Zhu Cixi still had some opinions about the Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty. As the emperor's eyes and ears, the Jinyiwei's responsibilities were too complicated and too high-profile.
There is even no distinction between priorities.
In his opinion, Jinyiwei should specialize in the collection and analysis of intelligence.
Instead of wearing a flying fish suit, carrying a Xiuchun knife, and showing off one's power all day long, making people hate and hate ghosts.
Therefore, he planned to carry out a major reform of Jinyiwei and turn it into a professional intelligence department.
"Li Aiqing, from now on Jin Yiwei must keep a low profile, be mysterious, and be professional. The main focus of his work is to collect intelligence from three aspects.
One is military information. From now on, I want to know every move of the armies of the Ming Dynasty.
The second is the situation of the people. I will keep abreast of the situation in all the states and counties of the Ming Dynasty from now on. The third is the situation of the enemy. I also want to know the situation of the various ethnic groups and countries around the Ming Dynasty!
Branches must be set up in various places, and in addition to formal members, a large number of non-staff personnel must be developed!”
Zhu Cixiang said, and handed a manual to Li Ruolian, which was full of his plans and some assumptions about Jin Yiwei, as well as matters to pay attention to.
The first is the headquarters of Jinyiwei, which consists of nine departments, namely Internal Affairs Department, Investigation Department, Finance Department, Military Intelligence Department, Civil Intelligence Department, Enemy Intelligence Department, Archives Department, Operations Department, and Communications Department.
The internal litigation department is mainly responsible for personnel promotion and dismissal, personnel training, and development of peripheral personnel, etc. The Investigation Department is responsible for internal corruption investigations, and the Finance Department is responsible for financial management.
The three departments of military, civilian and enemy are responsible for the summary and analysis of intelligence from the three aspects. The Archives Department is responsible for archive management, the Communications Department is responsible for transmitting intelligence and establishing a fast communication network, and the Operations Department is responsible for performing special tasks.
There is one commander, two colleagues, and one commander in each department.
Each province, each army, as well as the surrounding countries and ethnic groups, must establish a branch, with one person per thousand households and a number of formal members.
Each state capital must set up an office, with one person per 100 households, and a minimum of five official members.
Each county only needs to develop three to five peripheral personnel and grant them the status of general banner or small banner. There is no salary during normal times, and bonuses are given when they are activated.
These non-staff personnel are required to report the general situation of their county once a month. If major events occur, they must report it immediately and receive bonuses depending on the importance of the content.
Over the past two hundred years, the number of non-staff personnel like this in Jinyiwei has grown to hundreds of thousands. They all inherited the inheritance from their fathers and could be hereditary. Unfortunately, they were all cut off by Chongzhen.
Although there is an archive, the contact channel has been cut off, and recovery will not happen overnight.
So Zhu Cixiang plans to develop again. Anyway, as long as there is a brand, there are many people willing to work on it.
After all, he is the emperor's own army, so he has great appeal to those shopkeepers, waiters, servants and madams.
After Li Ruolian read the brochure, he was shocked in his heart. He found that he was not suitable to be the commander of the Jinyi Guards. His Majesty should be more suitable.
"How is Li Aiqing? Do you have anything to add?"
"Your Majesty has thought carefully, and I admire you very much. However, if it is completed according to His Majesty's requirements, it may not be possible in a short time. Moreover, each county must report the public sentiment once a month, and the expenses required may be very huge."
Li Ruolian quickly replied.
"From now on, I will allocate two million taels of funding to Jinyiwei every year. If it is not enough, you can apply again, and the salary will be calculated separately.
But I have only one request, and that is that the framework and intelligence network of Jinyiwei must be established within three years and completely improved within five years."
Zhu Cixiang stared at him with burning eyes.
As long as Jinyiwei perfects his plan according to his plan, from now on, every move in and around the Ming Dynasty will not be hidden from him, the emperor.
"I will do my best." Li Ruolian replied solemnly. Although Jinyiwei has a profound background, he did not dare to guarantee it after so many years of turmoil.
"Um!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded and ordered someone to call Fan Xian over, while Li Ruolian stepped aside.
"Fan Xian, Jinyiwei will no longer be responsible for investigating and handling cases in the future. The relevant personnel and prisons will be handed over to Dongchang. This is my future development and requirements for Dongchang. You can take a look first..."
Zhu Cixiang said, and also took out a booklet and handed it to him.
Fan Xian happily took it.
It’s so dark that Dongchang will finally have no competitors from now on.
Holding the booklet in hand, the more I read it, the more frightened I became, and the more I read it, the more delighted I became, so that in the end I was so excited that my whole body trembled.
"Don't be too happy too early. As the saying goes, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. I have only three requirements for the fans and eunuchs of Dongchang.
That is, you are not allowed to make friends with local officials, you are not allowed to collect a penny of filial piety from local officials and gentry, and you are not allowed to extort money. Anyone who violates this rule will be executed without delay!"
"Also, without my order, you are not allowed to handle cases and arrest people without authorization. Except when handling cases and when you are in the Yamen, you are not allowed to wear official uniforms during the rest of the time when you are out, and you are not allowed to reveal your identity to outsiders."
Zhu Cixi said with a stern expression.
Dongchang will be his biggest weapon in the future to intimidate and supervise civil servants everywhere.
Because he plans to build Dongchang into a powerful institution like the Commission for Discipline Inspection in his previous life.
Every province must have a branch factory and every prefecture must have an office. Unlike Jinyiwei's low profile, Dongchang's branch factory and office must be listed, and Fanzi must wear a flying fish suit and carry an embroidered spring knife.
There is no other way but to decentralize the Dongchang to various localities for supervision. I am afraid only the devil knows whether the two imperial edicts on tax exemption and exemption from labor and labor will be implemented by various localities.
But if those eunuchs and officials in Dongchang do not impose restraints, they may cause more harm to the place than those civil servants. In the end, it will be counterproductive.
Therefore, the Dongchang branches in various places cannot accept reports from the people for the time being, nor can they take the initiative to handle cases. They usually stay in the yamen and scare those officials.
Jin Yiwei will report the situation in each county, and then he will personally select some prefectures and counties where the situation is serious for surgery, and ask the local Dongchang to investigate and arrest the people. Then they will be taken to the capital and handed over to Dali Temple for sentencing, and the report will be reported to the whole country.
In this way, officials from all over the country no longer dare to act unscrupulously.
In the future, Dongchang's main targets will be civil servants and officials, supervising the implementation of central policies and investigating official corruption.
In the future, we will also accept reports from ordinary businessmen.
Of course, this can only be realized after he trains a new group of professional scholars to replace the eunuchs and fans in Dongchang.
He planned to recruit some young children every year like the martial arts hall, and start education and training at an early age. In the future, they would be sent to various places as professional royal anti-corruption officers or as professional judges.
These people's salaries are directly distributed by the royal family and they are not allowed to take the imperial examination, but they are still high-ranking officials.
Otherwise, it would be a joke to rely solely on the so-called imperial censors to supervise civil servants. Even Zhu Cihong would not recruit scholars to Dongchang.
He wanted to completely separate and oppose the scholars he cultivated from traditional literati.
Then Zhu Cihong called Cao Huachun over again.
Looking at the three people with burning eyes, he said: "I have restored the West Factory. The main function of the West Factory is to supervise the Jin Yiwei, the East Factory and the Royal Horse Supervisor.
It can be said that except for the three of you, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, anyone in the Royal Horse Prison may be a spy from the West Factory. Any corruption and perversion of the law may be reported to me at any time.
And once it is found out that even if only one tael of silver is embezzled, no matter how big or small the official position is, he will be executed without delay!"
Zhu Cixiang decided to use high-pressure deterrence.
Sure enough, after hearing this, the three of them felt their scalps tingle and their backs felt chilly. They had no doubt about His Majesty's words. Chen Yan, the first assistant, had been killed by more than three thousand knives, not to mention some eunuchs.