History of Supervision in the Song Dynasty

Introduction to "History of Supervision in the Song Dynasty" During the Yuanyou period of the Great Song Dynasty, the court seemed to be full of people, but behind the scenes it was complicated and corrupt. The young censor Shen Zhijie was involved in a strange salt and iron case, and discovered that there was an "iron network" interest group at the center of the imperial court that spanned three provinces and six ministries. They control the selection of officials, privately distribute salt taxes, supervise the procurement of weapons, and even dare to get involved in the water conservancy and silver projects on the Liangzhe Road. With the support of his mentor, Yushi Zhongcheng Zhao Chongyuan, Shen Zhijie risked being demoted and assassinated to impeach the prime minister Han Chongxuan, the privy councilor Cao Yi, the commander in front of the palace Wei Zhong and other important officials. However, every time Shangshu is suppressed by deeper forces, and every time he gets closer to the truth, witnesses die mysteriously. Colleagues in the Control Yuan began to divide: some retired, some took refuge, and some were forced to remain silent. Shen Zhijie had no choice but to use the imperial examination fraud case as a bait to open a gap, and also took advantage of the Yellow River burst to collect account books showing the corruption of military supplies. After three years of secret war, he finally presented the evidence of the iron grid to the emperor. But the emperor was not ignorant - the court needed balance, the border needed stability, and some people needed to "balance their merits and demerits." In the end, Han Chongxuan was given the opportunity to return to his hometown, Cao Yi was demoted to a idle official, and Wei Zhong committed suicide with his seal. The real giant beetle was gently put down, but the little official's head fell to the ground. Shen Zhijie didn't win, but he let the world see a strong point in the history of surveillance. At the end of the story, he was walking alone by the Bian River, holding a copy of "Supervisory Notes" written by himself in his arms, and decided to spend the rest of his life writing it into a book - leaving it to those who come after him, and to the next person who wants to beat the drum of news.