Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 133 The Sixteenth Prison of the Inner Court

"The outer court has six departments of officialdom, rituals, military affairs, punishment, and industry, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"Nowadays, the ceremonial supervisor in the inner court is equivalent to the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet, the Hanlin Academy, and the Imperial Academy. The Royal Horse Supervisor is equivalent to the Ministry of War. The Imperial Supervisor is equivalent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"The original responsibilities of the Imperial Supervisor and the Internal Supervisor are equivalent to the Ministry of Works, and the newly added Internal Supervisor is equivalent to the Ministry of Personnel."

"There is no need for the Criminal Department in the inner court. All the affairs of the Three Law Departments can be handed over to the Governor. Execution and trial will be handled by the Jinyi Guard."

"The last thing missing is the Household Department of the Inner Court."

Following the example of the outer court in sorting out the official positions of the inner court, Zhu Youjian ordered:
"The inner palace supply storehouse and other storehouses are combined to establish the inner palace prison."

"The internal government has a Treasury Department and a Finance Department. The Treasury Department is in charge of the treasury, and the Finance Department is responsible for revenue and expenditure."

"The income and expenses of the inner court will be supervised by the inner court from now on."

Thinking that after Dynasty went to Zhangjiakou, he could bring Wang Chengen back, Zhu Youjian appointed:
"The internal government supervision is temporarily under the control of Wang Wenzheng, who will review the personnel of various government treasuries."

"When Wang Chengen returns to Beijing, let him serve as the palm seal."

“Institutions such as Sunchon Bank and Baohe Liudian are also under the supervision and supervision of the internal government for the time being.”

In this way, the structure of the inner court will be complete and there will be no obvious flaws.

However, the Twelve Supervisors, Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus, plus the Imperial Pharmacy, Sanjing Factory and other yamen, were really too many. Zhu Youjian felt that he could not directly manage so many yamen chief officials.

In addition, the original relationships in the inner court must be disrupted and the personnel must be streamlined. This made Zhu Youjian determined to disrupt and reorganize them and clarify the ownership of rights and responsibilities:
"The Xinxing Department, the Hundang Department, the Baochao Department, the Banking Bureau, the Warfare Bureau, the Armor Factory, and the Wang Gong Factory are all under the supervision and management of the inner government."

"The Bell and Drum Department, the Genggu Room, the Carving Room, and the Billiard Room are all under the supervision of the Imperial Supervisor."

"The Clothing Bureau, the Scarf and Hat Bureau, the Needlework Bureau, the Internal Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, the Weaving and Dyeing Office, and the Grate Room are all under the supervision of the Clothing Supervisor."

"The wine and vinegar noodle bureau, the Siyuan bureau, and the dessert room are all under the supervision of the food supervisor."

"Lingtai, Dao Jing Factory, and Han Jing Factory were renamed Buddhist Jing Factory, and Fan Jing Factory was renamed Xi Jing Factory, under the supervision of the Secretary of Ceremonies and Supervision."

The four divisions, eight bureaus and other yamen were placed under the supervision of various supervisors and supervisors. Zhu Youjian was worried about the omissions and asked Liu Ruoyu:

"Is there any other yamen whose ownership has not yet been determined?"

Liu Ruoyu thought it over while remembering it, and said:

"There are also the imperial pharmacy, the imperial tea room, the imperial wine room, the Anle Hall, the Nei Anle Hall, the Jingle Hall, the Xishan Mausoleum, the cat room, the livestock room, the flower room and other yamen."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly and said:
"The imperial pharmacy, imperial tea room, and imperial wine room are managed by the Qianqing Palace, who also serves as the imperial supervisor and eunuch."

"An Le Hall and Nei An Le Hall are used to treat illnesses of the palace residents and are under the management of the Imperial Pharmacy."

"Jingle Hall and Xishan Mausoleum are responsible for the funerals of palace residents and are under the supervision of internal officials."

"The Imperial Pharmacy, the Imperial Tea Room, and the Imperial Wine Room supervise each other, and they also supervise the duties of the Imperial Supervisor, the Supervisor of Food and Supervision, and the Supervisor of Shang Yi. Everything sent to the Imperial Palace must be carefully inspected."

I deliberately left these three rooms behind and let people around me take charge. Zhu Youjian is extremely cautious about his own safety.

For other yamen, Zhu Youjian asked Liu Ruoyu to handle them in detail when making adjustments. Playthings such as the cat room were classified into the royal prison, the livestock room was classified into the imperial horse prison, the silk washing factory was classified into the clothing supervisor, and the fruit garden and flower house were classified into the food supervisor. There cannot be any omissions, and the person responsible must be determined.

Then there are the foreign missions. The eunuchs who are sent to guard outside the palace, the head officials of the palace, etc. are still in charge of the ceremonial supervisor——

Matters beyond the control of other inner court offices were supervised by Si Li.

As for the female officials in the palace, the powers of the Sixth Bureau have long been handed over to the eunuchs, leaving only the Fourth Bureau of Shangbao, and Zhu Youjian has not changed.

However, based on the rebellion between Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, he emphasized that Gong Zhengsi should work with the governor to correct bad habits in the palace. Things such as dealing with food and vegetable households would never be allowed in the palace in the future.

The palace maids have no rank. When they reach a certain age, they are released from the palace and replaced by others. Eunuchs and maids cannot be allowed to conspire and become entangled in the palace.

In this way, the inner court yamen was generally straightened out. Zhu Youjian reused five prisons: Si Li Jian, Yu Ma Jian, Du Zhi Jian, Nei Guan Jian, and Yu Yong Jian, and two prisons, Shang Shan Jian and Shang Yi Jian, were relatively reused.

There are also five prisons including Si She Jian, Shang Bao Jian, Yinshou Jian, Shengong Jian, and Zhidian Jian, which are still in their original appearance.

Zhu Youjian, the newly established inner palace prison, does not intend to use all eunuchs. Like the Shanglinyuan prison, Jinyiwei prison, and Qintian prison, it will also use personnel from outside the palace.

The Neifu Supervisor is responsible for industrial and commercial finance, the Shanglin Yuan Supervisor is responsible for agricultural land and farming, the Jinyi Guard Supervisor is responsible for intelligence guards, and the Qintian Supervisor is responsible for astronomical calendar.

These prisons were put together and were called the Sixteenth Prison in the Inner Court. It is subdivided into twelve prisons inside the palace and four prisons outside the palace.

Although the Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus still exist, they have been reduced to subsidiary yamen. The old story of twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus being collectively called the twenty-four yamen no longer exists.

After identifying these yamen, Zhu Youjian formally set up official positions and ordered:
"Each prison has one eunuch who is responsible for the general affairs." "One to several admiral eunuchs will assist and supervise the eunuchs who are in charge."

"The bureau offices and other yamen attached to each prison are managed by admiral eunuchs or assistant managers and secretaries, who are in charge of seals and work independently, and are also supervised by the attached supervisors."

"Eunuchs must have casual officials ranging from the fifth-grade servants to senior officials and above. Associate ministers and ministers only need to have loose officials who are Lang officials to serve."

With that said, he began to appoint each supervisor's seal:
"Wang Tiqian, the eunuch in charge of the Si Li Supervisor, is still in charge of the Si Li Supervisor and concurrently serves as the supervising eunuch of the East Factory."

"Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, and Gao Shiming, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, are still in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor and supervise the income and expenditure of the two departments of the household."

"The eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, and the eunuch Wang Wenzheng, the eunuch of the governor, are responsible for monitoring the palace and reviewing the personnel of the inner court."

"The eunuch who serves as the eunuch of the ceremonial department, the eunuch who oversees the internal affairs department, and the eunuch who is in charge of the internal affairs department Liu Ruoyu are responsible for sorting out the inner court officials and re-appointing the internal officials."

"Who will be the eunuch in charge of the internal affairs office? Can you cooperate?"

Liu Ruoyu quickly replied:
"Li Yongzhen, the chief seal of the internal official prison, is Ni Xian's confidant."

"He has been included in the conspiracy and his property has been confiscated."

Zhu Youjian glanced at him and said:

"Then you will temporarily hold the seal of the Imperial Guard and take charge of the affairs of the Imperial Guard."

"If you can do well, you will be officially promoted to Palm Seal Eunuch in the future."

Then proceed with the appointment:

"The palm seal of the Imperial Supervisor is also held by Wang Tiqian. He also has Dongchang on his body, so the Imperial Supervisor will be handed over to someone else."

"Song Jin, the eunuch of Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, also serves as the eunuch of the royal eunuch."

"Zou Yi, the eunuch of Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, also serves as the eunuch of Shangshan Supervisor."

"The eunuch Shen Yin, the eunuch who is responsible for the etiquette, Bingbi, also serves as the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch, Shangyi."

"The remaining eunuchs will review and appoint after passing the test."

Liu Ruoyu secretly applauded this appointment and felt that the emperor was powerful.

Zou Yi, Shen Yin, and Song Jin were the admiral eunuchs of Dongchang before Wei Zhongxian. Their relationship with Wei Zhongxian couldn't possibly be that good.

Among them, Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian were initially recommended to take charge of Dongchang during the Song and Jin Dynasties. The emperor replaced Wang Tiqian with him as the imperial supervisory seal, but Wang Tiqian had nothing to say.

Shen Yin was driven away by Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tigan. He was brought back to the palace to serve as the important but not important yamen chief of Shangyi Supervisor. The purpose was to urge Wang Tigan to work hard without irritating him too much. The emperor wants to use his royal body——

Wei Zhongxian has been removed, and Wang Tigan must not move at this time, otherwise some eunuchs may be so scared that they will jump over the wall and cause unexpected disasters.

Moreover, Wang Wenzheng, a confidant of the emperor, was also recommended by Wang Tigan. The emperor wants to make great use of Wang Wenzheng, and it is even more impossible to use Wang Tiqian.

As for Zou Yi, the Supervisor of Shangshan, he had been with Emperor Taichang in Qiandi for the longest time and should have been of great use. However, Emperor Taichang died after only being emperor for a month. He, the old man of Emperor Taichang, resigned in the winter of that year and lived idle.

The emperor probably thought Zou Yi was reliable and recalled him to take charge of Shangshan Supervisor.

When Xu Yingyuan was suddenly executed and Tu Wenfu, Wang Guotai, Wang Yongzuo and others could not be used, it was the best choice for the emperor to use these three people.

Zhu Youjian was actually helpless. If Xu Yingyuan's incident hadn't been so sudden, he wouldn't have delayed cleaning up the inner court until now.

He was actually not familiar with these three former Dongchang admiral eunuchs. He just picked them out by looking at the list. He had no choice but to use them.

Zhu Youjian can be sure that these three people are not rebellious. Whether they can take up the responsibility depends on their future performance.

After the appointment of these seven main eunuchs, the cleaning up of the inner court began in full swing.

Zhu Youjian needs an inner court that is completely under his control, and it must be more efficient and reduce the number of inner court personnel.

　"History of the Ming Dynasty": Twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus, the so-called twenty-four yamen.

　　"Zi Zhong Zhi":
　　According to the Twelve Supervisors of the Neifu: they are called Si Li, they are called Yuyong, they are called Neiguan, they are called Yuma, they are called Sishe, they are called Shangbao, they are called Shenggong, they are called Shangshan, they are called Shangyi, they are called Yinshou, they are called Zhidian, they are called Zhidian. Everyone knows.

　　There are four divisions: they are called Xishen, they are called Baochao, they are called Bells and Drums, and they are called Huntang.

　　Another eight games: Japanese military battle, called scarf and hat, called needlework, called inner weaving and dyeing, called wine and vinegar noodles, called Siyuan, called Huanyi, called silver craftsman,

　　The above are collectively referred to as the "Twenty-Four Yamen".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)