Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

And based on this incident, the relevant laws and regulations were adjusted afterwards to clarify their implications, so that when officials encounter similar incidents in the future, they can have laws to follow and no longer need to trouble the emperor to issue orders.

This memorial is completely in line with Wei Chen's style. It is realistic, reasonable, and its vision and structure are much higher than other officials in the DPRK.

Moreover, Wei Chen was not attached to either the imperial party or the rear party. He came up with a solution to the matter simply by interpreting and interpreting the legal provisions and legal spirit.

, easily avoiding political alignment.

Of course, no matter how penetrating Wei Chen's discussion in the memorial was, in terms of the final result, he still supported the reduction of Yun's crime. He had the same view as the emperor, and was bound to be disliked by the queen mother.

Now that the jade seal is in the hands of the Queen Mother, if the Queen Mother still refuses to let go, even if Zhao Zongquan deliberately issues the order, it will be useless to reduce Yun's crime.

Therefore, Wei Chen wrote another memorial to the Queen Mother alone.

In the previous memorial, Wei Chen had already explained the truth very thoroughly. In this memorial, there is no need to talk about any big principles, but to firmly grasp the word "love" and move people with love.

At the beginning of the memorial, Wei Chen did not get straight to the point, but mentioned an old incident.

Back then, Zhao Zhen was walking in the imperial garden. As he walked, he suddenly felt thirsty and unbearable, so he looked back frequently. However, the attendants behind him failed to understand Zhao Zhen's meaning and had no reaction at all.

When Zhao Zhen returned to the palace, he couldn't wait to ask for water from Empress Dowager Cao, who was still the queen at the time.

After Queen Mother Cao brought the water, she saw Zhao Zhen drinking for a while, and couldn't help but ask: "Why don't the officials ask the attendants for water outside, and they are so thirsty?"

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "I signaled them with my eyes several times, but they didn't bring water. I was afraid that if I asked them again at this time, someone would be blamed by the supervisor, so I had to hold back and say nothing. "

This is not a story, but something that really happened, and it was widely circulated among the maids and chamberlains, and Queen Mother Cao was the one who experienced it personally.

Wei Chen mentioned this matter in the memorial, firstly to express his respect and remembrance of the late emperor, and secondly to evoke Empress Dowager Cao's memories of those years.

The late emperor was so merciful to his attendants. Empress Long Yubin even took Renzong as her temple name. People in Bianjing went on strike and cried in the streets. The smoke from burning paper money covered the sky. There is no need to say more about what kind of person the late emperor was in his life.

Therefore, Wei Chen boldly asked Empress Dowager Cao in his memorial to think about it. If the late emperor were still alive today, with his behavior, what would he do if he met Yunshi Gu of Dengzhou?

In the study room of Wei's house, Wei Chen moved his pen with his wrist, almost without adding any details, and finished the two memorials in a short time.

The next day, these two memorials were sent to Zhao Zongquan and Empress Dowager Cao respectively.

After Zhao Zongquan read the memorial, he was immediately overjoyed and ordered people to copy the memorial in his residence newspaper and circulate it to the government and the public.

For a long time, the debate between the DPRK and China about Yunshi's Eucalyptus has actually been limited to the legal provisions. However, Wei Chen jumped directly out of this framework and considered the issue from the essence of the law and the original intention of establishing the law, which is obviously higher than They are more than one chip away.

And Wei Chen is worthy of the name of Shiwenzong. The article is not only profound in intention, but also sophisticated and skillful in writing. Every word is exquisite and sharp, and there is not a word of nonsense in the whole article.

As soon as this memorial came out, not to mention the Ministry of Justice was dumbfounded, even the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which had always been unmatched in its ability to criticize people, was dumbfounded.

Convincing people with reason is mostly like this.

The only thing to worry about now is the attitude of Queen Mother Cao.

Everyone in the government and the public believed that even if Empress Dowager Cao knew she was being unreasonable, she would still insist on it for the sake of face.

But no one expected that the day after Zhao Zongquan's order to forgive Yun was sent to the Empress Dowager Cao, the Empress Dowager Cao stamped it with a jade seal.

It is said that this was also the credit of Wei Chen's memorial. I don't know what Wei Chen wrote in the memorial, but it actually made Empress Dowager Cao shed tears after reading the memorial and changed her mind.

Empress Dowager Cao also sighed: "If Wei Shaozhan hadn't written directly, the Ai family would have almost made a big mistake. Only today did the Ai family know that the only person in the court who knew the late emperor was Wei Shaozhan!"

In November, the imperial court officially issued an edict, recognizing the verdict of Xu Feng, the magistrate of Dengzhou, and convicting Yun of the second degree, and reducing the sentence from hanging to exile.

In the blink of an eye, in February of the following year, Longtuge proposed candidates for the examiner of the Enke examination.

After several discussions, Zhao Zongquan and the Empress Dowager Cao unanimously decided to appoint Wei Chen, the young master of Zhan Shifu and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, as the examiner of the Enke examination.

Chapter 334 Examiner

Do you know that Chapter 334 of the main text volume starts with Meng Tong? The chief examiner "When-when-when-"

At midnight, the bell from the southeast tower of Dazhou Gongyuan came into the simple house, waking up Wei Chen who had not been sleeping for long.

Wei Chen opened his eyes with some difficulty, but his mind was still groggy. Just two hours of sleep was not enough to replenish the energy he had consumed these days.

Getting up from the couch, Wei Chen rubbed his sore temples, looked around the room, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

A portrait of the most holy teacher, a hard couch, a table, and a bucket were all the furniture in the small house where Wei Chen was, and nothing else.

The doors and windows of the house are all nailed shut, and only one pane can be opened to deliver food or other items.

Through the window panes, you can still see the scene in the courtyard outside. There are soldiers from the Imperial City Division everywhere, with three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, and the guards are extremely tight.

This is the treatment of the chief examiner of the Tangtang Examination.

On the day he was appointed as the examiner of the joint examination, Wei Chen was brought to the Great Zhou Gongyuan by the sergeants of the Imperial City Department and locked up inside.

Until the results were released, Wei Chen had to stay here. He could neither go home nor meet relatives and friends or interact with officials outside the Gongyuan to prevent the occurrence of imperial examination malpractices such as leaking questions and asking for entrustments.

Although Wei Chen understood the necessity of locking the courtyard early on, no matter what, being locked in the Gongyuan for half a month without being allowed to go out, and having to closely monitor every move, making it inconvenient to do anything, this kind of life still made Wei Chen feel Quite boring.

Fortunately, today is already the ninth day of February, the day when the general examination begins, and the day of relief is finally not far away.

After briefly washing up, Wei Chen dressed neatly and walked out of the house and came to the Zigong Hall.

In the court hall, the examiners have almost arrived, and the deputy examiner Ding Siquan and his fellow examiners are sitting at attention in the hall.

Seeing Wei Chen arriving, everyone immediately stood up together and bowed to pay homage to the examiner.

The examiner bowed twice, and Wei Chen bowed once. Then the deputy examiner Ding Siquan invited Wei Chen to sit down at the top of the table, and he sat down below Wei Chen. The other examiners also took their seats.

For this examination, the co-examiners selected 18 people from among the Beijing officials, first based on academic qualifications, secondly on conduct, and then on knowledge.

Among the eighteen co-examiners, there were three censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and three officials from the Six Ministries. Due to the advantages of their subjects, a full 12 Hanlin officials were selected as co-examiners, including Li Zuochang, Sheng Changbai, Chen Shao and others. in.

However, the Zigong Hall is a solemn place. On this occasion, even close friends would not say much. They would just nod to each other, then drink tea and sit in silence, waiting for the arrival of auspicious times.

Waiting until the fourth watch, only three cannons were heard outside the Longmen of Gongyuan, and the candidates began to enter. Wei Chen and the examiners slowly got up and came to the Mingyuan Tower in the center of the examination room south of Zhigong Hall.

Mingyuan Building is three stories high and is the commanding height of the entire Gongyuan. It is specially used for inspection inspections and invigilation. Standing on the upper floor, you can overlook the entire examination room and have a panoramic view of every move of the candidates.

Accompanied by fellow examiners, Wei Chen climbed to the third floor of Mingyuan Building. He leaned on the railing and looked down, but he saw candidates filing in carrying examination baskets.

After entering, in the corridor between Longmen and Yimen, they were searched one by one.

The prosecutors took the roster and checked the candidates' names, place of origin, age, and appearance one by one, while the sergeants searched the candidates on the side.

These candidates were able to come here, at least because they had the honor of being a civil servant, but the inspection sergeant had no intention of treating them politely. During the inspection, everything from hairline to swollen knees was missed.

If Wei Chen had taken the county examination for the first time and seen this degrading scene, he would have frowned in displeasure.

But Wei Chen had passed the exam all the way and had gone through too many inspections, and his mentality had long been indifferent.

Besides, as the examiner of the examination, he naturally understands that this is not the time to be merciful. If he lets some lucky people go, it will be a great injustice to the candidates who abide by the rules.

Wei Chen was afraid that the prosecutors would save too much face for these candidates and not search carefully enough, so he specially called Gu Wan, the head of the Imperial City Department who was responsible for the search, and repeatedly told him to search carefully, and would rather let the candidates Even though we entered the venue late, we couldn't make any fuss about the inspection.

Gu Wan immediately took the order and left, ordering his sergeants to intensify the search and re-search the hundreds of people who had been searched before. Sure enough, he found two fish that had slipped through the net.

"I was put in the shackles of everyone, deprived of the qualifications for the joint examination, and dragged to the public outside the Gongyuan!"

After Wei Chen announced the fate of the two cheaters, he glanced at Gu Wan, who had come to report, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Something went wrong on an errand, and he was caught by his immediate superior. Gu Wan felt a little embarrassed, and he couldn't get angry with Wei Chen, so he could only hold back his evil anger and vent it on the candidates below.

Now the candidates behind were in bad luck. They were ravaged by the sergeants from the Imperial City Division led by Gu Wan, until they all had disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, as if they had just returned from somewhere.

Wei Chen still stood upstairs in Mingyuan with his hands behind his hands, staring at the inspection below with a stern expression.

The deputy examiner Ding Siquan and the other examiners beside him were filled with emotion when they saw Wei Chen's calm demeanor as an examiner.

The 20-year-old is the chief examiner!

If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid the scholars of Da Zhou would have made a fuss.

But this person is Wei Chen.

That's a different matter.

Wei Chen is indeed young, but as far as the imperial examination is concerned, few people can match his qualifications.

Who made Wei Chen not only get the first prize at the age of 15, but also get the sixth prize, which is unprecedented and unprecedented?

After Wei Chen passed the sixth grade, he became a living legend in the hearts of scholars and was worshiped by scholars all over the world.

Moreover, as Wei Chen's "Tan Wen Lu" gradually spread over the years, benefiting thousands of candidates all over the world, Wei Chen's reputation was pushed to another peak.

With these conditions in mind, Wei Chen's appointment as the examiner of this examination was expected by the public, but as for his age, it became secondary.

Deputy Chief Examiner Ding Siquan is two rounds older than Wei Chen, but what's the use? He can still only be ranked below Wei Chen.

To be honest, Ding Siquan was still a little jealous of Wei Chen. After all, when Wei Chen first served as a bachelor, his seat in the Hanlin Academy was still lower than that of Ding Siquan.

But now, Ding Siquan is the deputy examiner of the joint examination, while Wei Chen is already the examiner. This gap in circumstances inevitably makes Ding Siquan feel a little disappointed.

However, this little emotion suddenly seems insignificant when compared with the benefits that can be gained from making friends with the Wei Shaozhan in front of him.

Now that the new emperor has been on the throne for nearly a year, the contradiction between Zhao Zongquan and the Empress Dowager Cao has become more and more prominent. The dispute between the emperor and the empress in the court has almost reached the point of being undisguised. However, Wei Chen, the examiner of the joint examination, was able to get the approval of the emperor and the empress dowager. The mutual recognition shows how stable Wei Chen's position in the court is.

Coupled with Wei Chen's current age and achievements... In short, Ding Siquan has secretly made up his mind in his heart. This time he will host the examination and will not act on his own initiative based on his status as deputy examiner. Everything will be based on Wei Chen's leadership.

Chapter 335 Public Heart

Do you know that starting with Meng Tong, Chapter 335 of the Main Text Volume: Public Heart? Thousands of candidates slowly moved forward in the corridor between Longmen and Yimen. After passing extremely strict inspection, they gradually merged into the examination room.

After entering the examination room, the candidates followed the instructions to find their respective dormitories. They first cleaned the dormitories, and then placed their clothes, charcoal basins and other items. Looking at the sky, it was almost noon.

The candidates took out some food from the test boxes and baskets they brought with them to pad their bellies. Not long after, they heard the sound of a cloud board, and the clerks began to distribute test papers to each examination room along the examination alley.

At this point, the Enke Examination of the First Year of Public Security in the Great Zhou Dynasty officially began.

Wei Chen and all the examiners also came down from Mingyuan Tower, and a large group of people patrolled and monitored the examination room.

Seeing the seriousness with which the candidates were immersed in answering the questions, Wei Chen and the examiners all nodded slightly. Wei Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Thinking back to those days, he himself was one of them!

Wei Chen has also been a candidate, so he can naturally understand how difficult it is for these candidates to get to where they are today.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Today, Wei Chen has transformed from a candidate for the joint examination to the chief examiner of the joint examination. He holds the power in his hands that attracts the attention of the government and the public, and he also bears a heavy responsibility.

Only by adhering to the public spirit and recruiting scholars for the court fairly can we live up to the expectations of scholars all over the world and prevent the hard work of the candidates from studying hard for many years in vain.

The examination lasted for nine days and six nights, and the first session alone took three full days. Of course, the examiners could not wander around the examination room non-stop. After walking around in a circle, they saw that there was nothing going on in the examination room. Wei Chen and everyone The examiner then returned to the Zigong Hall to rest.

The chief examiner Wei Chen and the deputy chief examiner Ding Siquan went to the back of the hall to discuss the matter of weighing papers in this meeting, while the remaining eighteen fellow examiners were sitting around in the hall.

With two or three exceptions, these fellow examiners are basically among the top ten Jinshi in the last subject or the previous few subjects, and there are also many Sandingjia among them.

For example, Li Zuochang was the second pick in Tianyou's sixth year, and Chen Shao was the top pick in Tianyou's ninth year.