"But decades ago, the imperial censorship of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was a feared official position. The rank of this official position was not very high, only the fourth grade, but the authority of this yamen was very great. It was in charge of the three There are six subordinate officials and thirty-six subordinate counties. No matter they are capital officials, county governors or state officials, and no matter how high their title is, as long as they break the law, they will be handed over to the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial, etc. He will review the results and submit them to Dali Temple for review. After Dali Temple finalizes the case, it will be presented to the emperor. "
When Zhou Tongli said this, he glanced at the people around him again.
"It doesn't matter that all of you are of higher rank than these fourth-grade Imperial Censors, but as long as you commit a crime, as long as you let the Imperial Censor know about it, no one can escape."
The ministers originally planned to take it as a joke, but as they listened, the smiles on everyone's faces slowly disappeared and became serious.
They knew that although Zhou Tongli was half-way drunk, he was not so drunk that he talked nonsense. He said that the censor of the Imperial Palace was so powerful, so I'm afraid it was true.
Many people's expressions changed.
Someone couldn't help but asked:
"If the Metropolitan Procuratorate is so powerful, why have we never heard of it? You said it ceased to exist decades ago. What is going on?"
"If you want to talk about this, let's just say it, but let's make a long story short. The reason why it doesn't exist is because the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is an offending job. Although the authority is huge, no one dares to take it. I read from the book that the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has been vacant for ten years. No matter who the emperor appointed this official position to, he would always reject it and no one would dare to take it. If the appointment was forced, he would either resign or excuse himself because of illness. So much so that this prestigious position remained vacant for ten years and finally had to be cancelled.”
When Zhou Tongli said this, a strange look appeared in his eyes, he picked up the full bowl of wine in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.
All the ministers were fascinated by it.
The third-grade official was holding the wine flask and forgot to pour wine for Zhou Tongli. It was not until Zhou Tongli touched his wine flask with his bowl that he realized and hurriedly filled his bowl with wine.
"Zhou Jijiu, your story is wonderful. Keep talking, keep talking."
The ministers were addicted to listening and urged.
But Zhou Tongli glared and said dissatisfied: "What a story, these are all true things recorded in the book, there is absolutely no lie."
"Okay, okay, it's all true, really, tell me again, why no one wants to be the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"
"Didn't I just say it? It's because this is a thankless job. Although the authority of the Imperial Censor is extremely great, its rank is low. It's only the fourth rank. You high-ranking officials in the capital Who would take a mere fourth-grade official seriously, but no matter whether it is a prince, minister or a powerful person, as long as the law is violated, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will ruthlessly take down it, and there will never be any favoritism. As a result, this official will offend more people, and more and more people will hate him. Do you know how the last censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate died? "
Zhou Tongli suddenly lowered his voice and looked at everyone mysteriously.
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat, and they lowered their voices and asked:
"I don't know, how did you die?"
"The family was confiscated and the entire clan was exterminated!"
Zhou Tongli's words made everyone's expressions change.