After returning from a stroll in the Hundred Craftsmen's Court, Zhu Youxiao instructed Chen Hong, "Go to the Censorate and bring Yu Maoheng, the Right Assistant Censor-in-Chief, to me."
Chen Hong hurriedly said, "I'll go right away." After that, he turned around and ran out.
Looking at Chen Hong's back, the smile on Zhu Youxiao's face slowly faded.
This Right Censor-in-Chief Yu Maoheng was actually the person chosen by Zhu Youxiao to replace Zou Yuanbiao.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Youxiao intended to let this person take over the Censorate.
You must know that the Censorate is a very important government office. It is the supervisory department of the imperial court and its role is unquestionable.
Zhu Yuanzhang established the Censorate in order to make it the eyes and ears of the emperor. To put it bluntly, his purpose was to let the Censorate monitor all officials for him.
But later everyone knew that the Censorate had changed.
Officials of the Censorate began to make reports to the emperor, and they were desperate to gain fame, making the whole atmosphere chaotic.
Especially after the Donglin Party came to power, the Censorate became the base camp of these trolls.
This time Zhu Youxiao got them out, so naturally he had to replace them with his own people in the Censorate.
This Yu Maoheng was the successor chosen by Zhu Youxiao.
Since Wei Zhongxian has started it, I can start it too. To put it bluntly, I can arrange the people myself.
Zhu Youxiao had heard of Yu Maoheng, whose courtesy name was Chiguo and who was from Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province. In the 20th year of the Wanli reign, he passed the imperial examination and was appointed magistrate of Yongxin County, later becoming an imperial censor.
At the time, mining tax collectors were dispatched to various locations to facilitate the construction of the Grand Hall. They were becoming extremely arrogant. Yu Maoheng submitted a memorial stating, "Rather than harassing the common people and collecting taxes on even chickens and pigs, it would be better to clearly inform the people of the land that they should increase their land tax slightly in order to contribute to the construction of the Grand Hall. Trying to avoid the reputation of increasing taxes is actually draining the pond to catch all the fish, and the harm would be ten times greater than raising taxes at all."
Because he disobeyed the imperial edict, Yu Maoheng's salary was suspended for one year.
Zhu Youxiao wanted to use him because he saw this incident.
This person was quite interesting, and Zhu Youxiao liked his views on taxation.
Taxes can be changed, but private taxes cannot be levied using imperial power.
Here, Zhu Youxiao saw his defense and persistence of the system. This person can be cultivated, but I don’t know what he thinks about the issue of officials and gentry paying taxes together.
But it doesn’t matter now. You can observe it first and then change people if it’s not suitable.
The Censorate is not having a good time right now. It can be described as a panic situation. Everyone is afraid that this case will affect them.
So when Chen Hong arrived, he attracted the attention of the entire Censorate.
This time the whole thing revolved around the Censorate, from the initial case of false accusation of Xiong Tingbi to the case of forming a clique for personal gain that was later uncovered, everything started from the Censorate.
There are rumors flying everywhere in the Censorate now, and no one knows what the truth of the matter is.
Some people said that those people accepted bribes and colluded with border generals, and they deserved their current situation; others said that everything was a frame-up by the East Factory, which fabricated stories to put them to death.
There are various versions of the story. At first, no one was too panicked when the incident started, but as the situation developed, it became more and more serious. As Zou Yuanbiao and Yang Lian were suspended and returned home, everyone in the Censorate realized that the situation was not good and began to panic.
Although everyone usually criticizes this and that, everyone knows that this is just a way to get promoted. No one really wants to work in the Censorate for a lifetime, and no one really wants to offend people desperately. All everyone wants is promotion, promotion, promotion, promotion.
Now that the Censorate has encountered such a big incident, the two big bosses have all been suspended. Originally, it had nothing to do with them.
After all, if someone is suspended or dismissed from office, it will not be a big loss for everyone.
Anyway, it's not me, but I still have a chance to climb up. For many people, this is a good thing, you know, there are not so many vacancies in normal times.
But this time the matter was so big that it involved the entire Censorate.
If this incident is confirmed, then what trust does Your Majesty have in the Censorate? They are just the fish in the pond that have been affected by the fire in the city gate.
As a result, a split occurred within the Censorate, which basically divided into two factions.
The hard-line faction believed that all this was a false accusation by the East Factory and insisted on fighting to the end in order to preserve their reputation and official position.
Opponents believe that those people deserved to die. They colluded with border generals, framed court ministers, accepted bribes, and embezzled military pay. Their crimes are simply heinous. They believe that what the Censorate should do now is to cut ties with them. We have all been deceived.
This group of people advocated compromising with His Majesty in order to win His Majesty's favor and keep their own official positions.
Neither side was convinced by the other, so a fierce fight broke out in the Censorate.
Although no one has taken this fight outside yet, it is because no one knows what the outcome will be.
Because Zou Yuanbiao and Yang Lian were only suspended from their posts, not dismissed from office, and were not held accountable.
If things take a turn for the better and these two people are reinstated, the fate of the opposition can be imagined. Therefore, the opposition does not dare to go too far.
In the entire Censorate, the hard-line faction still has the upper hand.
But everyone knows that things will always turn around.
Under such circumstances, His Majesty's personal eunuch Chen Hong came to the Censorate. Anyone with a clue would know that this might be a turning point in the matter.
No one was not worried and everyone was paying attention to Chen Hong's movements.
Chen Hong ignored the other people in the Censorate and went straight to the duty room of Yu Maoheng, the Right Censor-in-Chief.
No one expected that His Majesty's personal eunuch would actually go to find Yu Maoheng.
Although Yu Maoheng was considered one of the bigwigs in the Censorate, everyone knew that he had been marginalized.
Although no one said it on the surface, everyone knew in their hearts that the Donglin Party was now in charge of the Censorate. This was forming a clique for personal gain.
Yu Maoheng was not a member of the Donglin Party, so one can imagine his position in the Censorate. No one expected him to show up at this time.
Is he going to be reused by His Majesty?
Everyone knew what this meant. Once Yu Maoheng was reused, it would mean the complete downfall of the Donglin Party in the Censorate.
Everyone was paying attention to the conversation between Chen Hong and Yu Maoheng, and everyone wanted to know what they said.
Chen Hong didn't seem to have any intention of doing it behind anyone's back. When he saw Yu Maoheng, he smiled and bowed.
Although he didn't know why the emperor summoned him, Chen Hong could see that the emperor valued Yu Maoheng very much.
I had no previous experience with him, which meant that although I had no friendship with him, I also had no hatred for him. This gave me the opportunity to make friends.
Chen Hong knew what Wei Zhongxian was going to do.
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