"Your Eastern Depot must send people to the Three Provinces and Six Ministries. Whenever there are major case trials or court assemblies, someone must be present to listen in and record the proceedings!"

"At the same time, spies should be planted in the homes of important officials to spy on their movements..."

"Oh oh oh..."

"Your Highness, please speak slowly, this servant writes slowly..."

Li Juecai didn't care whether Zhang Anan wrote slowly or not, and, emboldened by alcohol, recounted everything he knew about the Eastern Depot.

"You can no longer be called General Zhang. You must change your title to Grand Eunuch, or Supervisor, or the Grand Eunuch of the Eastern Depot!"

"Under your authority, there should be departments such as the Chief Punisher, the Judge, and the Punishment Controller, specifically responsible for executing punishments, recording punishments, and monitoring punishments, etc..."

"In addition, we need to set up departments such as shift leader, shift supervisor, and office manager. If there are no suitable people, we can borrow them from the Hundred Cavalry Division... Divide them into twelve shifts, namely the zodiac, ox, yin, and mao."

"These are just the organizational structure; at the bottom, there are people who actually do the work... These people are collectively called yamen runners, or yamen guards or clerks. They are responsible for carrying out tasks such as surveillance, arresting people, and apprehending criminals..."

"Your Eastern Depot operates with secrecy. Tasks are announced uniformly on the first day of each month, and no one is allowed to pick and choose beforehand. They are drawn by lot in public..."

"Those responsible for monitoring joint trials and major prisons of officials in the court were called 'listeners'... Those who monitored officials in various government offices were called 'monitors'... Those who inquired about specific officials or at the city gates were called 'investigators'..."

Li Jue rambled on and on, and much of what he said was just a name he knew, without knowing the specifics. But whether he was rambling in his drunkenness or something else, Zhang Anan listened very attentively and even found two eunuchs with fast handwriting to take notes.

Only after Li Jue was completely asleep on the bed did Zhang Anan organize the notes he had made, and then he hurried off to report to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I have it!"