Basic information of envoys in front of the temple

The Emperor of Song Dynasty directly controlled the construction, mobilization and command of the army, and the right to surrender troops was divided into three parts: the Privy Council was the highest military and political organ, responsible for strategic decision-making, handling daily affairs, recruiting and dispatching troops, and the chief was called the envoy of Tang Dynasty. Sanya is in charge of the supreme command of the national army, whose full name is the commander-in-chief before the temple, all guards, all military forces and all soldiers. Each set is commanded by the Chief Executive, ranking lower than the Privy Council. The Privy Council and Sanya have the right to surrender and control respectively, which contain each other. Although he commanded the army at ordinary times, he was temporarily dispatched by the emperor to lead troops to fight in wartime. After the matter was settled, the soldiers returned to the third eye. The song people themselves said: the method of ancestors' making soldiers, the soldiers in the world, take the secret as the secret, have the right to send troops, and have no weight in holding troops; The soldiers in the capital are always better than the three commanders, and they have the weight of holding soldiers, but they have no right to send troops. We can't act arbitrarily, so there hasn't been a mutiny in 130 years. (The Official History of the Song Dynasty II) This system has really contributed to weakening military disasters and ensuring social stability since the separatist regime in the Tang Dynasty, but at the same time it has also caused the disadvantages of mutual restraint, low efficiency and low combat effectiveness.