The Six Bureaus formed in various regions based on the six ministries of the imperial court were the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which oversaw local government affairs and held the greatest authority.
The Overseeing Bureau, which was responsible for maintaining public order in a region; the Cessation of Hostilities Bureau, which handled martial artists; and the Bureau of Impartial Justice, which was primarily responsible for refining Fiend Artifacts for the Imperial Guard Army.
These three bureaus were the three major military institutions in each region.
There were two other bureaus: the Judicial Bureau, which was responsible for legal judgments, and the Surveillance Bureau, which was responsible for monitoring officials.
Because the Surveillance Bureau had the authority to monitor all officials, the vast majority of officials who fell from power and went to prison had something to do with the Surveillance Bureau. As a result, the other officials did not have a very favorable impression of it.
But Li Fei had not entered the system in this life, so he did not understand why anyone from the Surveillance Bureau wanted to see him—especially when a Fourth Rank Supervisory Official had personally come to his door.
Out of professional habit from his previous life, he had deliberately studied the official structure of the Great Blue Dynasty after crossing over. It was divided into five ranks and eighteen levels.
The lowest rank, the First Rank Clerks, had five levels in total. Above them, the Second Rank Subofficials had four levels, the Third Rank Appointed Officials had three, the Fourth Rank Officials had three, and the Fifth Rank Cabinet Officials also had three.
Someone like Li Lei, a squadron leader in the Overseeing Bureau of a region, was a Second Rank Subofficial—a level-six official.
If he were promoted to captain of the First Brigade,