I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 197 Father Zhong, why are you sentenced to five punishments? (seeking subscription)
"Then how do the general and the princes think these people should be dealt with?" Liu He asked.

This matter should have been discussed by Sangong and Tingwei, but it happened to be urgent and happened to meet the Great Court Council again, so Liu He brought it up by the way.

Huo Guang looked at the wooden tablet in his hand. When he came today, he met Ting Wei and had already discussed a general idea.

"Gathering a crowd to create chaos with the intention of forcing the palace is no different from rebellion, but the original intention is to speak out, so it can be lenient."

"The 670 five people will be sentenced to three years in prison."

"One hundred and three Confucian scholars, sent back to their original places, fined [-]."

"Hu Chang and Yan Gongsun, in order to coerce rebellion, are sentenced to be the head of the owl, which can be replaced by castration."

"Xiahou Jian is the mastermind, and should be sentenced to be cut in half."

"The virtuous literature in the prison will all be seized from office, demoted to common people, and fined [-] yuan."

"As for Xia Housheng, he is the one who initiated all the reasons. It is even more innocent to slander Emperor Xiaowu. The old man believes that he should be sentenced to five punishments."

Except for Liu He, everyone present looked sideways at Huo Guang.

Five sentences are too heavy.

"Five punishments?" Liu He asked with doubts.

"Exactly." Huo Guang replied.

Although Liu He often went to the county prisons of Changyi Kingdom, he had never heard of the five punishments.

"I don't know much about this punishment. Can the general explain a thing or two?"

"Then Tingwei will explain to His Majesty."

"only!"

Li Guang stood up and began to talk about what five punishments are.

The big man has no car cracks, so the five punishments are extremely cruel punishments.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were various punishments.

Many punishments are more terrifying than the death penalty.

Roughly speaking, the punishment of Dahan can be divided into death penalty, corporal punishment, imprisonment, relocation and punishment.

As the name suggests, the death penalty is the deprivation of human life, but both are death sentences, but there are differences between them.

The three tribes of Yi, with five punishments, beheading at the waist, and abandoning the market... are actually death sentences.

Among them, the killing of the Yi tribe was the most violent, and the five punishments were the most cruel.

The so-called "five punishments" means to make the victim suffer five kinds of punishments, and then execute them, even after death, they will not live in peace.

One is tattooing, which means tattooing on a person's face.

The second is to cut off the nose with a knife.

The third is to cut off the left and right toes, which means cutting off the left and right feet.

The fourth is the head of the owl, which means beheading after death and displaying the head to the public.

On the fifth day, the flesh and bones are chopped in the market, and they are chopped into meat sauce in public.

If the crime committed is slander, the tongue must be cut off before the punishment.

While listening, Liu He desperately suppressed the urge to vomit.

Before that, Liu He thought that splitting cars, beheading in half, human pigs, and real grass were already the most severe punishments.

However, compared with this five punishments, it is nothing short of a big witch.

The five punishments not only need to deprive a person of his life, but also torture the mutilated body after death.

Just to the point of insanity.

Although Liu He often said that someone should be sentenced to death alone, it was just talk.

However, existence is reasonable.

This is the only way in the history of human justice.

"Okay, there's Captain Lao Ting, I've already understood." Liu He waved his hand and interrupted Captain Ting's eloquent introduction.

"No." Li Guang sat back with some unfulfilled intentions.

Liu He didn't speak immediately. He was the one who imprisoned Xia Housheng. Although he wanted to let him go now, he still had to wait for a suitable time—the Queen Mother's order.

Before the Queen Mother's oral order arrived, Liu He decided to reduce the punishment of others first.

"Father Zhong, can you show me the wooden tablet in your hand?"

"Promise." Huo Guang said, and handed the wooden slip in his hand to Fan Ke, an internal officer waiting under the jade steps, and Fan Ke took it to the hands of the emperor.

Liu He watched carefully, but did not speak, and no one spoke in the court hall below.

Among those who were sentenced by Huo Guang just now, those who received the lightest sentences were those virtuous literature and Confucian scholars.

Regardless of whether it is removal from office, seizing titles, or fines, it is called punishment in the laws of the Han Dynasty. Is it the lightest punishment after breaking the laws?

It seems that Huo Guang is extra merciful to Confucian scholars.

"Whether it is virtuous literature or Confucian scholars, they are all confused for a while. I think we can lenient them and cut off officials. Those who want to return to their hometowns will not be stopped, and those who want to stay in Chang'an will not be moved. As for fines, they will also be exempted. Alright."

"Father Zhong, is this possible?"

Huo Guang nodded, and said: "Your Majesty's kindness is their blessing, and they must be grateful."

Further down, there are those people who have been sentenced to prison.

The so-called prison sentence is to undertake specific heavy physical labor, which is divided into five types.

One is Kun Tong Cheng Dan Chung: Prisoners have to shave their hair first, men will take tools to build the city, women will also go to pound rice, and the sentence is five years.

The second is Wancheng Danchong: On the basis of Kun Tong Chengdanchong, the penalty of shaving off the hair is saved, and the sentence is four years.

The third is ghost salary Baican: the male criminal is to chop firewood for the ancestral temple, and the female criminal is to choose rice for the ancestral temple. The prison term is three years.

The fourth is Sikou: male criminals go to the border to defend against bandits, and female criminals serve hard labor in the county and country. The sentence is two years.

On the fifth day, the penalty is: the male criminal goes to the border county to guard the border, and the female criminal works for the government. The sentence is three months to one year.

"These more than 600 people were bewitched for a while, but they didn't make a big mistake in the end. The three-year ghost salary is too heavy. Can it be reduced to one year's punishment and serve their sentence in Chang'an?"

"Father Zhong, do you think this is okay?"

Huo Guang was expressionless, but he was quite proud in his heart that the Son of Heaven had finally learned how to be a wise king.

This is actually the room he left for the emperor to bargain.

"Your Majesty is merciful, and this matter is fine."

"As for Hu Chang and Yan Gongsun, their corporal punishment will be spared. They are both Confucian scholars. They can be sentenced to a city with a scorpion and a pair of pliers. Their bodies are hairy and skinned. They are their parents. Kun punishment is already corporal punishment for them. Pretty much."

"As for the first offender, Xia Houjian, leave him a whole body and sentence him to be the head of the owl."

Liu He's words made the officials a little surprised again.

During the last court meeting, the Son of Heaven was so resolute that he took Xia Housheng and others into prison without blinking his eyes, and even dismissed Yang Chang's officials directly.

But today, he became extraordinarily merciful and reduced everyone's punishment.

Is the emperor acting kingly and domineering?
Baiguan looked at the immature emperor, and felt that he had vaguely seen the appearance of Emperor Xiaowu.

But Huo Guang listened to Liu He's words, but felt that the emperor had changed the sentences of the last few people too lightly. He wanted to speak out to dissuade them, but in the end he still didn't speak.

At least Xia Houjian was sentenced to be the head of the owl, which can also serve as a warning to the world.

However, Huo Guang was also a little vigilant, wouldn't His Majesty also commute the sentence of Xia Housheng, the instigator, right?

This is Huo Guang's bottom line, he doesn't want the emperor to mess around.

Therefore, Huo Guang made the decision before the emperor finished speaking.

"Xiahoujian's change to the owl's head can also reflect His Majesty's benevolence, but Xiahou Sheng is the instigator of all disasters, and the five punishments must not be lightly spared." Huo Guang said in front of him.

"I know, I know." Liu He nodded, but looked out of the hall unsteadily.

What the son should do has already been done, and the next thing is to look at the queen mother.

The officials didn't know what the emperor was thinking, and Huo Guang didn't know what the emperor was thinking either.

I had to watch with wide eyes and small eyes.

Fortunately, Liu He didn't wait too long, and the voice of the internal official's notification came from outside the door.

"The Empress Dowager ordered!"

"The Empress Dowager ordered!"

……

The high-pitched and thin shouts of the internal officials were like stalks of dog's tail grass, stirring the ears of all the officials in the court.

Their gazes temporarily moved away from the emperor's body, and they looked out of the hall in unison.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan has been away from Weiyang Palace for too long, and she has also been out of the court's sight for so long that everyone has forgotten that the Son of Heaven has a Queen Mother, and a man has a Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother's oral instructions are as effective as the emperor's oral instructions, and even higher.

Especially in such a large crowd, it is hard for anyone to resist.

Huo Guang's eyes were complicated. Didn't he hit the Queen Mother Shangguan just a few days ago?
Why does she want to give an oral order at this moment?
Huo Guang didn't know what the oral instructions said at all, but it was precisely because he didn't know what the content was that Huo Guang was more vigilant.

It seems that his granddaughter is not particularly peaceful.

When Huo Guang was "thinking wildly", an internal official from Changle Palace walked in.

"Pass the Queen Mother's oral order!"

All the people in the hall changed their countenance and listened to the Queen Mother's dictation.

"Xia Housheng, the Shaofu of Changxin, is old, and has a teacher-student relationship with me... I implore the emperor to forgive him and avoid his guilt. This will make me feel at ease, and it will also fulfill the emperor's name of benevolence and righteousness."

Halfway through hearing it, Huo Guang was very displeased. Could it be that the Empress Dowager Shangguan wanted to use this matter against himself?

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