Chapter 1206: Hammer and Kill
"Li Zhongshu, people are inherently self-aware, just with your little tricks, how can you escape the eyes of this general? What's the use of harder bones, it's just self-inflicted, don't play if you can't afford to lose! Sima Shi sneered coldly.
Li Feng stood up against the wall, one of his legs had been broken, and if he moved slightly, it was extremely painful, but he still gritted his teeth and struggled to stand up, straightened his waist, and stood in front of Sima Shi.
"Phew!" Li Feng took advantage of Sima Shi's unpreparedness, spit on Sima Shi's body with a mouthful of spit, and glared angrily: "Er father and son are the real national thieves, usurping power and seizing power, causing chaos in the dynasty, bullying the king, and mutilating the ministers. ”
Sima Shi was caught off guard, was spit on by Li Feng, and heard him scold, not only scolded himself, but also insulted his father, he couldn't help but be angry from his heart, evil to the side of the gall, "bang", the ring head knife was pulled out, but he did not use the blade to cut Li Feng, but took the ring handle of the ring head knife and smashed it on Li Feng's head.
When he went to the palace, Sima Shi was wearing a long sword, but the seven-foot-long sword was only used to decorate the façade, and if he really wanted to use it, I was afraid that it would take a lot of effort to pull out the sword, so after leaving the palace, Sima Shi took off the scabbard and replaced it with a ring head knife that he usually used to wear.
Originally, when he went to the prison, Sima Shi looked down and mocked these defeated opponents in a victorious attitude, and the performance of the others made Sima Shi more satisfied, but Li Feng was extremely stubborn, and he dared to scold endlessly when he died, and in a fit of anger, Sima Shi smashed it with the handle of his knife.
The reason why he didn't use the blade to cut it was because Sima Shi was not ready to kill him, and he was killed here, wouldn't that be cheaper for him, and with the crime committed by Li Feng, it was not a knife to cut the body of five horses.
However, Sima Shi shot out in anger, and the ring-shaped handle smashed down, hitting Li Feng's temple, Li Feng screamed miserably, and fell to the ground, without a sound.
Jia Chong was outside, but when he heard a noise inside, he hurriedly ran in, saw Li Feng fall to the ground, stepped forward to sniff, and said in surprise: "Dead?" ”
Sima Shi put the knife back into the sheath and said hatefully: "If he dies, count him cheap, come here, drag his corpse to the downtown street, and whip the corpse for three days, in order to pay respect!" ”
Sima Shi hated Li Feng very much, even if he died, it was impossible to spare him, expose the corpse for three days and whip the corpse, it is estimated that after three days, there are not many bones left, and finally the bones are scattered, which is the biggest punishment for him.
As for the other people, Sima Shi was not in a hurry to deal with it, he asked Zhong Yu to increase the intensity of interrogation, all those who participated in this mutiny, they all wanted to be brought to justice, and it was a big crime to punish the three clans according to the law, and all the people in the three clans were arrested, and the entire prison was overcrowded for a while, and it couldn't be stopped.
According to preliminary statistics, nearly 2,000 people directly participated in the mutiny, of which about half were killed in Shouyang Mountain, and the remaining nearly 1,000 were captured alive. If you want to punish the three clans, the number is relatively large, at least tens of thousands of people.
If Sima Shi kills tens of thousands of people in one go, the impact will be too great, so He Zeng, Zheng Chong and other old ministers have come to persuade Sima Shi to deal with this matter carefully, although the rebellious behavior is heinous, but in line with the principle that the first evil must be dealt with, and the coercion will be punished lightly, it is better to narrow the scope of capital punishment as much as possible.
After all, six years ago, the Gaopingling Incident, Sima Yi killed more than 7,000 people in one go, and the bloody terror shrouded Luoyang City.
At that time, Sima Yi was forced to kill people, after all, he had just taken power from Cao Shuang's hands, Cao Shuang had been in power for eight years, and he had cultivated countless cronies and henchmen, filling the entire court inside and outside, if Sima Yi did not use iron-blooded means, it would be difficult to suppress these people, and once the disaster was left, it would inevitably endanger the dominance of the Sima family.
Therefore, Sima Yicai was ruthless to Cao Shuang's remaining party, cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, leaving no one. And Sima Yi's cruel methods have always been criticized, He Zeng, Zheng Chong and others are worried that if Sima Shi follows Sima Yi's example and kills so many people, it will inevitably cause greater turmoil and make the already difficult situation even more difficult.
In fact, when Sima Shi got this list, he was also shocked, the thick roster was densely filled with names, as long as Sima Shi waved his pen, these people would all be wiped out.
Sima Shi didn't expect Zhong Yu to compile such a huge list, but it's normal to think about it, the number of people directly involved in this rebellion is as many as more than 2,000 people, and it is not surprising that there are tens of thousands of people within their three clans, Zhong Yu is acting completely according to Sima Shi's orders, and there is indeed no exaggeration in it.
After much consideration, Sima Shi finally decided to give a lenient sentence, and only punished those who were coerced into obedience by exile. In the past, most of the places of exile were in the extreme bitter cold places of the Lelang Belt Fang, but now that Youzhou is lost, the Lelang Belt Party naturally can't go, so Sima Shi decided to send these people to the four counties of Liangzhou and Hexi, that is, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Wuwei These counties, although these places are not as far away as the Lelang Belt Fang, but they are located on the edge of the desert, desolate and arid, and the conditions are also extremely difficult.
Of course, for these prisoners, being able to avoid death is already a celebration of the crown, and no matter how difficult the conditions in the four counties of Hexi are, it is much better than landing on the head.
However, although Sima Shi forgave most of the people, he did not have the slightest sense of forgiveness for the main culprit, Zhang Ji, Zhang Miao, Li Yi, Li Wei, and Li Tao were all ambushed, and together with the people within their three clans and some backbone henchmen, a total of four or five hundred, they were all sent to the guillotine by Sima Shi.
Among them, the only ones who escaped the death penalty were Li Tao's wife, Princess Qi Chang, and his three sons, after all, they were the blood and blood of the first emperor, and Sima Shi finally let them go.
Sima Shi hated nothing more than Xiahou Xuan's escape, it stands to reason that the person he wanted to execute the most was Xiahou Xuan, but at a critical time, Xiahou Xuan became a fish that slipped through the net and escaped. According to the reliable disappearance, Xiahou Xuan was rescued by the people sent by Cao Liang, Sima Shi and Cao Liang's old accounts have not been settled, and now there is a new hatred, which makes Sima Shi can't help but be very angry.