Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 440

There are people coming and going on the street, and a large number of people are watching.

The long line of prisoners of war moved slowly amid the curiosity and cheers of the people.

Finally arrived at Xuande Gate in the south, where many officials and the Emperor Luan were already waiting outside the gate.

Liu Yu was placed at the front, and when he saw Shi Congyun in a yellow robe, he immediately took a step forward excitedly.

Fearing that there would be any changes in him, the guards all around rushed up in unison, only two dark eyes leaked out, forming a thick iron wall, separating the emperor from Liu Yan, full of murderous aura.

Both Liu Yan and the prisoners behind him were so frightened that their legs became weak and they immediately knelt down.

Shi Congyun waved his hand slightly, and the soldiers of the imperial army moved out of the way, instead of getting off the dragon chariot, he looked down at Liu Yu and said, "I asked you to come to Daliang to be an official, why didn't you come?

Now being brought by my Heavenly Soldiers, what do you have to say, keep it short, time is limited. "

Emperor Shi was cold and aloof, as if he had no human feelings, completely different from his usual self.

Probably because of the blessing of his status, or because he was facing the most powerful person in the world, no matter what, the emperor's cold words made everyone around him feel cold.

Liu Wei was so frightened that he wept bitterly, kowtowed and reflected loudly: "Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty forgives my sins, but I have no eyes, and I don't know how powerful Dachao is!

Now it's all understood!
The benevolence of the holy dynasty, the mighty spirit spread far and wide, and the monarchs who have stolen the throne from all directions have been captured. Soon Jiangnan will be pacified, and Li Yu will arrive again. The minister will take the lead in coming to the dynasty. I hope that I can hold a stick and become an example of the surrender of the kings of all countries! "

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay and looked around each other, which made many people laugh.

Some of the people who were watching closely dozens of steps away also laughed.

Even Shi Congyun was almost amused by him, this Liu Yan was really quick-witted, but when he thought about the various actions of this guy, he suddenly became cold again.

Emperor Shi was impulsive on the surface, but very rational in his heart, which has a lot to do with the higher education and scientific knowledge he received in later generations.

Liu Yu did make him laugh, but Liu Yu was different from Meng Chang and Liu Jun. In any case, although Meng Chang and Liu Jun had their own mistakes, they also had credit.

In the early days of Shu, Meng Chang managed Shu very well in order to fight for power from powerful ministers, gain prestige, and consolidate his position. Although Shu had no combat power in comfort, it was true that it was governed so richly. It is also true that many people saw off along the river when they left Shu.

He was so angry that he taught Mrs. Huarui severely. In any case, in Emperor Shi's view, although Meng Chang's style of work was corrupt in the later period, he did do a lot of good things for the people of Shu. As an example, you can give him the title of Wang Anxiang in his later years, and you can buy the hearts of the Shu people.

For the same reason, Yelu Talie, the king of the Southern Court of the Liao Kingdom, was called the "King of Love for the People" by the people of all ethnic groups in the Liao Kingdom. .

Liu Jun was also in the Northern Han Dynasty. Compared with his father, although he was forced to become a running dog of the Khitan, he recuperated in terms of policies and cared for the people, which made the situation in the Northern Han Dynasty much better than that of Liu Min, and won the support of many people.

Based on this, Shi Congyun also felt that Liu Jun's crime was not worthy of death.

But Liu Yu was completely different. He was not capable, ignorant and superstitious, cruel and ruthless, and killed countless people.

In the case of Meng Chang, Yelv Talie, and Liu Jun, preferential treatment of them can win the support of the local people, but Liu Wei is obviously the opposite, and the people of the Southern Han Dynasty will be happy if he is severely punished. Emperor Shi attaches great importance to the aspirations of the people Yes, after all, it seems like a reincarnation, and I can only lament that I can't live because I have committed evil.

No matter how nice Liu Yan's flattery was and how eloquent his tongue was, Shi Congyun's vanity was greatly satisfied, but he only smiled on the surface without any disturbance in his heart.

He loves to listen to flattery, but he just listens, time and environment will always make people grow and adapt, just like beautiful women, he also loves to sleep, but most of the time he just wants to try.
power, interest...

Over the past ten years, he has traveled all the way, trekking through mountains and rivers, getting used to mountains of corpses and seas of blood, getting used to seeing life and death, getting used to sleeping with beautiful beauties, Emperor Shi more and more found that his emotions were gradually stripped away by those blood, those responsibilities, and those tender feelings.

He looked expressionlessly at the densely packed prisoners of war kneeling in front of him, and said loudly in front of the officials and common people: "My state of Qin has its own laws, what you say is good, but it doesn't work.

You people will be judged by the laws of the state of Qin. I will not interfere with the final result. Your crimes and good deeds will naturally be judged fairly. "

Then he stopped talking and said loudly, "Let's get started."

The beginning of Emperor Shi has two meanings, the first is the ceremony of presenting captives.

General Guo Tingwei was dressed in armor, tied Liu Wei with a rope, and led him to the emperor. Afterwards, Prime Minister Fan Zhi came out and read out the imperial edict they had written and sealed by Emperor Shi, rebuking Liu Wei for his crimes and letting Liu Yu go to court. Pleading guilty shows the legitimacy of the Qin Dynasty sending troops and destroys their rationality.

Liu Wei didn't dare to say anything else, so he confessed everything, expressed regret, and asked the emperor to forgive him.

In the afternoon, he would tie Liu Yan to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth, and inform future generations of the results of the battle. More than 1000 people will also occupy Dali Temple and the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

When Fan Zhi stepped down, Shi Congyun got up and asked Fu Zhaoyuan to hand over the big copper trumpet that he personally asked the craftsman to make, and announced loudly in front of all the officials and everyone that the crimes committed by Liu Yu and his men would be handled by Dou Yi. Li, Yushitai, Dali Temple, assisted by the Ministry of Punishment, and the three divisions will be interrogated in accordance with the laws of Qin State.

At this remark, most of the officials present and the common people were stunned.

You must know that since the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, morality and ethics have collapsed, and the law that is the bottom line of morality has disappeared. just kill.

The same goes from top to bottom, officials treat their subordinates, and officials treat the common people as well. For example, in the later Tang Dynasty, there were children who fought with bamboo poles and were beheaded for the crime of hiding weapons; Gao Feng, the governor of Huzhou, had a sudden whim and called the officials and said, "I want to kill all the people."So they closed the gates of the city and picked thousands of those who could be killed in one go.
There are many more such examples.

This is the style of the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and Emperor Shi announced in front of everyone today that even when it comes to deciding the life and death of a country's monarch and princes and generals, the emperor will not arbitrarily decide, but will be brought to justice. Law.

Speaking of the law, it is almost a distant memory. It was about 100 years ago when it still played a role in maintaining the state apparatus, in the middle and early Tang Dynasty.

Now speaking on such an important occasion, with a golden mouth, is to take this opportunity to announce to everyone.

Many of the officials understood it, and they bowed excitedly and called out, "Official sage!"

"Officials are better than Yao and Shun, and their achievements surpass the five emperors!"

"God bless me Daqin!"

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Some of the people in the periphery also understood what the emperor said, and bowed down, while some didn't understand at all, and just bowed down when they saw others bowing down.

Emperor Shi raised his hand, "Let's all be flattened. This is what I want to say in front of my subjects and people of the Qin Kingdom today. Liu Yu and others are not worth it. I have captured too many kings. I will use them as my Qin today." National legislation.

In the future, the unification of the world will be imminent, and our state of Qin will never follow the old path of Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou, and will take the law of the country as the right way of the world, not the joy and anger of the monarchs and ministers.

This is a promise to the people of Qin and a warning to civil and military officials. "

"The officials are sages." This time, all the officials and the onlookers said.

Emperor Shi was very satisfied with the effect.

He didn't care about Liu Wei at all, but he cared a lot when he used Liu Wei to gather civil and military officials and common people to announce his major events.

At the same time, he used Liu Wei as an example to show that he cared a lot about the country's attitude of respecting and protecting laws in the future.

Just like the matter of Shang Yang's erection of wood, this can gather the crowd, so that people can be impressed and remembered, and at the same time spread the matter on a large scale.

In the era when communication was basically based on shouting and transportation was basically based on walking, this in itself was very difficult, and it was a rare opportunity. Now, using Liu Yu and the officials of the Southern Han Dynasty, Emperor Shi did it.

This incident also marks that Qin State has got rid of the painting style of nearly 200 years from the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

That afternoon, surrounded by hundreds of officials, the sacrifice of prisoners in the Taimiao was completed, and the sky began to snow lightly, but Daliang City was very hot in the gloomy cold, and even the snow seemed to be melted by the atmosphere of celebration.

In the imperial garden, Emperor Shi hugged Mrs. Huarui to warm her hands, and invited the civil and military ministers to have a hot pot feast. Hot pot is a novelty nowadays, and the monarch and his ministers get along with each other, which is very enjoyable.

And Dou Yi has led the three divisions to start liquidating and trying the crimes of the Southern Han monarchs and ministers.

Nine months after the army was dispatched, the Southern Han Dynasty was destroyed, and the news that the lord Liu Yu was captured and sent to Daliang was already accompanied by the cold winter wind, blowing all over the north and south of the river. On this already severe winter day, I received chilling news, and the cruel chill invaded silently.
(End of this chapter)