After presiding over the examination of Shujis, Wei Chen was careless and focused on writing a memorial about the Yun Family Avatar in Dengzhou.

Now the debate over this case in the court has become increasingly fierce, and the emperor and the queen mother have secretly competed with this case, which has affected the entire court.

Even if Wei Chen is in the leisurely place of Hanlin Academy, he will be unable to stay out of the matter and will sooner or later be involved.

Especially Wei Chen's identity is sensitive. He is not only an old man promoted by the late emperor, but also has a close relationship with the new emperor. At that time, he is likely to be sandwiched between the imperial party and the late party, and he will not be able to get it well at both ends.

Since this is the case, Wei Chen might as well turn passive into initiative, report in the morning, and express his position and attitude, so as not to suffer from the disaster.

Wei Chen had already had a thought about the content of the memorial.

This time, Wei Chen decided to submit two memorials, one to the emperor and the other to the empress dowager.

As far as Wei Chen knows, the reason why the emperor wanted to reduce the crime of Yun was that he felt pity for a weak woman in Yun, so he felt compassion.

It is just that the legal provisions of the Great Zhou Dynasty were somewhat expounded in this regard, so they were caught by Wen Yanchang and officials of the Ministry of Justice, and they have been making trouble until today.

In the memorial presented by Wei Chen to the emperor, what is mainly explained is actually a point of view: under any circumstances, the judgment that must be guaranteed must reflect the spirit behind the laws of the Great Zhou.

What is the spirit of the Great Zhou law?

It is to guide people all over the world to follow good and abandon evil, rather than simply punishing them for punishment.

Therefore, when the basis for the judgment is clear and laws can be invoked, it must be implemented resolutely.

When judgments cannot be made by laws and regulations and cause great controversy, in this case, the best solution is to make judgments that most people think are fair based on the common good of human nature.

In the Yun family's case, Yun family was unwilling to marry Wei Da. They were forced by their uncle, especially during their mourning period. No matter how they look at it, Yun family was the one who was bullied, but she was braver and braver than ordinary women and dared to fight.

Moreover, although Yun killed Wei Da more than ten times, it just sounded scary. Wei Da actually suffered no fatal injuries. The worst injury caused to Wei Da by Yun’s dozens of times was just a broken little finger.

Wei Chen believed that if he would find a commoner in the city of Bianjing, tell the story of the Yun family's case in its original form, and ask them about their attitude towards the Yun family, most people would have sympathy for the Yun family.

In fact, after so long, similar public opinion has shown signs of being revealed. The discussions of the people of Bianjing after dinner prove that the verdict of reducing the Yun family’s crimes is the real desire of the people.

Therefore, Wei Chen begged the emperor to comply with the will of the people and issue an imperial edict to reduce the crimes of Yun.

In addition, according to the case, the relevant laws were adjusted and the areas where the lake was contained were clarified so that when an officer encountered similar cases in the future, he could have laws to follow and there was no need to worry about the emperor's issuance of an imperial edict.

This memorial is completely in line with Wei Chen's style, seeking truth from facts and reasonableness, and its vision and pattern are much higher than that of the other officials in the court.

Moreover, Wei Chen did not rely on either the Imperial Party or the Hou Party. He only came up with solutions to the matter through the interpretation and interpretation of the legal provisions and the spirit of the law, and gently avoided political positions.

Of course, no matter how incisive Wei Chen's argument in the memorial, in terms of the final result, he still supports reducing the crimes of Yun, which is the same as the emperor's viewpoint and will inevitably be disliked by the empress dowager.

Now that the jade seal is in the hands of the empress dowager, if the empress dowager never refuses to let go, even if Zhao Zongquan is determined to issue an imperial edict, it would be useless to reduce the crime of Yun.

Therefore, Wei Chen gave another memorial to the Empress Dowager alone.

In the previous memorial, Wei Chen had already explained the Tao very thoroughly. There is no need to talk about any major principles in this memorial, but should firmly grasp the word "love" and move people with emotion.

At the beginning of the memorial, Wei Chen did not go straight to the Yun family, but mentioned an old story.

When Zhao Zhen was walking in the imperial garden, he suddenly felt thirsty and looked back frequently. However, the servants behind him failed to understand Zhao Zhen's meaning and did not react anyway.

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

After Empress Dowager Cao took the water, she saw Zhao Zhen drinking a cow, and couldn't help asking: "Why didn't the official family ask the servants for some water to drink from him? He was so thirsty?"

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "I used my eyes to signal them several times, but they didn't bring water. I am afraid that if I ask them for it, someone will be blamed by the manager, so I have to hold it back and not say it."

This is not a story, but a real thing, and it is widely circulated among palace maids and eunuchs, and Empress Dowager Cao is the personal experience of this matter.

Wei Chen mentioned this matter in the memorial, first to express his respect and remembrance for the late emperor, and secondly to evoke Empress Dowager Cao's memories of that year.

The late emperor treated his servants so kindly. Long Yubin and Tian Empress even used Renzong as the temple name. The people of Bianjing spontaneously stopped and cried. The smoke from the burning paper money covered the sky and the sun. There was no need to say much about how the late emperor was in his life.

Therefore, Wei Chen dared to ask Empress Dowager Cao to imagine in the memorial. If the late emperor was still alive today, and his behavior and behavior, what would he do to meet the Yun family in Dengzhou?

In Wei's study, Wei Chen hung his wrist and used his pen, and he almost finished his writing without adding any points. He wrote two memorials in one go in a short while.

The next day, the two memorials were sent to the heads of Zhao Zongquan and Empress Dowager Cao.

After reading the memorial, Zhao Zongquan was immediately overjoyed and ordered someone to copy the memorial into the mansion and circulate it through the government and the government.

The debates in the court over Yun’s family have always been limited to the provisions of the law, and Wei Chen directly jumped out of this framework and considered the issue based on the nature of the law and the original intention of establishing the law, which is obviously more than just above them.

Moreover, Wei Chen deserves to be the name of the literary master of the world. His articles are not only profound in ideas, but also proficient in writing. Every word is gem and sharp, and there is no nonsense in the whole article.

As soon as this memorial was released, let alone the Ministry of Justice was stunned, even the Censorate, which had always been accused of being unparalleled, became silent.

This is probably the case when convincing people with reason.

The only thing that can be considered now is the attitude of Empress Dowager Cao.

The government and the public believed that even though Empress Dowager Cao knew it was unreasonable, she would always persist because of her face.

However, no one expected that the day after Zhao Zongquan gave Yun's order to send him to Empress Dowager Cao, Empress Dowager Cao stamped the jade seal on it.

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

Empress Dowager Cao also sighed: "If it weren't for Wei Shaozhan's letter, the Ai family would have almost made a big mistake. Today, the Ai family knew that only Wei Shaozhan knew the last emperor in the court!"

In November, the court formally issued an edict, accrediting the verdict of Xu Feng, the governor of Dengzhou, and imposed a second-class punishment on Yun's family, from hanging to exile.

In the blink of an eye, it was February of the following year, and Longtu Pavilion proposed to the candidate for the chief examiner of the Enke Society Examination.
Chapter completed!