Although Yuan Gusheng was seeking death, Liu De really had to save him.
Therefore, he quickly said: "Royal Grandmother, please calm down..."
The emperor Liu Qi also begged for mercy: "The queen will temporarily suspend her thunderous anger..."
Empress Dowager Dou, however, was unwilling to give up. As if she had not heard the plea, she ordered the officials on her side: "Come, drag this arrogant and disrespectful minister out of the Ai family and deliver him to the court to punish him for his arrogance and disrespect."
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Although he was not sentenced to death on the spot, it was not far behind.
You must know that in the Han law at this time, there was no concept of so-called torture to extract confessions. It was basically impossible for people who entered Tingwei Prison to come out alive!
Especially for people of Yuan Gusheng's age, if they go in, there is basically no hope of standing out!
"Royal Grandma, please calm down..." Liu De quickly stopped several officials who were about to take action, walked to the middle of the pavilion, knelt down and begged: "Royal Grandma, in my grandson's opinion, Dr. Yuan Gusheng is certainly a bit arrogant, but
But he did not break the law. The imperial grandmother can punish him, but he cannot punish him. Otherwise, if it is spread out, this person's reputation may be improved. Moreover, this person is already old and decrepit. It is better to banish him and go home and spread the word like this.
, and it won’t be criticized!”
"Why, the Ai family can't even deal with a little doctor?" Queen Mother Dou said angrily: "There is no such article in the law, so the Ai family just added one. Is there anything wrong?"
Theoretically speaking, Queen Mother Dou was right. As the Queen Mother, if she insisted on adding a temporary law to the law, no one could stop her!
Liu De knew that to deal with Empress Dowager Dou, he had to use a warm-hearted offensive to reason with her and talk about feelings.
How did Yuan An persuade Empress Dowager Dou to put aside her intention to make Prince Liang his crown prince some time ago, and even forgave Dou Ying?
What Yuan Ang did was to tell Empress Dowager Dou a story about a family tragedy that occurred during the Spring and Autumn Period: Song Xuan Gong passed the throne to his younger brother Song Mugong, and Song Mugong passed the throne to Xuan Gong's son Shang Gong, and arranged for his son to live in Zhengzhou.
Then, after the death of Duke Mu, a tragedy occurred. Because there were two bloodlines with inheritance rights, the ministers of the Song Dynasty continued to support one of the two brothers' descendants and suppress the other. The Song Dynasty had a continuous history of several generations.
It was bloody and bloody, and countless people died as a result.
It was Yuan An who told this story to Empress Dowager Dou, letting her know what would happen if Liu Wu was made the crown prince. No matter how much Empress Dowager Dou loved Liu Wu, she could only give him up and forgave Dou Ying.
Liu Debai said: "If the imperial grandmother wants to do this, of course she can...but...my grandson may damage the virtues of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen!"
If there is any weakness of Empress Dowager Dou, then there is no doubt that besides her children, what she values most is her husband's reputation.
"What do you say?" Queen Mother Dou asked after her anger subsided.
At this time, Liu De couldn't care less about his cheap daddy's feelings, and kowtowed: "When Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was out of the palace for a tour, he encountered a man driving by surprise. Tingwei Zhang Shizhi did not punish the man for driving by surprise.
With only a fine, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was also praised as a good man. Emperor Taizong Xiaowen still adheres to the old practice. If the emperor's grandmother insists on inflicting blame on this person, wouldn't it be a violation of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's virtue?"
The past event Liu De mentioned is a little-known past event in the Han Dynasty, and even fewer people know and spread it today.
It's not that this matter is not honorable enough, but that the two protagonists of this matter are that one, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, has passed away, and the other is Zhang Shizhi, the then-Tingwei, who is now the victim of Liu De's cheap father.
When Liu De's cheap father was still the prince, he was often used by Zhang Shizhi to boost his reputation.
However, it was quite fun to gain reputation at that time, but if you go out to hang out, you have to pay it back...
The late emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. The former prince and reputation machine turned into the emperor who ruled the world!
As a result, Zhang Shizhi was so frightened that he was afraid that one day he would be beheaded by a group of forbidden soldiers.
Last year, I finally got some advice from an old friend. With his help, I apologized to Cheap Daddy, and got a magnanimous attitude from Cheap Daddy, regardless of past grudges.
However, forget about being a Tingwei. He was kicked out of Chang'an City and sent to the Huainan Kingdom as Prime Minister. Although his rank was not reduced, it was still two thousand dan, but his status was completely different...
Moreover, Liu De knew very well that this matter was not over yet!
The children of Zhang Shizhi's family have been known to have a difficult official career since then. His son Zhang Zhi even later lamented that he "cannot be tolerated in this world" and then stopped serving as an official for the rest of his life.
This is probably the first clearly recorded record of a father cheating in history...
Because of this, Liu Decai was somewhat apprehensive, but he raised his head and looked at the face of the cheap daddy, and found that the cheap daddy did not go crazy when he heard Zhang Shizhi's name, so he put his heart back in his stomach.
Then he quietly observed Queen Mother Dou's face and found that Queen Mother Dou's face softened slightly. Knowing that his words had an effect, he paused while the iron was hot and said: "The Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor says: Tao generates Dharma. Dharma." Those who lead gains and losses with a rope are the ones who understand the right and wrong. Therefore, those who adhere to the Tao will not dare to violate the law when they are born, and they will not dare to abolish the law when it is established. Therefore, they can lead themselves with a rope, and then they can see and understand the world without being confused. " "He Guanzi" also says: The wise beget the saints, the saints beget the Tao, and the Tao begets the law. Because of the emperor's grandmother's sage and kindness, An Neng has broken the law from now on. The grandson thinks that it was just the emperor's grandmother's angry words... "
After saying these words, Liu De was also secretly glad that he consulted with Ji An a few days ago about Huang Lao's common sense, legislative principles, and governing philosophy, and gained a better understanding of them.
If we really want to draw an analogy, then Huang Laopai's law enforcement philosophy and political ideas are quite similar to those of later generations of Emperor Mi.
In the eyes of old-school politicians and bureaucrats, as long as it is not prohibited by law, people can do whatever they want. Once legislation is enacted, this law is sacrosanct until it is repealed.
For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, two classic cases were made by Tingwei Zhang Shizhi.
One was that a passerby Liu De and Empress Dowager Dou suddenly appeared from under the bridge and frightened the horse driven by Emperor Wen. Emperor Wen asked Ting Wei to punish him with the crime of lese majeste, but Ting Wei Zhang Shizhi firmly disagreed and believed that in accordance with the law. , this person would be fined at most, not a death penalty. Then Emperor Wen was persuaded by Zhang Shizhi and agreed to Zhang Shizhi's sentence.
The other was a more serious theft of a jade ring enshrined in the temple of Emperor Liu Bang.
Zhang Shizhi was sentenced to cut off his waist and abandon the city in accordance with Han law, but Emperor Wen believed that the three tribes should be reunited.
At this time, Zhang Shizhi said the famous saying: The Dharma is enough!
At Zhang Shizhi's insistence, the man was finally sentenced to be cut in half according to Han law, rather than the annihilation of the clan demanded by the emperor in anger.
Of course, there are still many differences and limitations between the methods of Huang Lao and Mi Di, but Liu De personally feels that the two are at least quite similar in terms of legislative principles and law enforcement spirit.
After being persuaded by Liu De, Empress Dowager Dou finally calmed down and said: "In this case, let's cut off his doctorate, dismiss him and go home, lest outsiders say that the Ai family has ruined the virtues of the late emperor!"
The emperor Liu Qi immediately nodded and said: "Promise, my son will obey his mother's orders!"
Then he told the attendants on the left and right: "Draw up an edict!"
He didn't like Confucianism very much in the first place, and now he was even more disgusted by the stubborn old man Yuan Gusheng. If it weren't for Yuan Gusheng's attitude towards the imperial court, it was also related to the emperor's pursuit of the Han family.
He wanted to drag him out and chop him down because of his reputation as a virtuous person!
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