I Serve as a Censor in the Great Song

What is a censor?

They dare to tug at the dragon’s whiskers above and investigate every official below. Their rank is low, but their authority is immense: they are a vital pillar of the state.

The laws of our ancestors must not be broken? What if they are? Scholar-officials must not be executed? What if they are?

My name is Su Liang, courtesy name Jingming. I’m a probationary censor in the Censorate’s Inspection Office.

I’m known as Su the Heckler, Little Firecracker, and the Brush-Wielding King of Hell: the Song Dynasty’s foremost scathing remonstrator and master of the ironclad takedown.

Having lived two lives, I know the Song Dynasty’s cowardice stems from an illness of the mind.

In the name of the censors, I will use words to strengthen the Song, make the sovereign formidable, the officials tough, and the whole populace martial-minded.

This is a story about “a master manipulator at court brainwashing the Song Dynasty.” Expect passionate court politics, power plays, and battles of wits between ruler and ministers. Read it closely, and go easy on me