Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 623 It's Too Late to Regret
"Your Majesty, I really don't understand why the Taiwei must be in charge of this matter? The Taiwei's character"

Lu Lu looked at Liu Chang who was eating and drinking sitting in front of the case, and couldn't understand his behavior.

Even after following Liu Chang for such a long time, he still couldn't keep up with some of the emperor's thoughts, it was simply whimsical, and he was whatever he thought of.

Liu Chang bit off a piece of meat, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed it.

"What do you know, the Taiwei has a wealth of court trial experience, which is unmatched by others. In these years, the Taiwei has gone through five large-scale court trials. You can say who else in the entire temple can have five court trials?" The experience of the second court trial? Once it’s gone.”

"But the captain was tried in court five times."

"There is no difference. And you see, the Taiwei is also very happy to play. The older the Taiwei is, the more he looks like a child, and he is addicted to playing."

Liu Chang sucked the seasoning on his fingers and said casually.

Lu Lu asked again: "Then why do you have to go to the court to appeal? You are the emperor of the Han Dynasty, how can the emperor appeal? If you want to deal with Xiao Fen, you can't just order it."

"Fart, even that Xiao Fen has the right to appeal. Don't I, the emperor of the big man, not have it? The big man educates the people with filial piety, and governs the world with the law. I am acting according to the law. What a chance this is!" , to change the mess left by my father, why can't you figure it out?"

"I'm just worried about hurting your prestige. After all, the emperor is respected. Appealing is really not what the emperor should do."

"I am a benevolent king, so of course I have to follow the law to protect myself. Do I have to imitate Jie Zhou and the others to directly execute those who oppose me? Wouldn't that make me a tyrant? I am reasonable and will never do such a thing." Things, the big man is not those countries in the past, the big man is rules-based, and treats everyone equally. You have followed me for so long, don’t you even see this point clearly? You must believe in the law of the big man, and you will never wrong any innocent person the emperor"

The words are correct, but listening to these words, Lu Lu always feels very awkward. Didn't you make this law yourself? ? ?

And you have done a lot of things that violate the law.

But the emperor said that he was a good emperor who obeyed the law, so Lu Lu didn't have much to say, "When is your majesty going to the court?"

"Those Confucian scholars are probably about to collapse. It's almost time. I'm going today!"

"This time, I want to completely wipe out the disaster and solve this great root cause of endless troubles!"

Liu Chang wiped off the stains on his face with his sleeve, stood up abruptly, his eyes were extraordinarily bright, he looked at Lu Lu, and suddenly chuckled, "Lu, do you know? If we get rid of them completely, it will be my The second greatest contribution of my life."

"Ah? It's just dealing with a few Confucian scholars."

"No, I'm not dealing with Confucian scholars."

Liu Chang narrowed his eyes slowly.

"Prepare the carriage! I'm going to Tingwei, please Tingwei to uphold justice for me!!"

In the Prince's Mansion, Liu An was sitting in front of the case, tapping the wooden case in front of him lightly with his fingers.

He seemed to be thinking about something, and with every tap of his finger, countless thoughts flickered in his mind.

"Your Highness, yesterday's court trial results came out, and 23 more people were convicted, and fewer and fewer people are still resisting. It is said that Xiao Fen has found an excuse again. He pointed out that his journey was based on hearsay, not the originator of rumors." , and produced incriminating evidence. Long before he wrote the article, there were nursery rhymes in Chang'an and other places to tell Chao Cuo's crimes. He believed these nursery rhymes by mistake. Tingwei started interrogating again."

Feng Tang talked about Tingwei's situation, and said with a wry smile: "Taiwei doesn't know what's going on, obviously he couldn't wait to execute them on the first day, but now he's not in a hurry, and really started to think about what the other party said , a fair interrogation."

Liu An laughed, "Taiwei has such a personality. Once a Taiwei does something, he will become very serious. Even if there are personal grievances, he can let go of it. This is probably the reason why Taiwei is always victorious."

Liu An experienced the expansion and decline of the Li family in just a dozen days.

This made Liu An feel a lot. He said with emotion: "I originally thought that father must pamper the other party this time. When they all stand up, they will directly kill them and completely destroy them without leaving any room. But I didn't expect that , Father was so delicate this time, uncharacteristically, he didn't curse or hit anyone, and even resolved the matter through normal complaints. When Father got serious, it was more terrifying than when he was furious. For more than ten days, such a huge school has directly become a street rat."

Ju Meng curled his lips, and said: "Your Majesty who is smiling and silent is indeed more terrifying than His Majesty who is furious. I would rather be beaten by His Majesty than be counted as a cough by him, stop it."

Mao Chang sighed and said, "It's a pity that many people were bewitched by Xiao Fen. They probably really thought they were doing the right thing, but they were dragged into the abyss by Xiao Fen."

Liu An reassured: "Don't worry too much, Father has never been a person who kills indiscriminately. His purpose was very clear from the very beginning. He didn't want to kill people, but to punish his heart. I think that after the complete collapse of the Li School, Ah My father will not kill so many people, and of course, he will not let them go easily. My father is talking about a person who makes the best use of everything, and even useless things can become useful in his hands. I guess that apart from those culprits, there is a high probability that the rest will go to the Kingdom of Xia and become the first batch of herdsmen."

"Then His Highness is going to Ting Wei to watch it?"

"No. Their demise is already a certainty. There is nothing worth caring about. Compared to this, I am more concerned about... the future. The ceremony is wrong, but this ceremony still needs to be given."

Feng Tang was taken aback, "What does Your Highness mean??"

"Elder Huang can actually be polite."

In Gong Yangshou's mansion, everyone except Gong Yangshou is there.

Hu Wusheng is in a good mood today. Even though Confucianism has suffered such a blow, he is still very happy. Holding the newspaper in his hand, he said, "These people have done it to themselves! They deserve it!"

"I said it at the beginning, let them know how to restrain themselves!"

"If it wasn't because of a crime that I couldn't go out, I would have gone to find Xiao Sheng a long time ago."

Hu Wusheng's character is very gentle, but no matter how gentle he is, he is still a ram.

As everyone who supported Fuqiubo from the beginning, Hu Wusheng hated these etiquette schools to the extreme, but because he injured a soldier earlier, he was ordered by the emperor to reflect at home, so he could not go out to find these people to discuss the whole Gongyang school. People don't have a good opinion of the Ritual School. Gongsun Hong doesn't care much about this matter. His attributes of a minister should overshadow those of a scholar, similar to Chao Cuo and Zhang Cang. He only analyzes this matter from the perspective of government affairs, and he agrees very much. As for the burial, he didn't care too much about the etiquette.

As for the other high-ranking apprentice Liu Ci, he simply couldn't understand what these people were arguing about.

Aren't they all buried?What are you fighting for?

Compared with arguing, he cares more about whether anyone will be convicted and whether the country's population can be enriched.

As for the ineffective Dong Zhongshu, he disappeared after the first disturbance in the Li family.

Hu Wusheng was very scared at first, and mistakenly thought that he was going to hang out with those people. Later, he learned that Dong Zhongshu had been studying in the study these days and did not go out.

Even sitting in front of Hu Wusheng, Dong Zhongshu was still reading.

Liu Ci looked at him suspiciously, "What are you doing? Ever since they started scolding Duke Fuqiu, you haven't been out of the house. What are you doing every day?"

Dong Zhongshu looked at Hu Wusheng and said, "I'm learning rites."

Liu Ci jumped up suddenly, "Ah?! You traitor! What etiquette are you learning? We rule the age!!"

Hu Wusheng also said unhappily: "Now is not a good time to learn etiquette. Are you learning etiquette now because you are anxious not to be a court captain?"

Dong Zhongshu's behavior, in their view, is to vote for Xiang Yu after Gaixia, and for Han Xin after Yunmengze, which is to die.

Dong Zhongshu was stunned for a moment, and then explained: "I think... Your Majesty may need a new ceremony. The current ceremony is too complicated. I want to formulate a new ceremony. It is simple, simple, and can echo His Majesty's ideas and is suitable for today's society. If it is formulated by the big man, the ram will have the final say on the rituals of the world in the future."

Hu Wusheng was taken aback, "Are you making a ceremony??"

"It's because my thinking is too simple. I have such an idea, but I can't formulate it without such strength, so I have been reading related books these days."

Liu Ci patted his chest, "If you can't make a decision, why don't you ask me?"

"I'm so polite, I'll help you formulate it, let's formulate it together, and people will know what to do later"

Dong Zhongshu ignored this unreliable king and looked at Hu Wusheng, "Brother, this is a very good opportunity. I am not capable enough to make a ceremony at present, but I know that you have the strength to do this." Yes, if the ceremony is determined by the ram, then we will be able to take over the ceremony in the future."

"Is the ram still a ram?"

Hu Wusheng said softly, "Ah, Zhong Shu, studying is not for the purpose of gaining fame, not for the prosperity of the school, not for utilitarianism. The purpose of studying is to obtain knowledge and to spread knowledge. If you think that etiquette is very important and you want to learn To enrich one's knowledge, to spread a better Lilly to benefit the world, I am willing to teach you, but if you just want to use Lilly to gain greater benefits, then I can't teach you. If you can achieve temporary success, you will definitely fail in the end.”

"The failure of the Li school is because they used the ritual for their own interests, not for the affairs of the world."

"My study of Gongyang is to check for gaps and make up for omissions, improve my knowledge, and also to point out the correct path for the people of the world, or to provide one more path. Now you want to destroy the roads extending in all directions, leaving only A main road. You said that if people on this road go too far and find that there is a cliff in front of them, what should they do?"

Dong Zhongshu listened to his words, and suddenly asked: "If I said that I wanted to learn from Li to enrich my knowledge because I discovered the power of Li, would you teach me?"

Hu Wusheng did not speak.

Dong Zhongshu resolutely said: "I don't think it's appropriate for you to use roads as an example. I use mountain climbing as an example. Those who want to climb the mountain will see countless ropes hanging in front of them. At the same time, if the length is enough, he can have a chance to climb up the mountain. If he does not get up, he will lie on the half-hill slope, and the rope is not enough? What should I do? Or should I fall off and climb again? I did nothing wrong. "

"Then I can only hope that your rope, which is connected by countless ropes, is strong enough."

Liu Ci listened to their words suspiciously, and looked at Gongsun Hong who was beside him, "What do they mean? Are they going to climb a mountain?"

Gong Sunhong replied: "Don't worry about it, my lord. It's not climbing a mountain or traveling, it's just cutting trees. Different axes can cut trees, but the important thing is which tree should be cut."

"what???"

Liu Ci's face was filled with distress, "No, I can't go on like this anymore. I heard that Uncle Fuqiu is going to leave Taixue. I have to see if I can let him come to me as a housekeeper."

Inside Tingwei's mansion, it was still crowded with people.

Everyone watched with gusto. This special court trial was really interesting.

This Xiao Fen is also amazing, every time he can find a reason to explain the crime, Ting Wei is also quite fair, although he has not reached the level of defending sinners later, but the Ting Wei of the Han Dynasty had officials to explain to sinners The law, provide them with the best solution, let them know the law, so that they will not die without knowing it. They are probably equivalent to legal advisers?They are also conscientious, facing criminals like Xiao Fen, they can also provide some good legal basis.

For example, in Dahan's handling of the crime of spreading rumors, the criminal punishment for the rumorer and the second spreading rumors are different. Xiao Fen also learned about this from the consultant, and then changed his claim that he heard it, not the first one. The one who lied.

But in this way, he admitted his crime. He slandered Chao Cuo, even if he really wasn't the first to draw it up, it also played a role in spreading it, and the impact was extremely bad.

It's been a long time since everyone has seen such a wonderful court trial. In the past court trials, they just killed people directly, and sometimes they found armor for no reason.
Just as Xiao Fen was explaining what he had heard, a group of soldiers suddenly poured in outside the door, quickly occupying all the key points, and then a tall and strong man pushed away the people in front of him and walked in swaggeringly Ting Wei, both the people watching and the officials of Ting Wei hurriedly stood up and saluted. The person who came was Liu Chang. Liu Chang looked proudly at the crowd walking slowly to Chao Cuo's side, raised his head, He looked at Han Xin.

"I'm here to accept the lawsuit."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Ting Wei exploded.

Everyone couldn't believe what they heard, and the atmosphere was in an uproar.

Han Xin sat on the upper seat, staring directly at Zhu Zi below, "What lawsuit does Your Majesty have?"

"I want to sue Xiao Fen for slandering Uncle Fuqiu and me."

At that moment, Xiao Fen turned his head away and looked at the emperor who was not far away in fear, completely unable to believe what he heard, what happened? ?

But Liu Chang said hastily: "This guy spread rumors to slander Fu Qiubo, and even me, he slandered Fu Qiubo for flattery, slandered me for being unfilial, slandering me for being unorthodox, slandering me for appointing villains. Teacher, please uphold justice for me! How innocent."

Seeing that the emperor was about to take the lead, Han Xin cleared his throat.

"Don't worry, Ting Wei will definitely return His Majesty's innocence!"

The ministers were dumbfounded, what do you mean? ?

Tingwei really wants to accept it? ?
Emperor's suit? ?Ridiculous! ! !
Your Majesty, can't find anything to play with? ?What an absurd king can do this! !
They can't understand this operation at all, it's fine for the emperor to play, but you old man Taiwei is still playing around with him? ?

Xiao Fen wanted to say something at this moment, but there seemed to be something blocked in his throat, and he couldn't speak. He collapsed on the ground, trembling violently, and started to roll his eyes and foam at the mouth. The doctors on the scene hurried forward to give treatment, and the trial was interrupted because of this.

Liu Chang looked at him with some disdain, "This guy is too timid, isn't he so frightened?"

Lu Lu reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, slandering the Sangong may be just abandoning the city, but slandering the emperor is killing the family."

While the defendant was receiving treatment, Liu Chang loudly expressed his grievances, "My name is known to everyone in the world, but this idiot wants to spread rumors and slander Fu Qiubo and me. The rumors about Uncle Fuqiu are all related to me. I am filled with grief and indignation, so I easily ask Ting Wei to uphold justice. I believe in the law, and the law of the big man will definitely not wrong an innocent and good emperor! He was a good emperor who obeyed the law all his life."

Liu Chang was probably the first emperor in the entire Chinese history to take the initiative to report the case to the Tingwei, and Han Xin was probably the first minister in history to come to interrogate the emperor.
He was not afraid, he really sat in the top position, asked the emperor to stand in front, began to ask about the case, and reminded the emperor several times not to swear in the court!
It is really one who dares to sue and one who dares to do.

The ministers have long been dumbfounded.

Sima Xi's hand was recording rapidly, the paper was almost smoking.

Liu Chang is not embarrassed at all. He has his own ideas in doing this. He wants to gradually change the big man's rule of filial piety into rule of law and morality. Etiquette can only educate the people and tell them what they can do. , and the law does not tell them, but clearly stipulates what they cannot do. In order to complete this transition, Liu Chang is not afraid of bearing absurd reputation at all. Anyway, the whole big man is an emperor who does absurd things. Advocating wearing crotch pants, his behavior is not too ridiculous among the ridiculous behaviors.

With such an assist from the emperor, those Confucian scholars who had not pleaded guilty cried bitterly and pleaded guilty one after another. Facing the emperor's accusation, they didn't even dare to refute.

As for Xiao Fen, after being rescued and returned, his whole body was completely numb. If he simply pleaded guilty, would he have to face the emperor himself? ?Said that the emperor falsely accused himself? ?

In the end, the principal culprit, Xiao Fen, received a verdict: slandering Sangong Chao Cuo had extremely bad influence and should be severely punished.Slandering Taixue's sacrificial wine to Fu Qiubo has extremely bad influence and should be taken seriously.Slandering the emperor has extremely bad influence and should be dealt with severely.Instigate disciples to commit crimes, the number of those who are instigated is extremely large, and those who are under the age of 15 will be severely punished.He pleaded not guilty on three appeals, refused to publicly apologize for Chao Cuo, restored his name, and imposed a heavier punishment.

Combined punishment for several crimes, sentence of three clans, execution immediately.

Xiao Fen was exhausted, and when he was being supported by the soldiers to walk down, he vaguely saw Fu Qiubo standing in the crowd.

At this moment, countless memories quickly appeared in his mind.

"No problem, just come to Taixue to teach, I know you are a very talented person, I will guarantee you!"

"This is a letter between me and your teacher. There are a lot of our debates in it. You can read it and study hard. Your teacher is no longer here. You will inherit the etiquette in the future."

"Why are you quarreling with them again? If you want to persuade them to be polite, you must be polite first!! I have never heard of people who know how to be polite go around scolding others!"

"Everyone else can go! You stay here, don't go home until you have finished reading these books!"

"Take your gold and go!! Is this the etiquette you learned?! Where did you get it, and return it to me tomorrow!! You are not allowed to deal with those people in the future!!! You have gone astray !! If you do this again, I will drive you out of Taixue!!"

"Don't go!! This is the way to seek death! Listen to me, listen to me."

The soldier's hands were like pig iron, they grabbed Xiao Fen tightly, Xiao Fen couldn't move, like a puppet, he knelt on the ground, the executioner had already started rubbing the sharp blade, the soldier pulled his hair and pressed his head, this For a moment, he suddenly realized.

It turns out he wasn't targeting me.
(End of this chapter)