(a)

When the little princess was two months and seventeen days old, after three sessions of the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War, the disposition of Yang Biao's rebellion case was revealed. The memo gives a detailed account of the process of the rebellion, a detailed list of those involved, and recommendations for punishment according to the extent to which each person is involved. The merits of those who have made meritorious contributions in the process of counterinsurgency are also clearly stated and suggestions for rewards are given. The trial, which Wei Guoqing personally presided over, should be said to have been heard clearly and clearly, the account was objective and fair, and the sentence was appropriate.

Tiao Chenzhong's handling of Yang Biao is a key point of concern from both the government and the opposition. The trial of the three halls was strictly based on the provisions of the law, and it was recommended that Yang Biao be sentenced to Ling Chi and exterminate the nine clans.

After the three halls of the trial sent the report to the palace, the chief attendant of the Zhaoyang Palace knew that I was very concerned about this matter, so he specially found the report and presented it to me. After reading such a recommendation for execution, I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart, and I felt very heavy.

That night, after the little princess fell asleep, I came to the warm pavilion alone with candles. I put the candlestick on the case and sat there, looking at your empty seat across from you. I said to you in my heart: "If you were still alive, what would you do with Yang Biao?" Is such capital punishment appropriate? Liu Shen, what will he do with this recital? Will he be forgiving Yang Biao? ”

I think Liu Shen must not bear to punish Yang Biao with such a capital punishment. Although he launched a rebellion, directly threatening the safety of the king and the country, and attempting to depose the crown prince, he was not a vicious gangster after all, and he did not want to kill Liu Shen and his son from the beginning. After I entered the barracks alone, he did not act unduly cruelly towards me. After being captured by his subordinates, although he was very unconvinced and unwilling, he did not show any extreme performance. After being imprisoned in the prison, he was quiet at first, silent every day, and sat in the corner with a gloomy expression. After the start of the three sessions, his mood was a little unstable, and there were manic acts such as hitting the fence in prison and beating the jailer with iron chains, but he did not scold Liu Shen, but only scolded the officials of the three departments for trying the case slowly and methodically, saying that if he wanted to die, he would do it quickly, giving him a happy ending, and did not show more resentment. I heard that my home was copied and my family servants were arrested, but I just lay down, shouting that the sky has no eyes, kill me Yang Biao.

Seeing Yang Biao's various performances after the defeat on the recital, my heart was filled with a sense of compassion. I think Liu Shen's heart must be the same.

However, Liu Shen will have his difficulties. If he is lenient and shows mercy to Yang Biao, those who have all kinds of wolf ambitions for the dynasty will not be strongly deterred, and they will not be able to extinguish their impatience. From the Changping Marquis incident to the current rebellion, it can already be seen that there have always been some people in the DPRK and China who do not hesitate to disrupt the government and cause civil strife in order to seek their own greatest interests. Liu Shen was punished leniently in the Changping Marquis incident, so that so many people were later involved in the rebellion to varying degrees. This time, if you take it lightly, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles.

But can Liu Shen become a cruel tyrant because of this?

There must be a two-pronged strategy, and someone must come to solve Liu Shen's worries.

This person is unlikely to be a minister, because Yang Biao is well-known and confessed himself, the rebellion has a bad impact, and the courtiers and generals of the army with ordinary status do not dare to openly recommend a lenient punishment to Liu Shen, for fear of being complicit. Wei Guoqing and other loyal and upright senior ministers all hated Yang Biao's reckless behavior, advocated severe punishment according to the law, and refused to intercede for Yang Biao in person. The crown prince is planning for the stability of the future regime, and it is inconvenient to make suggestions in order to avoid another incident of the Marquis of Changping.

Then, the person who can bring about the best of both worlds, perhaps, can only be me.

In the long night of the huge Miyagi castle, the candlelight of the warm pavilion was lit for most of the night.

I sat there, unfolded your last long letter to Liu Shen, and read between the lines, carefully experiencing your thoughts and feeling your breath.

How can we dilute the bloody smell of the monarch and the minister's opposite? How can this matter have a relatively peaceful ending?

In your last letterhead, you did not give Liu Shen advice on how to deal with the rebel generals.

I think if you are still alive and read this newspaper, what advice will you make to Liu Shen?

(b)

The next day, after Liu Shen returned to the palace, he sent an edict to go to the study to review the chapters, and dinner would be held later, and he would come to Zhaoyang Palace to dine with me. I felt that it was very inappropriate to talk about the affairs of foreign dynasties in Zhaoyang Palace, so I put on the queen's formal dress and went to Liu Shen's study to play to him.

I walked into Liu Shen's study. When he saw me dressed in court clothes, he couldn't help but think of the situation when I knelt in the snow to tell him when you returned to the hot spring palace to recuperate. This is the second time I've come to see him in court clothes. At this moment, he knew exactly what I was coming for. He stopped his pen for the recital, and he leaned back in his chair and looked at me.

When I had finished bowing down, I stood up and walked silently to his side.

Liu Shen said: "Qin'er." There you are. I knew you were coming. You've read the newspaper too. ”

I said, "The concubine has seen it." It's not that the concubines want to interfere in the affairs of foreign courts, it's really about Qin'er's sons, and Qin'er's mother and daughter have also experienced it, and it's inevitable that they are particularly concerned in their hearts, and it's difficult to ignore it completely. ”

Liu Shen said: "I didn't blame you for reading the Di newspaper. ”

I knelt down and said, "King Xie Han is magnanimous. ”

Liu Shen said: "You read their suggestions for Yang Biao's sentencing, and you can't bear it, so you came to ask me for a favor for Yang Biao's matter." ”

I said, "King Shengming of Han can best understand Qin'er's mind." ”

Liu Shen said: "Do you think he is not to blame for such an ending? ”

I said, "Of course he's to blame." It's just that Qin'er can't help but think of the years since Wangyuan Pass, and her brother repeatedly rescued Yang Biao. He knew that there would be today, why did he have to save Yang Biao again and again. ”

Liu Shen said: "What do you think he is for? ”

I said: "It is nothing more than cherishing good talents for the country, hoping to save Yang Biao with sincerity and sacrifice his life, so that his talent can not deviate from the right track and always be used by the King of Han, so as not to cause side trouble." ”

Liu Shen said: "So, has such sincerity worked? ”

I said, "Qin'er thinks, at least, when my brother is still alive, it is very effective." When Yang Biao was alive in his brother's life, he never rebelled, nor did he show too obvious arrogance, and for so many years, he also made countless contributions to the establishment of the Taiping New Dynasty. ”

Liu Shen said: "Are you saying that I didn't be sincere to Yang Biao and didn't continue to move him?" ”

I said, "Qin'er doesn't dare." The King of Han is also sincere to Yang Biao, Yang Biao and the Hankel Department battled, returned from the victory, and the King of Han gave him glory, which was unprecedented in all dynasties, and he was respectful and unjust. ”

Liu Shen said: "Then why can't I move him? ”

I said, "King Han also touched him." In the palace, he personally told me that he just hoped that the government would change its course, that he would have no personal enmity with the King of Han, and that he would not want to harm the lives of your father and son. He said that there was no harm to our family. ”

Liu Shen said: "It's a pity, he still wants to rebel." ”

I said, "That's because he thinks that his military ability is stronger than that of the Han King, and he is sure that he will be able to win the Han King on the battlefield." And when his brother was alive, he was not sure that he would win against his brother, so he never dared to have any ideas. ”

Liu Shen said: "The army is indeed a fierce force. Mercy alone cannot be subdued. ”

I said, "Yes." When my brother entered the Han army camp for the first time in Qingfeng Village, he once said to Qin'er that if you want to conquer the army, in addition to touching their hearts, you must also let them see that you have the deadly power of thunder and lightning in your hands at any time. ”

Liu Shen said: "But, Qin'er, Yang Biao has already done things this far, and I have no choice." For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the country, he must die. You don't have to mention the request to me to avoid death, and I won't approve it. ”

Liu Shen said: "Such a decision is not easy for me. However, as a king, I have to think about my country and my son. ”

(c)

I said, "King Han, Qin'er came here today not to ask King Han to pardon Yang Biao's capital crime, nor to ask King Han to exempt him from capital punishment or to exterminate the nine clans. ”

Liu Shen looked at me in surprise. He said, "What kind of grace have you come to me and asked me for?" ”

I said: "As for Yang Biao's sentencing, it is a foreign court affair, and the concubines dare not interfere." The concubines came here just to ask the King of Han to allow the concubines to go to the prison, and finally sent Yang Biao on behalf of the King of Han. ”

I said, "He was born and died for the country for decades. No matter what he does now, he is worthy of the king of Han to send him off. ”

I said, "The King of Han has always respected and respected those who were born and died for the country. At this moment, King Han's heart is also thinking about the person who is suitable to send him on behalf of King Han, right? ”

Liu Shen looked at me. His gaze lingered on my face for a moment.

He said: "There are so many women in the palace, and you are the only one who will think so thoughtfully for me like this." ”

I said, "We're married." ”

Liu Shen said: "Yes. We are married couples. ”

He said, "Okay. Now, I don't want to see him again. Even if we meet, it's hard to speak. Thou shalt be ordered to take my place, and make no noise, and send him to prison, and tell him that if his family members are not involved in his affairs, and that they can be pardoned by reason, I will try to pardon the capital crime, and will not retaliate against him. ”

I knelt down with tears in my eyes and thanked him for his beneficence: "King Xie Han's grace." ”

Liu Shen stretched out his hand to help him and said, "Get up." Qin'er, you see, even if the world is peaceful, it is not easy to live a peaceful life. My heart is really tired and tired. ”

I stood up and stood beside him. I said, "yes." Therefore, Qin'er will do my best to share the worries of King Han. ”

Our hands were clasped tightly together.

(iv)

Since grace has been granted, I will say goodbye to Liu Shen, and say that I will go back to the palace to prepare dinner, cook more of what he likes to eat, and wait for his arrival with the little princess in Zhaoyang Palace in a while.

When I got up to leave, Liu Shen called me from behind.

I look back.

He said: "Qin'er, it's been decades. We've lived together for so long and have been through so many things. Now, we're all getting older. ”

He said, "Qin'er, can I ask you a question?" ”

I said, "What? ”

He said, "Are you going to see him off on my behalf, or are you going on behalf of the late general?" ”

I looked at Liu Shen. I shook my head and said, "I don't know." Jean didn't know. "yes. I really don't know. It's like the first night I married Liu Shen, I didn't know who my tears were for.

I said: "I only remember that more than 30 years ago, there were two young people who were interested in creating a peaceful and prosperous world for the people of the world and eliminating the panic and fear of the people of the world. They are the people I admire the most and love the most in my life. ”

I said, "Is it any difference who the concubines are going for today?" ”

Liu Shen looked at me. He said, "No." ”

He said, "You're right. There is no difference. ”

He said, "All right." There you go. I'll come and see our little darling. ”

I said again, "King Sheahan." (To be continued.) )