prosperous age

Wei Guangde asked suspiciously: "Listen to you, are you going to impeach Dong Fen, Yang Yusun and Fan Weipi?"

Hearing what Wei Guangde said, Duan Mengxian and Zhang Dao looked nervously at Ouyang Yijing.

Just kidding, who is Dongfen? That's Shangshu.

Not to mention Yang Yusun, the young minister, but Fan Weipi, the descendants of Fan Zhongyan, if you want to sue you, can you win?

Fan Zhongyan was in the circle of Ming scholars, and Fan Zhongyan deserved to be evaluated as a "sage", but the name of a saint was too ostentatious, so although everyone recognized him in their hearts, they generally used Fang Xiaoru's evaluation of him as "a perfect man".

"Pure morality, pure gold and pure jade. The wind is severe, the frost is pine and the snow is bamboo. Worry before happiness, think about the people. A generation of virtuous ministers, before and after, are unmatched."

This is how the literati of the Ming Dynasty viewed Fan Zhongyan.

With this old ancestor, as long as Fan Weipi doesn't rebel, he can basically guarantee that he can get along in the officialdom like a fish in water. Even if he offends the powerful and powerful, he can only hold it high and put it down gently.

Although he was a little nervous, Zhang Dao looked at Ouyang Yijing with a look called "respect".

"I'm just a little undecided, so I invite you to come here to talk and give me some advice."

Ouyang Yijing said.

Wei Guangde understood that if no one persuaded him, Ouyang Yijing would impeach all three of them as he did before.

Can this be done?

No.

Yang Yusun and Fan Weipi are not criminals themselves, but they have started a business similar to the public relations company of later generations, helping people to talk and lobby.

This time, because you are speaking for the Yan family, you feel that he is a treacherous and evil person, but he just accepted the entrustment of the Yan family.

There is nothing wrong with being entrusted by others and being loyal to others.

In fact, not only the Yan family, but most of the other people who ask for help will find someone to talk about it, and the two of them are currently the hottest lobbyists in the capital.

Wei Guangde glanced at Ouyang Yijing, if it wasn't because he was from the same town as him, who would have helped him out and transferred him back to the capital as an official.

No way, there is no one to help you move around, and you, Ouyang Yijing, can only ask for help.

Wei Guangde doesn't plan to speak for the time being, he will see what Duan Mengxian and Zhang Dao have to say, this will also allow him to see through these two people more clearly.

Ouyang Yijing, a fellow countryman, he understood that he is a useful person, a pure thug, and he will find a way to send him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the future, and tell him to bite anyone if he doesn't like it.

Moreover, judging from the last time he was impeached and this time he found someone to discuss it, he is not a reckless brave man who knows the severity.

Seeing that Wei Guangde didn't intend to speak, Duan Mengxian had no choice but to say: "In my opinion, these three are not easy to get along with. If brother Si Zhi has solid evidence, he can impeach them. If not, it's best not to make enemies."

Duan Mengxian was in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so he naturally valued evidence, and his style was completely opposite to that of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Sure enough, upon hearing what Duan Mengxian said, Wei Guangde noticed that Zhang Dao frowned.

Zhang Dao has not yet become a regular, he is just an observer of politics, but he has already learned a lot of the skills of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's set of "rumours and deeds".

Speaking of evidence, is it still necessary for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to open it?

As for them, the seventh-rank censors, if they have the means to collect the criminal evidence of these great figures in the dynasty, how stupid they must be.

Different units have different styles of doing things, Wei Guangde is not surprised.

Ouyang Yijing's expression darkened after hearing Duan Mengxian's words, obviously he didn't hear what he wanted to hear.

Wei Guangde still kept his mouth shut at this time, and even lowered his head, not looking at them for the time being.

Zhang Dao also spoke at this time, but he didn't support Ouyang Yijing's "rumours and troubles", "Brother Si Zhi, the three people you mentioned are very special. Bai has established a strong enemy."

Zhang Dao was obviously intimidated by the combination of Shangshu and Shaoqing, what an official he is.

It is true that it is the seventh rank, but Ouyang Yijing said that it is the seventh rank, which is half a rank lower than the county magistrate of Xiaoshan he originally served as.

But this is Ouyang Yijing's own choice, but he has been in the capital for a few years and has never had a chance to find a way to get promoted.

Give things from the seventh grade, and give things to the right seven grades, and be in charge of each department.

Wei Guangde just listened, but what he was thinking in his heart was whether Ouyang Yijing made such a move for himself to show off to King Yu or what.

King Yu was dissatisfied with Dong Fen, but many people in the court knew it.

Ouyang Yijing couldn't have come up with such an idea just to please King Yu.

If this is the case, and it is not just rumors and rumors, then he is flattering and flattering with impatience.

If he is capable, can impeach people, and can flatter others, he might really get him up in the future.

But no matter what the purpose was, Ouyang Yijing's plan was exactly what he wanted, and it was in line with His Royal Highness King Yu's wishes.

Thinking that after Ouyang entered Beijing in the past few years, I really didn't have time to pay attention to him and help him get promoted, maybe this is also an opportunity.

Anyway, I don't plan to make a move, so I let Ouyang Yijing take the lead and make him the number one "litigator" in Prince Yu's Mansion, which seems pretty good.

"Brother Si Zhi, I heard that when you were studying, you studied with that litigator in the city for two years."

It's been a long time, more than ten years ago, Wei Guangde can't remember clearly.

You know, Wei Guangde probably hadn't passed through at that time, and he was living in Bengshan Castle, so he naturally didn't know anything about the county town.

He didn't know where he heard it, but anyway, he had the impression that Ouyang Yijing seemed to have been a subordinate of Peng Ze's number one litigator at that time, and learned to be eloquent and eloquent.

Litigators, don't they just rely on lip service to go to court with others.

Of course, there are many secrets under the hall, but these are not necessarily accessible to him.

Ouyang Yijing was shocked when he heard Wei Guangde's words.

It's been so many years. Although it's not a secret, it's not good to be mentioned anyway.

It should be noted that lawyers these days are not lawyers of later generations, and have a high social status in the Western world.

These days, the status of a litigator is extremely low, and he is the most hated person by local officials.

Many people who watched movies and TV dramas of later generations felt that local officials should like to deal with litigators, after all, they can make money by being friendly, but they are not.

Litigation lawyers must be literate people, but most of them are also people who failed the imperial examination. Ouyang Yijing entered this profession at the beginning, and it has something to do with his failure in the court examination for several consecutive years.

If the imperial examination fails, then we have to find another way out.

I only know that blindly smashing the imperial examinations is just stupid.

Of course, there are also people who come and go when they are old, such as Fan Jin, who failed to pass the exam when he was young, but when he was about to retire when he was old, he fought consecutively and won the gold list in the end.

Of course, this is a novel, but there are also real people who happened around them.

Among other things, Kunshan Gui Youguang, also known as Mr. Zhenchuan, was 32 years old and failed eight times in the general examination. This year he finally passed the exam. This is the real version of Fan Jinzhong Jinshi.

Continuing to talk about the profession of litigators, they understand the court laws and the format of official documents, but they have not received professional training, and they seem to understand half-understood, which makes litigators mixed.

The Ming Dynasty was a typical "small government", but it did not establish many specialized departments to deal with various people's livelihood affairs like later generations.

As far as the locality is concerned, the county magistrate is the largest in a county. Although there are six assistants below, after all, politics and law are shouldered by one shoulder, and everything has to be taken care of, so it is inevitable that energy is limited.

The Ming Dynasty had a simple classification standard for all kinds of disputes and cases, that is, the parents and relatives were coordinated by the people themselves, such as minor matters such as stealing chickens and dogs in the countryside, and fighting, etc., were mediated by people such as village chiefs, village chiefs, and patriarchs. , No need to appeal to court.

Only major cases such as the dead will be accepted and investigated by the government.

However, if the profession of litigator wants to make money, of course it cannot be handled so simply. It is to try to make the party involved in the case dissatisfied, take the initiative to sue, and demonstrate his own value during the litigation process, so that he can make money.

According to today's parlance, the action of a litigator is to maintain the justice of the law, but in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, especially the magistrates, it is just looking for trouble.

The Ming Dynasty was an agrarian society. "Agriculture is the foundation of the world." What the rulers wanted most was for people to stay on the land and live in peace.

If litigation is frequent and the parties can gain benefits through litigation, others will follow suit. In the long run, people will focus on how to get something for nothing through slick means, which will eventually lead to the ruin of agriculture and shake the foundation of the country.

Therefore, from the official level, it is natural not to give a good face to the group of lawyers.

In film and television dramas, it is actually very rare to unite with local tyrants to bully the weak and collude with the government.

why?
Because the powerful families of the local gentry are originally scholars, they naturally have a lot of knowledge, coupled with their high social status, they are already inextricably linked with the government, so there is no need for a litigator to bridge the gap.

Therefore, lawyers represent the interests of most poor, powerless and powerless families.

Of course, there are also unscrupulous litigators who privately collect the other party's property to cheat the existence of the employer, but there are not many such people.

If you have a bad reputation, don't mess around.

Therefore, the profession of litigator is really very demanding. Quoting scriptures and being able to speak eloquently are the basic skills. Otherwise, how can you quarrel with others in court.

Litigation is a way of making a living, and in order to make money a litigator has to encourage people to sue.

In order to win over more employers and create a brand image, litigators try their best to fight for the interests of employers to show their ability.

How to fight for interests?Often it is exaggeration and false accusations.

For example, a simple theft case is reported to the Yamen, and the litigator has to add fuel and vinegar to the lawsuit. Litigation must involve his father, brother and children, not even the family", which intensifies the official's contempt for litigators.

There is even such a clause in the "Law of Ming Dynasty", "Those who instigate litigation, add fuel to the lawsuit, and increase the crime, sit with the prisoner."

It can be seen that the government has said something bad about the contempt of the profession of litigator, and it will just use this to deal with you.

Now, Wei Guangde suddenly mentioned that he had been a trainee litigator, why didn't Ouyang Yijing be surprised.

"At the beginning, I saw that there was nowhere to complain about the fate in the village, so I helped one or two."

Of course he wouldn't admit it happened, he just said he was helping.

Wei Guangde didn't want to say anything about it, but continued: "Everyone understands the matter of the litigator, and it is actually the same thing as what Yang Yusun and Fan Weipi did.

Brother Si Zhi, what do you think? "

When Wei Guangde said this, the three present still didn't understand the meaning of Wei Guangde's words.

Don't look at Yang Yusun and Fan Weipi as helping treacherous ministers get away with getting rid of crimes, they are actually earning hard money, and the real decision-makers will not be influenced by them, just like officials insisting that they only judge cases based on evidence It is not easy to be deceived by a few words.

"What Shan Loan said is reasonable. Although Yang and Fan exonerated Yan Shifan, their essence is different from Yan Shifan's crime. They also contributed to the injustice of the world."

Ouyang Yijing nodded.

"That's right, apart from these two, there is only one director left. Does he dare to accept the gift from Yan's family?"

When Wei Guangde said this, he fixed his eyes on Ouyang Yijing, wanting to know his answer.

"I heard people say that someone saw them sending boxes into Dong's mansion."

Ouyang Yijing said with some lack of confidence.

In fact, in his calculation, as long as the three people are impeached, if the court wants to pursue them, they will be interrogated directly. Believe it or not, none of the three people will confess. As long as one of them is recruited, he will have the credit.

Even if the impeachment comes up, if the higher-ups don't believe his words, it means that the impeachment failed, and it's not a big deal. If you offend him, you'll be offended. I'm the seventh rank, and I'm already the smallest official in Jinshi.

Barefoot still afraid of wearing shoes?

There is a way to promote labor and capital and drive labor and capital out of the capital.

Anyway, from Ouyang Yijing's point of view, it's not a loss at all.

"Since I've heard, it's best to find someone to ask for clarification. It would be best if there is someone to prove it."

When Wei Guangde said this, if he looked at Ouyang Yijing meaningfully, he continued: "You don't have to focus only on this matter. If the Dong family has other crimes, you might as well play it together, and let him escape even if you don't die." Layers of skin."

Ouyang Yijing understood the meaning in Wei Guangde's eyes.

Before he could speak, he heard Duan Mengxian say: "Dong Shangshu was working in the Imperial Academy and Zhan Shifu before, and he didn't work in the Imperial Academy for a long time. I'm afraid there are not many other illegal things."

What Duan Mengxian said was actually to express his judgment. Dong Fen's official career was not a lucrative official position, and he might not have much to grasp.

Moreover, he felt that there was no entanglement of interests between the group of them and the Minister of Rites, so it was unwise to rush forward like this.

"I'm just an opinion. It's his own decision whether Brother Si Zhi does it or not."

Wei Guangde smiled lightly, and took himself out first.

That being said, Zhang Dao might not have understood it, but Duan Mengxian didn't know the way to do it.

What Wei Guangde said inside and out was giving advice to Ouyang Yijing. If he didn't want him to get involved in this matter, he should have given a stern warning.

"Meng Xian and Shan Loan's words are both reasonable, I went back to find someone to investigate, just as Meng Xian said, there is no evidence in hand, it's really hard to sue, it's really wrong to defile people's innocence out of thin air.

If you hear about something, you must at least know where the wind is blowing from. "

The matter stopped here, the four of them chatted for a while and it was getting late, Ouyang Yijing called the maid to prepare the banquet, the dance and music had already been prepared, and when the food was on the table, pretty women were already dancing to the music.