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Volume 86 Treatises 39: Official Posts 2

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Official Posts II
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The Privy Council held honorary first rank and was charged with all secret military affairs under Heaven. Palace night guards, frontier armies, campaigns and garrison duty, musters and dispatches, merit promotions, and command over deployments—all alike passed through its hands. In the fourth year of Zhongtong under Shizu, two vice commissioners of the Privy Council were appointed, along with one joint secretary for privy council affairs. In the seventh year of Zhiyuan, one associate director of the Privy Council and one court registrar were added. In the twenty-eighth year a court director was first appointed, a registrar was added, and a Secretariat grand councillor was assigned to deliberate on court business. In the tenth year of Dade the court added two directors, five associate directors, five vice commissioners, five senior secretaries, three associate senior secretaries, and two registrars. In the third year of Zhida the posts stood at seven directors, two associate directors, two vice commissioners, one senior secretary, one associate senior secretary, and two registrars, and the grand councillor assigned to deliberate on affairs was removed. In the fourth year of Yanyou one director was added to share command on the northern frontier. The following year one associate director was added. The later fixed establishment provided for six directors of honorary first rank; four associate directors of primary second rank; two vice commissioners of honorary second rank; two senior secretaries of primary third rank; two associate senior secretaries of primary fourth rank; two court registrars of primary fifth rank; two councillors of primary fifth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary fifth rank; four secretarial clerks of primary seventh rank; two dispatch clerks who also served as record keepers, of primary eighth rank; one archive superintendent of primary ninth rank; one associate superintendent of honorary ninth rank; Its staff comprised twenty-four clerks, fourteen translators, three interpreters, two seal keepers, nineteen dispatch envoys, two appointment copyists, two Mongolian scribes, seventeen clerical attendants, and two court physicians.
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The Reception Office held honorary fifth rank. It had two chief envoys and two vice envoys. In the fourteenth year of Zhiyuan one chief envoy was appointed. In the sixteenth year one post was added. In the twenty-first year one vice envoy was appointed. In the fifth year of Yanyou one post was added. In the first year of Tianli another post was added. Soon after the fixed establishment was set at two chief envoys of honorary fifth rank; two vice envoys of honorary sixth rank; and two clerks.
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The Adjudication Office held primary third rank and decided lawsuits arising within the military administration. In the first year of Zhiyuan two adjudication officials were first appointed. In the eighth year two posts were added. In the nineteenth year another post was added. In the twentieth year two more posts were added. In the eleventh year of Dade four more posts were added. In the first year of Huangqing two posts were cut. The later fixed establishment was eight adjudication officials of primary third rank; one administrative clerk of honorary seventh rank; six clerks, one translator, and one interpreter, seal keeper, memorial courier, and clerical attendant apiece.
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Mobile Privy Councils. In the early dynasty, whenever campaigns were undertaken a mobile privy council was set up. On major campaigns it was simply called the mobile court. When set up for one region or one task it took the name of that place's mobile privy council, or stood in for a branch secretariat; once the task was done it was dissolved.
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The Western Sichuan Mobile Privy Council was first set up in the fourth year of Zhongtong with two officials. It oversaw Sichuan's military and civilian affairs, taxes, paper currency, hunting and falconry households and artisans, and all appanage business, regulated officials and every class of person, and handled officers' transfers, appointments, and campaign advances. It was first established at Chengdu. In the tenth year of Zhiyuan an Eastern Sichuan Mobile Privy Council was separately set up at Chongqing with one official. In the thirteenth year the two were merged into one court, but the Eastern Sichuan mobile court was soon split off again. In the sixteenth year both Sichuan mobile courts were abolished. In the twenty-eighth year the Sichuan mobile court was re-established at Chengdu.
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Jiangnan Mobile Privy Council. In the tenth year of Zhiyuan the Henan army command, the Han Army grand marshal's office, and the Shandong mobile court were abolished, and a Jing-Hu circuit mobile court was set up with three officials; the Huai-West mobile court was established with two officials. It was charged with deploying troops and horses. In the twelfth year the mobile courts were abolished. In the nineteenth year an edict ordered mobile courts set up at Yangzhou and Yuezhou alike, each with five officials. In the twenty-first year the Yangtze-coast mobile court was established. In the twenty-second year the Jiangxi mobile court was set up, with cavalry stationed at Jiangzhou and infantry at Fuzhou. In the twenty-eighth year the Yuezhou mobile court was moved to Ezhou and the Jiang-Huai mobile court to Jiankang; afterward every mobile court was absorbed into its branch secretariat.
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Gansu Mobile Privy Council. In the fourth year of Zhida a mobile court was set up at Ganzhou as the Gansu Mobile Privy Council, with four officials to direct western-route forces. Later the Gansu branch secretariat's grand councillor took charge, and the mobile court was abolished. The Henan Mobile Privy Council was set up separately in the first year of Zhihe to handle deployments alone. It was abolished in the first year of Tianli.
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The Northern Frontier Mobile Privy Council was established in the second year of Tianli. Its establishment comprised one director, two associate directors, one vice commissioner, two senior secretaries, one associate senior secretary, two registrars, one administrative clerk, two secretarial clerks, four Mongolian bitchig, two clerks, one qalmaq, one seal keeper, and four dispatch envoys. It handled frontier military affairs, and on matters great and small its word was final.
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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Ten campaign thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had ten darughachi, ten vice darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, twenty suppression officers, two hundred hundred-household chiefs, and ten clerks.
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One crossbow-army thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, two suppression officers, and ten hundred-household chiefs.
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Two left and right garrison-farm thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had two darughachi, two thousand-household chiefs, two suppression officers, and forty hundred-household chiefs.
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There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies. In the intervals between farming and campaigning they taught garrison troops the national script and trained them in clerical work. At first the privy council selected them; later appointment passed to the Ministry of Personnel.
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The Left Guard held primary third rank. In the eighth year of Zhiyuan it was reorganized from the personal guard. It provided palace night guard and escort service and also managed garrison farming. When the state faced great affairs, it was mobilized. That year one vice commander was added. In the sixteenth year one vice metropolitan commander was added. In the twentieth year one secretarial aide was appointed. In the twenty-second year one secretarial aide was added. In the twenty-fourth year one metropolitan commander and one vice metropolitan commander were cut. In the eleventh year of Dade five metropolitan commanders, two vice metropolitan commanders, and two secretarial aides were added. In the fourth year of Zhida six metropolitan commanders and two vice metropolitan commanders were cut. The later fixed establishment for guard offices was: two metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; seven clerks, plus one translator, one interpreter, and one seal keeper. Its subordinate offices numbered fifteen:
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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Ten campaign thousand-household offices in all, of primary fifth rank. They had ten darughachi, ten vice darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, twenty suppression officers, two hundred hundred-household chiefs, and ten clerks.
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One crossbow-army thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, two suppression officers, and ten hundred-household chiefs.
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Two left and right garrison-farm thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had one darughachi, two thousand-household chiefs, two suppression officers, and forty hundred-household chiefs. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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Ten campaign thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had ten darughachi, ten vice darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, twenty suppression officers, two hundred hundred-household chiefs, and ten clerks.
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One crossbow-army thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, two suppression officers, and ten hundred-household chiefs.
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Two left and right garrison-farm thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had two darughachi, two thousand-household chiefs, two suppression officers, and forty hundred-household chiefs. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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The Front Guard held primary third rank. In the sixteenth year of Zhiyuan the personal guard army was reorganized to establish the Front and Rear guards. It provided palace night guard and escort service and also operated garrison farms. When the state faced great affairs, it was mobilized. That year one metropolitan commander and two vice metropolitan commanders were appointed. In the eighteenth year two metropolitan commanders were added. In the twentieth year one secretarial aide was appointed. In the eleventh year of Dade five metropolitan commanders, one vice metropolitan commander, and three secretarial aides were added. In the fourth year of Zhida five metropolitan commanders, one vice metropolitan commander, and three secretarial aides were cut. The later fixed guard establishment provided for three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; one administrative clerk of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one dispatch clerk who also served as archive record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; seven clerks, plus one translator, one interpreter, and one seal keeper. Its subordinate offices further numbered seventeen:
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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Ten campaign thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had ten darughachi, ten vice darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, twenty suppression officers, and two hundred hundred-household chiefs.
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One crossbow-army thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, two suppression officers, and ten hundred-household chiefs.
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Two garrison-farm thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had two darughachi, two thousand-household chiefs, two suppression officers, and forty hundred-household chiefs. There were two gate wardens: one at Pingze Gate and one at Shuncheng Gate. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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The Rear Guard held primary third rank. In the sixteenth year of Zhiyuan it was organized from the personal guard army. It provided palace night guard and escort service and also operated garrison farms. When the state faced great affairs, it was mobilized. That year two metropolitan commanders and two vice metropolitan commanders were appointed; later one more vice metropolitan commander was added. In the eighteenth year two metropolitan commanders were added. In the twentieth year two secretarial aides were appointed. In the eleventh year of Dade five metropolitan commanders, one vice metropolitan commander, and two secretarial aides were added. In the fourth year of Zhida five metropolitan commanders, two vice commanders, and two secretarial aides were cut. The later fixed establishment provided for three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; seven clerks, two translators, one seal keeper, and two interpreters. Its subordinate offices numbered fourteen:
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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Ten campaign thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had ten darughachi, ten vice darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, twenty suppression officers, and two hundred hundred-household chiefs.
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One crossbow-army thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, two suppression officers, and ten hundred-household chiefs.
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One garrison-farm thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, two thousand-household chiefs, two suppression officers, and forty hundred-household chiefs. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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The Martial Guard Personal Army Metropolitan Command held primary third rank. It oversaw repair of the city walls and moats and capital construction labor, and also handled Dadu garrison farming and related duties. In the twenty-sixth year of Zhiyuan the Privy Council drew six thousand men from the six guards, three thousand from Dadu garrison farming, and one thousand from the Near Route Southern Wanhu Office—ten thousand in all—to establish the Martial Guard with five officials. During the Yuanzhen and Dade reigns four metropolitan commanders were added in succession. In the third year of Zhida four metropolitan commanders and one vice metropolitan commander were cut. The later fixed guard establishment provided for one darughachi of primary third rank; three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; seven clerks, plus one translator, one interpreter, and one seal keeper. Its subordinate offices numbered fifteen:
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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Seven campaign thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had seven darughachi, seven vice darughachi, seven thousand-household chiefs, seven vice thousand-household chiefs, one hundred forty hundred-household chiefs, and fourteen suppression officers.
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Six garrison-farm thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. Each office had one darughachi, with six thousand-household chiefs, sixty hundred-household chiefs, and six suppression officers in all. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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North Pass thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, and seven hundred-household chiefs. Its office was set up at the eastern pass of Longqing Prefecture in Shangdu Circuit.
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South Pass thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, one hundred-household chief, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at Juyong Pass in Changping County, Dadu Circuit.
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White Sheep Pass thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, two hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the eastern pass of Changping County in Dadu Circuit.
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Stele Tower Pass thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, one hundred-household chief, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the eastern pass of Jincheng County in Yingzhou.
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Old North Pass thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, six hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the eastern pass on the north side of Tanzhou.
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Resettled Populace Garrison thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, six hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the eastern pass of Daning Circuit.
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Huanghua Garrison thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, six hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the eastern pass of Changping County.
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Lu'er Ridge thousand-household office of fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, six hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the pass proper of Changping County.
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Taihe Ridge thousand-household office of fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, six hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the pass itself in Changyi County, Datong Circuit.
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Zijing Pass thousand-household office of fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, six hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the pass itself in Yi County, Yizhou.
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Long Garrison thousand-household office of fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, eight hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. Its office was set up at the northern pass of Longqing Prefecture.
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Two Left and Right Wing garrison-farm ten-thousand-household offices of honorary third rank jointly administered Khotan, Bie Shibali returned Han troops, the newly submitted armies of Daming and Weihui, and eastern-frontier Muslim troops, all organized for garrison farming. They were established in the twenty-sixth year of Zhiyuan. In the fifth year of Yanyou they were subordinated to the Household of the Heir Apparent and merged into the Steward's Guard. Later they were again subordinated to the Privy Council. The fixed establishment for both offices provided one darughachi, one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, and one archive superintendent each, five clerks each, and two subordinate pacification commissioners each.
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There were eight thousand-household offices with eight darughachi, eight thousand-household chiefs, eight vice thousand-household chiefs, fifty-nine hundred-household chiefs, and sixteen suppression officers.
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There were four thousand-household offices with four darughachi, four thousand-household chiefs, four vice thousand-household chiefs, fifty-two hundred-household chiefs, and eight suppression officers.
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners.
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Ten campaign thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had one darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, two hundred hundred-household chiefs, and ten suppression officers.
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One crossbow-army thousand-household office of primary fifth rank. It had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, ten hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer.
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Three garrison-farm thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had three darughachi, three thousand-household chiefs, sixty hundred-household chiefs, and three suppression officers. There were three instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script, one of Confucian studies, and one of yin-yang studies.
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The Right Steward's Guard held primary third rank. In the fifth year of Yanyou the troops of the Sukenayer, Eastern Jurchen, and Right Wing garrison-farm ten-thousand-household offices were combined into the Right Steward's Guard, with twelve officials established. The later fixed establishment provided two steward commissioners of primary third rank; two vice commissioners of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; seven clerks, plus two translators, two interpreters, and two seal keepers. Its subordinate offices numbered seven:
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Pacification Office: two pacification commissioners. Five thousand-household offices of primary fifth rank. They had five thousand-household chiefs, forty-five hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers. There was one instructor: one professor of Confucian studies.
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The Honan and Huaibei Mongol Army Grand Myriarch Office held primary third rank. In the twenty-fourth year of Zhiyuan the four-myriarch-household auruq commander was reorganized as the Mongol Army Grand Myriarch Office, with four office officials and four auruq officials. After the seventh year of Dade it was renamed the Honan and Huaibei Mongol Army Grand Myriarch Office. In the fifth year of Yanyou auruq officials, vice pacification commissioners, and similar posts were abolished; the fixed establishment provided one grand myriarch of primary third rank; one vice grand myriarch of honorary third rank; one administrative clerk of honorary seventh rank; one clerk and one archive superintendent, both of honorary eighth rank; seven clerks, plus one translator and one interpreter. Two subordinate pacification commissioners.
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The Basar ten-thousand-household office had one myriarch, one vice myriarch, and one administrative clerk, one clerk, and one archive superintendent. One pacification commissioner.
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There were ten wings of thousand-household offices with ten darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, seventy-three hundred-household chiefs, and ten suppression officers.
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The Zhahu'ertai ten-thousand-household office had one myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and one pacification commissioner. There were seven wings of thousand-household offices with seven thousand-household chiefs, thirty-eight hundred-household chiefs, and seven suppression officers.
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The Tieliedu ten-thousand-household office had one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and one pacification commissioner. There were nine wings of thousand-household offices with nine thousand-household chiefs, sixty-two hundred-household chiefs, and nine suppression officers.
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The Heshang ten-thousand-household office had one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and one pacification commissioner.
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There were six wings of thousand-household offices with four darughachi, six thousand-household chiefs, four vice thousand-household chiefs, forty-seven hundred-household chiefs, and six suppression officers. There was one wing of artillery thousand-household offices with one thousand-household chief, six hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer.
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There was one wing of scout-horse thousand-household offices with one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, one vice thousand-household chief, two suppression officers, nine hundred-household chiefs, and two auruq officials.
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The Right Asud Personal Army Metropolitan Command held primary third rank, provided palace night guard and enforced the capital curfew, and also ran garrison farms on the Chao and Sugu rivers to supply military stores. In the ninth year of Zhiyuan the Asud Badu darughachi was first established and subordinate officials were appointed. In the twenty-third year it was formally named the Asud army. In the second year of Zhida it was reorganized as the Right Asud Personal Army Metropolitan Command with three darughachi, three metropolitan commanders, two vice metropolitan commanders, and two secretarial aides. In the fourth year three darughachi were cut. The later fixed establishment provided one darughachi of primary third rank; three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one dispatch-and-archive record keeper of honorary eighth rank; seven clerks, plus one translator, one interpreter, one seal keeper, and two pacification commissioners. Its subordinate offices numbered five:
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The campaign thousand-household offices had seven thousand-household chiefs and nine hundred-household chiefs. There were two gate-guard thousand-household chiefs, five hundred-household chiefs, and one gate commandant. The original appanage had one darughachi, one chief director, and one vice chief director. Lujiang County had one darughachi and one registrar.
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There was one instructor: one professor of Confucian studies.
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The Left Asud Personal Army Metropolitan Command matched the Right Asud Guard in rank, grade, and duties. In the ninth year of Zhiyuan the Asud Badu darughachi was first established and subordinate officials were appointed. In the twenty-third year it was formally named the Asud army. In the second year of Zhida it was reorganized as the Left Guard Asud Personal Army Metropolitan Command with two darughachi, six metropolitan commanders, four vice metropolitan commanders, and two secretarial aides. In the fourth year one darughachi and three metropolitan commanders were cut. The later fixed establishment provided one darughachi, three metropolitan commanders, two vice metropolitan commanders, two secretarial aides, two administrative clerks, two clerks, one record keeper, and two pacification commissioners. Its subordinate offices numbered four:
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The original appanage had two darughachi and two chief directors. Zhenchao County had two darughachi and one registrar.
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There were thirteen wings of encampment gate-guard thousand-household offices with twenty-six thousand-household chiefs, one hundred thirty hundred-household chiefs, and thirteen suppression officers. There was one instructor: one professor of Confucian studies.
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The Muslim Artillery and Military Artisan Superior Ten-Thousand-Household Office held primary third rank. In the eleventh year of Zhiyuan the Artillery Command was established. In the eighteenth year it was first established as a metropolitan marshal's office. In the twenty-second year it was reorganized as a ten-thousand-household office. The later fixed establishment provided one darughachi, one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, four clerks, and one translator. Two pacification commissioners.
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There were three wings of thousand-household offices with three darughachi, three thousand-household chiefs, three vice thousand-household chiefs, thirty-two hundred-household chiefs, and three suppression officers.
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There were nine wings of thousand-household offices with nine primary and nine vice thousand-household chiefs, seventy-five hundred-household chiefs, nine suppression officers, and nine primary and nine vice auruq officials each. There were three gate wardens: one at Jiande Gate, one at Heyi Gate, and one at Suqing Gate. There were two instructors: one professor of Confucian studies and one of the Mongolian script.
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There were eight wings of thousand-household offices; each had one darughachi, sixteen thousand-household chiefs, eighty hundred-household chiefs, eight suppression officers, and two gate wardens.
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The Yan'an Garrison-Farm Hunting and Falconry Command held honorary third rank. It oversaw households of relocated persons and manumitted subjects, along with Mongol households who had come north from the Uriankhai frontier. It was first established in the eighteenth year of Zhiyuan with a fixed establishment of one darughachi, one superintendent, one associate director, and one administrative clerk and one clerk. Its subordinate officials numbered twelve hunting, falconry, and garrison-farm officers.
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There were ten wings of campaign thousand-household offices with ten darughachi, ten vice darughachi, ten thousand-household chiefs, ten vice thousand-household chiefs, two hundred six hundred-household chiefs, and twenty suppression officers.
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There was one wing of crossbow-army thousand-household offices with one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, ten hundred-household chiefs, and ten suppression officers.
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There were two wings of left and right garrison-farm thousand-household offices with two darughachi, two thousand-household chiefs, forty hundred-household chiefs, and four suppression officers.
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The campaign thousand-household offices had thirteen thousand-household chiefs and twenty-nine hundred-household chiefs. There were two gate-guard thousand-household chiefs, eight hundred-household chiefs, and one gate commandant. There was one instructor: one professor of Confucian studies.
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The Zongren Mongol Palace Guard Personal Army Metropolitan Command held primary third rank. In the second year of Zhizhi two hundred Yiqiliesi households, three thousand households of collected Mongol men, women, and children, two thousand artisan households from Qingzhou, and two thousand Han garrison-farm troops were organized into the Zongren Guard to command them. The fixed establishment provided for three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; Its staff comprised seven clerks, two seal keepers, two qalmaq, two translator clerks, and two pacification commissioners.
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There were ten wings of Mongol Army thousand-household offices with twenty thousand-household chiefs, one hundred hundred-household chiefs, and ten suppression officers. The garrison-farm thousand-household offices had four thousand-household chiefs, forty hundred-household chiefs, and four suppression officers. There were two instructors: one professor of Confucian studies and one of the Mongolian script.
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The Shandong and Hebei Mongol Army Grand Metropolitan Commanderate held honorary second rank. It oversaw military and civilian levies and tribute advances on all circuits, and handled deployment and overall command of cavalry affairs. In the twenty-first year of Zhiyuan the Army Command grand marshal's office was abolished and the Mongol Army Grand Myriarch Office was established. In the seventh year of Dade it was renamed the Shandong and Hebei Mongol Army Grand Myriarch Office. It was abolished in the fifth year of Yanyou. In the second year of Tianli it was reorganized as the Grand Metropolitan Commanderate. The fixed principal establishment provided for three grand metropolitan commanders of honorary second rank; one associate director of honorary third rank; one vice commissioner of honorary fourth rank; one administrative clerk of honorary sixth rank; two court registrars of honorary seventh rank; one dispatch clerk who also served as record keeper, of primary eighth rank; Its staff comprised eight clerks, two translator clerks, two interpreters, two seal keepers, five dispatch envoys, three registry clerks, and two pacification commissioners.
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The Left Hand ten-thousand-household office had one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and one pacification commissioner. There were nine wings of thousand-household offices with eleven thousand-household chiefs, seventy-four hundred-household chiefs, and eleven suppression officers.
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The Right Hand ten-thousand-household office had one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and one pacification commissioner. There were nine wings of thousand-household offices with nine thousand-household chiefs, sixty-three hundred-household chiefs, and nine suppression officers.
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The Badu ten-thousand-household office had one darughachi, one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and one pacification commissioner. There were six wings of thousand-household offices with seven thousand-household chiefs, forty-one hundred-household chiefs, and five suppression officers.
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The Hada ten-thousand-household office had one darughachi, one myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and one pacification commissioner. There were eight wings of thousand-household offices with eight thousand-household chiefs, twenty-four hundred-household chiefs, and eight suppression officers.
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The Mongol Muslim Naval Forces ten-thousand-household office had one darughachi, one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and two pacification commissioners.
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There were eight wings of thousand-household offices with two darughachi, six thousand-household chiefs, forty-six hundred-household chiefs, and nine suppression officers.
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The Qiduge ten-thousand-household office was first subordinate to seven thousand-household wings of the commanderate; in the third year of Yanyou the Privy Council memorialized to establish it as a separate ten-thousand-household office. It had one darughachi, one myriarch, one vice myriarch, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one archive superintendent, and two pacification commissioners.
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There were seven wings of thousand-household offices with nine thousand-household chiefs, thirty-five hundred-household chiefs, and eight suppression officers.
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The Qabichi thousand-household wing had one thousand-household chief, four hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer, and reported directly to the Grand Metropolitan Commanderate.
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The Hongze garrison-farm thousand-household Zhao Guohong wing had one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, one vice thousand-household chief, fourteen hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers, and reported directly to the Grand Metropolitan Commanderate.
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The Left Flank Mongol Palace Guard Personal Army Metropolitan Command held primary third rank. In the eighteenth year of Zhiyuan the Mongol Palace Guard Chief Command was reorganized on the model of the Five Guards into a metropolitan command with twelve officials and two auruq officials. In the seventh year of Dade a memorial renamed it the Left Wing Mongol Palace Guard Personal Army Metropolitan Command. In the fifth year of Yanyou auruq officials were abolished. The later fixed office establishment provided for three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one dispatch clerk who also served as archive record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; Its staff comprised seven clerks, one translator clerk, one interpreter, one seal keeper, two registry clerks, and two pacification commissioners.
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There were seven wings of thousand-household offices with seven primary and seven vice thousand-household chiefs, seven clerks, seven suppression officers, and sixty-two hundred-household chiefs. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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The Right Flank Mongol Palace Guard Personal Army Metropolitan Command matched the Left Guard in grade and rank. In the eighteenth year of Zhiyuan the Mongol Palace Guard Chief Command was reorganized on the model of the Five Guards into a metropolitan command with twelve officials and two auruq officials. In the seventh year of Dade a memorial renamed it the Right Flank Mongol Palace Guard Personal Army Metropolitan Command. In the fifth year of Yanyou auruq officials were abolished. The later fixed office establishment provided for three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one dispatch clerk who also served as archive record keeper, all of honorary eighth rank; Its staff comprised seven clerks, one translator clerk, one interpreter, one seal keeper, two registry clerks, and two pacification commissioners.
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There were twelve wings of thousand-household offices with twelve primary and twelve vice thousand-household chiefs, twelve clerks, twelve suppression officers, and one hundred nine hundred-household chiefs. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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The Sadichi thousand-household wing had one primary and one vice darughachi, one primary and one vice thousand-household chief, one clerk, twenty hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers.
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The Buhua thousand-household wing had one primary and one vice darughachi, one primary and one vice thousand-household chief, twenty-two hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers.
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The Tuotuomu thousand-household wing had one primary and one vice darughachi, one primary and one vice thousand-household chief, one clerk, twenty-eight hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers.
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The Dahudulu thousand-household wing had one primary and one vice darughachi, one primary and one vice thousand-household chief, one clerk, twenty-four hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers.
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The Yang thousand-household wing had one primary and one vice darughachi, one primary and one vice thousand-household chief, one clerk, twenty-two hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers.
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The Mirhuozhe thousand-household wing had one primary and one vice darughachi, one primary and one vice thousand-household chief, one clerk, twenty hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers.
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The Grand Metropolitan Commanderate held primary second rank and commanded the Left and Right Kipchak guards, the Dragon Wing Palace Guard, the Eastern Route Mongol Army marshal's office, the Eastern Route Mongol Army ten-thousand-household office, and the Qarluq ten-thousand-household office. In the second year of Tianli the Kipchak Personal Army Commanderate was first established with honorary second rank. Later it was renamed the Grand Metropolitan Commanderate. The establishment provided for three grand metropolitan commanders of primary second rank; two associate directors of primary third rank; three vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two joint metropolitan command affairs officials of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary sixth rank; two court registrars of honorary seventh rank; one registry superintendent and one record keeper, both of primary eighth rank; Its staff comprised eight clerks, two Mongolian bitchig, two qalmaq, two seal keepers, and six dispatch envoys.
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The Right Kipchak Guard held primary third rank. In the twenty-third year of Zhiyuan, following the precedent of the Hexi and other guards, the Kipchak Guard was established with ten officials. In the second year of Zhizhi it was divided into Left and Right guards. In the second year of Tianli it was transferred to the Grand Metropolitan Commanderate. The fixed establishment provided for one darughachi of primary third rank; two commanders of primary third rank; two vice commissioners of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and two record keepers, all of honorary eighth rank; Its staff comprised seven clerks, one translator clerk, one interpreter, one seal keeper, and one pacification commissioner.
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There were eighteen campaign thousand-household offices, each with one darughachi, thirty-six thousand-household chiefs, one hundred eighty hundred-household chiefs, and eighteen suppression officers.
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There were two garrison-farm thousand-household offices with two darughachi, two thousand-household chiefs, twenty hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers. There were two gate wardens.
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One professor of Confucian studies was first appointed in the fourth year of Zhida; one professor of the Mongolian script, first established in the fourth year of Yanyou.
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The Left Kipchak Guard held primary third rank. In the second year of Zhizhi, following the Asud Guard precedent, it was divided into two guards and staffed with ten officials. In the second year of Tianli it was transferred to the Grand Metropolitan Commanderate. The fixed guard establishment provided for three metropolitan commanders of primary third rank; two vice metropolitan commanders of honorary third rank; two secretarial aides of primary fourth rank; two administrative clerks of honorary seventh rank; two clerks and one record keeper of honorary eighth rank; Its staff comprised seven clerks, one translator clerk, one interpreter, one seal keeper, and two subordinate pacification commissioners.
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There were ten wings of campaign thousand-household offices with ten thousand-household chiefs, eighty-two hundred-household chiefs, nine suppression officers, and four auruq officials.
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There was one wing of city-defense thousand-household offices with one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, nine hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer.
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There was one wing of garrison-farm thousand-household offices with one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, ten hundred-household chiefs, and one suppression officer. There was one instructor: a professor of Confucian studies.
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There were nine wings of campaign thousand-household offices with one darughachi, six thousand-household chiefs, one vice thousand-household chief, forty-five hundred-household chiefs, and five suppression officers.
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There was one wing of Kipchak garrison-farm thousand-household offices with one darughachi, one thousand-household chief, twenty-two hundred-household chiefs, and two suppression officers. There were two instructors: one professor of the Mongolian script and one of Confucian studies.
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The Qarluq Ten-Thousand-Household Office provided rotating night guard at the forbidden gates and other such posts. In the twenty-fourth year of Zhiyuan Qarluq soldiers were recruited and the ten-thousand-household office was established. Soon thereafter it garrisoned Xiangyang, and later campaigned in Jiaozhi. In the second year of Dade the office was established at Nanyang. In the second year of Tianli a memorial placed it under the Grand Metropolitan Commanderate. The fixed establishment provided one darughachi, one ten-thousand-household chief, one administrative clerk, one clerk, one document controller, one pacification commissioner, and one clerical supervisor.
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There were three wings of thousand-household offices with three thousand-household chiefs, nine hundred-household chiefs, and three suppression officers.
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The Censorate held honorary first rank. Two censors-in-chief of honorary first rank; two vice censors-in-chief of primary second rank; two attending censors of honorary second rank; two supervising secretary attending censors of primary third rank, charged with scrutinizing officials' conduct and the successes and failures of government policy. In the fifth year of Zhiyuan the Censorate was first established and staffed with seven officials. The censor-in-chief held honorary second rank, the vice censor-in-chief honorary third rank, the attending censor honorary fifth rank, the supervising secretary attending censor honorary sixth rank, the registry clerk honorary seventh rank, with two legal inspectors and one prison superintendent. In the seventh year the registry clerk post was renamed court registrar. In the nineteenth year legal inspectors and the prison superintendent were abolished. In the twenty-first year the censor-in-chief was raised to honorary first rank, the vice censor-in-chief to primary third rank, the attending censor to primary fifth rank, and the supervising secretary attending censor to primary sixth rank. In the twenty-seventh year each honorary rank from censor-in-chief downward was raised one grade, and one Mongol administrative clerk was first appointed. In the eleventh year of Dade the vice censor-in-chief was raised to primary second rank, the attending censor to honorary second rank, and the supervising secretary attending censor to primary third rank. In the first year of Huangqing the number of vice censors-in-chief was increased to three. In the second year one post was cut. In the second year of Zhizhi there was one censor-in-chief. The later fixed establishment provided two censors-in-chief, two vice censors-in-chief, two attending censors, and two supervising secretary attending censors, with ranks as stated above; one administrative clerk of honorary fifth rank; two court registrars of primary seventh rank; one record keeper of primary eighth rank; one dispatch superintendent who also served as prison superintendent, of primary eighth rank; one archive registry superintendent who also served as dispatch clerk, of primary ninth rank; Its staff comprised fifteen clerks, four translator clerks, two seal keepers, two interpreters, ten dispatch envoys, two censorate physicians, two Mongol scribes, six registry clerks, and two storehouse keepers. It had two subordinate offices:
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The Palace Discipline Office had two palace attending censors of primary fourth rank. It was first established in the fifth year of Zhiyuan at primary seventh rank and later raised to primary fourth rank. At great court assemblies it investigated and penalized any official who broke decorum or fell out of rank; It impeached metropolitan officials who failed to report arrivals, leave, or other matters within three days; When great ministers entered to memorialize, it accompanied them and kept away anyone who ought not to hear. Its staff comprised four ceremony orderkeepers, one interpreter, and one translator clerk.
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The Investigation Bureau held primary seventh rank; its thirty-two investigating censors served as eyes and ears and were charged with detection and impeachment. In the fifth year of Zhiyuan eleven investigating censors were first appointed, all of them Han. In the eighth year six more were added. In the nineteenth year sixteen more were added, and Mongols were first included among appointees. In the twenty-second year of Zhiyuan two southern Confucian scholars were included among appointees. There were thirty-two clerical assistants.
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The Jiangnan Regional Censorate for All Circuits matched the Metropolitan Censorate in posts and ranks. In the fourteenth year of Zhiyuan the Jiangnan Regional Censorate was first established at Yangzhou, soon moved to Hangzhou, and then to Jiangzhou. In the twenty-third year it was moved to Jiankang to oversee the southeastern provinces, command the circuit surveillance commissions, and defer to the Metropolitan Censorate in overall charge. At first one censor-in-chief, one vice censor-in-chief, one attending censor, and one supervising secretary attending censor were appointed to command the eight Judicial and Surveillance Commissions of Huaidong, Huaixi, Hubei, Zhedong, Zhexi, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Hunan. In the fifteenth year the Jiangnan Hubei, Lingnan Guangxi, and Fujian Guangdong circuits were added. In the twenty-third year the Huaidong, Huaixi, and Shannan circuits were transferred to the Metropolitan Censorate. In the thirtieth year the Haibei Hainan circuit was added. In the first year of Dade it was fixed as the Jiangnan Regional Censorate for All Circuits with nine officials, overseeing Jiangzhe, Jiangxi, and Huguang provinces and commanding the ten circuits of Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Zhedong, Zhexi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan. Its establishment comprised one censor-in-chief, two vice censors-in-chief, two attending censors, two supervising secretary attending censors, one administrative clerk, two court registrars, one record keeper, one archive registry superintendent, one dispatch superintendent who also served as prison superintendent, sixteen clerks, four translator clerks, two Muslim clerks, two interpreters, two seal keepers, ten dispatch envoys, and set numbers of registry clerks, storehouse keepers, and censorate physicians.
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The Investigation Bureau matched the Metropolitan Investigation Bureau in grade and rank. In the fourteenth year of Zhiyuan ten investigating censors and ten clerical assistants were established. In the twenty-third year fourteen Mongol investigating censors and fourteen assistants were added, along with four Han investigating censors and four assistants. The later fixed establishment provided twenty-eight investigating censors and twenty-eight clerical assistants.
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The Shaanxi Regional Censorate for All Circuits matched the Metropolitan Censorate in posts and ranks. In the twenty-seventh year of Zhiyuan the Yunnan Regional Censorate for All Routes was first established with only four officials. In the first year of Dade the Yunnan Regional Censorate was moved to Jingzhao as the Shaanxi Regional Censorate, while Yunnan instead established a Surveillance Commission. It was abolished in the first year of Yanyou. In the second year it was re-established, commanding the Hanzhong, Longbei, Sichuan, and Yunnan circuits. The fixed establishment provided one censor-in-chief, two vice censors-in-chief, two attending censors, two supervising secretary attending censors, one administrative clerk, two court registrars, one record keeper, one archive registry superintendent, one dispatch-office superintendent who also served as prison superintendent, twelve clerks, two Mongolian bitchig, one Muslim clerk, two interpreters, one seal keeper, ten dispatch envoys, five registry clerks, and two storehouse keepers.
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The Investigation Bureau matched the Metropolitan Investigation Bureau in grade and rank. There were twenty investigating censors and twenty clerical assistants.
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Surveillance and Integrity Commission. At the founding four Judicial and Surveillance Commissions were established: the Shandong East and West, Hedong Shaanxi, Shanbei East and West, and Hebei Henan circuits. In the sixth year of Zhiyuan the Judicial and Surveillance Commissions were also charged with promoting agriculture. In the eighth year the Hedong Shanxi and Shaanxi Sichuan circuits were established. In the twelfth year the Yannan Hebei Circuit was separately established. In the thirteenth year, when provincial offices were consolidated, the Surveillance Commissions were abolished. In the fourteenth year they were re-established and eight circuits were added: Jiangbei Huaidong, Huaixi Jiangbei, Shannan Jiangbei, Zhedong Haiyou, Jiangnan Zhexi, Jiangdong Jiankang, Jiangxi Hudong, and Lingbei Hunan. In the fifteenth year three more circuits were added: Jiangnan Hubei, Lingnan Guangxi, and Fujian Guangdong. In the nineteenth year the Xishu Sichuan Circuit was added. In the twentieth year the Haibei Guangdong Circuit was added and the Fujian Guangdong Circuit was renamed the Fujian Minhai Circuit. From Yunnan's seven routes the Yunnan Circuit was established. From Jurchen territories the Haixi Liaodong Circuit was established. In the twenty-third year the Huaidong, Huaixi, and Shannan circuits were transferred to the Metropolitan Censorate. In the twenty-fourth year the Hexi and Longyou circuit was added. That year the Yunnan circuit was abolished. In the twenty-fifth year the Haixi and Liaodong circuit was abolished. In the twenty-seventh year, building on the jurisdiction of the Yunnan surveillance commission, the Yunnan branch censorate was established. In the twenty-eighth year the surveillance commission was renamed the Surveillance and Integrity Commission. In the first year of Dade the Yunnan branch censorate was moved to Shaanxi and the Yunnan circuit was restored. In the thirtieth year the Haibei and Hainan circuit was added, and the total was thereafter fixed at twenty-two circuits. Each circuit had two surveillance commissioners of primary third rank; two vice commissioners of primary fourth rank; four secretarial aides—only two in the Two Guangs and Hainan—of primary fifth rank; one administrative clerk of honorary seventh rank; one clerk of primary eighth rank; one record keeper who also served as superintendent, of primary ninth rank; sixteen clerks, one translator, one interpreter, five memorial couriers, and two clerical attendants.
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Eight inner circuits reported to the Censorate. The Shandong East and West circuit had its office at Jinan. The Hedong and Shanxi circuit had its office at Jining. The Yannan and Hebei circuit had its office at Zhending.
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The Jiangbei and Henan circuit had its office at Bianliang. The Shannan and Jiangbei circuit had its office at Zhongxing. The Huaixi and Jiangbei circuit had its office at Luzhou. The Jiangbei and Huaidong circuit had its office at Yangzhou.
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The Shanbei and Liaodong circuit had its office at Daning. Ten Jiangnan circuits reported to the Jiangnan branch censorate. The Jiangdong and Jiankang circuit had its office at Ningguo. The Jiangxi and Hudong circuit had its office at Longxing.
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The Jiangnan and Zhexi circuit had its office at Hangzhou. The Zhedong and Haiyou circuit had its office at Wuzhou. The Jiangnan and Hubei circuit had its office at Wuchang. The Lingbei and Hunan circuit had its office at Tianlin.
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The Lingnan and Guangxi circuit had its office at Jingjiang. The Haibei and Guangdong circuit had its office at Guangzhou. The Haibei and Hainan circuit had its office at Leizhou. The Fujian and Minhai circuit had its office at Fuzhou.
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Four Shaanxi circuits reported to the Shaanxi branch censorate. The Shaanxi and Hanzhong circuit had its office at Fengxiang. The Hexi and Longbei circuit had its office at Ganzhou. The Xishu and Sichuan circuit had its office at Chengdu.
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The Yunnan all-circuits circuit had its office at Zhongqing.
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