Chapter 165: The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky

"The legacy of the emperor cannot be forgotten, but the law of the ancestors cannot be abolished. Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, Bao Junli, can the three of you be guilty? ”

Guo Zongxun actually didn't expect that lowering the regulations of the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother to welcome him was actually a crime of great rebellion, and he didn't expect Ma Yilin, the waiter of the Criminal Department, to hand him such a sharp knife.

You can kill two auxiliary ministers and kill a secretary of the Ministry of Rites at once, has this ever happened in the previous dynasty?

According to Guo Zongxun's original intention, find an excuse to beat it, let these people be honest, and pout their cheeks and work hard for me.

It's not rebellion, it's not a serious crime like corruption, the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother's regulations, according to the principle of diligence and thrift, Bao Junli should still be rewarded.

With such a sharp knife, if Fu Yanqing said it lightly, they have no merit and hard work, Your Majesty will spare them this time.

Just say, can Guo Zongxun, the donkey, go downhill with the words?

It was Fu Yanqing's emotional and heartfelt performance that brought the atmosphere into place.

"The ministers are guilty, please punish Your Majesty."

Guo Zongxun asked this sentence, and everyone knew that Bao Junli's head was saved, and as for Fan Zhen and Wang Pu, it is estimated that they will not even be demoted.

"King Wei, in this way, I only listen to it once, governing a country, it is not enough to have hard work, I want to see obvious changes, whoever can stop the Yellow River from flooding, I will give him the title of king, whoever can make the people of the Great Zhou eat and clothe him, I will give him the title of marquis."

"Take the governance of the Yellow River as an example, Li Bai has poetry clouds, the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, then I will pile up a strong embankment higher than the sky, and some people say that it is better to dredge than to block, but in the case of not being able to dredge, what can we do?"

"Block, don't we have more than 200,000 Khitan slaves, all of them are sent to pile up two rows of towering mountains on both sides of the Yellow River, and before we find a better way to govern the Yellow River, a stupid way is a good way."

"There are no slaves, there are not enough slaves, then let me go out and catch them, go to catch the Khitans, catch the Mongols, go to the desert and go to the northwest to catch me, the great Zhou Dynasty's work of expanding the territory will not stop every day, and we will have an inexhaustible supply of slaves."

Guo Zongxun's words suddenly turned around, which was also an opportunity for him to buffer, otherwise the slope would be too fast, and it would give people a feeling of being heavy and light, and the effect of deterring the ministers would not work.

"After the autumn harvest, I decided to use troops to the Southern Tang and Northern Han at the same time, Marshal Zhao and Deputy Marshal Yue will once again lead my Great Zhou Tianbing to conquer the unsubordinate, I hereby declare that those who surrender voluntarily will be regarded as obedient to the people and will not be treated as prisoners, and those who surrender and capture on the battlefield will be treated as slaves."

Zhao Kuangyin listened to it in his heart, it was simply overjoyed, the little emperor said in public that he would send him to lead the army, that is, it was a certainty, and when the time came, he could let the birds fly.

"The soldiers fought bloody battles in the front, and now they have returned triumphantly, Bao Junli, who gave you the courage to actually use your hands and feet to meet the regulations of the triumphant army, you tell me, I don't kill you, is it worthy of the emperor and worthy of those soldiers who died?"

Hey, Your Majesty's words are wrong, it looks like Bao Junli still has to lose his head.

"The minister knows the crime, Your Majesty is to behead the minister, and the minister is not enough to atone for the crime, the minister only asks His Majesty to be gracious and can spare the minister's family."

Guo Zongxun sneered and said:

"Bao Junli, if you want to die now, I won't let you die, I'll kill you now, I'll cheapen you, come here, take off Bao Junli's official uniform, and put him in prison."

The hearts of the ministers who had just let go suddenly rose again, the little emperor still wants to kill people, this is to be killed after the triumphant army returns, so as to give an explanation to the soldiers?

The little emperor even has so many thoughts about killing, do you have to make good use of it?

"Fan Zhen and Wang Pu, neglect to supervise the great responsibility, the official is demoted by one level, fined for five years, and the men of the appropriate age in their clan are each given five people, and those who have meritorious names are deprived of their meritorious fame, and they are never allowed to participate in the scientific examination, and they are all sent to the Youzhou Army, no matter how many military merits are accumulated, the military position shall not exceed the commander."

When Guo Zongxun said this, even Fu Yanqing and Zhang Yongde felt cold sweat on their backs, and the little emperor's move was even more ruthless and damaging.

This is to take the opportunity to provoke Fan Zhen and Wang Pu's respective family infighting, and it is a bloody infighting.

The Fan family and the Wang family, the day of falling apart is not far away.

If the little emperor doesn't make a move, he will destroy the two prominent families of the Great Zhou, so what about the future, can the little emperor's trick be recycled?

It is another situation where no one dares to object, and no one dares to intercede.

Who is against it?

Okay, I got it, and changed the sentence to the three clans of Bao Jun and Liyi, and Fan Zhen and Wang Pu were exempted from official exile and never returned to the dynasty.

Plead? King Wei pleaded, I sentenced lightly, you have more face than King Wei?

What Guo Zongxun grasped was the selfishness of Fan Zhen, Wang Pu and others, and they would all play the trick of dying friends and not dying poor, right, then I will give you a chance to play with the people in your family.

Fan Zhen and Wang Pu are only demoted by one level, at least they are still auxiliary ministers, at least they are still in power, and a five-year fine will not hurt their family at all, how can they be so cheap.

Guo Zongxun is now sentenced like this, Fan Zhen and Wang Pu not only can't ask for mercy, but also have to be grateful.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty Pu Xie Longen."

Wei Renpu stood aside, his legs were also weak, fortunately, he was smart, he expressed his position early, and the printing house in the family was also closed, since the emperor was still the prince, our Wei family was quite obedient.

"Okay, King Wei, Marshal Zhao, Zhang Duwei, Sanxiang, Wang Pu, Cao Bin, and Han Tong will stay, and the imperial study will discuss the matter, and the rest will be dispersed if there is nothing to do."

Li Tongjie stood up and shouted:

"Retreat."

Guo Zongxun flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked away, facing up this morning today, he was in a good mood.

On the way to the imperial study, Guo Zongxun instructed Li Tongjie:

"Send someone to the prison to tell Bao Junli, don't think about committing suicide, I haven't said to let his family go."

"The old slave obeys."

Not long after arriving at the imperial study, Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei, and others also arrived.

Guo Zongxun smiled cutely, where is there still a tense appearance in the court.

"Give a seat to King Wei, Marshal Zhao, Zhang Duwei, Sanxiang, and Lord Wang."

Fan Zhen and Wang Pu were frightened and flattered, so they almost knelt down to thank them.

"Your Majesty, thank you."

After everyone sat down, Guo Zongxun first said to Cao Bin and Han Tong who were standing:

"Cao Bin, I am going to send you to Youzhou, to replace Qian Mao, when you leave, you bring Bao Junli's whole family with you, I will sentence Bao Junli to be exempted from prison sentences, and the whole family will be exiled, let him go to Yanyun to be a non-grade Xuanzhi official, specifically to explain the Great Zhou etiquette to the people of Yanyun, and his family members who are literate will be sent to the Youzhou army to teach soldiers to read and write."

"Obey."

"Han Tong, Deputy Marshal Yue's squad is about to return to the dynasty, and it is time for the Guards Division to be expanded, all those who meet the conditions for military merit will be included in the Guards Division, which is also a reward for the front-line soldiers."

"Obey."

Speaking of this, Guo Zongxun turned his head to Fan Zhen and Wang Pu and said:

"Fan Xiang, Wang Xiang, don't blame me for being ruthless in the court, after you go back, appease the people in your clan, people must come out, and then I will let Cao Bin take a little care of them."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After appeasing Fan Zhen and Wang Pu, Guo Zongxun looked at Wang Pu, the Yellow River Ling.

"Wang Aiqing, the strategy I just said in the court to govern the Yellow River is all my whimsy, and now, the autumn flood of the Yellow River is imminent, I want to talk to you about the governance of the Yellow River."