Chapter 642: The Age of Barbarism
After hearing Li Xin's words, the former Duke Master felt warm.
He could sit in the position of Jingzhao Yin for more than ten years. His popularity in the capital must have been very good, and he could even be said to be good at dancing. Otherwise, he would not have been sitting in such an important position for so many years. However, after he was dismissed from office, few people went to his home for interviews, for fear of having any connection with him.
This is not to say that those people are snobbish, but the reason why Li Ye was dismissed from office was special, and those people were afraid of having something to do with Li Shen.
After Li Ye's family was imprisoned, no one would go to the Ministry of Justice to visit them. In the end, the first person to come in to see his family was not the close friends of the civil servants, but the younger generation who had only met a few times and could not even be said to be related to them.
Thinking of this, Li Ye sighed long and said, "After my family was imprisoned, I have thought about life carefully in prison. I thought about it before, and I am afraid that you, Marquis Jing'an, can only speak in front of His Majesty, but since you have already said it and Your Majesty has not allowed it, then our family will die."
When he said this, his tone was a little sad.
"I am fifty years old this year, and I should live to the age of my life. It doesn't matter if I die, but my grandchildren..."
In ancient society, the most unreasonable thing was this system of involuntary connection. No matter how evil a person was in the future, he would be punished by himself at most. However, because of the need to intimidate the world, this kind of unreasonable connection was caused.
The family members were exiled, and they were appointed as the Jiaofangsi, the three tribes of the Yi tribes, the nine tribes were killed, and the Guaman was copied...
Waiting for the terrible punishment, the initial purpose is to make people discourage in the face of crime, but it is extremely arrogant and unreasonable when it is actually implemented.
Li Xin looked back at the four or five grandchildren in Li Ye's family, and they were all shivering in the corner, which was really pitiful. Finally, he lowered his head helplessly and said, "Master, I will enter the palace tomorrow and tell Your Majesty that these little kids will not participate in the rebellion, and the court cannot be so unreasonable."
Speaking of this, Li Xin paused and said, "But even if they can avoid death, the Jiafangsi or exile may not be able to escape."
"And they probably won't be officials."
Li Ye shook his body, reached out to pull Li Xin's sleeve, and said tremblingly: "Mr. Li... are you sure?"
Li Xin spoke slowly.
"I'll say it again. Your Majesty will give me some face. This face may not necessarily protect the Li family. It's okay to protect a few little babies."
Li Xin has a great reputation now. He said that the emperor could pretend that he hadn't heard it for the first time, but when he said it the second time, the emperor would give him some face. However, this kind of face is not at no cost. The price is that Li Xin would lose his duty as a minister and force the emperor.
Li Ye took a few deep breaths, reached out to greet his family and stood up, and said in a trembling voice: "Hurry up, knelt down and kowtow to Marquis Li!"
Li Xin waved his hands repeatedly and frowned and said, "What is the Mansion Master doing?"
He reached out and pulled Li Ye up and said in a deep voice: "When I entered Beijing, the Duke treated me as a junior and was quite considerate. Later, the Duke went to treat Li Shen's future generations, which was even more admirable. The junior could not do much, and the Duke must not do this."
Li Ye stood up slowly, his body trembling a little.
"Our family was affected by the fish."
Li Xin hesitated for a moment, finally stepped forward two steps, and said in Li Ye's ear: "Master, Li Shen is dead."
"He died yesterday, and the culprit did not escape from Sin Yan and died in front of the Mansion Master."
Li Ye forced a smile on his face: "Good death, I'll beat him up when I get underground."
Li Ye's family suffered this great disaster, and it was all caused by Li Shen or the Marquis' Mansion in Pingnan. It is unlikely that this kind of relationship would not be held in a grudge.
Even if the saint comes, he will probably curse himself.
Performance like Li Ye is almost the ultimate in personal cultivation.
Li Ye took a few deep breaths and calmed down a little. He looked up at Li Xin and sighed slightly: "Are you still holding a grudge against him?"
Li Xin shook his head.
"A man dies like a lamp extinguishes. Since he is dead, the affairs of this world have nothing to do with him. I and him have nothing to do with him anymore."
The former Duke Master pulled Li Xin, sat down on the thatch in the cell, and said slowly: "After he dies, how should you deal with yourself in the new dynasty?"
Li Xin lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice.
"I used to just want to live well, but today I saw the situation of the Mansion Master, and Li Xin felt something else in his heart..."
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Li Xin stayed in the Ministry of Justice prison for an hour before saying goodbye to Li Ye and walked out of the Ministry of Justice prison for an hour.
When he walked to the door, he found Shen Mo, the Minister of Justice, who was still waiting at the door. Li Xin bowed to him and turned around and went home.
This time, he could be said to have visited the area openly. Many people in the capital, including Shen Mo, would consider what purpose he had behind this.
Li Xin came here to see Li Ye, but in fact he didn't have much purpose.
As a politician, he usually does such a move that many people will pay attention to, and he will have his own political purpose behind it. However, after all, Li Xin has not become a complete politician. He just regards Li Ye as an elder and has some sympathy for the experience of the Li family, so he wants to come here to take a look.
The situation he saw in prison made him feel quite shocked.
Back then, Li Zhijie and Li Zhili, the two brothers, came to the capital from the Li family of Zhaojun, to be officials. Li Zhijie joined the army and Li Zhili followed the literature. The former created the world-famous Pingnan Marquis Mansion, with a reputation almost comparable to Ye Sheng. Although the latter did not seem to be famous, he actually became the Minister of Rites, almost the ultimate civil servant. The two brothers were one of literature and one of military officials, which was a good story back then.
Therefore, Li Ye's family was also a high-ranking party in the Great Jin Dynasty. This former Jingzhao Yin was also a big shot living in Yonglefang!
Now, just because of something that had nothing to do with them, their family of eleven people were sent to the Ministry of Justice prison by the emperor, curled up like a dead dog in this dark cell, and would even lose their lives in a few days!
This era...
It's really unreasonable.
Marquis Jing'an took a deep breath in his heart and made up his mind silently.
This is an era where there is no reason or legal theory to talk about. Even if you do nothing, just implicate the system and behead all the people. What's even more terrifying is that the right to interpret this system is only in the hands of the emperor, just like the Li Ye family, their life and death are just a word from the emperor.
Thinking of this, Marquis Jing'an looked back and saw that he could no longer see the prison of the Ministry of Justice, but he could still see a huge willow tree, waving branches under the night wind.
He was a little scared. He was very afraid that one day his Jing'an Marquis Mansion would be like Li Ye's family, and he was randomly made an excuse by the emperor and threw it into a prison and waited for death...
This is a barbaric era. No matter where you are, if you don’t have enough power in your hands, you can only be slaughtered.
Chapter completed!