"Mr. Xie's mind and ability, our Ling Mansion naturally sees it, but Mr. Xie knows that my Ling Mansion will definitely encounter a big change in the future, and Mr. Xie may be very dangerous at that time. Shan Ying said seriously.

Xie Aineng, who is capable of writing and martial arts, is naturally a talented person that the Ling Mansion will use in the future, Shan Ying will naturally not snub him, and said very euphemistically: Not yet, you need to wait and see what happens.

"If Mr. Xie is still not at ease, I will ask Mr. Chen Lin, the sword and pen officer, to make a note for what the two of us said today, and in the future, if the Ling Mansion treats Mr. slowly, Mr. can naturally withdraw from the Ling Mansion. Shan Ying said politely.

"Okay, since Madame has said so, let's invite Mr. Chen Lin in. ”

"Chen Lin, the sword and pen officer of the Ling Mansion, has seen Mrs. and Mr. Xie. A young and handsome junior walked in, and he didn't need to look at it to know that this was Chen Lin.

The term "knife and pen officer" can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and more specifically, it can be traced back to a kind of artifact in the Bronze Age - "sharpening". When the ancients used simple slips, if there was a mistake, they would sharpen it with a knife, so scholars and politicians in ancient times often carried knives and pens with them so that they could correct mistakes at any time. Because of the use of both swords and pens, civil officials in the past dynasties were also called "swordsmen and penmen". Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, people have often referred to the staff of the lawyer as "knife and pen officials", as the name suggests, it is said that they are well versed in the rules of the law, their writing is sharp, and their pen is like a knife. The manipulation of the "knife and pen officer" like the pen of a knife often causes many cases to take a sharp turn for the worse, or to create something out of nothing, or to turn a major matter into a small or a trivial matter.

"Warring States Policy: Qin Ce V": "The ministers are the Qin knife pen, and the officials are the chief and the petty officials, and they are not the head of the soldiers." "Hanshu Zhang Tang Biography": "Tang has no size of the merit, the knife and pen officer, Your Majesty is fortunate to be the third duke, and there is no responsibility." ”

"Historical Records: Xiao Xiangguo's Family": Xiao He, the prime minister of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, turned out to be the swordsman of the Qin State and did nothing. Later, he assisted Liu Bang to unify the world, established great achievements, and became the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

The skill of the knife and pen is not only in the sharpness of his writing, but also in his understanding and analysis of things. There is such a record: there is a county, and the governor is good friends but offended the general, one year on New Year's Day to the imperial court after the court, the general has a chapter to impeach the county Chaohe for failing to pay respect, this should be a big disrespect, the governor is also responsible for negligence.

The court really condemned the governor, who was indignant but helpless. One of the governor's attendants occasionally told the story in a wine shop, and when one of the courtiers heard it, he said, "That's it, eight words are enough." The attendant was surprised and asked what the solution was, and the lawyer said, "Give me three thousand gold and I will tell you the solution." The servant secretly told the governor about it, and the governor was overjoyed and promised it. The lawyer said: "Add the words 'participate in the front shift, not to mention the back' in the recital, and the governor will be fine." The governor thought for a long time, and added these eight words to the recital. Sure enough, the imperial court turned to the general again.

Because the governor and the general are in the forefront, they can't take care of the last officials, if the general sees that the county order is out of order, then the general himself is out of order, and the general is derelict in his duties, and the governor and the county governor are fine.

"Participate in the front shift, don't let go of the back" starts from an angle that ordinary people's thinking has never touched, and points out the absurdity and unreasonableness of the informant himself, and "this, the eight characters are enough" shows the self-confidence of the sword and pen officials, and the surprise victory, so that the governor and the magistrate have been preserved, while the general is derelict in his duty because he steals chickens and rice.

Sometimes, in order to win the lawsuit and the effect of a thousand words, the knife and pen officials do not hesitate to instigate the parties to deceive and fabricate evidence. There is a lawyer named Chen Shefu in Suzhou, he has a fellow villager Wang's family wealth but cowardly nature, a widow once borrowed a sum of money from Wang, but after a long time has not returned, Wang sent someone to call the widow and reprimanded her slightly.

Who knew that this widow was ashamed, and came to the door of the king's house in the middle of the night and hanged herself. There was a thunderstorm that night, so no one noticed it, and it was not discovered until dawn.

Wang was very scared and went to Chen Shefu for help, and Chen said: "If you give me 500 gold, I will make an idea for you, and you will be fine." Wang Mou took a sip. Chen Shefu asked Wang to quickly change the woman's shoes, and wrote down the lawsuit with a pen, which was a bit of a finishing touch: "Eight feet high, how can a woman be hanged alone? Three more rains, how can there be no mud on the two feet?" In ancient times, when the evidence system was not perfect, the county magistrate adopted Chen Shefu's opinion, believing that the victim party "moved the body and tried to harm it", and only sentenced Wang to pay for the coffin.

Of course, the records of the knife and pen officials are not all negative, and it is recorded in the "Qing Barnyard Banknotes": "During the Yongzheng period, there was Wu Moqian in Songjiang, who was familiar with the law, and when people asked him to make a submission, he must first knock the truth." Liqu is reconciliation, if it is straight, although the official cannot suppress it. ”

Wu Moqian also used his personal experience and astuteness to distinguish forged deeds and pawns to protect innocent people from illegal harm. A sword and pen official like Wu Moqian, who not only adheres to his moral bottom line but also knows the law, is beneficial to both the powerless people and the society. Unfortunately, such a positive record is rarely seen in historical records.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the incomplete litigation procedures at that time, emphasizing confessions and ignoring investigations, and the lack of debate procedures. And the existence of a sword and pen officer like Wu Moqian is undoubtedly a savior for the people who are helpless in the face of the unfathomable yamen. Ranwen

In the early days, the sword and pen officials did not reach the scope of the master's authority, so Chen Lin was only responsible for the distribution and transmission of various paperwork and the recording of the work of the Ling Mansion.

Wang Meng knew that his writing format was not as neat as Chen Lin's, so he asked Chen Lin to ghostwrite for him every time.

And this sword and pen officer Chen Lin is naturally the one in history.

Chen Lin (?-217), the name Kongzhang, was a native of Sheyang, Guangling. Literary scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an". There is no exact year of birth, but it is known that he is older in the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", about the same as Kong Rong.

In the last years of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Chen Lin served as the general He Jin's chief bookkeeper. He Jin summoned the Quartet border generals to Luoyang, the capital for the eunuchs, Chen Lin once admonished him, but He Jin did not accept it, and was finally defeated and killed. Dong Zhuo was ruthless in Luoyang, and Chen Lin took refuge in Jizhou and entered the Yuan Shao shogunate.

After Yuan Shao's death, Chen Lin followed Yuan Shang. Yecheng was lost, and Chen Lin was captured by Cao's army. Cao Cao loved his talent and did not blame it, and he was appointed as the air force division to sacrifice wine, so that he and Ruan Yu were in charge of the same room. Later, he became the governor of the prime minister's door. In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), he was infected with Liu Zhen, Ying Ling, Xu Gan and others and died.

Chen Lin's writings, according to the Book of Sui and the Chronicles of the Sui Dynasty, contained in the original collection of 10 volumes, have been lost. Zhang Pu of the Ming Dynasty compiled the "Chen Ji Room Collection", which was included in the "Collection of One Hundred and Three Families of the Six Dynasties of the Han and Wei Dynasties".

The most well-known work of Chen Lin is probably that when the Battle of Guandu broke out, Chen Lin wrote "Yuzhou Wen for Yuan Shao", and denounced Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was suffering from a head wind at that time, and he was sick in bed, because he was lying down and reading Chen Lin's writings, he was shocked into a cold sweat, and he suddenly got up, and his head wind healed.

For example, this paragraph.

Sikong Cao Cao: Grandfather often served Teng, and Zuo Yi and Xu Huang were demons, gluttonous and unrestrained, hurting and abusing the people; the eunuch and leave the ugly, there is no virtue, the ticket is cunning, and it is so chaotic. The shogunate Dong Tong raised the eagle and swept away the rebellion, and continued to encounter Dong Zhuo, invading the official and tyrannical country.

So he raised his sword and waved his drum, sent his order to Dongxia, collected heroes, and discarded flaws to take them; so he conspired with Cao Tongyu and awarded him a teacher, saying that he was an eagle and a dog, and his minions could be used.

The shogunate redivided the troops, completed the supplement, showed the line of Dongjun, led the history of the Yanzhou assassin, was rewarded with tiger text, and hoped to get the retribution of Qin Shi. And then he undertook the capital, acted violently, cut off the yuanyuan, and harmed the good. Therefore, Jiujiang is too guarded by the border, talented and handsome, and well-known in the world; he is straightforward and upright, but he is not sycophant; his body is hanged by the sword, and his wife and children are to be blamed for being destroyed. Since Shilin is indignant, the people's grievances are heavy, and the husband fights hard and raises the state with one voice.

Therefore, he bowed to Xu Fang, and seized the land from Lu Bu; The shogunate only strengthened the righteousness of the weak branches, and did not board the party of the rebels, so the reincarnation of the armor, swept the march, the golden drum sounded, and the people ran down, saving him from death, and restoring his position as the uncle: then the shogunate had no virtue in the people of Yantu, but in the exercise of great things......

can scare Boss Cao into a cold sweat, it can be seen that his writing is brilliant, and although he is scolding people throughout the text, he does not see a single dirty word, this is Chen Lin's smartest and smartest.

Ling Hao has always felt that it is not enough for him to just have a gun, and he also needs a pen to give orders for himself, and it just so happened that he drew Chen Lin's role card, so he was naturally "a guest", and all the treatment was the same as that of the Ling family.

Chen Lin's literary talent is already well-known in Wuchuan Town, so he also serves as a literature teacher in Wuchuan Taixuetang, teaching students to learn copying.

He was also the first man in the entire Ling Mansion to receive two salaries.