Jiang Zheng is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites is a high-ranking official of the third rank. Those who can get to the third rank are either very capable, very capable, or very well-backed, unless they stand on a political stand.

If you are in the wrong team, generally the court will not take action against such officials.

Ye Yichen said: "That's exactly it!"

The second master asked: "Then what is the emperor's attitude towards this matter?" Everyone has been in the officialdom for many years, and they all understand that the truth of the case is not important sometimes, what is important is the emperor's

Attitude. Whatever result the emperor wants, the following ministers will try to figure out what the emperor wants, and they will naturally come up with the result according to the emperor's wishes.

As for whether the person involved was unjustly accused, I'm sorry, but no one cares. When the time comes when severe punishment is used, you won't be able to get any confession you want.

From ancient times to the present, this kind of referring to a deer as a horse has been recorded in the annals of history.

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

Ye Yichen smiled lightly and said: "The Holy One's intention is naturally to ask for the reasons and punish them severely according to the law. Otherwise, how can we explain it to the scholars all over the world? What's more, Jiang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, was able to rise to his current position because of

In view of the late emperor's appreciation and his own intellectual ability, he should

During the political period, I offended many people. A few days ago, Wei Zhong, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, took a fancy to Mr. Jiang’s second daughter and wanted to marry our Mr. Jiang. However, Mr. Jiang refused at once and said that the Wei family’s family tradition

Damn, if you say you feel sorry for your daughter, you will never marry your daughter to such a family."

Wei Zhong is also an old man in his sixties or seventies. He has never done anything harmful to the world. It is just that after his wife died, he made his aunt next to him the wife of his wife. It should be said that this aunt has been with him since she was a child.

Next to him, Wei Zhong's first wife

He only had two daughters, but his concubine, Aunt Liu, gave birth to three sons in a row. Wei Zhong thought that he was getting older and there was no point in marrying another girl. Besides, it was for the sake of his son's dignity that he gave birth to Liu.

The aunt was raised as the royal wife.

He was originally from a peasant family and didn't think this was a big deal, but Jiang Zheng was different. He came from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River and attached great importance to family tradition. Naturally, he looked down on Wei Zhong's behavior. Jiang Zheng was not a fool either.

His reasons for rejecting Wei Zhong were also high-sounding, but his private conversations with people close to him spread out for some reason. Wei Zhong was so angry after hearing about it that he couldn't eat for several days.

This is how the bridge was formed!

All three gentlemen have heard of this matter to some extent. When Ye Yichen reminded them, they all couldn't help but change their minds. Since the person was caught in the prison of the Criminal Department, it must be the Criminal Department who is presiding over the case. Wei Zhong and Jiang Zhengyou

With such personal grievances involved, and the emperor's request for strict handling, even if Jiang Zheng had not accepted bribes, Wei Zhongding could have framed him.

This is really adding insult to injury! Originally, Jiang Zheng was arrogant, and many ministers in the court disliked him. If he was unlucky, everyone would be happy to see him succeed. When this case was tried, everyone would reject it, and Chengzong might not be able to do it.

He must be implicated.

It’s really raining all night when the house is leaking. The eldest lady has already said anxiously: “Your Majesty, you must help Brother Zong!”

Ye Yichen said: "Mother-in-law, please be patient. Now that the scientific examination fraud case has become known to everyone, the discussion is boiling! I can't force the people of the Ministry of Punishment to release my third uncle, so as not to cause public outrage. The Ministry of Punishment

I have already sent people to take care of the prison, so you don’t have to worry.

Heart. Since I have agreed to deal with my third uncle, I will never let him be wronged, let alone let others blame him for something that did not happen in the first place! I also invite my father-in-law, mother-in-law and several elders.

Don’t worry, just wait for the news at home!”

After saying so much, he didn't mention a word about his own deployment.

After explaining a few more words, the eldest lady wanted to ask again, but Ye Yichen had already served the tea: "I still have some urgent matters to deal with, so I won't leave any more people."

When the eldest man saw this, he pulled the eldest lady's sleeve and signaled her not to cause trouble. The eldest lady felt uneasy, but she didn't dare to force the prince, so she left the palace unhappy, got on the carriage and returned to Yang 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. Seeing Ye Yichen come in so quickly, Yulan put the small clothes into the sewing basket on the side and came up with a big belly, "It's all done so soon?"

"

These days, she gradually became pregnant, and her belly swelled day by day. Ye Yichen saw that she was struggling to walk, so he quickly supported her, "It's already like this, and you are still in such a hurry, be careful with your body!"

He helped her sit on the edge of the bed and asked her, "Why don't you lie down for a while longer!" He stretched out his hand to touch her belly, and a peaceful smile appeared on Yulan's face.

After a while, Yulan said: "I've been lying down all morning, it's time to get down and move around!" Then he asked hurriedly: "Master and Madam?"

Ye Yichen waved his hand and said: "Say a few words to them and then send them away." He really didn't want to talk to these people who didn't understand.

Feel tired!

"I didn't even meet you, my wife won't be angry, right?" 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, even if they want to blame you, they can't blame you. The responsibility lies with me. If they want to hold grudges, they can hold grudges.

I'm fine!" In fact, Yulan appeared

In her position, even if the eldest wife hates her, it is nothing serious. She can be said to be completely independent of her parents' family. Even if she has been wronged by her husband's family, with the temperament of the eldest master and the eldest wife, it is impossible for her to offend Ye Yichen.

Support her.

Yulan just didn't want to get into too much trouble with her natal family. No matter how different the eldest wife was, she was still her legitimate mother. Besides, the second wife, especially the fifth wife, was very kind to her.

When Ye Yichen said this, Yulan had to put the matter aside and talk about Chengzong. Originally, Ye Yichen didn't want her to know about Yulan's situation, but Yulan already knew so much and didn't tell her.

If the situation progressed, she would have random thoughts. Moreover, he saw that Yulan was very calm and restrained, so he was somewhat relieved.

"So, the Minister of Punishment and our Lord Jiang also have Liang Zi?" Yulan asked with a wry smile. These days, it seems that every news about Chengzong's case is not good news.

Ye Yichen was also a little helpless: "That's not all! Wei Zhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was a second-class Jinshi in the Taizong Dynasty. He could not have achieved such a high position. He was born in a poor family and had no backing. In the court,

He passed the qualifications and was still a fourth-rank official at the age of forty-five. Thanks to Xiao Zongchang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Wei Zhong moved three times a year under his guidance. In just five years, he rose from a fourth-rank official to a Hong Kong official.

Lusi Qing

He was promoted to the second rank of Minister of Punishment. Therefore, the old guy Wei Zhong was sincerely grateful to Xiao Zongchang, and he was also the most devoted member of King Zhao's party among the six ministers. The heads of the remaining few were all old-fashioned, even the Minister of Household Affairs

, although he is related to the Xiao family by in-laws, if the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely divorce the Xiao family as soon as possible and win the divorce faster than anyone else." These words were not revealed to the eldest master and the others.

Yu Lan was very uneasy after hearing this, "The emperor has issued an order to ask the Ministry of Punishment to review the case. Does that mean that the presiding officer is Wei Zhong, the Minister of Punishment?"

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

Yu Lan became a little anxious: "What about Wei Zhong's ability?"

Ye Yichen smiled and said: "He has also been the Minister of the Ministry of Justice for three years. Before becoming the Minister, he stayed in the Ministry of Justice for almost ten years. He knows the laws of Da Chu very well. He is not the kind of idiot who just eats nothing.

If he comes to try the case, it would be a simple matter for him, an old criminal, to get Jiang Zheng and his third uncle involved and make it a solid case!"

Yulan couldn't help but push the prince, and said angrily: "The situation is so serious, and you are still smiling here!" Although she said this, when she saw Ye Yichen's smile, her heart calmed down, she knew that her

Men will definitely find a way.

Ye Yichen laughed and said, "This old guy Wei Zhong is so difficult, let's just change someone to try the case. In addition to a minister, the Ministry of Justice also has two ministers. Mr. Yan, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, has a good personal relationship with me. His eldest son

After following me for a few battles, I arranged for him to join

In the Twelfth Regiment Battalion, I helped him arrange a position as a general, commanding three thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion! If Mr. Wei Zhongwei can't try the case, the biggest person in the Criminal Department is Mr. Yan. Even if Mr. Yan can't be allowed to try the case,

It is much better to have the three judicial departments review the case jointly than to have the Ministry of Criminal Justice review the case alone!"

Yulan remembered that when Ye Yichen reorganized the 12th Regiment Camp, the people who came to the palace to seek help almost overwhelmed the concierge. He understood that Ye Yichen's personal relationship was just a humble term, and the left minister of the Ministry of Justice was probably Ye Yichen's pocket.

The characters in it.

Yu Lan knew that the so-called three-law division refers to the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is equivalent to the modern public security bureau, court, and procuratorate. The joint trial of the three-law division may not be truly fair and honest, but it involves three departments with real power.

It is relatively easy to bribe the brains of one department, but it is too difficult to bribe three departments to cheat together. Therefore, relatively speaking, the joint trial of the three legal divisions is also beneficial to Chengzong.

Mr. Wei Zhongwei is the minister appointed by the emperor to try the case. Yulan thought of what Ye Yichen said just now: "If Mr. Wei Zhongwei can't try the case..." She couldn't help but her eyes lit up, "Your Majesty, I have an idea. Let's send a few

I personally took advantage of Mr. Wei's lack of defense and put a sack on his head and beat him so hard that he couldn't get out of bed. Then he couldn't try the case, so he had to let Mr. Yan, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, try the case on his behalf!"

After Yulan said that, she felt that her imagination was a little too wide. In fact, there were too many similar plots in the eight o'clock period costume dramas in the previous life, and Yulan couldn't help but also tilted towards this aspect. As expected, she waited for her

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Yichen couldn't help but look at her with a strange look.

Yulan felt like her face was burning. She also knew that her idea was too amateurish! She had stayed in the back house for a long time in the past two years. Although she was not an expert in house fighting, she finally had some experience. Fighting in the imperial court

Well, then you really have a black eye and you don’t know anything.

In the past few days, Ye Yichen broke it into pieces and explained to her many inside stories about this case. Yulan only felt that the relationship between officials was outrageously complicated, and people like Ye Yichen and Chen Jia were even better at leveraging their power.

, it is not easy to use one's own power to confront the tough one, and even more so, he is hiding behind the scenes and turning his hands to make clouds and rain. Yulan feels that these people are too evil-minded!

Ye Yichen looked at her for a while, and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter. He laughed so much that tears flowed out. He pointed at Yulan with his finger, which was trembling: "You, you have a good idea, haha..."

Yulan pushed him angrily: "Since you say my idea is good, you are still laughing here!"

Ye Yichen finally stopped smiling, stretched out his hand to rub her hair, and said seriously: "I will arrange for someone to tie up Wei Zhong, an old guy, and beat him up tonight."

Couldn't help but laugh again.

Yulan also laughed, and after laughing, he felt that his depressed mood had improved a lot. He didn't expect that being stupid would have such side effects! Yulan asked: "Is there any way to get the emperor to change his generals on the spot?"

However, Ye Yichen picked up Qiao and pretended to be mysterious and refused to tell her, saying that she would know about it when it was done. Yulan acted coquettishly for a while. Ye Yichen did not tell her after all.

After lunch in a good mood, Yu Lan was taken care of by the maid and took a nap, while Ye Yichen went to the outer study room to discuss the scientific examination project with Mr. Ou, Mr. Zhu and others.

Chengzong came in to report, saying that there was news from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and that he could now send a servant to wait on the third young master. Ye Yichen asked Chengying to go there, and told him to pass on the news as soon as possible if anything happened.

On the Ministry of Punishment, Shangshu Wei Zhong sent out several people to arrest Jiang Zheng, the examiner of the Eighteenth House, Yang Chengzong, Zhang Lin and other people involved in the case. Those who did these things were middle- and lower-level officials such as the chief Xiang.

, Wei Zhong sat firmly in the lobby of the Criminal Department, and people from all walks of life came back one by one to return their orders. The relevant prisoners soon arrived. Wei Zhong felt relieved.

The scientific examination fraud case is now making a big fuss, attracting not only the attention of the government, but also the focus of scholars all over the world.

At this time, a minor official came to report that Xiao Zongchang, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was visiting. Wei Zhong hurriedly welcomed Xiao Zongchang in and invited him to sit at the head of the table. After a few polite words, Xiao Zongchang began to preach about the serious harm of cheating in scientific examinations and the emperor's response to
To be continued...