After presiding over the dispersal examination of the scholars, Wei Chen had nothing to do and concentrated on writing a chapter about the Yun's eucalyptus in Dengzhou.

Now the controversy between the court and China about this eucalyptus has intensified, and the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother secretly competed with each other through this eucalyptus, which affected the entire court.

Even if Wei Chen was in the idle place of Hanlin Academy, it would be difficult to stay out of the matter, and sooner or later he would be involved in it.

In particular, Wei Chen's identity is sensitive, he is not only an old man promoted by the first emperor, but also has a great relationship with the new monarch, and it is very likely that he will be sandwiched between the imperial party and the later party at that time, and neither end will be pleased.

In this case, Wei Chen might as well turn his passivity into initiative, play as soon as possible, and express his position and attitude, so as not to suffer from the pond fish.

Regarding the content of the chapter, Wei Chen already had an idea in his heart.

This time, Wei Chen decided to put on two letters, one for the Son of Heaven and one for the Queen Mother.

As far as Wei Chen knew, the reason why the Son of Heaven wanted to reduce the Yun family's guilt was to see that the Yun family was pitiful for a weak woman, so he had compassion.

It's just that the elaboration of the legal provisions of the Great Zhou in this regard is a bit ambiguous, so it was grabbed by Wen Yanchang and the officials of the Criminal Department, and it has been making trouble until today.

In the recital presented by Wei Chen to the Son of Heaven, the main point is actually that no matter what the circumstances, the judgment must be guaranteed to reflect the spirit behind the laws of the Great Zhou.

What is the spirit of the law of the Great Zhou?

It is to guide the people of the world to abandon evil from good, not simply to punish for the sake of punishment.

Therefore, when the basis for a judgment is clear and the law can be cited, it must be resolutely enforced.

And when it is impossible to make a judgment by relying on the law and it has caused great controversy, the best solution in this case is to make a judgment that most people think is fair according to the common good of human nature.

In the Yun family, the Yun family was unwilling to marry Wei Dacheng, because she was forced by her uncle, especially during her mother's funeral, no matter how you look at it, the Yun family is the one who is bullied, but she is braver than ordinary women and dares to fight.

Moreover, although the Yun clan slashed Wei Da more than a dozen times, it only sounded scary, Wei Da actually did not suffer any fatal injuries, and the most serious injury caused to Wei Da by the Yun clan was only a broken little finger.

Wei Chen believes that if he finds a random person in Bianjing City, tells the story of the Yun family, and asks them about their attitude towards the Yun family, most people will have sympathy for the Yun family.

In fact, after such a long time, similar public opinion has already shown signs, and the discussions of the people of Bianjing after tea and dinner have proved that the sentence of commutation to the Yun family is the real desire of the people.

Therefore, Wei Chen implored the Son of Heaven to conform to the will of the people and issued an edict to reduce the Yun family's guilt.

And afterwards, according to this case, the relevant laws and regulations were adjusted to clarify the place where it contains the lake, so that when Youji encounters similar cases in the future, he can have a law to follow, and there is no need to bother the Son of Heaven to issue an edict.

This recital is completely in line with Wei Chen's style, seeking truth from facts, reasonable, and the vision and pattern are much higher than the rest of the officials in the DPRK and China.

Moreover, Wei Chen was not attached to either the imperial party or the later party, but through the interpretation and interpretation of the legal provisions and the spirit of the law, he came up with a solution to the matter, and easily avoided political sidelines.

Of course, no matter how penetrating Wei Chen is in his recital, in terms of the final result, he still supports the reduction of the Yun family's guilt, even if he has the same view as the Son of Heaven, he is 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 refuses to let go, it is Zhao Zongquan who has the heart to give an edict, and it is useless to reduce the Yun family's guilt.

Therefore, Wei Chen gave another letter to the Queen Mother alone.

In the previous recital, Wei Chen had already said the Tao very thoroughly, and this recital did not need to talk about any big truths, but to firmly grasp the word "love" and move people with emotion.

At the beginning of the chapter, Wei Chen did not cut straight to the point of the Yun family, but mentioned an old matter.

Back then, Zhao Zhen was walking in the imperial garden, walking, and suddenly felt thirsty, so he looked back frequently, but the attendants behind him failed to understand Zhao Zhen's meaning, and there was no reaction.

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

After Empress Dowager Cao brought water, she saw Zhao Zhen drinking for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Why didn't the official family ask the attendants for water to drink outside, and they were so thirsty?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly: "I signaled them a few times with my eyes, but they didn't bring water, I was afraid that if I asked them for it at this time, someone would be blamed by the steward, so I had to endure it all the time." ”

This is not a story, but a real thing, and it is widely circulated among the palace maids and chamberlains, and the Empress Dowager Cao is a first-hand witness of this matter.

Wei Chen mentioned this incident in the recital, firstly, to express his respect and remembrance for the first emperor, and secondly, to evoke the memories of Empress Dowager Cao.

The first emperor treated the attendants around him so leniently, and the queen of the dragon and the king took Renzong as the temple number, and the people of Bianjing spontaneously boycotted the city and cried, and the smoke from the burning of paper money covered the sky and the sun.

Therefore, Wei Chen dared to ask the Empress Dowager Cao to think about it in the recital, if the old man of the first emperor is still alive today, with his behavior, what will he do when he meets the Yun clan of Dengzhou?

In the study of the Wei Mansion, Wei Chen hung his wrist and carried the pen, almost without adding any points, in one go, and wrote the two letters in a short time.

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

After Zhao Zongquan read the recital, he was immediately overjoyed and ordered someone to copy the recital on the newspaper and circulate it to the government and the opposition.

For a long time, the controversy between the DPRK and China about Yun's eucalyptus was actually limited to the provisions of the law, but Wei Chen directly jumped out of this framework and considered the problem from the essence of the law and the original intention of establishing the law, which was obviously more than a cut above them.

And Wei Chen is worthy of the name of the world's Wenzong, the article is not only profound, but also spicy and skillful, every word is beautiful, extremely sharp, and there is not a single nonsense in the whole article.

As soon as this recital came out, not to mention that the Criminal Department was dumbfounded, even the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which has always been incomparable in spraying people, was dumbfounded.

Convince people with reason, and that's probably the case.

The only thing to worry about now is the attitude of Empress Dowager Cao.

Both the government and the opposition believe that even if the Empress Dowager Cao knows that she is not reasonable, she will always insist on it for the sake of face.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that the day after Zhao Zongquan forgave the Yun family's edict and sent it to the Empress Dowager Cao, the Empress Dowager Cao stamped the jade seal on it.

It is said that this is also the credit of Wei Chen's performance, and I don't know what Wei Chen wrote in the recital, which made the Empress Dowager Cao cry after reading the recital and changed her mind.

Empress Dowager Cao also sighed: "If it weren't for Wei Shaozhan to speak out and write the book, the mourning family would have almost made a big mistake." The mourning family knows today that the people who know the first emperor in the court are only Wei Shaozhan! ”

In November, the imperial court issued an official edict approving the verdict of Xu Feng, the governor of Dengzhou, and demoting the Yun family to a second-class sentence and commuting his sentence from hanging to exile.

In the blink of an eye, in February of the following year, Longtuge proposed the candidate for the chief examiner of the Enke Society.

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