Chapter 1277 Untitled
On September 12, the Yijing Metropolitan Procuratorate

Although after Ye Mingsheng's reform, officials of the Yijing court no longer needed to come to the yamen to work at the Mao hour, and only needed to arrive at the yamen before three quarters before the Chen hour, but as the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, Chu Zhiyi still arrived at the yamen at one quarter before the Mao hour.

As soon as he entered the yamen's classroom, Chu Zhiyi first asked the servant to make him a pot of freshly picked Mingqian Longjing tea from Jiangnan, and then quickly got into work mode.

Although he promised Gu Sansi that he would not launch an impeachment at this time, it did not mean that Chu Zhiyi stopped working. As the Left Censor-in-Chief, Chu Zhiyi knew very well what his responsibilities were. At the same time, Chu Zhiyi also knew why the Marshal would travel thousands of miles to transfer him from Yunbing to the position of Left Censor-in-Chief!

Although Chu Zhiyi has a rather upright character, it does not mean that Chu Zhiyi is a stupid person. In fact, a stupid person cannot climb to the high position of the second rank now!
He knew very well that although he had made some achievements in the position of Yun Censor, this was not enough for him to be promoted from the position of Yun Censor to the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Great Zhou in just one year!

The decisive reason that made him come to Yijing, a higher-level platform, from Yunbing was the current situation in the Yijing court!
Marshal Ye wants to continue to deepen reforms and reduce financial pressure, but there is a lot of resistance within the Yijing court. Compared to deepening reforms, some people would rather sit back and enjoy the fruits of victory!

The former Left Censor-in-Chief, Xiao Lingyu, saw the contradiction between the two sides. At the same time, Xiao Lingyu knew very well that the Left Censor-in-Chief and the Censorate were responsible for impeaching people, so he was bound to be caught between the two sides...

So in the face of pressure, Xiao Lingyu chose to retreat while the tide was running high. He resigned due to illness and threw away this hot potato!
It was precisely because of this that Chu Zhiyi had the opportunity to come to Yijing and to the Censorate to take over this difficult potato!
When Chu Zhiyi just received the order, before he had time to be happy about his promotion, someone came to talk to him!
This person is Ye Hao, the governor of Yunbing!

When Chu Zhiyi first arrived in Yunbing as the Censor, he handled several major cases with great vigor and determination, and dealt with many officials suspected of corruption, bribery, and law-breaking, including high-ranking officials like Zhao Weijie, the Assistant Secretary of the Yunbing Provincial Government.

Because Chu Zhiyi arrested people without any warning, this undoubtedly disrupted some of the work arrangements of the Chief Secretary. Ye Hao mistakenly thought that Chu Zhiyi was going to mess with him, so the two of them had some unpleasantness.
In addition, Zhao Weijie and Ye Hao have a very close relationship, and he uses the name of the Governor Ye Hao in many things!

Therefore, Chu Zhiyi had a preconceived notion that Ye Hao was problematic! He wanted to follow the clues to investigate Ye Hao, but Chu Zhiyi's deputy at the time, Huang Can, the deputy inspector of Yunbing, advised Chu Zhiyi to stop while he was ahead. After all, Ye Hao was Marshal Ye's cousin and a legitimate royal relative!

Moreover, Ye Hao has become a high-ranking official like the governor of Yunbing at a young age. Ye Mingsheng is likely to focus on training him, so if you try to deal with him, you may hit an iron wall, not only will you not be able to catch any fish, but you may also get into trouble...
What's more, according to the laws of the Great Zhou, the governor is a second-rank official under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, and the local censor is not qualified to investigate him. If you really find any problems with him, you need to write a memorial to the court to impeach him!
Chu Zhiyi remained unmoved by Huang Can's dissuasion. He was not afraid of Ye Hao's title as a royal relative and still insisted on secretly investigating Ye Hao.

However, after investigating Ye Hao for a while, Chu Zhiyi discovered that Ye Hao was very self-disciplined. Although he had a close relationship with Liu Weijie, these were all work matters. Secondly, although Liu Weijie was under the banner of Ye Hao, Ye Hao was unaware of these things and was kept in the dark!

As time went by, Ye Hao got to know Chu Zhiyi better. He knew that this Chu Censor was not deliberately targeting him, but really wanted to get rid of the harm to Yun Bing.

So after some misunderstandings were resolved, the relationship between the two people gradually improved. And because they were of similar age and had the same lofty ambitions, the two people could be said to have become close friends who could talk about anything.

Although Ye Hao was in Yunbing, he had always been paying close attention to the situation in Yijing, so he was very clear about some of the political whirlpools surrounding the position of Zuodu Yushi!

Therefore, Ye Hao did not want Chu Zhiyi to go to Yijing to serve as the Left Censor-in-Chief. Firstly, as a good friend, he did not want Chu Zhiyi to fail. Secondly, he and Chu Zhiyi had already gotten along very well. If Chu Zhiyi left, he did not know who would take the position of Censor. He would need to get used to it all over again, which was a waste of time and energy...

He and Chu Zhiyi frankly said that although he was promoted from the position of Yunbing Anchashi to Zuodu Yushi, in the current political environment of the Yijing court, the position of Zuodu Yushi was a pit of fire. Xiao Lingyu, the old fox, had to give up the position of Great Zhou Grand Lord and retire bravely because of this!

You Chu Zhiyi is not even 40 years old this year, but you have already been appointed as the Yunbing Censor. You are still very young in the G field, and your future is bright. There is no need for you to get involved in this muddy water. This pool is bottomless. If you fall, it is very likely that you will never be able to get up again in this life. In the worst case, you may even be killed!
Therefore, Ye Hao suggested that Chu Zhiyi politely decline Ye Mingsheng's transfer order. Ye Hao also promised that he would write a letter to Ye Mingsheng, telling him that Yunbing's work was currently at the most critical stage and could not be done without Chu Zhiyi, the Censor, and requesting Ye Mingsheng to allow Chu Zhiyi to stay.

Facing Ye Hao's words, Chu Zhiyi was very moved. He knew that Ye Hao really cared about him, otherwise he would not have been so open-hearted and said so much to him. However, Chu Zhiyi finally declined his friend's kindness!

Chu Zhiyi told Ye Hao that he admired Ye Mingsheng very much and that he was a loyal supporter of Ye Mingsheng's reforms, so he was honored and extremely happy to be able to contribute to the reforms. As for other concerns, it was impossible to say that he was not worried at all, but he was willing to believe that Ye Mingsheng was a wise monarch who would not let his loyal ministers suffer injustice in tears.

Seeing that Chu Zhiyi had made up his mind, although Ye Hao felt helpless, he had to see Chu Zhiyi off to Yijing·······················
Although Chu Zhiyi had anticipated the situation in Yi Jing after hearing what Ye Hao had told him, after really arriving here, Chu Zhiyi realized that the situation in Yi Jing was more complicated and the water was deeper than he had imagined!
The first thing that Chu Zhiyi didn't expect was the attitude of his mentor Gu Sansi!

The reason why Chu Zhiyi became a supporter and advocate of Ye Mingsheng's reform was largely due to the influence of Gu Sansi. For a long time in the past, Gu Sansi had been trusted by Ye Mingsheng, and Ye Mingsheng also entrusted him with many aspects of the reform.

As Gu Sansi's right-hand man, Chu Zhiyi was also more specifically responsible for the reform work. Chu Zhiyi witnessed with his own eyes that after the reform, the lives of the people had undergone positive changes. They could eat three meals a day, there was meat in their bowls, there were fewer patches on their clothes, and a light of hope appeared in their originally dim eyes!

Because of this, after seeing the effect of reform, Chu Zhiyi became a staunch supporter and advocate of reform. In his impression, his mentor, his life mentor, and the current Minister of Personnel of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Gu Sansi, is also a supporter and advocate of reform!
However, after that welcoming banquet, Chu Zhiyi realized that Gu Sansi had changed. He became very unfamiliar and even unrecognizable to him. Chu Zhiyi couldn't believe that Gu Sansi had changed so much in just one year!

Although Gu Sansi’s reasons seemed impeccable during the dinner, Chu Zhiyi still felt some of Gu Sansi’s thoughts from his words. However, because Gu Sansi had done him a great favor, Chu Zhiyi finally chose to compromise and leave some things for later...

Although Chu Zhiyi made a compromise and promised Gu Sansi not to impeach Ye Mingsheng before he ascended the throne, after reading a large number of files in the Censorate during this period, Chu Zhiyi also had some ideas about his work. He has also sent people to conduct secret investigations, and the results of the investigation should be out soon!
Chu Zhiyi believes that once he gets the investigation results, his chain of evidence will be more sufficient and justice will be served!
However, just as Chu Zhiyi was working hard, there was a knock on his door. Chu Zhiyi looked up and saw that it was Chen Tao, the censor in charge of Youyan. Chu Zhiyi nodded slightly, and Chen Tao also walked into the room and whispered to Chu Zhiyi;
"Master Chu, the person I sent out to investigate was killed!"

As soon as Chu Zhiyi heard this, his expression immediately became serious and he asked in a deep voice:

"What exactly is going on?"

"Master Chu, I don't know what happened at the moment. I only know that the person I sent out to investigate died at his residence. It looked like he was poisoned. As for the informant, he disappeared and no one knows where he is!"

Listening to Chen Tao's words, Chu Zhiyi felt even colder in his heart. He didn't expect these people to be so bold. Yijing is under the feet of the emperor, and they killed people so blatantly. This is really too lawless and contemptuous of the laws of the Great Zhou!
The thought of this also aroused Chu Zhiyi's fighting spirit. He must bring these lunatics to justice and never let them continue to do evil and bring disaster to the country and the people...
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Yijing, Ye Mansion

An Miaoyi was reading a newspaper. Recently, Yijing Daily published a romance novel called Red Lantern. Although the main content of the novel was nothing new and was still about talented men and beautiful women, infatuated men and resentful women, the author of the novel, Zhang Qingyun, had put new wine in old bottles and was very innovative in the design of the plot.

This also made An Miaoyi a loyal reader of Red Lantern. Every day after the printing of Yijing Daily was completed, before it was officially put on sale, the editor of the newspaper would bring the freshly printed newspaper to An Miaoyi for her to read.

After carefully reading the plot of this novel, An Miaoyi looked at the editor and instructed:
"It's been three days. How come Zhang Qingyun has only written so little?"

Facing An Miaoyi's question, the editor smiled bitterly in his heart. Three thousand words in these three days was still a lot. This was the result of him watching Zhang Qingyun every day and letting Zhang Qingyun write at his desk except for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. Otherwise, it would have been very good to be able to write a thousand words in these three days.

Although he thought so in his heart, facing the unquestionable gaze of An Miaoyi, the eldest lady of the Ye Mansion, the editor nodded and said:

"Ma'am, don't worry, I will definitely urge him to write more after I get back!"

"When you go back, not only should you ask Zhang Qingyun to write for an extra day, but you should also ask him to ensure the quality. I saw two typos in the chapter just now!"

"I understand! I must make Zhang Qingyun guarantee the quality and quantity, and make you satisfied..."

An Miaoyi heard this and warned again:
"Tell Zhang Qingyun to write well. If he finishes The Red Lantern, I will give him 100 taels of silver a year!"

"I will definitely tell Zhang Qingyun what you said, Madam!"

As soon as the editor finished speaking, Nanny Wang, who was in charge of the financial affairs of the Ye Mansion, came to An Miaoyi with an account book and reported:

"Madam, this is the various expenses of our house this month!"

Upon hearing this, An Miaoyi took the account book and waved to the editor, who immediately thanked her profusely and retreated.

Because it involved the financial affairs of the Ye Mansion, An Miaoyi also looked at the account book very carefully. After checking for about half a cup of tea, An Miaoyi frowned and asked:

"How come the old lady spent more than two thousand taels of silver this month? I don't remember me approving any notes!"

In response to An Miaoyi's question, Nanny Wang immediately said:

"This year, the expenses of Madam Yue's courtyard itself are about the same as before, but this year, Madam Yue rewarded those monks with a lot of silver. A total of 1,300 taels of silver for the seven monks!"

"Madam, you have instructed us before that the old lady can do it immediately with silver, without waiting for your approval. So when Nanny Sun from the old lady's yard brought people to collect the reward silver, I approved it directly!"

After saying that, Nanny Wang looked at An Miaoyi with some worry, as if she was worried that An Miaoyi would not admit what she had said...

(I uploaded it wrong just now, sorry!)
(End of this chapter)