Chapter 299 298 Will justice be late?

Although he had not seen the Shen family and had not gone to Bao'anzhou, Wei Guangde had already made his own judgment.

Wei Guangde leaned on the back of the chair and recalled the complete story outlined by the contents of Ma Fang's letter.

Last year, Xuanda discovered and arrested a large number of White Lotus believers. Wei Guangde speculated that perhaps at this time, Yang Shun thought of a way to deal with Chen Lian, that is, to add Chen Lian's name to the believers. If a few believers criticize him, he would be considered as accusation.

The subsequent report and execution were simple. According to what was said in the letter, the court sent the inspector of the Censorate Lu Kai to review the case. It was supposed to be the person ordered by the Yan family, and it was just a formality. So it was not until after Chen Lian was killed that Lu Bing received the news that it was too late to take action to protect the person.

As for the reason why Chen Lian was going to kill him, perhaps it was because of the hatred between him and the Yan family. After all, it is said that Chen Lian's impeachment made Yan Song very embarrassed, and he hated Chen Lian to the core.

As for killing good and taking credit, it has always happened in border towns, but it may not be the main reason for Chen Lian's death.

At this time, Wei Guangde suddenly felt that Lu Bing was so deep that he was alone. He just mentioned it a little in the report to Emperor Jiajing and attracted the emperor's attention, making the emperor mistakenly believe that Chen Lian was killed in order to kill Liang Mao Gong and Yang Shun.

There is no need to investigate this case at all. As long as you confirm that you can kill good people and make contributions, Yang Shun's crime will be deemed to be dead.

And do you still need to investigate the matter of killing good people and taking credit for success?

The knife is ready, just report it, and just send someone to do something and can review it clearly.

When you impeach yourself, do you have to learn something?

By this time, Wei Guangde was already considering what to do in the future.

He had planned to go to Baoanzhou before, and if possible, contact the Shen family to see if they had sufficient evidence. When he returned to the capital, he found an opportunity to seek justice for them, but by this time he was a little reluctant to go there.

As for his asking Ma Fang to bring his subordinates to Zuojin, Baoanzhou, he was actually worried that his identity would be discovered. He was really taken away by the rumors and killed him here.

With Ma Fang, a fierce general nearby, Wei Guangde felt much more at ease, but now it seems that it is unnecessary.

In this matter, the only thing that needs to be confirmed now is the truth about Chen Lian being killed, and he has already made remarks on everything else.

Of course, Wei Guangde would not refute Lu Bing's meaning. Killing Liang and defeating merits does exist, so it has nothing to do with Yang Shun, and he cannot get rid of it.

Yang Shun and Yan Song and Yan Shifan have a deep relationship, and they have no relationship with him. Wei Guangde certainly would not choose to publicly impeach Yang Shun. This is too offending the prime minister of the dynasty, so I just want to find a way to sue him in private.

Wei Guangde was still clear and knew that if he wanted to live a good life in the Ming Dynasty, he had to be an official. If he wanted to be an official steadily, he would not offend Shangguan, let alone the other party was the chief minister and the person who held the ox.

Just when Wei Guangde was planning to wait for the people sent to Baoanzhou to come back and bring the news before making the final decision, a guard who had previously sent to Baoanzhou had already returned to Yongning and rushed to find Wei Guangde, as if something extraordinary had happened.

"Sir, Sir."

The guard went up to the yard where Wei Guangde lived in the inn and rushed into Wei Guangde's guest room, shouting twice.

"What happened? What's the matter like to be so anxious?"

Wei Guangde raised his eyebrows and said with some dissatisfaction.

"Sir, the Shen family members have been moved to Yunzhou from their master to their servants, but the eldest son of the Shen family will be escorted to Baoanzhou in the past two days. I heard from the people in the yamen that they may have to die in prison if they are sent to live for a few days."

The guard immediately told the news he had found.

Human life is at stake.

In the eyes of these military men, it is normal to kill opponents on the battlefield, but the things these officials do privately make them feel difficult for them to accept.

In the past, the soldiers in the army didn't know who Chen Lian was, but after I arrived in Baoanzhou, I found out that he was from the Jinyiwei and was demoted to Baoanzhou without fear of impeachment of the powerful and powerful.

Well, the people naturally have a good impression of people who are not afraid of the powerful. After all, it is impossible to be bullied by the powerful for a long time and have no resentment in their hearts.

I heard that Chen Lian was demoted here because he offended the powerful and powerful, so I naturally admired him very much. Chen Lian had a good reputation in Baoanzhou.

Obviously, such a reputation also affected Dong Yiyuan's servant, so after knowing that Chen Lian's eldest son was about to be caught and died in Baoanzhou, he would run back to report the news so anxiously. The purpose was self-evident. I hope Wei Guangde could save his life.

Chen Xiang?

Wei Guangde remembered that Ma Fang mentioned this in his letter before. Governor Yang Shun of Xuanda gave a document to arrest Chen Xiang from Zhejiang and escorted him here.

So although Chen Xiang was already a scholar in Linshen, the officials from the Yan family who were in charge of this matter were naturally dismissed by Zhejiang's academic officials. His last reliance was removed from his scholar's fame, and he was arrested and imprisoned and sent an official to the Xuanfu to escort the case.

Can Chen Xiang save him?

Wei Guangde himself was not sure, because his responsibilities are not in Xuanfu now.

The imperial decree given to him and Tang Shunzhi only involved patrolling Jizhen, understanding the military households, the escape situation and the impact on the construction of border walls. The secret investigation of Xuanfu was just a word from Emperor Jiajing to ask Chen Ju to take over, which shows that the emperor seemed to have intentions, but he had not yet made up his mind to take Yang Shun.

If you want to save someone, you must reveal your identity. What will happen in the future?

It’s still a little bit to say whether you can save it or not. Even if you stop it and save the person, you will completely break up with Shougong Yan.

Although Wei Guangde never intended to surrender to the other side, he did not want to offend this fellow villager in power by committing his life.

He was not Wu Shan, and had offended the Yan family for a long time, but he could still sit firmly in the court and even rose to the high position of Minister of Rites. Because he has always been upright and gave the impression of Emperor Jiajing, it is also a way to balance the court.

There is no more suitable candidate than Wu Shan. Even if there are people from Jiangxi, they are not in harmony with Yan Song, which is very rare.

Wei Guangde does not have the confidence of Wu Shan now and dares to directly oppose the Yan family.

If you can't save it, nothing will be done.

Wei Guangde was extremely calm at this time, and he had the momentum of Mount Tai collapsed before his face. However, in the eyes of the servant, this was Wei Guangde's statement that he did not intend to interfere in this matter, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Sir, Lord Chen Lian has been killed by a traitor. His youngest son was sent to Yunzhou with his mother. That was the border, and he went there for a lifetime.

Only Master Shen is the only one who is left. If he is killed again, then Lord Shen will be defeated.

I heard from my family and fellow villagers that Lord Shen is a great man. He often stands up for the villagers because of the officials who are entrusted with heavy taxes and offends corrupt officials for the affairs of the fellow villagers. Those people hate him to death. Mr. Chen will definitely not live long after entering Baoanzhou.

Please help me save him and leave a bloodline for Lord Shen.”

Speaking of this, the servant had already knelt down and kowtowed to Wei Guangde.

"Get up, why are you kowtowing?"

Wei Guangde felt a little unhappy when he saw the behavior of the servant. Is these things yours the same?

"Sir, I took the villagers to kowtow to you. I didn't know about this Lord Shen before, but my parents and neighbors all said that Lord Shen is a good person and a loyal and kind person. Please save Mr. Chen, sir."

The clerk was still kneeling there and talking nonsense, feeling very excited.

"The court has noticed the death of Lord Shen, and there are some things that should not have been said to you."

Wei Guangde said that he was a little hesitant, but he continued: "These are all evidence of the treacherous ministers, and they will be retribution sooner or later.

Justice will only be late, but will never be absent.

Sooner or later, those people will pay the price for the evil they have done today. Isn’t the people also saying that, ‘It’s not that the time has not come’?”

Wei Guangde still didn't want to interfere because he had no reason to interfere in this matter. If he was in Jizhen, he could still manage it. After all, it was within the scope of his duties, but this happened in Xuanfu.

How long will it take to cure your illness?

He also traveled thousands of miles to Xuanfu to interfere in local government affairs. How would Tang Shunzhi write his own book?

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde was even more determined to not be in charge of the matters of the Shen family and must not be touched. Even if Chen Xiang really encountered an unexpected situation, he would just avenge him in the future.

Justice will only be late, but will never be absent.

"But everyone is gone, even if there is retribution, it cannot be saved. This is to make loyal and good-natured, you can't do this."

Seeing that the servant became more and more distorted, the captain of the servant sent by Dong Yiyuan felt something was wrong, especially when he saw that Wei Guangde's face was getting worse and worse, he waved his hand quickly, and two servants came up from behind and raised the man to take him out of the house.

The clerk struggled while begging, "Please save Mr. Chen, his family will be killed by the treacherous ministers, please."

Dong Yiyuan's servants were naturally strong, but now they couldn't struggle even after being forced to drag them by two companions.

After all, after staying from Yongning to the security guard, he actively rushed back after staying for less than two days, and his body was a little overwhelmed. Even veterans who were used to long-term battles would be somewhat affected. Naturally, they could not resist the two companions who had been raising their energy for many days.

The servant was forcibly carried to the next room. The servant captain just hugged Wei Guangde with embarrassment and followed him out.

Wei Guangde got up and walked back and forth in the room.

Although he made up his mind not to interfere in this matter, Wei Guangde felt panic when he was dragged away at this moment.

“Justice will only be late, but will never be absent.”

This sentence is also very popular in later generations, after all, no matter which era, there will be unfair things.

It is now the Ming Dynasty, and information transmission is not smooth, so some things that happen will only spread in small places, and it is difficult to spread on a large scale.

Unless the officials heard it and submitted a memorial to participate in the matter, and published it in the residence newspaper after the emperor approved it, it will spread quickly across the country. However, this time is far from the time when the incident happened.

That passage seems to be appropriate to say in this era.

After all, the times have their characteristics, and some things cannot be forced.

But in later generations, Wei Guangde vaguely remembered seeing a view online that late justice is not justice.

Justice is the basic requirement of social morality; justice is not the basic requirement of late social morality.

This is the core of that article. When a false and wrong case is corrected, many people will celebrate and say something.

However, the article explains that the original meaning of "justice will not be late" is not to correct after the fact, but to the pure literal meaning. Late justice is not justice, because justice will not be late.

For example, when a person is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years and is declared innocent, it is not that justice 20 years ago came late, but that justice 20 years later came punctually.

This is the correct understanding of this passage. Because the person who said this seemed to be a US justice, he seemed to be misled by packaging when translating it.

In fact, this sentence seems to be full of positive energy is not a praising of late justice, but a criticism of late justice, condemning people who created unjust prisons 20 years ago for trampling on justice in the world.

Just like in some films and TV shows, the police faced arrogant criminals, because they were insufficient evidence, and could only use "justice will never be absent" to persuade criminals and comfort themselves.

Or like some film and television dramas, hypocritical bad people whitewash the peace, do bad things but enjoy all their wealth. In the end, they are caught because of a mistake, and justice will also shout "Justice may be late, but will never be absent" to let you feel relieved.
To be continued...