Liu Chengyou's voice fell, and the minister Li Tao immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, such a heavy punishment for the minister will hurt the peace of heaven and the monarch's morality, and I am afraid that it will be discouraged." The capital punishment imposed on the white clothes is still violent, and the situation is the minister, please let Your Majesty be lenient. ”

Looking at Li Tao, a flash of contemplation flashed in Liu Chengyou's eyes, and before he could speak, Yang Wei had already reprimanded: "The country was first established, and it is just right to use severe punishment and strict law to deter lawlessness and calm the world!" Su Fengji, as a minister of the imperial court, lives in a temple, does not think about abiding by the law, and thinks that it is just an example, but violates the law and discipline, abuses evil deeds, and abuses the people. If such evil ministers do not deal with them strictly, in order to protect the law of the country and to uphold their prestige, how can the court be respected? ”

When Yang Wei's words fell, Liu Chengyou clearly saw that the faces of the ministers present had changed more or less. Yang Wei, this is the appearance of Su Fengji who is bound to die.

The scene was quiet for a while, but Liu Chengyou was even more at ease, and his eyes wandered.

"Your Majesty, Su Fengji is naturally a heinous crime, and he should be dealt with in accordance with national law. However, after all, he is an important minister of the country, and he has served the first emperor for many years, and he has also made meritorious contributions to the Han Dynasty. Remembering his previous achievements, His Majesty may be able to pardon the punishment a little, leave him with his life, not to avoid his crime, and show His Majesty's benevolence and virtue......" This time it was Su Yuqi who stood up.

First Li Tao, and then Su Yuji, at this time they all interceded for Su Fengji's disposal, you must know that on weekdays, the relationship between the two ministers and Su Fengji is not good, especially Su Yuqi, in the early days of Liu Zhiyuan's entry into the Central Plains, when he was in charge of national politics, he had a lot of disagreements with him.

His gaze swept over the others, asking them what they thought.

"The minister seconded the proposal." As a result, there was a chorus of secondment.

"You want to ignore sinners and break the law for personal gain!" At this time, Yang Wei was like a lone minister, angry at the court.

Su Yuqi showed his smile like a good man, and responded respectfully: "Yang Xianggong, since he is punished, but the law of the country can be corrected, it is just a matter of the severity of the punishment, how to talk about favoritism." What the ministers discussed was just to show His Majesty's mercy and forgiveness....."

"You're clever and sophistry!" Yang Wei stared at him coldly.

"That's it! There is no need to argue! Liu Chengyou finally spoke, pretending to think for a while, and indifferently ordered: "Gu remembers his previous achievements, I will reduce the punishment and punishment as appropriate, remove all the titles of Su Fengji, demote him to a concubine, exile Jingyuan to raise horses, and all the money, grain and goods he has collected will be confiscated from the treasury, and his heirs will be dismissed and exiled, and they will never be used within three generations!" ”

Liu Chengyou's words fell, and the ministers in the palace couldn't help but feel a chill, this kind of disposal is more ruthless than killing Su Fengji directly. Especially the last point, it almost cut off the road for the descendants of the Su family to advance.

"Your Majesty is wise!" The first to speak out in support was Yang Wei.

Immediately after, the others did not say anything more, after all, Liu Chengyou had already invited him. In fact, Liu Chengyou has basically seen why these people are so active in interceding for Su Fengji in the final disposition. is also a minister, Su Fengji's incident, if there is his capital punishment in front of them, it will be a bad start for them.

You know, the princes present are not clean under their buttocks. Especially Su Yuqi, although he has long since reined in "being good", he has also accounted for several of Su Fengji's crimes. It would not be good if the Son of Heaven settled the accounts after the autumn.

It's just that the result after interceding is really unsatisfactory. The legacy of children and grandchildren is even more desperate.

Su Fengji's matter came to an end in this strange atmosphere. Liu Chengyou took the opportunity to mention: "Su Fengji is gone, but among the ministers and bureaucrats, one person can be promoted to supplement the political affairs hall." Is there a candidate for the secretary? ”

Regarding personnel, especially the appointment and dismissal of real power, Liu Chengyou has always consulted with Zaichen and made a look of ruling with a bow, and this time it was the same. However, just before that, for a while, there was no personal choice.

According to the ideas of Yang Wei and others, the number of ministers is, of course, as small as possible, and once Su Fengji is gone, he will naturally not be very active if he mentions someone to divide power.

Soon, the topic deviated, and since the proposal to supplement the ministers became a matter of relocation of the town.

"Your Majesty, Suiyang reported that Shi Hongzhao, who stayed in Xijing, was the general of the town and the general Yang Yi and others, and made trouble in Songzhou. The people were greatly affected by it, and they were angry and did not dare to speak! Songzhou is a county in Kinkiju, and if the imperial court does not rectify it, it will cause great loss of people's hearts. Yang Sui asked: "The minister thinks that he should focus on Songzhou as soon as possible, clear the small group, and return to peace." ”

This is another disaster caused by Shi Hongzhao. Previously, Shi Hongzhao was also the envoy of the German Army, and his subordinate Yang Yi took office to inspect the school for him. But things gather like people and divide them into groups, and these parts of Shi Hongzhao are also greedy and ferocious, which is one side of the disaster. Even if Yang Wei doesn't mention it, Liu Chengyou also has the heart to rectify.

The little hooligan who worked all night was not too concerned about Liu Chengyou, but his expression was calm, as if he was thinking about some major decision. Raised his eyes and looked at a few ministers: "It's time to make another adjustment to the festivals of various places." ”

Moving the town is the basic operation of the imperial court center to suppress the Fang Zhen moderation, of course, this is a kind of symptomatic but not root cause. The disadvantage of Fang Zhen is that the local authority is too heavy.

However, under the circumstance that it cannot be achieved overnight and subdue the local area from the system, it is barely a good practice to make the towns move and adjust with each other to avoid their deep influence in the locality. For three generations, every day and every year, they have done this.

When the Han Dynasty was first established last year, Liu Zhiyuan had already made a change for the Central Plains, Hebei, and Guanyou.

Liu Chengyou obviously moved his mind this time. However, to his surprise, he was opposed by his ministers. And this time, even Guo Wei dissuaded Liu Chengyou. Although there are many reasons, there is only one core point, with the Han still in a difficult situation at this time, he should not move the place rashly.

Consulted with Wei Renpu, the most trusted minister of Liu Chengyou today, Wei Renpu only made a very clear suggestion to Liu Chengyou. It is not too late to settle Li Shouzhen in the river, establish the majesty of the imperial court, and then adjust the other town.

It is rare to see the unified understanding of the ministers, Liu Chengyou humbly accepted the advice, and did not insist on going his own way.

Regarding the appointment of the envoy to the German army, Liu Chengyou finally selected Zhang Yun, the secretary of the ministry, who was the minister who had been favored by Liu Chengyou because of the "refutation of pardon". With this Junzhen Songzhou, it can be regarded as the precedent of opening the Han Dynasty and the Wenchen Festival.

Counting the festivals throughout the Han Dynasty, there are differences in ability and virtue, but all of them are military ministers. This is already the late stage of the "Five Generations", and this is still the case.