Ye An still has the right to reform the Imperial City Department. This is the authorization given to him by Zhao Zhen. In the Song Dynasty, if you want to reform any yamen, you must get the emperor's approval. Otherwise, it will be unauthorized reform, and you will be impeached by Taiwan remonstrance.
, in serious cases, the grade will be reduced by three levels in a row.
Compared with other government offices, the Imperial City Department, which is the emperor's minions, is much simpler. Ye An's memorial was sent to the Tongjin Yintai Department, and it was approved the next day. Zhao Zhen instinctively responded to Ye An's memorial.
Take it more seriously, this is an indisputable fact.
The reform of the Imperial City Division has always been what Ye An attaches great importance to. After taking over the Imperial City Division for the first time, Ye An carried out drastic reforms. The reforms at that time were considered applicable to the Imperial City Division at that time, but now
But it has fallen behind.
The main functions of the Imperial City Department need to be transformed, especially the Detective Department, which needs to make fundamental changes and adjustments. No one knows the importance of intelligence collection better than Ye An, whether in wartime or peacetime, this is
An indispensable tool for a country.
Compared with Dangxiang and the Liao Dynasty, the intelligence collection of the Song Dynasty was really unsatisfactory. The imperial court would often allocate heavy sums of money from the Third Division to the border states, and then use the border state generals to bribe or send spies to spy on the information.
There is very little valuable information, and it is mixed with a lot of useless information, and even false information to defraud money.
This kind of efficiency is of course too low, not to mention that the imperial court does not have a yamen specifically responsible for collecting and sorting out intelligence, and the Detective Department is not good at collecting intelligence externally, but it can collect a lot of useful information internally.
Ye An's memorial to reform the Detective Department made it very clear that it was necessary to retain the internal intelligence collection function of the Detective Department, but also to collect external intelligence, and to hand over a large amount of money allocated to Bianzhou by the Third Division to the Imperial City Division.
, opened another functional yamen, specializing in foreign affairs.
Of course Zhao Zhen could see what Ye An was thinking. This was not only to streamline the officials of the Imperial City Division, but also to improve efficiency, so he agreed to Ye An's reform of the Imperial City Division. However, since the new year was approaching, there would be no plans for this year.
The money will be allocated from the Third Division, but it will be withdrawn after Ye An reforms the Imperial City Division.
However, Zhao Zhen did not keep Ye Anbai busy. He withdrew 50,000 guan of silver from his inner treasury to provide for the restructuring of the Imperial City Division.
Such a large-scale reform would be earth-shaking if it were placed in an ordinary government office, and it would make the whole court know about it. The civil and military officials in the court would express their own opinions, but in the Imperial City Department, there is little discussion.
It's a good thing that no one is talking about it. The Imperial City Division has started vigorous reforms. Seeing that the New Year is coming, everyone is waiting for the New Year with peace of mind. Unfortunately, Ye An doesn't intend to let them idle.
The soldiers need to be trained and inspected according to the plan again, and Ye An also opened a literature class in the army to educate all the soldiers of the imperial city...
This made Chen Lin very puzzled. When he saw a group of soldiers sitting on a small bench and staring at the blackboard, he became angry. They were all a group of big-headed soldiers. How could they learn anything?!
"What's the use of asking them to study? Do you still think that the soldiers are not tired enough from ordinary training?!" Chen Lin's sympathetic voice moved all the military attachés. After many years, this senior official finally spoke for them.
!
"Why is it useless? Reading is not only to understand the truth, but also to make their brains alive. The soldiers of the Imperial City Division are the guards of the Tian family, not to mention how poor their expressive skills are, even if they are about to give up their waist cards
We should know each other in front of you!"
"Check the waistband to see if you have the right to..."
Ye An's eyes were full of confusion: "Literacy is not a bad thing, so why should we abandon it like worn out shoes? Is it just to gain fame by studying and literacy? Do you believe it or not, soldiers who are literate are more powerful than ordinary soldiers?"
"A certain family doesn't believe it...but I won't bet with you anymore." Seeing that Ye An was about to speak, Chen Lin quickly added that he had never won a bet with Ye An.
Ye An shook his head slightly: "You are just being unreasonable. Just be your own supervisor. As for the restructuring of the Imperial City Division, let me do it. Don't interfere."
Chen Lin was speechless. The official had also said this to herself. Unknowingly, the Imperial City Division had become Ye An's favorite. What he said here was absolutely correct...
For a moment, Chen Lin even hesitated. He didn't know whether it was good or bad to let Ye An take over the Imperial City Division again and give him such great power.
But everyone can be sure that a lonely minister like Ye An will never betray the official family.
Ye An split the Detective Department into two, keeping the Detective Department internal while establishing an external intelligence agency, the "Machine Speed Division".
Its main functions are to "quickly carry out border defense operations; report on the transfer of illegal settlements to controlled areas; send out people and report matters back to Tuen; report on reformed people and report on spies from various places; west and north
Border customs details!"
It can be said that the Speed Division has assumed the responsibility of border defense in a sense, including the communication of border troops to Tokyo City, the gaps in defense, the placement of spies and counter-espionage, and even the review of customs clearance documents for Xixia and Liao Dynasties.
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This is no longer a simple espionage agency, but a powerful military agency, an extension of the military functions of the Imperial City Division. If implemented, the status of the Imperial City Division can even be comparable to that of the Privy Council.
Chen Lin and most of the Imperial City officials felt that Ye An's idea was unlikely to become a reality. Not to mention the official attitude, the Imperial City Division's impeachment could be abolished simply by the opposition documents from the civil and military departments of the DPRK.
However, Ye An didn't care what they thought. He still had to prepare what should be prepared. It was better than preparing after suffering a loss. When he really needed it one day, he could just take it and use it.
From the very beginning, he prepared two plans. The normal version of the Speed Division was much simpler, retaining only the spy and counter-espionage functions. At the same time, he added a bounty function, and ordinary people could also send gifts to the Speed Division.
Submit information, and if the information is confirmed, a reward will be given. It will be divided according to the importance of the information. Class A will have 3,000 guan, Class B will have 1,000 guan, Class C will have 500 guan, Class D will have 300 guan, and Class E will have 100 guan.
, there are no levels at the bottom, they only have ten coins.
Chen Lin was surprised by Ye An's generosity. You must know that the reward of three thousand guan is not a small amount. It is enough for anyone to become a wealthy family in Tokyo City.
If there is a need to collect intelligence, the Yamen of the Speed Division must extend to the border states, open a large number of intelligence collection points, and burn a lot of money. But is this a bad thing?
Of course not! This is a killing two birds with one stone. It can not only collect intelligence, but also train spies and cultivate professional spies!
If you want to obtain intelligence, you can only go to where the enemy is, and the most important thing for a spy is camouflage and counter-reconnaissance. Only camouflage can allow spies with secret missions to become ordinary people, an existence that the enemy will not care about, and even push them away.
The possibility of changing cups.
Businessmen, common people, officials, and even literati could become spies of the Song Dynasty, pass on information to the Song Dynasty, and become heroes.
"Just imagine, if the enemy's troops and horses have not moved, we already know where their food and grass are shipped; if the envoys from the foreign court have not yet visited, we know what their purpose is; the people of the foreign court are clearly seen under our eyes.
Chu, what if we can use them to pass wrong information to the outside world, or even the news we ourselves want them to know?"
Ye An looked at the dumbfounded Chen Lin and smiled and said: "This is the meaning of my creation of the Speed Division. Intelligence should always be one step ahead and serve the country's politics, military, diplomacy, and even economy. You don't understand at all.
The meaning, this is another lesson I taught to the officials, please repeat it to the officials truthfully!"
Chen Lin nodded dully. Only Ye An could say such words in the entire Song Dynasty. There was some disrespect in his words, but there was nothing wrong with them. He had to repeat such an important matter to the officials word for word.
It can be said that Chen Lin was full of departure, and Ye An sighed helplessly. In fact, the price version of the Machine Speed Division is the best, why can't it be adopted by the officials and the court?