"If you have to cut off the troubles, then you have to kill more people, the entire court, nearly half of the people have served me, and there are some local officials, plus their families and three clans, adding up to tens of thousands of people, do you want to kill them all?" Although Mu Fengyan hated Mu Liancheng, he thought that he still knew him well, and it was expected that he was not the one who killed him like this.

However, the answer he received was, "Even if they are all killed, so what?" I have already learned the principle of cutting grass and eradicating roots. ”

There was murderous aura in Mu Liancheng's eyes, which made people dare not look directly, at this moment, Mu Fengyan seemed to see the dead emperor.

"I hurt them."

"If you know, it's good." Mu Liancheng waved his hand and ordered: "Come here, take King Jin down and take him to the heavenly prison, no one is allowed to visit without my will." ”

Dayou personally stepped forward and dragged the person out directly.

Mu Liancheng was soon left alone in the Jinluan Palace, and he looked down at the empty hall, and suddenly seemed to hear what the first emperor said to him before he died: "Be kind to your brothers, I will watch you from heaven." ”

He wanted to be kind to them, and he tried his best to treat them well, but there were always people who didn't want to appreciate it, and he had to force him to be ruthless, what could he do? If you are soft-hearted, I am afraid that the same incident will happen in the future.

Father, I did my best.

Due to Mu Liancheng's thunderous methods, it took only two days for the rebellion to be completely quelled, and all those involved in the rebellion were imprisoned, and the prison was almost full, and it was the first time in decades that so many people were accommodated.

However, these are only Mu Fengyan's accomplices and family members, and the three clans involved by them have not been arrested for the time being, and in addition, some ministers in the court who secretly defected but did not directly participate in the rebellion have not yet been dealt with.

For a while, the entire court was in turmoil, and almost everyone was in danger, for fear that the knife hanging over their heads would suddenly fall, and compared to death, the process of waiting for death was the most tormenting.

Mu Liancheng hung on them and didn't make a move, on the one hand, he was thinking about how to deal with them better, and on the other hand, he wanted to teach them a lesson.

Those who have done the wrong have not been punished, but those who have made meritorious deeds have been rewarded first.

For example, the father and son of the general of Zhenguo contributed the most in this battle to quell the chaos, and the reward was small, but the general of Zhenguo was already the highest title in the military rank, and the official position could not be raised, so he was rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, and Du Hongze was promoted two levels in a row and was named General Huwei.

This time, the uncle General Yang was also kept in the dark and did not participate in Mu Liancheng's plan, but on the night of the rebel siege, he still bravely resisted the enemy single-handedly, and Mu Liancheng thanked him for his loyalty and gave a corresponding reward.

In addition, there are prime ministers, Song Taifu, officials Shangshu, Jingwu Hou, Dingguo Gong and others who swore to defend the capital to the death, and they were all rewarded.

The last one to be rewarded, and the most unexpected, was Liang Yushu, the director of the Sixth Grade of the Criminal Department.

To tell the truth, Mu Liancheng really didn't want to pay attention to this person, but there was no way, he had to distinguish between public and private, and give him the reward he deserved, so he not only rewarded Liang Yushu with 5,000 silver, but also transferred him out of the Criminal Department, promoted him to three levels in a row, and appointed him as a servant of the Ministry of Officials.

The squire is a third-grade official, and it seems that the rank is still not high, but thinking that he is the head of the sixth-grade and suddenly jumped to the position of the squire, everyone has to be envious, because in the end, he is actually the person who has received the most titles.

Of course, people who worked hard to be undercover agents in King Jin's place, risking their lives to report to the emperor really deserve this reward.

After being promoted, Liang Yushu felt that those people in the court looked at him differently, and when he walked on weekdays, his back was much straighter, and even Feng Qingyun, Mrs. Liang, was also stained, and those in the neighborhood who liked to gossip about her behind her back were also polite when they saw her, and greeted her with a smile.

Feng Qingyun felt more and more that it was the right choice to leave Du Hongze and marry Liang Yushu.

This morning, when Feng Qingfang was about to go out, he passed by the door of the hall and happened to meet Feng Qingyun, who was returning to his parents' house with the child.

"Third sister, hello."

This is the first time that Feng Qingyun, who has a melancholy temperament, has spoken to someone in such a brisk tone, and the smile on his face is also rare and bright, which makes Feng Qingyun think he's a ghost at first glance.

"Sister, how are you, why did you think of returning to the Gongfu today?" Looking at her spirited appearance, at a glance, she knew that she came back to show off Liang Yushu's promotion.

However, Feng Qingyan didn't understand what there was to show off.

"Today's weather is good, I have nothing to do, so I took Yu'er back for a walk, her father has been busy with official business recently, and he has no time to accompany us and his mother, so we can only have fun by ourselves."

"Oh, yes, Lord Liang has just been promoted, and many people have been dismissed recently, so there must be a lot of government affairs to deal with." Feng Qingfang responded with two sentences.

But Feng Qingyun is still energetic.

"Isn't it? In the past, when he was in the criminal department, he dealt with trivial matters the size of sesame seeds, and he had a lot of free time, but now that he is in the ministry, the official is big and the responsibility is great, and he likes to do everything himself, and he has no rest time all day, I think he has lost weight in the past few days. ”

Feng Qingyan didn't reply again, just laughed.

After a moment of silence, Feng Qingyun suddenly straightened his expression and asked, "Third sister, now you should believe that I didn't see the wrong person, right?" Liang Yushu is indeed a loyal and patriotic, and very capable person, right? ”

It is true to have the ability, but if you want to say that you are loyal and patriotic, Feng Qingyun doesn't know the inside story, so she naturally says so, but Feng Qingyun can't agree, but what makes her wonder is, why does Feng Qingyun have to ask her? She didn't see the wrong person, what does it matter to her?

"Yes...... Yes, sister, I still have something to do, so let's go first. Feng Qingfang hurriedly bypassed Feng Qingyun and walked quickly towards the outer gate.

Feng Qingyun looked at the door and smiled with satisfaction.

She has always wanted to prove to her family that she has done nothing wrong, and now she has finally achieved her goal.

When Feng arrived at the palace, Mu Liancheng was in the imperial study to deal with government affairs.

As usual, she was able to swagger in without notice, and the room was quiet, except for the faint sound of turning the paper, and the occasional sigh from Mu Liancheng.

Because he was too focused on doing things, it wasn't until Feng walked to his side that Mu Liancheng looked up and showed a smile.

"Frivolous, you're here."

"I find that your vigilance is getting lower and lower, and I have come to your side only to realize that if you change the assassin, you may not be in danger." Feng shook his head wildly and sighed, "Is it because I was sick and left sequelae, and my brain was dull?" ”

Mu Liancheng saw that she was making fun of herself again, stood up, stretched out his hand and knocked her on the forehead punitively, pretending to be annoyed: "I just thought that things were out of my mind for a while, why is my brain dull?" Your mouth, it's uncomfortable if it doesn't hurt people, isn't it? ”

"Thinking about things? What can I think of so distractedly? Feng stared at him lightly and narrowed his eyes, "Could it be that you are thinking about someone, thinking about losing your soul, right?" ”

"How do you know?" Mu Liancheng opened a pair of Danfeng eyes with a look of surprise.

Feng Qingfang was originally just joking, but he didn't expect to guess it, and he was immediately displeased, and snorted: "You, who do you want?" Hurry up and explain! ”

"Of course I miss you, otherwise who else?" Mu Liancheng curled the corners of his lips and smiled brighter than the sun.

"You're fooling me!" Feng frantically shook his fist and hammered him.

Mu Liancheng didn't hide, so he let her punch her in the chest, and the hammer made a "bang" sound, but Feng Qingfang really couldn't bear it and retracted his hand.

"I'm actually worried about how to deal with Mu Fengyan's henchmen."

"Shouldn't you be beheaded?" Feng raised her eyebrows wildly and said, although she felt that cutting off her head was a bit bloody and bloody, but the country has national laws, the family has family rules, the meritorious have been rewarded, and the guilty should also be punished, so it is fair.

"Of course, those who participated in the rebellion will not escape death, but if we talk about national law, we will have to confiscate the door and even the three clans."

Even though he said in front of Mu Fengyan that night that he would kill everyone, but when it was time to give the order, Mu Liancheng hesitated, many of them deserved it, but there were also people who were innocent and suffered, and it would be too cruel if they were executed together.

Since he has been sick for a few years, he has finally picked up a life, and he has attached more importance to life than before, and his heart has become softer.

"What? How many people do you have to implicate? Feng Qingyan obviously felt that it was too cruel, although she also understood that this was Dayan's national law and could not be easily changed, but she still thought that one person should do things and one person should be responsible, and whoever rebelled would kill him, rather than implicating innocents.

"I'm afraid, there must be tens of thousands."

Hearing this, Feng's heart trembled.

"You, you don't really want to connect the three clans, do you?" She stared at Mu Liancheng.

The latter looked back at her and asked seriously, "If I do this, will you think I'm cold-blooded?" ”

"I ......" this question, Feng Qingfang couldn't answer it for a while, it's not that there is no emperor who killed tens of thousands of people at one time, maybe it is nothing in the eyes of the ancients, but in her opinion, it is indeed very cold-blooded, even if Mu Liancheng is the love of her heart, she can't accept it.

But she can't nod this in front of him, and she can't ask his subordinates to show mercy, after all, he also has his considerations.

"What do you suggest?" Mu Liancheng suddenly asked.

Feng looked up at him lightly, paused, and replied: "If it were me, I would find out, the guilty will be killed, and the innocent will stay, as for the national law of the three clans, it is not necessarily necessary to follow it." ”

After speaking, she hurriedly added: "Of course, this is just my idea, as for what to do, it is up to you to decide, no matter what you do, I will support you." ”

Mu Liancheng believed that she would indeed support her, but in her heart, she was afraid that she would not care.

"I'm going to think about it."

Feng lightly bowed his head lightly and didn't say anything more.

Just as they were both silent, there was a commotion outside the hall.

"Let me in, I'll see the emperor, get out of the way! Get out of the way! "Listen to the voice is Concubine Liu.

Mu Liancheng had already guessed why she came, and couldn't help frowning, raising his hand to support his forehead, and instructing the palace people outside to bring people in.