Chapter 321: The Gits of Gentlemen
After talking to Tao Yue, Wei Chen came out of the Bachelor's Hall, and when he was idle, he went to the Shuchang Pavilion to visit the Shuji in the hall.
Speaking of which, Wei Chen now has a lot of official titles on his head, and they sound more scary than the other, but there are really not many actual errands.
Needless to say, the Zhan Mansion was originally an institution set up to teach the prince to read.
Now the original crown prince Zhao Zongquan has ascended the throne as the emperor, and Zhao Zongquan's eldest son Zhao Ceying is only King Huan and has not yet been canonized as the crown prince.
Without the crown prince in the court, the errands of the Zhan Mansion were all furnishings.
Of course, although Zhao Ceying is only King Huan, after all, he is the prince and the eldest son, if Zhao Zongquan lets Zhao Ceying go out of the cabinet to study, he also needs Zhan Shifu to be responsible.
However, once Zhao Zongquan let Zhao Ceying out of the cabinet to study, it was equivalent to releasing a strong signal to the court that he wanted to establish King Huan as the crown prince.
Now it seems that no matter what the considerations, Zhao Zongquan has no intention of making a prince for the time being, and he has not let Zhao Ceying or the rest of his young sons go out of the pavilion to study.
As a result, Wei Chen, the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu who was in charge of Zhan Shifu's affairs, became a nominal title, in addition to being honorable, the biggest role was to pave the way for Wei Chen's future promotion to Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, who was the third grade.
When the crown prince is officially canonized in the future, the status of the Zhan Mansion will be raised to another level.
At that time, if Wei Chen has been promoted to Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, he will be the real prince master, and the meaning will be very different.
Of course, now that the crown prince has not been established, everything is just empty talk, and Wei Chen, the young Zhan Shifu who is in charge of Zhan Shifu's affairs, has nothing to do in Zhan Shifu.
As for the Hanlin Academy, Tao Yue is in charge of the affairs of the courtyard, Ding Si is fully valued by Yanri, Wu Yingyan basically doesn't care about things, and the errand that can be arranged for Wei Chen is his old job, teaching Shu Jishi.
Speaking of these Jijishi, Wei Chen was really a little ashamed in his heart.
Since they entered the museum in March last year, they have been studying in the museum for nearly a year and a half.
And Wei Chen, as a Shujishi teacher, is teaching them the time of the Eight Classics, in fact, it is only a few months ago.
After the New Year, Wei Chen first rescued King Qin and quelled the rebellion of King Yan, and then served as the five envoys of Shanling to prepare for the funeral of the first emperor.
It wasn't until today, when Wei Chen had free time, that he finally remembered that he still had thirty-six good students in the Shuchang Pavilion.
"I don't know if my homework has fallen behind in the days when I am not in the Hanlin Academy......
Wei Chen thought like this while walking and slowly came to the small courtyard where the Shuchang Pavilion was located.
Before entering the courtyard gate, you can see the ancient locust in the courtyard from a distance, the canopy of the tree is towering to the sky, and a breeze blows, making a pleasant rustling sound.
The locust tree, since ancient times, has been regarded as the tree of the minister's doctor, the so-called "Dengding Huai's appointment", that is, the official has been a teacher, a master or a prince, and the three princes are in the position.
Therefore, locust trees are planted all over the inside and outside of the Hanlin Academy, which means cultivating talents for the country.
In the Shuchang Pavilion where Shuji Shi is cultivated, there are many ancient acacia with a long history, and some ancient acacia have been planted here in the previous dynasty, and they are older than the Great Zhou.
At this time, none of the thirty-six Shu Jishi were sitting in the shade of a vicissitudes of ancient acacia trees, as if they were discussing something, and the atmosphere was quite warm.
Wei Chen didn't bother them, but quietly listened closer, and then realized that they were discussing a public eucalyptus that has attracted a lot of attention from the government and the opposition recently.
The eucalyptus of this eucalyptus is actually very simple.
The Dengzhou woman Yun was mourning for her mother, but Yun's uncle was greedy for a dowry and forcibly married Yun to Zhuanghu Weida.
Wei Da was ugly and old, and the Yun family didn't like it, so he took advantage of the night before getting married and slashed Wei Da more than a dozen times, but the woman was weak, so she only cut Wei Da and did not die.
Later, Yun was summoned to the government as a prisoner, and without waiting for interrogation, she confided the truth on her own and admitted that she had done it.
In this way, the crime committed by the Yun clan is an attempted murder, and it is also a voluntary surrender, according to the edict of amnesty to the world when the new monarch ascended the throne, the crime should be reduced to the second degree.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Xu Feng, the governor of Dengzhou, to sentence the Yun family to exile.
It's just that when the verdict was sent to the Criminal Department for review, it was overturned by the officials of the Criminal Department.
Because the officials of the Criminal Department believe that Wei Da is the husband of the Yun family, and the woman murdered her husband and committed a human crime, which is a heinous crime, and should be executed according to the law.
Xu Feng, the governor of Dengzhou, was originally an official sent by Dali Temple to the local place for temporary training.
Even in the face of pressure from the Criminal Department, Xu Feng was full of confidence, and when the review opinion of the Criminal Department reached Dengzhou, he was still not satisfied and insisted on the original verdict.
Xu Feng also argued that the Yun family was married but not married, and lived during the mourning period, so he was not Wei Da's wife, and had nothing to do with human ethics, and should be punished as an ordinary person's crime.
As a result, the criminal department also got angry, saying that the Yun family married in the filial piety period, which was a violation of the law, and the crime was added to the first degree.
The two sides fought a pen and ink lawsuit back and forth, and in the end, even the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother were shocked.
Zhao Zongquan felt that the Yun family was pitiful and wanted to be lightly punished, but the Empress Dowager Cao had a very different opinion from him and insisted on hanging the Yun family.
Soon after Zhao Zongxin ascended the throne, he could not ignore the opinion of Empress Dowager Cao, so he summoned two scholars of Longtuge University to discuss the matter.
As a result, the first assistant Han Zhang supported Xu Feng, while the second assistant Wen Yanchang supported the Criminal Department, and the two scholars had their own opinions.
Helplessly, Zhao Zongquan had no choice but to expand the scope of participants in the discussion and summon important ministers above the third rank to discuss this again.
As a result, opinions are still divided into two factions.
Wang Wenqing, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Shen Wei, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, all agreed with Han Zhang's opinion, while the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate supported Wen Yanchang's opinion.
And behind Han Zhang and Wen Yanchang, there are Zhao Zongquan and Empress Dowager Cao standing respectively.
As a result, a very simple criminal law became complicated and gradually began to develop in the direction of political struggle.
More than a month has passed so far, but the controversy about Yun's eucalyptus has not stopped, but has led to a lot of court discussions, and it has been indecisive for a long time.
Even the Hanlin Academy, which has always been noble, has been affected, and the monks in the Shuchang Hall discuss this matter on weekdays.
Regarding this case, Wei Chen's opinion is similar to that of Xu Feng, the governor of Dengzhou.
Yun was allowed to Wei Da by his uncle during his mother's funeral, and the fiancée relationship between Yun and Wei Da was not recognized by the law.
Moreover, Yun only slashed Wei Da, but did not cause death, and his attitude in admitting guilt was good, and there were circumstances of voluntary surrender, so he should have his sentence commuted.
Wei Chen silently listened to the discussion of the Gujishi on the side for a while, and found that the opinions of these Gujishi were also roughly divided into two factions.
However, there are still relatively more people who support the opinion of Xu Feng, the governor of Dengzhou, and think that the Yun family should be treated lightly.
Wei Chen also noticed that the "Seven Pus" he had secretly arranged in his heart before, that is, Wang Shouyu, Yin Qu, Gu Yangqian, Liu Bosheng, Lin Ruchu, Han Lun, Jiang Gorilla, and Sheng Changfeng and others, all supported Xu Feng's opinion like him.
This discovery made Wei Chen quite pleased, it seems that his tireless teaching to them during the period of years ago was quite effective, and his hard work was not in vain.