"General! Spare your life!"
"General!!"
At this moment, in the General's Mansion, dozens of people were tied up and sitting on their knees in the snow, their faces frightened, and they kept begging for mercy.
Sima Zhao stood on the steps, staring at the people in front of him.
These people were all wearing prison uniforms, their hair was disheveled, and their eyes revealed despair.
These dozens of people are all officials from various places in Henan Province.
Among them were county magistrates, county captains, county magistrates, and even a few township officials.
The one with the highest rank is probably Shi Simaban, the left commander of the General's Mansion.
There were several people standing beside Sima Zhao, including Shangshu Fu Gu, school captain Yin Damu, Jishi Xunxu, Sanqi Pei Xiu and other confidants.
Those kneeling in front of Sima Zhao were all sinners brought by Fu Gu.
After Wang Yuan's uprising, these people arbitrarily killed innocent people in the name of suppressing thieves, and cut off their heads to pretend to be military merits.
The county magistrate who was kneeling next to Sima Ban and crying loudly had massacred more than a thousand people and asked for credit for himself.
Of course, the one who killed the most ruthlessly was Sima Ban.
However, now, this guy is also extremely frightened and keeps kowtowing in apology.
Sima Zhao gritted his teeth and looked very ugly.
"The temple has appointed you as the head of the place, and asked you to protect the people and guard the place for the country. You are good. Killing the people indiscriminately, pretending to be military merit, and deceiving the temple is a heinous crime!!"
"If officials everywhere are as cruel as you, then the country of Wei will be destroyed in the hands of villains like you?!"
"In just four days, you have killed nearly ten thousand people. How dare you do this?! How dare you do this?!"
Sima Zhao looked extremely angry.
Perhaps feeling his murderous intention, Sima Ban hurriedly shouted: "Father Zhong!! I did not kill the people indiscriminately, it was those people who resisted. They attacked my army first. Everyone under my command can testify! I am They started to fight back after being attacked! There was absolutely no indiscriminate killing!"
As he spoke first, the others also began to explain.
"General! They were the ones who raised troops first to attack the arsenal! I just sent people to quell it! I am not guilty!"
"General, my father-in-law has taught me many times that I must not be soft-hearted when dealing with bandits, otherwise others will follow my example. I just followed my father-in-law's advice! I am not guilty!"
Sima Zhao took a look at this man. His name was Guo Zhan, and he was the son of the cavalry general Guo Huai.
Several other people also cried out their injustice.
Those township officials are actually fine, but these county magistrates are a little more difficult to deal with.
Few people who can serve as county magistrates in Henan Yin are from ordinary backgrounds. Generally speaking, the children of high-ranking families start as county magistrates. These people usually drink and drink. After honing their skills in the position of county magistrate for a period of time, There will be three different arrangements.
If he showed extraordinary talents when he was a county magistrate, he would probably go directly to the path of a knight servant, be summoned to the temple, and then take the substitute path of a temple minister.
If you have some talent, you may be transferred to other counties to continue training. After surviving a few counties, you may directly become a local official as a prefect.
If he does not have any talent, he will be directly transferred to a state, county or minister's office as a subordinate officer, taking the subordinate route.
Anyway, if you come from a good background, you will definitely not miss out on your talent. Even if you don’t have talent, it doesn’t matter, we can arrange it for you.
And Henan Yin is the favorite place for children from high-ranking families to stay. Therefore, many of them come from well-known families and have profound backgrounds.
Sima Zhao frowned and reprimanded them loudly again, his tone became more fierce, but he did not say how to punish them.
Xun Xu slowly walked to Sima Zhao's side and whispered: "General, among these people, there are your clansmen, the clansmen of General Chariot and Cavalry, and the clansmen of General Zhengnan. The clansmen of General Fenwu are really not good. Dispose of it”
Sima Zhao snorted coldly, "Yes, there are even members of your family!"
Xun Xu was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "The general wanted me to see that although these people made a big mistake, they were doing it to put down the rebels, and they did not do it intentionally. In view of their meritorious service in putting down the rebellion, they can be exempted." To punish them with death, demote them to civilians and never hire them!"
"In this way, it can show your kindness without destroying the friendship. Isn't it great?"
"Ah."
Sima Zhao's eyes were still cold.
Xun Xu continued: "General, now is the critical time to attack Guanqiu Jian. If at this time, we offend General Chariot and Cavalry, General Zhengnan, and General Fenwu, how can we fight this battle? You If we must deal with them, it is better to imprison them first, wait until the war is over, and then repay them."
Sima Zhao's expression finally changed, and he looked at Fu Gu in the distance.
Fu Gu frowned at this moment, his face looking very ugly.
"General, please punish the traitors according to the law."
Sima Zhao's expression changed, and he was a little embarrassed. Xun Xu looked at Sima Zhao, then at Fu Gu, and quickly came up with an idea.
He walked a few steps, stood between Fu Gu and Sima Zhao, and said loudly: "We, the Wei Dynasty, have our own laws to deal with these officials. This is not something that General Zhengxi can make. It must be handed over to the Tingwei." , it is up to the Tingwei to pronounce the verdict, this is in line with the laws of the Wei Dynasty!"
Hearing these words, the prisoners kneeling in the snow suddenly realized something and nodded quickly, "We are all willing to accept Captain Ting's sentence!!"
Fu Gu was furious. He pointed at Xun Xu in front of him, and his whole body began to shake. Fu Gu's physical condition was already very bad. Historically, he died one month after the death of Master Sima.
But at this moment, he was running around while he was seriously ill, still in the ice and snow, and his body had almost reached its limit.
He cursed: "Are you trying to protect these traitors?! Do people like you deserve to be of the same clan as Xun Lingjun?! We both have the surname Xun, but Jing Qian is ten times better than you!!"
This Jing Qian refers to Xun Yi, the sixth son of Cao Wei Taiwei Xun Yu.
Xun Xu's expression did not change at all, and he said loudly: "These matters should be handled by Tingwei! Why did I have any intention of covering up?!"
Fu Gu's face turned red, his whole body started to tremble, and his whole body shook violently.
He breathed hard and looked at Sima Zhao, "General"
Sima Zhao was also a little helpless. He immediately said: "Among these people, those who are guilty of extremely evil crimes cannot be left behind. However, those who have deserved their crimes can be handed over to the Tingwei to investigate and deal with them!"
Fu Gu immediately closed his mouth, his eyes were a little confused, and his expression became even more depressed.
Sima Ban finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took the lead in thanking Sima Zhao.
At this time, a soldier came trotting from a distance and quickly controlled all the surrounding entrances and exits, starting martial law. After the soldier, a man slowly walked in.
The person who came was none other than Master Sima.
He was wearing a thick fur coat, followed by two people, and walked towards here calmly.
For a moment, everyone was shocked.
Sima Zhao hurriedly stepped forward, "Brother, it's freezing outside, what are you doing?"
Master Sima ignored him and passed by him. He walked slowly in front of the sinners, lowered his head and looked at Sima Ban.
Sima Ban felt particularly frightened when he was stared at by that right eye.
"My dear father"
"Pfft~~"
Master Sima pulled out Sima Zhao's sword behind him and stabbed Sima Ban in the throat.
Sima Ban covered his neck in fear, unable to make a sound. When Sima Master pulled out his sword, blood spurted out from Sima Ban's throat, and the blood splashed on the snow like blooming plum blossoms.
Sima Ban fell to the ground with a crash, covering his neck with both hands and refusing to close his eyes.
The rest of the people were frightened and started to cry.
Master Sima looked at them and said, "Take them all down, declare their charges, and then behead them in public."
"only!!!"
The soldiers were ordered to drag these people out on the spot, regardless of their pleas for mercy.
Sima Zhao was completely stiff at this moment, his mind was blank, and he couldn't say anything.
Master Sima slowly looked at Xun Xu.
At that moment, Xun Xu almost peed his pants. He trembled and said: "General, General, they deserve their crimes, they deserve their crimes! They deserve to be killed! They all deserve to be killed!"
Master Sima slowly put the sword in his hand on Xun Xu's shoulder and drew it sharply, leaving blood stains on Xun Xu's shoulder.
Xun Xu's legs began to tremble.
Sima Master then inserted the sword into Sima Zhao's scabbard again.
"Is this how you want to govern the world? Just because they are from a wealthy family, can they be allowed to kill people wantonly? Are they allowed to shake the foundation of Wei?"
"No brother, I am because of Guanqiu Jian"
"Once something like this happens, everyone must be killed. No matter who they are, they will not be forgiven!"
"Then no matter how strong Guanqiu Jian is, can he still be more terrifying than the turbulent public opinion?!"
"Don't think it's only been a long time since those Guizhou leaders bullied the Yellow Turban thieves. Do you want to experience it again?!"
Master Sima's tone was very sharp.
"Brother, I know I was wrong."
Sima Zhao quickly lowered his head.
Master Sima looked at the rest of the people and said seriously: "Those who govern the world must take benevolent governance as their foundation, and those who govern counties and counties must take the people as their foundation. If they act recklessly and prey on the people, that will be their fate." !!”
Everyone said yes.
Master Sima finally looked at Fu Gu, "Among the government and the public, only Mr. Fu can be considered a wise minister."
"With a wise minister like Fu Shangshu here, I won't be afraid of leaving the funeral without someone."
Fu Gu looked at Master Sima in front of him, he wanted to thank him very much.
He stretched out his hand and was about to say something, but his eyesight went dark, his breathing became weaker and weaker, and in an instant, Fu Gu fell to the ground.
Sima Zhao was horrified and shouted quickly. The officials rushed forward and helped him up.
Master Sima was the only one who stood there blankly, his ears ringing. He saw his brother yelling something loudly, but he couldn't hear what he was saying at all.
Fu Gu remained motionless while Xun Xu kept pinching his penis and yelling something to the side.
Master Sima shook a few times and stabilized his body with difficulty.
He raised his head and looked up at the sky, a trace of confusion flashing in his eyes.
Heaven helps the thief but not me.
