Chapter 1480 The attitude of the Ministry of Punishment
Shen Wuhua has entered the Han court and is even favored by His Majesty. Therefore, the Shen family is now considered half of the royal family. Does it exist as a family that is not even the first among the aristocratic family groups, or does it exist as a royal family member? The existence of national relatives is more important. Shen Jungao certainly knows how to choose.
Your Majesty holds too much power in his hands, a power that is truly fed with the blood of aristocratic families.
There is no need for the Shen family to use their own heads to be buried with the southeastern gentry.
This is Shen Jungao's current attitude.
Since it was unrealistic to take the risk before, he simply chose to completely surrender to His Majesty.
Saving the family's life is more practical than gambling with the family's life in exchange for retaining the family's power.
However, the only ones who have such thoughts, or can have such thoughts, are families like the Shen family. Families such as the Shen family, the Gu family, the Xu family, the Wu family, and the Xiao family have long been closely tied to the imperial court. , if they were allowed to betray the imperial court, even if they could really do it, other aristocratic families would not be able to trust them.
So everyone should simply follow His Majesty completely. Even if His Majesty really implements new policies, he will not be able to forget their contributions.
But other aristocratic families do not have such qualifications.
They can either choose to perish or fight to the death.
The relationship between these large and small aristocratic families and the imperial court was not close, and there was even hatred among them.
Just because the imperial court was able to tolerate them before does not mean that it can tolerate them this time. Even the main purpose of the imperial court this time is to deal with them.
Li Xingchen had always dealt with aristocratic families passively before, and his main targets were those small aristocratic families that were most worried about being replaced.
After all, it is often these small aristocratic families that are the first to be upset.
But now that the new policy has come out, it is finally not just these small aristocratic families that can't sit still, but also the big families, especially the big families who stood on Nan Chen's side in the previous war when the Han Dynasty replaced Nan Chen. Whether it was Dong Gong or the supporting force behind Chen Shuling, I thought that my generation might not have a chance to rise again, but the power of the family does exist after all.
But looking at Li Xingchen's current intentions, it is clear that he intends to deprive them of everything.
Therefore, it is impossible for these families to have no reaction at all.
The power in the hands of those small aristocratic families before was not great, and even if they were really united, they would not have much effect, so they had no choice but to take risks and choose to use their few children in the army. The final result was naturally Li Xingchen's move. The white robes and guards easily killed these guys who dared to provoke the army to provoke the imperial power.
But now if these big families really want to take action, this is naturally not the case. They have a lot of financial and material resources in their hands, and many of them are even related by marriage to several big families in the court. If the relationship is not kept intact, it will affect the internal conflicts of these big families in the court.
For example, Xu Ling's eldest son, Xu Jian, the theoretical head of the Xu family in the next generation, has never dealt with the court very much, and this time he did not deal with it in private. By then, even a family with a firm stance like the Xu family may not be able to deal with it. Will be influenced by Xu Jian and cause division.
After all, due to the alliance over the years, the internal connections between these families are too close, so now it is basically impossible for the two parties to completely separate regardless of anything. Once the two parties are completely opposed, the consequences will be
It is also the confrontation between families and groups of people.
And since there is destined to be confrontation, there are only advantages and no disadvantages to taking sides as soon as possible.
Shen Jungao has never been a person who likes to hesitate. Since he wants to take sides, he will take sides. But although the team is on the right side, the problem will not be solved so easily.
Lechang asked him to be responsible for dealing with the Han people who violated the law. In fact, he had to deal with those wealthy families who might be imprisoned at any time.
Many of these aristocratic families are related to the Shen family, and there may even be relatives and family members of the ministers and workers present. How can Shen Jungao really be sentenced in accordance with the law?
Doesn't that mean he wants to offend everyone?
The Ministry of Punishment has never been an easy job throughout the ages.
Lechang is not forcing him to express his position on behalf of the Shen family, but asking him to express his position on behalf of the Ministry of Punishment!
Once the Ministry of Punishment expresses its support for the imperial court, it means that everything after that will have to be in accordance with the law, which is equivalent to directly killing these aristocratic families.
The Shen family is on the side of the imperial court. There may be room for maneuver in what happens in the future, but if Shen Jungao and the Ministry of Justice also take action, there will really be no room for maneuver. In this conflict, both sides
It's already a fight to the death.
Taking a deep breath, Shen Jungao's eyes tilted slightly.
All the officials were watching their noses and mouths. Apparently no one had the courage or desire to speak at this time, even if it was to help Shen Jungao change his attention and topic.
"Then the Punishment Department has no difficulties?" Lechang's voice suddenly said.
She was obviously a little displeased with Shen Jungao's silence.
The eldest son of the emperor, who was sitting next to the throne, was playing with his fingers obediently at this time. When he heard his mother's voice, he looked around hard, which also made more people focus on the future.
It is very likely that the little guy will become the next emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Such a scene should be scary for a baby, but this little guy seems to be more curious?
This is quite strange.
Could it be that this little guy is really like a dragon or a phoenix?
Shen Jungao seemed to have noticed this too.
He didn't know where the courage came from, and immediately said loudly: "The Ministry of Punishment fully supports His Majesty's decision-making, but if there are people who violate laws and disciplines, the Ministry of Punishment should be the vanguard of the imperial court!"
Shen Jungao's words were resounding.
Everyone in the court changed their expressions.
They never expected that Shen Jungao, the guy who everyone thought was the most ambiguous person, would express such a firm stance.
Shen Jungao is a person who always speaks his mind, so if he is asked to express his opinion, he will definitely do it. And if he has not expressed his thoughts for a long time, it naturally means that he still needs to weigh and think about it.
The people in Jiankang Mansion knew Shen Jungao to some extent. Shen Jungao's clear attitude made them realize that this time things might not end so easily.
And Lechang is obviously worried that his son will fall out of control at a critical moment. If he makes a fuss at this time, the impact will naturally be bad. After all, this is the political center of the Han Dynasty, and his son cannot be left to these ministers at this age.