The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1619 The Difficult Death Penalty

"Yes, this is here. It is said that there is a nunnery on the mountain. Yesterday someone saw a person being carried in here, so let's go and have a look. It is very similar to the King Jin we described."

Su Yiwei's efficiency was not so high, and he finally found Wuse Temple after a night of restless sleep. They asked a lot of people along the way, and they got a clue soon.

"Old Dong, look, it should be on the top of this mountain. The mountain is not high, and the top is rough and difficult. They must have gone to Wuse Temple. There is no way to go down the mountain around here. There is only one way. They will definitely not Go far, now up the hill, I think we've found them."

Liu Qinhu looked at the mountain road in front of him, and expressed his own judgment. There is really only such a downhill road around Wuse Temple, and it is impossible to go down the mountain from other places, so Liu Qin thinks that they should still be there now.

"I also agree, we don't have many people with us now, let's inform the imperial army, this is not far from Bianjing, we can ask the imperial army to help, and this time King Jin was taken away, His Majesty also said to keep the imperial army on standby at all times, It should be easy to negotiate."

Dong Zhenhai also agreed with Liu Qinhu's statement that he wanted to mobilize the imperial army, but was soon stopped by Liu Qinhu:

"Old Dong, can the imperial army be transferred casually by us? We don't even want to transfer them without His Majesty's order. When we go back to ask for an order, when is it? Let's find local officials and local police officers to assist We'll be fine."

Not everyone can mobilize the forbidden army. It is too much trouble to mobilize the forbidden army. For one thing, who can guarantee that those people will not leave at any time. It is better for the government to say something.

This place is also under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Mansion. The county magistrates here also dare not offend Liu Qinhu and Dong Zhenhailin's secret minions. Not only do they not dare to offend, but they want to flatter them. easy.

"Enen, that's fine, anyway, just let him be willing to stay at the foot of the mountain, we take people up, it's useless if there are too many people up here, we just take Su Yiwei's masters, do you want to give it to His Highness?" How about sending a message?"

Although Liu Qinhu and Dong Zhenhai are now under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, they respect Zhao Xu very much, and they sometimes listen to Zhao Xu's orders. This is authoritative leadership. Dong Zhenhai just proposed whether to give Zhao Xu Let me tell you, not only because Zhao Xu is their old leader, but also because Zhao Xu is very concerned about this matter, so I should tell him.

"I think we can do this. On the one hand, we will report our progress to the imperial court, and on the other hand, we will send a separate message to His Highness. His Highness also knows about our special communication channel. Hurry up. I am anxious to contact Su Yiwei nearby. The local government, let's rescue King Jin as soon as possible, if we delay for a moment, King Jin will be in danger."

Liu Qinhu started to take out their internal transmitters for communication and send signals to people nearby. If the Su Yiwei around here saw the knowledge of this signal, they would rush over immediately, while Dong Zhenhai was The imperial court sent a letter, and at the same time asked people to contact the local government.

Miao Xun has been very busy recently. He is the only one in the imperial court who thinks that he is in charge of political affairs. There are a lot of government affairs to be dealt with every day. Miao Xun handles them with ease. It's all Alexander.

"Lord Miao, you really deserve to be a minister that His Majesty relies heavily on. You are capable. No wonder His Majesty respectfully called you Mr. at the beginning. I have learned a lesson today." Dou Yi also couldn't help boasting that he was really good at it before. Convinced, this Miao Xun has so much virtue and can be respected by Zhao Kuangyin, isn't he just able to make suggestions, I didn't expect that he still has the ability to govern the country, and how difficult things can be handled here very well.

Dou Yi is really convinced recently, Miao Xun really has two brushes, you can't do it if you are not convinced, why don't you take advantage of the break to start a conversation with Miao Xun, it's close.

"Your Majesty, you are joking. We are all sharing the worries for His Majesty. We should do our best. Everything we have is given by His Majesty. Without Your Majesty, what would we do even if we are full of blood? You praise Your Majesty like this, Your Majesty. I don't dare to be an official."

Miao Xun quickly got used to the set of etiquette in the officialdom. You must know that his ancestor Zhuge Liang was the prime minister of the Shu Han. Miao Xun's family history, he also learned the way of governing the country and the method of organizing the army. , He is very clear about the ups and downs in the officialdom.

"Besides, Mr. Dou is a senior. Your majesty said that Mr. Dou is upright. You are the right prime minister to set an example for all officials." Miao Xun then gave Dou Yi a high hat. She likes to listen to good words, and what Miao Xun said is true, Dou Yi is even more open-eyed.

"What are the two adults talking about? They are so happy, so they wanted to listen." Zhao Pu couldn't help asking when he saw Miao Xun and Dou Yi laughing heartily when he came in.

"Lord Zhao." Both Miao Xun and Dou Yi were very polite, after all there are other officials here, so they have to put on a show, Zhao Pu also returned the courtesy.

"It's nothing, I just made a small joke with Mr. Dou and us. By the way, what His Majesty Zhao said, there are quite a few people who will be executed this time. Although they participated in the rebellion, they are all common people. There are also some who have been bewitched, and if they are all asked to be executed, it may cause turmoil?"

What Miao Xun said was something they could not decide at the moment, that is, the criminals who were reported to be executed from all over the country. Now the county government of Song Dynasty cannot execute a prisoner at will. It must be reported to the Ministry of Punishment for review. Execute the death penalty, otherwise it will be investigated again.

This time, the Ministry of Punishment can't be the master, because this time the death penalty review in various places is caused by hundreds of people. There are probably tens of thousands of people who will be killed, because these people are all involved in the Manichean rebellion. He was arrested and will be beheaded next year.

The Ministry of Punishment did not dare to directly issue a review, so it had to report it. The three prime ministers were worried. It is really impossible to execute so many people at once. , after all, there are some people who are heinous, but there are also people who don't know anything.

If tens of thousands of people are executed at once, it will definitely cause more trouble, and may cause even greater turmoil, so Zhao Pu went to see Zhao Kuangyin to see if he could have another trial. Those who are bewitched can be exiled, imprisoned, etc. They don’t have to be killed, so they feel better, don’t they?

It is difficult for them to make a decision on this matter. Who can kill so many people?

(End of this chapter)