I don't know when and where this post originated, but it is a little-known small official, which is not recorded in the "official history" of the history books of the Southern Dynasties. However, it was such an official position that was particularly active in the history of the Southern Dynasties, especially in the period of Liu Song and Xiao Qi, and was once powerful and hot. The name of this official post is "Qian Dian". What do you mean? Canon is in charge, signature is a kind of document, in fact, it is a document manager. This position is not an official position and has no rank, which means it is smaller than Qipin Sesame Officer. It was only in the early period of Liu Song that officials were promoted to scholars. So, what makes the signature have supreme power? As we know, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was actually a door-to-door politics, and imperial power shared power with aristocratic families. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a rumor that "the king and the horse, * * * the world", indicating that the gate valve represented by Wang Langya at that time actually completely controlled the imperial power of Sima. After that, powerful ministers came forth in large numbers to control Jingzhou or Yangzhou. If the imperial power is disobedient, they can lead troops down the river from Jingzhou or Yangzhou in a few minutes, establish health and abolish the emperor. Such as Wang Dun and Huan Wen. At that time, we were all lean. Emperor Wu of song, who seized the power of Sima Jindong, also played such a role. After the establishment of the Song Dynasty by Emperor Wu of Huan Wen, he knew this well. In order to strengthen centralization, the imperial princes basically served as the secretariat or governor of Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other important towns. Therefore, during the sixty years of Liu and Song Dynasties, there were 14 people who served as the secretariat of Jingzhou, among whom 1 1 was a descendant of the imperial clan, and the other three were of different surnames. Among these three different surnames, two were quickly executed for anti-Song. The situation in Yangzhou is similar. Since Liu Song Dynasty, we have also adhered to this aim. Therefore, in his book "Door Politics in the Eastern Jin Dynasty", Mr. Tian Yuqing thinks that door politics is only a feature of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since the Liu and Song Dynasties, the situation in which the imperial power was in power was still gone forever. However, is the imperial prince reliable? It may be even more unreliable. Anyone who knows history knows that the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" in the Western Han Dynasty and the "Eight Kings Rebellion" in the Western Jin Dynasty were both done by emperors and generals! The "Eight Kings Rebellion" directly destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty, not only that, but also involved the Hu people, which eventually led to the "Five Rebellions". What about the Eight Kings Rebellion? The signing is here! At first, because many princes who left town were very young, they were actually unable to manage counties. Therefore, they are generally made up of the governor or the secretariat's long history, Sima or Qian Dian, which is called "doing state affairs". At that time, compared with Chang or Sima, their status was still very low. By the end of Yuan Jia's reign in Liu Song Dynasty, the relationship with him was gradually close, especially when Emperor Xiaowu of Song Dynasty was appointed as the general of Zhenjun, even surpassing Chang Shi and Sima. That is, during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of Song Dynasty, the signing power was the most prosperous in Liu and Song Dynasties. After Emperor Xiaowu of Song acceded to the throne, the signatures sent to all counties were personally appointed by the emperor, that is to say, the signatures were directly reported to the emperor. What do you mean? Obviously, the signature is the eyes and ears of the prince who was placed by the emperor in another town. As the eyes and ears of the emperor, they "handed each other back to Beijing, turned against each other at the age of one, talked when they were in charge, and visited Israeli politics." In other words, more than one signature, take turns to report to the emperor in Beijing, several times a year. The emperor used this method to control the prince. It is precisely because the signature is directly responsible to the emperor, so "the beauty and evil of the act of secretariat lies in the mouth of the signature, so we should make a discount and consider it from time to time." The prince of the secretariat has to kiss up to the soothsayer, otherwise, as long as the soothsayer orders a little potion in front of the emperor, you will get more than one bargained for. In this way, it is arrogant to sign, and no one cares, especially the child prince who is not in those years. For example, during Xiao Qi's reign, Xiao Zi went out of Langya Town, saying, "If you want to visit Dongtang temporarily, Jiang Xiu may not sign it.". Little boy Han cried and said to his mother, "You can't walk in five steps. It is no different from a prisoner. " Xiao Zi, the king of Shaoling, really wants to eat bear white, a kind of fat on the back of a bear. It's delicious. But the kitchen said it was afraid to give it privately because the signature was not there. The momentum of Xiao Ze, the Emperor Wu of Qi who used to sign official seals, has reached the point where "the states only smell handsome signatures and don't smell secretariat". If we can't establish a system of selecting talents and appointing people, and there is no reasonable supervision system, and the mechanism will be continuously improved with the evolution of time, then any means will eventually become a wonderful flower and a joke in history.