Chapter 597: Punishment

In this way, supporters on both sides began to stand up and refute the other side's views, and their Chinese officials, most of whom supported Wei Zheng, wanted to remove Deng Yu from his post, while the other faction of military generals believed that they would be outside and could not be easily dismissed.

Of course, the people who stand up are all petty officials, hoping to make some merits. Those real bigwigs still haven't said a word, they are thinking about a problem, the consequences of removing a general.

Deng Yu, who is in charge of more than 200,000 troops, if, as Wei Zheng said, a royal decree is dismissed, will it cause a backlash and cause the soldiers to mutiny?

Millions of lives, is it more?

It's a lot, almost the entire population of a small country.

However, in the overall strategic environment and the background of the times, the death of this million people is very small, like a small stone, still in the boundless sea, and not a single splash can be splashed.

If millions of people die, it will be worth it in exchange for tens of thousands of miles.

In this world, the most important thing is population.

Morality, righteousness, benevolence, in a war, it seems ridiculous, very humble.

Rather teach me to bear the world, and stop teaching the world to bear me.

This truth is understood by everyone present, but the concept of adhering to it is different. But if you want to say that Wei Zheng regards morality, righteousness, and the people as more important than life, this is not wrong.

So, is there no mistake?

"Waiting for the lord, Weichen has something to say!"

At the stalemate, Bao Zheng stood up and said, making the noisy hall quiet, and the controversial ministers retreated to the court.

"Speak!"

Li Tang raised his eyebrows, rubbed his brows and said, whether to punish Deng Yu or not also made it difficult for him to choose.

"Lord Waiting, colleagues, is the Law of the Tang Dynasty still valid?"

Walking to the center of the main hall, Bao Zheng was imposing, majestic and sharp, with a pair of eyes, scanning everyone, and finally stopping his gaze on Meng Heng, obviously asking the latter to answer.

"It worked!"

Under the gaze of everyone, Meng Hui felt that his scalp was numb, and the sense of ominousness in his heart was even stronger, talking about the "Law of the Tang Dynasty", with Deng Yu's crimes, he should have died hundreds of times!

"Poisonous schemes, hurting others and hurting yourself. ”

After Li Tang heard this, he frowned slightly, the law is important, everyone knows that because of this, Wei Zheng avoided the important and did not use the law to judge Deng Yu.

looked at Fan Li and Wei Zheng again, and found that the two of them were calm, as if they had expected it......

"Could it be that Bao Zheng wants to kill Deng Yu?"

In the hearts of many generals, this thought flashed, and then looked at Bao Zheng's gaze, full of hostility.

"It's good to work!"

Bao Zheng nodded with satisfaction, turned to look at Li Tang, bowed deeply and said, "Lord Waiting, please deal with it according to the law and punish Deng Yu, otherwise the name of the teacher of benevolence and righteousness in the Tang Dynasty will not be guaranteed." ”

"Hiss~"

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all took a deep breath, and their faces changed drastically, this Bao Zheng really wanted to borrow the law to kill Deng Yu......

"Bao Zheng, General Deng has never offended anyone, why do you want to have a relationship with him?"

There was a military general on the spot, regardless of the court's etiquette, he stood up and scolded, his face full of anger.

"I'm just the guardian of the law, and I haven't embarrassed anyone!" Bao Zheng said lightly, without fear.

"Nonsense, the general is fighting outside, fighting for the country, shrouded in horse leather, and working hard and complaining. Credit, hard work, that one is not higher than you, just because the army is not strict and you kill some people of the enemy country, you use the law to punish the crime, this is not fair!"

Meng Heng stood up, knelt on the ground and said, so that many courtiers agreed and understood.

General Deng has made meritorious service in the war, and the six ministries will examine it and reward him according to the military merit system. If there is one, the criminal department will punish it according to law, and will not blame me for any good person or harbor any evil person. Only in this way will the country be peaceful and long-term peaceful. Otherwise, those who have meritorious deeds will regard the law as nothing, and it will not benefit the country. ”

Bao Zheng said, the tone is obviously much more relaxed, so that more courtiers fall into thought, in the officialdom, many people like to work hard to offset the demerits, which seems fair, but the root of the chase is indulgence.

If I have merit, I will become a gold medal for avoiding death to avoid the law, and I am not afraid of committing things, and it is a big deal to offset the merits and demerits......

If this continues, the wind of indulgence will prevail for a while!

The Tang Dynasty has just shown signs of prosperity, and having such an ugly style is definitely not conducive to the development of the country.

It seems that Bao Zheng wants to use this to beat the courtiers and at the same time raise the law to a higher position. That's right, but to achieve the goal, to sacrifice Deng Yu, it's a bit too much!"

"The king can't execute a meritorious general, but this king shouldn't have a headache for this matter......"

Li Tang knew in his heart, and he was no longer worried about the reason why Bao Zheng used the law to deal with Deng Yu, and he was no longer worried.

He was sure that what Bao Zheng wanted was just an attitude, an attitude in which a king supported the supremacy of the law!

"Lord Bao, the law is the foundation of the country, and no one can transcend the existence of the law. But...... The people killed by the Xingzhu Army were not ordered by General Deng, on the contrary, General Deng was furious because the people were treated as blood food. It can be seen that the death of the people of the Evil Tribulation Kingdom is not directly related to General Deng, at most it is caused by the greed of the generals under his rule and their thirst for killing. ”

Fan Li walked out of the court, explained the cause of the incident in detail, and at the same time transferred the crime committed by Deng Yu to the rest of the people, so that Meng Hui and other generals had slightly bright eyes.

"Fan Xiang's words are reasonable, I don't know what to do with Deng Yu's crimes?"

Bao Zheng arched his hand and said, with a smile in his deep eyes, which was very charming.

"Lord, according to the law, the sentence for the crime of lax management of the army shall be reduced by one rank, and if it causes a major incident, the officer shall be demoted by two ranks, and if it leads to a serious incident, the officer shall be demoted by three ranks. Based on this appeal, the massacre of millions of people is a serious incident!"

"In addition, the perpetrators of this massacre, according to the law, should be sentenced to death and punished by the four clans, but the people of the evil kingdom are not the people of the Tang Dynasty, according to the law, they should be punished lightly, demoted to prisoners, and imprisoned for a hundred years!"

Fan Li's face was full of seriousness, and the words he said were inseparable from a law, so that the ministers of Mancháo were all recognized.

"Accurate! According to what Fan Aiqing said, I will prepare the king's decree, and send it to the Xingzhu Army in an urgent manner!"

Li Tang nodded, it can be regarded as solving this matter, as for whether to change generals, come.

At this time, as long as people with a little political acumen have already understood that this court meeting is not really to judge Deng Yu, but some people use this matter to accomplish certain things.

Of course, the effect still worked!

At this time, in the hearts of all the courtiers, they must remember two words, law!

The law is the most important weapon of the country, and no one can break the law.

Those who violate the law will be punished according to the law, even if it is a general.

So far, for a long time in the future, the public security of the Tang Kingdom is very good, the officials are not greedy, the people are not fighting, and the new and harmonious atmosphere has laid the foundation for the prosperity of the country.

Not long after, a royal decree, escorted by five horsemen, went to the evil kingdom thousands of miles away!

It is said that that night, someone saw Fan Li, Wei Zheng, and Bao Zheng getting together in a restaurant and getting drunk.

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