Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 92 Knife handle
After establishing Weiwei Temple, the first thing to determine is the level.

After the five temples of the Ming Dynasty were adjusted by Zhu Youjian, there are currently three third-rank yamen of Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, and Taipu Temple, and two subordinate third-rank yamen of Guanglu Temple and Honglu Temple.

Because he planned to use the third-rank command to command Tongzhi Admiral, the rank of Weiwei Temple was determined by Zhu You to be the third-rank subordinate.

The ministers had some objections to this, because they wanted to designate Weiwei Temple as the third rank, and use the commander of Jinyiwei as the Minister of Weiwei Temple.

In this way, even if the emperor appoints another Jinyiwei palm seal, Jinyiwei will have two commanders on the bright side. With their support, the Weiwei temple minister can fight for power with the Jinyiwei palm seal.

Of course, Zhu Youjian did not allow such a thing to happen, and took the initiative to lower the level of Weiwei Temple and designated it as the third grade.

Faced with the request of the ministers to designate Weiwei Temple as the third-rank yamen, Zhu Youjian said:
"Weiwei Siqing can be promoted to the third rank, but if he is listed as a candidate for the Minister of Justice, he can be transferred to the official of the Third Law Department."

"If you agree to this, I will declare him to be a third-grade man."

The ministers were silent now. The six ministers, like ministers and bachelors, were their private areas and needed to be appointed by the court.

If Weiwei Siqing is listed as a candidate for the Minister of Justice, and can be transferred to other departments of the Three Laws Department. Then there will be a group of Jinyiwei officials competing for official positions, and the civil servants outside can scold them to death.

However, he did not agree to this, and the emperor did not agree to designate Weiwei Siqing as the third rank on the grounds that his name was not worthy of his name.

This forced them to give up and designate Weiwei Temple as a third-grade yamen.

In this way, if Weiwei Siqing wants to be promoted, he still serves as the commander of the Jinyiwei. The appointment power for this position rests entirely with the emperor.

The emperor controls the future of Weiwei Siqing and can naturally restrain him. Unlike before, there is no appointment power for the commander of the Jinyiwei.

As a new yamen branched off from Jinyiwei, the officials do not realize the importance of Weiwei Temple now, but they will know it in the future.

This is the most important public security agency in the public security and judicial system. In later generations, they usually serve as both the deputy minister of the government and the deputy secretary of the political and legal committee——

The power is greater than that of independent institutions such as the procuratorate and the courts!
That's why Zhu Youjian did not hesitate to throw away the power of appointing Weiwei Siqing and Shaoqing to establish this yamen in the outer court.

The power to independently appoint subordinate officials can also be directly appointed within Jinyiwei without interference from the outside court when a vertically managed local organization is established in Weiwei Temple.

This is the sharpest knife in his hand, and he must hold the handle tightly:

"The army is the barrel of the gun, and politics and law are the handle of the sword." 』

"In peacetime, there is usually no need to use troops, law enforcement agencies are more important!" 』

He knew this very well, so Zhu Youjian transformed Jinyiwei into an intelligence agency and a public security agency. The complete Jinyiwei will have the intelligence center, the army's armed forces, and the law enforcement power of the Weiwei Temple. The power is so great that even Zhu Youjian himself is a little scared:
"The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had no idea what kind of monster this was. 』

"Even a capable minister like Yuan Keli can't see it due to the limitations of the times. 』

"Intelligence agencies with armed and law enforcement powers are very scary in any era. 』

Such an intelligence agency can be called the KGB or even the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Most countries in later generations will not allow such institutions to exist.

Zhu Youjian set up such an organization in order to clean up the court when necessary, and even use the royal guards and the imperial officials loyal to him to re-conquer the world.

This is the deepest purpose and does not seem to be needed at the moment.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian placed restrictions on Jinyiwei from the beginning of the design and divided it into four relatively independent rooms.

At the same time, eunuchs were sent to restrain them, and the inner court controlled the distribution of money and grain.

Jinyiwei officials also often use Weisuo Shiguan to ensure that they have high loyalty and the cost of betrayal is very high.

But even so, Zhu Youjian still felt that it was not safe. At the request of the ministers, the power of appointing Weiwei Siqing and Shaoqing was thrown away, and an opening was opened for the outer court so that when necessary, the outer court could use the outer court to restrain the Jinyiwei——

If the Jinyiwei loses control over the rear and only needs to let go of the protection of the Weiwei Temple, the outer court will take the Weiwei Temple away and abolish the law enforcement power of the Jinyiwei.

As for the armed forces of the Jinyi Guards, the Guard Corps and the Guard Corps Zhu Youjian plan to appoint ministers to take charge. The inner court also has an independent Royal Horse Guard Teng Xiang and the Four Guards. When necessary, the Imperial Guards can be armed and disarmed and only retain their intelligence functions. Even so, Zhu Youjian still felt that it was not safe, and planned to allocate the land and military households controlled by Jinyiwei to Shanglinyuan Supervisor, and Shanglinyuan Supervisor would farm the land. The military craftsman also allocated money to other inner court yamen to ensure that Jinyiwei could not make money on his own.

After setting up layers of insurance, Zhu Youjian released the monster Jinyiwei and let it develop for a period of time to help him take power.

"Now I understand somewhat why Taizu established the Imperial Guards and restricted them many times. 』

"I completely understand the reason why Chengzu established Dongchang. 』

Jinyiwei is very easy to use and easy to expand.

Although the functions of the former Jinyiwei were not clear, there was no doubt that they were armed and had the power to collect intelligence and arrest people, and could even determine life and death in prison.

Such power was so terrifying that Taizu and Chengzu had to restrict it to prevent Jinyiwei from overexpansion.

What civil servants are most wary of at present is the power of the Jinyiwei to issue prison sentences and arrest people, and the restrictions on the Jinyiwei are mainly through the approval process.

Little do they know that the core of an intelligence agency is always intelligence. As long as the intelligence work is done well, it is not impossible to control the enemy.

Even Zhu Youjian has a hard time judging how Jin Yiwei will develop next. We can only set up the shackles in advance and then decide whether to tighten them according to the situation.

Now he still wants to fight for power for Jin Yiwei and help him gain power.

In accordance with the three regulations of "defining functions, determining institutions, and determining staffing", after Zhu Youjian established Weiwei Temple, he began to refine its functions:
"Weiwei Temple is responsible for catching thieves. The imperial court and local yamen with the function of catching thieves must cooperate with Weiwei Temple."

"For example, the Military and Horse Department in the capital, the local inspection department, and the three shifts of county government officials all have to cooperate with the work of Weiwei Temple."

"When Weiwei Temple comes up with an approved order, we will cooperate and assist unconditionally."

This was to strengthen the authority of Weiwei Temple. The officials instinctively wanted to object, but also thought that Weiwei Temple's order required approval, so most people agreed.

Only Yuan Keli was still vigilant, worried that Weiwei Temple would meddle in other matters, and asked for restrictions on his powers:
"Your Majesty, in addition to patrolling thieves, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Department also has city gate soldiers and horses."

"Many affairs in the city are also under the jurisdiction of the Military and Horse Division, and their transfer depends on the county magistrate."

"It should be made clear that the powers of the Weiwei Temple are limited to patrolling thieves."

Zhu Youjian was about to join the Five Cities Army and Horses Division. Hearing this, he immediately said:

"The internal organization of Weiwei Temple has not yet been established, and the specific functions can be discussed later."

"Now that the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple are all here, we will first select the Weiwei Temple Minister and Shaoqing."

Put forward several candidates and let the ministers recommend them.

This matter seemed more important to the ministers, so they put aside the debate on the authority of the Weiwei Temple and began to select the minister.

The final result was not what Zhu Youjian expected. Liu Qiao, the Jinyiwei commander who was mentioned in Yang Lian's memorial and was unwilling to kill people and submit to Wei Zhongxian, was elected as the Weiwei Temple Minister.

He is a descendant of Liu Tianhe, Minister of War, and his great-grandfather Liu Shouyou was the first descendant of Yinwu, a civil servant who served as the palm seal of Jinyiwei. It was Liu Shouyou that Wenyin's descendants took over the power of Jin Yiwei.

The two Shaoqings of Weiwei Temple were also recommended by the ministers, Guo Chenghao and Wu Mengming. These two people are also descendants of the Minister of the Ministry of War, and are hereditary members of the fifth rank, Qian Shu. Previously, one was Fu Si Qian Shu of Nan Town, and the other was Fu Si Li Xing of North Town.

The civil servants had no cover at all, they all used Wenyin's disciples.

　"Analysis of the Civil Service System of Yinzi in the Ming Dynasty":
　　After Liu Shouyou, his grandson Liu Chengxi and his great-grandson Liu Qiao continued to have two generations of hereditary royal guards, both of whom rose to the level of governor and took charge of the guards.

　　In addition to the Liu family, Wu Mengming, the grandson of Wu Dui, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, Guo Chenghao, the grandson of the Secretary of the Ministry of War, Guo Zizhang, and Tian Lezi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, Tian Ergeng, were all prominent commanders in imperial robes during the Tianqi and Chongzhen periods.

　　
　
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