Yang Weiyuan did not immediately answer Xue Zhen's question as the secretary of the Criminal Department, as a former confidant of Wei Zhongxian, after Wei Zhongxian stepped down, although he immediately put aside his relationship with Wei Zhongxian, he did not actively move closer to Chongzhen.

Because he didn't think that Chongzhen, who had just ascended the throne, could control the government independently, so he wanted to see the direction of the court first, so he missed the opportunity with this hesitation, and could only watch Li Kuilong become the new emperor's upstart.

3 months is enough for Yang Weiyuan to see the direction of the imperial court, and also understand a little about the way this young son of heaven governs the country.

Although it seems that the cabinet reform promoted by Chongzhen has damaged the power in the hands of the emperor himself, it has also freed the emperor from the goal of the struggle of the civilian clique.

But after the emperor handed over part of the power, the officials in the court began to be ready to become the controllers of the part of the power that the emperor had relinquished.

In this way, the emperor, who lived outside the circle of power struggle, became a distributor of power with a transcendent position. In Yang Weiyuan's view, in fact, the power given by Chongzhen has returned to his hands.

He believes that many people in the DPRK and China are not blind to this fact, but no one can refuse the temptation of power.

Assist the emperor in governing the country and help the monarch become a holy monarch; and gaining power from the emperor and realizing one's own ideals of governance are two completely different concepts.

Most scholars are educated for the former, but the latter is often the one that is in mind for those who have ideals in mind.

As for Chongzhen's preferences for employing people, Yang Weiyuan felt that he also knew enough, that is, what the emperor valued, not a famous minister, nor a famous person with outstanding reputation, but a person who can really do things.

In this situation, Yang Weiyuan knew that in order to enter the emperor's field of vision, he must first prove that he was a useful person.

This case is undoubtedly an opportunity, and because of this, Yang Weiyuan is extremely cautious.

He had never thought about how this case should be judged according to the law, but had been thinking about how Chongzhen wanted this case to be judged.

Regarding Xue Zhen's question, he was only silent for a while, and then opened his mouth to ask Yao Shiheng beside him, "What do you think of Yao Yushi?" ”

Yao Shiheng was a little stunned, he kept thinking about why the emperor would let him participate in the trial of the Three Law Divisions. After all, according to the rules, he is not qualified enough to participate in such a grand political event as the trial of the three law divisions.

The details of this case were sent to him yesterday, but Yao Shiheng was a little at a loss.

The impeachment work of the Imperial History is completely different from participating in the adjudication of the case of the Three Law Divisions. The former does not need to bear any responsibility, so Yao Shiheng will not have any burden in his heart.

But for the latter, he felt a little burdened in his heart. Although he knew that with his rank, even if he participated in the trial of the Three Dharma Divisions, he was only a clay sculpture Bodhisattva, and no one should take his opinion seriously.

However, Yao Shiheng still thought that if he participated in the trial, he would be responsible for the people in the case file.

Hearing Yang Weiyuan's inquiry, Yao Shiheng suddenly sobered up, and he was thinking about whether he should also conform to Dali Siqing's opinion.

However, when his gaze swept over Dong Weixian, who was kneeling below, he felt a little sympathetic to this person's plight.

In just one year, he lost his son and wife in a row, and his family business and daughter were also taken away.

Now, according to Pan Shiliang's opinion, not only will his daughter be sent back to Cuihong Mansion, but Dong Weixian himself will also be executed, which is really the end of a ruined family. And in this case, in fact, Dong Weixian did not commit any crime, he just borrowed a little money to save his child.

"Xia Guan thinks..."Yao Shiheng looked at Dong Weixian, who was kneeling on the reed mat with his head bowed, and he couldn't say anything echoing Pan Shiliang.

Yao Shiheng's biggest pastime on weekdays is to read some scripts, and the characters he admires the most in his life are Bao Wenzheng of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the other is Haigangfeng of this dynasty.

In the past, he often admired these two in front of his wife Shen Rong, but Shen Rong, who was familiar with his soft temperament, laughed at him.

"Jun loves prosperity, good houses, good beautiful women, good fresh clothes, good food, good lanterns, good fireworks, good pear orchards, good propaganda, good antiques, good flowers and birds. Jun and the two virtuous orders can be said to act in opposite directions on weekdays, and the two sages who look at the monarch are just Ye Gong and a good dragon..."

In the past, Yao Shiheng hated his wife's scathing evaluation, but now this passage appeared inexplicably in his mind.

Yao Shiheng was suddenly ashamed, it turned out that his wife's evaluation of him was really not sarcastic, just like now, it was clear that he thought in his heart that this Dong Weixian was not guilty of death, but he lacked the courage to fight against Yang Wuhou for this.

Although the weather is windless today, Yang Wu Hou Xue Lian feels that his face is about to freeze, and his heart is still full of resentment.

In his opinion, this is just an entanglement between a domestic slave and a few poor soldiers, and what mistake did he make to sit here and judge.

As a member of the Ming Dynasty, Xue Lian thinks that he is loyal to the emperor and has never had disrespectful thoughts, isn't this enough.

And these poor soldiers couldn't repay the money, and they were bold enough to rob people in the capital, which was simply a sensational crime. In a case like this, seven people should be sentenced to be executed to deter those who try to commit crimes in the capital.

Involved in such a case, Yang Wuhou, who felt shameless, naturally wanted to understand the case as soon as possible and end the embarrassing scene of being watched.

Pan Shiliang's proposal to only execute the first evil did not meet his expectations, but if he could leave as soon as possible, he also planned to settle the matter.

But Yao Shiheng's hesitant demeanor finally allowed him to vent his dissatisfaction a little.

Although after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Xungui was shorter than civil officials, but it was because the civilian group did not allow Xungui to interfere in state affairs, not because Xungui was regarded as a slave like a military attaché.

Although the nobles of the Ming Dynasty lost the right to interfere in state affairs, their status was still higher than that of the civilian group.

The civil officials who relied on Confucian etiquette and ethics to govern the Ming Dynasty acquiesced to the privileged position of the nobles to some extent, just as they also recognized the local privileges of the imperial family.

Because of this, if you are not a central minister or a rising star in the civil service group, you will not get the support of the entire civil service group when you are caught up in a personal grudge with the nobles. In a sense, this is also a confession to the emperor by the civilian clique that they are not strong enough to endanger the imperial power.

And the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has always connived at these nobles, intentionally or unintentionally, and sometimes simply wants to disgust the civil officials. But more often than not, it was the emperor who did not want the nobles to become completely subordinate to the civil bureaucracy.

Although Xue Lian couldn't vent his dissatisfaction with Xue Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, he didn't have such a big concern about Yao Shiheng, but he finally remembered that Yao Shiheng had the identity of an imperial history, so he didn't scold.

"Yao Yushi, what is so difficult to decide about the case so clearly understood, why is it so delayed. If you are delayed like this, when will this case be concluded? Could it be that Yao Yushi is bent on being with Benhou? ”

Xue Lian's threatening words did not make Yao Shiheng weak, on the contrary, looking at Zhao Hongsheng, who was kneeling below as if nothing had happened, he felt full of disgust, and suddenly wanted to indulge himself once.

"Hou Ye's words are a bit too much, if it weren't for Hou Ye's slavery first, how could he have made such a thing today.

The lower officials thought that Dong Weixian's behavior was intolerable by national law, but his feelings were pitiful. Since Dong Shuangxi did not escape, Dong Weixian and the others should be reduced by one level according to the law, and the exile to the border is almost the same. ”

"Yao Shiheng, you..." Yang Wuhou suddenly stood up with a red face, and pointed at Yao Shiheng and wanted to scold.

"Yang Wuhou pay attention to your behavior, this is above the court, do you want to be impeached by this official?" Xue Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, suddenly sank his face and scolded.

Xue Lian held back the fire in his belly, and finally didn't dare to ignore Xue Zhen's words, and slowly sat back.

Yang Weiyuan, the deputy of the right capital, looked at the expression of Yang Wuhou, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Yao Yushi's opinion is also the official's idea. ”

Xue Lian looked at Yang Weiyuan in surprise, although he and Yang Weiyuan were not friends, but the relationship between the two was also familiar.

He had never heard of this vice-capital imperial historian, an upright man who liked to uphold justice. Not to mention that the evidence in this case is in favor of himself, even if it is not good for himself, this deputy capital imperial history will also turn big things into small things, and sell himself a favor.

He is now embarrassed by himself for the sake of a few insignificant poor soldiers, which is not the way of an official.

Xue Zhen just glanced at Yang Weiyuan unexpectedly, and he thought in his heart, "Could it be that His Majesty ordered the cabinet to discuss the matter of the protection decree for military families and martyrs, and he also received the rumor, it seems that the cabinet proceedings are not so secret." ”

Xue Zhen cleared his throat, then made a decision and said: "Outside of the law, it is nothing more than human feelings, although the crimes of the 7 Dong criminals are conclusive, but after all, they have not committed great evil.

What Yao Yushi said is still good, this official thinks that it is better to send the three main criminals to Yunnan, and the rest of the accomplices to Jiubian..."

For this verdict of the Three Law Divisions, Yang Wuhou was naturally very dissatisfied. Dong Weixian and the Wu family brothers had blank faces, not knowing what they were thinking, and the faces of several sergeants behind them were mixed.

The onlookers and ordinary people cheered that Dong Weixian and others were not sentenced to death. Maybe in their hearts, against a marquis, this verdict is already the best ending.

Especially the people in the capital who came to observe, they originally hated the mutinous sergeants, but after listening to Dong Weixian's story, they also felt sorry for them and stood on the side of sympathizing with the sergeants.