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Chapter Unspeakable

Following His Majesty's arrangements for the inner court, the two did not have much opinion. This was just breaking down the functions of the Imperial City Department and revoking the existing institutions. Let them pay attention that the establishment of the Interior Supervisor basically is equivalent to isolating the contact with the outside dynasty, unable to interfere in the government affairs of the court, and only limiting the management of the internal affairs of the palace, eliminating the hidden dangers of eunuchs interfering in politics.

At present, the responsibility of the imperial court is to manage the royal industry and the supply used by the inner court, rather than the practice of collecting tribute by the court in the past. There are both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is to avoid local officials of the court from levying bribes and committing corruption in the name of tribute. The disadvantage is that once the emperor is incompetent, he will bypass the supervision of the outer court and directly collect tribute from the local government in the name of tribute, but they cannot stop it.

However, based on what Wang Yinglin saw and felt, Your Majesty lived a simple life, did not like luxury, and would not do anything to disturb the people, but could effectively manage the royal industry. As for the future, even if he lived for a hundred years, he would not be able to survive the youthful little emperor, so he would not be able to control what happened later. If a foolish king really appeared, it would be a headache for future generations.

As for the general supervisor, the military weapon supervisor and the Imperial Hospital are both traditional permanent institutions in the inner court. What is special is that the military weapon supervisor currently controls the production and technology of firearms, while the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue manages all supervisors to produce some military auxiliary equipment and provide raw materials. However, this situation has not been a day, and the military weapon supervisor has been in a loss state. The inner warehouse has to subsidize nearly 10 million yuan every year to ensure production. The outer court does not want to bear such a big burden, and his intention to intervene is fading.

In addition to inheriting the past function of managing books and documents, the secretary-general incorporated the imperial office that had served him before. In Wang Yinglin's view, it was nothing to do if he restricted it. During the Northern Expedition of the escort, he also realized the importance of imperial office. In addition to avoiding the eunuchs participating in government affairs, he also handled official affairs more efficiently and professionally than the subordinate officials.

Wang Yinglin also realized that efficiency and professionalism are extremely important in wars. Wars change rapidly and political affairs are complicated, which requires people to quickly distinguish priorities from a large number of official documents and reports and hand them over to the emperor for a decision. The emperor will also frequently issue decrees and edicts. If the edicts were compiled and revised by the edicts in the past, it would be delayed. However, the heads of the imperial offices were in charge, and they could grasp the key points from the emperor's orders and quickly write them and issue them immediately. This was also something that those edicts could not do.

In addition, the emperor's travel is not a simple matter and must be kept confidential. In this way, special personnel need to carefully plan and make travel plans. How many roads are there, where to camp, where to go, where to ride, where to ride, where to ride, where to drive, where to go, where to go, where to go, where to go, where to go, you must make plans. And you also need to think about how to deal with emergencies on the way and how to ensure the emperor's safety. Of course, the fewer people know about these things, the better. If there are too many departments involved, the imperial front office can directly connect with the imperial front guard and make arrangements in advance.

Now the little emperor has transformed the imperial front office from a temporary agency into a formal agency, which is more to improve work efficiency and facilitate his work and life. Of course, it also means selecting and cultivating talents from it and enriching his team, but this is understandable. Therefore, the two agreed with the idea of ​​the little emperor in principle, and of course many of the details need to be discussed in detail.

"Your Majesty, where can the Zongzheng Temple stay?" Xie Fangde had no objection to this. The struggle between the outer court and the inner court has been for thousands of years. Fighting over and over again is just one rises and another. It is not easy for the young emperor to make concessions at the moment. But he remembered an important thing and asked.

"..." Zhao Bing scratched his head when he heard this, smiled bitterly and took a sip of tea without commenting.

Xie Fangde and Wang Yinglin looked at each other and knew that the little emperor must have thought about this problem, but they came up with a proper solution, so they showed a helpless and unspeakable expression. Xie Fangde also regretted that he had talked too much. This problem was very sensitive and difficult to solve.

Zong Zhengsi has been in ancient times. His function is to take charge of the affairs of the royal family, manage the genealogy of the royal family, clans, and relatives, and protect the royal family tombs and temples. The royal family members were a special group in the feudal era. Their blood relationship with the emperor made them detached from the world in many cases. The management of royal members often involves the survival of the regime and the rise and fall of the dynasty, and they must be cautious.

The rebellion of Wu and Chu, the rebellion of the Eight Kings, and the change of Xuanwu Gate in history were all turmoil caused by members of the royal family. The Song Dynasty punished the ills of the previous dynasty and strengthened the imperial power, and was very cautious in dealing with the issue of the royal family. In order to effectively solve this problem, this dynasty established three institutions to manage members of the royal family, Dazongsi, Zongzhengsi and Uezosty.

In terms of division of labor, the Zongzheng Temple is governed by all matters of the royal family; the Zongzheng Temple is in charge of the jade plate. Relatively speaking, the Zongzheng Temple in the Song Dynasty had a very prominent feature, that is, it was responsible for the transformation of affairs. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the function of Zongzheng Temple had been replaced by the Zongzheng Temple, and the responsibility of Zongzheng Temple became responsible for the recommendation and sacrifice of the emperor's ancestral temple, the tombs, and the maintenance of royal family's ancestral family.

Zongzhengsi was founded in the third year of Jingyou of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. Until now, it has been the well-deserved first in the royal family affairs. Zongzhengsi chose those with virtue and talent among the royal family and the royal family to act as the wise minister. The specific functions are: to instruct and correct mistakes. All the clan's policies and orders are kept in charge. Do not be able to be specialized in the matter. Please check whether you can hear it carefully.

In other words, the role played by the Grand Principal in the affairs of the clan is mainly to communicate the normal connection between the emperor and the clan. For example, the emperor's edicts or judgments, etc., is usually conveyed and executed by the Grand Principal; the many requests from the clan are also conveyed to the emperor. As an intermediate institution between the emperor and the royal family, it is also an indispensable institution. Members of the royal family cannot go beyond the Grand Principal and submit a statement to the emperor directly.

Since the beginning of the establishment of Zongzheng Temple, officials of Zongzheng Temple were not fully appointed as royal families or clan surnames. Except for the Dazong Zhengshi who chose to be virtuous and talented people as wise men, most of them used officials outside the clan, which was different from the previous dynasty who used clan sons to manage the affairs of the Dazong Zhengshi. Emperor Shenzong disagreed with the opinions of Wang Anshi and adopted Wang Anshi's suggestion and issued an edict to set up Zongzhengcheng, and began to appoint officials from different surnames as prime ministers.

The purpose of using officials from different surnames to manage the affairs of the royal family was nothing more than to strengthen control and supervision of the royal family. As early as the early days of the founding of the country, it was stipulated that all descendants of Taizu, Taizong, and Qin King Zhao Tingmei, regardless of their relatives and distances, would require the gathering of clans to live in Kaifeng palaces and not to move at will. Later, Renzong was under the unified jurisdiction of the Dazong Chief Secretary.

The problem is that before the Song Dynasty, the blood clan members of the family within the five squads were regarded as members of the royal family, while blood clans outside the five squads were expelled from the royal family, and the treatment of royal members was cancelled and treated as commoners. However, the royal members of the Song Dynasty recorded them in the royal family genealogy, and gave them the treatment of royal members. How to manage these tens of thousands of princes and grandchildren was a very difficult problem at the time.

As the population of the royal family gradually expanded, it was very obvious in Bianliang by the time of Emperor Shenzong. Princes and grandchildren were everywhere, and if you accidentally sneeze, you could spray on the face of a royal family, which often caused various disputes in matters. Because the descendants of Taizu, Taizong, and Qin Wang all entered the royal family, so it was not appropriate to deal with the emperor, royal family officials, and ministers.

Therefore, since the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the policy of the royal family was relaxed, so the descendants of Taizu, Taizong, and Qin King Zhao Tingmei were allowed to leave Tokyo and live in other places. They were far away from the clans moved outside, but the court still maintained a considerable cautious attitude towards this. In addition, the royal family has been overly dependent on the government for a long time and rarely chose to live in other places, so the royal family is mainly scattered near Kaifeng.

Therefore, over time, members of the royal family outside the capital also needed to be managed. Huizong established Xiwai Zongzheng Temple and Nanwai Zongzhengsi in the first year of Chongning. Its main function is to take charge of local royal affairs, but if there is an important incident, the royal family still needs to report to the emperor in the Dazhuo Zhengsi. At the same time, Cai Jing suggested that the descendants of Taizu be moved to Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing, and Zhao Tingmei's descendants be moved to Luoyang, Xijing.

After the Jingkang Incident, a large number of royal families were massacred by the Jurchens or captured to the extreme north, causing death to return home. However, Emperor Gaozong traveled south, and as the population grew several generations later, the population of the royal family increased sharply. He was sent from Lin'an to Shaoxing and Quanzhou, and the foreign minister was still managed by the Ministry of Education...

Now that the Mongolian Yuan and Mongol Yuan invaded Jiangnan, the royal family suffered another catastrophe. A large number of royal families were captured by the Mongolian Yuan to the north. The Quanzhou royal family was almost killed because the Pu family surrendered to the enemy. Some of the escaped royal families defected to the court and died in the battlefield during the restoration of the country. More of the purpose of destroying the jade letters and genealogy, changing their names and surnames was hidden among the people.

Therefore, after Emperor Jingyan passed away and the current emperor ascended the throne, the only royal family was left behind the emperor and Empress Dowager Yang, as well as the distant clan Zhao Mengjin, who later recognized the emperor, and Master Yuanmiao, who became a monk. Later, he learned that Emperor Deyou and a group of clans who were captured to the north all accepted the imperial edict from the Yuan Dynasty. In order to show his determination to resist the Yuan Dynasty, the young emperor expelled them all and became a real lonely man.

Then he recovered Jiangnan and returned to Lin'an. The little emperor also began to look for clan members, but all of them were given up because of the lack of jade certificates and the genealogy that was robbed by the Mongol Yuan, and could not be confirmed. Then there was a dispute over the "Crown Prince" which caused a storm. Although the little emperor finally deposed him, his desire to find the scattered clan members became even weaker.
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