The Ming Dynasty's Sharp-Tongued Censor: Taking Down Hu Weiyong to Save Zhu Biao

Gu Chen transmigrated into the Ming Dynasty as a low-ranking seventh-grade imperial censor and planned to coast along. But after offending the brother of Hu Weiyong's concubine, he was impeached for accepting bribes: two catties of rice, four catties of cured mutton, and a set of the Four Treasures of the Study. Was that even enough to count as corruption?

Even more absurdly, after hearing the report, Zhu Yuanzhang not only spared his life but decided the young man was upright and incorruptible, and planned to promote him to replace Hu Weiyong as chancellor!

Gu Chen's legs nearly gave out on the spot. Become chancellor under Old Zhu? He'd have to be tired of living! He'd rather go to the Three Kingdoms and babysit Liu Adou than serve as an official in the Hongwu era, where his head could roll at any moment.

The kindhearted Crown Prince Zhu Biao gave him leave to return to his hometown and get married. Gu Chen fled in the middle of the night and laid down a rule for the wedding: any gift exceeding one string of cash would be returned on the spot. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard, he nodded repeatedly. "That young man is an honest official."

But Hu Weiyong was grinding his teeth and plotting to get rid of him, while Zhu Biao secretly protected him from behind the scenes. Gu Chen only wanted to run a small business and live out his days in peace. Then Old Zhu summoned him to the Qianqing Palace. "I think that tongue of yours is perfect for a chancellor. Take office tomorrow." Gu Chen nearly fainted on the spot. There was no way he could do this job!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.