Chapter Seventy-One: Virtue
The emergency coordination committee originally had no fixed place for discussion, and through this incident, Gu Zuo decided to improve the status of the committee, but all major decisions and major cases must be reported to the committee for deliberation, and put forward a proposal on whether to agree with it, and the Changshi Mansion will make a comprehensive decision based on the proposal.
For this reason, the Changshi Mansion specially invited Gao Changjiang's master and apprentice to build a large compound in an assault camp, which was located at the east end of Shuangfeng Town.
Around the courtyard are three rows of rooms, a total of 30 rooms, so that each member has his own office. In the middle of the courtyard is a meeting hall on a three-step platform, which is square and can accommodate 100 people.
It took fifteen days to build the council hall, and today is the first meeting, and the smell of stone and earth still faintly exudes in the hall. The hall was full, and twenty-five cases formed a semicircle, facing Liu Xuanji on the speaking table.
Liu Xuanji, the secretary of the legal department, has been turned into a regular in the middle of this year, and the word "power" is no longer on his hat, and his identity has changed from an exiled prisoner to a nine-rank official, essentially presiding over the daily operation of the judicial department. But he felt a little nervous at the moment, feeling as if he had turned back into a prisoner and was being tried in three sessions.
No, where is this three triage, it's twenty-five!
“...... To sum up...... "Liu Xuanji stumbled and said: "Well, we have preliminarily concluded that the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Gate has ...... Seventy-two disciples did not know about it in advance, this, in fact, six disciples did know, but they did not join the rebellion under various pretexts, and they did not .... Well, head out to the Tribunal...... At present, all the disciples are in the custody of the Fa Division, that ...... It's taken care of, and how to deal with it needs to be ...... Well, commissioners, make recommendations. ”
He took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat, then looked up at the hall again, retreated in a circle of blazing eyes, and stared down at the case file again.
Deacon Shang held the small wooden mallet, and while turning it, he looked curiously at the thing in his hand, this mallet is not a non-legal weapon, and the workmanship is not very good, and there is nothing to be seen, but he still looked at it for a long time, played with it for a long time, and thought it was very interesting.
To tell the truth, what Liu Xuanji said on the speaker's seat, Deacon Shang really didn't pay attention to it, after a while, I felt that no one in the hall was talking, and then I realized that I was distracted, and quickly coughed twice, raised the small mallet and knocked it twice on the bookcase.
Smack!
Two more times......
Smack!
After Deacon Shang finished knocking, he put the small wooden mallet on the bookcase with satisfaction, stroked his white beard and said, "How to consider it, the committee will measure it later." Isn't it time to talk about it...... Go on......
Liu Xuanji continued to open another dossier and began to tell about the situation in Huximen. The situation in Huximen is relatively simple, the disciples under the leadership of the first disciple Yin Shu collectively turned against the water and sold the head of the sect Ning Buwei cleanly, therefore, except for Ning Buwei who was detained, the rest of Huximen was fine. What needs to be concluded now is that it is better to be guilty of it.
According to the suggestion of the Fa Division, the verdict of the two sects suggested that the head of the Huxi Sect would rather not be beheaded, and the rest of the disciples would not be guilty, and the Huxi Sect's seat in the committee would be inherited by Yin Shu, and the specifications would be reduced to ordinary members; several big disciples of the Five Tiger Broken Mountain Sect who participated in the rebellion should be beheaded, and those who did not report it should be punished to serve in the mine for three years, and the rest of the disciples were admonished and their seats in the committee were also stripped of their seats.
Deacon Shang rang the gavel again, leaned his ears to enjoy the refreshing sensation brought by the percussion sound, and then motioned for Liu Xuanji to go out and wait, and then deliberated on the judgment and recommendations of the legal department behind closed doors.
According to the hastily formulated rules of procedure of the committee, everyone had a stick of incense to speak, first of all, eight standing committee members, including Lingyuan Daoist, Butcher, Zhixing Daoren, Mo Wu, Luo Jun, Wang Jindan, Xie Zhen, and Qiu Dabo, and then 16 members of the Standing Committee, including Shen Hongfu, Wang Hanshan, Gu Zhongchi, and Zhao Xianglu, spoke.
Luo Jun, Wang Jindan, Mo Wu, and so on all believed that the six disciples of the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Sect should not be punished, and the rest of the disciples who did not know should not be admonished, which is virtuous; and the Huxi faction should not inherit the position of committee member, because the disciples of the Manmen sect betrayed the master, which is not virtuous.
The controversy was very fierce, and most of the committee members supported the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Gate, disgusted with what the disciples of Huxi Sect did, and from their point of view, they were afraid that their disciples would follow Huxi's example.
Deacon Shang made a brief summary statement, and according to the opinions of the majority, he determined the review recommendations: the disciples of the Five Tigers Broken Mountain Sect respected the teacher and kept righteousness, and should not be punished, and the disciples of the Huxi Sect were deserved for their virtues and should not be rewarded.
The judgment suggestion of the judicial department and the review suggestion of the council hall were reported to Gu Zuo, and Gu Zuo thought seriously for a long time. This is the atmosphere in the world, parents and teachers have had it, if their children and apprentices do not report it, or even help cover it up, this is a virtue, even if it is not praised and praised, it should not be punished. Gu Zuo can understand this.
But from his point of view, this is very unfavorable, if someone rebels in the future, and his relatives and disciples are encouraged by this, knowing that nothing will happen, they will all hide it and not report it, or even help cover it up, what will happen when the time comes?
Even if the disciples of the Five Tiger Broken Mountain Sect were not punished, the disciples of the Huxi Sect could not be discouraged. No matter what the purpose, people even stink their reputation for the sake of Huaixian Pavilion, and if you don't give some benefits, who will still be on your side in the future?
Huaixian Pavilion specially convened a high-level meeting, Gu Zuo, the butcher and Cheng Shanhu, Su San, and Li Gusheng all sat together to discuss how to deal with it, and when it came to the end, everyone couldn't come up with the best of both worlds, Cheng Shanhu said angrily: "These guys, can't they be sympathetic and sympathetic to the Changshi Mansion? Don't you know the difficulties of the Changshi Mansion? It's really not good, go down to Wang Hanshan and them, let them all change their minds, re-deliberate, and change the suggestions!"
The butcher looked at him and asked, "What if they don't change their minds?"
Cheng Shanhu said: "If you don't change your mind, you will change your position!"
The butcher said, "How do you change your position? Could it be that you are planning to lead troops to surround the council hall?"
Cheng Shanhu's eyes lit up: "Good idea......
Gu Zuo scolded with a smile: "Get out!"
Su San said: "It's just a suggestion, if you want me to say, let's not accept it." ”
The butcher said: "This is the first time that the committee has discussed the matter, how can we respect their opinions, this head still has to be opened." ”
Seeing that there was no good plan, the butcher suddenly remembered: "Why don't you ask Liu Xuanji?"
Gu Zuo thought about it and nodded in agreement.
The next day, Gu Zuo was in the Changshi study to check the list of anti-beast models reported by various armies and divisions, and just after reading it, he drafted an opinion of "transferring it to the committee for deliberation", and there was a commotion outside.
An old official went out to take a look, and quickly came back to say: "Changshi, there are dozens of disciples of the Huxi faction outside, and they said that they want to go to the Changshi Mansion." Do you think we're going to take it, or are you going to let them go to the legal department?"
Gu Zuoxin said, could it be that he had a letter so soon, so he stepped out of the long history study.
When I came to the outside of the courtyard, I saw a group of Huxi Sect disciples kneeling down in front of the door, and the leader was the eldest disciple Yin Shu. Yin Shu was not wearing an inch on his upper body, with three straws on his back, tied himself in front, saw Gu Zuo, took a few steps on his knees and kowtowed, and shouted: "Changshi, Huximen disciple Yin Shu is willing to exchange one body for another, please Changshi behead Yin Shu and leave my master alive!"
All the disciples behind him bowed down in unison: "The disciples and others are willing to be punished, and Fu begs for mercy and spares my teacher's life!"
Gu Zuoqiang couldn't help but smile, and his face was full of color: "The crime of rebellion, how can you bargain?"
After that, he threw up his sleeves and left, returned to the long history study, and closed the courtyard door.
That night, eighty-two disciples of Huximen knelt outside the courtyard and could not stand up.