It's a bit tricky.

Originally, it was inconvenient for Li Xin to kill Li Shen with his own hands, he wanted to use national law to kill the couple, but Taikang Tianzi actually pushed this trouble back.

The Marquis of Jing'an frowned slightly, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, this person is a rebellious national thief, and he deserves to be cut with a thousand knives, but it is not easy for only one minister in the whole world to kill him. ”

"There's nothing good to kill."

The Son of Heaven smiled and said: "Pingnan Marquis Li Shen is dead, the one in your hand is just the head of the Pingnan army, you can kill as much as you want, no one will say anything about you." ”

Li Xinli snorted.

The name of the so-called thief leader of the Pingnan Army is just an open secret, and the officials of the three or four grades in the capital all know what is going on, if Li Xin kills Li Shen, there is no harm now, but if someone wants to make a fuss about this in a few decades, then he will not escape the notoriety of killing his father.

If Li Xin doesn't kill Li Shen, then it can't be said, this is the leader of the rebellion, and it is not an exaggeration to crack the car according to the law, Li Xin does not kill him, it is to shield the thief!

Marquis Jing'an lowered his head slightly, hiding his frowning brows well.

Fortunately, these are small problems, and Li Xin has enough ability to deal with them, so he didn't fight for anything more, bowed his head and said, "Minister, thank you for your kindness." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled and didn't say anything, but continued to speak: "Chang'an, if someone rebels, there must be dead people." ”

This sentence is a bit headless and endless, but in fact, the meaning is still very clear, the Son of Heaven means that someone has to pay the price for this rebellion.

In every dynasty and generation, the most serious crime is always the word rebellion, for no other reason, because this activity threatens the status of the Son of Heaven and the vested interests, and it is also the activity that the emperor hates the most, so as long as the rebellion fails, it is all a cruel and heavy punishment.

What kind of cruel punishments such as Ling Chi, car splitting, and beheading, most of them are because of this.

This is to be killed for the common people and for the people of the world to see.

Tell these people plainly that if you do other things, you will die at most, but if you dare to rebel, I will kill you in the most terrible way!

This is the so-called "setting an example".

And this time the Pingnan Army rebelled, which was a little special, and the most special thing was that the rebellion was quelled, but there were no criminals.

The captured people of the Pingnan Army were still in the southwest and had not had time to be sent to the capital, and some of the high-ranking officers of the Pingnan Army fled, and the other part, like Cheng Ping and Li Yan, died in this battle.

The two people who are the masterminds, one Li Shen "died" two years ago, and the other is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it is not easy to kill him in a cruel way.

So the Son of Heaven needs to find some other chickens and kill them for the monkeys.

This link was expected by Li Xin a long time ago, he bowed his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"I'm going to find someone I can kill."

Jing'an Hou frowned, and said: "The Pingnan army has nearly 10,000 prisoners, and now they should be escorted into the capital, and when they enter the capital, Your Majesty can kill them to correct the hearts of the people." ”

"They are also soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty, and they are just under the control of others, so why should they die?"

The Son of Heaven said in a deep voice: "I want to kill some members of the Li family to set an example." ”

Li Xin frowned and said, "Your Majesty is saying?" ”

"The Li family of Zhaojun still has a lot of family in the capital, not to mention the distance, Li Shen also has a cousin..."

Li Ye!

Li Xinli sighed silently, this former Jing Zhaoyin has really fallen into blood mold for eight lifetimes, because the Pingnan Hou Mansion was first demoted, and then lost his position, and now it is easy to resign and not do it, and even his life will be lost!

The Marquis of Jing'an smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, Li Fujun was an old minister of the Three Dynasties when Emperor Wu was the emperor, because of this, he killed his whole family, I'm afraid..."

"It's a little unreasonable..."

"There's nothing that can't be said."

The Son of Heaven said coldly: "According to the law of the country, the nine clans should be killed in the conspiracy, and Li Ye's family has not come out of the three clans, so naturally they should die!" ”

"I have already asked the internal guards to take Li Ye's family to prison, and they will be beheaded in the near future to show the public, so as to set an example for the world!"

Li Xin sighed and didn't say anything more.

There is no way, the laws of this era are so barbaric, not only to the family, but even to neighbors and friends, there is no reason to talk about it.

If strictly speaking, Li Xin is also within the Li Shen Nine Clan, and he is also damned.

When he was thinking about whether he could help Li Ye's family a little, the Son of Heaven poured him another glass of wine and said with a smile: "Chang'an, what is the situation of that Hanzhou rebel?" ”

That's to the point.

Li Xin perked up, took out a thick book from his sleeve, put it in front of the Son of Heaven, bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister and General Ye have sorted out the details of this Western Expedition in detail, written it in the book, and are about to present it to Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven took the recital, threw it aside, and said with a smile: "You and my brother face to face, what do you want these waste papers to do, you just tell me directly." ”

Li Xin nodded and said: "These Hanzhou rebels are the remnants of Nanshu that the ministers and His Majesty said before, after the ministers entered the southwest, they discussed with His Royal Highness the remnants of Nanshu several times, and finally said that they were mobilized to help attack the Pingnan army. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin said slowly: "In the battle of attacking Jincheng, these Hanzhou rebels have their strength to die, if it weren't for them, the minister might still be fighting hard in the southwest now." ”

The Son of Heaven said slowly: "Their conditions..."

"It's what the minister said to His Majesty before, give them the name of the righteous army, and then give them the title of Hanzhou general, so that they can live a righteous and bright life under the blue sky of my Great Jin."

"The Hanzhou general they chose is Mu Ying, who used to work in Yulin Weili before, and Mu Ying has already returned to Beijing with his ministers."

The Son of Heaven nodded, frowned and thought for a while, and then asked, "How many of them are there?" ”

"Fifty thousand."

Li Xin said slowly: "However, in the battle of Jincheng, they also lost more than half, and now I am afraid that there are only about 20,000 people." ”

The Son of Heaven breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask: "This Mu Ying, after sealing the Hanzhou general, what kind of Hanzhou rebels are going back to lead this Hanzhou rebel army?" ”

Li Xin shook his head.

"The Hanzhou Righteous Army, it is Li Xing of the old Nanshu royal family who is in charge, Mu Ying is just a puppet they pushed out, the reason why Mu Ying came forward is because he used to work in Yulin Weili, and General Ren is reasonable, not so abrupt."

Of course, he can't let the emperor know that the Hanzhou Righteous Army is led by Mu Ying, after all, Mu Ying once followed Li Xin, if he knew, I don't know what he would think.

Taikang Tianzi smiled and said: "In this case, I will let people make it up tomorrow, and give me, the general of Yulin Weilang, a general of Hanzhou." ”

Li Xin bowed his head deeply.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Taikang Tianzi smiled dumbly: "What are you Xie Zhen doing?" ”

"Thank Your Majesty, it is because Your Majesty is generous and did not let the ministers lose their trust, otherwise the ministers really don't know how to explain to those remnants of Nanshu who have suffered heavy casualties."

"If it is not my subjects, their hearts will be different."

The Son of Heaven shook his head and said lightly: "Chang'an, you pay attention, if possible, try to let this Mu Ying find a way to be in charge of the Hanzhou Righteous Army, otherwise there are tens of thousands of people in the southwest, and my heart is not very steady." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an slowly lowered his head.

"Minister, obey the order."