"Then the generals and princes, what do you think should be done with these people?" Liu He asked.

This matter should have been discussed by the Third Duke and Tingwei, but the matter was urgent, and it happened to meet the great court discussion, so Liu He brought it up by the way.

Huo Guang looked at the piece of wood in his hand, when he came today, he met Tingwei and had already discussed a rough idea.

"Gathering a crowd to make a rebellion, intending to force the palace, is no different from rebellion, but the original meaning of the recitation is to advance, so it can be lenient."

"Those six hundred and seventy-five people were sentenced to three years in prison."

"One hundred and three Confucian students, sent back to their hometown, fined 10,000 yuan."

"Hu Chang and Yan Gongsun, in order to make chaos and coercion, sentenced to the punishment of the head of the owl, which can be replaced by palace punishment."

"Xiahou Jian is the mastermind, and it is appropriate to be sentenced to be cut in half."

"The virtuous literature in the edict prison will all be seized from office, demoted to concubines, and fined 10,000 yuan."

"As for Xiahou Sheng, he is the initiator of all things, and slandering Emperor Xiaowu is even more of a godless crime, and the old man thinks that he should be sentenced to five punishments."

Except for Liu He, everyone present looked sideways at Huo Guang.

With five punishments, it's too heavy.

"Five punishments?" Liu He asked with doubts.

"Exactly." Huo Guang replied.

Although Liu He used to go to the county prison of Changyi State, he had never heard of the five punishments.

"I don't know much about this punishment, can the general explain a thing or two?"

"Then it's up to Captain Tingwei to explain it to His Majesty."

"Yui!"

Li Guang stood up and began to talk about what the five punishments were.

The Han did not have a car split, so the five punishments were extremely cruel.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, punishments were varied.

Many punishments are more horrific than the death penalty.

Roughly speaking, the punishment of the Han Dynasty can be divided into death penalty, corporal punishment, imprisonment, relocation and punishment.

As the name suggests, the death penalty is the deprivation of human life, but it is also a death penalty, but there are also superior and inferior.

Yi three tribes, with five punishments, beheaded, and abandoned the city...... In fact, they are all death sentences.

Among them, the three tribes of Yi killed the most, and the five punishments were the most cruel.

The so-called five punishments means that the victim can be subjected to the five punishments, and then put to death, and even after death, he will not be able to live in peace.

It is a tattoo on a person's face.

The second is to cut off the nose with a knife.

The third is to cut off the left and right toes, which is to cut off the left and right feet.

The four are called the head of the owl, which is to behead and show the head to the public after death.

Five said that the flesh and bones are in the city, and they are chopped into meat sauce in the public.

If the sin committed is slander, then the tongue must be severed before the punishment is applied.

While listening to Liu He, he desperately suppressed the urge to vomit.

Before this, Liu He thought that the car cracking, waist beheading, human bi, and solid grass were already the strictest punishments.

However, compared to this five punishments, it is simply a small thing.

The five punishments not only deprive a person of his life, but also torture the mutilated body after death.

It's just to the point of madness.

Although Liu He often said that he would sentence someone to a single person, it was just talk.

However, existence is reasonable.

This is the only way to go in the history of human justice.

"Alright, there's Captain Lauting, I've already understood." Liu He waved his hand and interrupted Tingwei's gushing introduction.

"No." Li Guang sat back with some uncertainty.

Liu He didn't speak immediately, Xiahou Sheng was imprisoned by him, although he had the heart to let him go now, but he had to wait, waiting for a suitable time - the queen mother's message.

Before the Queen Mother's dictation arrived, Liu He decided to reduce the punishment of others first.

"Father, can you show me the wooden slip in your hand?"

"No." Huo Guang said, handed over the wooden slip in his hand to Fan Ke, an internal official waiting under the jade steps, and then Fan Ke took it and handed it over to the Son of Heaven.

Liu He watched carefully, but did not speak, and no one spoke in the court hall below.

Among those who were sentenced by Huo Guang just now, the lightest sentences were those virtuous literature and Confucian scholars.

Whether it is dismissal or a fine, it is called a punishment in the Han Dynasty, and it is the lightest punishment after violating the law?

It seems that Huo Guang is still very generous to Confucianism.

"Whether it is virtuous literature or Confucianism, they are all confused for a while, I think I can open up to them, just cut officials, those who want to return to their hometowns will not be blocked, and those who want to stay in Chang'an will not move, as for the fine, it will be exempted."

"Father, is this possible?"

Huo Guang nodded and said, "Your Majesty's kindness is their blessing, and I think I will be grateful to Dade." ”

Further down are the people who have been sentenced to prison.

The so-called prison sentence is to undertake specific heavy physical labor, which is divided into five types.

The prisoners had to shave their hair first, and the men brought weapons to build the city, and the women had to go to the city, and the sentences were five years.

The second is said to be the end of the city: on the basis of the tongs, the punishment of shaving off the hair is saved, and the sentence is four years.

The male prisoner is chopping wood for the Jongmyo Temple, and the female prisoner is choosing rice for the Jongmyo Temple, and the sentence is three years.

Fourth, the male prisoner went to the border to defend against the bandits, and the female prisoner served the labor in the county, and the sentence was two years.

Five, the punishment is that the male prisoner goes to the border county to guard the border, and the female prisoner works for the government, and the sentence is three months to one year.

"These more than 600 people were also bewitched for a while, but in the end it didn't make a big mistake, the three-year ghost salary is too heavy, can it be reduced to a one-year punishment, and serve a sentence in Chang'an?"

"Father, do you think that's okay?"

Huo Guang's face was expressionless, but he was quite proud in his heart, the Son of Heaven had finally learned how to be a Ming Jun.

This is actually the space he left for the Son of Heaven to bargain.

"Your Majesty is merciful, and this matter is fine."

"As for Hu Chang and Yan Gongsun, their corporal punishment will be exempted, they are all Confucian students, and they can be sentenced to a pair of tongs, their bodies are skinned, and they are subject to their parents, and the punishment is already equivalent to corporal punishment for them."

"As for the first offender, Xiahou Jian, leave him a whole corpse and sentence him to the punishment of the head."

Liu He's words made the ministers a little surprised again.

The last time the Great Court was discussed, the Son of Heaven was so decisive and decisive that without blinking his eyes, he arrested Xiahou Sheng and others in the edict, and even directly dismissed Yang Chang's officials.

But today it has become extraordinarily merciful, and has lightened everyone's punishment.

Could it be that the Son of Heaven is doing the royal way and domineering?

Baiguan looked at the still immature Son of Heaven, and felt that he vaguely saw the appearance of Emperor Xiaowu.

And Huo Guang listened to Liu He's words, but felt that the Son of Heaven had changed the punishment of the last few people too lightly, and wanted to speak out to dissuade him, but in the end he didn't speak.

At least Xiahou Jian was sentenced to the punishment of beheading, which can also serve as a warning to the world.

However, Huo Guang also has some vigilance, if not, His Majesty will not also reduce the sentence of Xiahou Sheng, the initiator, right?

This is Huo Guang's bottom line, he doesn't want the Son of Heaven to mess around.

Therefore, Huo Guang didn't wait for the Son of Heaven to finish speaking, and preemptively slapped the board.

"Xiahou Jian's change to the head of the owl can also reflect His Majesty's benevolence, but Xiahou Sheng is the initiator of all disasters, and the five punishments must not be spared." Huo Guang said in front.

"I know, I know." Liu He nodded, but his gaze was not stiff to look out of the hall.

What the son should do has been done, and the next thing is up to the queen mother.

The ministers didn't know what the Son of Heaven was thinking, and Huo Guang didn't know what the Son of Heaven was thinking.

I had to stare at it with wide eyes.

Fortunately, Liu He didn't wait too long, and the voice of the internal official came from outside the door.

"The Queen Mother's Message!"

"The Queen Mother's Message!"

……

The shrill and thin shouts of the internal officials, like dog's tail grass, tickled the ears of hundreds of officials and ministers in the court.

Their gaze temporarily moved away from the Son of Heaven's body and looked out of the hall in unison.

The Empress Dowager Shangguan has left Weiyang Palace for too long, and she has also left the sight of the court for too long, so that everyone has forgotten that the Son of Heaven has a queen mother, and the Han has a queen mother.

The Empress Dowager's edict is as effective as the Son of Heaven's, or even higher.

Especially in this large public, it is difficult for anyone to resist.

Huo Guang's eyes were complicated, didn't he just beat the Empress Dowager Shangguan a few days ago?

Why did she come to the next word at this moment?

Huo Guang didn't know what the oracle was talking about, but it was precisely because he didn't know what the content was that it would arouse Huo Guang's vigilance even more.

It seems that this granddaughter of mine is not particularly peaceful.

When Huo Guang was "thinking wildly", an internal official of Changle Palace walked in.

"Pass the Queen Mother's message!"

Everyone in the hall changed their faces and listened to the Queen Mother's words.

"Changxin Shaofu Xiahou Sheng, he is very old, and he has a teacher-student friendship with me...... I implore the emperor to open up and forgive him from responsibility, which will give me peace of mind and fulfill the emperor's benevolence and righteousness. ”

When he heard half of it, Huo Guang was very displeased, didn't this Empress Dowager Shangguan want to use this matter against herself, right?

Today's four more 10,000 words, more finished!

(End of chapter)