How many censors were there in the Ming Dynasty?

There were thirteen censors in charge of the censors, a total of 110, including ten Henan censors.

The Dao Censor supervises the two capitals in Beijing, while the outside world is the supervision place.

Although the official position of the Dao Censor is only the seventh rank, his power is so great that it is eye-catching. Moreover, after the Dao Censor is fully appointed, he can be exiled to the fourth rank.

The taste of sourness and soothing can only be compared with the staff of the same censor.

Lin Yanchao remembered the murder of the Censor, and couldn't help but think that the emperor might send him to replace the position of the unlucky and miserable Dao Censor, and check the truth about his murder.

How did the emperor know that he had the ability to deal with criminal name? Could it be that the emperor knew that when he was a marquis, the case of Yan Kefa and the "Yan Kefa" who stood up for the prison, was the "ritual of overturning Yu Dayou's case" should be taken first?

By the way, it must be a matter of clearing the grievances of the Ryukyu boat people. At that time, the emperor heard the words of the Ryukyu tribute envoy in the Golden Palace, so he left an impression on himself and thought he was a master of case-breaking.

But I am just good at criminal prosecutors, but I am not that good at determining cases.

He transformed himself from a Hanlin official to a master of Qingtian.

Isn't it necessary to imitate Di Renjie to detect the case in the future? If I had known this, I would have read a few more books on Bao Gong's case, as well as Yuan Fang and Zhan Guard.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think of Zhan Ming, who was driving his carriage outside.

It turns out that I am really foresighted!

If the emperor asked Lin Yanchao to be the supervisory censor, although the rank was reduced from the sixth rank to the seventh rank and the rank was reduced by two levels, for Lin Yanchao, who has committed the empress dowager, this result is undoubtedly acceptable and it is convenient to transfer in the future.

So Lin Yanchao must be willing to serve as the censor, but if you think about it carefully, there is something wrong with this.

The emperor and Shen Shixing mean that they are the ones who are close to the people, and close to the people is a turbid current.

But the censor is not a civil servant.

Among the officials of the Qingliu, the first is Hanlin, the second is Cao, and the third is Cao. From Hanlin to the Censor, he was still in the Qingliu.

So the emperor definitely did not let himself serve as the censor. So what does the emperor mean when he said this to him?

But when the emperor continued, "When the Henan Censor came to Henan, in addition to inspecting and providing relief to the victims, he actually obeyed my secret order."

When Lin Yanchao heard the secret meaning, he thought to himself.

The Henan Dao Censor was "successful". Lin Yanchao's first reaction was that it was possible that the disaster relief funds or disaster relief grains in the court's relief for the victims were embezzled by local officials, and then the Dao Censor found out the truth and was killed.

But to be honest, embezzling disaster relief funds is the default unspoken rule for the officials of the Ming Dynasty. As long as you don’t go too far, the court will not pursue you too seriously.

Then the Henan Censor was killed, there must be another truth, and the truth is...

But when the emperor was a little angry, he said: "The secret order he was to inspect the river work. The Guide Mansion embankment was newly built for only two years. This time, it broke the embankment, flooding dozens of prefectures and counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, consuming unknown amounts of relief funds from the imperial court, and how many thousands of dans of rice and grain."

"While tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, millions were homeless and had no food to spend the winter, how can I tolerate this? I remember when you gave advice, you were just seeking justice for the people of Henan."

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, this time it was not good.

The matter of river engineering is a big pit, and it is never clear.

It is no secret that officials embezzle public funds for river repairs on weekdays, but if you embezzle, there is at least one bottom line, that is, river work. You cannot be careless, at least the river embankment must be properly repaired, and it cannot be a major event like a broken dike and flooding for three thousand miles.

If there is no accident in the river engineering, the court will turn a blind eye. No matter what you do in the place, but now something happens to the river engineering, the people will ask the court where they have used so much money to manage the river every year?

So this time the emperor sent the Henan Censor to investigate the truth and arrested a few corrupt officials to kill them. Although it would not be effective in curing the root cause, it could at least calm the public's anger.

But this time, Lord Lu, the Henan Censor, was tragically committed suicide. This is no longer a matter of corruption. This is the contempt of the emperor and the authority of the court in Henan, or the entire river channel.

Even the Censor, you have killed the Censor. Isn’t the next step to rebel?

But the problem is that even the censors are killed, so what else can they not do?

If the disaster relief funds are involved, then it will be just one or two magistrates, at most one magistrate's affairs. The matter is small, and the Censorate asks himself that he can bear this responsibility.

However, the matter of the river engineering has always been very involved. The matter is related to the Henan Governor's Office (the third rank in the capital), the Henan Governor's Office (the second rank), the Henan Censor's Office (the third rank), and even the Hedao Office (the second rank in the capital), the Cao Transport Office (the second rank in the capital), and the inspector's Censor who was originally responsible for supervision.

If you really pursue it, it would be to pull up the radish and carry mud, which involves countless issues.

If it really needs to be done, how many people have to lose their heads, how many officials have to take off their black hats, who has the ability and who has the courage to handle this case?

Lin Yanchao had the courage to give advice because he was not only a plead for the people, but also a good opportunity to gain fame. However, if he had to fight against the local officialdom and the entire bureaucratic group, he did not have this ability, and even Zhang Juzheng would not dare to do it.

This ending is definitely a death sentence.

But the emperor targeted him because of his request for the people of Henan Province and the theory of malpractice. The emperor was definitely taking personal revenge and wanted to kill himself.

The emperor looked at Lin Yanchao and asked, "Why are your face so ugly?"

Caomin should go home and grow sweet potatoes. Lin Yanchao said that and took a walk through his stomach.

But when Shen Shixing said, "The emperor has just discussed with me that supervision and impeachment matters are the position of the censor. The court is ready to send a new supervisor and the imperial envoy to Henan to investigate this matter."

Lin Yanchao breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself that this was fine, so this matter should not be a big problem. After all, Lin Yanchao knew that there had never been such a large official corruption case in the history of Wanli. Even if there were, it was only a small scale. If you caught a few small shrimps and killed them, you would not catch a real big fish.

Shen Shixing said again: "But the officialdom in Henan has always been a solid piece of iron, and water cannot be poured in or fire cannot be burned. The Censorate alone is not enough to investigate this matter. Therefore, Your Majesty wants you to go to Henan to serve as a local official and assist the imperial envoy in investigating the case."

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he suddenly realized that after working for a long time, he was not the main force, but the inner supporter. He was nominally demoted, but in fact he sent a Beijing official, a person around the emperor, to invade the enemy.

This is much smaller, and how to cooperate with the imperial envoy is my own business. It is mainly about training in the local area and serving as a personal official.

Then, since he entered the enemy's army, the official must not be too small. If he became a magistrate, he knew that there were too few things and was not enough to serve as the censor's subordinate...

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