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Chapter 126 Dealing with Wartime Events

In the past few days, Fa Yan, who is the left supervisor of Ting Wei, has been extremely troubled. His job was originally to be in charge of prisons and trial officials for crimes.

However, during the martial law in Chang'an City some time ago, His Majesty asked the Northern Army to be responsible for the security of Chang'an City, and then the Northern Army handed over the children and common people who broke the martial law to Tingwei. This is not a good job.

In the past, when officials committed crimes, it was not difficult to try according to the laws of the Han Dynasty. This time, matters involving the children of these aristocratic families and the common people were very troublesome. According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, there was no way to try them, because the Han Dynasty did not stipulate wartime crimes. The martial law system, but if there is no trial, His Majesty can't explain it.

Fayan who returned to the mansion was depressed, even though he had no energy to eat, Fazheng who was standing beside him looked at his father, and couldn't help asking, "Father, my son sees your frowning face, don't you know what you are worried about?"

Fazheng has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, and has been passed down in his family, so whenever Fayan encounters a problem, he will have his unique insights, so Fayan likes his child very much.

"When the war started, His Majesty issued an order that the Northern Army be responsible for the security of Chang'an City. Anyone who disrupts the order of Chang'an during the war will be arrested first, regardless of the reason."

"It's just that my father thought that the Northern Army would arrest these people and hand them over to the Chang'an Order for trial. After all, it involved the security of Chang'an City, but I didn't expect that the Northern Army would hand over all these people to my father. Makes it very difficult for me.”

"Most of these people are descendants of aristocratic families, and there are some ordinary people. If it is dealt with according to the Han law, it is not too much to punish these ordinary people severely. But should these descendants of aristocratic families be severely punished?"

As Tingwei Zuojian, Fa Yan had tried many officials in the past. These officials were actually of higher status than the children of the family. He was fair and selfless at that time, so he could naturally deal with them according to the law, but now he is not only facing the children of the family. , and the people.

In fact, Fa Yan would not be embarrassed if he punished the people severely and punished the children of the family lightly according to the Chang'an Order, but he has always been impartial and selfless, so naturally he would not make such a judgment, but if he did not make such a judgment, he would be offended Many families.

Therefore, Fa Yan, who hesitated for a long time, was unable to make a decision. Although the Fufeng Fa family was also a family, they were not everyone. He still had a hard time making a decision to offend many families in one go.

"Father, why can't you understand? Since His Majesty entrusted this matter to Father, he must not approve of Chang'an Ling's approach, so he chose Father to be in charge of judging this matter." Fazheng thought for a long time said afterwards.

"Father, although I haven't met His Majesty, my child guesses that the reason why His Majesty did this is definitely not to punish those who violated the law and order during wartime."

"Father, how many people did the Northern Army arrest this time?"

Fazheng suddenly asked, he wanted to know more about the specific situation.

"There are quite a lot of people arrested this time. There are 27 people, 22 of them are from aristocratic families, and there are five ordinary people. However, the people from these [-] aristocratic families are not very old. , found that they just didn't take martial law seriously, as for the five ordinary people, they were all local gangsters."

Fa Yan told Fa Zheng the result of the trial. After his trial, he found that these people had often done these things before, and this time was no exception. It was just bad luck that they caught up with the martial law. The main streets of Chang'an City are guarded by the Northern Army, and this group of people unexpectedly came out to cause trouble without knowing what to do.

"Father, it seems that His Majesty is destined to take someone's sword. It's just that they were unlucky and caught up." Fazheng said with a sigh.

Fazheng also heard about the martial law decree promulgated by the imperial court at that time, so he held back his friend Meng Da at that time, because with his friend Meng Da's personality, it was hard to guarantee that he would not do some acts that disrupted the law and order in Chang'an during the war.

"Father, as Tingwei Zuojian, you can draft a new law according to the Han law and hand it over to His Majesty, and then judge according to the new law. You don't need to care whether you are a commoner or a child of an aristocratic family," Fazheng said. proposal.

"How to put it, I still don't quite understand it as a father." Compared with Fazheng's intelligence and wisdom, Fayan's wisdom is much ordinary.

"Father, submit a law to His Majesty on how to deal with those who violate the law and order during wartime, and then wait for His Majesty's permission. After His Majesty's permission, Father will proceed with the trial according to the law."

"In this way, Father is still a impartial and selfless Tingwei Zuojian. Although he will still offend the people of the family, after all, with His Majesty's consent, the people of the family will not make things difficult for Father, because once they make things difficult for Father, they will Don't take His Majesty seriously."

Fazheng explained that in his opinion, the person who offended the family this time is already a certainty, and the only way is to minimize the risk for the family. By drafting a new law, part of the responsibilities can be transferred to His Majesty. Therefore, the people of the family can only bear the pain to eat this bitter fruit.

Fa Yan pondered for a while, and finally figured it out, he quickly asked the steward to prepare a memorial, and he wanted to write a letter to His Majesty himself.

Fa Yan wrote a new law in the memorial, which roughly means that anyone who violates the law and order during the war will be punished with imprisonment and flogging according to the degree of destruction, and the maximum penalty for serious cases is death.

Fa Yan took the written memorial and asked the steward to prepare the chariots and horses. He needed to go to the palace and write a letter to His Majesty in person.

After layers of notifications, Fa Yan finally arrived at Gaomen Hall and handed over his memorial.

Zhang Ming held the memorial in his hand and looked at it for a long time, then asked, "Why did you write the letter yourself?"

Compared with Fayan, Zhang Ming is actually more concerned about his son Fazheng, but since Fayan has come here, he also wants to see what kind of person Fazheng's father is.

"Your Majesty felt that strict laws and regulations were needed to deal with those who violated the law and order during the war, so after a long consideration, I proposed a new law and asked His Majesty to approve it."

The laws of the Han Dynasty did not have the rule of law principle of "law is not retroactive", which means that even mistakes made before the law appeared, can be punished by the law that appeared later.

"I agree." Zhang Ming immediately approved in the memorial.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fa Yan left the Gaomen Hall with satisfaction.

Zhang Ming sighed thoughtfully. It seems that it is an unreliable way to restrain the aristocratic family with martial law during wartime, because there are not many wartime scenes.

Zhang Ming's original idea was to use the martial law during the war to arrest some family officials to frighten all the officials. Unfortunately, all the smart officials stayed at home and did not come out to cause trouble at all, so that most of the people arrested by the Northern Army It's just that the children of the aristocratic family, although they can still be severely punished, it doesn't mean much.

Since this method is not feasible, then Zhang Ming doesn't need to pay too much attention to how to deal with these people who violated the law and order during the war. Anyway, Fayan has already taken measures, and he can just let Fayan implement it.

If you want to intimidate the officials, you have to wait for a better time. These officials are smart. Except for those like Wang Yun who want to firmly grasp the power of Shang Shuling and offend His Majesty, most of the other people have nothing to do with themselves. Hang it high, if the imperial government is stricter, it will cooperate and restrain it, and if the imperial government is looser, it will be more corrupt.

According to the new law, Fa Yan dealt with these people quickly, and the result of his handling was still so fair and impartial, even Sima Fang's son Sima Kui was sentenced to prison.

Because of this result, Sima Fang hated Fa Yan deeply, but after all, it was his own child who was too young and did something wrong, and there were all the witnesses and material evidence, as well as the law, so Sima Fang didn't dare to deliberately embarrass Fa Yan.

Sima Lang and Yang Xiu returned to the military headquarters after distributing the military merit rewards of Lu Bu's army, and then reported the amount of the military merit rewards to Huang Fusong. A total of 15 shi of grain and 2 taels of gold were sent out for the military merit rewards. He also brought back the military merit books of the two teams, and left them in the military merit office as a backup.

As an official of the Military Merit Department, Sima Lang realized that not only large-scale battles have military merit rewards, but also some small battles, and even ordinary military training, should also have corresponding military merit rewards.So he was going to write a more comprehensive and reasonable military merit reward plan.

As for Yang Xiu, considering the urgent shortage of manpower in the military, Huangfusong gave him a task, asking him to be responsible for the supply of food and grass for the army's crusade against the Baibo bandits.

For this reason, Huangfusong specifically conveyed his appeal to His Majesty, but His Majesty's reply was very simple, the transfer of personnel in the military department is solely in charge of the military department's minister, and there is no need to apply for such matters in the future.

Huangfusong was very moved by His Majesty's trust, so he arranged for Yang Xiu to be the grain escort officer for the army's expedition against the Baibo bandits, mainly responsible for escorting and supervising the mission.

From this moment on, Huangfusong realized how much power the military department had. He controlled the army's source of money through the Military Merit Department, and controlled the army's food and grass through the Logistics Department, as well as the Weapons and Equipment Department. There is a lack of weapons, so they can't play a role for the time being. The existence of these means that even if the army is active outside, it is difficult to get rid of the influence of the court.

Yang Xiu took the badge from the palace and went to the treasury to start counting the food. He calculated the food and grass needed by [-] soldiers for a month. After counting, he went to the army. After communicating with Zhu Jun, he took The grain transport team went to the treasury to transport away the grain and grass.

From the moment the food was transported away, Yang Xiu followed Zhu Jun's team to fight against the Baibo bandits.

As for Zhu Jun's team this time, in addition to the original three captains, His Majesty appointed three more captains, and he himself appointed four captains, so there are ten captains in total for this expedition, each captain There were 2000 soldiers, and he himself led 5000 troops, a total of 5000 troops have been deployed since then.

Zhang Liao, Zhang Meng, Cheng Lian, and Zhu Jun were very satisfied with the three captains sent by His Majesty. Except for Zhang Meng who was a little impulsive, the other two captains were considered heroes.

The original three lieutenants in the army were Liang Yan, Guo Dian, and Wang Ling. They were all Huangfusong's original subordinates, and they were familiar with military affairs, while the four lieutenants appointed by Zhu Jun himself were from the army. The ones selected are also the best among the military candidates.

After the 5000 people in this group rested in Chang'an for a night, they would set off from the east gate of Chang'an and head to Hedong County to carry out the campaign to eliminate the Baibo bandits.

Leave professional matters to professional people. Unlike the last time guarding Chang'an, this time, Zhang Mingke has no intention of going to the front line. Of course, even if he wanted to, all the ministers would probably stop him.

Since ancient times, it has not been easy for the emperor to conquest himself. After Han Gaozu Liu Bang became the emperor, he once led 32 troops to conquer the Huns, but was besieged by the Huns' 40 troops in Baideng for seven days and seven nights. If it weren't for Chen Ping I am afraid that Han Gaozu will fall on Baideng Mountain.

Although Han Gaozu's personal conquest was besieged, he still saved his life and dignity in the end. However, the personal conquests of the later Song and Ming dynasties were simply jokes and lost all the dignity of the country, so Zhang Ming did not dare to personally command the army to fight. Put the idea of ​​addiction.

Lantian County

Xu Rong ordered his cronies to prepare some chariots and horses. He was going to Chang'an City to meet the emperor. In the past two days, Li Ru sent a message asking him to prepare and enter Chang'an City immediately, so he was a little happy at the moment.

Apart from joy, Xu Rong was also a little anxious. The reason why he was anxious was that there was a shortage of food in Lantian County. When the imperial army withdrew, the Lantian grain depot was burned down. Where is enough food for [-] troops.

When Xu Rong and his party arrived in Chang'an City, they took out the edict in their hands in front of the captain of the city gate, and entered the city.

Xu Rong who entered Chang'an City did not go directly to the palace, he planned to go to Li Ru's mansion first, and when he arrived at Li Ru's mansion, he found that Li Ru was resting in the mansion.

"Li Wenyou, you made me wait so long. Niu Fu's army has already withdrawn. Why did you let me come to Chang'an City now?" Xu Rong said angrily.He still doesn't know about Niu Fujun's annihilation in Lishan.

"General Xu, don't worry, you don't know that Chang'an City was not on alert until three days after Niu Fu's army withdrew. I forgot to tell you that Niu Fu is dead, and his army was ambushed by Lu Bu's army. , has been wiped out."

"The reason why I sent the letter to you only two days ago is because Chang'an has stabilized now, so your arrival will not have much impact. Although I missed the opportunity of His Majesty to reward the three armies, Your Majesty will never forget your contribution. "Li Ru said slowly.

Li Ru could understand Xu Rong's eagerness. Although Xu Rong had surrendered to the imperial court, he was a rebel after all, so he urgently needed a name. Xu Rong had His Majesty's edict to guarantee, but his subordinates did not have His Majesty's edict.

"Well, General Xu, since you have come to Chang'an City, I will take you to the palace to meet His Majesty this afternoon. Remember, the current emperor is not the emperor when Dong Zhuo was in power, so don't be rude." Li Ru gave some instructions.

Among Dong Zhuo's subordinates, Xu Rong still respected the emperor. Others, such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Niu Fu, etc., never paid attention to the emperor when Dong Zhuo was in power.

"Yes, I understand." Xu Rong replied.

(End of this chapter)