What matters is not the quantity of knowledge, but the quality of knowledge, and some people know a lot but do not know the most useful things.

- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature)

Nanbu Xinzhi, who was a little dry-mouthed, took a sip of the tea on the table, and then continued: "Among the departments and bureaus that manage the eight provinces on the left and right, there are officials such as the four lower officials, the five upper middle officials, and the five lower minor officials, whose duties are to convey orders to the provinces and handle general affairs; ”

"From the five ranks, the young man was originally in charge of the Imperial Edict (Emperor's Documents), but his power gradually declined, and now it has become a nominal official position that only holds the Imperial Seal (Inner Seal) and the Official Seal (Taisei Official Seal), and almost no one wants to hold it. ”

"The eight provinces under the second official are specifically the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Shikibu, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Governance, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the Imperial Palace; each high-ranking official is the secretary under the four ranks, the deputy officials are the Daisuke under the fifth rank and the Shaofu under the fifth rank, and the judges are the Dacheng under the sixth rank, the Shaocheng under the sixth rank, the Dalu from the seventh position, the Shaolu from the seventh position, and so on. ”

Hearing this, Bai Feng was dumbfounded, and he didn't expect that the Yamato Empire, which was isolated overseas, would have such a perfect bureaucratic system; compared with the Yamato Empire, which had a strict central bureaucratic system, the Tianlong Empire, which only relied on the maintenance of the aristocratic hierarchy, was like a backward barbarian!

Bai Feng, who had only reacted from the shock for a long time, ordered Nanfang Xinzhi who had stopped, "Nanfang-kun, keep talking. ”

Although Nanbu Nobunao didn't understand why the governor listened to these imperial bureaucracy, which had become virtually useless, he still said meticulously: "The senior internal affairs official is the secretary of the interior, the deputy official is the internal affairs chief and the internal affairs junior assistant, and the judges are the internal affairs chief and the internal affairs minister. ”

Since the Ministry of Internal Affairs served close to the emperor and exercised all the administrative affairs of the palace, including the promulgation of edicts, the secretary of the interior was generally held by the prince of the imperial family, but Ando Aiki of the Hago repeatedly presented Oda Nobunaga with eagles, horses, swans, and other things, and was later appointed to the post at Nobunaga's recommendation. ”

However, Anton Aiji's appointment as the fourth secretary of the interior was not only due to the election of Oda Nobunaga, but also the operation of his family's retainer Nanbu Kiken, whose affection for Nanbu Kiken was a secret known to almost everyone in the upper echelons of the empire. ”

"The governor of the province is the secretary of the Shikibe, the deputy officials are the Shikibu Daisuke and the Shikibu Shosuke, and the judges are the Shikibu Daijo and the Shikibe Shojo; as a general personnel department such as the appointment and dismissal of civil officials, the Shikibu Ministry is responsible for investigating the affairs of civil officials, reporting them to the Taizheng officials, and guiding etiquette and other work. ”

"The governor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the deputy officials are the Daisuke of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Minor Auxiliary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the judges are the Grand Ministers of the Civil Ministry and the Young Ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. ”

"The governor of the province is the secretary of the ministry, the vice-officials are the chief assistant of the ministry and the junior assistant of the ministry, and the judges are the chief and the young minister of the department; ”

"The prefect of the Ministry of War shall be the Secretary of the Ministry of War, the deputy officers shall be the Daisuke of the Ministry of War and the Junior Commander of the Ministry of War, and the judges shall be the Grand Commander of the Military Department and the Major Minister of the Military Department; the department responsible for managing all military affairs, such as the personnel of the military attachés, the soldiers and horses of the various countries, and the cities, shall also be responsible for recruiting soldiers from the capital and the local government, and making a list of soldiers. ”

"The governor of the Criminal Department is the Secretary of the Criminal Department, the deputy officials are the Senior Auxiliary of the Criminal Department and the Young Auxiliary of the Criminal Department, and the judges are the Dacheng of the Criminal Department and the Shaocheng of the Criminal Department; the department that manages the trial, judgment, and execution of criminal punishments in litigation has become a department in name only because of the rise of the Procuratorial Department. ”

"The governor of the Ministry of Finance is the secretary of the treasury, the vice-officials are the Daisuke and the Daizo Shaosuke, and the judges are the Daijo and the Daizo Shaocheng, and it is the department responsible for managing the revenues and expenditures of the government offices, the taxation of the land, the currency, the gold and silver, and the prices of the goods, but it has existed in name only. ”

"The governor of the province is the Imperial Minister, the vice-officials are the Imperial Daisuke and the Imperial Governor, and the judges are the Imperial Governor and the Imperial Minister, who are in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Family, such as the income and expenditure, food, clothing, and miscellaneous affairs of the Imperial Family, and are also in charge of the food and materials offered by the various countries (under the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial Family). ”

"Nanfang-kun, what I want to know is what real power departments the current central government still has, not these virtual departments that have completely lost their power. The more he listened to it, the more wrong Bai Feng became, and said bluntly: "Do you understand?"

Seeing that the face of the family governor showed impatience, Nanfang Xinzhi, who knew that he had not spoken to him, said with a lot of sincere fear: "Please atone for your sins, and immediately introduce the last real power department of the empire to the lord in detail - six guards, two halls and one hall!"

"My lord, the six guard offices refer to the left and right guard offices, the left and right guard offices, and the left and right guard offices, the two offices refer to the inspection and inspection of the embassy and the inspection and non-violation of the embassy office, and one refers to the Tibetan office; the Oda family, who actually controls Kyoto, has not hollowed out the power of these nine departments because of the needs of their own family, but has further expanded the power of these departments and let them serve their families!"

"There are two divisions to protect the emperor, and the Konoe palace on the inside of the Imperial Palace is guarded, and the emperor also serves as a personal soldier when he is lucky. The department chiefs are the three Left Guards and the Right Guards, the four Upper Left Guards Lieutenant Generals and the Right Guards Lieutenant Generals, the five Lower Left Guards Major Generals and the Right Guards Major Generals, and the six Upper Left Guards and Right Guards Commanders. ”

"The department chiefs of the Left and Right Guard Offices, who were in charge of the garrison and miscellaneous duties at the time of the Imperial Palace, were the four Upper Left Guards and Right Guards, the Vice-Officers were the five Upper Left Guards and Right Guards, and the judges were the seven Lower Left Guards and Right Guards Captains, and the Upper Left Guards and Right Guards Lieutenants from the seventh. ”

"The Emon Mansion, which is divided into two divisions to guard the gates of the Imperial Palace, and the managers and materials enter and exit, and act as the forerunner when the good fortune is performed, and is also called Jingo, which is the name of the bird that ward off evil spirits; the department chiefs are the four lower Zuoemon governors and the right emon governors; the second officials are the five upper Zuoemon and Right Emon sake; the judges are the six lower Zuoemon captains and the right emon captains, and the seven upper Ueemon ensigns and the right emon lieutenants. ”

"The investigation of the affairs of the National Secretariat, which is established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prevent the National Secretariat's authority from abusing its authority, is an investigation conducted by the successor in order to submit a certificate to the predecessor certifying that the predecessor did not commit any improper acts such as taxation during his or her term of office. Its chief is to inquire from the four from the presiding, the vice-lieutenant from the fifth to the subordinate, and the judge from the sixth. ”

"The Public Prosecutor's Office, which is in charge of public security, health, and civil affairs in Kyoto, has a very important position, and is often selected from among the retainers of the Oda family. The prefect is from the four upper inspectors, the deputy officers are from the five lower inspectors, and the judges are from the six lower lieutenants and the seven upper lieutenants are not violators. ”

"As the secretary to the emperor, the Tibetan office was often engaged in confidential documents in the palace, mainly engaged in liaison with the imperial officials and the general affairs of the imperial court. ”

Today, however, the Tibetan office has become the most important tool for the Oda family to control the government, with the head of the department being the head of the two Tibetans, the second being the head of the Tibetan head from the fourth, and the five Tibetans under the fifth rank and the six Tibetans under the sixth rank of the main sixth. ”