The memorials submitted by officials to the General Affairs Department must be opened in public and copies made. Many people handle them, so there is no secret at all.
When the officials from the General Affairs Department took Wei Chen's memorial to the public hall and opened it in public, many officials and officials in the hall gathered around.
Wei Chen was ranked in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, and his literary talents were world-famous. The articles written by such people, even if they are official documents and memorials, are worth reading.
The first official came forward and read through the opened memorial. He couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "This is the true literary master of the world!"
Everyone was surprised when they heard this.
No matter how good Wei Chen's articles are, after all, he is still young and lacks knowledge. Usually, words such as "In time, he will become a Wen Zong" are used to describe him. However, this official directly called Wei Chen "the Wen Zong of the world", which is a little bit Too exaggerated?
Out of curiosity, more people in the hall put down what they were doing and rushed up to appreciate Wei Chen's memorial.
Seeing that the crowd was getting more and more crowded, the official holding the memorial simply read out the contents of the memorial on the spot.
After listening to the official read a few sentences, everyone realized that his previous praise of Wei Chen as the "Literary Emperor of the World" was not an exaggeration, but appropriate.
"If you live and die for the benefit of the country, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings." This sentence alone is enough to be famous throughout the ages.
There were applause and applause all around. Many people took paper and began to copy chapters and sentences. After copying, they lent it to others to copy. This was passed on to ten people and hundreds of people.
Zhou Jizong, the general affairs envoy, said with emotion: "In the past Jin Dynasty, there was Li Lingbo's "Chen Qing Biao", and now in our Zhou Dynasty, we also have Wei Xingyun's "Chen Qing Biao"! Those who read Li Lingbo's "Chen Qing Biao" without crying are the A person must be unfilial, and anyone who reads Wei Xingyun's "Chen Qing Biao" without excitement in his heart must have no ambition!"
Everyone agreed.
Wei Chen's essay with the same name as Li Mi's "Chen Qing Biao" in the Western Jin Dynasty is not much inferior to his predecessors, and is enough to be compared with one of them.
You must know that Li Mi's "Chen Qing Biao" is as famous as Zhuge Liang's "Shi Shi Biao" and Han Yu's "Essence on the Twelve Langs". Wei Chen's article is just qualified to be compared with it. Something to be proud of.
What is even more incredible is that most of the officials in the General Affairs Department actually agreed with this statement.
Similar scenes did not only occur in the General Affairs Department.
Wei Chen's memorial was delivered from the General Affairs Department to the Clerk's Office, then from the Clerk's Office to Longtuge, and then from Longtuge to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. During this period, both officials and internal servants competed to read it and copied it.
In the end, after several twists and turns, this memorial was finally presented to Zhao Zhen by Gao Huai: "Your Majesty, today's memorial has been sent."
The memorials on the imperial eucalyptus had already piled up like a hill. Zhao Zhen, who was reviewing the memorials, didn't even raise his head and just said calmly: "Put it aside for now."
Gao Huai hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Your Majesty, there is a memorial from Wei Zhongyun here."
"Wei Aiqing?"
Zhao Zhen raised his head in surprise, and then smiled with relief. It seemed that Wei Chen had come to write a letter to plead guilty, so that was good.
The officials were aggressive and determined not to give up until they achieved their goals. Even if Zhao Zhen kept the memorial to impeach Wei Chen unpublished, he felt that he could not suppress it.
Since Wei Chen is willing to take the initiative to write a letter to admit his mistake, Zhao Zhen only needs to punish Wei Chen slightly, such as a three-month salary fine, which can almost calm the anger of the officials and put an end to the matter.
This is the best result.
Upon thinking of this, Zhao Zhen put down his ink brush, stretched out his hand towards Gao Huai and said, "Send Wei Zhongyun's memorial first."
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However, after the cup of tea.
"If you want to benefit the country's life and death, why should you avoid it because of misfortune and fortune? If you want to benefit the country's life and death, how can you avoid it because of misfortune and fortune..."
Zhao Zhen suddenly stood up from the throne and repeatedly recited the words and phrases from Wei Chen's "Chen Qing Biao", his eyes became moist without realizing it.
"The heart of the boxing and the spirit of awe-inspiring overflowing on the paper. I am very lucky that the country can have a minister like Wei Zhongyun, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is very lucky!"
Zhao Zhen's mood changes were all seen by Gao Huai and the other servants. At this moment, they only had one thought in their minds, Wei Liuyuan's future was really limitless!
After a long while, Zhao Zhen finally put down the memorial, let out a long sigh, and whispered: "In the final analysis, this matter is all my fault. Wei Zhongyun just took the blame for me. I have the courage to do my job, how can I As the king of a country, don’t you have any responsibility?
I disturbed everyone with my small family, and disturbed the laws of the country with my selfish motives, which led to Wei Zhongyun's disaster today. I feel so guilty that I can only issue an edict to sin against myself..."
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"
Hearing the words "I'm issuing an edict to sin against myself" from Zhao Zhen's mouth, all the attendants panicked and fell to their knees.
Even if you look through history books, you can't find a few copies of the Sinji Edict.
Throughout the ages, emperors have been entrusted with destiny, and their golden words are the embodiment of correctness. Unless absolutely necessary, the emperor would never admit that he was wrong, let alone issue an imperial edict to make his mistakes public to the world.
It is conceivable that once Zhao Zhen publicly issued an imperial edict to confess his faults to the people of the world, it would inevitably cause an uproar in the world.
In comparison, the impact of Wei Chen's impeachment on Yan Guan was simply insignificant.
At this moment, even the uncultured chamberlain realized the seriousness of the situation and knelt on the ground and begged Zhao Zhen to think twice before acting.
However, Zhao Zhen seems to have made up his mind and cannot be persuaded no matter how hard he tries, insisting on issuing an edict to punish himself.
The servants had no choice but to send people to Longtuge to inform Han Zhang, the chief assistant, and ask him to come and dissuade the officials.
Soon after receiving the news, Han Zhang immediately put down the government affairs at hand and hurried to the back hall of Chongzheng Hall to ask for an audience with the emperor.
When Zhao Zhen saw Han Zhang, he guessed his purpose. He waved his hand to Han Zhang and said, "I have made up my mind. There is no need to say anything to Han Qing's family."
Han Zhang kowtowed and said: "Issuing an edict to sin against oneself is an act of benevolent monarch in ancient times. I always know that your majesty is benevolent and is not inferior to the ancients. I just ask your majesty to agree to the plan for the defense, and don't do it like this."
"Wei Zhongyun?"
Zhao Zhen was slightly startled.
The reason why he made the decision to punish himself was because he was moved by the heart of fist in Wei Chen's memorial. He felt ashamed of Wei Chen and did not want Wei Chen to bear the stigma on his behalf.
But Han Zhang actually said, please consider for Wei Chen's sake and not do this. What's the point of this?
"His Majesty!"
Han Zhang said earnestly: "Don't you understand? Wei Zhongyun was impeached not because he made a mistake, but because he was so dazzling that he attracted too much jealousy. The top priority is to cool down Wei Zhongyun, and Not to add fuel to his anger.
Once you issue an edict to sin against yourself, everyone in the world will know that you did it for Wei Zhongyun. Wouldn't Wei Zhongyun become the focus of everyone's attention? I dare to assert that the memorials to impeach Wei Zhongyun will not decrease, but will become more and more numerous, and even your imperial edicts will be piled up! "
After hearing what Han Zhang said, Zhao Zhen had a look of surprise on his face, and then a wry smile flashed across his lips, and he asked dejectedly: "In the opinion of the Qing family, how should I make up for my mistakes?"
"You must never issue an edict to sin against yourself."
When Han Zhang saw Zhao Zhen nodding lightly, he couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to say slowly: "Not only that, but he also ordered Wei Zhongyun to be punished for the crime of not reflecting on himself after being impeached, so that he could be demoted and released from the court. Only in this way can we protect this loyal minister!"
