Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 613 My heart is not at ease

   This is a bit tricky.

   Originally, it was inconvenient for Li Xin to kill Li Shen himself. He wanted to use national law to kill the couple, but Emperor Taikang pushed the trouble back again.

The Marquis of Jing'an frowned slightly, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, this person is a rebel thief, and he deserves to be stabbed with a thousand swords, but in the whole world, only one minister can't kill him. It’s fine for people to directly rectify the Fa, but it’s too hard to be a minister in the hands of a minister.”

   "There's nothing good or bad to kill."

  The emperor smiled and said, "The Marquis of Pingnan, Li Shen, is dead. The one in your hand is only the leader of the Pingnan Army. You can kill whatever you want, and no one will say anything about you."

   Li Xin groaned inwardly.

The name of the so-called leader of the Pingnan Army is just an open secret. The officials of the third and fourth ranks in the capital all know what is going on. If Li Xin kills Li Shen, there is no harm now, but dozens of If someone wants to make a fuss about it after a few years, then he will not escape the notoriety of murdering his father.

  If Li Xin didn't kill Li Shen, it would be even more unreasonable. He was the leader of the rebellion. According to the law, it would not be an exaggeration. If Li Xin didn't kill him, he would be covering up the rebels!

  Jing'an Marquis bowed his head slightly, hiding his frowning well.

  Fortunately, these are all minor issues, and Li Xin has enough ability to deal with them, so he didn't argue any more. He bowed his head and said, "Chen, thank your Majesty for your love."

  The emperor smiled and didn't say much, but continued to say: "Chang'an, if someone rebels, there must be a dead person."

   This sentence is a bit vague, but the meaning is still very clear. The meaning of the emperor is that someone has to pay the price for this rebellion.

In every dynasty and generation, the most serious crime is always the word rebellion. There is no other reason, because this activity threatens the emperor and the status of the vested interests, and it is also the activity that the emperor hates the most. Therefore, as long as the rebellion fails, everything is cruel. severe punishment.

   What cruel punishments, such as lingering, car splitting, waist cutting, etc., are mostly because of this.

   This is for the common people to see, and for the people of the world to see.

   Clearly tell these people that if you do other things, you will die at most, but if you dare to rebel, I will use the most terrible method to kill you!

   This is called "by example".

   And this time the Pingnan Army rebelled was a bit special. The most special thing was that the rebellion was quelled, but there were no criminals.

   Those who were captured by the Pingnan Army did not have time to be sent to the capital in the southwest. Some of the upper-level officers of the Pingnan Army escaped, and others, like Cheng Ping and Li Yan, died in this battle.

   As the two masterminds, one Li Shen "died" two years ago, and the other abolished His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is not very easy to kill him by cruel methods.

   So the emperor needs to find some other chickens to kill the monkeys.

   This link was something Li Xin had long anticipated. He lowered his head slightly and said solemnly, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

   "I want to find someone who can kill."

  The Marquis of Jing An frowned and said, "The Pingnan Army has nearly 10,000 prisoners. Now they should be escorting them to Beijing. When they enter the capital, His Majesty can kill them to righteous people."

   "They are also soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty. They are only controlled by others. Why should they die?"

   The Son of Heaven said solemnly, "I want to kill some of the Li family members as an example."

  Li Xin frowned and said, "Your Majesty?"

   "The Li family in Zhaojun still has quite a few family members in the capital. I won't talk about it from afar. Li Shen also has a cousin..."

  Li Ye!

Li Xinxin sighed silently, this former Jingzhao Yin has really been **** moldy for eight lifetimes, because the Pingnan Hou Mansion was first demoted, and then he lost his post. Even your life will be lost!

  The Marquis of Jing'an gave a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Li Fujun was an old minister of the three dynasties during Emperor Wu's time. Because this killed his whole family, I'm afraid..."

   "Some things just don't make sense..."

   "There is nothing unreasonable."

  The emperor said coldly: "According to the laws of the country, the nine clans should be executed for the response. If the Li Ye family has not left the three clans, it is natural to die!"

   "I have already ordered the inner guard to take Li Ye's family to prison, and I will be beheading them soon to show the public as an example to the world!"

   Li Xin sighed and said nothing more.

  There is no way, the law of this era is so barbaric, it will not only harm the family, but even the neighbors and friends, there is no reason to say it.

   If, strictly speaking, Li Xin is also in the Li Shen Jiu clan, he should be damned.

   When he was thinking about whether he could help Li Ye's family a little, the emperor poured him another glass of wine and said with a smile, "Chang'an, what's the situation with that Hanzhou Rebel Army?"

   That's the point of asking.

Li Xin was refreshed, took out a thick copy of your memorial from his sleeve, put it in front of the emperor, bowed his head and said, "Go back to your majesty, the minister and General Ye have already sorted out the details of this western expedition and wrote it in In the book, it is about to be presented to Your Majesty."

  The Son of Heaven took the memorial, threw it aside, smiled and said, "You and my brother face each other, what do you want these waste papers to do, just tell me directly."

Li Xin nodded and said, "These Hanzhou rebels are the Nanshu survivors mentioned by the previous minister and His Majesty. After the minister entered the southwest, he negotiated with His Highness the Nanshu survivor several times, and finally talked about it. They helped attack the Pingnan Army."

   Having said this, Li Xin said slowly: "In the battle of Jincheng, these Hanzhou rebels gave their best efforts. If it weren't for them, the minister might still be fighting hard in the southwest."

  The emperor said slowly: "Their conditions..."

   "It's just that the minister and His Majesty agreed to give them the name of the rebel army, and then give them the title of general of Hanzhou, so that they can live upright and bright under the blue sky of my Dajin."

   "The Hanzhou general they chose is Mu Ying who used to work in Yulinweili before. Mu Ying has returned to Beijing with the minister."

  The Emperor nodded, frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "How many of them are there?"

   "Fifty thousand."

  Li Xin said slowly: "But in the battle of Jincheng, they also lost more than half, and now there are probably only about 20,000 people."

  The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask: "This Mu Ying, after sealing the Hanzhou general, will he go back to lead this Hanzhou rebel army?"

  Li Xin shook his head.

"The Hanzhou Rebel Army is the leader of the old Nanshu royal family, Li Xing, and Mu Ying is just a puppet they introduced. The reason why Mu Ying came forward is because he used to work in Yulinwei, and it is reasonable to be a general, not so unexpected."

   Of course, the emperor can't let the emperor know that the Hanzhou rebels are led by Mu Ying. After all, Mu Ying once followed Li Xin. If he knew, he didn't know what he would think.

   Emperor Taikang smiled and said, "That being the case, I will ask someone to imitate it tomorrow, give me this Yulin Weilang general, and designate a Hanzhou general to do it."

  Li Xin bowed his head deeply.

   "I thank you, Your Majesty."

   Emperor Taikang laughed dumbly: "What are you thanking me for?"

   "I thank Your Majesty because Your Majesty is generous and did not let the minister lose his trust. Otherwise, the minister really doesn't know how to explain the heavy casualties to the survivors of Nanshu."

   "Not my subjects, their hearts will be different."

  The emperor shook his head and said lightly: "Changan, you should be careful. If possible, try to let this Mu Ying find a way to lead the Hanzhou Rebel Army. Otherwise, there are tens of thousands of people in the southwest, and I am not at ease."

   Lord Jingan slowly lowered his head.

   "Chen, follow the order."

   (end of this chapter)