Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 88 Beisifang Information Center

Nan Sifang is the organization responsible for the internal affairs of Jinyiwei. It is Zhu Youjian's attempt to reform the system of Jinyiwei.

But how could Jinyiwei, as the emperor's eyes and ears, only need to do internal management?

After changing Nanzhen Fusi to Nansifang, Zhu Youjian made adjustments to Jinyiwei's most important external agency, Beizhen Fusi:
"The responsibilities of the Beizhen Fu Division, which is responsible for edicts and prisons, will remain unchanged. It will be changed to the Criminal and Prison Division in the future and will still work independently."

"The Department of Corrections and Prisons has established departments such as the Prison Administration Division, the Punishment Division, the Investigation Division, the Education Division, and the Health Division. It is necessary to comprehensively improve the image and stop torture and killing people."

"The Health Department is responsible for the medical and health work in the imperial prisons. In the future, the health conditions of the imperial prisons will be inspected from time to time. If a prisoner dies, the cause must be found out and relevant responsibilities investigated. The death penalty will be reviewed by Dali Temple, and indiscriminate killings are not allowed in the imperial prisons."

"The Education Department is responsible for the cultural needs of prisoners. Most of the prisoners in prison are officials. They must receive education and realize their mistakes. If anyone wants to write something, you can let them write it and deal with it after review."

"The Investigation Division is responsible for investigating cases in prisons, investigating potential safety hazards, and preventing crimes from being committed in prisons. If prisoners provide new evidence or clues, they should contact the Detective Corps for investigation and give preferential treatment to prisoners as appropriate."

"The Punishment and Punishment Department is responsible for punishment in prisons and should try to use non-corporeal punishments such as confinement and solitary confinement. Prisoners should not be randomly mutilated or punished continuously for a long time. The Health Department should conduct regular physical examinations on prisoners, check their injuries and illnesses, and investigate the causes of injuries and illnesses."

"The Prison Administration Department is responsible for the management of prisoners. The custody, release, visitation, transfer, etc. of prisoners are all the responsibility of the Prison Administration Department."

"Finally, we will set up an office to be responsible for the official documents, files, finances and other daily affairs of the Prison Department."

After setting up the departments, Zhu Youjian ordered again:

"Nan Sifang will write these down, and the Personnel Department will be responsible for adjusting the prison staff. Let Liu Qiao take office as soon as possible to rectify the prison."

"In particular, we must investigate the situation in imperial prisons and transfer all criminals who should not be detained in imperial prisons to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. They should not be kept in imperial prisons forever."

"The imperial prison must be completely cleaned up and old cases thoroughly investigated. Those who deserve to be beheaded will be beheaded, and those who deserve to be exiled will be exiled. We strive to completely empty the imperial prison and clean and renovate it."

Clearing the imperial prison is a move that will be praised as a wise king. Zhu Youjian has to do a good job in image work if he wants to regain control of Jinyiwei.

Qi Changguo and Li Shunzu accepted the order, and they couldn't believe that Beizhen Fusi only had five offices, and asked:
"If there is a department directly under the Department of Prisons, what grade should it be?"

Zhu Youjian responded clearly:

"The division is the fifth grade, and the department is the seventh grade. Whether to set up a department or department below depends on the specific needs."

"The grades of directors and division chiefs can be improved by adding titles."

Now everyone understood that after the emperor promoted Nanzhen Fusi to Nansifang, he did not also promote Beizhen Fusi to Beisifang. In fact, he was downgraded.

The hall under the jurisdiction of the Nan Si Fang is the sixth rank, and the department under the Prison Department is only the seventh rank. Moreover, Admiral Nan Si Fang is the commander, and it is not certain whether the Prison Department will be the command admiral. In the future, it may just be an ordinary fifth-grade department.

It can be seen from this that the emperor did not attach great importance to the imperial edict and had no intention of using the imperial edict to achieve any purpose.

This made some Jinyiwei officials lament, knowing that they had encountered an emperor who did not pay attention to imperial edicts.

There are also some people who are happy, knowing that they do not have to have violent conflicts with civil servants and can live in peace.

No matter what they think, Zhu Youjian has no intention of killing people casually. In his opinion, every official has a use. As long as he does not commit a crime that requires death, being exiled overseas as a military household can also produce value. There is no need to kill him.

The future purpose of the imperial edict is not to torture and kill, but to detain officials who are not qualified to deal with the foreign court and return to their original functions.

Relatively speaking, Zhu Youjian was more worried about the jailer's mischief and tarnishing his image.

Therefore, the arrangements he made for Beizhen Fusi were mainly to improve management and improve the external image. When people mention Jin Yiwei, they can't think of the torture of Beizhen Fusi.

Because of this, he even changed the name of Beizhen Fusi, and later became the Criminal and Prison Division.

From now on, Jin Yiwei will change his functions and say goodbye to his previous image!
In addition to the imperial edict, the most important job of the Jinyiwei is to serve as bodyguards. Zhu Youjian is simply divided into the palace guard department and guard corps, the palace guard department and the guard corps, and is responsible for different security work. From now on, trusted admirals will be selected from among the nobles and worldly officials.

As a result, Jinyiwei has four major corps: the Guards Division Guards Corps, the Guards Division Guards Corps, the East Sifang Detective Corps, and the West Sifang Patrol Corps, a total of four armed groups.

Zhu Youjian also made adjustments to the establishment of these armed forces:

"There are squads above the small flag, and squadrons and brigades above that. Each higher-level establishment has three to five lower-level establishments."

"Each small flag has ten people, a squad has about thirty people, a squadron has about a hundred people, and a group has three hundred to five hundred people."

"The general team governs different brigades according to needs. If there are too many people and the tasks are too heavy, independent teams or detachments can be separated."

"The general team is responsible for operations, and each department can set up offices, command offices, operations offices and other departments as needed to be responsible for daily management and operational command." It is only briefly mentioned here, but Zhu Youjian plans to make adjustments himself. After all, it is the armed force of the capital, and it is related to your own safety, so you cannot take it too seriously.

He also wanted to make changes to the Beijing Patrol Battalion, the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and other institutions.

These will be mentioned later. Next is the most important organization, which is also the key work direction of Jinyiwei planned by Zhu Youjian. He had already planned this, and he said it in one breath:
"Set up the Bei Si Fang Intelligence Center, use Jin Yiwei to command the admiral, and cast the customs defense seal alone."

"Set up a statistics department to collect statistics on various data, such as the number of civil and military officials, the amount of annual salary required, the amount of tax revenue, grain output, the number of people's household registrations, the number of acres owned by the people, etc., all must be counted. The data sources include the government's Public data and data collected by Jinyiwei themselves are compiled into a statistical yearbook every year and released after confidentiality treatment."

"The Secrets Department is set up to be responsible for confidential communications. The First Secrecy Office is responsible for secret communications, such as the delivery of silver seal secrets outside the palace, planning delivery routes at each post station, classifying confidentiality levels and urgent levels, and the flight routes needed for emergency intelligence. The Second Department of Secrecy is responsible for keeping the official documents of the court confidential, dividing the official documents into different confidentiality levels, and supervising the implementation of officials; the Third Department of Secrecy is responsible for the formulation and deciphering of code words; the Fourth Department of Secrecy is responsible for keeping the internal work of Jinyiwei confidential; confidentiality The Fifth Department is responsible for keeping military secrets such as the situation of the health station and the establishment of the army; the Sixth Department for Secrecy is responsible for reviewing private books and texts, and proposing to relevant departments to confiscate confidential documents to prevent them from being obtained by internal and external enemies."

"The Military Intelligence Department, referred to as the Military Intelligence Department, is set up to be responsible for military intelligence. The Military Intelligence Department should cooperate with the Secrecy Department to ensure military confidentiality, and supervise the movements of local health stations and the army to prevent illegal mobilization of the army. Civil and military officials and nobles involved in the military, the Military Intelligence Department It can also supervise. The Military Intelligence Department has a Surveying and Mapping Office and a Map Office, which specializes in drawing maps, including topography, landforms, climate over the years, as well as military garrison locations, garrison passes, military routes for one's own and the enemy's troops, water transportation, shipping channels, and hydrology over the years. information, etc.; the Strategic Intelligence Department is responsible for analyzing the enemy's strategic intentions and possible combat directions based on intelligence, covering up our own strategic intentions, and doing strategic deception; the Tactical Intelligence Department is responsible for analyzing the enemy's tactics and our own tactics, and making targeted suggestions; the Campaign Information Department is responsible for collecting The battle information department analyzes specific combat situations and verifies military achievements; the Equipment Intelligence Department analyzes enemy equipment and own equipment and makes equipment recommendations; the Border Defense Intelligence Department is responsible for border defense intelligence, analyzing foreign enemies and possible foreign enemies, and handing them over to foreign intelligence agencies. "

"The Foreign Intelligence Department, referred to as the Foreign Intelligence Department, is set up to specifically target foreign enemies and collect all information about foreign enemies. Currently, it mainly targets Houjin, grassland, North Korea and along the Great Wall, collecting their population, money, food, prices, geography and other public information, as well as military establishment , the number of soldiers, high-level generals, army mobilization, logistics status and other confidential information. At the same time, he is responsible for collecting public intelligence from the Western Regions, Southeast Asia and overseas countries, and will also send military attachés on missions in the future."

"The Internal Intelligence Department, referred to as the Internal Intelligence Department, is set up to specifically target internal enemies, collect information on internal enemies such as civil unrest and rebellion in various places, and collect information on chieftains, local noble families, and refugee gathering points with the ability to rebel, to prevent them from rebelling. It involves conspiracy and rebellion. The Department of Internal Affairs can participate in any case, and other departments will cooperate. If there is a conspiracy case that is not discovered, the Department of Internal Affairs will be held responsible."

"The Officials and Nobles Intelligence Department, referred to as the Officials Intelligence Department, is set up to specifically target officials, nobles and other high-ranking personnel. Especially civilian officials above the third rank and military generals above the generals. Their relationships with the same race, hometown, same age, relatives, friends, etc. must be explored. Come out. The official affairs department is also responsible for the movements of the clans, nobles, and relationships of the feudal lords and nobles in various places. The main focus is on public information. If necessary, spies can be sent to detect confidential information."

"The Secret Intelligence Department, referred to as the Secret Intelligence Department, is set up to be responsible for secret intelligence. The First Secret Intelligence Department is responsible for training spies and coordinating the placement of professional spies according to the needs of various departments. The Second Secret Intelligence Department is responsible for placing spies independently. It is silent for a long time and is only responsible for major intelligence. The Third Secret Service Department is responsible for secretly developing spies within the enemy and doing a good job in instigating rebellion. The Fourth Secret Service Department is responsible for improving espionage work, using single-line contact, encrypted communication and other methods to ensure the safety of espionage personnel as much as possible and ensuring that no spy personnel will be betrayed by the spy. Heavy damage to the job.”

"The Counterintelligence Intelligence Department, referred to as the Counterintelligence Department, is set up to be responsible for counterintelligence work. Cooperate with the Secrecy Department to keep secrets and crack down on spies serving the enemy. Monitor suspicious persons involved in confidential information, especially foreign envoys and businessmen, and those related to foreign countries. Persons who have economic and trade interests and may leak information.”

“The Economic and Technical Intelligence Department, referred to as the Economic Information Department, is established to collect economic and trade intelligence and technical intelligence in various industries. It consists of departments such as the Agriculture Department, the Industry Department, the Mining Department, the Commerce Department, and the Money Law Department to combat economic crimes, especially the manufacture of counterfeit currency. and illegal fund-raising, illegal opening of banks, etc., and submit them to relevant departments for disposal after discovery."

"The Public Opinion Intelligence Department, referred to as the Public Opinion Department, is responsible for investigating public opinion and public opinion, as well as various ideological trends, especially gatherings and associations, religious propagation, auspicious disasters, prophecy and folk songs, etc. Attention must be paid to any information that has been disseminated more than 500 times. Collect, analyze the source and communication trends, and decide whether to use other information to confuse public opinion based on the harm, or let the action department detain personnel to block the dissemination of information. The Public Opinion Department must secretly publish some newspapers, periodicals, and books to secretly guide public opinion."

Ten departments were set up in one breath, and even subordinate departments were directly set up. Zhu Youjian finally gave instructions:

"Other intelligence work that is not involved or that has emerged will be temporarily handled by the Beisifang Intelligence Center and will later be assigned to various intelligence departments or newly established intelligence departments."

"The intelligence center is responsible for collecting and organizing information from all parties and transmitting it to the emperor in a timely manner."

"Intelligence briefings are delivered every morning and evening, arranged in order of importance."

"If I give instructions, we will conduct focused investigation and follow-up."

"Information must be compiled every month and some information that can be disclosed on a small scale will be passed on to the court ministers."

This order, as well as the previously established intelligence departments, made Jinyiwei's senior leaders realize that the main work of Jinyiwei in the future will shift from prison to intelligence.

After all, the North Division has ten divisions, and there are also departments under the divisions. The number of departments is far less than that of the South Division, which has five divisions, let alone the East Division and the West Division, which only have one corps. .

The command of the Admiral Bei Si Fang is simply more important than the Jin Yiwei palm print of the Admiral East Si Fang.

However, Zhu Youjian did not forget about the East and West Divisions, and clearly limited the power of the North Division to avoid the expansion of the intelligence department:

"Beisifang is mainly responsible for intelligence. Operations are handled by the East Sifang Detective Corps and the West Sifang Patrol Corps. Liaison with the imperial departments is handled by relevant personnel."

"Each department must do a good job in division of labor and coordination. Jinyiwei's command, liaison and coordination must have a sense of the overall situation."

"The admiral of the North Division is concurrently appointed by Zheng Shiyi, the commander of the Jinyiwei. He will cooperate with the South Division to establish the intelligence center. In the future, he will select the assistant commanders from the division chiefs."

This made Zheng Shiyi a little happy and felt that accepting the emperor's appointment was extremely correct. Otherwise, how could he have become the Imperial Guard's Palm Printer, Admiral of the East and Beifang:

"Submitting intelligence briefings every morning and evening means that I can communicate with His Majesty every day. 』

"If there is any need for Dongchang in the future, our Jinyiwei will be directly responsible to His Majesty." 』

While thinking about this, Zhu Youjian seemed to remember something and ordered:

"An independent Supervision Department will be set up, modeled on the four general offices of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, with the Integrity Department, Audit Department, Procuratorial Department, and Investigation Department, responsible for the internal supervision and criminal affairs of Jinyiwei."

"I will send eunuchs to supervise the Supervision Department, and ministers will be stationed in four places."

"Also, the money needed by Jinyiwei must be transferred from banks controlled by the inner court such as Sunchon Bank, and confidentiality must be maintained."

As soon as this decision came out, the senior management of Jinyiwei lamented in their hearts, knowing that Jinyiwei still had to be supervised by the eunuchs and could not escape the eunuchs' restrictions.

(End of this chapter)