After talking with Tao Yue, Wei Chen came out of the Scholar Hall and had nothing to do. Then he went to the Common Hall to visit the common people in the hall.
Speaking of which, Wei Chen now has a lot of official titles, and each one sounds more scary than the last, but the actual errands are really not many.
Needless to say, Zhan Shifu was an institution established to teach the prince how to read.
Now the original prince Zhao Zongquan has ascended the throne as emperor, and Zhao Zongquan's eldest son Zhao Ceying is only King Huan and has not yet been canonized as prince.
Without the prince in the court, all the errands of Zhan Shifu became a decoration.
Of course, although Zhao Ceying was only King Huan, he was still a prince after all, and still had the title of eldest son. If Zhao Zongquan asked Zhao Ceying to go out to study, Zhan Shifu would also need to be responsible.
However, once Zhao Zongquan asked Zhao Ceying to study outside the cabinet, it would be equivalent to sending a strong signal to the court that he wanted to establish King Huan as the prince.
Now it seems that no matter what the reasons are, Zhao Zongquan has no intention of appointing a crown prince yet, nor does he allow Zhao Ceying or the other younger sons to go out to study.
Therefore, Wei Chen, the young master of Zhan Shi's Mansion, Zhan Shi, who was in charge of Zhan Shi's Mansion, became a title in name only. In addition to being noble, his biggest role was to prepare for Wei Chen's future promotion to the third rank of Zhan Shi's Mansion, Zhan Shi. paving.
When the crown prince is officially registered in the future, Zhan Shifu's status will rise to another level.
If Wei Chen had been promoted to Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu by then, he would be the real master of the crown prince, and the meaning would be completely different.
Of course, now that the crown prince has not yet been established, everything is just talk. Wei Chen, the young master of Zhanshifu who is in charge of Zhanshifu, has nothing to do in Zhanshifu.
As for the Hanlin Academy, Tao Yue is in charge of the affairs of the academy, Ding Siquan is in charge of Yanri, and Wu Yingyan basically doesn't care. After all, the only job he can arrange for Wei Chen is his old job, teaching common people. .
Speaking of these common people, Wei Chen felt really ashamed.
This group of Shujishi has been studying in the museum for nearly a year and a half since they entered the museum in March last year.
As a Shuji scholar, Wei Chen's time to teach them the Eight Classics was actually only a few months ago.
After the New Year, Wei Chen first came to the rescue of King Qin and put down the rebellion of King Yan, and then served as the five envoys of Shanling to prepare for the funeral of the late emperor. In short, he was too busy to take care of these common people.
It was not until today that Wei Chen finally remembered that he had thirty-six good students in the Common Hall when he had some free time.
"I wonder if their studies have fallen behind during my absence from the Hanlin Academy..."
While Wei Chen was thinking this, he walked slowly to the small courtyard where the Common Hall was located.
Before entering the courtyard, you can see the ancient locust trees in the courtyard from a distance. The towering tree crowns block out the sun, and a gentle breeze makes a pleasant rustling sound.
The locust tree has been regarded as the tree of officials since ancient times. The so-called "appointment of the locust tree" means that the official has become the grand master, grand tutor or grand treasurer, and is in the position of the three princes.
Therefore, locust trees are planted all over the Hanlin Academy, which is a metaphor for cultivating talents for the country.
In the Shuchang Hall where Shujishi are trained, there are especially many ancient locust trees with a long history. Some ancient locust trees have been planted here in the previous dynasty, and they are older than Zhou Dynasty.
At this time, none of the thirty-six Shujis were sitting around under the shade of an ancient locust tree, seeming to be discussing something, and the atmosphere was quite lively.
Wei Chen did not disturb them, but quietly leaned in and listened. Only then did he realize that they were discussing an official scandal that had attracted much attention from both the government and the public recently.
The story behind this eucalyptus is actually very simple.
Yun, a woman from Dengzhou, was in mourning for her mother, but Yun's uncle was greedy for a betrothal gift and forcibly betrothed Yun to the villager Wei Da.
The Yun family didn't like Wei Da's appearance and age, so he took a knife at night before getting married and stabbed Wei Da dozens of times. However, the woman was weak, so she only wounded Wei Da but did not kill him.
After that, Yun was summoned to the government as a prisoner. Without waiting for interrogation, she revealed the truth on her own and admitted that she was responsible for the incident.
In this way, the crime Yun committed was attempted murder, and he surrendered. According to the edict of amnesty issued when the new emperor ascended the throne, his crime should be reduced to a second degree.
Therefore, it is reasonable and reasonable for Xu Feng, the magistrate of Dengzhou, to sentence the Yun family to exile.
However, when the verdict was sent to the Ministry of Punishment for review, it was overturned by officials from the Ministry of Punishment.
Because the officials of the Ministry of Punishment believed that Wei Da was the husband of the Yun family, and the woman who murdered her husband had violated human relations and was an unpardonable crime, she should be executed according to the law. Since Wei Da was still alive, the crime could be reduced to one level and he should be hanged.
Xu Feng, the magistrate of Dengzhou, was originally an official sent by Dali Temple to the local area for training. He had been punished and jailed many times, and he was strong, sensitive and clear about forgiveness.
Even in the face of pressure from the Ministry of Punishment, Xu Feng was confident. When the Ministry of Punishment's review opinions reached Dengzhou, he still refused to accept it and insisted that the original verdict was correct.
Xu Feng also argued that Yun was married but not married, and was in mourning, so she was not Wei Da's wife. It had nothing to do with human ethics, and she should be treated as an ordinary person's crime.
As a result, the Ministry of Punishment also became angry, saying that Yun's marriage during the period of filial piety was against the law, and the crime would be increased.
The two sides started a lawsuit over and over again, and in the end even the emperor and the queen mother were alarmed.
Zhao Zongquan felt that Yun was pitiful and wanted to be given a lighter sentence, but Empress Dowager Cao had a different opinion with him and insisted on hanging Yun.
Not long after Zhao Zongxin came to the throne, he could not ignore the opinions of Empress Dowager Cao, so he summoned two Longtuge bachelors to discuss the matter.
As a result, the first assistant Han Zhang supported Xu Feng, while the second assistant Wen Yanchang supported the Ministry of Punishment, and the two bachelors each held their own opinions.
Helpless, 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 the matter again.
As a result, opinions were divided into two groups.
Wang Wenqing, minister of Dali Temple, and Shen Weizhong, left minister of the Ministry of Rites, all agreed with Han Zhang's opinion, while the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate supported Wen Yanchang's opinion.
Behind Han Zhang and Wen Yanchang stood Zhao Zongquan and Queen Mother Cao respectively.
As a result, an originally very simple criminal case became complicated and gradually began to develop in the direction of political struggle.
More than a month has passed, but the debate about Eucalyptus sp. has not subsided. On the contrary, it has caused many debates and has not been resolved for a long time.
Even the Imperial Academy, which has always been noble, was also affected. The common people in the common hall were discussing the matter on weekdays.
Regarding this incident, Wei Chen's views were similar to those of Xu Feng, the magistrate of Dengzhou.
Yun was betrothed to Wei Da by his uncle while he was mourning his mother. The unmarried relationship between Yun and Wei Da was not recognized by law.
Moreover, Yun only chopped Wei Da and did not cause death. Since he had a good attitude in pleading guilty and there were circumstances surrounding his surrender, his sentence should be reduced.
Wei Chen silently listened to the discussion among the concubines for a while, and found that the opinions of these concubines were generally divided into two groups.
However, there are relatively more people who support Xu Feng, the magistrate of Dengzhou, who believe that the Yun family should be given a lighter sentence.
Wei Chen also noticed that the "Seven Pus" he had secretly ranked in his mind before, that is, Wang Shouyu, Yin Qu, Gu Yangqian, Liu Boxheng, Lin Ruchu, Han Lun, Jiang Xuan, as well as Sheng Changfeng and others, were all with him. Likewise, I support Xu Feng’s opinion.
This discovery made Wei Chen quite gratified. It seemed that his tireless teachings to them during those years ago were quite effective, and all the hard work was finally in vain.
