Zhang Chao was then authorized by Li Yuan to form this royal service group. However, this royal service group is not so easy to form, and there is another very important thing next, that is, to clarify the powers and responsibilities, and then divide the respective powers. Especially the original Li Yuan's service officials, those have to be arranged, and the rights of those officials in this royal service group must be restricted, if they are allowed too much power, it will definitely cause the royal service group to be unable to open in the end. Although Zhang Chaoming knew that this royal service group was actually a commercial industry privately owned by the emperor, it was actually no different from the large state-owned enterprises of later generations, and there must be many shortcomings similar to those of later state-owned enterprises.

However, there are also times when there are ills. Perhaps these ills would be an unsatisfactory ill in later generations, but they were very advanced in the Tang Dynasty. If the emperor's internal service organization is set up according to the past, this will inevitably cause the emperor's internal service organization to become larger and more bloated, and finally spend a lot of capital to support them. What's even more terrifying is that they not only want to get the wealth that feeds them, but they also reach out to the state to claim it, which is absolutely terrifying.

In Zhang Chao's view, the emperor's internal service organization must actually be reduced as much as possible, and the number of personnel can be as small as possible, or even not one. Of course, in this era, it is impossible to make the emperor have no inner servants, but certain reforms can be carried out. Through this, the chamberlain was transformed into the Royal Service Group, and then all the chamberlain agencies were much smaller. In the future, if the internal service agency wants to deal with the affairs of serving the emperor, it will cost the amount of money to place an order directly with the royal service group, so that not only the personnel of the internal service agency will be greatly reduced, but also the idle resources will be effectively used, so as not to be wasted when they are not needed. This can save a lot of financial resources for the country, and can even feed back into the national treasury.

Although the state-owned enterprises of later generations had too many shortcomings, they were more scientific and effective than the emperor's internal service institutions in ancient times. If compared with the ancient emperor's internal service institutions, those state-owned enterprises in later generations are actually not a kind of progress? Things that later generations thought were very unacceptable and incomprehensible, but in ancient times they were very normal, and the acceptance of the ancients was much stronger than that of later generations. The fact that ancient people were able to accept many things that later generations thought was absurd was not completely unacceptable. Therefore, Zhang Chao used the organizational model of state-owned enterprises at the beginning of the reform and opening up of later generations to reorganize Li Yuan's internal service organization, which is actually a kind of progress, but it is not as acceptable as the later generations. However, this is also the maximum that the ancients could accept, if you directly use the completely commercial management of later generations, it will definitely cause it to be too advanced in the end, and finally unacceptable. When Wang Mang reformed, if he was seen by later generations, he was simply a traverser, but in ancient times, it was not suitable for this method. Therefore, Zhang Chao knew that the highest degree that these people who used to be Li Yuan's internal service institutions could accept was the level of state-owned enterprises in the early stage of reform in later generations, and if they wanted to implement the management model of ordinary enterprises, it would definitely cause them to rebound violently.

Reform is not the more advanced the better, and the best way is to reform to the maximum extent that the other party can accept, so Zhang Chao also chose a maximum degree that they can accept. This means that they will be reformed while ensuring that their social status and official status remain unchanged, and their official status cannot be abolished, otherwise they will rebound violently. Having an official position is the last bottom line, and they must not cancel their official status, otherwise even if they are given more money, they will not agree, and they will even have to fight hard with Zhang Chao.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have been authorized by the emperor to fully guide the formation of this Datang Royal Service Group, and then everything here must be formed according to my suggestions. What do you have to say, you can say! Zhang Chao said.

And those attendants looked at each other one by one, and they didn't dare to put a fart. Zhang Chao has Li Yuan's edict in his hand, and he can act cheaply, if these guys dare to oppose it, it is also against Li Yuan. And these eunuchs are actually Li Yuandu's domestic slaves, all eunuchs, and the emperor can kill them if he wants to. The eunuchs of this era are not like the eunuchs in the middle and late Tang Dynasty who can even depose the emperor, the eunuchs at this time have no power, and the emperor can kill if he wants, so there is no need to worry. So now that Zhang Chao has been fully authorized by Li Yuan to deal with this temporal service organization in the palace, they can't say anything.

However, the premise that they do not object is that Zhang Chao cannot harm their interests too much. If their interests are seriously damaged, they will also have to fight hard with Zhang Chao. And next, they all plan to listen to Zhang Chao's opinions, and want to see what Zhang Chao can say.

"We, the Royal Service, adopt the method of official supervision and commercial management. The official represents the official, and that is, the emperor's side. And some of you eunuchs will be sent to this royal service group as directors in the future. What is the director, that is, the general overseer who is responsible for everything. However, you must be clear that you are only 'overseeing' and not directly administering. You only have the right to supervise, not the right to direct management. The actual management power is almost entirely handed over to the shopkeeper hired from outside. Your duty is to supervise the treasurer, and then make them not harm the interests of the royal family, and not embezzle public funds, etc. And even though those treasurers are not officials, you can't directly meddle in their jurisdiction, you know? Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao's so-called official supervision and business office is actually about the same thing as the two sets of teams in later generations. Just like the party committee is in charge of macro and government management, one is mainly responsible for supervision and leadership, but it is not directly responsible for implementation. And one is responsible for the execution, under the supervision of the superintendent sent by the Crown, and then helps the Crown to manage the royal service group. And those eunuch officials who originally had grades will also become those directors together, which ensures their rank and status, but reduces their power. This will not affect the normal development of this Royal Service group as much as possible.

"From now on, the chamberlains will only be responsible for supervising outsiders to manage this royal service group. There will be a Chief Treasurer on top of the Royal Service Group, who will be responsible for the head of the Royal Service Group, and then this will be done by someone hired from outside. And this treasurer is responsible for all consul general's affairs, and he is responsible for formulating all the powers of operation. After the plan is formulated, it is handed over to the director to be responsible for the review, and the director is responsible for the review and approval, and the plan can be implemented according to the plan. However, it is an iron rule that the director cannot formulate the development strategy himself. The Superintendent only has the authority to review and does not have the authority to make specific plans. And the director can not fire the shopkeeper who cooperates with him, he must report before the boss and the superintendent discuss and decide on the punishment, but if it involves a big punishment, such as dismissal and demotion, the shopkeeper and the director must discuss and decide together. In the future, any business order must be signed by the treasurer and the director before it can be formally implemented. Zhang Chao said.

But immediately some people were upset and said, "Why do you give so much power to outsiders?" We are the emperor's people! ”

"It is precisely because you are the emperor's people that you need to supervise them for the emperor. And this is the essence of the government, supervision, and business, you are responsible for supervision, and then everything is left to them. If they don't do it well, then blast them away at any time. And you can continue to stay here and eat the emperor's imperial food. But if you manage it yourself, then don't say whether you can manage it well, if something goes wrong at that time, then you will be the most responsible, and I am afraid you will lose your job for a lifetime. When the time comes, where will you people go to eat? Don't you have to starve to death? Zhang Chao asked.

Hearing Zhang Chao's words, those eunuchs couldn't help but be terrified, because if they interfered in those specific business affairs, then once something went wrong, they would be the most responsible. If you hand over the management rights, you will only be responsible for supervision, so that even if there is a problem, it will be the business of the shopkeeper hired from outside, and you will not have to bear any responsibility. So they all feel that it's okay. Anyway, he is a eunuch and is already a eunuch, if he leaves the palace, he is afraid that he will really face the result of starvation.

And these eunuchs are very good at shirking their responsibilities, so Zhang Chao also used this to tell them not to meddle in the specific management rights. If anyone intervenes, then they will be held most accountable at that time. As long as you can put yourself in the position of supervision, you will not be afraid to take responsibility.

"In the future, we can only supervise the employment of personnel and finances, and everything else must be delegated. And the use of people, you can not put forward your own suggestions for the selection of personnel, only by the shopkeeper's suggestions, and then you finally choose a more suitable candidate among the shopkeeper's suggestions. You have to remember that you will only be responsible for supervising in the future, and if you interfere in any particular operation, then you will be primarily responsible. You are only supervising them for the emperor, so you cannot meddle in any specific business affairs. So, think about it for yourselves, and don't think about anything to interfere. Zhang Chao said.

And those eunuchs immediately took the initiative to say: "Got it! ”

Zhang Chao knew that these guys couldn't just listen to them when they said this. There are a lot of rules that need to be set up to keep them all in order, which is called the "Articles of Association". Zhang Chao must limit the power of these eunuchs, otherwise these eunuchs will definitely borrow the emperor as a backer, and then act as a prestige in the royal service group. And Zhang Chao's next step is to help this royal service group set up a company charter around the concept of official supervision and business office, so as to stipulate the rights and responsibilities of both parties, so that both parties can effectively perform their own responsibilities.

In fact, Zhang Chao thought deeply about why there were many contradictions between the ancient prison army and the generals, and few eunuchs and generals with troops on the front line could get along amicably. Since ancient times, it has been difficult for overseers and actual leaders to be able to work together in a friendly way and then work together. First of all, in addition to the fact that the emperor did not trust the generals, so he sent eunuchs to supervise the army to avoid the generals from rebelling, this represents an emperor's distrust of the generals in front of him. And the general knows that the prison army is here to supervise himself, and this deep-level representation is that the emperor does not trust him, so he will subconsciously transfer the contradiction to the prison army, because he doesn't dare to do anything to the emperor, he naturally looks for the prison army to be angry.

On the other hand, those eunuchs in charge of supervising the army were over-authorized by the emperor, and this authorization was already excessive, and they could even kill the main generals of the front line on the spot if necessary, this power was obviously too much, and it made the generals of the front line very uneasy. Theoretically, the power of those overseers is unlimited, because he represents the infinite imperial power. And the consequence of this infinite power is that everyone in front of them is in danger, and those prison troops are also using the power of the imperial power fox and fake tiger. If necessary, they will even usurp the power of the commander.

The reason why this happened is actually a reflection of the complexity of imperial power. Imperial power can be big or small, without too many constraints, very free, and rarely controlled. And those who are acting as superintendents of imperial power are also granted this unbinding imperial power, and if he wants to take care of things, he can manage anything. But if he doesn't want to care, then he can completely ignore it. This is also the freedom of imperial power, so that they should not care, how they should manage, and to what extent they are not principled. If you are ambitious, you can use this seemingly infinite imperial power to intervene everywhere, and finally empty the main general. This is where the contradiction between the chief general and the eunuch in front lies. And if you want to supervise the army and generals on the front line, you can not let them have a close relationship like a family, and you will not let them cause mistakes because of internal friction, resulting in defeat, this has always been what many people are thinking about. If you can balance supervision and enforcement, then this is a means that many people are pursuing.

The military and political dual chief officer system of the army in later generations gave Zhang Chao a great reminder. And this time, in fact, it is hoped that this dual-chief system can be tested in this royal service group, and it can also be used as an exploration for the country's military supervision system in the future.