The next day, Liu Yan, Yuan Kui, Yuan Feng, and Luoyang Ling's recitals were placed in front of Liu Hong. These notes only say one thing, that is, the contradictions and conflicts between Liu Zhang, Yuan Shao and others. It's just that Luoyang Ling only narrated what happened, but Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui pushed all the blame on Liu Zhang, and Liu Yan turned out to be guilty of the guilt, which made a profound review of his godson Wufang, and promised to educate Liu Zhang well in the future.

In this way, Luoyang Ling has no interests with the Yuan family and Liu Yan, and his performance is the most credible. Secondly, the four notes said one thing at the same time, but the three parties said that they were not the same, and Liu Yan had even more guilty behavior, which made people feel that he was forced by others, coupled with the power of the Yuan family, people will always sympathize with the weak, which puts the fault on the Yuan family, and it will not make people have the disgust of not admitting their mistakes. Finally, and most crucially, Liu Zhang is only five years old. A five-year-old child takes revenge, who does it say to and who believes it? You know, when the average person is five years old, they are still peeing and playing with mud!

As a result, the Manchu civil and military believed Luoyang Ling's statement and made a punitive sentence against Liu Zhang and others. Liu Zhang, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the main offenders, thinking that Liu Zhang is young, and the cane is punished for 20 to set an example, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are also adults, and they are actually angry with a five-year-old child, and the cane is 80, and the other coercive canes are punished by 50!

Verdict, everyone is stupid, Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng are even more stupid, the rod is eighty, even if they can survive, they will not have at least half a life. But when they heard that five-year-old Liu Zhang was going to receive twenty canes, the two were quite relieved, and they didn't feel unfair, after all, Liu Zhang was only five years old. But Liu Yan's next sentence made Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui stunned!

"Your Majesty, my son is young, I am a father, I have not fulfilled my responsibility to educate, and I am willing to be punished for my son!"

"Your Majesty, no, one person does things and one person does the other, how can someone else do the punishment on his behalf?" Beating Liu Yan with 20 canes is completely different from beating Liu Zhang, Liu Yan is not confused when he is old, as long as the 20 canes don't beat him to death, it won't have much impact on him. But if Liu Zhang was beaten with twenty rods, maybe he could beat the prodigy into an idiot!

"This..."Liu Yan was very hesitant, he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, now Jizhou has suffered a disaster, and there is a law in the Han law that uses gold instead of punishment. I will pay 50,000 for my son's punishment of twenty rods. ”

50,000 yuan is not much, according to the exchange rate of copper coins, silver and gold in the Han Dynasty, 50,000 yuan is equivalent to 50 taels of silver or 5 taels of gold, and Liu Zhang's 20 rods only need 1,000 taels of silver or 100 taels of gold to redeem! But if Liu Zhang was really sentenced with gold, Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng would not be able to see the jokes, and they would have to atone for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. The ransom money for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu is nothing, but with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, there are nearly 100 children of the family. If these people are allowed to atone for their own punishment, the reputation of the Yuan family will stink in the hearts of these families, but if the Yuan family pays the fine, it will be the sorrow of the Yuan family's finances!

is in a dilemma, and there is no way to persuade him, this is the portrayal of Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng now. Regardless of the dynasties, as long as it is not a heinous felony, the imperial court will agree to redeem the meritorious children with gold, not to mention that Liu Zhang is still a member of the Han family!

Liu Hong wanted this effect, and he said with great satisfaction: "Uncle Huang is loyal to the country, since he has the heart to donate money for the country, I can't stop it." After all, Liu Zhang was young and ignorant, so he was strictly controlled by Uncle Laohuang, and if he committed it again, he wouldn't be so easy to talk about! Pay the money to Dasi Nong, and go to Luoyang to order people to receive people! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu Yan thanked him and said, "After a while, the minister will pay the money!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Is there anything else to do?" If it's okay, let's go away! As for the others who fought in the street yesterday, they ordered the new Luoyang Commander to be executed. If anyone dares to shield and intercede, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng saw that the emperor had the intention to rectify those children of the family! Originally, they also wanted to intercede with Luoyang Ling in private, and let Luoyang Ling beat lightly or not at all. As soon as the emperor said this, they knew that they should not think about moving the Luoyang Order again. But they can't watch their own children being beaten, let alone watching the children of other families being beaten because of this incident, after all, this is a disaster caused by the Yuan family. Yuan Kui hurriedly stepped out and said, "The old minister has something to say!" ”

"Captain!" Liu Hong smiled: "Don't you want to intercede for Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao?" I advise you to save it! Zongzheng's son Liu Zhang is only five years old this year, and he will be punished for doing something wrong, so Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have already been crowned! is such an adult, and he is still angry with children, he really has the ability! We must teach them a lesson this time, otherwise Luoyang will not become a place without royal law? Especially that Yuan Shu, he was so arrogant! Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable? ”

"Your Majesty! My Yuan family is also a meritorious family, although Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao have made a lot of mistakes this time, but now is an extraordinary period, and I am willing to ransom them with gold! ”

"Oh!" Liu Hong, who was just about to go to the court, returned to the dragon chair and said: "The two Aiqing are also willing to contribute to the country, how can I refuse!" But how much money are you prepared to make atonement for your children? I can't rely on it without me! ”

"This..."Yuan Kui glanced at Liu Yan, and said in his heart: "Is it okay according to the standards of Lord Zongzheng..."

"Humph!" Liu Hong snorted coldly and said, "Liu Zhang is only five years old this year, so I cheapen him!" How? The second son of your Yuan family can only be compared to a five-year-old child? I've heard that they've gathered filial piety! Cao Qing! The matter of imprisonment will be handed over to you, and you will go to Luoyang to order the decree in a while, and in the future, all those who make trouble in Luoyang will be reported to me and punished according to the law! ”

"The old minister obeys!" Cao Jie bowed down to receive the order, and glanced at Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng with ill intentions, and the two of them were scared!

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to pay three times the price to redeem the punishment!" Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are almost seventeen or eighteen years old, almost three times the age of Liu Zhang.

"Hmm!" Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since the two Yuan Aiqing are so loyal to me, I can't be too reluctant, so let's redeem the sentence at three times the price!" As for the others, what to say? If there is no one who is willing to redeem the sentence with gold, I will order the execution of the Luoyang Order! Cao Qing, it's better for you to go to prison! ”

Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng glanced at each other, and Yuan Kui said: "Your Majesty, those people were all invited by the son of Weichen, if they were executed because of this incident, wouldn't it be the responsibility of Weichen, and please let Your Majesty open the net!" ”

"The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people!" Cai Yong saw Liu Hong's purpose, and he immediately stood up and said: "Even His Majesty has to punish if he has made mistakes, and those children of the family don't read the law of the king." In the face of some people's crimes that are not stopped, and they also help to abuse them, the old minister asks for severe punishment to set an example! ”

"Cai Yong..."Yuan Kui gritted his teeth and said: "This matter is caused by my child, and it has already been borne by my family, so why should it harm the innocent?" ”

"Innocent?!" Cai Yong said angrily: "If they are just spectators, they are really innocent!" But if they sent their slaves to war, if this is innocent, isn't the son of Zongzheng even more innocent? Liu Zhang just went to the restaurant to eat, and he was insulted. If the guards around him were ineffective, his surname would have died in the hands of those gentlemen! Your Majesty, please take a look! ”

Liu Hong saw Cai Yong indignant, but he winked at him, and immediately understood what Cai Yong meant. Liu Hong said: "What Taifu said is extremely true! If the Yuan family wants to carry all the blame, then they can't let Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao redeem their sentences with gold! Murdering the clan and besieging the courtiers of the state without authorization are all serious crimes of killing heads, and the two Yuan Qing are also quite involved! ”

Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui saw that they had to break the fortune and avoid disasters! Eighty rods is nothing, but if Cao Jie fights it, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shaoke will not be pleased! Besides, those children of the family are more or less involved with the Yuan family, and Cao Jie, the murderer, will never be gracious, unless those families change their courts, this is the foundation of the Yuan family.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to substitute gold for other people, but those people were instigated by Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and please open up the net!" Yuan Kui saw that things could not be turned around, so he could only suffer this secret loss, but he still wanted to give less money.

"Open the net?" Liu Hong sneered: "If I didn't open the net enough, I would have killed them all a long time ago!" Nearly 300 people gathered on the streets of Luoyang to fight, and there were also domestic slaves and forbidden troops arriving in a steady stream, what did they want to do? Rebellion? I don't want to pursue it anymore, but you don't give up. I'm tired, I'll give you another day to think about it, and I'll get an answer, whether to redeem the sentence with gold or to execute it! After Liu Hong finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, leaving only the Manchu Dynasty ministers staring at each other.

As soon as Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng arrived, they gathered the parents of all the people involved in the case yesterday for a meeting. Many of these people knew the cause and effect after their children were arrested. Zhou Yi's purpose in letting those house slaves go was to inform them. Originally, in the eyes of these families, although fighting was illegal, it was just a trivial matter. But now that it has reached the emperor, and it is still on the line, everyone has sniffed out that something is wrong.

Someone who is smarter has already sent someone to visit the prison in Luoyang Ling, and the miserable image of those children has made the people in charge of these families even more frightened. A small Luoyang Ling is bound to dare not treat those children of the family like this, and the only possibility is that someone instructs him. Coupled with the emperor's attitude, who can not understand that someone is using the topic to play? It's one thing to understand, it's another thing to do it, so everyone still chooses to let Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui come up with ideas.

After everyone discussed for a long time, they learned from the mouth of the children in the family, although they had not eaten for more than a day, but when did these children of the family suffer like this? Forced to be helpless, the Yuan family had no choice but to decide to ransom the sentence with gold. Otherwise, with the delicacy of these children of the family, after being beaten on the board, they will have to lie down for at least ten days and half a month. And this matter has always been caused by the Yuan family, no matter whether these children of the family will hold a grudge against the Yuan family, Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui can't let such a thing happen!