I want to ruin the country

Let’s briefly talk about the past and present lives of the censors so that everyone can understand what these people do and why the emperor gets a headache when he sees them.

Every dynasty has had a supervision mechanism, and it has become increasingly perfect. We will not talk about the period before the Song and Tang Dynasties, but will mainly talk about the period after the Ming Dynasty.

The censors of the Ming Dynasty were the most famous. Let’s first talk about the supervision system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

He first established the Censorate to supervise the judicial and bureaucratic systems.

The Censorate had the Left and Right Censors-in-Chief, the Left and Right Deputy Censors-in-Chief, the Left and Right Assistant Censors-in-Chief, and the Censors. The highest rank was third rank, and the lowest was seventh rank.

All these censors were called Dao officials.

Later, in order to strengthen the supervision mechanism, he set up "Ji Shi Zhong" and "Du Ji Shi Zhong", with one person in each of the six ministries of Personnel, Households, Rites, Military Affairs, Criminal Justice, and Works.

Below them were the Left and Right Censors and the Censor-in-Chief, whose official ranks were the seventh rank or the seventh rank.

They were in charge of six ministries and were collectively called the Six Departments Censors.

Although they held low positions, they had the right to attend "court discussions", "court recommendations" and "court investigations".

They can participate in the emperor's imperial court meetings, participate in the selection of high-ranking officials, and participate in the public trial of guilty officials.

The censors were called Daoguan, and the six-department secretaries were called Keguan. Everyone collectively called them "Kedaoguan".

These officials were collectively responsible to the emperor.

The "censors" mentioned in the past referred to the "Six Departments Censors", but later all the officials of the six departments were called censors.

These censors can oppose the emperor's opinions. Not only do they dare to speak out, but when they think they are not wrong, they will risk their lives to fight the emperor.

The Ming Dynasty was very strict in selecting censors. Generally, young people were selected. They had just become officials, had no factions, and did not have many official vices.

So they blame everything, no matter who it is.

Some people said, don’t emperors on the stage always say that the person should be dragged out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded?

You are wrong. The emperor generally doesn't kill people. Take the Meridian Gate for example, no one has ever been beheaded there.

Can't you just beat him up without killing him?

The most important thing for intellectuals is character. They are not afraid of you hitting them, but they are afraid of you not hitting them.

If he is beaten, his name will be recorded in history; if you beat him, he will be infamous forever.

So there were many people in the court who stubbornly challenged the emperor with their necks stretched out and their eyes glared, and the emperor was so angry that he could only roll his eyes and do nothing.

No one wants to be known for harming loyal and good people. If it is recorded in history books, they will be cursed for thousands of years.

However, because he was stubborn and stubbornly opposed to the emperor, he was beaten, so I won’t say more about it.

Hai Rui, a famous honest official in the Ming Dynasty, served as a Kedao official. Zhang Juzheng, who became the prime minister, also served as a Kedao official.

If a Kedao official does a good job, he will have a bright future.

Let’s get back to the topic!

Yining smiled bitterly in his heart, damn, let's see if I have the good self-control to endure it as much as possible.

When you hear the correct teachings,

"Your Majesty, do you know that Hanlin Academy member Weng Tonghe committed suicide?"

When Yining saw this, he was like, "Wow, he's so aggressive right away!"

He said calmly,

"of course I know!"

Hearing the truth,

"There are rumors circulating that the emperor forced his loyal ministers to death. I wonder what the emperor thinks!"

Yining Road,

"I don't admit that I forced him to death. If Weng Tonghe committed suicide because he had no food or water and nowhere to go, then I should be held responsible. Did he ever encounter what I described?"

Hearing the truth,

"But I heard that he also felt that he had no other choice but to sacrifice his life for his country!"

Yining laughed,

"Humph, you've made a conclusion for me about sacrificing your life for your country. I wonder what basis you have for that?"

Wen Bizheng:

"Everyone knows that Lord Weng has been kneeling outside the palace to make remonstrations for several days, but the Emperor has not summoned him.

"Lord Weng felt humiliated, and when he heard that the Emperor had violated ancestral tradition by ordering the soldiers to shave their heads, he was overcome with grief and indignation, and that's why he committed suicide!"

Yining Road,

"Does kneeling down to make a plea always make sense?"

Hearing the truth,

"The Emperor has violated the laws of our ancestors and sold off the palace treasures to support his extravagant and debauched life. If Lord Weng had any solution, why would he risk his life in the freezing cold to make such a protest?"

As soon as these words came out, a buzzing sound came from the hall.

Du Shoutian, Zaiyuan, Wenqing, Ruijin, Sushun, Peng Yunzhang and others who knew the truth were no longer at peace.

One of them was speaking up for the emperor. Do you think such an emperor is arrogant, extravagant and licentious?

The others were worried about Wen Bi Zheng. Although you are a censor, it is not certain whether our emperor will recognize your ideas. I am afraid that your brain is not strong enough.

When Yining heard this, he got furious. Damn it! I worked so hard and you still say I'm arrogant and licentious. How am I arrogant or licentious? It's as if you saw it.

He raised his hand and was about to take a picture, but suddenly put it down. He was sitting in the middle of the Sumeru throne and could not reach the armrest, nor could he deliberately run to the edge to take a picture!

Forget it, you can’t be angry with such a person. If you get really angry, you will be fooled!

He smiled slightly,

"Master Wen has witnessed this arrogance and debauchery with his own eyes!"

"I am of low rank, so I naturally could not see it with my own eyes, but the emperor's several banquets were widely spread among the wealthy and powerful who attended.

The people say that the emperor eats more than 200 dishes in one meal, so it would be strange if the world is not miserable!"

"Hahaha!"

Yining laughed out loud.

"Wen Bizheng, let me ask you, what is the greatest thing in the world?"

"The Emperor is the greatest!"

"You know the emperor is supreme, what is the crime of slandering the emperor?"

"capital offense!"

"It seems you came here with the intention of dying?"

"I am innocent and do not deserve to die!"

"Yes, I allow you to report what you have heard, but I cannot tolerate you slandering the king!"

"I have not slandered the king!"

"Slandering the emperor is a capital crime, but since you are an imperial censor and can report on rumors, I will spare your death sentence, but I will not spare your life sentence. I will give you fifty lashes!"

"I refuse to obey. It is my duty to supervise the king!"

"Yes, that's why I didn't kill you, to avoid the historians writing that I killed loyal and good people, and causing me to bear eternal infamy.

Furthermore, I won't beat you today, but from now on, Wen Bizheng will follow me in all matters of daily living and eating. Whenever I feel it's appropriate, I will take the fifty lashes myself!"

No one understood what this meant. When to be beaten should be decided by the person being beaten. What happened to the emperor?

Wenqing and Sushun understood what the emperor meant. He wanted Wen Bizhen to see how the emperor was so "arrogant, extravagant and licentious".

When he realizes what's going on, he'll naturally come looking for trouble.

This is murderous and heartbreaking!

If he still doesn't understand, he might lose his head!

Wen Bizheng did not understand what the emperor meant, and he lay on the ground, still refusing to obey.

"If you want to hit me, then hit me. I will never accept fifty lashes from the cane myself!"

Yining smiled slightly, then suddenly changed his expression and shouted,

"Fork out!"