Looking at Bao Zheng's expression, Jia Xu knew that he didn't understand what he meant. Of course, he wasn't going to say it clearly, so he said, "I don't care what method you use, but give him a month to interrogate him."
"This... I will try my best."
Bao Zheng smiled bitterly, and his dark face became even darker. There was always a feeling that Jia Xu was deliberately making things difficult for him.
Jia Xu secretly thought in his heart, Liu Bei, I have tried my best to protect you. If you dare to ruin my plan, I will make your life worse than death.
After Bao Zheng finished his report, Di Renjie stood up again and said, "Sir, how should we deal with the Sima family?"
After Jia Xu thought for a while, he sighed: "It's difficult to do."
The head of the Sima family, Sima Fang, was the earliest noble clan of Qin and Wen. Sima Fang has always been loyal and dedicated, and has contributed greatly to the development and growth of the Jin army. It can be said that he is one of the few remaining veterans of the Jin army. He may even have a chance in the future.
Compete for the governorship and become a feudal official.
The Sima family was originally a die-hard pro-Qin faction, and outstanding children in the family, such as Sima Lang, Sima Fu, Sima Cuo, etc., all served in the Qin army.
Who would have thought that Sima Yi, the second son of Sima Fang, a die-hard pro-Qin faction, would not only get involved with the imperial party, but even personally participate in the coup.
This is no longer just a scam for the father, but also a scam for the whole family!
Jia Xu even wondered whether Sima Yi was Sima Fang's biological child, or whether he was humiliated and abused by Sima Fang or other Sima family disciples, so that he deeply hated his own family?
Otherwise, how could he harm his family like this?
"Sima Yi's rebellion, were the Sima family involved?" Jia Xu asked.
Di Renjie said firmly: "I've checked it, and it's not there."
"Oh? Why are you so sure?"
"The Sima family has many children who serve as officials. Sima Fang, Sima Lang, Sima Cuo and more than ten people have all served in our army.
After the imperial party launched a rebellion, Sima Cuo became a guard general. If the Sima family really participated in the rebellion, it would not only be the north gate that would be lost."
What Di Renjie said was indeed correct. Although he could not thoroughly investigate the Sima family due to the war, based on the current information, he could already analyze that the Sima family did not participate in the rebellion. This was just Sima Yi's personal behavior.
But don’t think that this is Sima Yi’s personal behavior and has nothing to do with the Sima family.
The blood relationship between Sima Yi and Sima Fang was not something that Sima Yi could unilaterally get rid of, and rebellion was a serious crime that implicated the nine clans.
If this matter is handled in accordance with the law, the Sima family will definitely suffer the same fate as those rebellious families, that is, they will kill the Nine Clan.
But the difficulty is that Sima Fang is a veteran of the Jin Dynasty. Not only does he have no fault, but he has made meritorious deeds.
Every big family has many children. If one of the children breaks the law and the entire Sima family is implicated, it would be a bit too unkind and could easily chill the hearts of officials from other families.
After all, if the Sima family can produce a Sima Yi, it is difficult to guarantee that their family will not produce a Zhao Yi, Qian Yi, and Ma Yi.
This is why Di Renjie did not dare to make a decision easily and came to ask Jia Xu instead.
Jia Xu secretly scolded Di Renjie for being cunning and never looking for him when good things happened. Whenever something like this offended others, he would let him decide. This clearly meant that he wanted him to offend others!
This little fox.
Although Jia Xu sympathized with Sima Fang, he would not break his own principles for him. After thinking for a while, he said: "First punish Sima Fang for the crime of improper discipline, dismiss Sima Fang and his eldest son Sima Lang from their posts, and make him reflect at home.
You are not allowed to leave the mansion even half a step, and we will deal with the Sima family when the lord comes back."
After all, Sima Fang belonged to the Jin clique, and the Jin clique was the second largest faction of the Qin army. If he really killed the Sima family with one shot, Jia Xu would have offended the entire Jin clique.
Although Jia Xu is not afraid of the Jin clan's revenge, there is no need to drag himself into trouble because of an irrelevant matter.
Therefore, even Jia Xu could not deal with Sima Fang, and only Qin Hao could issue the final punishment.
"Sir, General Sima Cuo is also a descendant of the Sima family. It is now wartime. Just in case, do you need to remove him from military power first?" Di Renjie asked again.
"No need." Jia Xu waved his hand.
Although Jia Xu didn't know much about Sima Cuo, Qin Jian found him shortly after the war and vouched for Sima Cuo with his life, saying that Sima Cuo was both loyal and brave, and had both civil and military skills, and he would definitely become the cornerstone of the Qin army in the future.
There are only two possibilities for Qin Jian to guarantee his life to an outsider:
One is that the man is Qin Jian’s illegitimate son.
Secondly, that person is indeed a great talent.
And Sima Cuo was naturally the latter.
It was precisely after this consideration that Jia Xu dismissed Sima Fang and Sima Lang and his son, but retained Sima Cuo's military power.
This is actually a kind of appeasement to the Sima family, but it weakens the main line of the Sima family and strengthens the branch lines such as Sima Cuo.
With the help of Han Fei, Di Renjie, Bao Zheng and other ministers, Jia Xu quickly sorted out the mess in Luoyang.
After everything was dealt with, Hu Hai's problem became a problem that Jia Xu had to face.
If it is really confusing to say that Sima Yi rebelled and harmed the Sima family, then Hu Hai, as a descendant of the Qin family, turned against his own family, which is simply incomprehensible.
You must know that the imperial party had accumulated strength and planned for several years, but it only caused the loss of a thousand soldiers to the Qin army. However, because of Hu Hai's fault, the Qin army lost eight thousand soldiers.
One Hu Hai is equal to eight imperial parties. He has accomplished what the entire imperial party has not been able to do!
Rebellion was a major crime that punished the nine tribes, but Hu Hai not only rebelled, but also surrendered to the enemy, and directly caused the death of eight thousand soldiers in the battle. This was an added crime, even if he punished the ten tribes, it was not an exaggeration.
But the key point is that Hu Hai was born in the Qin family. If the ten tribes of Hu Hai were killed, wouldn't they be the same as the ten tribes of Qin Hao?
Is it possible for Jia Xu to kill the ten tribes of Hu and Hai? It is impossible to even think about it with your toes, and he does not have the power.
Since it is impossible for Hu Hai to implicate the entire Qin family, but such a big mistake cannot go unpunished, then the only way to do it is to let people from Hu Hai's family take the blame.