Jiang Zheng is the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is a high-ranking official of the third grade. Those who can mix with the three grades are either particularly capable or particularly capable, unless they are on the wrong side of the political position, and the general court will not open the knife to this kind of official.

Ye Yichen said: "That's right! ”

The second master asked: "Then the emperor, what is your attitude towards this matter?" "Everyone has been in the officialdom for many years, and they all understand a truth, sometimes it doesn't matter what the truth of the case is, what matters is the emperor's attitude. What result does the emperor want, the following courtiers will naturally judge the result according to the emperor's wishes.

As for whether the parties are wronged, I'm sorry, then no one cares. When the time comes, the punishment will be used, and it is not necessary to have a confession if you want it.

From ancient times to the present, such a thing as a deer as a horse is not known in the annals of history alone.

Therefore, the second master's question can be said to be very knowledgeable.

Ye Yichen smiled faintly and said: "The meaning of the saint is naturally to ask for reasons and severely punish them according to law, otherwise how can he explain to the people who read all over the world." What's more, Jiang Zheng, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was able to rise to this position, but it all relied on the appreciation of the first emperor and his own academic ability, and he offended many people during his reign. A few days ago, Wei Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, took a fancy to Lord Jiang's second daughter and wanted to marry our Lord Jiang, but Lord Jiang rejected it in one bite, and said that the Wei family had a bad style, saying that he felt sorry for his daughter and would never marry his daughter to such a family. ”

Wei Zhong is also an old guy in his sixties and seventies, and he has never done anything that hurts the heavens and reason, but after his wife died, he raised the aunt next to him as the wife of the main room. To say that this aunt has also been with him since childhood, Wei Zhong's wife only gave birth to two daughters, but this side room Aunt Liu gave birth to three sons to him, Wei Zhong thought that he was also old, and it was not interesting to marry another girl to continue the string, and it was also for the sake of the son's dignity, so he raised Aunt Liu to be the wife of the main room.

He was originally from a peasant family, and he didn't think it was a big deal, but Jiang Zheng was different, he was born in a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, and he attached the most importance to family style, so he naturally looked down on Wei Zhong's behavior. Jiang Zheng is not a fool, and his reasons for rejecting Wei Zhong are also high-sounding, but he doesn't know how the conversation between him and his close people got out. After Wei Zhong heard about it, he was so angry that he didn't eat for a few days.

That's how the beam ended!

All three masters had heard of this to some extent. As soon as Ye Yichen reminded them like this, they couldn't help but change color. Since the person was arrested in the prison of the Criminal Department, it must be the Criminal Department who is the chief judge of the case. Wei Zhong and Jiang Zheng have such a personal grudge in it, and the emperor requires strict handling, even if Jiang Zheng does not take bribes, Wei Zhong will definitely be able to frame him.

This is really worse! Originally, Jiang Zheng was arrogant, and many ministers in the court looked at him unpleasantly, and everyone was happy to see him unlucky, so when this case was tried, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and Chengzong would have to be implicated by him if he didn't do it well.

This is really a house leak that happened to rain overnight. The eldest lady was already anxious: "Lord Wang, you must help Brother Zong'er!" ”

Ye Yichen said: "Mother-in-law, don't be impatient. Now the scientific research fraud case is well known, and the discussion is boiling! It's not easy for this king to force the people of the Criminal Department to release the third uncle. lest they sin the wrath of the people. The king of the prison of the criminal department has already sent someone to take care of it, so there is no need to worry. Since this king has agreed to deal with the third uncle, he will never let him be wronged, let alone let others plant the blame on him for things that are not there in the first place! Please also ask your father-in-law and mother-in-law and a few elders to rest assured, even if you are waiting for news at home! ”

Having said all this, he didn't say a word about his own deployment.

After a few more explanations, the eldest lady had to ask again, and Ye Yichen had already served tea: "This king still has some urgent matters to deal with, so I won't leave a few more." ”

Seeing this, the eldest man pulled the eldest lady's sleeve and signaled her not to make any extraneous branches. The eldest lady was not at ease, but she didn't dare to force the prince, so she had to leave the palace unhappily and get into the carriage and go back to the Yang Mansion on Qipan Street. Ye Yichen asked Manager Ma to send them out, and he went straight back to the inner courtyard.

Yulan was sitting on the big kang by the window doing needlework, and when she saw Ye Yichen coming in so quickly, Yulan put her little clothes into the sewing basket on the side, and greeted her with a big belly, "It's over so soon?" ”

These days, she is gradually pregnant, her lower abdomen is bulging day by day, Ye Yichen saw that she was a little struggling to walk, and hurriedly helped her, "It's all like this, I'm still so anxious, be careful of your body!" ”

He helped her sit on the edge of the kang and asked her, "Why don't you lie down for a while?" Reaching out and touching her belly, Yulan showed a serene smile on her face.

After a while, Yulan said, "I've been lying down all morning, it's time to come down and move!" Then he hurriedly asked, "Lord and wife?" ”

Ye Yichen waved his hand and said, "After saying a few words to them, I sent them away." "He really doesn't want to talk to people who don't understand.

Feeling tired!

"I didn't even take a picture, my wife won't be angry!" Yulan asked a little worriedly.

Ye Yichen learned what he said to the eldest wife and the second wife, and finally said: "Don't worry, they can't blame you even if they don't blame you, the responsibility is on me." If they want to hold a grudge, they can hold a grudge against me! "In fact, with Yulan's current status, even if the eldest lady hates her, it is nothing to blame, she can now be said to be completely undependent on her mother's family, even if she was wronged in her in-law's family, with the temperament of the eldest lord and the eldest wife, it is impossible to offend Ye Yichen to support her.

Yulan just didn't want to get into too much trouble with her mother's family. No matter how the eldest lady is, she is also her mother-in-law. What's more, the second wife, especially the fifth wife, is very good to her.

As soon as Ye Yichen said this, Yulan had to put this matter aside first, and talked about Chengzong, originally Yulan's situation, Ye Yichen didn't want to let her know the way, but Yulan already knew so much about the way, and if she didn't tell her the progress, she would think crankily, and he saw that Yulan was very calm and restrained, so he was somewhat relieved.

"So, Shangshu of the Criminal Department and our Lord Jiang also have Liangzi?" Yulan asked with a wry smile. These days, it seems that every news against Seungjong's case is not good news.

Ye Yichen was also a little helpless: "That's not all! Wei Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is the second-class jinshi and Shujishi of the Taizong Dynasty, and he couldn't have done such a high position, he was born in a poor family, there was no backstage, and he had seniority in the court, and he was still a fourth-grade official at the age of forty-five. Thanks to Xiao Zongchang's discernment, Wei Zhong moved three times a year under his promotion, but in just five years, he was promoted from the Honglu Siqing of the fourth grade to the secretary of the criminal department of the second grade. Therefore, Wei Zhong, the old guy, is sincerely grateful to Xiao Zongchang, and he is also the most desperate Zhao Wang henchman of the six Shangshu. The leaders of the remaining few are all old fritters, and even the head of the household department, although he is related to the Xiao family, if the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely reconcile with the Xiao family as soon as possible, and he will win faster than anyone else. These words were not revealed to the eldest master.

Yulan was very uneasy when she heard this, "The emperor has already ordered the Criminal Department to review this case, does that mean that the presiding judge is Wei Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department?" ”

"That's right, this is what Ye Minyu and Chen Jia and others want to see!" He said calmly.

Yulan was a little anxious: "What about Wei Zhong's ability?" ”

Ye Yichen said with a smile: "He has also been a scholar in the Criminal Department for three years, and before serving as a Shangshu, he has been in the Criminal Department for almost ten years, and he knows the laws of Da Chu very well, but he is not the kind of idiot who eats a vegetarian meal, if he comes to try this case, it is a simple matter for him to put Jiang Zheng and his third uncle into it and ask about the Cheng Tie case!" ”

Yulan couldn't help but push the prince, and said angrily: "The situation is so grim, you are still laughing here!" Having said that, when she saw Ye Yichen's smile, her heart settled down, and she knew that her man would definitely have a way.

Ye Yichen smiled, "Wei Zhong, this old guy is so difficult, let's just change someone to try the case." In addition to a Shangshu in the Criminal Department, there are also two squires. Master Yan, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, has a good personal relationship with me, his eldest son followed me in a few battles, I arranged him into the 12th regiment battalion, I helped him arrange a position as a general, and commanded the 3,000 Shenji battalion! If Lord Wei Zhongwei can't try the case, the biggest person in the Criminal Department will be Lord Yan. Even if you can't let Lord Yan try the case, it is much better to ask the three law divisions to try the case than the criminal department to try the case! ”

Yulan remembered that when Ye Yichen reorganized the 12th regiment camp that day, the people who came to the palace to walk the door almost broke the gatehouse. He understood that what Ye Yichen said about personal friendship was good, but it was just a modest word, and this Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department was probably the character in Ye Yichen's pocket.

The so-called Three Law Divisions of Yulan Zhilu Dao refer to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Metropolitan Procuratorate, which are equivalent to modern public security bureaus, courts, and procuratorates. The triage of the three legal divisions may not be truly fair and honest, but when it comes to three departments with real power, it is relatively easy to buy off the heads and brains of one department, and it is too difficult to buy off the three departments to cheat together, so relatively speaking, the triage of the three legal divisions is also beneficial to Chengzong.

Lord Wei Zhongwei is the minister appointed by the emperor to judge the case, Yulan remembered Ye Yichen's sentence just now: "If Lord Wei Zhongwei can't try the case...... her eyes can't help but light up, "Lord Wang, I have an idea, let's send a few people, take advantage of Lord Wei's defense, put a sack on his head and beat him violently, so that he can't get out of bed, and then he can't try the case, so he can only let Lord Lang Yan, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, try the case instead of him!" ”

After Yulan finished speaking, he felt that his brain was a little bigger. It is really that there are too many similar episodes in the eight-o'clock bloody costume drama in the previous life, and Yulan can't help but tilt the building in this direction. Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Ye Yichen couldn't help but look at her with a strange gaze.

Yulan felt a fever on her face. She also knew that her idea was too amateurish! She has been in the back house for a long time in the past two years, and although she is not a master in house fighting, she finally has a little experience. Is there a battle in the court, it's really a black eye, and I don't know anything.

In the past few days, Ye Yichen has broken and crumpled, explaining to her many inside stories in this case, Yulan only thinks that the relationship between the officials is intricate and outrageous, such as Ye Yichen and Chen Jia's generation, they are even better at borrowing strength, and they will not easily use their own strength to fight hard, and they are even hiding behind the scenes and turning their hands for the clouds and covering their hands for the rain, Yulan feels that these people have too many eyes!

Ye Yichen looked at her for a while, and finally couldn't help but laugh. I laughed so hard that tears flowed from my eyes. pointed at Yulan with his finger, and his fingers were trembling: "You, you have a good idea, Ha Lu Ha ......"

Yulan pushed him angrily: "Since I said that my idea is good, you are still laughing here!" ”

Ye Yichen finally stopped smiling, reached out and rubbed her hair, and pretended to be serious: "I'll arrange someone in a while, and I'll go and tie up Wei Zhong, an old thing, tonight and beat him up." After saying that, I couldn't help but laugh again.

Yulan also laughed, and after laughing, she felt that her depressed mood became much better. I didn't expect to have this side effect of selling stupidity! Yulan asked: "Is there any way to make the emperor change generals on the spot?" ”

Ye Yichen picked up Qiao, pretending to be mysterious and refused to tell her, saying that when this matter was done, she would naturally know the way, and Yulan was coquettish for a while. Ye Yichen didn't tell her in the end.

I was in a good mood for lunch, Yulan was served by the maid to take a nap, and Ye Yichen went to the outer study to discuss the scientific examination with Mr. Ou, Mr. Zhu and others.

Chengzong came in to report it, saying that there was news from the prison of the Criminal Department, and now he could send a little servant over to wait for the third young master. Ye Yichen instructed Chengying to go there, and told him that if there is anything, he must pass on the news as soon as possible.

On the side of the Criminal Department, Shangshu Wei Zhong sent several people to arrest Jiang Zheng, the examiner of the 18th room, Yang Chengzong, Zhang Lin and several other people involved in the case. Those who did these things were middle- and lower-level petty officials such as Xiang Zheng, Wei Zhong sat firmly in the lobby of the Criminal Department, and people from all walks of life came back one by one to resume their lives, and the relevant people and criminals soon arrived. Only then did Wei Zhong put his mind at ease.

The case of scientific research fraud is now in an uproar, not only attracting attention, but also the focus of attention of scholars all over the world.

At this time, a small official came to report that Xiao Zongchang, the secretary of the ministry, had come to visit. Wei Zhong hurriedly welcomed Xiao Zongchang in and invited him to sit on the top. After a few polite words, Xiao Zongchang began to advocate the serious harm of scientific research fraud and the emperor's attention to this matter, he did not mention the prince's matter, but Wei Zhong knew that this matter must have something to do with the prince. But he didn't say it. He, the hardcore Zhao Wang Party, has already put a label on his head, and now it's too late to regret it, so he can only run all the way to the dark and serve King Zhao wholeheartedly.

Wei Zhong understood the purpose of Xiao Zongchang's visit this time, and immediately said: "Your Excellency, rest assured, this official will definitely observe the sacred heart and handle this case strictly to the end." No matter who is involved, no matter how big the backstage is, it will be investigated to the end, and we will never tolerate these Sven scum, so that we can make an example of it! ”

Xiao Zongchang saw that he understood what he meant, and he was very satisfied, and said a few innocuous words before saying goodbye and leaving.

Wei Zhong asked someone to bring the case file to study it carefully, while thinking about how the case should be tried.

Yuqing Palace, in the prince's study. The prince is furious. At his feet knelt a staff member in a royal blue robe, and the prince threw a cloisonné enamel teacup from behind the long bookcase. Tea poured on the staff member, his face, forehead, eyebrows, and shoulders were stained with tea leaves, and the staff member's surname was Zhang, and he had given the prince a lot of bad ideas, and at this time he lowered his eyes and did not dare to move.

The prince said angrily: "What did Lone tell you at that time? This matter is very important, the stakes are very high, and I ask you not to pass on the exam questions, but you are lonely in such a dangerous place for these few taels of silver. Now that things are so big, you come and tell Lone, how to end it? What to do with you, daring minion? ”

The prince sat down behind the bookcase in a huff, still puzzled, and threw down a stack of files. This Mr. Zhang knelt and didn't dare to speak, but he was secretly complaining in his heart: He Mengchun and Xu Yuanhua are the topic of the prince's leakage, and now it is not the East Window incident, if you want to talk about responsibility, you are the first person responsible, why do you just question me and don't ask yourself first!

In the study, there was also a middle-aged staff member in a stone blue robe, this person's surname was Zhao, and he was another confidant of the prince. Previously, Mr. Zhang leaked the exam questions to another named candidate, and received a total of 56,000 taels of bribes, Mr. Zhao somehow found out about it, found Mr. Zhang, knocked him hard, and threatened that if Mr. Zhang refused to take out the silver and divide a part of him, he would report the matter to the prince.

Mr. Zhang had no choice but to divide his 20,000 taels very painfully. Take people's money and eliminate disasters with others. The silver could not be taken for nothing, so Mr. Zhao had to come out to play a round for Mr. Zhang at this time.

He boldly said, "Your Highness! Your Highness, please put out the wrath of the thunder for the time being, now is not the time to be angry or held accountable. Now it is obvious that someone is deliberately making things bigger, and the people behind the scenes have sinister intentions, trying to burn this fire to the prince's body. If this matter is revealed, not only will the emperor not be able to make a difference, but I am afraid that the Shilin will also be full of your infamy, how will you reign in the world and ascend the throne as the emperor when the time comes? ”

The prince was shocked to hear this. Previously, he was just afraid that this matter would reach the ears of his father, and if his father grounded him in Yuqing Palace like last time, he would be finished. didn't expect that once this matter was revealed, he would be completely ruined.

How did a man whose reputation has been stinked do the emperor?

"It must be Ye Minyu, it must be Ye Minyu, a despicable villain, who is behind the scenes!" He slapped the table in anger, and then panicked again, and when it came to the critical moment, he didn't pay any attention at all. This is really like an orthodox emperor, "Mr. Zhao, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Mr. Zhao said: "Your Highness, in the next person, Mr. Zhang is resourceful, His Highness still needs to have more Mr. Zhang, we have a lot of discussions, so we can get through this difficulty!" ”

The prince hesitated for a moment, thinking that he was currently employing people, so he had to say: "Mr. Zhang, get up, go and ask someone to wipe your face first, and then change your clothes...... Loneliness can be blamed in the past! ”

Mr. Zhang was overjoyed: "Your Highness is merciful, the villain is grateful, grateful!" He glanced at Mr. Zhao very gratefully, and then left the prince's study, quickly washed his face, and came back with a change of clothes.

The three of them sat down again, and the prince's gaze fell on Mr. Zhang's face. Mr. Zhang said: "Your Highness, the villain thought about this matter all night yesterday, and now He Mengchun, Xu Yuanhua and others have been sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, in case they can't survive and confide something, it will be troublesome." ”

The prince hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Mr. Zhang said: "For today's plan, there is only one way to change the presiding judge. It coincides with Ye Yichen's thoughts.

Mr. Zhao also said: "Wei Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department who presides over the trial, is a hardcore Zhao Wangdang, and if he is asked to come to trial, even if there is nothing to do, he can also be tried if there is something to do...... Not to mention that there is indeed something to do!"

The crown prince stood up and paced around the room, "What you say makes sense, but this chief judge is appointed by his father, so how can he say that he can be replaced?" ”

Mr. Zhang had already thought about this problem: "Let's try to drag this case as far as possible, and send someone to the prison of the Criminal Department to deliver a message to those lifters, telling them not to talk about anything." Let's take this opportunity to find Wei Zhong's handle, and find a few imperial historians to participate in him, and then he won't be able to stand on his own, what qualifications do he have to try such a big case, and the emperor will naturally be replaced! When the time comes, let's think of a way to replace the chief judge with our own people, and find a few dead ghosts among the examiners to carry the black pot for us, and this matter will be able to be fooled without danger. ”

The prince nodded again and again: "This is wonderful! Just follow your method, and send someone to do it as soon as possible. ”

The two staff members went down to do the work.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wei Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, handed a sign into the palace and asked the emperor to give him advice on how to try this case. Of course, this statement is just a cliché, the orthodox emperor is not proficient in these things in the judicial system, Wei Zhong entered the palace to communicate with the emperor: I plan to try this case like this, you always think it is feasible or not. The emperor nodded, Wei Zhong followed this path, and something big would happen in the future, because he had communicated with the emperor in advance, and his responsibility could be smaller.

Wei Zhong talked with the orthodox emperor in the Wenhua Hall for most of the hour, and then returned to the criminal department satisfied, and prepared to start the trial of the case the next day.

Before he could wait for the first interrogation of the criminal, Cui Yuan suddenly came out of the criminal department in the morning of the next day and said: "Your Majesty, the fraud case in the department is very important, and the minister thinks that it is not appropriate for Lord Wei of the Criminal Department to preside over this case!" ”