"Please, Your Majesty, severely punish General Song Heng, the general who controls the country." The imperial censor took the lead and knelt down, and then the group of people behind him also knelt down and shouted: "Please, Your Majesty, severely punish General Song Heng, the general who controlled the country."
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Xuanyuan Yu looked at the dozen or so ministers kneeling in the palace with unclear expressions. No one could tell what he was thinking.
"Song Aiqing, do you have anything to say?" Xuanyuan Yu looked at Song Heng and asked.
Song Aiqing, these three words made the face of the kneeling person change. Song Heng made such a mistake, and the emperor still called him Song Aiqing, which shows how much the emperor valued Song Heng. The severe punishment they wanted may not be possible.
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Song Heng stood up, lifted his official robe, knelt on the ground and said: "I have nothing to say, please punish me."
Xuanyuan Liuyun frowned, stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, although General Song made mistakes, he was only eager to protect his daughter. Please look at the great achievements that General Song has made to protect our Dongchen Kingdom.
, spare General Song this time."
He would stand up and speak for General Song, firstly because he admired General Song, and secondly because the emperor wanted to protect him. The emperor wanted to protect him, so naturally someone had to stand up and speak for him.
However, when he heard about this, he was also shocked. Firstly, he was shocked that Song Ziyu dared to kill someone, and secondly, he was shocked that General Song, an upright and loyal general, would help his daughter to destroy her body in order to protect her.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately rebutted him.
"According to what the young prince said, anyone who has some merits can rely on those merits to protect their children or even their own clan members who have committed crimes?"
"That is, if this is the case, why not cause chaos and arouse more public resentment?"
Xuanyuan Liuyun looked at the ministers who refuted him and said: "Let me ask you, if your children commit a crime, can you kill your parents and send your children to prison with your own hands?"
The ministers hesitated for a moment, then said with a pinched neck: "Of course I can."
They say they are firm, but if a child in the family really commits a crime, they will only find a way to solve the problem privately, and will not kill their relatives and send their children to prison.
"Oh~" Xuanyuan Liuyun changed his voice, looked at one of the civil servants and said: "Mr. Chen, if I remember correctly, your son had a conflict with someone on the street a few years ago and interrupted someone's speech.
Legs. Why didn’t you see that you killed your parents out of righteousness and sent your son to the Yamen to face legal sanctions?”
"..." Mr. Chen's face turned red and he was speechless as if Xuanyuan Liuyun had tapped his acupuncture points, because this was indeed the case. It was just that he threatened and threw money at him.
The means are just settled.
The Minister of War saw that the emperor wanted to protect Song Heng, and there might be war in the north. Then he would have to rely on General Song, so nothing could happen to General Song. As a minister, he naturally had to share the emperor's worries. Since the emperor wanted to protect Song
Heng, as ministers, they naturally want to comply with the emperor's wishes.
So the Minister of the Ministry of War also stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the young prince is absolutely right. General Song made this mistake because he was eager to protect his daughter, and it is human nature for a father to love his children and protect them.
Please ask your Majesty to spare General Song this time."
"Please, Your Majesty, spare General Song." Seeing that the ministers of the Ministry of War stood up to plead for Song Heng, many military generals also stood up to plead for him.
Seeing this, Shen Ming breathed a sigh of relief. With so many people interceding for his brother-in-law, he should be fine.
Xuanyuan Yu was very satisfied when he saw so many people standing up to plead for Song Heng, but he didn't show it at all.
He looked at Song Heng with a sullen face and said: "Although Song Qing has so many people interceding for you, I have to punish you." He pointed at the ministers who impeached Song Heng and said: "Just like they said, I
I have to give an explanation to the world."
"Let's do this! I'll punish you by demoting you to the rank of General Zhenbei, suspending your salary for two years, and suspending your duties for three months to reflect on your mistakes." Although Song Heng couldn't punish him too severely, he couldn't punish him too lightly, otherwise it would be difficult to silence everyone.
Song Heng said loudly: "The guilty minister Song Heng thanks the Lord for his kindness."
All civil and military officials in the dynasty raised their hands and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise."