In the past few years, Shen Zhou has always been conscientious, steady and meticulous within the scope of his duties, and he can always do things properly, so that people can't find any faults.

It can be said that he is the most trusted and respected existence of the hundred officials in the court, not only because of his identity, but also because of his ability and his attitude towards the world.

And with the continuous rise of status and prestige, Shen Zhou has become more and more cautious, and he will not speak easily about ordinary things. Because he knows how influential he is now, sometimes a word can make or break the direction of things.

For example, in the current case, when both sides insist on their own words and it is difficult to reach a conclusion, his attitude as a leftist minister must be extremely critical.

And this time, he can't stay out of it anymore, and he must show his attitude.

Even Xiao Qian deliberately named him at this time: "Shen Xiang, how do you think we should deal with this case and convict these people involved?" ”

Shen Zhou pondered for a moment, and then said unhurriedly: "Back to the queen, the ministers think that this matter is beyond the expertise of our courtiers. Whether it is the officials or the Gu family, in the final analysis, they are all His Majesty's subjects, and what they betrayed was not only the court, but also His Majesty!

"Moreover, such a big matter, we and other courtiers can indeed propose, but the ministers think that only His Majesty has the real power to decide their life and death.

"Therefore, I ask the Empress to immediately play to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will decide the life and death of these prisoners. As for before that, they can all be put in prison and guarded. ”

I have to say that this is really an unexpected idea, and I actually found another path in addition to the two choices.

And after thinking about it carefully, everyone deeply admired that Shen Xiang was really old and steady, and what he said was right. Yes, such a big event, how can it be decided at will without asking Your Majesty? Where did you put Your Majesty?

Even Guo Chong couldn't raise any objections to this, although he could guess Shen Zhou's deeper intentions - if this case was to cut through the mess quickly, he would kill it. But once it drags on for a while, the case cools down, especially when His Majesty turns back on the front line, their charges can naturally be reduced to a certain extent.

At that time, perhaps all but a few important prisoners will be pardoned and most of them will be saved.

But who let Shen Zhou push the emperor to the front, so that Guo Chong could only agree, and couldn't find any fault: "What Shen Xiang said is very true, it is that the lower officials are too eager......"

Naturally, the others also agreed again and again: "Shen Xiang is wise, just do as you say." ”

Shen Zhouchong nodded slightly, secretly relieved, and finally calmed things down, otherwise maybe there would really be contradictions and frictions between Guo Chong and the ministers, which was not what he wanted to see.

And after the court meeting was over and he returned to the political hall, Shen Zhou quickly wrote a letter and asked him to submit it to the palace, and asked the queen to send it to Xiangyang together with the song that reported his case, and handed it over to His Majesty the Emperor.

Xiao Qian didn't open the letter to watch the contents, she believed that Shen Zhou must have his reasons for doing this.

On the other hand, Guo Chong didn't make any noise because of this, and after letting people interrogate the prisoners, he handed over the relevant charges to the Criminal Department together with the prisoners and put them in prison.

It's just that in this way, the prison will quickly become overcrowded, after all, nearly a thousand people involved in the case will be locked up at this time, and no cell can stand it.

……

In fact, not only was the prison in Jinling overcrowded, but the cells in Xiangyang were also full of prisoners.

These prisoners are naturally the ones who intended to cause chaos in the rear and almost caused a catastrophe, and the Huang family led the failure of the rebellion.

Compared to the Jinling prisoners who only spread rumors everywhere and only wanted to obstruct the dispatch of military rations and materials at most, the crimes of the prisoners on the Xiangyang side were much greater. They were directly involved in the rebellion, and even sent people to assassinate the two generals who stayed in Xiangyang, which was a real and irrefutable rebellion.

Although their conspiracy failed in the end, the charges were real, and naturally the whole family was taken and waited for His Majesty the Emperor to deal with.

Sun Ning was also quite undecided about this, so he dragged on for a few days, and only put them in prison.

To be honest, according to Sun Ning's thoughts, he naturally wants to behead all the relevant people and their relatives of the three clans. But in this way, there are too many people to kill, and there are seven or eight hundred people from the big clans of Xiangfan and the two cities headed by the Huang family alone.

plus dozens of generals and officials in the camp who were also moved by Liangzhou's spies at that time...... If they were all severely punished, there would be few available generals left in the Xiangyang army.

However, Chen Qingyun, as a person who was almost killed by the local forces in Xiangyang, excused them at this time, begging Sun Ning to be lenient, only punish the evil, and let others make meritorious contributions.

It's just that Sun Ning still has doubts about this proposal, so today he called a few trusted ministers to him again and asked, "Do you still have the same idea about how to deal with a traitor?" ”

Chen Qingyun looked at Wei Ting and Nie Long behind him and remained silent. This is also a statement, and it really hasn't changed.

It was Nie Long, who waited for a while, and after not seeing anyone else speak, he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should be severely punished and kill all the guilty, so as to understand the strictness of military law and calm the hearts of the people!" ”

"Do you think this will reassure the people and reassure the army?" Sun Ning asked in a deep voice.

Nie Long nodded affirmatively: "Your Majesty, although the minister has not read any books, he also knows that military law is strict. And most of these guys are officers and soldiers in the army, and they have already committed the most serious military laws, and they should bear the consequences. Otherwise, if such a crime is not punished severely, where will the military law be placed? Can you still make the brethren below fear and obey orders? ”

Sun Ning nodded lightly: "What do you think?" ”

Feeling the emperor's regenerated killing intent, Chen Qingyun slammed into a sudden, and if he couldn't hold it back, he wanted to speak out against it. No, Wei Ting was one step faster than him: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word, and he can still play it." ”

"Say."

"The minister thinks that military law should be strict, but he can't completely ignore human feelings. Maybe those generals were cowardly and had the idea of surrendering to the enemy, but they didn't really do it after all. Moreover, at that time, they were also forced to have no choice, and in order to protect themselves, they had to collude with the Liangzhou army, which was understandable after all.

"They have been conscientious and prestigious in the Xiangyang army for many years, and if they really punish everyone together, I am afraid that not only will they not be able to lift the hearts of our army, but they may also chill the hearts of the soldiers. I hope Your Majesty will think twice......"

Some people died, but not completely......