Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 132 Ranks of internal officials and internal servants
Liu Ruoyu was stunned when he heard the emperor's question.

He had no idea which yamen in the inner court was responsible for awarding casual officials, and he had never even thought about it.

It wasn't until the current emperor mentioned it and Liu Ruoyu thought hard about it that he remembered that Taizu ordered internal officials to be dismissed in the fourth year of Hongwu.

However, after this thing was decided, it was never used at all. There is no relevant record in the Records of the Past Emperors and the "Da Ming Huidian".

Liu Ruoyu couldn't even remember the names of the internal officials, so he could only say to the emperor:
"Internal and informal officials have been discontinued a long time ago, and no one cares."

"Internal officials asked people to write epitaphs, and they only wrote about eunuch and other positions."

I haven’t used it before. It’s convenient for Zhu Youjian to set it up. So he said directly:

"In the future, internal officials will be graded by casual officials. According to Taizu's decision, there will be a senior official of the fourth rank, Zhongzheng Dafu, who will serve the senior official from the fourth rank. A Zhongwei senior official of the fifth rank, who will serve the straight official from the fifth rank. A minister of the sixth rank, a minister of the inner minister, who will serve the senior official from the sixth rank. Zhilang, Zhengfeng Lang of the seventh rank, Zhengwei Lang of the seventh rank, Si Fenglang of the eighth rank, Si Zhilang of the eighth rank."

"Add the official ninth-grade eunuch, and the ninth-grade eunuch will be added."

"There are four levels of doctors and eight levels of lieutenants."

"Internal officials are transferred every five years and are awarded based on seniority. Annual merit can be reduced."

The inner court directly decided on the grinding and surveying method, and Zhu Youjian said to Liu Ruoyu:

"Doctors can serve as eunuchs. If there is a formal eunuch position in the inner court, the lowest rank will be awarded to a casual official ranging from a fifth-grade servant to a senior official."

"You are the eunuch of the ceremonial department, and you have served as the fifth-grade eunuch before. Then you will be awarded the fifth-grade Zhongwei doctor as a casual official."

"Other eunuchs' casual officials are also awarded according to their grades."

When conferring casual officers to Liu Ruoyu, Zhu Youjian felt that it would be too troublesome to award them one by one, so he said to Liu Ruoyu:
"Since the internal official prison has the word internal official, it must bear the responsibility of appointing internal officials."

"The proposed decree is that the original organization of the Internal Affairs Bureau will be integrated into the Construction Department, and a new Internal Affairs Bureau will be established to oversee the leadership of the eunuchs, under the eunuchs who hold the seal."

"The internal affairs department has the official office, the seal inspection office, the establishment office, the training office and other institutions, which are served by the official sixth-grade Dianbook."

"The Office of Officials is responsible for the merit examination and demotion of the inner court personnel; the Office of Inspection and Examination is responsible for the awarding of unoccupied officials and the appointment of brothers and nephews; the Establishment Office is responsible for determining the number of people in the inner court and recruiting personnel; the Training Office is responsible for the training of internal officials and servants."

"Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, temporarily serves as the eunuch of the Internal Affairs Bureau and is in charge of internal affairs."

This position was handed over to Liu Ruoyu, who happily accepted the order.

Based on his knowledge, he couldn't tell that the so-called internal lawsuits were just internal affairs.

The Office of Officials is equivalent to the Literary Selection Department and the Meritorious Examination Department of the Ministry of Personnel; the Office of Appointment Verification is equivalent to the Office of Appointment Inspection and Honors Examination of the Ministry of Personnel; the Establishment Office is to regulate the recruitment of inner court personnel and control the number of inner court personnel; the Training Office is to train those who have just entered the palace. personnel.

However, the functions of the training department are incomplete, and the inner library, the most important training institution in the inner court, is still under the supervision of the chief ceremonial director. Liu Ruoyu asked carefully:

"The inner study hall is responsible for teaching the inner officers to study. Should we place it in the training department?"

Zhu Youjian glanced at him and did not agree to assign all training responsibilities to the training department, and said:

"The Nei Shu Tang is equivalent to the Imperial Academy of the Inner Court and is under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Ceremonies."

"However, the internal affairs department has the power to recommend candidates. It can recommend chamberlains with outstanding achievements to study in the inner library."

"Those who have studied in the Neishu Hall for several years and have no rank before will be awarded the title of Ninth-grade Neiguanlang. Those who are outstanding will be awarded the title of Zhengjiu-grade Neihuang, and will serve as eunuchs in the inner court."

"If you already have a grade, after at least half a year of training, you will be promoted to half a grade."

"All eunuchs must study, and graduation and final exams must be strict. There should be no more jokes like Wei Zhongxian's ridicule for being illiterate by the foreign court."

Then, Zhu Youjian called Wang Wenzheng and appointed:

"The ceremonial eunuch Wang Wenzheng is the eunuch who holds the pen, and he also serves as the eunuch in charge of the imperial eunuch."

"Since Douzhijian has this name, it must be equivalent to the Inner Court's Metropolitan Inspection Yuan. From now on, the Inner Court's supervision will not need to be coordinated by the Imperial Inspection Yuan's Thirteen Supervisory Censors."

"The Dou Zhijian originally had the responsibility of police and clearing the roads, and the Police Department was set up to be responsible for it, which still belongs to the Dou Zhijian. If the original eunuch in charge of the Dou Zhijian is available, he will be appointed as the admiral eunuch in charge of the Police Department."

This is a demotion appointment, but everyone knows that the eunuch in charge of the eunuch will definitely not be unwilling. Because in the past, everyone knew that prison officials were not very noble, and their people were extremely cold and miserable, and it was difficult for them to be promoted, so they were called xiaxiayamen. Nowadays, the Douzhijian has become the Imperial Inspectorate. The admiral eunuchs of the Douzhijian are more powerful than the previous eunuchs.

What's more, Wang Wenzheng, the new eunuch who is the governor of the capital, is a confidant of the emperor. Everyone can see that he is going to be of great use. If you can curry favor with Wang Wenzheng, then everyone knows that the palm seal is nothing.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian didn't care at all about the current governor's palm seal and let Wang Wenzheng directly serve as the palm seal.

Seeing Wang Wenzheng take the order, Zhu Youjian said:
“The Supervisory Office has added an Inspection Department and established an Integrity Department, an Audit Department, a Prosecution Department, and an Investigation Department to be responsible for the supervision of the inner court.”

"You are responsible for the establishment of the Jinyiwei Supervision Department. You should be familiar with these, right?"

After Wang Wenzheng heard about it, he immediately reported to the emperor the establishment of the Jinyiwei Supervision Department, and requested the deployment of personnel from the East Factory.

One of Dongchang's major responsibilities is to monitor the Jinyiwei. Now this responsibility has been divided by the Jinyiwei Supervision Department, which is supervised by the eunuchs.

Zhu Youjian thought about it and agreed to Wang Wenzheng's request, but asked him to strictly review the personnel of the East Factory and not to bring the previous atmosphere into the Supervision Department.

As for the yamen of Duzhijian, it does not select personnel from Dongchang at all:
"Everyone knows that the newly established Supervision and Supervision Department must select personnel with clean backgrounds."

"Those who want to be godfathers or uncles are not required. New ones will be selected from the inner study hall and will take over the duties after probation."

"Everyone knows that the supervisor is responsible for the review of the inner court, and the inner court also needs everyone to pass the test."

"The Imperial Supervisor and the Internal Official Supervisor will cooperate with each other to review all the inner court personnel."

"The duties of the inner court also need to be adjusted and re-appointed."

Wang Wenzheng and Liu Ruoyu accepted the order, and they both heard that the emperor did not like to be regarded as godfather or uncle. It seems that the atmosphere in the inner court will change in the future.

Thinking of the newcomer in the inner court again, Liu Ruoyu asked:
"How should we appoint a newcomer who has just entered the palace?"

But he thought that those who graduated from the inner study hall would only be awarded rank-9 casual officials, and the others would naturally be awarded lower grades.

Zhu Youjian was too lazy to think too much, so he directly imitated the ninth-level officials, set up a ninth-level internal servant, and ordered:

"From the ninth-level internal officer below, there are nine-level internal servants."

"After being trained by the training office, chamberlains entering the palace will be awarded first to third-level chamberlains based on their training results. Excellent ones will be recommended to enter the inner study hall."

"In the next five years, you will move every five years. If you have merit points, you can apply to study in the inner study hall. The inner study hall will organize examinations to recruit students."

"When you reach the ninth level, you can be awarded the title of Ninth Grade Neiguan Lang, and you will become an Neiguan from then on."

"In order for an internal official to serve as a minister, he must go to the internal library to study. He must at least be able to read and understand the laws and etiquette."

"Internal officials who have Lang Guan and San Guan can hold positions such as associate director and secretary."

"Internal officials who have a large number of official officials can hold positions such as palm seal, admiral, etc., and can be officially called eunuchs."

"Internal officials and eunuchs who are over fifty years old, disabled or ill and unable to work in the palace can apply to leave the palace. Those who still have no rank at the age of sixty will decide whether to be awarded the title of ninth-grade internal official based on their past merits. Lang, arrange to work outside the palace as an errand."

"The treatment you receive after leaving the palace is determined by your level."

Finances are so tight that Zhu Youjian now dares not increase the salary of internal officials and servants, nor does he dare to promise retirement benefits. We can only classify the levels first and determine the details later.

Liu Ruoyu listened to the rule that chamberlains moved every five years and knew that it would take forty years to be promoted from a first-grade chamberlain to a ninth-rank chamberlain official. After such a long time, most of them are in their fifties or sixties and need to go out of the palace to work.

If, like Wei Zhongxian, he entered the palace after he reached adulthood, he would probably not be promoted to an internal official, and would have to leave the palace as an errand.

Therefore, the best way to become an internal official is to study in the internal library. This makes the importance of the inner study hall even more prominent.

The Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies owns the inner study hall and is still the most powerful in the inner court. The Internal Official Supervisor, who is equivalent to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, the Royal Horse Supervisor of the Internal War Department, and the Du Zhijian of the Imperial Inspectorate, are all incomparable to the Si Li Jian.

Not to mention that he and Wang Wenzheng both served as eunuchs of the ceremonial department and concurrently as eunuchs of internal officials and eunuchs of the capital.

The position of the Supervisor of Ceremonies in the inner court is unchangeable.

(End of this chapter)