Shang Danzhu and Shang Danju couldn't help wiping away their tears, Lin Yubin handed them the handkerchief and comforted them softly: "Don't cry, listen to my aunt, and start dealing with this matter when the fourth prince arrives." ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢.lā"

"The road ahead is bleak, and we don't know where we're going by then." Shang Danzhu couldn't help but cover his face and cry.

Shang Danju said with a white face: "I have checked the law, collaborating with the enemy and treason will be punished by the three clans, my father surrendered himself, and he denounced the first crime, even if he is given a light sentence, he will not escape beheading, and our family members will have to be exiled at the lightest......"

"Where are you looking for the law?" Lin Yubin asked, "I have also checked, and there is no similar case in Daliang." ”

Nowadays, in addition to looking at the law, judgments are more based on old precedents, because the law is broad and it is not easy to draw conclusions.

"Didn't our Liang follow Tang Law, I checked Tang Law."

Lin Yubin frowned, and sighed after half a sound: "I don't know, but I asked my aunt ......."

She looked left and right, approached them and lowered her voice, "Although my aunt didn't say it clearly, I listened to what it meant, and you will probably be fine." ”

Shang Danzhu's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "Really?" ”

Lin Yubin thought for a while and said, "As long as it is the four princes who come to Jiangnan to host." ”

Shang Danzhu and Shang Danju glanced at each other and whispered, "I heard that the fourth prince and Aunt Lin have a good relationship, is this true?" ”

Although Lin Qingwan didn't tell her about the struggle for the throne, Lin Yubin was familiar with it and could guess somewhat, so he nodded and said, "The fourth prince values my aunt very much. ”

Shang Danzhu and Shang Danju breathed a sigh of relief, took Lin Yubin's hand and said, "Don't thank you for your kindness, now it's too light to say thank you." ”

Lin Yubin held their hands and said, "We are sisters, why be polite?" If you want to thank me, thank my aunt. ”

Shang Danzhu shook his head, "If you don't get along with us, Aunt Lin won't help us." ”

Shang Danju thought so deeply in her heart, she didn't see what happened to his father, and her grandmother didn't even dare to say a word of pleading with Lin Qingwan?

Obviously, he also knew that Lin Yubin was not close to his father, so it was not good to talk to Lin Qingwan, and the two girls still didn't know what their father was doing in private.

Originally, Mrs. Shang wanted to mention it, but after interrogating Changping, let alone interceding with Lin Qingwan, she only hoped that Lin Qingwan would forget the second child.

Even though her heart hurts, Old Madam Shang knows that this is not the time for her to be emotional. Compared with the previous wantonness, the old lady can be called cautious now.

She is still like this, not to mention the second Mrs. Shang, facing Lin Qingwan, she is weak and short of breath, for fear that she will take advantage of this to count the grievances of the Zhao Lin family, but seeing that she seems to have forgotten, she is relieved in her heart, but she keeps mentioning it, for fear that she will mention it when she will mention it.

Lin Qingwan took the box and handed it to Bai Feng to bring, she said: "There is no hurry to set up a marriage, we will talk about it here first, and we will do it when Mingjie comes back." ”

"This is nature, you can't be wronged Yubin."

Now the Shang family is in turmoil, and at this time, they are afraid that Yubin and Mingjie will be criticized, and the things that can be prepared at home are limited.

Both Shang Mingjie and Lin Yubin are the people that Mrs. Shang loves, where is she willing to let them be so wronged.

The two sides agreed that Lin Qingwan reassured Mrs. Shang, and then said goodbye, as for the separation of the Shang family, she should not mention it.

Lin Qingwan took Xiao Fang's and Lin Yubin back, Shang Mingyuan hesitated and went to find Old Madam Shang, Xiao Fang's was right, at this time, splitting up the family was only good for them, and there was no harm.

Anyway, their family's title will definitely not be kept, so what's the point of mixing it up again?

Lin Qingwan, who left the Shang Mansion, did not go back to the other courtyard, but instructed the coachman: "Go to the Assassin Mansion." ”

Zhou Tingshi was not in the Assassin's Mansion, Changsi didn't dare to slack off, invited Lin Qingwan to sit in, and after serving tea respectfully, he stepped back, and hurriedly asked Zhou Tingshi to come back.

Lin Yubin asked, "Is my aunt going to intercede with Lord Zhou?" ”

"Where is the major matter of collaborating with the enemy, where can Zhou Tingshi call the shots?" Lin Qingwan took a sip of tea and said, "I'm here to ask about something." ”

"Auntie," Lin Yubin asked worriedly, "Grandmother, can they really be okay?" ”

"As long as Lord Zhou finds people in the places your second aunt said, I can guarantee that they are okay." Even if she can't catch people, she can protect them, but she doesn't want to talk too much.

Emperor Liang's benevolence is a good thing, but it should not be considered good.

An emperor is benevolent and benevolent, but kindness will not make a wise monarch.

The ministers in Beijing also think so, so even if Shang Ping surrenders himself and denounces Zhao Jie, he can be dealt with lightly, but he can't be too merciful.

Therefore, the proposal of dismissal of the criminal department was rejected, and many courtiers and emperors suggested, "Shang Ping has no intention of collaborating with the enemy, but for his own interests, he knows that he is trading with enemy merchants, and still sells war materials such as iron and grain, which is no different from collaborating with the enemy." The ministers believed that even if they were given a light sentence, they should not be punished for the crime of smuggling, but for the crime of collaborating with the enemy. ”

"Yes, otherwise, if you don't catch a collaborator in the future, the other party will say that you have no intention of collaborating with the enemy, just smuggling, so how can a country be a country for a long time?"

They didn't talk about Shang Ping's previous smuggling, but talked about the transaction he made with war materials at the beginning of spring.

Joke, how many ministers of the DPRK and China are involved in the smuggling business?

Especially those military generals, there is no one clean on their bodies, they rebelled against Shangping with the crime of smuggling, and they were exiled at most, and then they were released from prison for two years.

The Criminal Department obviously made such a punishment opinion out of this consideration, but the courtiers were not happy, so what deterrent effect did this have?

Especially this time, the impact of Zhao Jie's treason was extremely bad, he ran to the state of Chu, and his younger brother has not been caught yet, and now he can only take Shang Ping under the knife.

Therefore, the ministers folded up, Shang Ping must be severely punished, he surrendered, His Majesty is benevolent, then it is good to be lightly punished on the basis of severe punishment.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu proposed: "Isn't it already found out that he collaborated with the enemy and smuggled from his family, rather than treating him lightly, it is better to fall on his family, so as to warn the world, even if he surrenders, some crimes cannot be excused." However, in order to encourage future offenders to turn themselves in, it is possible to open up to their innocent family members, but as long as there is a conscience, people will always think of their family members. ”

"Collaborating with the enemy is the crime of the Zhu clan, even if he doesn't have a heart, his family has to flow three thousand miles at the lightest." The Shangshu of the Criminal Department said: "If you are lightly discharged, you may be able to travel 600 miles or be detained nearby for hard labor." ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu twitched the corners of his mouth, and couldn't help but say: "You only dismissed the first offender, and you want to exile his family?" ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was not convinced, "I was sentenced for the crime of smuggling, didn't you say it didn't match, and you should be sentenced for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, this is the sentencing standard for collaborating with the enemy." ”

This is far from what Lin Qingwan explained to him, but seeing that everyone else looked in agreement, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu twitched the corner of his mouth and did not speak, anyway, when the fourth prince arrived in Jiangnan, he had to fold and discuss, and it was not good to intercede for the Shang family too much at this time.

There were no objections, and the tone was set, but this big case would definitely not be decided so easily, and it would have to wait for the four princes to go to Jiangnan to investigate and collect enough evidence before everyone could finally decide.

In addition to the Gengwu disaster, this is the biggest case since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Thinking of the people who died in the disaster of Geng Wu that year, although Zhao Jie's treason this time was far less than that time, the shock caused was not small.

He has a close relationship with Zhao Jie, and he is an official in the same place, didn't he read that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu has not been in the court since the incident, and his family is now bound to the Chen family, and he is not allowed to go out easily.

No way, who made his daughter Zhao Jie's wife.

There is also Lu Zhen, even if everyone knows that Lu Zhen and Zhao Jie have a bad relationship, but he is also his direct boss, although His Majesty did not issue an order to investigate him, he did not pounce on him during this time, and sent Yushi to Lingzhou to investigate the case.

A few days ago, the courtiers were worried that the emperor would take advantage of this to take away Lu Zhen's military power, which would cause infighting.

But at present, it seems that both sides are very restrained, although the emperor applied for punishment, he did not intend to collect the military power, and Lu Zhen was also honest and did not rely on the military power to do anything.

The emperor and Lu Zhen are not stupid, at this time, the Liao State was about to move, and even sent someone to assassinate the four princes to blame the Chu State, and Zhao Jie ran away to the Chu State, how stupid are they to fight at this time?

Since the emperor still trusted Lu Zhen and continued to hand over Lingzhou and the Lu family army to him, Lu Zhen would naturally work hard to guard the border pass.

Emperor Liang, who wanted to live a stable life for a year or two, was quite sad, holding the tea and sighing: "Counting, I haven't had a day of stability in the past ten years, and something happens almost every year. ”

Father-in-law Liu silently added tea to him.

Looking at the tea leaves floating in the teacup and then slowly sinking, Emperor Liang became even more sad, "I am old, Chu and Xishu have both set the crown prince, but my Liang may not be determined, if it is ......"

"Your Majesty will live to be a hundred years old," Gonggong Liu hurriedly said softly: "And several children are filial, you really don't have to worry." ”

Emperor Liang shook his head and said: "Children are filial, but governing the country is not filial piety, the second ......"

Emperor Liang paused, there was a stalk in his heart, he turned his head slightly, hid the corners of his reddish eyes, and sighed: "I liked him at first, after all, he took the lead, but he was too narrow-minded, he obviously didn't understand military affairs during the Southern Expedition, but he had to intervene, these can be taught and changed, but how can he ignore the people of the country for personal revenge, and actually unite with the Chu State?" ”

This is the most unacceptable point of Emperor Liang, his son is narrow-minded, he can teach, he doesn't understand military and insists on meddling, he can also teach, but how can he teach this joint foreign enemy to avenge personal revenge?

The country and the people are the bottom line of Emperor Liang.

He sighed heavily, "The fifth child has such a temperament, don't say that he is young, even if he is the right age, I don't dare to use it, the sixth is honest, but he is too honest." ”