The Imperial City Division, formerly known as the Wude Division, was an intelligence agency originally set up by Taizu. Its main purpose was to monitor officials.
But since ancient times, officials have always hated the secret police.
After Taizong succeeded to the throne, either under pressure or in order to win over officials, he changed the Wude Division to the Imperial City Division in the sixth year of the Taiping Xingguo Period (981).
As for what pressure?
Of course it's not in the right position.
The War God of the Song Dynasty was not stupid. He changed his name. The Imperial City Division's detective function was still there, but it was transferred from above ground to underground.
However, with such an operation, the Song Dynasty God of War deceived future generations of emperors.
Since it is underground, it means that it is not visible to the public. If the Imperial City Secretary makes any arrogance, he will surely be impeached by hundreds of officials.
If you encounter an emperor with soft ears, it is inevitable that the Imperial City Department's detective functions will be suppressed.
This is also the reason why the Imperial City Secretary obviously has the same responsibility as the Jinyiwei, that is, to supervise all officials, but his presence is very weak.
evening.
After stepping out of Funing Hall, Lei Yungong could no longer contain the excitement in his heart and slowly opened his mouth.
Officials remember his contribution!
Otherwise, how could the officials allow him 300 secret agents and send him to various states to gather information?
Generally speaking, most of the Imperial City Division's investigation work is carried out around the capital. Of course, some of it is also carried out in other countries.
The last part is near remote states and counties.
After all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and most outlying states and counties have heavy troops stationed there, so secret investigation is necessary.
But the situation is different in the state capitals located in the mainland.
Since Grandpa Taizu, the function of the Imperial City Department to supervise hundreds of officials has been severely cut.
Unfortunately, after Taizong ascended the throne, due to the opposition of various officials, the duty of guarding against corruption was reduced to an empty shell.
The Imperial City Secretary didn't know much about local pro-people officials.
However, that is all in the past!
The officials ordered themselves to send people to the various states to collect information, obviously because they wanted to restore the old system during the Taizu period.
At that time, the Imperial City Division was still called Wude Division. At that time, which official would not tremble in fright when seeing someone from Wude Division?
Lei Yungong couldn't help but be excited when he thought of the scenery during Taizu's time.
That kind of majesty is what makes one person inferior and superior to ten thousand people!
Even when the prime minister sees him, he has to show some dignity.
In the next few days, Lei Yungong has been busy recruiting troops.
Not all the internal staff of the Imperial City Department are eunuchs. According to the division of functions, the Imperial City Department generally has three levels, namely officials, officials and soldiers.
Officials, that is, the chiefs of the Imperial City Department, were mostly served by military ministers or eunuchs, and in most cases, they were used by both military ministers and eunuchs.
After all, there is more than one member of the Imperial City Division.
Since the second year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1009), the participation of eunuchs has gradually decreased.
Investigating the reason, the main reason is that Zhenzong's ears are relatively soft, and coupled with the instigation of the civil servants, part of the eunuchs' power was gradually deprived of them.
It was not until Li Jie succeeded to the throne that he allowed the eunuchs to return to the center of power of the Imperial City Division.
He was not afraid of the things that Zhenzong was afraid of.
Anyway, he is not officially in charge now, and the court meetings and other meetings have been temporarily suspended.
The civil servant has something to say?
Hold it in!
If you can't hold it in anymore, you may say it, but he won't listen to a word anyway.
Why are civil servants afraid of eunuchs taking power?
On the surface, they were worried about eunuchs interfering in politics and repeating the old events of Li and Tang Dynasties.
But what’s the real purpose?
The civil servants were a little afraid of eunuchs taking power.
What is a chamberlain?
The emperor’s eagle dog!
It is also the sharpest knife.
They are the most loyal to the imperial power. After all, everything in the chamberlain comes from the imperial power, and they are naturally royalists in attitude.
Within the civil servants, the situation was different.
Of course, most civil servants are also staunch royalists, but there is a difference between royalists and royalists.
The factions within civil servants are more complicated. The same year, same views (political opinions), fellow townsmen, in-laws, relatives, regions, etc. will all affect an official's position.
This is not the case with the waiter group.
Their factions are basically simple and not that complex.
Because of this, once the group of servants takes power, the group's combat effectiveness is very powerful.
In order to ascend to the throne and hold power, they dared to fight against everything except the imperial power.
Isn’t that what Lei Yungong is like?
Left Chengtianmen.
The Imperial City Si Yamen is located near Zuo Chengtian Gate, and is adjacent to the Neixiang Medicine Storehouse.
"Dad, the selection list is here. Do you want to take a look?"
In the inner hall, a handsome butler was standing in front of Lei Yungong with a respectful face. He bowed slightly and held a piece of yellow paper in his hand.
"What dad!"
Hearing this, Lei Yungong's face turned serious.
"Calm down your job title when you take office!"
"yes!"
The young chamberlain quickly changed his words and said: "Business, this is the list selected by the Detective Department. Please take a look."
"Are you all innocent?"
Lei Yungong nodded slightly and took the list from his godson unhurriedly.
"clean."
Lei Jinzhong, the young chamberlain, nodded repeatedly: "And they are all sons of good families who are proficient in writing."
The Detective Department of the Imperial City Department was specifically responsible for spying on public opinion. During the Zhenzong Dynasty, there were not many people in the Detective Department, with only forty permanent members.
Moreover, these people are usually not fixed and rotate every season.
Previously, there were not many people who wanted to join the Detective Department, because not only did the Detective Department have a lot of work but little money, it also had an extremely bad reputation.
Thanks to the propaganda of civil servants, the reputation of detectives in the Detective Department has reached the point of being notorious.
Folks often call him "Gouchazi".
However, now, the situation has changed.
Especially the well-informed chamberlains. Although this selection is still kept secret, I don’t know how many people are trying to squeeze in.
Unfortunately, Lei Yungong did not intend to recruit only from internal servants.
At certain times, it is inevitable for the eunuch to act with some inconvenience. According to his plan, he planned to select two-thirds from the forbidden army.
The remaining one-third will be recruited from the group of internal servants.
If he hadn't been concerned about the unspoken rule of equal exposure to rain and dew, he would have even planned to recruit all of them from the Forbidden Army, especially those with experience as sentinels.
a long time.
After reading the list, Lei Yungong nodded slightly.
The loyal thing is done well.
However, he did not directly praise the other party.
Well done, it’s your duty!
To such an extent, it is not worthy of his appreciation.
After a moment, Lei Yungong withdrew his gaze and gave instructions.
"The day after tomorrow, these people will be summoned to the school grounds. They will be assessed first and then selected according to their ranking."
"yes!"
Lei Jinzhong bowed and saluted.
"Go down."
Lei Yungong waved his hand, and after his godson left, he picked up the list on the table again.
The selection of spies must be done with great care.
If something goes wrong or something big happens, a happy event may turn into a disaster in an instant.