Chapter 88 Imperial City Department
Fan Tower, on the surface, is a building complex consisting of five buildings in the front, rear, left and right.
In fact, there is an inconspicuous small courtyard next to the building on the left side of Fan Tower.
The small courtyard seems to have nothing to do with Fan Tower, and there is a wall blocking it, but there is a secret passage between the small courtyard and Fan Tower.
The Imperial City Division is actually divided into two parts: light and dark.
Judging from the name, the Imperial City Secretary is the guard in charge of the Imperial City.
The ban on entry and exit of the imperial city chiefs, all matters related to the guards in Zhou Lu and the opening and closing of palace gates are all regulated.
What does it mean? It means that the Imperial City Secretary is the emperor's bodyguard and is also in charge of closing and opening the palace gates. He is an official personal guard like the Palace Secretary.
And the Imperial City Department is different from the Dianqian Department. It is independent of the three yamen and is directly led by the officials. The rest of the people do not have any right to transfer.
Emperor Taizu divided a group of people from them to monitor the officials and inquire about the people's sentiments.
This part was the ANBU. Later, due to too much resistance, all that was left was to explore the public sentiment.
This is similar to the early Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty were the emperor's personal soldiers from the beginning, and later the emperor gave them the right to supervise hundreds of officials.
Because of this, the presence of the Imperial City Division is very low, and the officials are not afraid at all. This is why many officials dare to come to the Fan Tower even though they know that Fan Tower is the property of the Imperial City Division.
This is the reason why many officials in Bianjing still come to spend money even though they know that Fan Tower is the property of the Imperial City Division.
Because they are not afraid of the Imperial City Division at all.
If this were tried in the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei, not to mention going to Jinyiwei's property, even passing by the entrance of Jinyiwei's Yamen, they would choose to take a detour.
There are only about ten people in the headquarters of the Imperial City Division Anbu. These people gather together in groups of three or five, chatting with nothing to do.
At this moment, a thin man with an unattractive appearance walked into the yard.
The man looked to be in his thirties, and he was so thin that a strong wind could blow him away.
However, when the man opened the door and walked into the house, the people who were chatting in the house instantly became quiet, and looked at the man with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"I've seen you, Sir!" Everyone saluted.
Yin Hanzhang glanced at everyone indifferently and said: "Everyone, our opportunity has come. Just now, Eunuch Liu sent someone to inform us to investigate the censor Zhongcheng Feng Deguang. I have only one request. No matter what means are used, Investigate as much information as possible about Feng Deguang within three days. The more detailed the better. If anyone dares to slack off, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Yes!" Everyone felt a chill on their backs when they heard this and responded quickly. road.
Although Yin Hanzhang looks very thin and his face is a little sick, he likes to study punishment very much. He often uses living people to test some lost punishments in history, which is very scary.
The entire Imperial City Division Anbu was terrified of him.
Yin Hanzhang nodded with satisfaction, and then began to arrange work.
After everyone received their tasks and left, Yin Hanzhang raised a smile on his lips.
Although hundreds of officials prevented it, the emperors of the past dynasties did not completely give up on the Imperial City Division, but only turned from bright to dark.
When the emperor needed it, he would also ask the Imperial City Division to secretly investigate officials.
But today's officials highly value rule by inaction. Since they came to the throne, they have never used the Imperial City Division.
In the past, Fan Lou's income was used to fund the Imperial City Division, and additional supplements were needed. However, after the current official ascended the throne, not only was the funding supply of the Imperial City Division cut off, but even part of Fan Lou's income had to be handed over to the palace.
This has resulted in the Imperial City Department's personnel being reduced repeatedly. Yin Hanzhang even felt that in a few years, the Imperial City Department's dark department would be completely laid off.
I didn’t expect that the official family would let the Imperial City Division investigate the officials of the court, and he was a third-rank censor Zhongcheng.
As long as this is done well and the officials can see the role of the Imperial City Division, the officials will definitely pay attention to the Imperial City Division.
With Yin Hanzhang's supervision, no one in the Imperial City Department dared to slack off. In just three days, a lot of evidence against Feng Deguang was collected.
Of course, there is not much evidence among these crimes. After all, the time is too short and there is not enough time to collect evidence.
However, some of them are supported by evidence and are not just based on guesses and hearsay.
After Yin Hanzhang obtained the information, he eliminated the unfounded ones, sorted and summarized them, and handed them to Eunuch Liu.
When Eunuch Liu handed over this information to the officials, the officials were also a little surprised and said: "The results are available so soon?"
"Back to Your Majesty, this was sent by the City Emperor. I didn't even look at it. I don't know if it is useful." Eunuch Liu said.
"What can be found out in just three days? Either there is no evidence, or it must be fabricated out of thin air." The official shook his head slightly.
He felt that he was right not to use the Imperial City Division. It is important for an emperor to have smart ears and eyes, but he cannot be deceived by others.
The Yanguan can get wind of the incident because the court will send people to investigate.
But the Imperial City Division cannot do this, because the existence of the Imperial City Division is equivalent to the emperor's eyes and ears, which can easily affect his judgment.
Although the official didn't have much hope for the information from the Imperial City Division, he still opened it and read it after it was delivered.
However, the more I looked at the officials, the uglier they became. It contains detailed records of Feng Deguang using his position to help other officials get promoted and accept bribes.
Which officials visited Feng Deguang at what time, how many gifts they brought, and how long they stayed at Feng Deguang's home were all recorded in great detail.
Although there is only some evidence, even when officials gave gifts to Feng Deguang, they only described the size of the gift, but did not say what was given specifically or how much it was worth.
But by combining some of the things they know, the officials can infer that many of them are true.
Although the evaluation and promotion of officials are decided by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Yushitai has the ability to influence it.
Generally speaking, the Ministry of Civil Affairs can directly decide on the promotion of officials below the seventh rank.
The appointments of officials above the seventh rank and below the third rank are directly decided by the officials.
However, whether it is submitted to the ministers for approval or submitted to the officials for review and approval, two or three candidates will be selected, along with their official evaluations and regulations in recent years, for the ministers and officials to review and approve. Official reference.
It seems that it is the princes and officials who decide the promotion of officials above the seventh rank, and the others cannot influence it.
But Yushitai has the ability to influence.
After the Yushitai Feng heard about the impeachment, he needed to be investigated. If he was investigated during the promotion stage, he would naturally not be promoted until the results of the investigation came out, and he could only be selected from another person.
If two of the three are impeached by the Yushitai, and one person is left, then the official position will naturally fall to that person.
Although officials and ministers do not have to select from the candidates reported by the Ministry of Personnel, the people reported by the Ministry of Personnel are relatively consistent in all aspects of evaluation. In most cases, they will refer to the Ministry of Personnel It is up to the recommended person to choose.
(End of this chapter)