After rewarding Wei Qing, Liu Che continued: "Ting Wei is here?"

"The minister is here. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"What should be the crime of a defeated general who was captured on the battlefield, and who threw away the lives of his soldiers?"

"Your Majesty, according to the provisions of the Code of Penal Law, the death penalty shall be imposed. ”

"Okay, come here, take Gongsun Ao and Li Guang down and imprison them, and wait for trial. Before Liu Che's words fell, a few warriors came up and couldn't help but say that they tied the two of them up and put them down.

Gongsun He saw clearly from the side, the reward had been completed, and the guilty had been imprisoned, and he was worried about what punishment he should accept, and immediately lay on the ground in horror and said: "Your Majesty, this expedition, the minister has not completed His Majesty's will, please punish the minister's crime." ”

Liu Che glanced at it and said: "Forget it, for the sake of not losing a single soldier or soldier, the merits and demerits will be offset by the crime, and the crime will not be punished for the time being." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Gongsun He lay on the ground excitedly and kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Guang and Gongsun Ao were thrown into prison, and the families of both sides were busy, and the person who should be able to speak to the emperor at this time was Han Yan, Li Guang's son Li dared to find Han Yan without losing the opportunity, Han Yan said arrogantly: "Your father is a person who has committed a capital crime, you come to see me today, do you want me to help?"

"Doctor, that's what the little one means, and I ask the doctor to help. ”

"Oh, the law of the Han Dynasty cannot be changed, the crimes appointed by the emperor, who dares to change them indiscriminately, don't want their heads. ”

Li Dare wasted no time in presenting the prepared gift list and said: "Just because the doctor can talk to the emperor, please ask the doctor to work hard." ”

Han Yan glanced at the list of gifts with her eyes, and immediately changed her words and said, "It's not impossible to do this. ”

Li Dang immediately asked excitedly, "Please ask the doctor for advice." ”

"There is also Gongsun Ao who is guilty of the same crime as your father, who is Gongsun Ao, the current life-saving benefactor of Wei Qing, a popular person around the emperor, do you think that Wei Qing can let Gongsun Ao die like this, he will definitely go to the emperor to intercede, and then I will say a few words in front of the emperor, and it will basically be a big thing, but this official position is estimated to be unsafe. ”

"Doctor Xishang, as long as you can save your life, your official position really doesn't matter. ”

"Okay, then please go back, just wait for the news at home. ”

"The little one went back, and the doctor was in trouble. ”

Things were as Han Yan expected, Hou Weiqing in the Guan couldn't sit still without resting at home for a few days, thinking that his life-saving benefactor Gongsun Ao couldn't be beheaded by the emperor like this, but he didn't dare to rush to the emperor to intercede, because there was a lesson from the past, the original Daxing Ling Wang Hui was a good teaching material, because the same thing was put into prison, and his son asked the prime minister to intercede, but it really annoyed the emperor, and finally ended up with a suicide in prison, Since the class teacher came back, I haven't found time to see him in the past few days, take some gifts and ride alone to Zhang Jiayang's mansion, everything is so familiar, quietly walked to the gate, and found that the door was closed, so he knocked on the door gently, there was no response, pushed the door hard, the door opened quietly, Wei Qing shouted a few times: "Master, is Master at home?"

There was still no response, Wei Qing walked into the courtyard in confusion, walked straight to the main room, and saw that the door was locked, Zhang Jiayang was very puzzled, could it be that something happened to the master, when his heart was up and down, an old man pushed the door and walked into the courtyard, and suddenly saw Wei Qing standing in the courtyard, the two of them were stunned at the same time, Wei Qing first asked: "Are you?"

"I'm hired by the owner of this yard to take care of the flowers and plants, you seem to be the newly sealed marquis, right?"

Wei Qingyi arched his hand and said, "Exactly." ”

"Master Hou is above, the little old man is polite here. When he had finished speaking, the old man had to bow down.

Wei Qing hurriedly grabbed him and said, "The old man is polite, you don't have to be polite." ”

Before Wei Qing could continue to ask, the old man took out a piece of slab from his body and handed it to Wei Qing and said: "Hou Ye, I must have come to find your master, the master moved away after Hou Ye set out on the expedition, and he specially explained when he left, if Hou Ye came over, he would give this to Hou Ye, and the master had already predicted that Hou Ye would return with a big victory and be named Hou Ye." ”

"Yes. Wei Qing took the plate suspiciously and saw two lines of words, "The apprentice will return the victory, the master will move Nanshan, such as asking for the law of saving people, and atone for sins according to the money." ”

After reading the board, Wei Qing knew that Master Zhang Jiayang had moved to Zhongnan Mountain, and the master already knew that he was going to save Gongsun Ao, Master was really prophetic, since Master had given a good prescription, hurry up and save people, thinking of this, he saluted the old man and said: "Thank you, uncle, Wei Qing said goodbye." ”

"Hou Ye is welcome, Hou Ye walks slowly. The old man also gave a gift.

Wei Qing walked out of the door, leading the horses for a while and didn't know where to go, the master told himself that according to the code, the current Han code is full of the entire warehouse where the code is stored, and countless prison officials are in charge, and few people can understand it comprehensively, this must find someone who is familiar with the Han code to consult, who is this looking for, after thinking about it, I finally determined one person, and went to find the newly promoted court captain Zhang Tang, who had just compiled and formulated the "Yue Gong Law" 27 articles, should be familiar with the Han Dynasty, pay attention to the decision to go to the Tingwei Mansion, and then look at the gift in his hand, immediately realized that Zhang Tang and Zhao Yu have learned to be honest, will not accept any gifts, suddenly saw a beggar in tattered clothes on the side of the street, immediately took the gift and handed it to an older one: "Take it and share it with them." ”

When this group of people saw such a good gift, they were very excited to kneel on the ground and kowtow, Wei Qing stepped on the horse and walked towards the Tingwei Mansion.

At this time, Zhang Tang was a new official, cautious, continued the previous habit of carefully reading the canon, learned Zhao Yu's integrity and abandoned the rigidity, because of the compilation of the "Yue Gong Law" and was promoted to the court lieutenant is also reasonable, suddenly the gate guard reported: "Report to the court lieutenant, Hou Weiqing outside the gate to ask to see." ”

When Zhang Tang heard that Wei Qing was here, he said very cautiously: "Ah, Master Hou has arrived, how many people have he brought, do you know what is going on?"

"The little one doesn't know, just Hou Ye alone. ”

Zhang Tang was puzzled: "Well, hurry up, please, hurry up." ”

"No. ”

Not long after, Wei Qing walked into the living room of Tingwei's Mansion, Zhang Tang had already greeted him at the door of the hall, Zhang Tang bowed his hand and said: "I don't know if Master Hou has arrived, I have missed the distance, please Haihan, please Haihan." ”

"Ting Wei is polite, Zhong Qing came today to ask for advice. ”

"Eh, Master Hou is quick to speak, please sit down, speak slowly, and see if the lower official can answer. ”

Wei Qing took advantage of the situation and sat down on his knees and said: "Tingwei is so humble, Zhong Qing will not go around the corner, there are countless Han canons, is there a canon for forgiveness of sins with money." ”

"Forgive sins with money?" Zhang Tang immediately frowned, read his beard with his hand and thought for a moment: "Since Gaozu had a canon, there has been such a precedent, and it is recorded in the canon, but since Wenjing, it has not been practiced for a long time, if it is according to the ancestral system, it should be said that there is such a code." ”

Wei Qing let out a long breath and said, "Well, that's good, can you find a precedent for money and things to forgive death?"

Zhang Tang pondered for a moment and said: "Emperor Hui of the first emperor has an edict in the first year of his reign, if he commits a capital crime, he can avoid death by 'buying a knight at the 30th level'. ”

"Can you find this edict?"

"Of course, there must be an archive in the Dahan treasury. ”

"Okay, great. Wei Qing patted his thigh and said.

Zhang Tang immediately said clearly: "Could it be that the Hou Ye is trying to save ......" Before Zhang Tang finished speaking, Wei Qing continued: "Exactly, please give good words to Tingwei tomorrow in the early court, Zhong Qing is grateful." ”

"Just report it truthfully when you make up your mind. ”

"Thank you, Zhong Qing said goodbye. ”

The next morning, Wei Qing played: "Report to Your Majesty, the minister has a will." ”

Liu Che said happily: "Oh, Wei Aiqing, please speak." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to talk about the experience of this expedition against the Huns, and I will waste some time on your ministers. ”

Liu Che is currently the one who is most interested in war, and can't help but say: "Yes, Aiqing will talk about it well, so that all Aiqing can understand what real war is." ”

"Your Majesty, this expedition, Zhong Qing was able to seize the empty rear of the Xiongnu and attack their Dragon City, it is indeed necessary to be familiar with the living habits in the northern grasslands, but also to endure fatigue and hunger, the vast grasslands are not visible at a glance, lack of a sense of direction, and it is difficult to find the enemy without a good ability to discern the direction. ”

"What Aiqing said is reasonable, and some people will understand this very deeply. After Liu Che finished speaking, he looked at Gongsun He, who knew that he was talking about getting lost in the grassland and not finding a Huns, so he lowered his head in shame.

Wei Qing continued: "After overcoming these conditions, there are some more important conditions, which require the cooperation of multiple forces, for example, this attack on the Huns, in fact, the other three teams attracted the main force of the Huns, so that the road led by the minister can be better interspersed in the hinterland of the Huns for surprise attacks, if it is a team, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve such results in the battle of Longcheng." ”

"That makes sense. Liu Che's face was slightly retracted, and he echoed with a smile.

"Reasonable, reasonable......" also echoed in unison.

Wei Qing continued: "The four-way army marched into the Xiongnu, and it was Li Guang who was famous, and the other generals of the three-way army did not have any reputation, let alone actual combat experience, so Li Guang's army would be given special care by the Huns' enemy army, and it was reasonable that it would be besieged by hundreds of thousands of troops. ”

At this time, Liu Che's face was a little ugly, and he interjected: "Is Wei Aiqing overturning the case for Li Guang?"

Wei Qing hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare, the minister is just telling about the cause and effect of the war." ”

"Let's go on, the case that has already been decided will not be changed. In fact, Liu Che was strong on the surface, but in his heart he never wanted to kill Li Guang, so let Wei Qing continue.

"Li Guang's army attracted the main force of the Xiongnu, with fewer enemies and more defeats, Gongsun Ao encountered an enemy army equal to his own strength, more than bravery, insufficient tactics, and ended up with a defeat result, so we should learn lessons from this war and reduce the occurrence of similar mistakes in the future. ”

"What Guan Neihou said is right, what he said is right. The ministers chimed in.

Wei Qing changed his words and said: "Your Majesty's judgment of Gongsun Ao and Li Guang to the death penalty is very correct, and the minister is very supportive. ”

Some of the ministers below whispered and wondered: "Guan Neihou, this is a little unauthentic, is it a stone in the well?"

Zhang Tang, who was standing in the crowd, also felt very surprised, didn't the Hou of this pass say that he wanted to save them, why did he become a stone now.

This kind of result is actually that Wei Qing knows Liu Che's character very well, and now Liu Che likes to do the opposite with the minister who suggested it, wasn't Wang Hui hanged himself last time because the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister talked to Wang Hui in the hope of giving Wang Hui a way out, but Liu Che turned in his strength, and he had to carry out the death penalty to the end.

Liu Che was also confused for a while, thinking that I didn't let their heads fall to the ground right now, why are you urging me to do it now, so he wondered: "What Aiqing wants to express, please tell me clearly." ”

Wei Qing continued: "Your Majesty, the death penalty imposed on these two people is in line with the regulations, but the first emperor has a precedent and can use money to forgive the punishment, there is a reason why they committed such a war mistake, not all of them were deliberately caused by their supervisor, I hope Your Majesty can give them a way out." ”

At this time, Liu Che breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Oh, money and things are forgiven...... Liu Che thought about the word seriously and said, "Ting Wei is here." ”

Zhang Tang immediately responded: "Your Majesty, the minister is here." ”

"Can the first emperor have a precedent for forgiveness of sins with money and goods?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Emperor Hui of the First Emperor had an edict in the first year of his reign, and if he committed a capital crime, he would be exempted from death if he committed a capital crime. ”

"Oh," Liu Che was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that the imperial court was in need of money at present, so that he had spared the lives of useful people and obtained money, killing two birds with one stone, a good way, so he continued, "In this case, then calculate how much money Li Guang and Gongsun Ao need to pay to forgive the sentence as soon as possible, and then notify their families, and exempt them from punishment after paying the money." ”

"No, Your Majesty, the minister once calculated about 300,000 taels of gold before he could be exempted from punishment. ”

Liu Che was pleasantly surprised, surprised that these two families could come up with so much gold, and they were happy that they could get a lot of money by promoting this item, so he said, "This matter will be handed over to the Tingwei Mansion to handle, and you can be exempted from punishment by paying the ransom in full." ”

"No. ”

"Retreat. The confessors in the hall shouted, and the ministers retreated.