In Wucheng Pavilion, not only Zhu Xu had a calm face, but Zhu Youjian, Yang Lian and others had bad looks.

The Governor's General Assembly took such a large-scale operation and arrested more than 20 officials of all sizes and sizes, and reiterated the court's ethics and laws on officials' ethics and laws, which caused shock and uneasiness among the officials in the capital.

No matter how Qingliu claims to be a "righteous person" or how the Donglin Party hates the "evil party", she is determined to drive away evil and use justice. The decaying and uninquired court rules have long been useless and no one will abide by them. What's more, when it started, visiting prostitutes became a trend, which is a necessary option for literati and poets!

Therefore, the entire Ming Dynasty court could not find a few people who had no experience in visiting prostitutes. If they really wanted to deal with it, they would implicate all the officials.

Yang Lian was the only official position as the left censor, but he was not concerned about this now. He raised his hand calmly and said, "Emperor, what the Supervisor Yuan did has caused panic in the entire capital and even the entire Ming officials. I ask the Emperor to dismiss the Supervisor Yuan and appease the officials."

Zhu Youjian didn't say anything, and he was extremely worried. I don't know how many officials asked for a visit yesterday, and his words were fierce, so he wanted to give King Ping the title of "treacherous".

Zhu Xu sat still without rushing.

King Ping glanced at Zhu Xu and looked at Yang Lian and said, "What is this intent of Lord Yang? I am wrong to enforce the law impartially? Why should I dismiss my Governor's Yuan?"

Yang Lian looked at King Ping, and his face still had the deep expression of bitter grudges that others owed money but refused to pay it back. He said with a passionate tone: "Don't you know that the Governor General Court arrested more than 20 officials of all sizes yesterday. The charge was only "attend to prostitutes and staying in prostitutes". This has caused uneasiness among all the officials of the six ministers and nine ministers. If this continues, no one will be willing to do things anymore."

King Ping looked stunned, as if he could not argue with Yang Lian. He raised his hand and said to King Xin: "Prince, what did I do wrong? Who has the Governor's Court wrongly accused? Which law is wrong?"

Zhu Youjian's expression moved, and his heart was also very entangled.

In theory, King Ping did it right. He acted strictly in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty and never exceeded the rules. However, officials who visited prostitutes and stayed in prostitutes had already become popular all over the world. All officials in the Ming Dynasty were involved, so how could they be easily moved?

Moreover, visiting prostitutes is not a big deal. Didn’t Taizu build the “Fourth Floor of Flower Moon and Spring Breeze” on the banks of the Qinhuai River?

Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhu Xu and said nothing.

Seeing that King Xin ignored King Ping, Yang Lian raised his hand to Zhu Xu again and said, "Emperor, the people in the capital are now volatile, and the officials are trembling, and no one is willing to do their best to govern. I also ask the emperor to invent the decree to calm the hearts of the subjects in the world!"

Before Zhu Xu moved, Prince Jing Zhu Luhu, who was behind King Ping, quietly took a step and raised his hand to Yang Lian and said, "Sir Yang, Censorate, how are the regulations on managing prostitutes and staying at prostitutes?"

Yang Lian glanced at King Jin and continued to look at Zhu Xu and said, "Emperor..."

As soon as Yang Lian opened his mouth, Zhu Luhu shouted: "A civil and military officials who visit prostitutes and stay in prostitutes will be punished by the worst. Those who are less likely to be beaten, those who are shackled, those who are severe will be sent to garrison and will not be dismissed. Even if they are pardoned, they will not be recounted for life!"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone in the classroom was shocked.

Every punishment in it is extraordinary, especially the last few words, "Although I am pardoned, I will not be described for life." In other words, the officials who are dealt with will never be described!

This is even more terrifying for officials who have studied hard for ten years and have been an official for many years!

Yang Lian was also a little speechless when he was typing these words. He was still raising his hand to look at Zhu Xu, completely forgot what he was going to say just now.

Zhu Youjian was also extremely frightened. If this was true, the whole world would be in chaos!

He raised his hand to look at Zhu Xu and said in a stern manner: "Your Majesty, I believe that civil and military officials must be upright and abide by the laws of the court. It is just that the matter is too extensive. Please be cautious and slow down."

Zhu Xu nodded and said in admiration: "The emperor's words are reasonable."

Yang Lian felt that it was not at all. Whether he was cautious or slow, he would do it. If the court slowly spread it out, the one who suffered the most was the Donglin people!

Most of them were born in Jiangnan, and the fireworks land was popular for two hundred years. How many of them had not visited prostitutes or stayed in prostitutes? Could it be that Chengdu would be dismissed from office and not discussed?

His face changed again and again, looking at Zhu Xu, he said in a deep voice again, "Emperor, whether it is visiting prostitutes or staying at prostitutes, it is a small virtue that is a loss, and great virtue that is not harmful. All civil and military officials are dedicated to the country. They will be dismissed and never used because of this. It is too harsh. Not only will the subjects in the world be disobey, but they will also damage the emperor's benevolence and hinder the court's tolerance..."

After Yang Lian finished speaking, Prince Jing Zhu Luhu snorted again, interrupted his words, staring at him coldly and said, "Mr. Yang, what do you mean is to indulge the court? Then what is the use of asking the court's laws? What do you all want to do?"

Yang Lian had been anxious for a long time, and when he heard this, he turned to him with a ugly expression and said, "Prince Jing, the ancestral system, the relatives of the vassal kings and clans are not allowed to dominate. Could it be that the prince does not even respect the ancestral system?"

Zhu Luhu Yu Guang looked at Zhu Xu, then sneered, and said, "Mr. Yang said this to be heartbroken! I am the deputy governor of the Governor's General Court. I have the right to supervise government affairs and also have the right to protect the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Lord Yang avoided answering, is it that you want to plead for those people or be a guarantee?"

Yang Lian's body was straight and as bright as a mountain, and said in a deep voice: "I am sitting upright and serving the country with passion, how can I have selfish intentions! The Censorate has never slacked off at all!"

"It's ridiculous!" King Jing said in a tit-for-tat manner, with a decisive and sharp tone, "It's been more than half a year since the three people sent out of Beijing. What achievements have you made? Whenever your people leave, there are all major cases, including Shandong, He/Nan, Jiang/Su... You are not as good as the East Factory! Not to mention outside the Beijing, the Censorate has investigated and dealt with incest over the years. How many officials have been involved in prostitutes and prostitution? Is the Censorate more than a day yesterday? Are you guarding the laws of the Ming Dynasty or protecting those corrupt officials! Did I say this wrong? What's the use of asking you Censorate!"

Yang Lian's face turned red after being questioned by Zhu Luhu, his head was beating blue veins, and he said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty is careful. Even if there are officials visiting prostitutes and staying in prostitutes, it is just a small virtue. How can corrupt officials come from..."

Zhu Luhu said with a tone like a knife, "Isn't it? Cuifanglou needs one tael of silver for a night, and a sixth-rank official's monthly salary is only ten stones. Tell me, they go to the brothel seventeen times a month, where did this silver come from? The mansion of a seventh-rank official is bigger than that of my king's mansion. Where did it come from? Those antique calligraphy and paintings are worth hundreds of taels. Do those groups of maids and servants have no monthly money every month? The concubines are one room after another, so don't they need to spend money?"

At this time, the price of grain among the people basically remained below one stone and one tael of silver. In other words, the monthly salary of a sixth-rank official should not exceed ten taels!

Yang Lian's face suddenly changed, his mouth trembled, and he couldn't speak. He was not short of money and thought he was very upright, but it did not mean that he didn't know what was said on the table.

The Ming Dynasty court had long been corrupt, and silver was everywhere to lead the way. Although he was the Zuodu Censor, he also needed a lot of silver, and he also accepted a lot of things that were already commonplace.

For example, when Wang Wenyan bribed the inner court to save Xiong Tingbi, he also paid 40,000 taels of money, which was not something that the few of them could save in ten or twenty years!

As the censor, he is not afraid of others arguing with him. If he talks about the great principles, he is not afraid of anyone. But if he is obsessed with these "small matters", let alone him, even the entire Donglin Party has no choice. They are involved, which is indeed contrary to the laws of the court!

Zhu Xu watched from the side, his expression still, and the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to be vague.

Zhu Youjian frowned while listening. He didn't care at first, but listening to King Jing's words and carefully calculated, he was extremely shocked.

Such expenses cannot be achieved without a hundred taels of silver in a month!

Could it be that all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were corrupt officials?

Zhu Luhu looked at Yang Lian's unpredictable face and chased him, "Mr. Yang, do you think my governor's office is just investigating and punishing officials who are visiting prostitutes? The reason why it is severe is that it is because the prostitutes are visiting prostitutes. Behind the prostitutes is corruption, corruption and unethical officials, and the corruption of the entire Ming Dynasty's administration. This is what my governor wants to rectify! As the left censor of the Censor's Office, you can't even see through this?"

Yang Lian's face looked ugly and his eyes flashed constantly.

How could he not see through it? He subconsciously opposed it. Even in his opinion, the Governor Yuan did this too much and could not cause uneasiness among the officials in the world. We must appease them so that we can unite and focus on national affairs, purge the world, and revive the Ming Dynasty!

Yang Lian suppressed the discomfort in his heart, looked ugly on his face, and raised his hand to Zhu Xu and said, "Emperor, no matter what Prince Jing said, this move has caused fear to all officials in the capital. If this continues, no officials will have the intention to do things for the court, and all departments and yamen will be paralyzed. I ask the emperor to express his order to appease the governor and order the governor to stop inspecting Shun/Tian."

King Ping held his stomach and looked at Yang Lian. He couldn't see anything on his fat face, but he knew Yang Lian's words very well.

If Zhu Xu's clear order was issued, he would never be able to investigate these matters in the future, which means that the emperor "looked down and admitted his mistake", which marked a complete failure of the purge of officials and no more time to come.

This is also Yang Lian’s purpose. He wants to protect the entire Donglin Party!

Zhu Xu looked up lightly and looked at King Jing Zhu Luhu.

Zhu Luhu understood and raised his hand to Zhu Xu. Zhu Youjian said, "Emperor, Prince, Lord Yang is really a mess, causing our Ming Dynasty to be incompetent. In recent years, the Censorate has made no achievements, but has become a barrier for corrupt officials. I suggest that the Censorate be abolished, reorganized, and incorporated into our Governor's General Office!"

Yang Lian and Zhu Youjian changed their faces almost at the same time, and looked at King Jing in surprise.

Yang Lian was surprised because of Zhu Luhu's boldness that he actually wanted to abolish the Censorate!

Zhu Youjian was frightened. It was at this moment that he woke up. This was Zhu Xu's goal. He wanted to abolish the Censorate!

Zhu Youjian's head was covered with cold sweat and he had figured it out thoroughly. With Zhu Xu's always cautious and perfect character, it would not really make all the officials in the capital uneasy and useless. He just wanted to use this to sack the Censorate, which has a high overlap with the power and responsibilities of the Governor's General Assembly!

Yang Lian's face changed in shock, opened his eyes wide, and stared at Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty, I object! The Censorate was established by Taizu, the six ministries of the Censorate, inspecting all officials in the world, is the most important yamen of the court, and must not be sacked!"

Zhu Xu watched the play for a while before he started to speak: "Master Yang, your Censorate really disappoints me. Let's leave this matter to Wen Zhao Pavilion to handle. In addition, all the censors who are outside will be recalled and all the censors will be returned to Beijing. The Governor's Office will prepare to file a case and have to conduct detailed screening of them!"

Yang Lian felt relieved as he heard Zhu Xu handed over this matter to King Xin. If the emperor held this handle, he would have no room for a turnaround.

But Zhu Youjian didn't think so. This was what Zhu Xu had prepared for a long time, but in the end he gave the decision power, which was clearly the blame for the abolition of the Censorate!

But before he could think of the words to shirk, Zhu Xu had already stood up and quickly left Wucheng Pavilion.

Yang Lian also accused the crime with a serious face and quickly left Wucheng Pavilion. The Censorate was their last base camp in Donglin and could not be lost anymore. He had to find a way to save it.

Zhu Youjian looked at King Jing deeply and turned to Wen Zhao Pavilion. If Yang Lian wants to keep it, he also needs to think calmly and handle this matter properly.

When both of them left, King Ping glanced at King Jing, turned around shakingly, and said at the same time: "The Governor General will not be peaceful in the future, I can't control it..."
Chapter completed!