Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 367
This kind of ethos is very deadly, because the Shen family has benefited from it, even if they rise to a high position in power in the future, his family has no position to use severe punishment to clean up the world.Therefore, Shen Zhezi is also trying his best to erase his family's previous rebellious label, marrying a princess, raising Qingwang, and wooing many other families to make a fortune together.Including that he took such a big risk to regain Jiankang and fight for meritorious service, all in order to dilute his family's rebellious label.

It is not unreasonable for people to underestimate merit, because nowadays, no matter how great a merit is, it is not as good as a good background, no matter how great a deed is, it is not as good as a good reputation, and no matter how great a deed is, it is not as good as a person in a key position at a critical moment. Give it a push!
As far as Shen Zhezi is concerned, in this rebellion, he rescued the Empress Dowager and King Langya, established a platform in Jingkou, and completed the division of Kuaiji, which can be said to be a great success.Even if he did not make great achievements in recovering Jiankang, he will still be rewarded by high officials and nobles if he completes the suppression of the rebellion in the future.And now even if he has achieved such a great achievement, the reward in the future cannot exceed his age and qualifications too much.

But you can't just look at the eyes when you do things. Shen Zhezi wants to erase his family's rebellious label, but what happened has already happened and cannot be erased. It can only be covered up with one thing after another!He wants people to mention the Shen family in the future, and talk about his meritorious deeds rather than his past rebellious deeds. He is not fighting for the official title, but for whitewashing!
I remember reading many stories in later generations. Those who murdered and set fire when they were young came to cultivate their morality when they grew up, saying that it is not easy to clean up.Shen Zhezi was deeply touched. He also made a lot of efforts to clean up his family, and took risks several times.In the eyes of the world, it is unreasonable to risk his life for merit with his family background.But Shen Zhezi understood that sooner or later he would have to pay back when he came out to hang out, and he was paying off the debt for his father.

As for whitewashing, what is it for?For the Northern Expedition!

The Northern Expedition is a major event in the whole world, not only the situation in Jiangdong, but also the situation in the Northland needs to be considered.The Northern Expedition does not mean that as long as there is a strong army, it will be invincible and invincible.This is an extremely complicated matter. The appearance of Shen Zhezi in front of those Wubao masters and old surnames in the Northland can even be said to directly determine the success or failure of the Northern Expedition!
The most obvious example is that Zu Ti was not well-known and unknown during the Northern Expedition. In the early stage, it was difficult to get support from the court, and there was no support in the North. Those Wubi masters even repeatedly raised troops to attack Zu Ti.At that time, in the eyes of Beidi people, Zu Ti and Liu Kun could not be compared.But after a few tough battles, his reputation gradually increased, and more and more people came to support him, and finally a huge situation was established, covering all the south of the Yellow River!

But after Zu Ti died, Zu Yue took over, and the achievements of his brother's Northern Expedition were lost little by little. Finally, with the end of the chaos in front of him, Zu Ti's Northern Expedition's achievements disappeared!
If Shen Zhezi wants to go to the Northern Expedition, he must have a strict management of his image. If he bears the reputation of a rebellious family, how can he be convincing?And to be honest, even if the Shen family has become a little established, it is just a nest. After crossing the river, almost no one knows which onion the Shen family is.

Shen Zhezi needs to work hard to cover up his family's disgraceful past, and shape himself into a person who knows strategies well and has made great contributions to the world!He needs not only the elegance of a noble family to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, but also the bravery of a military strongman to gain the trust of the master of Beidi Wubi, and the virtuous name of simplicity and talent, so that those talents in the Northland can serve He used.

His Northern Expedition has already begun!
For Shen Zhezi, how to deal with the crime of the Suwei rebels is much more difficult than recovering the capital. It is true that these rebellious soldiers are not under his control, so he can ignore them and leave them to others to deal with .But he knows very well that no matter who this matter is pushed to, it will be nothing in the end, because the relationship is too great!
And the saddest thing is that these guards committed such atrocities just because they were worried that they would be incorporated into military camps in the future.But in the capital, he had already won a chance for these guards to be exempted from this crime. This tragedy is completely unnecessary and meaningless!

"Go and recruit all the leaders of the rebellious army outside to the county office."

Sitting in the banquet and pondering for a long time, Shen Zhezi pointed at Ji Chang weakly and said.Since no one can handle this matter well, and let him meet, then let him solve it.

"What is the son-in-law going to do..."

Ji Chang wiped away his tears after hearing this, and stared at Shen Zhezi with wide eyes, but only saw that Shen Zhezi's face was extremely gloomy, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and immediately got up and took his orders and left.

After nearly half an hour, the generals of the rebel army entered the county office with suspicion.They were indeed worried about being punished, but there was nothing they could do if they didn't come. Although there were a large number of rebels, there were more than 2000 people under Shen Zhezi's troops outside Qu'a County, and there were more than [-] well-equipped and luxurious troops outside the county office. Yang Jun, even if they were worried, they didn't dare to call for soldiers to mutiny.

But they were only worried about being reprimanded. After all, there was such a big bloody mark on Ji Chang's face, but if Shen Zhezi dared to kill them by force, these people would not believe it.

Sure enough, after everyone entered the county office, they found that the doors were wide open, only some servants were sweeping, and there was no tense atmosphere.This calmed down everyone's uneasy mood, and they began to think about what price they would have to pay to get through this hurdle.

After walking into the lobby, everyone saw Shen Zhezi sitting on the formal table with an ugly expression on his face.They also knew that this time was too much, and they didn't expect to get a good face from Shen Zhezi, so they all bowed their heads and entered the table, and then found that there were pens, ink, paper and inkstones on their seats.

Seeing this group of people walk in, anger welled up in Shen Zhezi's heart again.Most of the Suwei generals are descendants of aristocratic families, and apart from Ji Chang, there are many of them who have some friendship with Shen Zhezi.Thinking of the crimes committed by these people, Shen Zhezi really admired them.

Everyone sat down one after another, but they dared not speak.After a long while, Shen Zhezi said in the banquet: "The rebellion is about to be settled. You and I were lucky not to be killed in the war. There is still a time to meet again. I can't help but feel sorry for Silai."

As soon as the topic was opened, everyone became active and spoke at the table one after another. Some talked about how they insisted on integrity in the rebellion, and some praised Shen Zhezi's outstanding achievements this time. The atmosphere was very enthusiastic for a while. .

Hearing these people talking endlessly, Shen Zhezi was really not in the mood to listen any longer, so he untied the sword from his waist and slapped it on the table in front of him.Everyone was already guilty. Seeing this scene, they all shut up and looked at the doors and windows suspiciously.

"Ji Chang, get up and tell everyone about Taichung's decree on the aftermath of the guards."

Hearing Shen Zhezi's words, Ji Chang's expression became even more mournful. He slowly stood up in the middle of the banquet and said in a trembling voice: "Taichung has a decree that all the guards who are rebels will return to their hometowns and will not enter the village. Those who have meritorious service will be awarded land .”

When everyone heard this, they were stunned.To be honest, there are naturally some of these people who are greedy and despicable, who want to take advantage of the last bit of time to search for wealth.But it is also undeniable that some of them, like Ji Chang, are not for their own sake, but because they hope to win some money for the soldiers under their command and deliberately indulge them.

After all, such a large-scale crime, no matter how clean the killing is, it cannot be concealed. Even if it can be blamed on the rebels, but the people of the time are not fools, and it will eventually damage the reputation and future of these people.Naturally, these aristocratic families did not have the worries of ordinary soldiers. They participated in these matters, probably with a noble sense of sacrifice like Ji Chang, sacrificing their reputation to win some money for the soldiers.Or it is simply that they are unable to restrain the followers, and instead they are coerced by the followers into disaster.

But especially such a person, Shen Zhezi hated the most.If they are only for their own selfishness, they can be pulled out and chopped up.If you are stupid, you are also stupid!
After listening to the content of the decree, everyone was shocked on the spot, and their moods became extremely complicated in an instant.Ji Chang had already knelt down again, and said in a shy voice: "A big mistake has been made, I am ashamed of my countrymen, I only ask my son-in-law to punish me!"

Seeing Ji Chang like this, several people in the banquet probably couldn't bear the condemnation of conscience, and they all came out to kneel down and plead guilty.But there are still more people sitting in the seats, wondering and uncertain.

"Go back, how many villagers can you exchange for your life?"

Shen Zhezi was sitting in the banquet, and suddenly drew out his sword. With the flash of the sword light, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense, and someone couldn't help but exclaimed: "My son-in-law, I, we are really not selfish... "

"Shut up! I don't care if you have any difficulties or not. You killed people, and you caused disasters. If you have a heart of repentance, write down the crimes you committed!"

"how can that be!"

"My son-in-law forgives me..."

When everyone heard this, their faces changed. Knowing that Taichung has promulgated good governance, they may not be without remorse, but it is absolutely impossible for them to write down their crimes!
"Ji Chang, come here!"

Shen Zhezi waved his hand, and Ji Chang hurried up again.

"Put your hands up!"

When Ji Chang pressed his left hand on the desk in front of Shen Zhezi with some doubts, Shen Zhezi suddenly swung the sword in his hand, blood flashed suddenly, and Ji Chang's left fingers broke off at the root!

hiss……

Everyone gasped when they saw this, but Ji Chang had already screamed and rolled to the ground, someone rushed out from behind the hall, pressed Ji Chang to the ground to stop the bleeding and bandaged him.

"The ink is not thick, so write it with blood! You all stepped out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, so you shouldn't be afraid of blood, right?"

Shen Zhezi sneered, then turned his head and said to an official behind him: "Remember, General Ji Chang fought the enemy bravely and beheaded seven!"

Seeing that Ji Chang's half body was covered in blood and he kept rolling his eyes in pain from being pressed on the ground, everyone was even more awe-inspiring.However, there was a person in the banquet who jumped up suddenly, pointed at Shen Zhezi and shouted: "What are my merits and demerits, I have my own guards to measure, so why bother son-in-law to do it for me! If I don't write, so what about you!"

"If you don't write it, get out!"

Hearing Shen Zhezi's words, two more people stood up and walked out of the hall following the previous man.When the others saw this, they were also moved, but before they got up, they saw a round of arrows raining down, and the three of them were immediately nailed to death by arrows in the corridor!
"I'm not underestimating you. With your stragglers, it will take a few days to cause chaos in the countryside. But it doesn't take a quarter of an hour for our Dongyang army to kill the thousands of criminals outside!"

After Shen Zhezi finished speaking, he stood up and shouted angrily, "Write or not!"

"Write...write!"

Seeing this scene with their own eyes, everyone in the hall trembled as if suffering from malaria, picked up the pens on the desk one after another, and hurriedly began to write.

"I can't die, get up and write to me!"

Shen Zhezi walked down the hall and kicked Ji Chang in the waist.Although Ji Chang was still in unbearable pain, he still trembled and lay back on his seat, picked up a pen and began to write quickly.

After about half an hour, everyone finished writing, but Shen Zhezi didn't answer, but said in the banquet: "Exchange the readings with each other to see if there are any deletions."

Everyone didn't dare to disobey Shen Zhezi's intention at this moment. After hearing the words, they hurriedly handed over the content they had written to others, and took a hasty look at the criminal papers written by others. As for how much content they saw, they all knew it. No one is foolish enough to add to it.

After everyone circulated it, Shen Zhezi asked people to put away the criminal evidence, but he didn't read it. He just asked someone to bring a brazier and threw it into it.He doesn't need to look at all to know how much evil these people have done!

Seeing this scene, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They must know that once those contents are spread, it will not only harm their own futures, but also affect their respective families!

"Do you know how sinful you are?"

"Know……"

"Whether the guilty should be punished?"

"Punishment..."

Although Shen Zhezi also knew that it would be difficult to kill all these people, but if he let them go so lightly, it would really exceed his bottom line.He said in a deep voice at the banquet: "Yuzhou is in chaos, and the towns in the north and south of the river are almost abandoned. Tang Tunshou, to pay for previous crimes, are you willing?"

When everyone heard this, their faces became a little ugly, and everyone with a little bit of common sense knew that if Shouchun was not guaranteed, there would be almost no danger to the north of Jiankang, and Jiehu might come south at any time.When they go there, they must be vigilant day and night, and even prepare to fight to the death at all times.But do they still have a choice?The dozen or so people in the hall each passed on their crimes. Although their minds are confused and they can't figure out the meaning of it, they can always feel the threat contained in it.

After a long silence, only one person in the table said: "If I am equal to Jiangbei and can make great achievements, can I be rewarded for my achievements?"

"You have harmed the people of Jiangdong Township, so you will go to Jiangbei to guard the villagers to pay for your crimes. If you have meritorious service, why don't you reward them?"

Ji Chang had turned over and knelt on the ground, tremblingly said: "The last general is willing to go, the last general is willing to die of old age in Jiangbei to pay for his previous crimes!"

(End of this chapter)