"What other punishment? When will it end? Yang Mu asked.

"Your Majesty, there is also the palace punishment, the men of the royal family will be subjected to the palace punishment, cut off the hope of some people, and let them lose their heirs." Wang Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, replied respectfully.

Castration......

Yang Mu knew that palace punishment was a rather terrible punishment in this world, especially for nobles, and the cruelty of palace punishment was second only to Dapi's corporal punishment, and the reason why it was so was of course because people believed that the value of the "general trend" was second only to the head, and palace punishment was a punishment that was more shameful than death.

The main members of the royal family of the Dong Kingdom have suffered palace punishment, so even if someone returns to the country in their name, they will lose their righteous name, because these people are doomed to extinction.

"I don't know, what else does Your Majesty command?"

Wang Ying asked cautiously, His Majesty was already dissatisfied with him because of the sacrificial text, and if there was any more mistake, maybe his official hat would be lost.

Therefore, he had to be cautious and ask His Majesty the Emperor if he had any orders.

"Well, I didn't...... Isn't it a bit cruel, though? Yang Mu asked.

"This ...... The kings and ministers of the Dong Kingdom were the slaves of the fallen country, and it was necessary to punish the prisoners at the ceremony, and the rest of the countries were even more cruel and bloody during such grand ceremonies. Wang Ying explained.

Yang Mu nodded, and there was nothing more to say.

If you don't make a prisoner sacrifice, can it still be called a prisoner sacrifice ceremony?

Since Yang Mu had explained before, this prisoner sacrifice ceremony should not be too bloody, so it was already very merciful, and some capital punishment and humiliating punishments had not yet been used.

"Your Majesty, the minister dared to ask, did those female dependents go to the prison with the prisoners, or were they sent to the Sect Division, or...... Or ......" Wang Ying didn't say any more, raised his head slightly, and observed the emperor's reaction.

It's a pity that Yang Mu's face didn't change in the slightest.

Because, at this time, he was thinking about one thing - this prisoner sacrifice ceremony ended after the torture was carried out like this?

So what is its meaning, is it too monotonous?

What he could be sure of was that the envoys of the Sheng Kingdom must have also been among the hundreds of thousands of people, and they had also witnessed the tragic situation of the monarchs and ministers of the Dong Kingdom.

Can we take this opportunity to make an example of the monkeys?

You must know that the confrontation between the two countries is very stalemate now, on the one hand, Cangguo is dealing with the affairs of the cave country, and on the other hand, it is because Shengguo's troops are scattered and they can't come out of the city.

In last year's war, although the Sheng army directly or indirectly lost 500,000 or 600,000 troops, in the final analysis, the foundation of the Shengguo business for hundreds of years has not been lost, the domestic situation is stable, the people pay taxes and obey military service in accordance with the law, and strategic materials such as grain, grass, and iron tools have not suffered large-scale losses.

Sheng Guo can mobilize a large-scale army, hold the city without leaving, and form an impregnable line of defense on the border between Cangguo and Sheng Guo.

On the other hand, the Cang Army, the Vermilion Bird Legion and the Xuanwu Legion are fighting on the front line, and then there are 30,000 soldiers in the Qilin Legion to assist, a total of 130,000 people.

The advantage of the Cang army is nothing more than powerful siege weapons, as well as a huge cavalry to crush, with those strange battle formations, to suppress the opponent to the death.

However, Sheng Jun also knew the rapid dispatch ability of the Cang army's cavalry, and also knew the powerful impact ability of the Cang army, so he was not under the city gate at all, or did not have the courage to set up a formation.

It's hard to set up a formation, what kind of field battles are you fighting?

Therefore, the two armies can only be slowly consumed, and the most typical method is for the Qilin Legion to cruise on the border, cut off the aid between the cities of Shengguo, and then let the two armies eat those cities one by one.

With more siege and less siege, this is a way of siege, cavalry besieges infantry, this is also a way of siege, and cutting off food, cutting off water sources, is also a way of siege, so there is only so much the army can do, that is, to besiege those cities in various ways that can be used.

However, this approach has had little effect.

For more than a month, I have only captured two of them in this way, and I have been like this, and I don't know if it will be the Year of the Monkey.

Unless, Cangguo is willing to sacrifice a huge number of soldiers and generals, go deep into the hinterland of Shengguo, and force it to face it head-on.

However, this method is too dangerous, and it is not very suitable for the current elite route of Cangguo, and it is quite costly.

The best way is to weaken the foundation of Shengguo.

What is Heritage?

Money, food, weapons, troops, people's hearts, talents......

How to weaken?

Think about it, how did the Northern Song Dynasty perish.

The main reasons are nothing more than four points - Wang Anshi's failure to change the law, the mediocrity of the monarch and ministers, the deformity of the military system, and the pursuit of peace and stealing peace.

Judging from the current comparison of the national strength of Cangguo and Shengguo, Shengguo only needs to make one of these mistakes, then Cangguo can quickly decay, and if two points are committed, then it will be fatal and can be killed by one blow.

Isn't this prisoner sacrifice a good opportunity to export a plan?

Thinking of this, Yang Mu raised his hand and was about to say a few words, but he saw that everyone around him was looking at him.

Although the gaze is respectful, it ...... What are you looking at me like that?

Yang Mu frowned, didn't everyone know that looking directly at the emperor of a country was a very impolite act?

"I just did that...... What's up? Yang Mu asked the queen next to him a little uncertainly.

"Just now, Lord Wang asked, the monarchs and ministers of the Dong Kingdom have all been sentenced to palace punishment, how should those female dependents be handled." The queen reminded.

"Female dependent...... The female dependents watched and did not touch them for now, and then executed them when I rewarded the meritorious heroes. ”

Hearing this, Wang Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as His Majesty the Emperor has no opinion, everything is easy to say.

"By the way, is the executioner of the Criminal Department here today?" Yang Mu asked.

"Tell Your Majesty, the executioner of my criminal department is waiting outside." Liu Dafu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came out of the list and said.

"That's good, pass on my will, the emperor of the cave country is a villain who betrays the alliance, after the palace punishment, he will be given a zhang of white silk, the prince of the cave country does not know the general situation, and he will be punished by Ling Chi."

Yes?

A white silk?

Ling Chi?

Liu Dafu was slightly stunned.

Humiliation and death are two different concepts.

In this way, what do the major vassal states think? What do those captured princes and nobles think?

Especially the punishment of Ling Chi, the Criminal Department is no stranger, after the last torture returned, those executioners of the Criminal Department vomited and diarrhea, and it took a few days to recover, and the people in the country also talked about it.

Now, to use this punishment again?

Just now, didn't Your Majesty still think that the palace punishment was too bloody?

Why did it suddenly become more cruel?

Besides, the emperor and prince of a country are not ordinary officials, if they are executed in this cruel way, how should the people of the world evaluate them?

"By the way, I will make another will, which is to say that I take into account the friendship with Sheng Guo in the past, and read it for the sake of the feud between the two countries in Shengdong, this time for Emperor Sheng to get rid of the enemy chieftain, and make the flesh and blood of the Emperor of Dong Kingdom into soup cakes, and invite the monarchs and ministers of Sheng Guo to taste them, and on the same day, I can let the envoys of Sheng Guo take them back and talk about my heart."

Soup cakes?

Liu Dafu only felt that there was a thorn in his throat, and Rao was that he often inflicted various punishments on those criminals, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

It turns out that this is the most humiliating part......

It turns out that His Majesty's intention is to Sheng Guo's monarchs!